Sharbari Ahmed

As I type this, the horror of this ruling is unfolding.

I didn’t burst into tears of relief and joy when it was finally announced that Joe Biden Jr. had won the presidency of the United States.

Think about this, almost half of Americans thinks he’s handling this pandemic swimmingly according to a recent CNN poll that puts him closer to 45 percent.

Depending on who you talk to, the US midterm elections resulted in either a blue wave of Democratic triumph or were a testament to the entrenched white nationalism, bigotry and jingoism of the American people. I would posit that both perceptions are correct.

Donald Trump has many formidable attributes. He has united a beleaguered white population in a common goal to protect their fundamental right to be white.

There is a curfew in Baltimore, Maryland, USA which is in a state of emergency. So everyone was out in the streets at 6:33 pm GMT,

For the past four days I have been confined to my bed, with the occasional foray into the kitchen in search of food and water and subsequently the toilet.

After railing against it and passionately commiserating with those who decried it, I finally watched Clint Eastwood's “American Sniper” in its entirety.