Rory Taylor
@rorytaylor.bsky.social
Writing things about global politics and current affairs for TLDR News (mostly Global & EU content)
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What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
Pro-EU centrists surging last minute to first place? Ed Davey is grinning and rubbing his hands together.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pro-EU centrists surging last minute to first place? Ed Davey is grinning and rubbing his hands together.
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Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
So these supposed narcoterrorists are so dangerous that they need to be executed by drone strike at sea, but if captured it's safe to just repatriate them and not prosecute them? Or perhaps the US has just been murdering people in the Caribbean?
October 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So these supposed narcoterrorists are so dangerous that they need to be executed by drone strike at sea, but if captured it's safe to just repatriate them and not prosecute them? Or perhaps the US has just been murdering people in the Caribbean?
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
So in one weekend we've had:
🇯🇵 Japan's decades long ruling coalition splits
🇫🇷 France gets a new(ish) PM
🇵🇪 Peru's president impeached
🇲🇬 Madagascar's president possibly ousted
🇻🇪 Nobel Peace Prize awarded
🇵🇸 Gaza ceasefire comes into force
🇵🇰 Pakistan-Taliban clashes
Anything I've missed?
🇯🇵 Japan's decades long ruling coalition splits
🇫🇷 France gets a new(ish) PM
🇵🇪 Peru's president impeached
🇲🇬 Madagascar's president possibly ousted
🇻🇪 Nobel Peace Prize awarded
🇵🇸 Gaza ceasefire comes into force
🇵🇰 Pakistan-Taliban clashes
Anything I've missed?
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So in one weekend we've had:
🇯🇵 Japan's decades long ruling coalition splits
🇫🇷 France gets a new(ish) PM
🇵🇪 Peru's president impeached
🇲🇬 Madagascar's president possibly ousted
🇻🇪 Nobel Peace Prize awarded
🇵🇸 Gaza ceasefire comes into force
🇵🇰 Pakistan-Taliban clashes
Anything I've missed?
🇯🇵 Japan's decades long ruling coalition splits
🇫🇷 France gets a new(ish) PM
🇵🇪 Peru's president impeached
🇲🇬 Madagascar's president possibly ousted
🇻🇪 Nobel Peace Prize awarded
🇵🇸 Gaza ceasefire comes into force
🇵🇰 Pakistan-Taliban clashes
Anything I've missed?
Rajoelina might be about to leave office the way he entered it
BREAKING: An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country's president says.
An attempted coup is underway in Madagascar, the country's president says
The president of madagascar says an attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island country. A statement from President Andry Rajoelina’s office said it “wishes to inform the nation and the international community that an attempt to seize power illegally and by force” has been “initiated” on S
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Rajoelina might be about to leave office the way he entered it
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Peru’s Congress has voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.
Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
Peru’s Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Peru’s Congress has voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.
Obviously very very welcome news but I have a real sinking feeling that as soon as the hostages are returned, Netanyahu will hit resume and plunge Gaza back into violence. As far as I can tell there are no safeguards against this, but I really hope I am proven wrong.
Watch: Scenes of celebration in Gaza after peace deal announcement
Watch: Scenes of celebration in Gaza after peace deal announcement
Palestinians celebrate on the streets of Khan Younis after the first phase of a Gaza peace deal was agreed.
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Obviously very very welcome news but I have a real sinking feeling that as soon as the hostages are returned, Netanyahu will hit resume and plunge Gaza back into violence. As far as I can tell there are no safeguards against this, but I really hope I am proven wrong.
Quite the headline
October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Quite the headline
Monsieur Macron I am ready to serve
🚨 BREAKING: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his government have resigned.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/6uzZ50X6TAz
Read the developing story: ow.ly/6uzZ50X6TAz
October 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Monsieur Macron I am ready to serve
Prime example of why the immigration conversation is so misinformed:
@thetimes.com writes an article about the 1.3m people who've moved to the UK since Brexit, vast majority of whom came on work/study/family visas...
And yet every single photo in the article is of small boat/Channel crossings
@thetimes.com writes an article about the 1.3m people who've moved to the UK since Brexit, vast majority of whom came on work/study/family visas...
And yet every single photo in the article is of small boat/Channel crossings
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Prime example of why the immigration conversation is so misinformed:
@thetimes.com writes an article about the 1.3m people who've moved to the UK since Brexit, vast majority of whom came on work/study/family visas...
And yet every single photo in the article is of small boat/Channel crossings
@thetimes.com writes an article about the 1.3m people who've moved to the UK since Brexit, vast majority of whom came on work/study/family visas...
And yet every single photo in the article is of small boat/Channel crossings
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Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
I'm wary of speculating on someone's health but it's hard to deny that he's looking increasingly like post-2013 Bouteflika
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I'm wary of speculating on someone's health but it's hard to deny that he's looking increasingly like post-2013 Bouteflika
Looks like Thailand's influential ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra is returning to self-imposed exile ahead of tomorrow's PM vote and next week's verdict that could see him jailed.
