Journos/news
CNN Breaking News
CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery.7,575,628 followers | Follow
The New York Times
Where the Conversation Begins. Follow for breaking news, NYTimes.com home page articles, special features and RTs of our journalists.5,171,821 followers | Follow
Breaking News
Breaking news alerts around the world from hundreds of sources 24 hours a day. Get more on BreakingNews.com, and follow our team on @breaking.4,073,080 followers | Follow
BBC Breaking News
Breaking news alerts and updates from the BBC. For news, features, analysis follow @BBCWorld (our World edition) and @BBCNews (our UK edition).3,263,610 followers | Follow
The White House
Official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy2,893,531 followers | Follow
BBC News (World)
The latest stories, features and updates from BBC News (World edition). For UK edition, follow @BBCNews. For breaking news, follow @BBCBreaking2,009,672 followers | Follow
UK Prime Minister
The official twitter channel for Prime Minister David Cameron's office, based at 10 Downing Street. Twitter policy: http://www.number10.gov.uk/number10online/1,999,216 followers | Follow
The Economist
Official site for The Economist. Follow for article updates, events and news from The Economist. To subscribe go to: http://econ.st/ddIkQq1,966,831 followers | Follow
Huffington Post
The Internet Newspaper - Curated by @kerstinshamberg, @lauralizhibbard, @socialmia, @deanpraetorius, @travelinganna1,843,237 followers | Follow
Reuters Top News
Reuters.com brings you the latest news from around the world, covering breaking news in business, politics, technology, and more.1,757,247 followers | Follow
Wall Street Journal
Breaking news, investigative reporting, business coverage and features from The Wall Street Journal.1,755,295 followers | Follow
Nicholas Kristof
New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, co-author @Half the Sky, http://www.facebook.com/kristof1,258,933 followers | Follow
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English, the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Follow @AJELive for breaking news alerts.1,032,893 followers | Follow
The Washington Post
One of many ways The Washington Post gets social. @tjortenzi and @marksluckie are here to help navigate the news. Send your tips and tweets to @washingtonpost.1,004,159 followers | Follow
The Associated Press
News, discussion and a behind-the-scenes look at the process from The Associated Press. Managed 24/7 by a team of editors based in NY: http://apne.ws/apstaff989,120 followers | Follow
United Nations
Official twitter account of United Nations. Get the latest information on the UN.866,241 followers | Follow
BBC News (UK)
The latest stories, features and updates from BBC News (UK edition). For world edition, follow @BBCWorld. For breaking news, follow @BBCBreaking734,181 followers | Follow
Financial Times
All the big stories on FT.com and updates from our news editors. Our tweets here are the same as those on @FT. Subscribe to the FT: http://on.ft.com/xq1lr725,218 followers | Follow
Financial Times
All the big stories on FT.com and updates from our news editors. Our tweets here are the same as those on @FinancialTimes. Subscribe: http://on.ft.com/xq1lr668,277 followers | Follow
Sky News Newsdesk
The latest breaking news, direct from the Sky News team. Tweet @skynews with any questions or queries.556,028 followers | Follow
BBC Business
Business news from the BBC's business team - the official account of the BBC business and economics centre.463,192 followers | Follow
Drudge Report
The Drudge Report is a U.S. based news aggregation website run by Matt Drudge(@DRUDGE).320,426 followers | Follow
CNN International
Breaking News, World, Business, Sports and Entertainment News318,290 followers | Follow
Boris Johnson
306,948 followers | Follow
The Economist
Official posts from The Economist on Business, Finance and Economics295,412 followers | Follow
Yahoo! News
The official Twitter account for Yahoo! News – breaking news and buzzing stories. Tweets hand-picked by Y! News team and 100% RSS feed free!285,179 followers | Follow
Guardian Science
News, comment, all that stuff from the Guardian's science, health and environment team252,316 followers | Follow
HuffPost Politics
The latest political news from The Huffington Post's politics team.194,781 followers | Follow
Alastair Campbell
Writer, communicator, strategist, used to be Tony Blair's spokesman, now my own151,644 followers | Follow
BBC Radio 4 Today
@BBCRadio4 flagship news programme, on air 6-9am weekdays and 7-9am on Saturday. Talk about the programme #r4today143,663 followers | Follow
Phil McNulty
Chief football writer, BBC Sport website. An official @BBCSport account. Find more at @BBCSport/Following http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/135,907 followers | Follow
CNN Political Ticker
124,608 followers | Follow
The Sun Newspaper
Get the latest news and gossip from around the world straight from your No1 Sun113,584 followers | Follow
Simon Mayo
Radio person, Itch author and school run genius. Personal views obviously.112,086 followers | Follow
Daily Telegraph News
Breaking news, analysis, Matt cartoons and more from The Daily and Sunday Telegraph. We're also on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk107,164 followers | Follow
BBC Radio 5 Live
Best bits and updates from the UK's home of live news and sport. We follow 5 live listeners.105,427 followers | Follow
Channel 4 News
In-depth analysis from our newsroom of experts, exclusive stories & breaking news. Follow the conversation with #c4news. For more from 4 follow @C4Insider103,221 followers | Follow
BBC Newsnight
TV news and current affairs programme broadcast at 2230 on BBC Two weekdays102,946 followers | Follow
ABC World News
The official twitter account for ABC World News with @DianeSawyer. Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldNews93,953 followers | Follow
Roll Call Politics
Follow @rollcall for reporter tweets, breaking news & free political coverage. This feed is formerly CQ Politics and it auto-posts Roll Call Politics stories.88,128 followers | Follow
