Politics in the United States is as polarised as I can remember in my lifetime. November’s election is shaping up to be as close fought as the 2000 contest, but with war and global Islamic terrorism mixed into the brew, we all feel as involved as the American public. The whole world is dangling on a hanging chad. ‘What’s all this nonsense about salt being bad for you?’ While the majority of Europeans and the entire Labour party minus Downing Street are rooting for Kerry, what is more disquieting is the support of some British Conservative MPs for the Democrat...