Politics

"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.

“The people of Scotland overwhelmingly reject Brexit and the narrow, isolationist stance of Boris Johnson’s Government and believe Scotland will prosper as an independent country.”

Having been behind in the Keystone State since election night, the Democratic challenger now leads by 5,587 votes - after a dump of votes from Philadelphia erased the president’s lead.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said preparations for new border controls - already rated “high risk” - had been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.