Wednesday 9th November

Update – Tuesday 8.20 p.m…..Nervously waiting, watching news programmes filling their schedules with supposition, because in this incredible election – nobody knows.  The latest polls are showing a small lead for Hilary, but far too small for comfort.  And besides the polls have been notoriously wrong of late.  Even the day before Brexit the polls were all showing Remain just winning.   And the General Election of 2015, where the Tories romped home despite almost all the commentators predicting another hung parliament and a possible coalition of the left, was way out.  There seems to be a silent majority who tell pollsters they are still undecided but secretly harbour racist motives and know that this is considered a bad thing, so they pretend they still don’t know which way to vote.  Let us hope this isn’t the case today.

Update – Wednesday 2.30 a.m…I haven’t missed a U.K. election night for decades and I have watched a few U.S. ones too.  I have had a sleep but am awake now and switch on the TV…and Trump is pulling ahead.  Our worst nightmare coming true.  It is too close to call, but looking bad for Hilary.  The same populism mixed with racism and a huge dose of stupidity is winning.

Update – Wednesday 5.00 a.m.  It’s looking like Trump will win.  Stupid people are happy to vote for someone as stupid as they are.  No solutions, simple slogans,  Jobs have been lost due to computers and robots and cheaper labour in the far east. What do they think Trump can do to change that?   This is actually a direct result of the 2008 financial crash and falling incomes and prospects for ordinary working people…and with Trump in charge it will only get worse.