There was a time, not so long ago, when politicians imbued with a belief in their ability to change the world would take to the road, making stump speeches and kissing babies and the like.
That still happens, of course. But things are changing. And if U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson is anything to go by, the 21st century equivalent of convincing people with the might of rhetoric has been replaced by an altogether more prosaic alternative: Setting up a TikTok account.
