Centrist dad podcaster Jon Sopel declared on Monday that he would be leaving X for Bluesky. His departure was celebrated all over Britain and seen by over a million…
Change of address notification: you’ll be able to find me now on @bluesky
Have greatly enjoyed living here for over a decade, but feel the neighbourhood has really gone downhill.
Will still call by occasionally— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) November 18, 2024
It only took 17 hours and 27 minutes for Sopel to return with a photo from the farmers’ protest. He posted again four hours later. Sopel has actually not posted any more frequently on Bluesky than he has on X since he ‘left’…
Anti-Musk figures like Science Secretary Peter Kyle are threatening to leave X, too – all while busy tweeting. The Spectator has joined under its new pro-Kamala editor…
Meanwhile, users who join Bluesky are recommended ‘lists’ to follow including one called “Top 50 UK Political Commentators.” Here we go…
The top six are:
Is Sopel going to keep defying his X-ile until he makes the cut?
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”