was, in fact, oy willing to provide this aid after really milks britain dry. we forced them to sell all their major sub individual air s of british companies in the united states. there is evidence that fdr's administration was willing to take bits of the empire, but not every bit. here is a quote from henry morgan. he said there is one thing i can -- i know i can say for mr. roosevelt that we don't want any of those islands. i know he doesn't want jamaica, he doesn't want trinidad and i know he doesn't want british gihana. the u.s. was more spontaneous during the second world war to china and the soviet union than it was to britain. it seems rather remarkable today, but the mindset during the war was really focused on britain as our main rival. now, this was all over throne three years later with the marshall plan in 1947, but that's another story to be be told in my next book. but one of the reasons why the collapse of british imperial power in 1946 and 1947 in particular was as violent as it was because britain was rapidly running out of dollars, and the u.

was only willing to provide this aid after milking britain dry. we force them to sell all of their major subcy dairies of british companies in the united states. there is evidence that f.d.c.'s administration was willing to take bits of the empire. here is a nice quote speaking to the u.s. treasury in 1940. he said there is one thing i know i can say for mr. roosevelt that we don't want any of those islands. i know he doesn't want jamaica. i know he does not want trinidad and i know he does not want british giana. the u.s. was more spontaneous generous to soviet union than they were to britain. the mindset during the war was focused on britain as our main rival. this was all overthrown three years later with the marshal plan but that is another story to be told in my next book. one of the reasons of the british political power was as rapid and violent that it was because britain was running out of dollars and the u.s. treasury was managing that process. if you look at the debates going on behind the scenes and the british government at the end of

ostensibly their men reason is to get britain away from europe. want us to leave the eu, but it's a much wider cultural revolt against a political class they feel is out of touch, that is elitist, doesn't connect to ordinary people, lives in its own bubble, drawn from the same type of person, even though they're different parties, all pretty much at the same. >> host: political class. >> guest: that's right. and it's very much an antiestablishment peasant revolt type of situation, which in america people are very familiar with. >> host: you into parallels do. >> guest: there are clearly pair parallels. we're in washington now but -- and westminster is much smaller than washington but the same resonance. these are people who go to fancy restaurants, they wear fancy suits, they speak a language that we don't understand. they're completely cut off. their con -- constituents and the spending goes up, democratic or republican, and there's no responsibility no accountability, and a bunch of guys in what you call main street are saying, we have had enoug

britain was running great export services. britain was the manufacture of the world. the british goods were flooding essentially the global markets, at least in america and south america and the reserves required for its expert -- export trade method that you keep the gold standard. the british themselves never really have that much gold but everyone sort of relied on the stability of the export strength of britain. similarly in the 20s for much of the 20 century the united states ran counter. until 1970, from 1900 to 1970 the u.s. was exporting more than it was importing so was building up reserves. it was building up gold in the foreign currency reserves. the united states guaranteed the gold standard certainly after the first world war and to the settlement was based on this charismatic value of the dollar at $35 an ounce. that was an ounce of gold, that was the relationship. that lasted from 1944 to 1971. >> host: it sounds like i suspect wouldn't be in marriages. >> guest: given where they have come from in the last 25 years they have deliberately force their cur

advertise themselves in britain at all. in fact, the epp did stand in britain.e idea that there was this is false.ates we have to accept the fact that other countries got on board belt.onveyor they found it very difficult to get off even when some of them doubts aboutome the principle. that is why in the conclusion it is important that we will have a review of what is going to happen. >> thank you. the reform of the eu will require leadership from written and a process alliance old thing with other heads of the states. how far does the prime minister hasg his isolation contributed to a positive outcome? when it comes to completing when it comesket, to different issues or reforming free movement of people who make sure it is more qualified there is support across europe. these are simply not true. >> they did exactly the right thing last week. >> will they make in -- will mye friend makes clear that millions of british people want a relationship based on trade and if the rest of the european union do not agree, it will be no surprise if people vote to leave the e

