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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: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
@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
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Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you? Buy show tickets 2025: https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole Add confession https://bit.ly/addfess Buy book https://amzn.to/40ySjVn Sponsored by hebtro.co, Run @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social
@barristersecret.bsky.social
Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman. Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth• Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial coming 28 Aug 2025.
@stephenfry.bsky.social
Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
Political Editor, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Analysis, exclusives, robust interviews. Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two with Victoria Derbyshire and Faisal Islam.
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@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. .
@politicshome.bsky.social
Fast, informed, comprehensive coverage of UK politics. With debate & insight from Parliament via The House magazine. Subscribe to our podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
@nytimes.com
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@maitlis.bsky.social
Co host @thenewsagents . Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social
I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
@paulbrand.bsky.social
Journalist and broadcaster. UK Editor of ITV News, Presenter of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner.
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
Founded MoneySavingExpert, Money & Mental Health Policy Institute, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
@jamesdaustin.bsky.social
This again. Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
@adampayne26.bsky.social
Editor, PoliticsHome. Sometimes heard on our podcast The Rundown. Formerly Business Insider. Contact: adam.payne@politicshome.com & DMs.
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@scottygb.bsky.social
TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch and The Bachelor of Buckingham Palace podcasts on @BBCSounds.
@cnn.com
Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
@britainelects.com
Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
@stephenmcgann.uk
Doctor Thingy in Whatsitsname. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
@mikeysmith.com
Deputy Political Editor at the Sunday Mirror Politics, gossip, intrigue (Fuelled by coffee, rollercoasters, The Wildhearts and The Washington Wizards)
@shippersunbound.bsky.social
Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
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We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. https://www.jrf.org.uk/
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@lucyfisher.ft.com
Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️ Host of the FT’s Political Fix podcast 🎙️
@thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Generalized anxiety Wunderkind. Author of “Winterset Hollow.” https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com http://Patreon.com/jonathanedwarddurham https://jonathanedwarddurham.com
@sebastianpayne.bsky.social
Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com Previously seen at Onward and FT. Author of Broken Heartlands and The Fall of Boris Johnson.
@bethrigby.bsky.social
Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday
@missmc.bsky.social
Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher. SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
@wallaceme.bsky.social
Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
@iaindale.bsky.social
LBC Radio presenter Gob on a Stick Serial book editor Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
@the-independent.com
News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
@mrslauraridley.bsky.social
DHT, DSL, DT LAC & Head of 6th Form. Secondary School Teacher. Learner. Governor. Geographer. Proud Geek. Love cooking, baking, politics & reading. Very fond of ☕ & 🍰.