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A sound move by Jamie Driscoll.
Thrown under a bus by the Starmer clique.
Appears to see YP as too much of a mess to be realistically considered.
Former Labour mayor Jamie Driscoll joins Green Party - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrnm56xdr5o
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Former Labour mayor Jamie Driscoll joins Green Party
The ex-North of Tyne Mayor describes politics as "a mess", but Labour calls him as a "liability".

Was discussing w/ friends how I think Mamdani would perform as mayor. I was curious to see what prediction markets had to say. Surprised that only Kalshi had any on post-election acts; Polymarket and Manifold only on election itself. (I don't really use them; is this typical?)

As Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotš, said (and Gustavo Petro repeated):
“An advanced city is not one where the poor can get around by car, but one where even the rich use public transportation.” https://sfba.social/@markmetz/115493639268091062

Some coverage of our rally yesterday to #KeepMarketStreetMoving!
“Traffic safety advocates are urging San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie to reverse his decision to allow private car services on Market Street, citing safety concerns.
“Protests erupted outside City Hall on Tuesday as various groups…voiced their opposition to the presence of Waymo, Uber, and Lyft vehicles on M…

ELECTION INTERFERENCE
Multiple NJ polling sites have been closed or relocated due to bomb threats.
#NJ #election #BombThreat

Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.

Inside Kalshi's NYC HQ on election night, as it handled ~$100M in trades on the mayoral race that day, calling it for Mamdani 36 minutes before any media outlet (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/election-night-at-kalshi-hq

Election night at Kalshi HQ
Inside Kalshi’s quiet Manhattan office on election night, co-founder Tarek Mansour showed how his fast-growing prediction market is calling races faster than the media.

Inside Kalshi's NYC HQ on election night, as it handled ~$100M in trades on the mayoral race that day, calling it for Mamdani 36 minutes before any media outlet (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/election-night-at-kalshi-hq

Election night at Kalshi HQ
Inside Kalshi’s quiet Manhattan office on election night, co-founder Tarek Mansour showed how his fast-growing prediction market is calling races faster than the media.

"In 2020, Berlin passed a law that resulted in a five-year rent freeze [...] for 90% of the flats in the city. While the law offered relief to about 1.5 million households who had seen rents rise by an estimated third in the six years prior, it was ruled as unconstitutional in 2021 after Germany’s highest court sided with landlords and property investment lobbyists who had argued it was inappropriate and illegal for the state to meddle with the private market."

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Outreach #Ottawa #OttawaPlace #Media #politicians
I was reading this funny story about a Jeopardy! question that featured Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/who-is-mark-sutcliffe-ottawa-s-mayor-stumps-jeopardy-champ-9.7013496
It features a link to his X where he (manually) recorded the Answer/Question. So then I ended up on his X profile.
He has 33,000 followers.
He posted 12 minutes ago.
75 engagements - 0 likes - 0 boosts - 0 replies
1h ago
313 engagements - 0 likes - 1 boost - 1 reply
another 1h ago
354 - 3 - 1 - 0
another 1h ago
669 - 3 - 1 - 1
another 1h ago
570 - 1 - 0 - 0
2h ago
461 - 7 - 1 - 2
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Like... what good is 33 000 followers if less than 1/3rd potentially see your post and you get nearly no real engagement?
My Theory: While Politicians think they are using X/FB because “that's where the people are”, the data shows that the "people" beyond clicking ‘follow' never actually see them or engage with that person. Instead, what the profile is actually used for is self promotion. A known place where the *media* can pick up the relevant happenings of a politician.
Which then begs the question. Would said Mayor of Ottawa be able to do exactly the same thing, and engage with the same or more constituents on ottawa.place?