Patrick’s Starter Pack for politics/current affair
New to #BlueSky❓Try my Starter Pack for those interested in politics/current affairs with some great experts, commentators plus a/cs that are witty and incisive! All well worth a follow.. I follow them👌🏼 Enjoy… and welcome to #BlueSky 😁
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@patrickhanrahan.bsky.social
@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.
@gaylembell.bsky.social
🦋💙🦋Leader of #Gaylesgals 🦋💙🦋Proud to be WOKE. 🦋Retired software engineer. 🦋Mature, active, intelligent. 🦋Animal lover. 🦋Married to my best friend. 🦋Survivor of rape and abuse. 🦋🤜🏼🤛🏼 I will always Stand by you. 🦋 Resist Unite Joined November 17 (B 1954)
@damerainbowwarrior.bsky.social
#FBPE Retired court official. Baby Boomer who wants a future for her daughters and grandson with all the benefits she had! ❄ 🇪🇺 🦋
@suew.bsky.social
#IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 Non-religious, married, British-born European female. Centre-left politically and interests include SciFi, Science, History, Law, Environmental/Green/Climate-change issues 🌹
@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 👍🏼
@slawson.bsky.social
Retired Brit abroad looking at USA thinking WTAF! Wokey, pokey and okey dokey. Cats, cycling, politics, environment and family. No DMs please #FBPE #GetBrexitUndone
@mandeville24.bsky.social
Descended from Huguenots , decent human being hate anyone who isn’t. Labour supporter. Dislike anything Tory. Live with a Geordie so follow NUFC. Love test cricket. If you don’t put something about yourself in your bio I won’t follow you.
@pudner.bsky.social
It's NOT about who turns up at your funeral...it's about who turns up in your living years . My living years, MY LIFE 🌻 my words. BE good to the ones you "care about ". (and remember: "be yourself, everyone else is taken"..the great Oscar Wilde)👌
@skiptomyloulou.bsky.social
Girly Swot known to swear a lot. Coffee addict. Woke AF, bullshìt slayer. #ADHD #ANTIFA #BLM
@rolftheviking.bsky.social
Teacher, Woke AF, feminist, anti-racist, atheist. Author of "The Blue Gem Karma theory". A lifeguide for humanists https://wordpress.com/post/teacher1960.wordpress.com/4 Love: books, music, unions, film, guitar playing, astronomy, science, sci-fi, kindness
@maxbrockbank.com
Happily-married dad & Santa lookalike. Cat lackey. ½ US, ½ UK, 💯% EU. Liberal & a Democrat (LibDem). Ex-Tabloid hack, now dabbles in SEO (See @BigInSEO.Bsky.social) I do sarcasm. A lot. I block MAGA + all other zealots + bots. Don't be a dick!
@darlingm777.bsky.social
🇺🇸/🇬🇧 💙Counsellor NHS ~now living in Herefordshire, England. Married. Mom to teens & dogs🐾 INFJ 🌱Nature🔹Travel🔹Foodie🔹Arts 🔹Diversity🔹Socialjustice 🔹Inclusion🔹Equity 🔹HumanityFirst 🔹MentalHealthMatters🔹BeKind 🔹Kindness🔹BlueCrew🔹ProEU 🇪🇺 🔹FBPE🔹FBR🔹Resist 🌊
@tillythorpe.bsky.social
Actor/Writer/Comedian- Find me at ‘tillythorpe’ on all social media. Rep’d by Chloe Saxby@VDBAlondon.com
@fascinatorfun.bsky.social
Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
@goodlawproject.org
Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel. Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts. He/him. goodlawproject.org
@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.
@emmakennedy.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
@neverevertory.bsky.social
#LabourSupporter 🌹 #KeepToriesOut 🌹 #NeverReform 🌹 #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 #DemocratSupporter 🔵 #BlueCrew 🔷
@deborahmeaden.bsky.social
Investor, TV Dragon, Planet Hugger and admirer of many things.
@garygilligan.bsky.social
Retired Londoner. Books, music, languages, chess, guitar. COYS. Writer/editor for Central Bylines. I love Mrs G and am not looking for a romantic relationship. I follow back if genuine. https://centralbylines.co.uk/author/gary-gilligan/
@chirpychet.bsky.social
🪧 Centre-leftish, Rejoin, Depeche Mode, Perimenopausal. Moderately funny.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
@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
@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
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
Political Editor, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
‘Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.’ No DMs… please. ⛔️ Actor/Director represented by https://alexpriestleytalent.com/
@chrischirp.bsky.social
Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal.
