We’re used to political humour on Facebook and Twitter, but how about Tumblr?
Hark back to the days of the general election and you may remember the Milifandom, a group of teens who loved Ed Miliband and found their own way to support him. In a nutshell, politics Tumblr is similar, where people, predominantly young people, discuss in their own language the ins and outs of stereotypically dull current affairs. There are fandoms, there are jokes and there are plenty of flower crowns for everyone.
In the third episode of Updog, a podcast which takes all internet things as extremely as the rest of the world takes politics, we take a look at the world of #lolitics on Tumblr with the help of Evening Standard diary reporter Marie Le Conte.
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The British lolitics set come in all shapes.
There are those who are fans of individual politicians. The Milifandom set is still going strong, even now he’s no longer Labour leader:
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And there was definitely a lot of excitement around Jeremy Corbyn becoming Labour leader:
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In fact, you can find a meme about pretty much any political party:
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It’s not just Ed Miliband who has his own fandom. There are the Osbabies, people who fancy George Osborne and the “Fandies” who really like Andy Burnham:
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Then there are the mashup blogs Tumblr does so well, such as this one by this week’s guest, mixing pictures of politicians with Kanye West quotes:
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