Politics

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been elected as the 46th president of the United States.

Bemused journalists assumed that Trump had intended to gather the world's eager press at the Four Seasons hotel, but clarification from the White House confirmed that the president was indeed heading for Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

Talks will continue, with a Brexit cliff-edge looming next month.

"These people seek absolute sameness, total uniformity," he claimed.

Urging Donald Trump to accept the election result, Jim Kenney - the Mayor of Philadelphia - told the president to "put his big boy pants on" and admit he has lost.

Kate Bingham is a managing partner at venture capital firm SV Health Investors, and wife of a Tory Treasury minister.

Despite his disastrous handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, from which more than 230,000 Americans have died, the places witnessing a drastic second wave of the virus rowed in behind the president.

Between 2016 and 2020, Britain spent £2.6 billion on just eight consultancies - including KPMG, McKinsey, Deloitte and EY.

Michael Martin, the Taoiseach, said America’s election was “well organised”, adding that officials were ensuring the integrity of the vote as Joe Biden edged closer to victory.