Forget the male, stale 'political operator'. In today's politics, it's an attention economy, and women are turning personality, aesthetics and attention into real power. My new essay looks at who these women are and who has 'It' in Westminster today. 🧵
Forget the male, stale 'political operator'. In today's politics, it's an attention economy, and women are turning personality, aesthetics and attention into real power. My new essay looks at who these women are and who has 'It' in Westminster today. 🧵
One thing worth emphasising, I think, is that there isn’t a Lib Dem political it-girl.
Labour and Tory women have become recognisable personalities in their own right. There’s a huge opportunity for someone to build a following on liberal ideals.
The party and members need it
Forget the male, stale 'political operator'. In today's politics, it's an attention economy, and women are turning personality, aesthetics and attention into real power. My new essay looks at who these women are and who has 'It' in Westminster today. 🧵
My latest essay is a field guide to the MPs, reporters, pundits, and online personalities making politics feel culturally alive and a place people might actually want to enter again. You can read it here: https://t.co/nATkRNwZ59