Bolsonara – his hot air balloon heading down

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s bombastic right-wing president, is eight percentage points behind in the polls for the October 2 election to Luiz Lula da Silva and swearing he’ll go if he loses despite having previously indicated he wouldn’t admit defeat. Whatever he says, there are fears of a constitutional crisis since he’s likely to react badly if he doesn’t win. If neither candidate receives more than 50 per cent of the vote, a run-off will be held on October 30.