The Civil Service has multiple current openings for social media jobs in Manchester as part of the Government Media Unit. This propaganda team churns out X and TikTok clips to promote Burnham’s administration…
The posts include ‘senior social creator’, ‘social videographer’, ‘social video lead’, ‘social strategy lead’ and ‘head of social creative and production’. They’re all based in Manchester, boast healthy taxpayer-funded salaries, and sit conveniently alongside No10 North…
While GMU works across government the ads state: “The GMU will collaborate across the wider GCS [and] No 10. We are focused on real-world impact over volume”. The team uses what it calls a “Long, Short, and Live model” to create content. Burnham’s tenure in office could be shorter than one of those live broadcasts…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”