Winners and losers...

We can’t say we weren’t warned. Back in 2016, during the last candidates’ debate, Donald Trump said “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win”. Four years on, nothing much has changed. A clearly rattled Trump spoke from the White House last night: a surreal half hour of lies and baseless accusations. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us”.

Biden needs just six more electoral college votes to reach the magic number of 270. It’s traditional for the loser in a presidential election to give a short speech of concession and - through gritted teeth, perhaps - to wish the new president all the best. Trump won’t do that, of course, but, in an hour or two, what Donald J Trump does or doesn’t do won’t matter so much any more...