Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social At BBC Sport. Bouncing between Glasgow (nearly) and Salford. Will go on about news, sport, Scottish stuff, Eurovision etc. Any rare views are very much my opinion alone.
Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social I do communications, design and marketing for bus and train operators and authorities, and the occasional bit of writing. Proud Mancunian. European. 🇪🇺
Consultancy 👉 transportdesigned.com
Follow 👉 @transportdesigned.com
Paul Colligan @colliganp95.bsky.social spadding for the liverpool city region mayor
Liz Bates @wizbates.bsky.social Sky News Political Correspondent 
Asher Kessler @ashkwondo.bsky.social The history and politics of computing. Between Cambridge and LSE.
Dave Porter @daveporterdp.bsky.social Lecturer in journalism at Man Met uni
Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social Policy and programme adviser at Belong, the Cohesion and Integration Network. Associate fellow at British Future
Interests: employment, immigration, integration and cohesion policy, heritage, elections, Ukraine, textiles, ceramics.
Mum. Posts are personal
Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social Author, Campaigner, Broadcaster.
Muhbeen Hussain @muhbeenh.bsky.social 
Lisa Smart MP @lisasmartmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove constituency. Cabinet Office spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats.
Promoted by HGCLD, 34 Stockport Road, Romiley SK6 3AA
Dawn Marsden @dawnmarsden.bsky.social Constituency Comms Officer for Angela Rayner MP.
Lifelong lover of #oafc
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 🚵🏻♂️🏃
David Frankal @davidfrankal.bsky.social Professional train geek
Hope Gallagher @hopegallagher.bsky.social Engagement Producer at Manchester Evening News
https://muckrack.com/hope-gallagher-1
Urban Transport Group @utg-uk.bsky.social We are the UK’s network of transport authorities.
Andrew Gentry @andrew-gg.bsky.social Content creator working in comms, former video journalist. Likes long walks on the beach
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Former boss of CPS think tank and CapX, Sunday columnist for The Times, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.
Nick Statham @nickstatham.bsky.social 
Jason Prince @mrjasonprince.bsky.social Director at @UTG-UK, the UK’s network of transport authorities. Listen to our podcast: https://urbantransportgroup.podbean.com/ for your transport fix. 🌈
Debbie Abrahams MP @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Former NHS Trust Chair & PH academic. Tackling inequalities and fighting for fairness. 
Mike Kane MP @mikekanemp.bsky.social 🌹 Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East
Chris Chambers @chrischambo.bsky.social 🎤 North West Correspondent for LBC / LBC News
📻 News on Capital / Heart / Smooth
Debbie Newall @debbien.bsky.social Labour Councillor, loves husband Col, chocolate, dogs and cats. Holds Trump in equal measures of contempt and derision. Ditto Tories and Reform, especially Nige.
@maxjdunbar.bsky.social @maxjdunbar.bsky.social 
Aprilciate🍉🏳️⚧️ @aprilciate.bsky.social Probably not here.
Mother of Manchester Popfest.
Feminist policy and systems change strategist.
Bona fide person.
#DavidByrne
Liz Godfrey @lizgdfy.bsky.social Campaigning for clean air and healthy kids
@steven-fry999.bsky.social @steven-fry999.bsky.social 
Laura FitzPatrick @laurafitzpatrick.bsky.social Making politics podcasts at Sky News, used to produce The News Agents podcast and somehow a Radio Academy 30 Under 30
Email: laura.fitzpatrick@sky.uk
Cllr Gareth Staples-Jones @garethsj.bsky.social Proud to be a Ramsbottom Labour & Co-op Councillor 🌹
Labrador dog dad to Gus
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Councillor Emma Taylor @cllretaylor.bsky.social Labour councillor for Sharston, Manchester City Council
Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics & Public Admin, Uni of Liverpool • UK Politics • English devo • spatial inequality • place-based policy • healthy urban development • critical realism
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/jack-newman
Jacob Mason @jacobmason.bsky.social 🎩Trustee, Clayton Hall Living History Museum @claytonhall.org
🌹Constituency Support Manager to a Labour MP
🧡Proud GMB Union member
Casey Peyton @caseypeyton.bsky.social Training Journalist ✍️
Head of News | Forge Press
Email: CPeyton1@sheffield.ac.uk
Lizzy Buchan @lizzybuchan.bsky.social Daily Mirror Political Editor
📧 lizzy.buchan@mirror.co.uk
https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/lizzy-buchan/
Zoë Billingham @zoebillingham.bsky.social Director of IPPR North in Manchester. Economist focused on people’s lived experience. Regional policy. Views my own.
India Gerritsen @indiafhg.bsky.social 👊 🩷 Proud Northerner, hobbyist writer + outdoorsy dog woman
🕵️♀️Researcher at @ipprnorth.bsky.social.
💬 All things housing, MVAWG, health, regional equality, devo.
