UK political commentators and activists
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@joshfwd.bsky.social
@kaurnarinder.bsky.social
Social and political commentator As seen on @gmb @@JeremyVineOn5 @bbc
@jmpsimor.bsky.social
Barrister, environment, energy, public law, human rights. Visiting Prof LSE & Goldsmiths.
@jennifernadel.bsky.social
Co-Founder Compassion in Politics; Director Compassionate Politics CCARE Stanford University; Journalist, Author, Speaker
@adamherriott.bsky.social
Political writer, researcher, and campaigner on the left. Wrote the book: The Tory Winning Machine: Why the Conservative Party keeps winning elections and what we can do to stop them, in 2023.
@kitdewaal.bsky.social
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Henry Allen. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
@dalevince.com
Green Industrialist | Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. Media enquiries: press.office@ecotricity.co.uk
@jowusunepaul.bsky.social
Campaigning for a fairer, more equal Britain 🇬🇧 | Political commentator | Writer | Strategist Contact: jovan@oninsights.org https://jovanowusunepaul.substack.com Be nice and be kind !
@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/
@cathobbs.bsky.social
Founder/director of @we-own-it.bsky.social Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
@helenawadia.bsky.social
🎥 multimedia news journalist 🎙 podcaster @mediastormpod.bsky.social - promoting media literacy and platforming the voices missing from the mainstream ✍🏽 columnist @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 sometimes music journo
@mathildamall.bsky.social
Journalist. I write columns & record podcasts critiquing news and platforming the voices missing from the mainstream. 📝 @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎙️Media Storm podcast
@britmonkey.bsky.social
In absolute terms, I am the most persecuted man in the whole history of mankind, worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/@BritMonkey
@pennyred.bsky.social
@abbeyheffer.bsky.social
she/sie/她 The Open Bookshelf on TT, IG and "X". China specialist, feminist, & political scientist in training. (Trying to)✍️a PhD in authoritarian policy-making.
@theanchoress.bsky.social
Songwriter/Producer 2x @musicproducersguild nominated. Management: sean{at}drownedinsound.org Booking: lux@spideringtouring.com Press: gillian@hallornothing.com
@himal.bsky.social
Wanderer. Runner. Storyteller. GOV.UK Head of Technology during pandemic. ADHD UK Ambassador: adhduk.co.uk/2025/02/24/himal-mandalia/ ✍️ himalmandalia.medium.com 📷 instagram.com/himalmandalia 📺 youtube.com/@unmaskingadhdwithhimal
@jonchambers.co.uk
Yes, I helped start a podcast. #Eurovision obsessive and #F1 fan. Designer, writer and campaigner working with people and organisations to make the world a better place. Mostly looking for safety from the algorithms.
@realbowlerhatman.bsky.social
Enjoys discussing UK politics, Brexit, the EU, and more. you can find me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BowlerHatMan
@stefsimanowitz.bsky.social
"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte
@tomnicholas.bsky.social
Writer and filmmaker working on politics, history and economics. My debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS is out now on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas
@left-foot-forward.bsky.social
Hard-hitting news & comment for the left. Subscribe to our daily newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/y8mwvvbq
@savanqadir.bsky.social
Social Justice Campaigner| Activist | Writer | doing and done : (BA Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economic- & Law LLB - @SNPBAME Political Education Officer- Co-author of few books. I support Scottish 🏴 independence.
@peterbarden.bsky.social
Championing connection, compassion, and purpose. 🌍 Advocate for mental health, democracy and planetary regeneration. 💼 Fellow of the RSA | Builder of communities & partnerships 🎙️ Speaker on masculinity, metacrisis & meaningful impact | BBC, TEDx 🤝
@imincorrigible.bsky.social
Libidinous curmudgeon & faux intellectual snob. Not Red or Blue. Merit not Money. Evidence not Ideology. #CSA survivor. Blogger. Existentially Geeky. © Rights reserved. https://imincorrigible.wordpress.com
@patsystevenson.bsky.social
Award winning Gender Equality Campaigner. Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year 2023. Ambassador for Selfhood and PTES. Contact; p.stevenson.phy@gmail.com
@sharonodea.com
Consulting, writing and speaking on comms, collaboration & future of work. Cofounder Lithos Partners, DWXS and 300 Seconds. Gym bore. Takes too many photos of Amsterdam.
