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Barack Obama
This account is run by #Obama2012 campaign staff. Tweets from the President are signed -bo.16,138,715 followers | Follow
Bill Gates
Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests...6,767,507 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.5,207,150 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).3,289,850 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/privacy2,899,245 followers | Follow
Larry King
Iconic television and radio interviewer, now home online at Ora.tv!2,131,816 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 @BBCBreaking2,029,611 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/2,001,817 followers | Follow
Huffington Post
The Internet Newspaper - Curated by @kerstinshamberg, @lauralizhibbard, @socialmia, @deanpraetorius, @travelinganna1,852,327 followers | Follow
GeorgeStephanopoulos
Good Morning America Anchor, @ThisWeekABC Anchor and ABC News Chief Political Correspondent1,756,687 followers | Follow
Maria Shriver
I am an activist, author, journalist and mother. I consider myself a work in progress. My mission: to inspire and empower people to be Architects of Change.1,612,301 followers | Follow
Phillip Schofield
Was on TV... Sent a tweet.....Never seen in public again1,598,900 followers | Follow
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Staff Neurosurgeon, Emory Clinic CNN Chief Medical Correspondent1,457,558 followers | Follow
Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament (LokSabha),Thiruvananthapuram. Author of 12books.Former Under-SecretaryGeneral,United Nations.Former Minister. RTs do not imply endorsement1,362,477 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.1,041,044 followers | Follow
Arianna Huffington
president and editor-in-chief of the huffington post media group. mother. sister. flat shoe advocate. sleep evangelist.919,908 followers | Follow
Alan Davies
393,610 followers | Follow
Boris Johnson
309,335 followers | Follow
Alain de Botton
Interested in wisdom and action. Writer; most recently of 'Religion for Atheists'.218,530 followers | Follow
Alastair Campbell
Writer, communicator, strategist, used to be Tony Blair's spokesman, now my own152,878 followers | Follow
Private Eye Magazine
Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine136,413 followers | Follow
Simon Mayo
Radio person, Itch author and school run genius. Personal views obviously.112,551 followers | Follow
BBC Question Time
The BBC's flagship political debate programme. Use #bbcqt in your tweets to get involved in the discussion111,473 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.uk108,127 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 @C4Insider103,845 followers | Follow
BBC Newsnight
TV news and current affairs programme broadcast at 2230 on BBC Two weekdays103,803 followers | Follow
Nick Clegg
Official Tweets from the Deputy Prime Minister & Leader of the @libdems.84,146 followers | Follow
Glenn Greenwald
82,063 followers | Follow
Cunt of the Day
Shrub Monkey trawls the world news to bring you a Cunt of the Day each and every day. Please Tweet nominations with a link to the story.78,548 followers | Follow
BBC Politics
The official account for political news from the BBC team based at Westminster76,320 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.73,933 followers | Follow
Guido Fawkes
Pyrotechnician 2.0 If you want to contact me please email: Guido.Fawkes@Order-Order.com73,735 followers | Follow
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
You can email me on krishnan@channel4.com or http://www.facebook.com/krishnangm69,531 followers | Follow
BBC Radio 4
News, RTs, links and insights from BBC Radio 4. Updated by Presentation & Programme teams. Let us know if you wish to remain anonymous.64,050 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.47,549 followers | Follow
TimesHigherEducation
Global higher education news, views and reviews. Publisher of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings42,492 followers | Follow
Mishal Husain
BBC News presenter - Impact is my programme on World News - also appear on BBC1 news bulletins40,786 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.39,850 followers | Follow
Kevin Maguire
Daily Mirror associate editor. New Statesman columnist. Author. Regular broadcaster. Sunderland fan since a boy. Suburban man39,061 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.38,186 followers | Follow
New Statesman
Inside Britain's award-winning current affairs magazine. Please @ us with an intro when you follow.37,366 followers | Follow
Derek Haines
Author, storyteller, Aussie and Swiss. 'He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.' Douglas Adams.34,859 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 & MUFC34,528 followers | Follow
The Times of London
Exclusives, live chats, news and more. Subscribe here: http://thetim.es/FPMZi4 and tweet @Times_CS for customer assistance34,240 followers | Follow
adamboulton
Political Editor of Sky News. Moderator of 2010 Leaders Debate. Author30,497 followers | Follow
Fraser Nelson
Editor of The Spectator, Telegraph columnist, board member with the Centre for Policy Studies and proud owner of weird accent30,042 followers | Follow
Chuka Umunna
Labour Member of Parliament for Streatham and Shadow Business Secretary. (For legal imprint, visit:http://tiny.cc/BgNNM).29,412 followers | Follow