@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
@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 |
@mjfree.bsky.social
Proud Girl Dad, TV Producer, Filmmaker, Vedic Meditation Practitioner, Kitesurfer, Human Rights & Racial Justice Advocate and an Abolitionist! And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
@owenjones.bsky.social
Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
@maitlis.bsky.social
Co host @thenewsagents . Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
Help us build the better - independent - media Britain deserves. Subscribe for exclusive content only in the Byline Times news magazine: subscribe.bylinetimes.com Visit our free daily news site: bylinetimes.com
@georgetakei.bsky.social
I’ve boldly gone into the clear blue yonder. Follow for more recipes and tips.
@sydesjokes.bsky.social
I am a British guy living in Finland since 1995. I Stand with Ukraine #NAFO SydesJokes.blogspot.com If you want to be added to a Starter Pack check the form https://forms.gle/TnvM4nj7ebMe6Psh7
@politicsuk.bsky.social
Brit dissatisfied by the state of our democracy. We need leaders not mouthpieces of the Mail,Gbeebies and other media organisations seeking to divide us. Pro EU, progressive, anti racist, anti fascist.Part of the Xodus #followback #fbpe #antifa #antiracist
@sarahmiam.bsky.social
This is my happy silly place. A woke Finance Director who uses facts to fight Tories & Brexiteers…and honesty & giggles to show my random real life
@magf.bsky.social
A slightly mischievous hater of Tories and lover of Wexford 💜💛 It's all about the craic 🤪😂 I don't DM people I don't know. Anybody who's straight into my DMs after a follow-back will be immediately blocked.
@kercle1.bsky.social
Twitter refugee hoping to find sanctuary and my old friends. #Proudly autistic. Joined 21.11.2024
@superleggera.bsky.social
Pricing analyst, interested in music, films, fairness, and justice. Not interested in crypto or investments. At all. Don't follow me if that's your bag 🙄. Living in Shropshire. aka Andy
@ryderfromtwitter.bsky.social
Post Brexit English bloke. Emigrated to Ireland in 2021 on a five year journey to get my EU benefits back by Irish naturalisation. I love cooking, food and drink, foreign travel, Ireland and donkeys 🫏 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
@nurseborisbash.bsky.social
32 years as an emergency nurse, then the Tories stole my life to make money. I will have justice. Also a crazy rabbit lady 🐇
@leejones.bsky.social
TAXING THE SUPER RICH isn't envy. It's survival. Still hating "common sense" Tories and Reform traitors.🇪🇺🇬🇧 Here mostly for UK politics, but always up for a laugh. 🚫Crypto, 🚫DMs, 🚫porn.
@suellade.bsky.social
Twice Home Secretary , twice sacked, politically fascist. Parody
@sandford-police.bsky.social
England’s smallest Police Farce, committed to catching crinimals & a swan. Don’t report crime. Emergency? Yes📞999 | No📞101 (PARODY/SATIRE) #TheGreaterGood
@mandolineblue.bsky.social
Paint addicted poet, playful philosopher artist on bugs. (Butterflies for preference.) 🛺 I love oddness and snippets, my mind was born as a rat run, now branching out into highways & sacred places. Often to be found hanging out in or near reality.
@tarquinfauntleroy.bsky.social
Pot Noodle on toast. I once sat next to Alison Moyet for 5 minutes
@heppy111.bsky.social
FASCISM IS NOT TO BE DEBATED! Fairness above all🔹️Fiercely European🔹️Tyke down South🔹️🏳️🌈 & 👬🔹️Atheist🔹️Sober🔹️Linguist🔹️Polyglot🔹️Medievalist🔹️Teacher🔹️Crocheter🔹️Sweary politics-er🔹️Typo-er Li kien kien, li kieku kieku (Maltese proverb) possum quia posse videor ✌️
@layeredstrange.uk
| Creative Works - @amicite.co.uk - 🎶📷📹✏️📃 | Level 37+ Info Geek | 🏳️🌈 | Fan of music, tech, gaming, photography, meteorology, astronomy, fitness, health | No interest in films | Leeds, UK | Political Stance: 🔰 Ex-Labour See linktr.ee/MJMorgan for more.
@tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social
Proud veteran. 🇬🇧 Retired national treasure. Quit Twitter @jeffsprogress 🚫DMs please.