britain was the manufacturer of the world. reddish good were floating essentially global market, south america and the reserves brett acquired never could keep the gold standard. the british themselves never had that much gold, but everyone relied on the stability of the export strength to britain. for much of the 20th century, the united states ran current accounts. it's unbelievable to think that. really until 1970, from 1900 to 1970, the u.s. was exporting more than ever supporting. it was building up reserves, building of gold. the united states guaranteed the gold standard search after the first world war and the whole britain website on the first based on this tyler's manic value of the dollar at $35 an ounce. that was an ounce of gold. that was the relationship that lasted from 1944 to 1971. >> host: sounds like you don't anticipate that doing this. >> guest: given where they have come from in the last 25 years, the first or currency to be much lower and i outlined that in the book. in 1980 it was one and a half to a do

so the direction in britain isn't by most people to be considered a very good one.tion here, by contrast, you have 10 million people or so people who have insurance who didn't used to have insurance because of the affordable care act. so direction is also important. >> is the political discourse as it surrounded austerity or greater spending the same in the uk as it as polarizing as it is in the united states? >> no, it isn't surprisingly. you have a coalition government there, conservative and a liberal democrat that has by and large pushed through cuts without the mass public demonstrations you would have expected in the past or you could get today, say, in france. and there's a broken census of -- you mentioned churchill of sort of blood sweat and tears that we're paying for our sins, from an economic point of view it doesn't make much sense but from a moral sense resinates in britain. >> it is hard for somebody who maybe as a university graduate to -- to graduate and take up a job in london and actually live in london. property values are very high. cost of livi

s defense secretary it's a demonstration of britain at its very best the royal navy has sixteen ships and submarines and two royal marines commando units based in scotland the s.n.p. has promised to maintain all military establishment in scotland in the event of independence but the problem is that at the moment there's simply no agreement over what would happen to britain's defense says if scotland were to leave the union the u.k.'s first seen lord has warned that the royal navy is already constrained by budget cuts and the split with scotland would further weaken the effectiveness of britain's maritime defenses since the s.n.p. say that they would abolish nuclear weapons in the event of a yes vote many questions surround the future of trying to end the u.k. submarine based nuclear missile system that station in western scotland tridents unique deep water location is of key strategic importance as it provides quick access to the atlantic finding somewhere else to park the u.k.'s nuclear deterrent would be a long and complicated process that's likely to make nato extremely nervous sco

there are very few countries in the eurozone i didn't particularly well and with britain's britain's economy being driven by its financial sector a lot of a lot of the economies in the euro zone it was a similar profile to britain like ireland and spain and and it's really. pretty terrible. your are right now germany is doing well in britain britain's economy isn't not at all like germany so i think i think. britain staying out of the euro was very beneficial. because the way that currency is constructed it's not it's not well designed for these these these kinds of shocks and these kind of prolonged. depression or variants. the fact that we stayed out of the euro is an accident based upon you know i think british nationalism. the idea of want to keep keep keep our own currency if the euro was a properly designed currency with you know proper fiscal transfers then i think britain's entry into the euro. wouldn't be so bad but i don't i don't think it's a well designed currency and that's that's the yes you. that was john econ and business correspondent the week dot com time now for to

for britain's entry into the euro. wouldn't be so bad but i don't i don't think it's a well designed currency and that's that's the yes you. that was john econ and business correspondent the week dot com time now for today's big deal. big deal time with a bad word to harrison and today we are discussing money in tennis fun stuff so the sport that's how you headlines this summer is cricket of course soccer and it's all thanks to the world cup but we're a boom bust we're also big fans of tennis and wimbledon is underway at the all english lawn and tennis club that's basically when roland garros is for the french what it's called so i want to check in with what's going on in the world of tennis in terms of money so edward before we begin first and foremost and this is important because i want to tell well you know i noticed that at the beginning we had this whole thing on the boat with maria cher oppose that i mean obviously so we have to reassure pro and she's one of my favorites but she's already. right you know what i