Mehdi Hasan
Senior Editor (politics) at the New Statesman magazine, biographer of Ed Miliband and presenter of Al Jazeera's The Cafe.28,185 followers | Follow
The Media Blog
A blog about the media and a Twitter account dedicated to the same, covering the good, the bad & the ugly (via the weird & wonderful) of the media world26,448 followers | Follow
tweet peace joy
peace ! Support children's medical missions .. blessings !! http://bit.ly/KidsJOY22,836 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
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.19,597 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 Year17,542 followers | Follow
Sadiq Khan MP
Member of Parliament for Tooting, Shadow Justice Secretary & Shadow Lord Chancellor14,790 followers | Follow
oxfordgirl
I'm a writer, journalist and I dabble in politics. Yes I am a girl, I was born in Iran and the avatar is Colonel Mohammad Taghi Pessian, a great Iranian Hero.14,731 followers | Follow
glenoglazaSky
Political Correspondent Sky News. Views expressed are my own.14,032 followers | Follow
David Rowan
Editor of WIRED magazine; GQ magazine's 'Digital Life' columnist; and speaking at all sorts of events. All in my quest to identify The Future.12,083 followers | Follow
Tim Marshall
From The Boy Least Likely To..... To The Man Who Never Did. All views my own.11,983 followers | Follow
Gary Gibbon's Blog
Blog updates from @Channel4News's Political Editor, Gary Gibbon. For more from Channel 4 follow @C4Insider.11,804 followers | Follow
English PEN
We are the founding centre of the international association of writers. We promote the freedom to write and the freedom to read.8,565 followers | Follow
Endemol UK Press
Press office for the UK's largest independent production company. Incorporates Darlow Smithson, Initial, Remarkable Television, Tiger Aspect, Tigress, Zeppotron7,416 followers | Follow
Martin Bright
Political Editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Spectator blogger and founder of New Deal of the Mind6,648 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.6,632 followers | Follow
Wajahat S. Khan
Islamabad's Almost Human/Pashtun/Freelance Military Radar | Producer @NBC | Anchor @AAJtvonline | Reporter @TFT_ | Harvard Fellow @ShorensteinCtr5,419 followers | Follow
The Daily Quail
Yes, yes, but what about MY rights? Black Hole Inspector @ CERN. Journalist because it says so in my bio.4,862 followers | Follow
The Folio Society
Creating beautiful editions of the world’s greatest books since 19473,547 followers | Follow
Sir Robin Bogg
Verified national treasure by Sir Stephen Bubb. Cited as victory for Big Society by Phillip Blond. Blocked by Louise Mensch for anti-Semitism. Lied to by Boris3,271 followers | Follow
@Parlez_me_nTory
NEVER malicious OFTEN mischievous! Home of #BlogParlez | Search Twibbon.com for #DesireTheRight3,004 followers | Follow
Take Back Parliament
Join the purple protest movement for fair votes: http://www.takebackparliament.org2,735 followers | Follow
Donna Brown
Married to the lovely @elenchera, mum to 6 (cats!), publicist by day with @novelpublicity for @tglong, book blogger on Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave by night!2,270 followers | Follow
keme nzerem
Channel 4 News sports reporter. My own views here. South East London forever.1,724 followers | Follow
EverythingIs History
EiH is a history blog that's actually an almanac...with commentary. And trivia.1,604 followers | Follow
Matt Fullerty
Matt Fullerty-Novelist,Editor,Chess player,English Teacher;see my biography/crime novels at mattfullerty.com and Dear England: A Letter from America1,286 followers | Follow
John Pollock
Writer &c., Contributing editor, Technology Review. Recently mainly Arab Spring e.g. http://bit.ly/PeoplePower2 & http://bit.ly/arabspring1,207 followers | Follow
Gato Preto
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, Islam as my Deen and Muhammad as my Prophet967 followers | Follow
drivelcast
A series of short sentences which will eventually replace my long-term memory.798 followers | Follow
Booky Looky
Possibly the best reading list in the world. App by @JamesFirth , inspired by @robmanuel662 followers | Follow
The VaBene London
In the heart of London's theatre + tourist district offering authentic modern Italian cuisine. Ideal for all occasions from anniversaries to private parties646 followers | Follow
Anna Starkey
Writer, producer, creator of impossible projects, imaginary astronaut.449 followers | Follow
CNN Europe
435 followers | Follow
FutureFairForAll
Detailing the Labour government's failure to deliver fairness so far, and how chances to reform and improve have been squandered. Was maintained by @jm_ed381 followers | Follow
AskLordWessex
363 followers | Follow
LBC Newsfeed
325 followers | Follow
Better Together
Better Together - standing together against small-minded separatism!314 followers | Follow
Amanda Wilson
PhD Student - Games based learning interested in childrens experiences of computing education mainly within primary sector and making it more enjoyable:)289 followers | Follow
Election 2010 Chall
The Election 2010 Challenge gives voice to the British People in the 2010 Elections. Share your ideas, win prizes! more here: blog.election2010challenge.co.uk244 followers | Follow
MickeyBillions
Billionaire Non Dom buying UK politics: started with Cons Party.74 followers | Follow
