It’s not very often you’ll hear me involved, or even talking about, US politics but they have such a far-reach that who is elected to that country affects us all.

But Barack Obama must, surely, become President. McCain doesn’t appear enough of a change from Bush – and a change is what we need badly. On top of that I’m down-right scared of Sarah Palin.

The polls look good for Obama, but they’ve been wrong before. We can only hope.

And with Lewis Hamilton the world F1 champion, it looks to be a good week for black people around the world.