Just as celebrities started ‘clapping back’ on social media a few years ago, politicians can now reach out to the public without having to go through the press first, writes Marie Le Conte
Dehenna Davison posted a video on Twitter, captioned: ‘If you’ve ever wondered what life as an MP is like, I give you this’magine, for a moment, that you awoke one morning from uneasy dreams and found yourself transformed in your bed into a Conservative member of parliament. Unfazed, you decided to go about your day; go to your office, start replying to emails from constituents, and so on.
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