Oh Andy, Andy, Andy.. just Why?

Andy has important issues to deal with such as Islamophobia, transphobia, Gaza and climate change. You can't expect him to actually deal with anything here in the UK can you?

Well to be honest I disagree I think his TikTok/Social media figures may show viewing figures but that does not mean they are being viewed favourably. To be perfectly honest I am not interested in how many hits he gets. I am only interested in how he will get economic growth, unemployment down especially Neets, increase in defence spending, tax, cost of living. Maybe we just have different ideas of what the PM should be actually doing. Throwing a cowboy hat on a video is definitely not something I would endear to.

Today's revelation is that AB's Secretary of State for Energy sends her three children to fee-paying schools! Do as we say rather than do as we do!

His head.

But we don’t need to agree to disagree on whether the content is being viewed favourably or not because there’s objective evidence that it is. The article I’ve linked to from LBC doesn’t just show viewing figures, it shows extensive analysis of how people engage with Andy Burnham’s content - including the ratio of positive to negative comments etc etc. At the moment, that analysis shows that right now compared to other high profile political leaders (including Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, Kemi Bandenboch, and Zack Polanski - so this isn’t party political) Andy Burnham’s content is being viewed exceptionally favourably.

I also absolutely agree that what matters is that the Prime Minister drives economic growth, gets unemployment down - especially for NEETs and tackles the cost of living.

I guess where we may disagree is whether a Prime Minister spending ten minutes a day recording content (which is what it takes, before his team package the content for social media) is a good use of his time. I guess I think it is, if it’s effectively communicating to a mass audience, and getting people engaged and on board, because a Prime Minister needs that kind of popular buy in in order to get things done.

Think we will have to agree to disagree, personally think these social media posts are just a distraction, no point in getting people engaged and on board if you are not delivering. Most business owners are not looking at his social media to get engaged and on board. You don’t get things done by being popular either.

[I categorically refuse to put the word ‘lighthearted’ in the title to indicate that Im not actually traumatised. Also because saying this post is lighthearted is just as facile as holding a little bus or building a Lego haus to illustrate my point.
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I realise that I don’t need to follow Mr B on instagram but I do and I’m feeling deeply patronised:

First a little toy bus (talking about buses innit), then a Lego house (building more Lego houses to amuse the homeless), a bit of cosplay by dressing up as a Sainsbury’s man of the people (to show that you can work at Sainsbury's and a sexy uniform is thrown in) and now… throwing a cowboy hat at the camera/phone to illustrate that cowboy builders are …cowboys.

Make it stop.

AIBU

Well I can’t say I want the Tories back . After all their policy was not to raise taxes so instead cut back on education prison service the police legal system NHS defence ……well everything actually-

If we want a decent country then we are going to have to pay more in taxes.

We have lived above our means since Thatcher. We don’t have the production capacity to support our standard of living. A tough truth but we have to get used to it

You think 14 years of Neofascist rule can be undone in a couple of months? Andy might be many things but he's no miracle worker. The country is in shambles and Labour have an almighty task ahead of them. He needs a minimum of 10 years before anyone should even consider questioning him. That's what it will take to even undo a fraction of what the previous stewards of the country have put us through. Have some bleedin' faith for crying out loud.

So - his latest insta post is a collab between him and a victim of revenge porn ‘influencer’. Not a toy bus, costume or little LEGO world artefact in sight.

This, I like.

Not the violence against women obvs but the using his influence to put a spotlight on it.

Thats MY PM. He has shiny eyes.

I’m given to understand that he tried.

I mean that’s all any of us can do at the end of the day.

Thought that might happen.

Not aiming that at you in particular. But how long before the Great British Public and the idiot crowd they elected in Westminster tire of this particular PM and start whining they want another one.

Well I can’t say I want the Tories back . After all their policy was not to raise taxes so instead cut back on education prison service the police legal system NHS defence ……well everything actually-

If we want a decent country then we are going to have to pay more in taxes.

We have lived above our means since Thatcher. We don’t have the production capacity to support our standard of living. A tough truth but we have to get used to it

Honestly the only way to do that is to ban men.

Can you do that through the medium of Instagram?

Absolutely @Beepen . We have a bus service on Wednesdays (yes, just on Wednesdays) and it is one way.....

Did you choose to live there, knowing there was one bis per week? If there was a n3ed for a more frequent bis service, I'm sure it would be in place.

Thanks for sharing that article @Visiblyabove25

I completely understand that Andy is reaching a new audience and communicating his policies better than before. I commend that. So many people in so many walks of life that should require these skills are absolutely useless at effective communication. There’s a lot to be pleased about.

However I‘m very sad to learn that this simplistic content is playing so well to the politically disenfranchised youth of our country. It fills me with sadness. They deserve better.

I will watch with interest to see how Andy tackles serious issues in a jocular, entertaining and upbeat manner. He’s not going to be able to use Rusholme Ruffians, noble tune that it is, as the soundtrack for everything after all.