Rory Taylor
@rorytaylor.bsky.social
Writing things about global politics and current affairs for TLDR News (mostly Global & EU content)
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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.
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?
Quite the headline
October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Quite the headline
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...
And yet the best we can muster is "don't do it".
August 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And yet the best we can muster is "don't do it".
Happening right in front of our eyes
August 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Happening right in front of our eyes
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.
You weren't far off: "Sánchez also announced a restructuring of the PSOE's federal executive committee"
June 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You weren't far off: "Sánchez also announced a restructuring of the PSOE's federal executive committee"
Crazy thing is that's not dissimilar to what Stefan Zweig wrote in 1942:
"When bombs laid waste the houses of Shanghai, we knew of it in our rooms in Europe before the wounded were carried out of their homes. What occurred thousands of miles over the sea leaped bodily before our eyes in pictures."
"When bombs laid waste the houses of Shanghai, we knew of it in our rooms in Europe before the wounded were carried out of their homes. What occurred thousands of miles over the sea leaped bodily before our eyes in pictures."
June 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Crazy thing is that's not dissimilar to what Stefan Zweig wrote in 1942:
"When bombs laid waste the houses of Shanghai, we knew of it in our rooms in Europe before the wounded were carried out of their homes. What occurred thousands of miles over the sea leaped bodily before our eyes in pictures."
"When bombs laid waste the houses of Shanghai, we knew of it in our rooms in Europe before the wounded were carried out of their homes. What occurred thousands of miles over the sea leaped bodily before our eyes in pictures."
Exactly six months after Yoon's martial law attempt, South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung president. Probably not the outcome that Yoon intended.
June 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Exactly six months after Yoon's martial law attempt, South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung president. Probably not the outcome that Yoon intended.
I'm pretty sure there's a perfect correlation between the length of time that a papal conclave goes on and the frequency that journalists covering it talk about seagulls
May 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm pretty sure there's a perfect correlation between the length of time that a papal conclave goes on and the frequency that journalists covering it talk about seagulls
If 2024 was the year of incumbents losing, is 2025 the year of the incumbent comeback?
March 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If 2024 was the year of incumbents losing, is 2025 the year of the incumbent comeback?
Genuinely might be the funniest thing Trump has ever posted
March 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Genuinely might be the funniest thing Trump has ever posted
🚨 Just over 2 hours left to submit your questions:
The UK Government is increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, alongside a cut to overseas development aid.
What would you ask the UK Government about its defence spending boost? Let us know 👇
forms.gle/UWfhhZeboaQe...
The UK Government is increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, alongside a cut to overseas development aid.
What would you ask the UK Government about its defence spending boost? Let us know 👇
forms.gle/UWfhhZeboaQe...
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🚨 Just over 2 hours left to submit your questions:
The UK Government is increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, alongside a cut to overseas development aid.
What would you ask the UK Government about its defence spending boost? Let us know 👇
forms.gle/UWfhhZeboaQe...
The UK Government is increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, alongside a cut to overseas development aid.
What would you ask the UK Government about its defence spending boost? Let us know 👇
forms.gle/UWfhhZeboaQe...
checking in on the US
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
checking in on the US
The difference three years and one election makes...
The US has voted with Russia against Ukraine's UN resolution on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion
The US has voted with Russia against Ukraine's UN resolution on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion
February 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The difference three years and one election makes...
The US has voted with Russia against Ukraine's UN resolution on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion
The US has voted with Russia against Ukraine's UN resolution on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion
My hot take is that the world is heading in a very bad direction if "solidarity, equality, & sustainability" are considered bad things
February 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My hot take is that the world is heading in a very bad direction if "solidarity, equality, & sustainability" are considered bad things
A Republican congressman has proposed a constitutional amendment to allow Trump to run for a third term, but it's very clearly designed to prevent Obama from getting his hat-trick
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A Republican congressman has proposed a constitutional amendment to allow Trump to run for a third term, but it's very clearly designed to prevent Obama from getting his hat-trick
Someone voted for Bernie Sanders lmao
January 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Someone voted for Bernie Sanders lmao
Big news today that Lebanon is seemingly on the verge of electing a new president (on the 13th parliamentary attempt), more than two years after the last president left office
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Big news today that Lebanon is seemingly on the verge of electing a new president (on the 13th parliamentary attempt), more than two years after the last president left office
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Did I predict Trudeau resigning? Well, it took longer than I implied it would, and it was more a 'pushed out' than a 'peace out', but other than that... bang on
![Tweet by me from February 2023 saying "I reckon Trudeau will follow suit", in response to a @PopulismUpdates tweet saying "Love this new trend of leader just peacing out" [referring to Sturgeon and Ardern]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hp2ayvnbxqw2fhyu3gzwjztr/bafkreicrv5stidnjqwcxuateg75joak7kjfwzr3sqp4l4273q7vv7rzpvu@jpeg)
January 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Did I predict Trudeau resigning? Well, it took longer than I implied it would, and it was more a 'pushed out' than a 'peace out', but other than that... bang on
Time to score my 2024 predictions. 8/16... A mixed bag for sure.
December 31, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Time to score my 2024 predictions. 8/16... A mixed bag for sure.
My only take on this is that I would love Musk to be Person of the Year because I think Donald Trump would take it very very poorly
December 9, 2024 at 2:19 PM
My only take on this is that I would love Musk to be Person of the Year because I think Donald Trump would take it very very poorly