Andrew Malcolm
Political news & commentary from Andrew Malcolm of Investor's Business Daily. (formerly Top of the Ticket @ latimestot)85,653 followers | Follow
Chicago Tribune
85,426 followers | Follow
Daily Mail Online
MailOnline News - The latest news, sport, showbiz, science and health stories from around the world from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday85,291 followers | Follow
Laura Kuenssberg
ITV News Business Editor - want more than 140 characters? Read my latest blog here www.itv.com/laurakuenssberg78,733 followers | Follow
Evan Davis
This is the bloke on the Radio 4 Today programme, Dragons' Den and the Bottom Line. Author of Made in Britain. These are only my views - the BBC has no views.77,864 followers | Follow
BBC Politics
The official account for political news from the BBC team based at Westminster75,982 followers | Follow
BBC 6 Music News
Your music news fix, including exclusive interviews with all the big names, the latest gig news, behind the scenes insights, festival updates and gossip.73,581 followers | Follow
UK Parliament
Keeping an eye on government, debating laws, approving taxes. This official Twitter feed is produced by the web team in Parliament.73,503 followers | Follow
Guido Fawkes
Pyrotechnician 2.0 If you want to contact me please email: Guido.Fawkes@Order-Order.com73,366 followers | Follow
Reuters India
Reuters India brings you the latest news from India and around the world.72,272 followers | Follow
The Independent
News, comment and features from The Independent. Also follow: @IndyWorld, @IndyPolitics and our @Independent/journalists-on-twitter70,849 followers | Follow
Johann Hari
Journalist, working on a book. Widely tipped to be next Pope. All views expressed belong to the Vatican69,711 followers | Follow
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
You can email me on krishnan@channel4.com or http://www.facebook.com/krishnangm69,115 followers | Follow
Conservatives
Latest updates from the Conservative Party. Check out our lists for other accounts of interest.64,103 followers | Follow
Guardian World
All the latest from the foreign desk at the Guardian in London and all points north, south, east and west58,550 followers | Follow
Reuters Real Time
This account will only be active during breaking news events and provides very frequent updates. Follow @Reuters for major updates.57,237 followers | Follow
SPIEGEL English
English feed for German newsmagazine DER SPIEGEL w/ Kristen Allen (kla), David Crossland (cro), Charles Hawley (cgh), Daryl Lindsey (dsl) and David Smith (dgs)52,198 followers | Follow
NBC Politics
Political news from @NBCNews, @NBCFirstRead, @MeetthePress and @msnbc.51,932 followers | Follow
Jerusalem Post News
The official Jerusalem Post twitter page featuring breaking news from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. On Facebook: http://bit.ly/9mSoyo51,577 followers | Follow
Neil Ashton
Football news correspondent at the Daily Mail, football presenter with Al Jazeera; schooled by Mark Woodforde.50,774 followers | Follow
James Pearce
BBC Sports News and Olympics Correspondent. This is an official @BBCSport account.50,705 followers | Follow
Comment is free
The Guardian's debate/comment/op-eds desk. We like opinions. Tweets by @becky_gardiner, @guardianjessica, @bellamackie. Get in touch: cif.editors@guardian.co.uk48,759 followers | Follow
Tweetminster
A media utility that connects you to the influencers, trends and news that shape current affairs. On iPhone and iPad too. We also power @electionista.47,426 followers | Follow
BBC Breakfast
The UK's favourite morning news programme, every day from 6am on BBC One46,204 followers | Follow
Rory Cellan-Jones
The BBC's technology correspondent. This is my personal profile - if you don't like the dog etc go to @BBCRoryCJ45,700 followers | Follow
Paul Mason
Newsnight's economics editor. Author of Meltdown; Live Working or Die Fighting; Rare Earth; Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere. Visiting prof wlv.ac.uk42,682 followers | Follow
PostPolitics
Political coverage from @WashingtonPost. Get social with @NGJennings and the @PostPolitics team about the news and conversation driving the nation's capital.42,203 followers | Follow
Mishal Husain
BBC News presenter - Impact is my programme on World News - also appear on BBC1 news bulletins40,480 followers | Follow
Faisal Islam
Economics Editor, C4 News If I inadvertently express an opinion here, it is mine alone. RTs don't endorse. And remember: there is no narrative.39,644 followers | Follow
GuardianEducation
The official Guardian Education site. Mainly updated by Alice Woolley and the Guardian newsdesk39,422 followers | Follow
Kevin Maguire
Daily Mirror associate editor. New Statesman columnist. Author. Regular broadcaster. Sunderland fan since a boy. Suburban man38,811 followers | Follow
Sian Williams
Journalist, BBC TV and Radio broadcaster, Mum of 4, occasional tweeter, all views mine.38,136 followers | Follow
Andrew Rawnsley
The Observer's award-winning Chief Political Commentator, critically-acclaimed broadcaster and author of Number One best-seller, The End of the Party.38,092 followers | Follow
New Statesman
Inside Britain's award-winning current affairs magazine. Please @ us with an intro when you follow.37,286 followers | Follow
Rick Klein
Senior Washington Editor, @ABC. Husband, father, baseball card collector. Co-host of ABC's #TopLine Webcast.36,803 followers | Follow
Charles Arthur
The Guardian's Technology editor. Written a book on Apple, Google, Microsoft. Like: free data, transparency, social networks, etc. Opinions mine, but do borrow.35,258 followers | Follow
FT Alphaville
Instant market insight from the FT. This account is a feed of our posts. For the musings, and (occasional) rants, of the Alphaville team, pls follow @ftalpha.34,427 followers | Follow
Michael Crick
Political correspondent, Channel 4 News. Man United follower. Author, books on Militant, Arthur Scargill, J Archer, M Heseltine, Alex Ferguson, M Howard & MUFC34,266 followers | Follow
Stephen Nolan
The Stephen Nolan Radio Show 9-10:30am, BBC Radio Ulster & 5LIVE Fri-Sun 10pm.34,104 followers | Follow
