As most of us will be aware by now, the American people have chosen Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States in what must be the biggest political upset in that country since Lee Harvey Oswald unleashed a bullet from the fifth floor window of the School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, fifty-three years ago, this month. Donald Trump, a man who despite his manifest skills as an entrepreneur, has never before held elected…

By Max Musson: As a political writer who often has to cover issues that hinge upon the racial, religious or ethnic background of individuals in the public eye, and the connections between individuals that are often otherwise concealed, it is rather bemusing to find myself reporting on the spat that is currently taking place between Ed Miliband and the Labour Party on the one hand and the Daily Mail on the other, in which various…