and it is worth remembering that he had a team of professionals managing his social media for him. He is a great politician and an incredible orator, but that does not necessarily translate into a strong social media presence on its own. He worked with highly skilled specialists and it worked.

I suppose to an extent they weren't wrong, but it felt like a 6 year old trying to decipher a dissertation. I think what Mamdani's team did represents a huge step forward in the use of social media in a political campaign and we're going to see people try and fail to emulate it for years to come.

I attended the Your Party Brighton regional assembly recently (an incredibly uninspiring event) and we were discussing how Mamdani built up such a strong base of support. Somebody who must have been at least in their 50's said it was because of him engaging the youth through social media.

People in the replies to the original Tweet were describing meme-usage as infantalising and I think that's a great way of describing it. If you're pitching me on how to fix the rent crisis while simultaneously posting sick memes then I'm not going to feel like you respect me.

This is no laughing matter, that exact thing happened to me once

Just seen this, I believe they did actually print out 220 copies of the letter

We were also joined by trade unionists from the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Germany!

Also, hi, I'm in Paris i guess

Unfortunately, I'm enjoying the show a lot. I can never call myself a punk again.

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