Barbara Want
Please don’t follow me. I have nothing interesting to say.
I follow you if you give me interesting things to think.
I am the Radio 2 relationships expert. Not sure why.
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social
Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
@aiannucci.bsky.social
Words and smiles. BBC Sounds Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Also, Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social
@sathnam.bsky.social
Writer @thetimes. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. Join me on my Empireworld tour in 2025. Pre-order my book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador in 2026. www.sathnam.com
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@pmdfoster.bsky.social
Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/peter-foster Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Author of best-selling book Democracy for Sale - and best-selling newsletter of same name. Sign up for Democracy for Sale newsletter: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
@stevepeers.bsky.social
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Next book: UK Trade Law after Brexit (OUP, forthcoming). Usual disclaimers.
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | [email protected] — On 👨👶 leave until July — 📝 ft.com/jbm
@drjennings.bsky.social
I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
@russincheshire.bsky.social
Columnist for Byline Times, author of "The Decade In Tory", "Four Chancellors and a Funeral", and "Tories: The End of an Error". Software monkey and slave to an idiot dog. Cheshire, UK https://unbound.com/books?collection=russell-jones
@welshaspossible.bsky.social
Mostly Welsh, wee bit Scottish, proud European. ProEU #Rejoin If you need me you'll find me drinking Belgian beer, making jewellery or sewing. You can always tell in which order I've done these things by how straight my topstitching is.
@bestforbritain.bsky.social
Fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit. Change Minds → Change Politics CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
@gavinesler.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com Contact: [email protected]
@smrrejoinradio.bsky.social
The UK's Original Weekly Pro-EU Radio Show! Listen/Subscribe/Support us at: https://linktr.ee/smrrejoinradio #FBPE
@alexhh.bsky.social
Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Co-host Disorder Podcast. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy.
@lizwebster.bsky.social
Founder of Save British Farming, campaigning to reconnect Britain to the EU Single Market and Customs Union to Save British Farming and British Food.
@cjayanetti.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits - these days mainly for the Observer, Big Issue and Politics Home. Not a tribalist. I like good things and I don't like bad things.
@laylamoran.bsky.social
Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
@tombaldwin66.bsky.social
Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now
@stephenmcgann.uk
Doctor Thingy in Whatsitsname. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
@eurostarjustin.bsky.social
Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇪🇺
@nigelslater.bsky.social
A cook who writes. Observer columnist. Author. Gardener. Books: The Kitchen Diaries, The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book, A Thousand Feasts. Instagram.com/nigelslater
@mattgreencomedy.com
Comedian, satirist, writer, actor SEE ME LIVE ON TOUR THIS AUTUMN! https://www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-tickets-adp1421297
@kamalahqrepeater.bsky.social
Providing context. (unofficial, this is a bot! Maintained by @thewanderingjew.bsky.social, the bot can't handle retweets, video, and maybe a few other things)
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
‘Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.’ No DMs… please. ⛔️ Actor/Director represented by https://alexpriestleytalent.com/
@beany.bsky.social
The same remoaning remoaner from Twitter. Anti Brexit, Anti Tory, Anti Trump. Pro Facts, Pro Fun, Pro not putting up with racism.
@newsagents.bsky.social
Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: [email protected] Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@pimlicat.bsky.social
CEO @bestforbritain.bsky.social Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social NED @RoSPA
@annettedittert.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent ARD German TV London • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@explaintrade.com
Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Media and training: explaintrade.com Consultancy network: auroramacro.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
@davidheniguk.bsky.social
Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
@kevinschofied.bsky.social
Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
@soniapurnell.bsky.social
Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s astonishing life of power, seduction & intrigue. New York Times bestselling author. A Woman of No Importance. Fellow of Royal Historical Society. Warned you about Johnson. Plutarch Prize winner www.soniapurnell.com
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness