FINALLY, WE HAVE A PM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE. BUT REAL CHANGE REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST BEING GOOD ON CAMERA | NESRINE MALIK

Connection with voters on screen only pays off when it’s matched with bold policies in the real world – as it has for Zohran Mamdani in New York Andy Burnham is having a good time. I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as though they were enjoying what they were doing.

Media | The Guardian reports that connection with voters on screen only pays off when it’s matched with bold policies in the real world – as it has for Zohran Mamdani in New York Andy Burnham is having a good time.

The report adds: I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as though they were enjoying what they were doing.

I saw a clip the other day in which Burnham remembered arguing with his dad about the point of an English degree, quoted poetry and discussed the importance of mastering words.

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