Andy Burnham’s wife and a completely invented social media story
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How did a completely invented story about Andy Burnham dishing out public funds to an electric vehicle company run by his wife become the most viral political post in the UK? The story is a depressing tale of just how politics works in the social media age.
It begins with a kernel of truth: in 2021, Marie-France van Heel was working for a marketing company whose clients included an EV company which won a contract from Transport for Greater Manchester. Yet unlike claims in the stories now being
It begins with a kernel of truth: in 2021, Marie-France van Heel was working for a marketing company whose clients included an EV company which won a contract from Transport for Greater Manchester. Yet unlike claims in the stories now being
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