@asifkapadia.bsky.social
Writer / Director / Producer: 2073, AMY, SENNA, DIEGO MARADONA, Mindhunter, The Warrior, Far North, CREATURE, FEDERER: 12 Final Days, Me You Can’t See, The Sheep Thief, Indian Tales, The Waiting Room, Yasiin Bey Guantánamo force feeding film.
@philmoorhouse.bsky.social
Political commentator on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ADifferentBias
@graceblakeley.substack.com
Read Vulture Capitalism ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/Grace.blakeley
@zoegrunewald.bsky.social
Freelance political journalist & broadcaster | Westminster Editor at the Lead UK | Presenter on Fubar Radio | Chatting on Oh God What Now | Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social
Strategist, mathematician, author of 99% (FT Best Books of 2019) and founder of the 99% Organisation. Join us here: https://99-percent.org/
@billt.bsky.social
Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
@bevangelist.bsky.social
Now, I'm not an expert but... Founding Member We Are Open Coop http://weareopen.coop or perhaps know you from dotcomrades, mozilla, bbc, rewiredstate, guardian, human made
@joe-mitchell.com
Another day, another microblog! Mainly worrying about democracy. Work on regenerating local news at @publicinterestnews.org.uk. Also @j0e_m@mastodon.social for when the sky inevitably clouds over.
@alisonkilling.bsky.social
Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
@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
@iainoverton.bsky.social
⚔ Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence 📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise 📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun ☞ PhD for war-reporting ☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
@kateraworth.bsky.social
Author of Doughnut Economics, Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford Uni Environmental Change Institute. doughnuteconomics.org
@grahamdavidhughes.bsky.social
The first person to visit every country without flying. Host of the Politics Social YouTube channel. Join the bants: https://youtube.com/@politicssocialuk
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
Tan Smith. Political Commentary, Pisstaking. Satire. Dystopia Warner. Writer. Photographer. Hate Tories? You’ll love me. She/her. YouTube https://youtube.com/@supertanskiii?si=4VUI_s-l7bfc1obT You can shout a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/supertanskiii
@james.fieldleveltech.org
Founder of Field Level Tech - Helping creators empower their audience.
@luketryl.bsky.social
Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@mpwatch.bsky.social
A network of constituents partnering with MPs to get Net Zero sorted. www.mpwatch.org The link for the water campaign is here: https://www.mpwatch.org/support-clean-rivers/
@jolyonrubs.bsky.social
Co-Founder of JOLLY GRIFFIN LTD || BAFTA-Winning Film Maker || Satarist || Activist. Agents: Independent Talent
@jonmaiden.bsky.social
Passionately progressive. Positively disruptive. Social entrepreneur and adventure enthusiast.
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times. Journalist. Writer. Speaker. Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Outside. Looking in. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture. Nuance. Complexities. Contact: hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
Called a communist too many times and wrote “Bear Necessities of Politics and Power*” because I got annoyed. Work in Community Health. More: bearlypolitics.co.uk Love a footnote. *Buy it here: linktr.ee/IratusUrsus
@sioldridge.bsky.social
UK climate & nature policy | Adviser at ZeroHour.uk - #CANBill | Research at https://www.mpwatch.org | Cofounder https://www.southdevonprimary.org | former manufacturing CEO & business consultant | Moog 🎹
@mvtfwd.bsky.social
Mobilised 1.5m Brits to Vote Tactically at the election ( http://StopTheTories.Vote ) Next: put Proportional Representation on the agenda of the new gov. MVTFWD.com/links Contact: @joshfwd.bsky.social
@countbinface.bsky.social
Space politician. Sane. Down with Fascism, Up with Ceefax! Come see me on tour: countbinface.com/tour
@dangoyal.bsky.social
Fighting for health equality. Medical Doctor and Researcher. Host of The Debrief podcast. My substack is here: https://dangoyal.substack.com?r=1lppfd&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
@tobifrenzen.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, master of some ⏐ Disinformation is our greatest threat ⏐ Passionate Progressive ⏐ Brexorcist 🇪🇺 Rejoin Activist ⏐ 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
@tdg.me
Swap My Vote, Forward Democracy, Movement Forward. Music, Tennis, Gardens. Single father, ex-carer. Before: Good Law Project, Open Rights Group, Wellcome Trust, Democracy Club, Channel 4
@politicalx.bsky.social
Historian, Coach, Journalist, YouTuber. Not in that order. X Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Zle2kS X YouTube: https://bit.ly/4eECS3u
@mkieran.com
💥 Determined Democracy Reformer 💥 CEO @openbritain.bsky.social DIR @fairvoteuk.bsky.social Ugly Politix Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/uglypolitix Born: 🇮🇪 Home: 🇬🇧 Wife: 🇺🇸 Future: 🇪🇺 #FBPE
@mattgreencomedy.com
Comedian, satirist, writer, actor SEE ME LIVE ON TOUR THIS AUTUMN! https://www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-tickets-adp1421297
@dylandifford.bsky.social
YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things"
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@edwinhayward.com
Commentator and author of Slaying Brexit Unicorns (Kindle/paperback). Focus: Brexit, UK politics, fun geeky stuff. Also more about AI as the Singularity nears. Expect facts, stats, sarcasm and gallows humour. More about me: http://www.edwinhayward.com/
@westcountryvoices.bsky.social
Progressive, pro-European volunteer-run, citizen journalism for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Human rights, democracy, climate, NHS, corruption... Telling it like it is. Can't let the far-right dictate the narrative! #Resist!
