Anyway, Mamdani, he of the million-watt smile. I have some skin in this game, for I am a dual US/UK citizen, and regard New York City as my second spiritual home – or I did, until he got elected. I wonder whether I’d have voted for him if I was living in New York. For although I cannot conceive of any circumstances under which I would vote Republican, there is something about him I find off-putting. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but try this: in composing a panel of 18 NYC lawyers to oversee judicial appointments, he...