There are few sights more unsettling than a politician trying to get ‘down with the kids’. Last week it was Zack Polanski’s turn. The new Green Party leader appeared on TikTok , lip-syncing along to Nicki Minaj with a climate activist as his contribution to the viral ‘What’s going on?’ trend. Rather than being met with rapturous applause, viewers that haven’t drunk the Green Kool-Aid were left asking what on Earth was going on.

Although there is nothing wrong with politicians trying to appear human, many seem to forget that politics is supposed to be a serious business

If you want to reach the youth, you don’t go on Newsnight. You head to the For You Page. But politicians sniffing out the youth vote don’t seem to notice that TikTok is a communications minefield. It rewards a kind of ef

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