Q: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
For its cash crops and its position in important trade routes, the British placed a high value on Anguilla when we first made it a colony in the 17th century. Later one of the British Leeward Islands, we fought over it with the French, among others, and continued to rule over it as our lust for empire rose and fell in the 19th and 20th centuries. The slaves and the sugar cane have gone now but it remains, in its current guise as a British Overseas Territory, one of the last vestiges of that empire. So tell me this: if the Caribbean island is good enough for us to exploit for more than 300 years, what the hell is wrong with one of its inhabitants, Zharnel Hughes, wanting to compete for Britain in the Olympics?Look, I get the antipathy towards so-called Plastic BritsThe notion of the Union Jack being used as a flag of convenience, a lucrative consolation prize, is particularly unpalatablePart of the issue with Zharnel Hughes is that his national team cannot compete in the OlympicsHughes has held a British passport since his birth. In those circumstances, it seems particularly curmudgeonly to label him a Plastic BritSprinter Richard Kilty grew particularly irate when he addressed the subject on Twitter last week... 
 Question:He has as much right to run for _ as someone like Kilty.
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Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Britain