Shouldn't ≠ won't. Cuomo is clearly unfit as a man, but that's not sufficent to rule him out. The more relevant question is whether Mamdani is New York's Corbyn (ouch) or Livingstone (talks left, gov… (View Post)

Case study is Boris. Everyone loves the facade, few people like what they see when they get underneath the facade. (Partly, as you say, funny is a good placebo for human. But also, funny works best w… (View Post)

Meanwhile, in endorsement news, Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this. https://bsky.app/profile/zohrankmamdani.bsky.social/post/3m4p6pyn6sk2a (View Post)

Actually cancelling elections is something that even tyrants don't like to do- it is too much of a visible crossing of an "are we the baddies?" line. Managing the electoral process, so that… (View Post)

Anyway, let's think about someone better... An LNER rail staff member who tried to stop the attack remains in life-threatening condition, while five others have now been discharged from hospital The … (View Post)