britain's queen elizabeth has unveiled the u.k.'s biggest warship at a ceremony in scotland the vessel which is named. two aircraft carriers being built at a cost of over six billion pounds it's expected to bring her majesty's last official engagement to scotland before the referendum on the country's independence this coming september bullyboy group or. its birth is taking place in scotland which is why the queen is christening big ukase new super carrier with whisky instead of champagne according to the u.k.'s defense secretary it's a demonstration of britain at its very best the royal navy has sixteen ships and submarines and two royal marines commando units based in scotland the s.n.p. has promised to maintain all military establishment in scotland in the event of independence but the problem is that at the moment there's simply no agreement over what would happen to britain's defense says if scotland were to leave the union the u.k.'s first scene lord has warned that the royal navy is already constrained by budget cuts and the

well of course the us became the hedge of money because britain and france although winning to on the winning side of two world wars spent themselves into poverty and you know they expanded their empires a little bit after world war one but of course that was an overextension really their empires eventually then it because they couldn't afford them anymore the other point i think is nobody is saying that if we hadn't the united states had gotten into world war one that everything would have been great but the u.s. had stayed out of all the european wars up to that point. with the exception of the war of eight hundred twelve a sort of part of. the european wars but it was a minor part and so the united states had a tradition of staying out of war which vanished after world war two and. so if it hadn't gotten into world war one. it probably wouldn't have that tradition probably would have continued the other thing i think is that when we say that germany presented a real and austria-hungary presented a real threat if you look at the g.d.p. numbers the germans were scared that things wer

ahead tonight britain's queen aims the u.k.'s biggest ever warship for the future britain's nuclear defenses remain up for question at the scott was independence referendum. washington's wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the us already has over seven hundred fifty troops in the country and is currently advising the iraqi army on how to defeat isis insurgents but that might not be enough america's top army general now is leaving the door open these countries increased military involvement may be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests were cry it would require it or indeed if president obama gives the order to currently the u.s. is gathering info intelligence and information while the number of iraqi deaths continues to grow more than two thousand were killed in june alone meantime saudi arabia has reportedly begun amassing its troops along the border with iraq one arab media outlet said iraqi forces are withdrawn fro

you are a supporter of britain staying in the eu.ak for the business community to some extent. you say it drives growth and boost international competitiveness. says we could get out of the eu and sign a trade agreement and be done with it. >> of course we could. we would be poor because the eu is worth 3000 pounds sterling for every household in britain every year. >> if we can still trade with europe, don't we still get those benefits? >> look at switzerland. it is outside but landlocked by the eu and needs to trade. it has scores of bilateral treaties it has to negotiate with 28 neighbors. that is not a balance relationship. >> others say that being in the eu is not worth it for the influence, that it is not going to be affected as demonstrated by the saga around the jean-claude juncker. one country does not have much influence. >> i do business, not politics. it is worth 3000 pounds a year to every family in britain. look at how we have led enlargement to the east. we've led single market development. set the rules around banking

britain's queen names the u.k.'s biggest ever warship well the future of britain's nuclear defense is remain up for question ahead of scotland's independence referendum. we supply the weapons that are used in the conflicts that none of these people had to flee then we don't let them work and put them in countless when they get their anger within germany over the treatment of refugees after police try a big thing dozens from a disused building. but first washington's a wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the u.s. has already sent more than seven hundred fifty troops to the country and currently advising the iraqi army on how to defeat isis insurgents but it may not be enough america's top army general leaving the door open to the country's increased military involvement the chairman of the joint chiefs joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests require or president obama gives the order currently the u.s. is gathering intelli

also to britain's top diplomat was out william hague surprisingly quits the foreign office during a ruthless reshuffle look at his time on the world stage and what his defense secretary replacement might have in store. over again even she would say pm here in moscow kevin owen you with r.t. international one story dominating the breaking news that a moscow metro train derailed in the morning rush hour at least twenty one people are dead because of it those on board took pictures of the immediate aftermath that train was at its full speed of seventy kilometers or when the emergency brakes activated the first three carriages then collided setting the train off the track more than one hundred sixty people were injured over one hundred are in hospital tonight around a dozen bodies are still thought to be trapped in the wreckage. here i. think i. could know how to get a worse time of day for there was a good time for the house but this tragedy just a few kilometers from the city center the damage line is one of the main railways into most cars financial center and some key government buildings bu

