Thank you, Joan. The racial divide is very worrying and is a reflection of the rise of populist nationalism all over the world. It's as much a feature of far left as it is of far right politics.

I agree that these elections are seminal. I fear the rise of the raging red left. Just yesterday friends of ours - young and virtually bornfree - are considering leaving the country. Because of the accusations based on their/his whiteness. He's a dynamic, hardworking entrepreneur who's creating jobs. Let me leave it at that.

I will most definitely be voting on 8 May. I may write about that in due course....