@davidjwbailey.bsky.social
Walker, photographer, radio ham, gamer, wine lover, accountant, entrepreneur, progressive activist, ally. English & European. Highly resistant to Right Libertarian nonsense.
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Founder of the Bylines Network. Founder of Scientists for EU. Lover of science, Europe and whisky. 🥃
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
Broadcaster. Woman Of Year nom. Celeb Big Bro. Kindness Extremist. Trans. Everything Twitter and the UK hates. Rent Free In A Billionaire’s Head. Keighley Cougars 🏳️⚧️💚
@implausibleblog.bsky.social
Content Creator 🤓 Photo Video & Drone Pilot 🎥 Entrepreneur & Tech Geek 🤖 Food & Chocolate Judge 😋 And now news as frustrated 👀 Better together: 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺 AskUs@Implausibleblog.com
@larryandpaul.bsky.social
Writers. Actors. But most of all: Mothers. 🎬 SKETCHES: http://youtube.com/larryandpaul 💸 SUPPORT: http://ko-fi.com/larryandpaul
@explodingheads.bsky.social
Anthony Richardson & Mark Davison Sports Horn http://lnk.to/SportsHorn Buy us a coffee! http://ko-fi.com/explodingheads explodingheadsproductions@gmail
@munecat.com
video essayist & streamer - politics / cults / tech / pseudoscience: youtube.com/munecat & twitch.tv/munecatmusic & nebula.tv/munecat support me + bonus content: patreon.com/munecat instagram.com/munecatmusic munecat.com
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
‘Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.’ No DMs… please. ⛔️ Actor/Director represented by https://alexpriestleytalent.com/
@goodlawproject.org
Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel. Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts. He/him. goodlawproject.org
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
Wangs on - normally about politics - on telly and on The Trawl podcast.
@drownedinsound.bsky.social
Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000). Manager of musicians including Charlotte Church and The Anchoress. Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox 📨 drownedinsound.org 🦋 follow @drownedinsound.org Part of the @mvtfwd.bsky.social team
@happytoast.bsky.social
Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff. HappyToast.co.uk patreon.com/HappyToast redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore https://ko-fi.com/happytoast
@jonmorter.com
▪️ Christmas No.1 - 2009, 2012 ▪️ “Social Media Hellraiser” ~ NY Times ▪️ @jonmorter in other places ▪️ Hard Rock Hell DJ ▪️ Digital Communities ▪️ Public Speaking ▪️ Music PR ▪️ AI Prompt Shithousery ▪️ He/Him
@carolvorders.bsky.social
Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. 💙💙 Glad to be over here from the "other place"😂 It's like breathing clean air again 👍🏼
@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
@peterjukes.bsky.social
Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 10 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (& Murdoch crimes). Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social - myself here
@emmakennedy.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
@dminghella.bsky.social
Screenwriter / Producer / Showrunner / Writer, Creator of TV series eg ITV's Doc Martin / Political, Charity & Business Strategy & Comms / www.minghella.com/about
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
I’m not always having a go at wrong’uns…sometimes I’m sleeping | Political Commentator & Co-Host of The Trawl Podcast https://linktr.ee/thetrawlpodcast | @jeremyvineon5 | @skynews |
@aidthompsin.bsky.social
Discontent Provider // “Aid Thompsin & Other Disappointments” podcast https://www.youtube.com/@aidthompsin
@blokeonwheels.bsky.social
Can't stand the Tories, passionate about disability rights and especially #RightToLove Football: NUFC and Brackley Town Also @aifantasy19.bsky,Social (NSFW) Pink One: @Sharronhoney@bsky.social