The Times of London
Exclusives, live chats, news and more. Subscribe here: http://thetim.es/FPMZi4 and tweet @Times_CS for customer assistance34,043 followers | Follow
Liberal Democrats
British political party in government working to make the UK fairer for all. Led by Deputy Prime Minister @Nick_Clegg.32,914 followers | Follow
Communications, OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Better policies for better lives31,705 followers | Follow
Associated Press
Links to the best content from the Associated Press on the Social Web.31,583 followers | Follow
BBC Daily Politics
BBC Daily Politics with Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn - BBC2 weekdays 1200-1300 (Wednesdays 1130-1300) - midnight on BBC Parliament, and on BBC iPlayer #bbcdp31,017 followers | Follow
Jemima Kiss
Guardian writer, interwebbist and mother. Currently doing more of the latter on maternity leave.30,717 followers | Follow
David Aaronovitch
Times columnist, broadcaster, dad, dog-owner and author of Voodoo Histories30,601 followers | Follow
adamboulton
Political Editor of Sky News. Moderator of 2010 Leaders Debate. Author30,348 followers | Follow
Fraser Nelson
Editor of The Spectator, Telegraph columnist, board member with the Centre for Policy Studies and proud owner of weird accent29,731 followers | Follow
Paul Waugh
Editor of PoliticsHome.com News, gossip and comment from House of Commons29,162 followers | Follow
lyse doucet
Presenter BBC World News and World Service Newshour. Correspondent too. Canada is my country but feel at home in many places.29,040 followers | Follow
Society Guardian
News, comments + links on the UK public and voluntary sectors from the Guardian, usually updated by SocietyGuardian.co.uk editor @clare_horton29,012 followers | Follow
Cathy Newman
Presenter for Channel 4 News. Married to John with 2 little girls, Scarlett and Molly.28,075 followers | Follow
Mehdi Hasan
Senior Editor (politics) at the New Statesman magazine, biographer of Ed Miliband and presenter of Al Jazeera's The Cafe.28,013 followers | Follow
Victoria Derbyshire
Mum of 2, partner to Mark, 5 Live journo; BBC News Channel: Victoria Derbyshire Interviews. Sony Radio Academy Speech Broadcaster of Yr. Orange Prize judge.27,544 followers | Follow
Tim Bradshaw
I'm digital media correspondent at the Financial Times, covering startups & all things internet. Views here = mine, not FT's. Retweets ≠ endorsements.27,541 followers | Follow
Rory Cellan-Jones
I'm the BBC's Technology Correspondent and this is my official Twitter profile. If you want something a bit less formal with more dog/family head to @ruskin14727,467 followers | Follow
Guardian Business
Latest financial, market and economic news and analysis from the Guardian27,025 followers | Follow
Reuters UK Online
Reuters UK online editors. From pigeons to multimedia, Reuters has been delivering the news since 1851.26,583 followers | Follow
The Lex Column
Lex is the Financial Times' agenda-setting column on business and finance26,561 followers | Follow
Jonathan Stevenson
Football journalist. Commentator and writer at LiveWire Sport, a new company specialising in live blogging. Ex-BBC. Tragic Forest fan #nffc26,465 followers | Follow
Evening Standard
Breaking news and updates on top London stories from the newsdesk of the Evening Standard25,835 followers | Follow
Jonathan Freedland
Columnist for the Guardian, presenter of BBC R4's The Long View and writer of thrillers under the name Sam Bourne, the latest being PANTHEON24,947 followers | Follow
Politico 44
POLITICO44 is a new and innovative way to cover the Obama presidency, minute-by-minute.24,826 followers | Follow
HuffPost UK
24,659 followers | Follow
Daniel Finkelstein
Times political columnist, football columnist and father of three but not necessarily in that order23,991 followers | Follow
Tim Montgomerie
Editor of @ConHome, founded Conservative Christian Fellowship (1990), @CSJ_thinktank (2004), liberal interventionist, MUFC season ticket holder23,674 followers | Follow
Political Hotsheet
Political Hotsheet is an all-encompassing politics blog covering the Obama administration, Congress, and anything and everything else in the political sphere.23,161 followers | Follow
Mark Stone
Sky News Reporter - based in London. Focus: Defence, Foreign Affairs & plenty more too. Views don't always represent those of Sky.23,116 followers | Follow
GuardianData
Facts you can use from the Guardian. Mash them up and tell us about it. Facts are Sacred: The power of data (Guardian Shorts) eBook http://amzn.to/t2dAnR22,349 followers | Follow
FT Westminster blog
Follow tweets from the FT's political team and news from Westminster blog here.21,415 followers | Follow
Breaking Tweets
Real-time, breaking news around the world, curated by @ckanal.21,343 followers | Follow
The Spectator
The world's oldest continuously published English-language magazine.21,294 followers | Follow
UN News Centre
Official twitter account of the United Nations News Centre, the UN's breaking news service. http://www.un.org/News/ http://www.facebook.com/UN.News.Centre20,708 followers | Follow
politicshomeuk
Staying on top of modern politics has become a full time job. PoliticsHome.com acts as an intelligent filter, giving min by min coverage of UK politics.20,648 followers | Follow
BBC This Week
TV political show on BBC1, 11.35pm most Thursdays: Andrew Neil with political and celebrity guests. Check timeline before asking who is on the next show! #bbctw20,295 followers | Follow
C4 News FactCheck
Testing the claims of people in power. For more from Channel 4 follow @Channel4News and @C4Insider20,173 followers | Follow
AndrewSparrow
Andrew Sparrow is the senior political correspondent on the Guardian website19,808 followers | Follow
Martha Kearney
Presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One and BBC2's The Review Show. Avid bee-keeper too! These are my views, not those of the BBC.19,555 followers | Follow
Gideon Rachman
The chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times shares his views19,522 followers | Follow
Emma Barnett
