Less than 35 years ago the Australian left — and their colleagues around the world — were always warning us we were on the brink of nuclear annihilation because the President of the United States was senile.

This morning, they think it’s a hoot. There’s been raucous laughter coming from the sewers Twitter  ever since Joe Biden managed to forget the name on the teleprompter in front of him and talked about “that fella down under”, rather than Scott Morrison.