Views=own / repost not an endorsement
Paul Kilbey @paulkilbey.bsky.social Journalist / writer / editor. Formerly (and still, sometimes): classical music. Views my own.
Jeff Smith MP @jeffsmithmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Manchester Withington. For a reply, or for casework please email jeff.smith.mp@parliament.uk
Promoted by Peter Shilton-Godwin on behalf of Jeff Smith, both at Unit 1, 505-507 Wilmslow Road, M20 4AW
Afzal Khan MP @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social MP for Manchester Rusholme | Awarded Labour MP of the Year 2024
Josh Simons MP @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social Dad, Husband, and MP for Makerfield | Author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Algorithms-People-Democracy-Age-AI/ | josh.simons.mp@parliament.uk
Paul Waugh MP @paulwaughmp.bsky.social Labour and Co-operative MP for Rochdale
paulwaugh.co.uk
Political Currency @polcurrency.bsky.social Podcast from Ed Balls and George Osborne. The former rivals take us behind closed doors into the rooms where decisions are made. New episodes Monday & Thursday.
Listen / Watch: https://linktr.ee/politicalcurrency
Produced by @persephonica.bsky.social
Sarah Cook @sarahcook75.bsky.social CEO of Home-Start HOST and Greater Manchester VCSE Lead for Perinatal & Parent Infant Mental Health. Trustee of The Ripple Pond.
Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics.
www.softmachines.org
Matt @itsmattagain.bsky.social Twitter emigrant and irritant
Rosie @rosayheaty.bsky.social Comms. Crochet. Celebrancy. Communities.
Learning. Writing. Colour. Feminism. Trying new things. Trusting the process.
✨ Northern Power Woman ‘Future List’ & LGComms Future Leader.
Manchester Homelessness Partnership @mcrhomelessness.bsky.social Manchester's cross-sector partnership, working together towards ending homelessness in Manchester.
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Chris Slater @chrisslatermen.bsky.social News reporter at the Manchester Evening News. I cover Stockport but also news from across Greater Manchester. Got a story? You can email me on chris.slater@men-news.co.uk
Michael Taylor @michaeltaylormcr.bsky.social Journalist at theBusinessDesk.com, sometime politico, professional northerner.
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social Journalist & Presenter | 📻 Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska 1-4pm Weekends ’, BBC @Radio4 Documentaries & 📺@BBCNews TV | @JSchofieldTrust | RTs not an endorsement
Craig Oliver @craigoliver100.bsky.social Global head of Strategy and Reputation at FGS. Podcast: Desperately Seeking Wisdom.
Was David Cameron’s Director of Politics and Communications - and before that Editor, BBC News at 6 and 10.
Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Alistair Houghton @wimpyking.bsky.social Journalist and Wimpy fan. Editor of BusinessLive at Reach plc
Joe Harrigan @joeharrigan.bsky.social Down all the years, down all the days
Chief Reporter at The Bolton News, also seen in The Bury Times, Lancashire Telegraph and others. NUJ member
George Lythgoe @glythgoenews.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter covering Rochdale and Tameside for the Manchester Evening News in partnership with the BBC
Email: george.lythgoe@reachplc.com
@joepike.bsky.social @joepike.bsky.social 
Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social Member of Parliament for St Albans.
@libdems.org.uk Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson.
📧 Daisy.cooper.mp@parliament.uk
Heidi Alexander MP @heidialexander.bsky.social Swindon girl. Labour MP for Swindon South. Secretary of State for Transport. Email: heidi.alexander.mp@parliament.uk
Emily Thornberry MP @emilythornberry.bsky.social Labour MP for Islington South, Finsbury & De Beauvoir.
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
https://www.emilythornberry.com
Cllr Alex Wynne 🔶 @alexwynneld.bsky.social 35. Lib Dem councillor in Bramhall North. Partner to a human, dad to a human and a dog.
Promoted by Cheadle Liberal Democrats, 47 Church Road, Gatley, SK8 4NG
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.
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Joel Goodman @pixel8foto.bsky.social The guy who took that photo of those people that time. Freelance photojournalist working in the UK and anywhere else that'll have me. joelgoodman.net
Cllr Rabnawaz Akbar @cllr-akbar.bsky.social Labour member for Rusholme ward in Manchester and Executive Member for Finance and Resources at Manchester City Council
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
Northern Powerhouse Partnership @np-partnership.bsky.social Representing the voice of the North's business and civic leaders | Chaired by Lord Jim O'Neill.
Councillor Ali-Raza Ilyas @alirilyas.bsky.social Labour & Co-op party Councillor at Manchester City Council, Commercial Solicitor and ThePlaceM14 Trustee • F&W Foodbank Trustee - Own views.
Lee Grimsditch @leegrimsditch.bsky.social Senior journalist at the Manchester Evening News. 