Digital Media Editor at The Daily Telegraph, LBC Sunday drivetime presenter, Radio 4 doc maker & presenting new Sky 1 digital show. always on a mission...18,883 followers | Follow
Sophy Ridge
Sky News Political Correspondent. Getting used to early mornings. Views my own, not my employer's.18,874 followers | Follow
Gaby Hinsliff
Used to be a political editor. But feeling better now. Journo, policy anorak, downshifter, mum, & author of Half A Wife.18,616 followers | Follow
TheIndyWorld
World news, comment and features from the UK's most free-thinking newspaper @Independent17,920 followers | Follow
Keir Simmons
UK Editor for ITV News, covering the phone hacking scandal, Olympic security, Home Affairs, terrorism... Occasional London Correspondent for NBC News.17,858 followers | Follow
Samira Ahmed
Freelance Journo BBC,Visiting Prof Kingston Uni.Spiritual Berliner,ex-LosAngeleno,movie connoisseur,especially Westerns&SF.Writes on culture/politics/religion17,454 followers | Follow
John Rentoul
Columnist, Independent on Sunday; visiting fellow, Queen Mary, Univ of London; biographer of Tony Blair; author, The Banned List; Political Tweeter of the Year17,437 followers | Follow
Roy Greenslade
Freelance journalist, media commentator, professor of journalism, City University, London, author, blogger17,330 followers | Follow
Harry Cole
Contributing Editor of the @Spectator. Columnist for the @DailyStarSunday and blog at @GuidoFawkes and @TheCommentator. Never knowingly on message...16,871 followers | Follow
Janice Turner
Columnist on The Times, feminist, enemy of breast-stroke swimmers, chucks bottles from back.16,361 followers | Follow
CCHQ Press Office
Richard Holden with the official Conservative Press Office twitter feed; providing snippets of news & commentary from heart of CCHQ15,981 followers | Follow
John Pienaar
BBC Radio 5 live's Chief Political Correspondent and presenter of Pienaar's Politics, every Sunday at 7pm on 5 live.15,511 followers | Follow
Total Politics
Total Politics: a lifestyle magazine dedicated to all things political15,255 followers | Follow
FT's Brussels blog
Financial Times blog on the European Union. This feed features posts from the blog and tweets from the @FT team in Brussels. Retweets are not endorsements.15,166 followers | Follow
L.A. Times World
World news from @latimes. RTs are not endorsements. See latimes.com/twitter or follow @latimestweets for more news streams.14,513 followers | Follow
glenoglazaSky
Political Correspondent Sky News. Views expressed are my own.14,139 followers | Follow
TheIndyPolitics
Politics news from the UK's most free-thinking newspaper.Also follow @Independent and our list of politics journalists @IndyPolitics/politics-desk14,084 followers | Follow
38 Degrees
38 Degrees brings you together with over 1 million people to take action on the issues that matter to you and bring about real change.13,434 followers | Follow
politics.co.uk
politics.co.uk cuts through the spin to provide the latest political news, comment and analysis from the UK.13,339 followers | Follow
JamesLyons
Daily Mirror Deputy Political Editor. If you have a story please get in touch.13,334 followers | Follow
Jonathan Rugman
Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News. All views nothing to do with me at all. Author, Ataturk's Children.13,240 followers | Follow
Dan Sabbagh
Journalist. Guardian. Head of media and tech. Personal, professional? It's all the same.12,751 followers | Follow
Drudge Buzz
Tracking the buzz made by Americas #1 newsmaker Matt Drudge. “[Drudge] serves as an assignment editor for the national press corps,”12,487 followers | Follow
Laura Rozen
Reporting on Washington, foreign policy & Middle East. Find my work @AlMonitor. RTs not endorsements. Email lkrozen at gmail dot com12,475 followers | Follow
Ruth Barnett
Head of Comms @SwiftKey, former journalist at Sky News specialising in politics and social media.12,455 followers | Follow
Telegraph Finance
The Daily Telegraph newspaper's Finance and Business channel12,445 followers | Follow
BabyBarista
Guardian blogger and author of 'Law and Peace' (Bloomsbury Publishing) by barrister and writer @timkevan12,252 followers | Follow
Tim Marshall
From The Boy Least Likely To..... To The Man Who Never Did. All views my own.11,968 followers | Follow
Phil Elliott
Covering national politics for AP, musing on bad life choices for him. Ohio native, cook, runner. RTs are not endorsements.11,964 followers | Follow
Benjamin Cohen
Tech Correspondent @Channel4News, founder @pinknews & @out4marriage. LGBT & disabled rights campaigner, trustee of @hi_uk and @gfest11,939 followers | Follow
ConservativeHome
Comprehensive and independent coverage of the UK Conservative Party provided by @PaulGoodmanCH, @MBarrettCH, @HarryPH and @TimMontgomerie11,900 followers | Follow
Joanna Geary
Work profile of @Guardian's Digital Development Editor. News innovation, social, tech, etc. I run @HacksHackersLDN (#HHLdn). Personal stuff at @joannageary11,771 followers | Follow
Gary Gibbon's Blog
Blog updates from @Channel4News's Political Editor, Gary Gibbon. For more from Channel 4 follow @C4Insider.11,697 followers | Follow
The Jewish Chronicle
The UK’s oldest and most widely-read Jewish newspaper11,593 followers | Follow
Reuters Politics
11,572 followers | Follow
Rageh Omaar
International news reporter for Al Jazeera English, covering stories all over the world. Was BBC foreign correspondent for 12 years before that.11,497 followers | Follow
daisy mcandrew
Mum of two toddlers, @johnlucius's wife and ITV lunchtime news special correspondent11,364 followers | Follow
John Gapper
Financial Times columnist, Brooklyn-dweller. Author of A Fatal Debt, a Wall Street thriller to be published by Random House on June 26. My views, not the FT's.11,074 followers | Follow
stefanstern
Management writer, director of strategy at Edelman in London and Visiting Prof at Cass Business School, blogging at http://blogs.edelman.co.uk/stefanstern10,949 followers | Follow
WSJ Europe Business
European business news coverage from The Wall Street Journal.10,653 followers | Follow
Meg Pickard
Head of Digital Engagement at Guardian News & Media + longtime geek. Currently on maternity leave so tweets may be less work-related for a while. YMMV.10,634 followers | Follow
