Tom Morrison MP @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social 🔸Liberal Democrat MP for Cheadle 🔸 Deputy Chief Whip for Lib Dem Parliamentary Party 🔸 Promoted by Lib Dems at 47 Church Rd, Gatley 🔸
Brighton and Hove LDR - Sarah Booker-Lewis @bhdemocracynews.bsky.social #Brighton and #Hove award winning #LDreporter covering @brighton-hove.gov.uk for @bhcitynews.bsky.social, BBC, @brightonargus.bsky.social, @SussexWorld.bsky.social, @ghrnews.bsky.social & More Radio
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Cllr Gavin White @gavinwhite76.bsky.social Labour Councillor, Old Moat Ward, Manchester • Executive Member for Housing and Development • Old Moat Labour • Withington • ❤ Community • Own views🌹#bcafc 🐓
Nick Statham @nickstatham.bsky.social 
Yakub Qureshi @yqshi.bsky.social Journalist
Martin Ford @mford83.bsky.social Deputy commissiong editor and reporter at The MJ
https://www.themj.co.uk/
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
James Thomas @jamesthomashere.bsky.social News editor and journalist | Ex-Local Democracy Reporter Manager, current chief reporter | Hereford FC fan | Keen but bang average swimmer
📍Hereford
Darryl Morris @darrylmorris.bsky.social Hello. I'm a broadcaster, writer, documentary-maker and northerner. My latest documentary - God Next Door - is out now on BBC Sounds. I host the weekend late show on Times Radio. I'm a Bolton Wanderers fan and an #ADHD bore. www.darrylmorris.co.uk
Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social Economist working in capital markets ▪ Big on placemaking, housing, regeneration, land policy ▪ Inspired by systems thinking and servant leadership ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Casey Peyton @caseypeyton.bsky.social Training Journalist ✍️
Head of News | Forge Press
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Walk Ride GM @walkridegm.org.uk Campaigning to make walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for journeys in Greater Manchester.
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Walk Ride Salford @walkridesalford.bsky.social Campaigning to make walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for journeys in Salford.
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@patkarney.bsky.social @patkarney.bsky.social Left Wing Populist
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua Official English page of Ukrainian media outlet "Ukrainska Pravda"
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Tom Pottrill @tompottrill.bsky.social Policy & Research @resolvepoverty. Formerly @uclspp. Usual disclaimers apply.
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Nicole Wootton-Cane @nicolewc.bsky.social UK news reporter at The Independent
Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
Helena Vesty @helenavesty.bsky.social NHS, health and social care corr for the Manchester Evening News 🐝
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Todd Fitzgerald @tfitzgeraldmen.bsky.social Executive editor, Manchester Evening News
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk / https://www.gofundme.com/f/todds-chester-marathon-fundraising-page-for-chloe
Rachel Wise @therachelwise.bsky.social Mum. Trade Unionist. Councillor.
Fan of all things infrastructure.
❤️ Stockport
John Hannen @jhannen.bsky.social Business Development Lead for @vsnw.bsky.social - Connecting, empowering and championing the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector to shape a brighter future for the North West
Walk Ride Stockport @walkridestocky.bsky.social Making Stockport a better place to walk, wheel, and cycle.
Part of @walkridegm.org.uk
Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social Award-winning active travel campaigner
Stockport and Manchester
Rikki Loftus @rikkiloftus.bsky.social journalist at @LADbibleGroup • NCTJ qualified • previously @PA and @HearstUK • @QUBelfast grad • views mine • email: rikki.loftus@ladbiblegroup.com 🐝 she/her
Roland Sebestyèn @rolandseb.bsky.social 
Tom Judge @judgethefuture.bsky.social NCTJ Gold Standard Diploma Holder, please hire and/or commision me. BA, MA, NCTJ, ffs. Freelance Barista. London 🏳️🌈
Andrew Stuart @andrewstuart.bsky.social Accidental goat correspondent | Everton | Instagram: @andrewstuart1
Harrison @harryjohnrutter.bsky.social Audience Editor at Daily Mirror, Express and Star + OK! Magazine, Echo and M.E.N 🧑💻 Formerly the Assistant Showbiz Editor at Express U.S. 🇺🇸
Sarah Lester @sarahllester.bsky.social Editor, Manchester Evening News
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Contact @contactmcr.bsky.social 🎭Manchester Arts Centre
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Jason Roberts @snapperjay.bsky.social Manchester Evening News photographer
Press photographer for over 36 years
Kevin Campbell-Wright @togetherkev.bsky.social Communications & External Affairs lead for Together Housing Group, a large social landlord in North UK, including Pendleton Together and our charity Newground Together.
