Whatever you think of Donald Trump, watching the mood change in the BBC’s election studio has been delicious. It was like a New Orleans funeral in reverse – a carnival turning a corner and transforming into a wake. This was supposed to be a historic night. But then it wasn’t just the BBC. The liberal media have been at it for days. There was supposed to be a last-minute surge in support for Kamala Harris, driven by record turnout of women coming out to fight for their rights.
The idea that American voters would be steered by anything other than their own personal economic circumstances was foolish
This was pure hubris. To think that the US election was going to turn on the touchstone liberal issue of abortion (sorry, ‘reproductive rights’) was nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the many commentators and academics wheeled out to make that point.
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