Sunday Times News
The Sunday Times Online Newsroom: Follow our political reporter from the Houses of Parliament, and random (T)witterings from our Wapping newsroom.10,555 followers | Follow
Jane Merrick
Political Editor of the Independent on Sunday, views are my own etc10,467 followers | Follow
Telegraph Politics
Latest and breaking UK Politics news and analysis from the Telegraph's top team - Andrew Porter, Robert Winnett, @jameskirkup, Rosa Prince and @ChristopherHope10,449 followers | Follow
Adam Smith Institute
The Adam Smith Institute is the UK’s leading libertarian think tank. It engineers policies to create a freer, more prosperous society.10,441 followers | Follow
TIMEThePage
Please follow us at @TIMEPolitics. We're no longer tweeting here.10,370 followers | Follow
Alberto Nardelli
Co-founder of @tweetminster. We also power @electionista. I love politics, film, fashion and food.10,308 followers | Follow
Shane Richmond
Journalist. Head of Technology (Editorial) at Telegraph Media Group.10,284 followers | Follow
LSE Politics&Policy
Experts analyse and debate recent developments across UK government. Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of the blog team or the LSE.10,252 followers | Follow
BBC Parliament/DL
BBC Parliament and Democracy Live: Pure politics from the BBC.10,138 followers | Follow
Iain Martin
Political journalist, Rolling Stones obsessive and Alanbrooke devotee10,068 followers | Follow
Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News International Editor, and author of Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.10,052 followers | Follow
Charlie Beckett
Journalist, Director of Polis, the media think-tank at the LSE & author of 'WikiLeaks: News In The Networked Era' & 'SuperMedia'9,917 followers | Follow
Jon Swaine
Washington correspondent for The Daily Telegraph jon.swaine@telegraph.co.uk | +1 202-393-51979,849 followers | Follow
Allegra Stratton
Former Guardian Political Correspondent now tweeting under @BBCAllegra as Newsnight's Political Editor. This account will close soon.9,849 followers | Follow
brenthoberman
cofounder lastminute.com, made.com, mydeco.com, founders forum,profounderscapital, non exec, gmg, talktalk,easycar and timeout9,652 followers | Follow
Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph news brought to you by World Business Directory9,458 followers | Follow
Patrick Wintour
Political editor of the guardian - all views here previously expressed by someone else.9,291 followers | Follow
Central Lobby
PoliticsHome's Central Lobby facilitates collaboration and discussion across the political spectrum by showcasing the views of MPs, Peers and policy experts.9,137 followers | Follow
Sun Politics
The Sun's political team giving you the inside track on Westminster9,112 followers | Follow
Matt Wells
Blogs editor, the Guardian. Based in NYC. Tweets occasionally come gay-tinged.9,068 followers | Follow
David Wooding
Journalist & broadcaster who's worked on staff of 7 national news orgs - reporting on politics since 2000. Liverpool FC fan & classical music nut.8,974 followers | Follow
Mary Ann Sieghart
Columnist for The Independent and occasional BBC presenter. Chair of Social Market Foundation. All opinions mine, not theirs, natch.8,815 followers | Follow
James Kirkup
A cat, looking at kings. Telegraph deputy political editor and blogger. My views, not TMG's.8,773 followers | Follow
Niall Paterson
Sky news correspondent. Retweeting implies neither agreement nor endorsement8,459 followers | Follow
Michael Savage
Times political staff. Former ping pong world record holder. Any views expressed here are my own, obv. You can contact me at michael.savage@thetimes.co.uk8,360 followers | Follow
Aditya Chakrabortty
I am gainfully employed by a newspaper. Future generations will not be able to say that.8,058 followers | Follow
Lib Dem Press Office
The official twitter account of the Liberal Democrat Press Office.7,859 followers | Follow
Toby Harnden
US Executive Editor, Mail Online. Author Dead Men Risen: Welsh Guards & Defining Story of UK's War in Afghanistan. Views ≠ employer's. RTs ≠ endorsement.7,789 followers | Follow
Media UK print news
The latest print journalism news about newspapers and magazines from Media UK7,481 followers | Follow
David Leigh
The Guardian's investigations editor, who helped jail Jonathan Aitken, exposed BAE secret payments and published Wikileaks data http://bit.ly/wikileaksbook7,329 followers | Follow
Nicholas Watt
6,873 followers | Follow
Chris Cook
FT education correspondent. Opinions/irritations expressed here are/were my own, not those of the FT.6,803 followers | Follow
jamescrabtree
Recently-arrived head of FT Mumbai bureau, also MySociety.org trustee. Views are my own.6,712 followers | Follow
david eades
Presenter, BBC World News, and 'The World Tonight' BBC Radio 4. Ex-Europe, Ireland and Sports Correspondent.6,709 followers | Follow
C4News Politics
Coverage, comment & analysis of politics from the @Channel4News team. Follow the conversation with #C4News. For more from Channel 4 follow @C4Insider.6,626 followers | Follow
Martin Bright
Political Editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Spectator blogger and founder of New Deal of the Mind6,588 followers | Follow
Christopher Hope
Senior Political Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph, based in the House of Commons press gallery. Views are mine, not employer's.6,579 followers | Follow
Anna Adams
Reporting for BBC Newsnight. Let us know what you think we should be investigating.6,461 followers | Follow
Samuel Coates
Politics, digital, military. UK & intl. More anti-establishment by nature than my career suggests...6,434 followers | Follow
Archie Bland
Deputy editor of the Independent. Previously a huge, huge expert in foreign news and Saturdays. Now strong on deputising. Views my own.6,401 followers | Follow
Olly Grender
Rare tempting tweets whilst working at No10 on a maternity cover. Back in autumn 2012. Will still be watching. Once a tweeter always a tweeter!6,349 followers | Follow
Dave Wyllie
