Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.

I'm Alex Thomas and I'm still a little bit tired because Tuesday night didn't bring a lot of sleep for those of us who get excited about elections.

Not long after midnight, UK time, the exit polls and predictions, the readouts and results started landing in the US. And from that point on, it was pretty much impossible to switch

off. At least it was for me. And here we are again. Buckle up, everybody. Donald Trump

has won the US presidential election.

The 45th president will now become the 47th, too. His return to the White House is both historic

and extraordinary, criminal convictions, assassination attempts, shocking language, and so much more,

and yet also somehow well anticipated. Trump has hung over global politics for years.

As for the Democrats, billions of dollars, celebrity backers and even changing the presidential candidate with

100 days to go made little difference. Comala Harris, like Hillary Clinton before her in 2016,

has lost to Donald Trump and this time the defeat is bigger. So what does this tell us about the US,

what does it mean for the UK and how might the

world change in the years to come? After that, we'll shift our attention to another recent election.

Kemi Badernock is the new leader of the Conservative Party. We'll take a look at what this means

for the opposition. And then to another enormous story, well at least for some parts of the

Institute for Government. A new ministerial code has been

published. We've read it and will give you the lowdown. All of that to come. So joining me in the

IFG studio is another enthusiastic election watcher, Kath Haddon. How and where were you as you watched

events unfold, Kath Haddon? I mean, you've absolutely shamed me because I went to sleep. In my defence,

I was doing a workshop all day, the day after,

so I needed my sleep. I sort of watched the beginning of the programs to see what lineups were,

what it was going to look like. Then I had a sleep. Then I woke up, and as many people did,

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