In the general exultation at the election of Joe Biden, which I share, has anyone else noticed that he may owe his success to Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian party candidate? Had she not run, and had the votes cast for her been cast instead for Donald Trump, he would have won the election, for in almost all the key swing states the total of her votes was greater than Joe Biden’s victory margin. On such small hinges do great events pivot.
Brian Marquard
Dockenfield, Surrey
• Kamala Harris, out for a walk in casual clothes, saying, “We did it, Joe,” so calmly and matter of factly, sent emotional waves down my spine and into my eyes. No triumphalism, hoopla, braggadocio or gesticulations. May she and Joe Biden retain such decency.
Robin Le Mare
Allithwaite, Cumbria
• Chris Entwistle (Letters, 6 November) suggests that if the UK, like some states in the US, legalised the possession of small amounts of marijuana, “outrage and hysteria” would result. Who would be outraged, where would the hysteria be manifested, and what effect would it have? He could have said exactly the same about same-sex marriage, which became law with barely a murmur.
Michael Woodgate
Bristol
• If Donald Trump still refuses to concede, could we see the great schism of 2021, with one US president in Washington DC, and another in Mar-a-Lago?
Martin Constantinides
Ely, Cambridgeshire
• Rejoice! One blond bombast gone, one to go.
Ken Vines
Horrabridge, Devon