Editor @BreakingNews and @BreakingNewsUK. Team @NBCNews. Views own, links/RTs not endorsements. Melodramatic Scotsman. 256,289 followers | Follow
David Stringer
Correspondent for the Associated Press (@AP) in London. Covers politics, @ukparliament, foreign policy, security & diplomacy. Mail: dstringer@ap.org5,891 followers | Follow
LeMondeDiplomatique
The English-language edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. An authoritative and independent voice in journalism. The experts' choice: 'invaluable' Noam Chomsky5,818 followers | Follow
Vincent Moss
Sunday Mirror political editor and sometime broadcaster. My views etc..5,808 followers | Follow
Sathnam Sanghera
Journalist. Author of The Boy With The Topknot (Penguin). Don't call me Samantha5,800 followers | Follow
Julian Glover
5,751 followers | Follow
Jonathan Miller
Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News... I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written. - Seamus Heaney5,675 followers | Follow
LSE press office
News and research via the London School of Economics and Political Science press office5,558 followers | Follow
TIME Communications
TIME, FORTUNE, LIFE, CNNMoney, MONEY PR: Ali Zelenko, Daniel Kile, Kerri Chyka, Jen Nedeau, Vidhya Murugesan, Danny Leonard, Shama Hussain & Malynda Washington.5,481 followers | Follow
Kenneth Li
Editor, Reuters.com. Not the IT guy. Views expressed here are my own. kenneth.li@thomsonreuters.com5,466 followers | Follow
Isabel Oakeshott
Political Editor of The Sunday Times; panellist on BBC Sunday Politics; Political Journalist of the Year5,425 followers | Follow
Catherine Mayer
Mayer of London. Europe Editor of @TIME and author of this book http://www.amortality.co.uk5,358 followers | Follow
ian burrell
I am Assistant Editor and Media Editor of The Independent and also tweet in a personal capacity5,191 followers | Follow
Steve Busfield
Guardian Sports Blogs Editor in USA. Love all sports. Also: Author of The Wire Re-up.5,089 followers | Follow
Ian Douglas
Telegraph beekeeping diarist, science and technology writer. Other things too, but let's keep a little mystery for now.5,048 followers | Follow
miranda richardson
Social media, Sky News http://www.facebook.com/skynews http://www.youtube.com/skynews http://twitter.com/skynews5,023 followers | Follow
A Edgecliffe-Johnson
Media Editor of the FT, with a name approaching 140 characters, writing in a personal (but not too personal) capacity4,986 followers | Follow
James Mackintosh
Investment Editor at the Financial Times. I write the daily Short View column and present a daily video on markets4,961 followers | Follow
Don Riddell
Presenter and reporter for CNN's World Sport show. Based in London, love to travel. Tweets about sport, news and - increasingly - F1.4,959 followers | Follow
Martin Kettle
Martin Kettle writes for the Guardian on British, European and American politics, as well as the media, law and music4,923 followers | Follow
joncraigSKY
4,919 followers | Follow
Kirsty Walker
Daily Mail political correspondent, musician and mother (although not necessarily in that order) Views my own.4,808 followers | Follow
Natalie Hanman
I'm the editor of the Guardian's @commentisfree – but currently on leave. @becky_gardiner is covering for me4,798 followers | Follow
Jerome Taylor
Reporter for The Independent newspaper. I write on Twitter in my own personal capacity...yadda, yadda, yadda. RT ain't always an endorsement.4,656 followers | Follow
robert shrimsley
Managing editor: FT.com. All tweets my own opinions. Retweets should not be seen as endorsement.4,244 followers | Follow
L.A. Times U.S. News
Unmonitored U.S. news headline feed from @latimes. For more national coverage, see @NationNow and @PoliticsNowLAT.4,221 followers | Follow
Electoral Reform Soc
The Electoral Reform Society is an independent campaigning organisation working to build a better democracy by putting voters at the heart of British politics4,129 followers | Follow
Mirror Politics
Follow the news from Westminster with the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Mirror.co.uk4,121 followers | Follow
FT Press Office
The official Press Office channel for the Financial Times and FT Group. Managed by @RKHeptinstall, @EmilyJG, @misseriksson, @Misse_43 & @sinyeehon4,118 followers | Follow
Ladbrokes Politics
Ladbrokes' Political Betting Team. Followers must be 18+ UK 0800 777 888 care@ladbrokes.com4,105 followers | Follow
Marcus Edwards
Television journalist. Home Affairs Producer, Channel 4 News, UK. Views my own. I RT things I think are interesting (even if I don't always agree with them)4,064 followers | Follow
Washington Post PR
The Washington Post PR Team takes you inside The Post with links to breaking news, exclusive reporting and general musings about what’s hot in the news.3,971 followers | Follow
Sean Fletcher
Sky Sports News Presenter and former rugby union winger when wings were small. Views are mine.....3,947 followers | Follow
Daniel Howden
I cover Africa and some other places for The Independent (UK). Philhellene but not a classicist. Owner of views and mistakes3,831 followers | Follow
peterwhitehead
Recruitment editor at the Financial Times and music fan (listening and performing/playing)3,787 followers | Follow
amol rajan
Adviser: @mrevgenylebedev. Writer: @independent, @indyonsunday, @theipaper; trustee: @ProspexTweets; reggae nut; author, #Twirlymen. Tweets (very) personal3,750 followers | Follow
Will Heaven
Acting Deputy Comment Editor, Daily Telegraph. Deputy editor, @TelegraphBlogs.3,715 followers | Follow
Neil O'Brien
Director of Policy Exchange, a think tank working for better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy. I tweet in a personal capacity.3,580 followers | Follow
Jamillah Knowles
UK Ed - @TheNextWeb. I like robots. I make a BBC radio show about cool online stuff. World record breaking hula hoop dancer. Tips to jamillah at thenextweb.com3,368 followers | Follow
Nigel Nelson
Sunday People political columnist; telly news reviewer; longest serving national newspaper political editor. And it shows.3,317 followers | Follow
PoliticSmarkets
I shout the odds for http://bit.ly/pol-smarkets where peer-2-peer punters play percentages.3,277 followers | Follow
