Lovely piece, watching Trump fall apart is going to be oh so enjoyable, but the problem remains: what does America, and indeed all the rest of the ‘mature democracies’, do with all those angry, diminished and humiliated people for whom modern capitalism can offer so little.

A stray thought. Trump’s direct European equivalent is surely Silvio Berlusconi, of the boot polish head. Now he was elected a number of times, so it could happen, I suppose, although I think the Republican caucus will be worth attending this year as I suspect the smoke filled rooms will be in full operation, plotting, plotting, plotting.