Following a period of chaos and a meltdown at 10 Downing Street, during which Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings jumped ship and Boris Johnson had to go into self-isolation for a second time, the government decided last month to announce…

We’ve all heard of swing states, electoral votes and the ‘race to 270’, but what do they mean and how are they related to the Electoral College? This article is a brief guide to today’s election and an explainer of…