Matthew Garrahan
Englishman in LA covering everything California for the FT. Available for weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs. Views on here are my own blah blah blah3,239 followers | Follow
Stuart Millar
Deputy editor of Guardian US, apprentice New Yorker, ex London and Glasgow3,222 followers | Follow
HuffPostUKPolitics
The Internet Newspaper. Something to say? ukpoliticseds@huffingtonpost.com3,081 followers | Follow
David Hencke
David Hencke is a freelance lobby journalist working in Westminster for Tribune and ExaroNews,a new website.Former westminster correspondent on the Guardian.2,958 followers | Follow
Michael Muskal LAT
LA Times staff breaking U.S. + world news reporter (and tweeter) for D.C. Now and LA Times / latimes.com2,955 followers | Follow
Craig Woodhouse
Evening Standard political correspondent, tweeting in personal capacity.2,899 followers | Follow
Mark Thompson
I write Mark Thompson's Blog and am a politics obsessive, Lib Dem activist, Software Engineer, Company Director, Comedy fan and Am Dram dabbler2,862 followers | Follow
Pete Hoskin
Coffee House editor at The Spectator. I write on matters political and cultural for Coffee House and elsewhere2,861 followers | Follow
UKPoliticalNews
APCO Worldwide news, views and analysis of the UK political scene.2,809 followers | Follow
Nick Clark
Hack at The Independent. Was in business, now arts correspondent. Views still just about my own2,796 followers | Follow
david bartlett
City Editor of the Liverpool Post and Echo, political blogger and Evertonian2,727 followers | Follow
Jack Riley
The @Independent and Evening Standard's Head of Digital Audience & Content Development. All tweets personal.2,660 followers | Follow
Politics BBC Radio 4
Tweeting information about guests and content on our daily, weekly and one off political programmes on BBC Radio 42,602 followers | Follow
Kate Mackenzie
FT Alphaville's Asia correspondent. Finance, China, resources & energy.. Views are not my employer's.2,587 followers | Follow
University Alliance
Official account for University Alliance - the voice of the UK's leading business-engaged universities, driving innovation, enterprise and growth2,529 followers | Follow
The Washington Post
Top Secret America is a project two years in the making that describes the national security buildup in the U.S. after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.2,525 followers | Follow
Jon Gripton
Managing Editor, BBC Channel Islands TV and BBC Radio Jersey. Journalist. Husband. Dad. Wolves fan. Views my own2,518 followers | Follow
Sara Mojtehedzadeh
A wandering Canadian. Formerly of Sky News, moving to Nairobi in August to work for the Daily Nation.2,434 followers | Follow
Charlotte Gore
I used to be a political blogger. Nobody murdered me, or put me in a potato, or fed me to birds. I had a pretty good life.2,415 followers | Follow
Anna Doble
Acting head of online @Channel4News. Ex IRN newsreader. For music writing follow @othermother_dj.2,413 followers | Follow
Matthew Elliott
Chief Executive, TaxPayers' Alliance (@the_tpa) & Big Brother Watch (@bbw1984)2,406 followers | Follow
Allister Hayman
News editor @BuildingNews Alerts, links,opinion. RTs do not imply endorsement. Some links have paywall, apologies, but news has value... newsdesk@ubm.com2,398 followers | Follow
Justin Williams
Assistant Editor at the Telegraph Media Group. Stuff spouted on Twitter is my own and not my employer's2,327 followers | Follow
Brett Spencer
Head of Digital BBC Radio 2, 6 Music, Asian Network. Ex Managing Editor BBC 3 Counties Radio, Interactive Editor, 5 Live. A flaming bell inside a tambourine.2,317 followers | Follow
Jonty Olliff-Cooper
Views my own, not my employers'. Work at @officialA4e, associate at thinktank @Demos, adviser at @ippr & @weareBrightBlue2,310 followers | Follow
Alice Bhandhukravi
This is my profile. BBC London presenter / reporter. British/Thai mélange. Francophile. Lover of RnB. My personal views not the BBC's.2,304 followers | Follow
FT Special Reports
Exclusive in-depth news, features and analysis from the Financial Times' Special Reports desk2,295 followers | Follow
One Society
'One Society' works to promote policy & practice which would reduce excessive income #inequality and have benefits for society, businesses & the economy.2,229 followers | Follow
Stephen Abbott
I'm an executive producer for guardian.co.uk, running projects, solving problems and scouring the web every day. These are my personal views, not those of GNM.2,112 followers | Follow
UK Conservative News
British Political News & Events from selected Right of Centre organisations. Unofficial collated Twitterfeed.2,069 followers | Follow
Marcus Warren
All views mine, no one else's, a little bit of this and a little bit of that2,050 followers | Follow
Chris Vallance
Radio geek & broadcaster. This is my personal twitter profile.2,000 followers | Follow
Mick Hodgkin
Al Jazeera English TV news ape (that's an acronym). Also crossword compiler (Morph/Micawber) and Arsenal fan. Views on news and clues my own unless attributed.1,953 followers | Follow
Julian March
journalist, cyclist, drummer, father, husband, Head of Digital Media for News, Sport & Weather at ITV. [Views are mine not ITV's]1,921 followers | Follow
Adam Blenford
News editor for BBC News website, Washington DC. Photographer. Views all mine, not the BBC's.1,850 followers | Follow
Alex Singleton
I run a media relations consultancy. Please join me on Google+.1,809 followers | Follow
Tessa Chapman
Chief Correspondent for 5 News at ITN. Working wherever the stories take me1,802 followers | Follow
Guardian politics
An automated news feed of all of the Guardian's politics stories, for all the political junkies out there1,800 followers | Follow
Jason mills
Editor, Web for ITV News, Man City fan, husband and dad. Views are my own not ITV/ITN1,779 followers | Follow
Ranj Alaaldin
Senior Analyst at the Next Century Foundation; write for the Guardian, Telegraph, WSJ and others; doing a doctorate at the LSE. All tweets my own1,758 followers | Follow
Tim Horton
