We're turning our gaze Stateside this week where the mid-term elections promised a red wave and delivered ,well, something more like a ripple. A bad night for Donald Trump, a pretty good one for Joe Biden and a fascinating tee-up for the presidential race in a couple of years' time. 

To chew over the results we welcomed back to the podcast my predecessor as editor, Oliver Wiseman, who since leaving CapX has written for a number of outlets with breadth and eloquence about the US political scene. 

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