Fergus Finlay: Relief at Starmer’s success, but Biden’s time is up in the US

I’ve seldom felt such a surge of quiet confidence as I did in the small hours of Friday morning, watching Keir Starmer rack up a thoroughly deserved majority

Newly elected UK prime minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria are greeted by supporters outside No 10 Downing Street after UK general election last week. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA

It’s weird, isn’t it. To the east of us, there is hope where there was chaos and corruption. 

To the west of us, there is looming chaos and inevitable corruption where there had been a glimmer of hope.