Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Disablement, Free Time & Work Under Capitalism @disprecwork.bsky.social Exploring the politics of disablement, paid & unpaid work under capitalism & 'free time' | @cerasellachis.bsky.social
disability politics | work | precarity | resistance | social security | rest | free time | bread and roses | #book | #PolEcon | sociology
โฝ @carriwitchet.bsky.social chronically overwhelmed
Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social General Secretary of Unite | https://sharongraham.org/
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Media Reform Coalition @mediareformuk.bsky.social Campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
Join the movement to fix the UK's broken media system:
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Trans Greens ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ @transgreens.bsky.social #electthedolls campaign run by a Collective of Trans Greens
Buy our #electthedolls merch: https://lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com/
Promoted by LGBTIQA+ Greens (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
Stats for Lefties ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @leftiestats.bsky.social www.statsforlefties.com
Stats and election analysis from a progressive, Marxist perspective. Run by Eleanora Folan (she/her). All opinions my own. Trans woman ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social A better tax system that benefits everyone in the UK. Sister organisation of @taxjusticenet.bsky.social
https://taxjustice.uk/
Cost of Living Action @costoflivingaction.bsky.social
Manchester Trans Liberation Assembly @mcrtransliberation.bsky.social A trans activist organisation based in Manchester, UK.
EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social We're an economics podcast that delves into the lives & ideas of famous economists. Once won the Independent Podcast of the Year in the PodBible Awards. Featured on Radio 2 & in The Times/Observer/City AM https://open.spotify.com/show/44pI1bcAKbrA2fLZpwJF4
helephant @helephant.bsky.social ๐ Illustrator-on-hold, #LongCovid (COVID-induced #POTS / #ME), UK
Leeds DPAC @leedsdpac.bsky.social Leeds Disabled People Campaigning for disabled people. Allies welcome. #socialmodel #nothingaboutuswithoutus #Disabledpeopleagainstcuts #disability
https://linktr.ee/leedsdpac
Cyborg Zombie (he/him) @cyber-zombie.bsky.social Beardy tattooed middle-aged neurodivergent spoony veggie ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐from Leeds. Into movies, @primordialradio.bsky.social, gigs. Trades unionist, member of Green Partyโฌ, @leedsdpac.bsky.social Woke AF. Free ๐ต๐ธ Welfare not warfare โฟ. Protect the dolls ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP @drrosena.bsky.social ๐น Labour MP for Tooting
๐ฉโโ๏ธ A&E Doctor
๐ก Born and raised in Tooting
๐ง rosena@drrosena.co.uk "Rosena" rhymes with "tenner" (she/her)
Promoted by Tooting Labour Party, at 89 Bickersteth Road, SW17 9SH
Rebecca Long-Bailey @rebeccalongbailey.com Member of Parliament for Salford โข Wife, Mother & Proud Socialist โข This is my only Bsky account and all views are my own โข Want to get in touch? Email me at: rebecca.longbailey.mp@parliament.uk
Website: rebeccalongbailey.com
Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to people with Long Covid + ME. Shifting the paradigm one step at a time...
๐๐Home to the #cripademia book club.
https://www.longcovidadvoc.com/
๐๏ธ https://longcovidadvoc.shop/
@bril-bristol.bsky.social @bril-bristol.bsky.social Bristol Reclaiming Independent Living.
Grassroots Disabled people's organisation.
Mencap @mencap.org.uk Supporting people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full๐
Find out more: linktr.ee/mencap
Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social Director of the Hansard Society, working to make Parliament more effective.
๐ง Co-host of the Parliament Matters podcast | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
Diane Abbott MP @hackneyabbott.bsky.social Re-elected as Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. Mother of the House.
The Asian Feminist @theasianfeminist.bsky.social Covering women's issues and empowerment from more than 50 countries. ๐ฆ: theasianfmnst ๐: theasianfeminist@mas.to ๐ณ: theasianfmnst
Sorrel Christian @storiesofsorrel.bsky.social
Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org We investigate Britainโs foreign policy, military & intelligence agencies and corporations. Please support our work - https://www.declassifieduk.org/join/
Atlanta Rey โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆโ๐ฅ @atlantarey.bsky.social Dystopian romance writer โ๏ธ WIP: Fire & Steel series โ๏ธ Bookish content creator ๐ชBritish-Spanish. Powered by books, snark & sugar. Owned by a cat โค๏ธโ๐ฅ #BookSky โจ
๐ https://linktr.ee/areyoflight
DPAC Cymru - Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru @dpac-cymru.bsky.social Grassroots group campaigning for our rights as disabled people.
Hawliau, nid Cardod ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
https://dpac.cymru | dpac.cymru@gmail.com | @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, itโs me.
Kelly Jones @kmjones.bsky.social Editor at Rightsnet | Advised on social security since 2010 | Life experience includes poverty & parenthood | Love reading stories, enjoy little adventures & genuinely curious about how aaaaanything works
C Campbell @beaphar.bsky.social R.C., lives north west
England, interests rescue pets, prayer, reading, history, photography. Widow of a deacon.
Marxism and Disability Network (MDN) @marxdisability.bsky.social Study and engagement network with a particular focus on Disability Politics & Marxism(s). We hold monthly talks. To join the mailing list, check out our contact page: https://marxismdisability.wordpress.com/Contact
Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social Progressive activist, lefty, believer in fairness and kindness. Hate discrimination in any form. Lover of nature, animals and their welfare. The garden/outdoors is my happy place. #EDS warrior living with #axSpA. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บโฟ๏ธ๐
LGBTQ+ ally ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Free ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ
๐ซDMs
Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social He/They
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
https://zeteo.com
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi ๐ณโ๐. She/Her.
Need to get in touch?
๐ง carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Owen Jones @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 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
We Own It @weownit.org.uk After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It.
https://weownit.org.uk/people-not-profit
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
Youth Demand @youth-demand.bsky.social ๐ข Youth-Led Action
โ๏ธThe UK gov must stop driving genocide
โก๏ธ Stop all trade with Israel | Make the rich pay damages
linktr.ee/youthdemand
Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social We one of the UKโs leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
Sarah Ba @sarahbia.bsky.social Northerner, book hoarder, foreign language enthusiast, and unabashed cat lady.
Also, local gov officer, disability rights activist, trade unionist, and Green ๐
Nikki @freereaderllm.bsky.social Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) in the Church of England; interested in theology, science and the natural world, and anything textile related ๐งถ
Pileus Media @pileusmedia.bsky.social We started our page in 2016 to support Jeremy Corbyn. 9 years later we're still going! We've made quote memes that have gone viral & videos that have been well shared! 2017 to 2019, our Facebook page was among the most influential political pages online!
emmadm101 ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ฑ @emmadm101.bsky.social From 'Oop North' Collecter of silly hatwear,Depeche Mode Devotee,Tennatic,Wholockian,Lucifan,
RSDR supporter,Disability aware,living with congenital CP,will always do my best to help.
Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social Eco-socialist, 75+ disabled MH survivor
Anti-Reform Green+Your Party electoral pact
#FreePalestine #TaxTheRich #BLM #Feminist
Songwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AGDJDrklwM&list=
@swanseadpac.bsky.social @swanseadpac.bsky.social
@matthewf75.bsky.social @matthewf75.bsky.social
@eldude73.bsky.social @eldude73.bsky.social Dude and Epicurean.
Manchester UK
Crips Against Cutsโฟ๏ธ๐ป @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social A Crip led grassroots group working Nationally to fight Government Cuts and reduce isolation through community.
๐ป๐ฉโ๐ฆฏ๐ฆฎ๐ฆพ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐ฆผ๐ฆป
๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ๐ฟโ๐พโ๐ผ
Susan Archibald @susanas4321.bsky.social Scottish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Disability Rights Campaigner, #DPAC #WOWpetition
Rodney Marques @rodneymarques.bsky.social He/Him
Marques like Karl, not Marques like Gorka
Artistic, autistic
Likes Half Man Half Biscuit
I've got some hair.
You need to accept thatโget on with it.