...for views on politics & current affairs...all tweets in a personal capacity1,755 followers | Follow
Robert Hutton
Covering British politics for Bloomberg since 2004. The answer to at least two back-of-the-plane quiz questions. Views accidentally expressed not my employer's.1,749 followers | Follow
helena merriman
BBC Middle East producer currently living and working in Egypt. Views are my own not those of the BBC.1,734 followers | Follow
Jodie Ginsberg
Head of Communications, Camfed, which invests in girls' education in Africa to help break the poverty cycle. Former Reuters UK Bureau Chief. Views mine.1,712 followers | Follow
NewStatesmanCulture
The best in arts and books from the New Statesman Culture desk.1,691 followers | Follow
Guardian Politics
Follow the latest posts from our politics live blogs, posted automatically on Twitter using the Guardian's Open Platform1,572 followers | Follow
Guardian Zeitgeist
Things the Guardian Zeitgeist has noticed, status updates, insights and gossip (possible all at the same time)1,471 followers | Follow
Standpoint Magazine
Monthly cultural and political magazine, based in London and published worldwide1,432 followers | Follow
Kevin Allison
London-based journalist and commentator. Global resources columnist at Reuters Breakingviews. Former Financial Times San Francisco correspondent. Views my own.1,417 followers | Follow
David MacLean
Freelance journalist. Views own. Retweets neutral. Email: contact@davidmaclean.co.uk1,340 followers | Follow
Ben Gallop
I'm head of interactive and F1 for BBC Sport. This is an official @BBCSport account. Find more accounts at @BBCSport/Following1,317 followers | Follow
On BBC Parliament
Unofficial BBC Parliament programme updates (see @onthebbc for more channels). Supported by backstage.bbc.co.uk1,191 followers | Follow
Julian Rush
Freelance journalist & consultant, covering science & environment. Former Science Correspondent for Channel 4 News.1,133 followers | Follow
Miriam Shaviv
Former foreign editor of the UK's Jewish Chronicle and literary editor of The Jerusalem Post, following the Jewish world from London1,083 followers | Follow
Toby Green
Market reporter for The Independent and the Evening Standard; tweet in a personal capacity.1,018 followers | Follow
Lib Dem News
The latest news from inside the party and re-tweets from key politicians and bloggers.1,001 followers | Follow
Direct Democracy
939 followers | Follow
Vote No To AV
(UNOFFICIAL) Tweets, News and Blogs from cross party supporters of the NO vote for the AV Referendum. Remember to use #NO2AV. Run by @PhilCane936 followers | Follow
Ollie Cromwell
Conservative blogging from Ollie Cromwell, warts and all. ...though cowards filch and traitors smear, we'll keep The Red Rag lying here....921 followers | Follow
Stephen Foley
Associate Business Editor of The Independent and the London Evening Standard, covering US business and tweeting - so say our lawyers - in a personal capacity902 followers | Follow
Gordon Thomson
Digital Editor of The Sunday Times and former Editor of Time Out London. Personal witterings (with the odd blatant ST plug)861 followers | Follow
Michael Rundle
Tech Editor @HuffPostUK (@HuffPostUKTech). Former metal singer. Interested in time travel, etc.818 followers | Follow
Vicky Taylor
Journalist,Commissioning Editor, Channel 4, News and Current Affairs816 followers | Follow
bbcpoliticslive
Mothballed. Please follow @bbcpolitics for all the latest political news including automated feed of new headlines on the BBC website's politics index.745 followers | Follow
Simon Briscoe
I simply love statistics. Now at Timetric (web-based data) after time at the FT, investment banks and the Treasury.743 followers | Follow
Peter Heneghan
Communications & Social Media Ambassador at Channel 4. Currently trying my hands at Triathlons and Boxing. Views are my own720 followers | Follow
Westminster Briefing
Westminster Briefings are policy-specific events providing a forum to debate key issues with leading figures from within Westminster, Whitehall and Local Govt.585 followers | Follow
Business&Politics
Business and Politics in the UK - great bloggers and live events531 followers | Follow
doug rivers
absent-minded professor, some-time entrepreneur, pollster and econometrician515 followers | Follow
Rachel Swabey
Sub-editor for a local rag. Poker player. Wannabe seamstress. News junkie.422 followers | Follow
David Wastell
Foreign editor, The Sunday Telegraph; father of three teenagers; novice London cyclist. Previously political editor/Washington corr. All opinions my own.412 followers | Follow
APPG Conflict Issues
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues'To encourage dialogue especially on the practical means to prevent, transform and resolve violent conflict.397 followers | Follow
Peter Cuthbertson
Conservative activist and occasional blogger. Formerly a policy wonk, I now work in public affairs.379 followers | Follow
Jess Freeman
All I need is a glass of wine, a dash of 60s music and some informed debate. I'm idealistic about government. Tweeting in a personal capacity.370 followers | Follow
Gonzalo Viña
Bloomberg reporter in the House of Commons who writes about politics and economics. Tweets reflect my own views.341 followers | Follow
The Digital Election
The UK General election 2010 is being touted as the first 'digital election'. Follow the action as the big three fight to win our 'click in the box'...337 followers | Follow
Penny Ayres
Jon Snow's Interview Producer for Channel 4 News. Fan of politics, rugby (as an avid spectator), chocolate, shoes and white wine. All tweets my own views.285 followers | Follow
Matt Falloon
Reuters UK Politics and Economics correspondent, based in London. Any opinions expressed are occasionally my own.229 followers | Follow
Victoria Sill
Home Affairs Producer for BBC London TV News. A former Teach First teacher. Views my own.190 followers | Follow
Ginny Sandringham
Producer at Channel 4 News, specialising in crime and home affairs.182 followers | Follow
Clinch Media
David Clinch. Media and Social Media Strategy Consultant. CNN Journalist.142 followers | Follow
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