largest carrier ever -- christened britain's largest carrier ever. the two large shipips were largy built in scotland. ththere 40% smaller ththan ame's 1/5 ersrs the cost about as much. th will project british power worldwide. while britain is building two of these ships, it remains unclear whether wondered will put both into service with the royal navy. theyre considering mothballing or selling one. they need only one. this v vital capability may not available during a c crisis. that is a problem for britain but also for america, its closest ally. a two-carrier force benefits both nations when budget cuts are forcing. america to shrink its military working together, britain and america to get more out of their combined investment. thanks for watching. i am vago mur [music] >> are you sending a message that you've been saved by the grace of god, you have peace and joy in your heart? are you sending the message that the power of god is working in your life? are you sending them the message that this is the best life yet? what kind of message are you s

of today's never-ending conflict in the middle east really growing out of a 1916 agreement between britain and france? iraq and syria, sykes, piko, the the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. in recent days the fighting men of the islamic state of iraq for the lavant claimed there was no long arrest syria, no longer an iraq but a state controlled by isis in both countries. now simply the islamic state. what they aim to do is erase the lines drawn across the middle east by the sykes-piko agreement, an agreement between britain and france that basically created the modern mideast from the ottoman empire. once those powers lost, the winners, britain and france, prepared to divide influence, divide the spoils from the forms otto man empire lands formed new kingdoms, iraq, libya, syria, and eventually israel. that last territory, from the iraqi turkish frontier down to the border with yemen is hardly known a day of peace. did the middle east created by britain and france already contagion russ amounts sources of conflict. or did those countries simply doom these states permanently welcome

britain be wary of your internet surfing and chatting about to be stored for up to a year as the government bots to rush through resurrected swooping charter. four pm in moscow good to have you with us on r.t. international our top story this hour ukraine's army forces and anti-government forces are locked in a fierce battles for control of the city of lugansk in eastern ukraine the main fighting happening near the airport there is apparently showing kiev activists shelling government troops earlier both sides currently claim control over the strategic area a massive military convoys also reportedly approached the lygon screen that includes up to eighty tanks anti government forces can be seen maneuvering their own hardware to respond president poroshenko ordered a change of tactics in what he calls an anti terror operation across the east so to secure the country's borders and protect civilians trapped in the middle of it all more than half a million civilians shelling air raids and fighting laying waste to cities villages and towns in the east where if an ocean is a load balancer where sh

britain has one of the world's most capable and globally deployed military's. it has invested in the joint strike fighter and typhoon, new transport and tanker planes as well as sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft after years of austerity, prime nister david cameron added 1.1 billion pounds to the defense budget to improve special operations forces and also intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance systems. the star of the show was in danger of missing its long-awaited international debut. all 100 were grounded after a june 23 fire thahat has penetrae to turbine blades rubbing against the engine casing. the pentagon has lted a grounding opening the door for the planes to make it to farnborough for demonstrations. we met with britain's minister for support and technology who oversees the $25 bilillion a yer budget that includes the jfs. i asked whher the engine fire had undermined his confidence in ththe program and what was next with britain's contract. >> it is great to be talking with you from the farnborough international air show today. we are deli

firms to britain ship -- or to pledge to support to trash the people of britain on a referendum on our membership? >> i've always thought it terribly unfair to hold against people things they might have done in their youth. you know, i really -- [laughter] as a 14 year old if those whose idea of fun, then obviously, you know, we have to make room, you know, we have to make room for everybody. [laughter] the point is this. it's in the interest -- is the interest of the british people to have a renegotiation -- it is not hanging out with the shadow chancellor. [shouting] and so i feel sorry for the leader of the opposition because he has to hang out with him all of the time. what a miserable existence it must be to have him sitting next to the person directed the british economy and have to listen to them day after day, day after day as they say to the british people, we are the people who crashed the car. give us the keys back. >> mr. speaker, the uncertainties run the future of scotland and, indeed, the uk has resulted in many of the community in scotland withholding investments in the