I skeet housing, policy, community.+ innovation.
https://www.togetherhousing.group
Stu Ox🔶️ @stuoxld.bsky.social Lib Dem candidate for Blackfriars & Trinity,
volunteer on national cycle network, Cyclist - He/Him LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. views my own.
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Deb James @debjam.bsky.social PR Manager @FoodCycle | Comms Lead @ Together Liverpool & the Network of Kindness | Former journalist & regional news editor | Focused on charity communications & storytelling for impact | Social justice advocate | Always up for a cuppa and a chat 💬
patricvk @patricvk.bsky.social Ex-journalist, Mancunian, fan of life on two wheels
Matt Atherton @athers92.bsky.social News Editor, Mirror.co.uk
John Scheerhout @johnscheerhout.bsky.social Wizened crime reporter at the Manchester Evening News. Author of Lured To Their Deaths. Looking over walls so you don't have to
Aidan McCartney @aidanmccartney.bsky.social Senior Sports Editor, Reach PLC. Head of Sport Central Audience Team. Views my own.
Heald Green Councillors @heald-green.bsky.social Cllrs Anna Charles-Jones, Carole McCann & Catherine Stuart form the Independent Ratepayers Group at Stockport Council, representing Heald Green Ward.
Anna M. Charles-Jones @knitteronwheels.bsky.social Wheelchair using proponent of disability-rights & the social model of disability. A daughter of farmers who enjoys knitting, singing & drinking tea. Talkative. (Views own)
@tonyobrien2307.bsky.social @tonyobrien2307.bsky.social Labour Councillor for Ashton Upon Mersey in Trafford, Greater Manchester
Citizens Advice Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford @citizensadvicesort.bsky.social We are here for you with advice you can trust, when you really need it. We are campaigning on the issues that affect every single one of us.
We are helping to build a fairer society.
citizensadvicesort.org.uk
Gareth Wyn Williams @garethwynwilliams.bsky.social Gohebydd / Senior Journalist Reporter BBC Cymru Wales
From Ynys Môn / Anglesey | Ex-Local Democracy Reporting Service | Fy sylwadau i | 🏴
✍️ garethwyn.williams@bbc.co.uk
Guy Parker @guyparker.bsky.social UK Housing Advocacy Manager at Habitat for Humanity GB; Board Member of GM Community-Led Homes and The Reign Collective
Alan Good @alangoodld.mcrlibdems.uk Liberal Democrat councillor for Ancoats & Beswick. Group Secretary, Manchester Lib Dems.
For casework, please email cllr.alan.good@manchester.gov.uk.
Originally from sunny Southend-on-Sea
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Councillor Matt Wynne @cllrmattwynne.bsky.social Leader of the Edgeley Community Association on Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Ian Hughes @inhghs.bsky.social I work at the Manchester Evening News
Cllr Jonathan Moore @moore-jonathan.bsky.social Passionate about building a better liberal future. Mental Health charity chair & Financial Exclusion charity trustee & chair-designate, Social Housing Non-Exec. Lib Dem Councillor: Quays Ward, Salford.
Charlotte Hall @charlotteliviahall.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter for Oldham with the Manchester Evening News 🐝 Seen in: MEN | BBC | Daily Express | Byline Times | The Local (Germany)
Kayleigh Fraser @kayleighbfraser.bsky.social Reporter at The Northern Echo🗞️
📍Darlington
📧kayleigh.fraser@newsquest.co.uk
Adam Care @adamcare.bsky.social 
Daniel Sheridan @daniel-sheridan.bsky.social Head of Engagement at The Yorkshire Post 📝
Leeds United ⚽️🔵🟡 | Views my own | Former SWNS and Yorkshire Evening Post
DMs are open.
daniel.sheridan@nationalworld.com
Jono Read @jonoread.co.uk 📺 Social media manager | Technology reviewer
👶 Millennial dad | Engaged | Norfolk guy in Yorkshire
📧: jono.read@bbc.co.uk
Rob Williams @bobjwilliams.bsky.social Features and perspectives editor at the Manchester Evening News.
Robyn Vinter @robynvinter.bsky.social North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Sophie Corcoran @sophcorcoran.bsky.social West Yorkshire Court Reporter at
@yorkshirelive
sophie.corcoran@reachplc.com
Insta: sophiecorcorancourtnews
Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social Executive Editor - Local Democracy Reporting Service for Reach Plc
Victoria Finan @victoriafinan.bsky.social Journalist, mum, millennial cross between Hyacinth Bouquet and Mrs Bennet. Very frazzled English woman before it became a vibe.
Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social North of England editor, the Guardian. Dad. Paul Foot Award winner 2025.
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Adam Everett @adameverett.bsky.social Crown court reporter @liverpoolecho.co.uk
adam.everett@reachplc.com
Conaill Corner @concorner23.bsky.social Journalist for the St Helens Star and the Leigh Journal
Views are my own
Ben Roberts-Haslam @benhaslm.bsky.social Award winning senior journalist for the Liverpool Echo and occasionally Daily Mirror // Previously PA & EFL
Press Awards 30 Under 30 2025
Email: ben.haslam@reachplc.com
Dan Haygarth @danhaygarth1.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The Independent | Formerly Liverpool ECHO | daniel.haygarth@independent.co.uk
Elliot Jessett @elliotlivecho.bsky.social City Reporter for the Liverpool ECHO - Senior News and Multimedia Journalist
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Author page: liverpoolecho.co.uk/authors/elliot-jessett
Megan Banner @meganjbanner.bsky.social Senior reporter at Liverpool Echo 
Katie Westwood @katiewestwood.bsky.social Journalist | Ex @liverpoolecho.co.uk, @brusselstimes.com
Paddy Edrich @paddyedrich.bsky.social Crime reporter | Liverpool Echo | patrick.edrich@reachplc.com | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/authors/patrick-edrich/
Ed Barnes @edbarnesjourno.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter for Oldham and Stockport reporting for the MEN and other LDRS partners | Previously Wirral | News Journalism MA at Cardiff Uni. #CardiffTrained
W. Holmes @wesleyholmes.bsky.social Journalist at the Liverpool Echo | Views own. Need to get in touch? Email me at wesley.holmes@reachplc.com
Olivia Williams @oliviawilliams29.bsky.social Senior Breaking News Reporter at the Liverpool ECHO
Jonny Humphries @jonnybbc.bsky.social Journalist for BBC News North West. Formerly crime reporter at Liverpool Echo. jonny.m.humphries@bbc.co.uk. Views my own
Judith Moritz @judithmoritz.bsky.social BBC Special Correspondent
BBC Panorama
Author: ‘Unmasking Lucy Letby’
https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/judith-moritz/
Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Moby-Dick podcast:
🐳 @thewhale1851.bsky.social
Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social Reporter @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social — part of @millmedia.bsky.social | Got a story? Email: dan@sheffieldtribune.co.uk 📧
Tom Burgess @tomburgess8.bsky.social Reporter for BBC North East | Formerly The Northern Echo | get in touch: Tom.burgess03@bbc.co.uk | John Schofield Trust Fellow 2025
Harry Harrison @hharrisonjourno.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter for Doncaster
Occasional reviewer of coffee shops in Sheffield
Views my own/RTs ≠ endorsements | DMs are open
Email: harry.harrison@iconicmediagroup.co.uk
Ashley Pemberton @ashleypemberton.bsky.social Journalist @dailystar
Dave Himelfield @davehimel.bsky.social Freelance writer, journalist and PR guy.
Bylines: Mirror, Express, MEN, YorkshireLive etc
Jew, guitarist, drummer, amateur chef
Opinions my own.
Joshua Nichol @joshuanichol.bsky.social ✍️Reporter at The Northern Echo, The Great Daily of the North | joshua.nichol@newsquest.co.uk | DMs open | Words in Private Eye, Non-League Paper | Views my own | He/Him
Craig Gent @vivaharehills.bsky.social Author of CYBERBOSS. Work at LSE. Part of StreamArtNetwork. Critical algorithm studies, livestreaming, solidarity, labour, hybrid media. Co-host Heart Reacts. Previously Novara Media. http://c-gent.net/
https://shop.novaramedia.com/products/cyberboss
Ruby Kitchen @reporterruby.bsky.social Journalist for The Yorkshire Post and sometimes lecturer @LeedsBeckett. 
Lucy Thornton @lucethornton1.bsky.social Reporter for the Daily Mirror (all views my own).
Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social Senior news reporter for Yahoo News, covering the U.S. Sheffield dweller, accent enthusiast and unofficial Mr Blobby correspondent.
Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk he/him, senior reporter @swns.com - but views my own.
bi cyclist. 🏳️🌈
bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Express, Star, New York Post, MEN, Bolton News, Manchester Mill, others.
📍London, UK
🌐 jackfifield.uk/contact
Ethan Davies @ethandavies.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter of the year 2024 🏆
Journalist covering Manchester council and the Greater Manchester mayor. Own views.