British politics might be a dumpster fire right now, but for once, we're starting a show

with some good news, Lula, is Brazil's president, even if only by a narrow margin. I'll be

joined later by an expert in Sao Paulo to explain what it all means, and then we'll turn

to the dumpster fire, also well-abravement as she is otherwise known and her grim handling

of a so-called migrant crisis. As Sao Paulo will be joining me for all of that.

Luis Inacio Lula de Silva, or Lula, is the new president of Brazil. The result came after a

closely thought second round vote against the sitting president Jair Bolsonaro. The second

round vote was tight to the last minute, with Lula eventually prevailing with two point lead

that translates to a two million vote majority for Lula, and it marks the first time since

Brazil's return to democracy in 1985 that a sitting president has lost an election.

Lula's victory was greeted with a rapturous celebration from his supporters.

Crowds filled the streets of Sao Paulo, surging along Paulista Avenue in numbers so large they

reportedly swamped the mobile phone signal. There were similarly huge crowds in Rio de Janeiro

and in Brazil, as supporters let off steam after a tense few hours waiting for the final results

to come through. Those celebrations were with good reason, because the election

wasn't just about personality, but presented a stark choice between two political futures for

the nation. On the one hand, there were Bolsonaro's far-right pledges, increased restrictions on

speech, opposition to abortion, and the loosening of environmental protections in the Amazon rainforest.

On the other, there were Lula's promises to end hunger, tackle Brazil's entrenched economic

inequalities, and protect the environment. And that was something Lula stressed again in his

victory speech.

Lula's victory comes after a storied political past. In 2002, he became Brazil's first working-class

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