is based in britain connect to a phone perhaps a phone line of a known terrorist who knows i want to transition now of course what you said has everyone in a for the foreign secretary william hague announce his resignation on monday of course whenever a high level for resigns you hear a lot of niceties always great service and it's time to go what do you think really drove him to resign now we're unsure as yet there have of course we in the room is i know around the world the headlines coming from this country every british subject seems like some sort of child abuser in waiting given that. abandon inquiries and then creating quantities as to the fact that child abuse. it seems to stretch through every element of the establishment in this country with with proper sources of mainstream news reporting that can stretch from the b.b.c. to the government to the royal family but as for william hague. it's quite amazing that foreign secretary who of course got britain involved in those nato air strikes on libya which the college of which we're witnessing this week at tripoli airport wanted

s biggest ever warship well the future of britain's nuclear defenses remains a question of scotland's independence referendum more after this short break. i'm out of the stories we cover here we're not going to hear any other big story that. there's a reason they don't want. more. now let's break the set. economic down in the final. and the rest. will be. welcome but you're watching international next another crisis is looming for ukraine it's decreasing natural gas reserves kiev has already resorted to tapping its long term storage tanks after russia cut off supplies over unpaid bills and this is creating unease in the e.u. . well this is the block's energy chief. he says a domino effect is inevitable even for european powerhouse germany the fear is that unless you crane starts filling up its storage facilities it may start siphoning gas destined for europe warning has already been voiced by gas prom and echoing those concerns russia's prime minister believes that ukraine's troubles could bellew into a full scale gas crisis as soon as this sort of to me to medvedev made the claim on

ip means for the people britain. all the major parties supporting this legislation it was fast tracked through the house of commons then through the house of lords it's basically going to allow internet companies and telephone companies to store message data logs of all our incoming and outgoing phone calls geo location and all that kind of thing for a year it's a response of europe will be in court of justice is judgment that britain was doing after we had restored revelations contravened previous the law as it stood oh so great so they're just codifying it now or railroading this legislation through i want to read something snowden said about the bill in an interview i mean that the n.s.a. could have read the draft they passed it under the same sort of emergency justification they said we would be at risk they said companies would no longer cooperate with us we're losing valuable intelligence that puts the nation at risk i mean that same interview he noted that this type of legislation excuse me is rarely passed in

tomorrow britain faces damage and destruction from strikes. it's taken 39 from united alone saying he will not stand up to union barons. will be prime minister to make clear we are on the side of the public who by three to one voting for us to stop this sabotage the? >> i think my honorable friend makes a very good point and, frankly, i think the time has come for looking at setting thresholds in strike balance. i mentioned the strike earlier which was a ballot that is taking place to sure i know they're paid for by the union so they might want to listen to this because it will disrupt our children's education. the strike balance took place in 2012. it's based on a 27% turnout. how can i possibly write, be right for our children's education if it disrupted by trade unions acting in that way? it is time to legislate and it will be in the conservative >> you have been watching prime minister's questions. question time errors on c-span 2 every wednesday to stop and on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org wher

and britain be where your internet surfing and chatting is about to be stored for up to a year is the government plots to rush the resurrected snooping charts. and it could have your company international this hour our top story the news just mentioned the ukrainian army has reportedly carried out a fresh artillery attack on residential areas of lugansk in the east self defense activists say at least four civilians have been killed you can see this plume of smoke that appeared little bit earlier on on monday this is a closer shot of the area several districts have come on the shelling it's thought the army used rocket launchers to carry out the attacks just a few hours earlier president poroshenko ordered to change the operations methods in an attempt to try to reduce the number of civilian victims and secure the country's borders at the same time in what kiev calls an anti terror operation across the east. but of course trapped in the middle of it all or over a million civilians shelling air raids and fighting in leg waste to the cities their towns their villages in the east river in

only hungary voted with britain.avid cameron made a statement to the commons. >> i firmly believe that it should be for the european council, the heads of national government -- it should not be for the european parliament to try to dictate that choice to the council. principle onnt of which i was not prepared to budge. facing the prospect of being outvoted, some might have swallowed their misgivings and gone with the flow. i believe it was important to push the principal and are deep misgivings about this issue right to the end. >> the truth is, the prime minister returned to britain on friday having failed. failure ofg relationship building, winning support, and delivering for britain. i know it is inconvenient to remind him, but he lost by 26 votes. and then he comes to this chamber and seems to claim it as a complete vindication of his tactic. his party may think it represents a splendid isolation. it is not. it is utter humiliation. >> david cameron hit back. >> well, we have heard yet another performance -- rhe

