The Ken comparison is the most accurate imo. But Ken was Labour to his core & always coded Labour. Mamdani is Dem to his core, regardless of top level policy proposals. He’s fully coded D, operates within a clear left tradition of his party. D establishment rejected him for not waiting his turn.

I’m not sure many people, anywhere, have a decent grasp of any immigration laws, anywhere!

Anyone care to tell him who was in government between 2010 - 2024…?

Roy Orbison, ABBA, and Belle and Sebastian. Usually in that order.

Issue for platforms like us is that the conversation on BlueSky is overwhelmingly US/UK focused. If you’re focused on Mexico, for instance, hardly anyone relevant to that conversation is here - much less having a vibrant conversation!

There are high profile right wing US personalities who have been barred from Britain for less than what Elon Musk did yesterday, and by Theresa May no less! The lack of response is a real indictment of Starmer’s inability to lead and unfitness to the moment he’s in.

And most MAGA folk would likely point to that as a reason to feel unsafe - and an indictment of the state - in Mexico, still, without a trace of irony.

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Without doubt she’s expanding on AMLO’s script. I don’t and wouldn’t argue that she is copying Trump, but I do argue she and her project need to be understood as Trump’s parallel, which is a different thing.