Three years ago, I was in a hotel in Washington DC for a conference. I happened to walk into the meeting room at the same time as another delegate. We took an instant liking to each other and chatted about our hopes and dreams. He spoke about his ambition to be President of the United…
I was listening to Broadcasting House on Radio 4 on Sunday morning when they introduced a listener, an American novelist, who wanted to complain about the coverage in the UK of American politics. She took exception to references to ‘swing states’ on the grounds that Americans took the view that each vote counted as equal. …
