Can Mayor Pete Buttigieg oust Donald Trump? & Shaun Bailey's pitch for London Mayor

<p>There’s<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-snubs-nancy-pelosi-handshake-before-he-launches-into-state-of-the-union-address-a4353811.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> all-out war</a> between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, and Donald Trump appears to be winning. Nancy Pelosi may have ripped up the print-out of his State of the Union address, but the President’s approval ratings are at an all-time high and the impeachment trial against him is likely to end in his acquittal. Emerging from the debacle of the Democrats’<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/iowa-caucus-sixty-two-per-cent-results-twitter-a4354436.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> botched Iowa Caucus </a>however, is a challenger whose campaign is being likened to Barack Obama’s. We speak to Evening Standard columnist Philip Delves Broughton about the outsider who could be making strides towards the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/us-presidential-election-2020-dates-candidates-schedule-a4352366.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">White House</a>, Pete Buttigieg.</p><br><p><strong>Shaun Bailey’s pitch for London Mayor</strong></p><p>Conservative Shaun Bailey is currently in the running for the London mayoral election. In a special interview Shaun Bailey speaks to The Leader podcast about the big problems facing Londoners, such as violent knife crime, transport and housing. Mr Bailey explains how he proposes to improve these areas, such as bringing in record policing numbers which he says the current mayor of London, Sadiq Kahn, removed.&nbsp;He explains why he will <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/shaun-bailey-i-ll-raise-fares-to-improve-public-transport-a4354071.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">raise Transport for London fares</a> to improve public transport, and reveals why being close to homeless himself gave him a personal understanding why housing and the cost of living needs to be fairer.&nbsp;</p><p>Comment editor Susan