It gives Guido no pleasure to report that Jon Sopel has not posted on Bluesky for a full 60 days. Agonised users have had to survive for two months without his crucial insights…
In the same period the News Agents presenter has posted on US Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk’s X platform an eye-watering 49 times. Sopel’s November announcement that he would be leaving the platform permanently was seen 1.1 million times…
Sopel is regularly tagged on posts by some of his 80,700 Bluesky followers hoping no doubt to interact briefly with their idol. They have been met with a deafening silence for the whole of 2025 so far…
Eager fans have joined the alternative platform specifically to hear Sopel’s takes on international and domestic news. Only to be bitterly disappointed.
Sopel’s co-host Emily Maitlis has been more active on the platform – she last posted 14 days ago (her last X post was today). Bluesky users will be left wondering: is the discourse better on Musk’s X?
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”
