not just the mainstream
UK political journalists, politicos, commentators and experts
Journalists and commentators posting on (mostly) UK news and politics.
Some more of our favourite feeds and people, to help you off your Musk addiction.
At the back of her best selling book - "Now What" - political campaigner and national treasure Carol Vorderman has a list of "good organisations and people to follow" Here are the ones already on Bluesky
Follow some of my friends and colleagues. People I speak with or know IRL or both! This is an amazing group of folks.
Some of the excellent folk working to challenge disinformation and make hate unprofitable
An initial list of UK-based journalists and reporters, with a bias towards news and politics, and there's also this second starter list (more may follow): https://go.bsky.app/SRXaz4q as well as one devoted to Guardian and Observer journos: https://go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX
All of us and most of our regular contributors, some good politics journalists and commentators (and some not so good ones, but at least prolific), plus a few politicians who actually use Bluesky. A x
@skypacks.bsky.social
My starter pack of UK political commentary types - by no means exhaustive!
News & Politics
History and politics types UK and US
A list of the UK's independent media outlets, public interest journalists, media workers and media policy reform groups. Follow for trustworthy independent news, commentary and research that challenges the UK's broken media system.
Accounts which have interesting and useful things to say about Brexit. This doesn't necessarily mean they post mainly, or even often, about Brexit. It just means that when they do post about Brexit, they have interesting and useful things to say.
These are collection of people that I enjoy reading on Brexit and UK politics
Some of my favourites from the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
If you like UK political insight, here are some top UK political commentators. Will update as more arrive on Bluesky.
A mix of politics, news, f1, pro eu
Fantastic and interesting people to follow to take back control over the narrative set by the right wing headbangers.
This is a starter pack of mostly large accounts defending democracy on both sides of the Atlantic
#FBPE and Rejoiners
Politics, activism, journalism, arts.
People who are pushing for the UK to rejoin the EU as Brexit was always and will ever be an unmitigated disaster designed by liars, frauds and Russian shills
A list of people who provide a range of thoughtful opinions.