Focus: Bush in Britain

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227 The number of years since 12 American colonies voted in favour of the Declaration of Independence.

1.2m The number of Britons who live in the US.

250,000 The number of Americans who live in the UK.

20 Number of top 20 films at the UK box office in 2002 that were US productions.

10 Number of the UK's top 40 TV shows from the US.

3m Number of people McDonald's serves in the UK each day.

£44bn Value of annual British exports to the US.

£38bn Value of annual US exports to Britain.

74 Percentage of Americans who view Britain as a close ally - the highest of all nations.

52 Percentage of Britons who feel the policies of George Bush have made the world a more dangerous place.

25 Cost (in pence) of a litre of gas at US pump.

76 Cost (in pence) of a litre of petrol at UK pump.

51 Percentage who voted in the 2000 US presidential election.

59 Percentage who voted in the 2001 UK general election.


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Focus: The US and the UK in figures

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk at 01.21 GMT on Sunday November 16 2003. It appeared in the Observer on Sunday November 16 2003 on p17 of the Focus section. It was last updated at 01.21 GMT on Sunday November 16 2003.

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