But the truth is that even Britain, with one of the world's most efficient armies, and a prime minister happy to use it, will be a junior partner in an American-led show.
Fox really has two choices: Accept that the show is past its prime and be happy with lower (but still huge) ratings or go for a total revamp.
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Mr Blair, who was prime minister from 1997 to 2007, told the same programme that he was still interested in public service and would have been happy to have remained as prime minister, or to have got the job of European president.
Others, including some close to the prime minister, would be happy if this were the case.
David Cameron's spokesman said the prime minister was "very happy" with the state of the debate over Europe.
The Prime Minister and the President would be happy to take two questions each from the Indian and the American media.
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Libya is the prime example, where the Americans are happy with what is happening, but don't want to do it themselves.
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It is notable, too, that Poland's new prime minister, Jerzy Buzek, is happy to trace his ancestry back to the country's small Czech minority.
But the prime minister wants to keep the Lib Dems happy in case he needs them again to form a government at the next election, due in 2015.
And just as this generation of pitchers grew up hooked on velocity, hitters in their prime today came of age in the homer-happy steroid era.
Mr Blair was effectively his own foreign secretary, more so than any prime minister since Winston Churchill, whereas Mr Brown is happy to delegate to David Miliband.
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"We are happy that the death penalty is being lifted in Turkey, " embattled Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said after the vote.
He is happy to talk about his days in the navy, and his encounter with the future prime minister, in 1945, in the Shefton Arms pub.
He told MPs during prime minister's questions on 11 January 2011 that "too many in the SNP are happy to talk about the process" and accused the Scottish government of avoiding discussion on the substance of the issue.
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