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13.8K
Account age
2 yrs
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
10
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Oct 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: Talking about Burnham’s economic policies on Newsnight 1030pm · 20 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.8 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
31×
Follows 442 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Was on Newscast this afternoon - along with Alison Holt and Jim Reed - talking about the benefits and costs of social care reform
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I analyse the Government's main social care reform options (and their troubled political history) for the BBC website ✍️👇
- Cap on lifetime costs
- More generous means test
- Free personal care
- National care service
www.bbc.co.uk/news/…
Can Andy Burnham solve the housing crisis?
My analysis for the BBC website ✍️👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The welfare reform challenge facing Andy Burnham.
Rising Personal Independence Payment numbers and rising working-age health and sickness spending - though a flat outlook for non-pensioner welfare as % GDP.
My online analysis for BBC onl…
Has Starmer left a £5bn defence funding hole for Burnham?
My Verify explainer for BBC online ✍️👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As the Defence Investment Plan finally sees the light of day, are you confused by all the UK defence spending figures being thrown around by politicians?
If so, read our Verify explainer on the BBC website here ✍️👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ar…
I'll also be discussing this on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Tune at 1030pm on BBC!
Should we expect Andy Burnham's devolution plan to actually raise UK economic growth?
I examine the evidence in an piece for the BBC website ✍️👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is the UK worse off because of Brexit?
Watch @rosatkins.bsky.social's deep Verify dive for the BBC's YouTube channel (in which I pop up a few times!)
Produced by Katerina Karelli
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-9e...
Weapons, money and ships: How is this Iran deal different from others?
My analysis for BBC online ✍️ 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is the government planning to spend on defence?
And what do critics think it *should* be spending?
Here's some context for all the somewhat confusing numbers flying around
Thread...1/7
🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@benchu.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Oct 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.8× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated44/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
https://www.benchu.co.uk/
Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
https://linktr.ee/exileeconomics
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