Wednesday briefing: Improbable victory for city's first Muslim mayor offers new playbook for fight against Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : [Democratic Socialists of America] is very dangerous.
57% : The Financial Times has "Reeves paves way to break promise on income taxes" and there's an earthworks theme in the other Times too: "Reeves lays ground for 1970s-style tax increase".
49% : This Saturday Night Live debate sketch starring Ramy Youssef captures his relentlessly cheerful campaign: Youssef as Mamdani seeks to soothe those frightened of a socialist Muslim by "smiling after every answer in a way that physically hurts my face".
48% : " Why was his campaign so successful? Much of his victory can be put down to an appetite in New York for a combative approach to Trump, a politician prepared to criticise Israel's actions in Gaza and a slate of populist policies that appeals in a city where costs for working people are out of control.
48% : On the ground in the refugee and asylum capital of Britain Helen Pidd heads to Crawley, West Sussex, the place in the UK with the highest number of asylum seekers and supported refugees relative to its population.
47% : " What does his victory mean for New York? While Mamdani has been portrayed as an extremist, much of his policy platform is fairly middle-of-the-road social democratic stuff: he wants to raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour, increase taxes on the highest earners, make bus transit free, offer universal childcare and increase affordable housing provision.
46% : "It was a reminder that the left wins when it shows that democratic socialists are laser-focused on meeting human needs, not fighting culture wars.
46% : The i paper runs with "Reeves poised to raise income tax and break 50-year taboo".
43% : And as an avowed socialist who has emerged as a national symbol of opposition to Donald Trump, he has given progressive Democrats something they believe is worth fighting for.
42% : " There's another view between these poles: that what Mamdani shows is that the party must be broad enough to stretch from his avowedly socialist politics to anti-abortion, pro-gun figures in Trump country.

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