Amanda Jobson @amandajobson.bsky.social A creative, mother, Green Councillor for Hastings Borough Council. UK
๐Swimming, cycling, active traveller, carlite ๐ท Ageing champion making our community stronger ๐
Promoted by Tracey Lord
Behalf of Hastings Green Party 30 The Broadway TN35 5EH
@fleewitt.bsky.social @fleewitt.bsky.social
Fiona Robertson @fionaswriting.bsky.social She/her, Disability Justice, feminist, equalities consultant, writer, performance poet. Zines, physics, poetry, politics, cats, accessibility, landscape, Scotland, complexity ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโค๏ธ๐ฆ
https://linktr.ee/FionaRobertson
Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social Researcher-activist, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social #DisabilityStudies
Member, Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England
Co-author, At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
Disabled, ND, they/them
John Cowan @johncowan.bsky.social Company Director and Photographer
John Harrison @speyside1955.bsky.social North East based West Ham supporter . Disabled activist
@undertheredflag.bsky.social @undertheredflag.bsky.social - J Jenny Ceolta-Smith #FBLC @jceoltasmith.bsky.social Background #RetiredOccupationalTherapist due to #LongCovid background in vocational rehabilitation & PhD research includes #DWP policy, provision & front line practice. Not fully active here yet.
Squirrels! @squirrelsystem.bsky.social We have Dissociative Identity Disorder. And other things. she/her (mostly)- P Nihil @pseudomythos.bsky.social
Ruils Independent Living @ruils.bsky.social Deaf & Disabled Peoples Organisation in South West London supporting Disabled people to live independently.
๐ง info@ruils.co.uk
๐ฑ020 8831 6083
๐ป www.ruils.co.uk
@sarahnason.bsky.social @sarahnason.bsky.social
Rachamim Farnworth @rachamimonwheels.bsky.social Writer
Autistic disabled transsexual gay Jewish man ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โก๏ธ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฆฝ
Horror, fantasy and speculative fiction writer
North West England UK
Stephen Sunderland @stephensunderland.bsky.social Poetry prose & things inbetween // PhD on surrealist womenโs fiction // film-novel: The Cinema Beneath the Lake // Poetry: Eye Movement/ Oneiroscope/ Refrains/
https://linktr.ee/stephen.sunderland
www.everydaymarvellous.com
Dermot Devlin @mywayaccess.bsky.social Disability rights.
Access warrior.
Ableismโs worst nightmare.
My Way Access | DPAC Northern Ireland | IMTAC
@shjipstone.bsky.social @shjipstone.bsky.social
Merton CIL - DDPO @mertoncil.bsky.social A user-led organisation, run by and for Deaf & Disabled people.
Based in The London Borough of Merton.
Brian @briggmog.bsky.social Located in the beautiful county of Cornwall UK ๐ฌ๐ง Iโm disabled with limited mobility โฟ๏ธ
Hate anything Trump and Nigel Farage and any other right wing ding bats Elon can go do one also!
UK labour supporter ๐น๐ฌ๐ง
US Democrats ๐ ๐บ๐ธ
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
David W. Hardy, Esq. @hardymediation.bsky.social Atty, mediator, teacher. Lawrence, KS Advocate, MBA, former uni admin. Spouse:๐งโ๐คโ๐ง@bsbadger INTJ/ENTJ ๐ซDMs ๐ซ Porn ๐ซ Crypto ๐ซ OnlyFans ๐ซGoFundMe YES to int. news, sci, law, art, philos, Left pol, philanth, nature
Richard Amm โฟ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social ๐ฅFree Disability Zines๐ฅ https://linktr.ee/disabilityark
Disability: History, Politics, Media Analysis and more!
Recent ones include Disability and: | Star Trek | Ancient Egypt | Radicals | Gods | Film Analysis Tools | Feminists | Anarchists | and more!
