Barack Obama's historic landslide victory over Republican rival John McCain last night was not only good news for Democrats and those of a liberal persuasion.
Hospitality operators across London and the UK were also celebrating as ex-pats and interested observers packed into pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels to watch the drama unfold into the early hours.
There were 200 guests at The American Bar at the Stafford Hotel near Mayfair 300 at the Chicago Rib Shack in Knightsbridge, while a whopping 800 turned out at Yates's Wine Lodge, in Leicester Square.
The scene was repeated in bars and hotels across Europe, including Ernest Hemingway's favourite watering hole in Paris, Harry's Bar.
And it wasn't just Europe. Hotels and bars across Asia were packed to the rafters, with the Marriott in Beijing alone seeing 600 punters watching state after state turn Democrat blue.
Your correspondent was far more professional, watching BBC until the early hours while tucked up in bed...
The Republicans would surely have won if they'd let Sarah Palin be more like Michael Palin. As an Alaskan she's a natural for the lumberjack song.
And when those interviewers caught her out she would've garnered a lot more sympathy if they'd gone 'never heard of the Bush doctrine? That's a chip up the nose, Sarah'.