And a great last line: "A country not sure what influence it still does—or should—have in the world might like to know that the superpower across the ocean still fancies the mother country and its culture."

It's also worth (well worth even) chasing up those links to the awful toss written by Heffer and Engel about supposed Americanisms and their 'invasion'. Excellent material for analysis of shoddy discourses and bad vibes-based journalism.