"The worst-case scenario is a new pandemic starting again, this time from Denmark.”

Kate Bingham is a managing partner at venture capital firm SV Health Investors, and wife of a Tory Treasury minister.

Despite his disastrous handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, from which more than 230,000 Americans have died, the places witnessing a drastic second wave of the virus rowed in behind the president.

Between 2016 and 2020, Britain spent £2.6 billion on just eight consultancies - including KPMG, McKinsey, Deloitte and EY.

Elayzid Benferhat said his stomach turned when he heard of the deadly Islamic extremist attack on a church in Nice last week, so decided to gather a group of friends to stand guard at the 13th century church in the southern French town of Lodeve.

Michael Martin, the Taoiseach, said America’s election was “well organised”, adding that officials were ensuring the integrity of the vote as Joe Biden edged closer to victory.

Having been behind in the Keystone State since election night, the Democratic challenger now leads by 5,587 votes - after a dump of votes from Philadelphia erased the president’s lead.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said preparations for new border controls - already rated “high risk” - had been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The best thing for America’s future is for Donald Trump to go to total war over this election to expose all of the fraud, cheating, dead/no longer in state voters, that has been going on for far too long."