Peter Bleksley is a regular GB News commentator and former Scotland Yard Detective
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I hope you wore your poppy with pride this weekend. As I folded my £20 note and tapped it down firmly into the donation box last week, I felt good that I was helping veterans, but I also felt good for me, in that I was able to afford a generous donation.
And that’s the whole point about doing things for others, whether it be giving cash to charity, volunteering for our favourite organisation, or giving up our seat on the train for someone in greater need than ourselves, on the surface it appears we are helping others, but deep down we do all of this because it makes us selfish souls feel good.
The President-elect of the USA understands selfishness as well as anyone, which is why so much of his remarkable campaign was directed towards that aspect of voter’s personalities that makes them consider themselves first as they enter the polling booth, and don’t go kidding yourself for a moment that you are not like them, or me, because you’re not fooling anyone.
Lower taxes, smaller government, less regulation, and the mass deportation of illegal immigrants were key promises in The Donald’s messaging, all of which struck home so effectively and saw him swept to power through his resounding victory.
He now stands astride not only America, but the global political landscape as a colossus, with a clear mandate to shape America and the world as he sees fit. Buckle up lovely people, because it will be one heck of a ride, and the impact for us here in Britain could be seismic.
Starmer has already offered his congratulations to Trump, and spoken of standing ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the man who will become President once again on 20th January, but I’m sure that if the leader of the free world wants to test the waters of the UK, then he is far more likely to call the Member of Parliament for Clacton than Downing Street.
The roundly trounced Kamala Harris will now fade back into the obscurity that epitomised her three and a half years as Vice-President, until Joe Biden’s fading capabilities meant he could no longer run for a second term, and she became the Democrat Party nominee.
I suspect she may be haunted for many a year by her lamentable campaign, which so often reminded me of a swim-suited Miss World candidate from yesteryear, who when questioned by the beauty contest host would long for ‘world peace’ and other rampantly naïve pipedreams.
Perhaps the people of America should be grateful that she failed to understand the selfishness that lives inside us all.
As The Guardian urges its UK journalists to offer support to their colleagues in the US who have been traumatised by Donald Trump’s crushing victory, as swathes of staff at the BBC are described as being ‘distraught’, and as many clearly unhinged young people sob and scream into their mobile phones and bare their flaky souls to the world, I, for one, will cast an envious eye across the pond if Trump succeeds is dismantling the woke and intolerant machinery of state that has driven the rise of identity politics, race-baiting and divisiveness that is all too common among our public services, and is continually worming its way deeper into the charity sector and human resources departments everywhere.
We won’t have to wait long to see if The Don can deliver on his promises. If he does, then our General Election of 2029 could feel like a very, very long way away.
