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November 4, Day 1
On the gathering storm comes a tall, handsome man
With a dusty black coat and a red right hand.
Nick Cave, Red Right Hand
Watching The US Presidential Election as an Englishman, and watching it from Central America, I feel simultaneously close to the action and far removed from it. American elections, like that country’s politics in general, are vastly more complex than those of the UK. American politics is a Cadillac while Britain trots along in an old horse-drawn surrey. Also, although their elections have taken place in the same year, those of the UK and the US could not have differed more. The British General Election was like going to watch Real Madrid play your local club team. It was just a question of how many goals. The US equivalent, at the...