@jennacampbell93.bsky.social @jennacampbell93.bsky.social 
Helena Vesty @helenavesty.bsky.social NHS, health and social care corr for the Manchester Evening News 🐝
Chattering on BBC 5 Live, Times Radio, the News Agents pod 🌌
DMs/email me helena.vesty@reachplc.com 💌
Nick Jackson @jacko23.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter based at the Manchester Evening News, covering Trafford and Wigan. My activities as a singer/songwriter, self-producing recording artist and helping out other musicians are my side hussles. Enjoy my posts.
Declan Carey @declangcarey.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter in the North West, covering Manchester City Council & the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Shelley @shelleyguest.bsky.social Director of CommuniTea Spaces C.I.C incorporating Caffeina a non-profit community cafe and Grow Your Mind wellbeing garden Email: communiteaspacescic@gmail.com
Cllr Tom Hunt @tomhunt100.bsky.social Leader of Sheffield City Council | Councillor for Walkley ward
Annette Wright @annettewright.bsky.social #Hulme, #Manchester, #socialist Labour and Co-op councillor for Hulme, PCS GEC and NW Regional Chir. All views my own. #JoinAUnion.
David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social Senior Data Journalist at the Reach Data Unit, based in Manchester but from Bradford
🔗 https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/david-dubas-fisher/
Eve Holt @evefrancisholt.bsky.social #Manchester girl on #SocialJustice mission. Head of Policy & Implementation for GMCA & Mayor of GM. 🐝 Public policy, service & participation. System convening, navigation & change. Previously #GMMoving and Public Law Solicitor.
Greater Manchester Drug Trends @gmtrends.bsky.social The UK’s first annual multi-method drug trends research project. Commissioned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to monitor emerging substance use trends and changes in drug markets across Greater Manchester, England.
Noah Vickers @noahvickers.bsky.social Journalist @TheHouseMag.bsky.social | Previously reported for @theLondonStandard.bsky.social and @EDP24.bsky.social
noah.vickers@thehousemag.co.uk
Mandie Shilton Godwin @mandiesg.bsky.social Labour and Co-op Cllr, Manchester. Chair, Environment and Neighbourhood Scrutiny. Socialist, feminist, veggie. Mum and Granny.
Cllr Jenny Gregory @jennygregory.bsky.social One-time Popmaster winner. Proudly half scouse. Labour Councillor for Lowton East (Wigan Council), Office Manager for an MP, Human and Cat Mum, Wife, Daughter. Mostly tired. Views my own. 🌹
James Winterbottom @jameswinterbottom.bsky.social Director of Strategy & Innovation at Wigan Council; Director of Leigh Sports Village; Honorary Life President Leigh Leopards Rugby League Club; Trustee AllChild
Cllr Simon Lepori 🔶️ @simonleporild.bsky.social Lib Dem cllr for Timperley Central at Trafford Council.
Health & Social Care, Politics, SEND, Inclusion, Rugby, LGBTQ+ 🔶️🇬🇧🐝🌈
@karinagay.bsky.social @karinagay.bsky.social Labour Councillor for Davyhulme and Exec Member for Children and Young People on Trafford Council. Passionate about Equality and my 4 beautiful grandchildren ❤️
Cllr Emma Hirst @emmahirst.bsky.social Labour Councillor for Old Trafford Ward.
Vice-Chair of Trafford Public Protection and Licensing Committees
Eve Parker @everparker.bsky.social Councillor #SaleCentral 🌹
Executive Member for Leisure, Arts, Culture & Heritage
Mum of 3 legends
Lecturer @OfficialUOM @UoM_LibArts
Author & Theologian 📖📖
Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social Ward Councillor for Lostock and Barton in Trafford. You'll see me walking or cycling by. Stop me to chat. Alternatively, there's an advice surgery, Facebook, email and mobile.
"When you build your house, then call me."
Canal27ways.uk
Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social Green Party member, used to be a councillor in Trafford. Teaching assistant in a primary school, and NEU member. My own views. He/him.
Cllr Ulrich Savary @cllrulrichsavary.bsky.social Jewish ✡️ and proud. Liberal Democrat Councillor for Broadheath Ward,Trafford. Centrist/Social Democrat 🧡 #FreeHongKong
#catsofbluesky
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇭🇰🇫🇷 📧Ulrich.savary@trafford.gov.uk
@davesedge.bsky.social @davesedge.bsky.social Goalkeeper 🧤Cat Dad 🐈 Stockport County 🔵 Head of Marketing by day 🏴 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Jon Byrne -🌹🚴📻✊ @jonbyrne.com Dad, Husband, Geek, Rider of bikes, Radio Amateur M0RFU, Labour Councillor for Manor Ward, Stockport, IT Manager not always in that order. Formally @jonbyrne on that other place.
Repost not endorsements - opinions are my own.
Rachel Wise @therachelwise.bsky.social Mum. Trade Unionist. Councillor.
Fan of all things infrastructure.
❤️ Stockport
Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Photography, politics (Lib Dem), everyday cyclist, The Archers, British basketball, former Stockport councillor. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
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.