A transatlantic argument has broken out over the US election result and what it means for the left: there, here and across the world. It’s the right argument, even though the danger of a Donald Trump power-grab has not receded, because it concerns the future of the planet.
Joe Biden won a clear majority of the popular vote (51 per cent to Trump’s 48 per cent) and retook swing states across the so-called rust belt from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. But because Trump increased his 2016 vote by nine million, despite his record of open racism, impeachable conduct and incompetence over Covid-19, the Democrats’ future challenge is clear.
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