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  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
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Topic · social

Public Sector Support

15 posts · 23 engagement · first seen 25 May 2021 · last seen 17 Jun 2026

A reply expressing solidarity and frustration over rising living costs and inflation's impact on everyday people.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 14 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

64%
14%
21%
Supportive 9 Critical 2 Neutral / explainer 3

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 14 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

86%
Positive 12 Neutral 1 Negative 1

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • youtube
    14 posts · 21 engagement
    21

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.

  • youtube · @UCwLg_T7Jn7GA_WenpHHMyvQ · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 12 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 12 engagement
    4 Jun
  • youtube · @UC2HVci-JJXwj-WSRIW3QGgw · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 5 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 5 engagement
    27 May
  • youtube · @UCWAcVBRshXQ7WnhkgdJn6Bw · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 1 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 1 engagement
    9 Jun
  • youtube · @UC0EQdiA1Bl9B88X-ZdbpwFg · reply · sentiment: neutral · ♥ 1 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 1 engagement
    2 Jun
  • youtube · @UC65KI2KCFO8yve5RcY2ACtg · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 1 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 1 engagement
    30 May
  • youtube · @UCQDF8OJ_MPck3mMPLhWBw9w · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 1 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 1 engagement
    28 May
  • youtube · @UC2Nygt7jlNhcYpEUctuy-gw · reply · sentiment: positive · ♥ 0 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 0 engagement
    17 Jun
  • youtube · @UC7cUrnVYbjn7FihVquuS7Fg · reply · sentiment: negative · ♥ 0 · ↻ 0 · 💬 0 · 0 engagement
    16 Jun