Stewart Prest

It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

One more BC thread. The NDP are going to spend a lot of time figuring out what went wrong. I think Eby never found his stride as premier, and the path to leadership was where things started to go wrong. Eby wasn't used to being the bad guy, but the disqualification of Appadurai did not go over well.

Good thread with one addition: I think Eby defaulted to backroom politicking over making the public case. It wasn't just the disqualification but how he took on many files. While that can work as a Minister, it ultimately undermines a Premier who needs to be seen as open and accountable.

Solar is booming.

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

David Eby’s Colossal Miscalculation Hands Election to BC Conservatives @Dave_Eby screwed up. Bad decision to call a snap election. @stewartprest.ca explains why. Also discusses tension within @Conservative_BC between traditional cons and populists. #bcpoli youtu.be/Ub3NghiarX8

Good analysis from @stewartprest.ca: David Eby’s early election call backfires badly, putting Conservatives in power in B.C. theconversation.com/david-ebys-e...

My take on the historic election last night here in BC. theconversation.com/david-ebys-e...

He came up tonight, for sure. David, David, and Jim Prentice.

Going to hear a lot of this. The NDP have been very disciplined in not questioning the decision to call the election throughout the race, but now we're going to hear more of what folks in the party actually thought—and now think—about the snap election.

I'm in the Times today, politely furious with the US administration.

Me, in the NYT today: '“The accusation is itself a kind of confession"... The administration was “trying to create an equivalency where I don’t think any exists.”' www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

Election Day in BC! Get out and vote if you haven't already.

Me: "It cannot be stated often enough or vociferously enough: the Trump Administration is helping Russia to conquer Ukraine. The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim. We are helping our actual enemies" www.aei.org/foreign-and-...

A tale of two Vancouvers.

The City of Vancouver released detailed election results today — and they show a story of Pete Fry becoming mayor by winning the north of the city. Fry's highest results were 80% at Britannia Community Centre and 73% at Mt. Pleasant Community Centre.

Good rundown of election reporting here.

She lived in the US for 14 years as a permanent resident, but she was recently detained by ICE. When she had a bad fall, she was too scared to seek healthcare because she knew she could be detained again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

hmmmm...not sure one person giving half a billion dollars to one party is a great sign of a healthy political system just not quite on board with that

When Starshield Cut Out, Ukrainian Drones Fell From the Skies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/w...

1980

literally illegal

Tolerance - rather than generosity, hospitality, or friendliness- is the virtue that makes the intensive sharing characteristic of urban life possible. The specific virtue of urbanites seems to non-urbanites like standoffishness or even unfriendliness, but it is in fact the moral genius of a…

With 173 polls left to count, the 'no' side now has the lead on all four of Danielle Smith's constitutional referendum questions

Whenever members have direct control over leadership choice (as opposed to delegated leadership selection models) this becomes difficult to enforce in practice. Parties are whatever its members want, and many UCP members want it to be a separatist party. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

“.. They offered her $10 million a year for four years along with a range of bonuses. .. At the time, Ms. Habba was also a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi, overseeing U.S. attorneys.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...