Opinion: A smack in the mug

01 November 2016 - 09:51
By SIMON HEFFER

Donald Trump doesn't do understatement, so it was predictable on Friday evening that he should liken to Watergate the reopening of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's supposedly insecure use of her private email server. But this was more than the latest twist in an unpleasant campaign that has little to do with policy or a vision for the US, and much to do with the character defects, real or imagined, of the two candidates.

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