Adrian Wooldridge is the global business columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former writer at the Economist, he is author of “The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World.”
Europeans should resist the temptation to invest too much hope in a Democratic victory, and act instead as if a Donald Trump second term is a certainty.
The party should have been given far more scrutiny during the election campaign. Its policies on education, wealth creation and public-sector management are naive and sometimes dangerous.
The Liberal Democrats are running an eccentric campaign, high on hijinks and low on policies. They will nevertheless have an impact on the election result.