@alan-matts.bsky.social
Retired IT person that now dabbles in Linux and a website for our #Ramblers group Also leads walks. Supports local #Ealing #Wildlife group with #beavers #Christian🕊️ #ClimateEmergency #FBPE #IAmEuropean #autism end of empire history #Foodbank #Ukraine #NHS
@horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social
Previously focused on political theory, daily politics, attempting to learn & spread basic macroeconomics. Now trying focusing on more fun, positive, useful & wholesome content to counterattack Flooding the Zone for my own wellbeing and everyone else's!💜🗺️
@sharronhoney.bsky.social
Socialist, hater of tories, member of UN Women . NHS Worker.I hear my voice and it’s been here silent all these years 🌹 political activist #RightToLove NO DMS
@davidpnoble.bsky.social
Trained in microbiology, biochemistry & molecular genetics. Science and medicine educator. EU citizen. Welsh rugby and Swansea Jack's fan. All views my own. From Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
@cornishskipper.bsky.social
Cornish, Offshore Yacht Skipper, anti-Tory, Brexit is a Crime #RejoinEU #FBPE #CovidIsNotOver #TaxTheRich
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
Recovering academic, obsessive thread-writer, exposer of lies, disinformation & propaganda. Focused on news media, neoliberalism, rhetoric, billionaires, media barons, climate action, far-right extremism, Reform UK, Reclaim, Tories & Republicans.
@teedixie.bsky.social
Here from Twitter; mixed up chick 🇳🇱🏴🏴 No fan of right wing nonsense, we should all fight injustice & disinformation. UK based; hating what Brexit & the Tories have done but trying to be optimistic about it. Trump will ruin the US 😩 DMs are closed ⛔️
@deelomas.bsky.social
A carefully curated account of political and humorous shite. Prone to outbursts about Brexit and Tory corruption
@gemmagould.bsky.social
"woke" “lefty” socialist, proudly resisting the rise of the far right, Anti-Racist, Pro-EU, against prejudice/bigotry. "When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance becomes a duty" Writer at central bylines https://centralbylines.co.uk/author/gemma-gould/
@nhsactivistrn.bsky.social
Nurse, Activist, Socialist Campaigner for pay restoration & better conditions for NHS workers in the UK. Trade Union Rep. #FBPE 🏴 #nursesky #resist 90% healthcare current affairs, 10% random musings All my socials: https://linktr.ee/nhsactivistrn
@stuzipants.bsky.social
Half Manc Half Biscuit Political pugilist - Satirical Mancster Left of centre lateral thinker Adorable, mostly “Oh can’t anybody see? We’ve got a war to fight” Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
@harryeccles.bsky.social
Clinical Nurse Specialist in addiction. Trade unionist. Socialist. RMN/RGN. NMP/TANP. ADHD. #SOSNHS. Green 💚. Personal account - my own views 〓〓
@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
@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
@normalisland.co.uk
Be sure to subscribe to the finest satirical newsletter on the internet at the link below. Nothing is more effective at correcting your thoughts. Substack newsletter: https://www.normalisland.co.uk
@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
@larryandpaul.bsky.social
Writers. Actors. But most of all: Mothers. 🎬 SKETCHES: http://youtube.com/larryandpaul 💸 SUPPORT: http://ko-fi.com/larryandpaul
@premnsikka.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords. If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
Wangs on - normally about politics - on telly and on The Trawl podcast.
@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
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
We use the law to create a better, fairer and greener future. Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky Contact us securely: https://goodlaw.social/got-a-tip-off-bsky
@brendanmay.bsky.social
Sustainable business entrepreneur. Advisor to multinational firms around the world. Advocate for pragmatic, fact-based environmentalism. Music lover. Found mainly in London and South East Asia.
@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’. IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
@shaunlintern.bsky.social
Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety 📰 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern 📝 DMs open 📨 shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.uk
@bladeofthes.bsky.social
Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KR275TN? Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212 I #followback
@brianmoore666.bsky.social
'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' Own views; likes/reposts, not endorsement. Adult language Former lawyer, psychotherapist, rugby reporter, author & Trustee of charity Women in Sport. Current affairs, culture, sport, sarcasm & anything I like
@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
@number10cat.bsky.social
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my sixth Prime Minister. Unofficial. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
@adambienkov.bsky.social
Editor of BylineTimes.com Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️ https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
@jonsopel1.bsky.social
Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Powerful citizen journalism | regulated by IMPRESS https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk A network of 10 not-for-profit, volunteer-led news publications from across the UK Donate via https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/ Email info@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
@chadbourn.bsky.social
📖Sunday Times bestselling author, 📺TV screenwriter, 📇journalist at The New European, Guardian, Times 📶Economist. ✂️Runs with scissors. LDN, NYC, LA https://www.markchadbourn.co.uk for contact, agents etc
@ledbydonkeys.org
Art, Activism and Accountability https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share