Alan @alanlab.bsky.social LGBTQ Labour Party member JLM ally. 50 years NHS Nurse. St.Helens Rugby League supporter #pigoneer #ukraine #merseyside #BLM Spiteful Class Warrior
โฝ โ๏ธ๏ธ โ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ โ๏ธ๏ธ โช๏ธ @888natnatnat888.bsky.social BEING SILENCED WHILST ABUSE CONTINUES WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTABLE. #ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #CFS #Housebound #DisabledPeopleDemand #Invisible #Advocacy โ๏ธ
Clayton @clintonchives.bsky.social Regular sized boy, abnormally large head.
https://www.instagram.com/claybayman?igsh=MjJyODcxcnhma3pj
Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social Promoting access to justice, upholding the rule of law, ensuring fair systems
Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid @thrivingplanet.bsky.social Was: Facilitation & organisational culture nerd for do-gooders; climate & sustainability. Healthy, athletic; MTB, ski, mountaineering, outdoors. Everything on pause: Long Covid is brutal.
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island) โฅ๐จ๐ญ
@david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social Disability, mental health, politics, technology.
@chrisigoe.bsky.social @chrisigoe.bsky.social
@rachelholme @rachelholme.bsky.social Ex Learning Disability nurse - 20 years.
Founding director and CEO of a #NotForProfit www.spectrumdynamics.co.uk
Breaking down barriers in education & employment for neurodivergent children & young people.
Different brains need different approaches.
Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social Happily bland trans woman. My life is mostly soup, sewing, writing, and supporting the people that I cherish
(she/her)
ReJeneration @jen1word.bsky.social Banned from xitter post-Musk even though I never posted once. Did like pro-Dem posts, though. Not sorry. Trauma and psych recovery, justice, law, politics, nonfiction/documentaries, animals, human rights...
Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social Consultant psychotherapist/ disability activist/ bluestocking. Former Lived Experience Worker, future failed poet. Will question ideology for cake โค๏ธ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
#MadSky #TraumaNotPD #Disability #Neurodivergent #Mad https://t.co/83d2Ztwpp2
Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social Disability trans and queer stuff.
Impatient crip/"bad vibes"
They/them
alliekitten @alliekitten.bsky.social AuDHD transfem anarchist. Talks about politics, geekery, puns, memes and random shite
Daira-Emma Hopwood @daira.bsky.social Zcash's official load-bearing catgirl. The only good fascist is a dead fascist. How to pronounce my name: 'dษหษนษ 'ษmษ 'hษฬpwสd
NipperMaddog @nippermaddog.bsky.social #RITB #Unrecovery #BarkingMad
Alex White @alexwhitewrites.bsky.social Award-winning writer and editor, passionate about books, accessibility, disability rights and oral history. Fan of Norwich City, Sussex and England cricket. Views personal. www.AlexWhiteWrites.com
Felix Henson @flickthecrip.bsky.social They/ them, bi, filthy commie and dirty cripple. Massive nerd and kinkster. Hire me for access consultancy/ graphic design/ illustration. Seeing what the hype's about.
Mx Dennis Queen @mxdennisqueen.bsky.social Musician, activist, parent.
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People @gmcdp.bsky.social Disabled People's Organisation (100% exec & staff are disabled people working from Social Model of Disability & Disability Justice)
#RightsNotCharity
https://gmcdp.com
Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social In-depth reporting on issues affecting disabled people in the UK since 2009. www.disabilitynewsservice.com
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Christopher John Ball @christopherball.bsky.social Photographer, Curator, Campaigner, Filmmaker, Writer and Advisor to the Film Is Fabulous! charitable trust http://filmisfabulous.org.uk. YouTube http://tinyurl.com/szxd2cd - Website http://www.christopherjohnball.co.uk
Healing Justice Ldn @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social Creating Capacity for Transformation. PoC healing & health via community repair, dignity, access & liberation practice ๐ฑโจ
Prem Sikka @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.
Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @z2ktrust.bsky.social Anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty together with people who experience it. Join us: https://bit.ly/Z2K-mailing-list
https://linktr.ee/z2k.trust
Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor.bsky.social research fellow @active-ata.bsky.social | active travel | public transport | crit dis | pedestrian every day, tricycling often | Trustee @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk | Ambassador for Activity Alliance | views are Frida's ๐
https://linktr.ee/tricyclemayor