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The Independent UK
Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson

Analysis: Why are some politicians cringeworthy online, while others get away with it?

British MPs have been busy on social media this week, though some more purposefully than others. While Keir Starmer was filmed playing five-a-side football, Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy posted a controversial video of her at a silent disco.

In this clip from In The Room, Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson discuss other viral moments and dissect what makes some of them so painfully cringe, while other politicians manage to escape unscathed – or, in some cases, end up coming across quite well.

New episodes of In The Room drop every Friday. Listen to the new episode, “XX” on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or watch on YouTube.

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