HOT TAKE: Donald Trump is President

<p>Donald Trump is set to make his return to the White House after a stunning overnight victory against Kamala Harris in the US election, just as George Osborne and Ed Balls predicted. But was this just a simple case of ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’</p><br /><p>Ed thinks the Harris loss could be a warning to UK’s Labour party members –&nbsp; if they don’t get UK living standards up, could they go the way of the Biden Democrats too? George, meanwhile, thinks Trump’s win exposes a fundamental challenge for the Left that it is now too focused on identity politics and not on people's living standards.</p><br /><p>They also question: will Donald Trump seek vengeance for Labour’s ill-advised involvement in the election? Nigel Farage was the only British politician with a major presence in the US overnight. Does his time at the Trump victory party mean Reform will be getting some help from Trump in years to come?&nbsp;</p><br /><p>Thanks for listening. Become a member of POLITICAL CURRENCY GOLD 🏅 to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to all our episodes and receive early access to EMQs. Subscribe now: <a href="patreon.com/politicalcurrency" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/politicalcurrency</a> or on Apple Podcasts: <a href="apple.co/politicalcurrency" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">apple.co/politicalcurrency</a></p><br /><p>Production support: Caillin McDaid</p><p>Technical Producer:&nbsp; Mikey Nissenbaum</p><p>Producers: Miriam Hall&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford</p><br /><p>Political Currency is a Persephonica Production and is part of the Acast Creator Network.&nbsp;</p><br /><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>