MPs may have to vote ‘blind’ on new lockdown measures after delay in publishing
Over in the States, election day has begun, with voters finally having their say on whether to stick with Donald Trump and his uniquely brash, bruising presidency, or opt for Democratic opponent Joe Biden.
Despite a laid-back campaign, 77-year-old Mr Biden’s offer of new leadership in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 231,000 Americans, has him leading in the majority of polls.
“I have a feeling we’re coming together for a big win tomorrow,” Mr Biden said in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a vital electoral battleground.
But Mr Trump has been characteristically defiant to the end, campaigning at a frenetic pace with crowded rallies in four states on Monday, and repeating his dark, unprecedented claims for a US president that the polls risk being rigged against him.
“We’re going to have another beautiful victory tomorrow,” he told a crowd of voters in early hours of Tuesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which chanted back: “We love you, we love you!”
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