He says he's heading to Singapore for a checkup and will be back tomorrow, but that's definitely not the way to Singapore...
He says he's heading to Singapore for a checkup and will be back tomorrow, but that's definitely not the way to Singapore...
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Looks like Thailand's influential ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra is returning to self-imposed exile ahead of tomorrow's PM vote and next week's verdict that could see him jailed.
He says he's heading to Singapore for a checkup and will be back tomorrow, but that's definitely not the way to Singapore...
He says he's heading to Singapore for a checkup and will be back tomorrow, but that's definitely not the way to Singapore...
Happening right in front of our eyes
August 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Happening right in front of our eyes
Ishiba gone by the end of next week?
I think we're going to see a political earthquake in Japan, folks. This chart is likelihood of voting one week out this year compared to 2022. Not only is turnout looking higher, but look at the age groups that are planning to vote at higher rates (green bars).
July 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ishiba gone by the end of next week?
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Among the interesting pieces in TooLong005🗽 is
@alonso-gd.bsky.social's great article, plus insights from several other experts, including an interview with Prof. @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social, conducted by Zac and I, on the weakening of the international order. 🌐 Make sure to pick up your copy!🗞️
@alonso-gd.bsky.social's great article, plus insights from several other experts, including an interview with Prof. @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social, conducted by Zac and I, on the weakening of the international order. 🌐 Make sure to pick up your copy!🗞️
I have an article coming up in this on “what drives anti-establishment feeling in Peru”. Be sure to get it an support the good folks at TLDR
01/08/25
July 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Among the interesting pieces in TooLong005🗽 is
@alonso-gd.bsky.social's great article, plus insights from several other experts, including an interview with Prof. @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social, conducted by Zac and I, on the weakening of the international order. 🌐 Make sure to pick up your copy!🗞️
@alonso-gd.bsky.social's great article, plus insights from several other experts, including an interview with Prof. @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social, conducted by Zac and I, on the weakening of the international order. 🌐 Make sure to pick up your copy!🗞️
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I have an article coming up in this on “what drives anti-establishment feeling in Peru”. Be sure to get it an support the good folks at TLDR
July 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have an article coming up in this on “what drives anti-establishment feeling in Peru”. Be sure to get it an support the good folks at TLDR
This one simple trick could make Rachel Reeves' life so much easier.
HS2? That's military spending.
The entire NHS? Military spending.
Welfare state? Military spending.
Bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland? Military spending.
HS2? That's military spending.
The entire NHS? Military spending.
Welfare state? Military spending.
Bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland? Military spending.
Faced with a daunting new NATO spending target, Italian politicians are proposing that a long-discussed €13.5 billion bridge to Sicily should be defined as military expenditure.
Italy’s grand plan to meet NATO target: A €13.5B bridge to Sicily
Meloni’s deputy prime ministers are keen to class the bridge as a NATO-related project. But does it really mesh with Europe’s military goals?
ow.ly
June 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This one simple trick could make Rachel Reeves' life so much easier.
HS2? That's military spending.
The entire NHS? Military spending.
Welfare state? Military spending.
Bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland? Military spending.
HS2? That's military spending.
The entire NHS? Military spending.
Welfare state? Military spending.
Bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland? Military spending.
It's not quite The Lord of the Rings or the Cornetto trilogy, but my latest video on Lula completes a trilogy of Latin American polling videos on TLDR Global:
🇧🇷 Why Lula's popularity is fading
🇲🇽 Why Claudia Sheinbaum is so popular
🇵🇪 Why Dina Boluarte is the world's most unpopular leader
🇧🇷 Why Lula's popularity is fading
🇲🇽 Why Claudia Sheinbaum is so popular
🇵🇪 Why Dina Boluarte is the world's most unpopular leader
June 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's not quite The Lord of the Rings or the Cornetto trilogy, but my latest video on Lula completes a trilogy of Latin American polling videos on TLDR Global:
🇧🇷 Why Lula's popularity is fading
🇲🇽 Why Claudia Sheinbaum is so popular
🇵🇪 Why Dina Boluarte is the world's most unpopular leader
🇧🇷 Why Lula's popularity is fading
🇲🇽 Why Claudia Sheinbaum is so popular
🇵🇪 Why Dina Boluarte is the world's most unpopular leader
Regime change at TLDR. Patriots are in control. Trust the plan.
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Regime change at TLDR. Patriots are in control. Trust the plan.
So Pedro Sánchez is due to speak in 15mins after a bad bad day for him and his party. Place your bets, will it be:
1. Snap election
2. Resignation
3. Absolutely nothing
1. Snap election
2. Resignation
3. Absolutely nothing
June 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So Pedro Sánchez is due to speak in 15mins after a bad bad day for him and his party. Place your bets, will it be:
1. Snap election
2. Resignation
3. Absolutely nothing
1. Snap election
2. Resignation
3. Absolutely nothing
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