on libya which the college of which we're witnessing this week tripoli airport wanted britain wanted n.p.c. had to vote for the bombing of damascus and someone who continued to try to derail reproach more with iran and on ukraine was absolutely clear the whole thing was russia's fault and nato better be prepared for a cold war against russia there's also news today there is speculation that a swedish court may have lifted the arrest warrant for joining us on of course they decided to uphold it at the end of the day either way the u.k. has said that they're ready to arrest the saunders regardless what reasons does britain have to do this considering the war has nothing to do. with england. yeah it's a very sad day that we had the swedish court up all that arrest warrant it seems so we've just gotten interested in questioning julian assange about these allegations and they see one able to make a charge but they just won't and even for the two women that initially made the complaint doesn't it's their cause right that some of the swedish authorities comes here and questions us who is. p

s biggest ever warship well the future of britain's nuclear missile system remains in question ahead of the independence referendum. but you have the militants making significant advances in iraq saudi arabia has started moving military personnel close to its front a with the war torn country the reports come after iraqi troops are reported to be withdrawing from the area something baghdad denies janacek e.-n. has got the details. saudi arabia has reportedly sent thirty thousand troops to its border with iraq across that border is a cauldron of sectarian infighting the isis is sunni it's a radical sunni jihadi are well armed and well funded saudi arabia also sunni doesn't want to be officially associated with the isis but it's hardly an innocent bystander many of the isis is most violent frontline fighters are believed to be saudi nationals there widespread reports that wealthy donors in saudi arabia had been funding the isis throughout their fight in syria and beyond riyadh may now say that it has nothing to do with the rise of this radical group that it itself is spread by it but i

ip means for the people of britain. a little egypt was he's supporting this legislation it was fast tracked through the house of commons then through the house of lords it's basically going to allow internet companies and telephone companies to store a message data logs of all our incoming and outgoing phone calls geo location and all that kind of thing for a year it's a response of europe will be in court of justice is judgment that what britain was doing after the edward snowden revelations. intervened previously the law as it stood oh so great so they're just codifying it now or railroading this legislation through and i wanted to read something snowden said about the bill in an interview i mean that the n.s.a. could have written a draft they passed it under the same sort of emergency justification they said we would be at risk they said companies would no longer cooperate with us we're losing valuable intelligence that puts the nation at risk i mean that same interview he noted that this type of legislation excuse m

here is what is coming up in today's show -- britain -- the specter of a takeover in islamic schools. hungary -- he secret heroes of the peaceful resolution. and poland -- the battle over test tube babies. british education authorities were alarmed late last year about the content of an anonymous letter. the author warned of a secret operation called trojan horse, that was allegedly in full swing with islamist trying to infiltrate schools in birmingham. in the end, the letter proved to be a hoax, but authorities had already sprung into action. they inspected 21 schools, and at five of them, they came to a same worrying conclusion -- the report said they had canceled sex education and boys and girls were being taught separately. in britain and in birmingham in particular, people are now debating the role of reddish values -- british values in education. >> events behind the school fence have gripped the nation. >> do with english people do. go to school, learn english, english ways. >> the british education oversight authority found that conservative muslim governors had exercised inap

and britain where your internet surfing and chatting is about to be stored up for a year as the government plots to rush through a resurrected snooping chart. and it's eleven pm here in moscow now and the news from ukraine again to start this the ukrainian army is reportedly carried a fresh artillery attack now in residential areas of lugansk in the east self defense activists say at least four civilians have been killed in this latest incident did you can see a plume of smoke that appeared earlier on in the sky from those buildings on monday this is a close up of that area several districts came under shelling it's thought that the rocket launch is to carry out the attacks now to this photo this was taken apparently near one of the shell buildings a woman seen lying on the ground there's a push chair with blood on next to hers well it's our know whether the woman and baby are alive or dead at this juncture. but over a million civilians are trapped in the middle of fighting between the army and the self-defense fighters the shelling the air raids the violence and laying waste to this citie