Why a Joe Biden White House bodes well for Northern Ireland

As Wellington said after winning the battle of Waterloo, it was "a close-run thing". And so it was for Joe Biden, the now-President-elect of the United States. Despite the massive support that Biden got from the media and associated pollster predictions of a clear and consistent lead over Donald Trump, his victory, in the end, was narrow indeed. Trump won a record-breaking 71 million votes to Biden's 75 million votes; that is 52% to 48%. A win, but thin.