Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @WritesBright
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
161
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Lee Anderson's views have been heavily criticized and seen as distorting the Red Wall. Sam Bright (@WritesBright) of BylineTimes has become the UK Deputy Editor of DeSmog, and has been widely acknowledged for his investigative skills and highlighting the importance of Northern voices. Sam Bright has also written critically of Lee Anderson, who is from the East Midlands, not the north as originally thought. Backbench was also recently closed, and was a great asset that boosted the voices of young political writers. Lee Anderson has also been accused of fanning the flames of racism and promoting authoritarian bills.
Topic Modeling
- Lee Anderson’s views and influence
- DeSmog – investigative journalism and climate change
- Northern Voices
- Journalism and young political writers
- Brexit and racism
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a wide range of emotions, from excitement and delight at the appointment of @WritesBright as the new UK Deputy Editor of DeSmog, to sadness at the closure of Backbench and frustration at the distortion of perceptions of the Red Wall by Lee Anderson's reactionary views. The tweets also express anger at the misdirection of criticism towards Anderson and disbelief at the ignorance of the New Statesman about the geography of the UK. There is also a strong sense of admiration for the work of @WritesBright and the other writers at Backbench, as well as a sense of determination to hold the powerful to account.
Trend Analysis
- Political views, biases and perceptions
- Journalism, investigative skills and media roles
- Regional and national identity politics
- Racism, bigotry, anti-regional and anti-working class sentiments
- Young voices, political writing and publication
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
81
Percentage of total tweets
50%
Number of Original tweets
8
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
161
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
69
Percentage of total tweets
42%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
7
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
14
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 50 |
| Twitter for Android | 48 |
| Twitter Web App | 45 |
| Twitter for iPad | 13 |
| Echobox | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewStatesman | The New Statesman | Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data, newsletters, podcasts... subscribe: https://t.co/iQ5vk8kzFF | 225,105 |
| novaramedia | Novara Media | 📺 📰🎙🚩 New media for a different politics. Sign up for our newsletter: https://t.co/kUK6BgxZ9n | 182,877 |
| DeSmog | DeSmog | Clearing the PR Pollution That Clouds Climate Science. | 88,383 |
| PhilipProudfoot | Philip Proudfoot | Anthropologist of politics, development, and humanitarianism in Britain, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere | Tweets in personal capacity | RT/Like≠Endorsement | 39,912 |
| Britain_People | Britain People | Law┃Neuroscience┃Barrister┃#Rights #EU #FreeAssange┃UNITE┃Freedom. Truth. Justice ‖ Now_here ‖ #FollowBack | 29,620 |
| SenseiChanning | Neil Channing | I'm a professional gambler. I may not be the best but I try hard to be the most professional. | 16,692 |
| Daviemoo | Daviemoo | Trying to do better in a country that’s doing worse. Interested in political and social discourse. Not smart but trying. fuck TERFS. runs @politicalragers | 11,976 |
| TrialByTruth | Sarah Clarke | Data protection, security, AI GRC, human rights. #SustainableRiskTriage. Supporter of PancreaticCancer research https://t.co/ZezFMFSfMM | 10,597 |
| DrSimonAshworth | Dr Simon Ashworth 🇺🇦 | Critical Care Cons and Clinical Director; Speak for myself only; unwilling expert on “the virus” 🦠; Not a party member; Kind, not blind; Despise corruption | 10,396 |
| AndyDavidson14 | Andy Davidson 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇫🇷Proud European do-gooder | Top Class fully-licensed Musical Arrangements / band charts / ideal for cabaret acts / ships orchestra backing / tribute acts. #FBPA #FBPE #FBPPR #MUFC | 9,115 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeSmog | DeSmog | Clearing the PR Pollution That Clouds Climate Science. | 60,064 |
| Britain_People | Britain People | Law┃Neuroscience┃Barrister┃#Rights #EU #FreeAssange┃UNITE┃Freedom. Truth. Justice ‖ Now_here ‖ #FollowBack | 31,806 |
| AndyDavidson14 | Andy Davidson 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇫🇷Proud European do-gooder | Top Class fully-licensed Musical Arrangements / band charts / ideal for cabaret acts / ships orchestra backing / tribute acts. #FBPA #FBPE #FBPPR #MUFC | 9,618 |
| Saccaguru | Cue 🌞👁️ #PutinsBrexit #UniteB1 #UpRise #WeROne | Silent Whisper Theorist #AntiToryCoalition #ClimateCrises #NHS #VoteSmart #TacticalAlliance #TruthKind #FactsMatter#UniteB1 #SaveOurNHS#UpRise #PutinsBrexit | 8,359 |
| teachertwit2 | TeacherTwitting 🧬🏴 💙 | Writer 🏴 - research for truth, fight for freedom ❤️animals, I am an awake conspiracy factualist #StoptheWEFNow I am the light,the love,truth,I am | 8,263 |
| alex_kovaleski | alex kovaleski🕷🔶💙🇺🇦 #FBPE #ToriesOut #Rejoin | engineer, first love: science, atheist. Ain't falsifiable, ain't no use. Glorious to live in the time of LHC, LIGO, EHT, JWST and the UTM. Hitchens fanboy. | 7,225 |
| Goddess1345 | IamwhoIam 🇬🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇸🇱 | Where there’s a will, there’s a way. | 6,462 |
| DistopianGirl | Dystopian Girl #FBPE #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 | Pro Europe. Pro Democracy. Deliriously Happily Married. Reject Tory RW Extremism. STRICTLY NO DMs. UKAgainstTory #GTFTTFO | 6,418 |
| DrSimonAshworth | Dr Simon Ashworth 🇺🇦 | Critical Care Cons and Clinical Director; Speak for myself only; unwilling expert on “the virus” 🦠; Not a party member; Kind, not blind; Despise corruption | 6,259 |
| HughJaeger | Hugh Jaeger | Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress | 5,825 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| John1JZ | We need a party for the many not for protecting the few. For a socialist united states of Europe. Freedom from occupiers for every people 🇵🇸 and 🇺🇦. | 11 |
| VerdiEbbage | - | 6 |
| kane1944 | https://t.co/aqWJStBbkJ | 6 |
| RoyMorr82039264 | socialist, BLM, all about equality and social justice, anti-tory government | 5 |
| Lego_Yoda | ‘In the paper today, tales of war and of waste, but you turn right over to the TV page’ | 4 |
| NewStatesman | Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data, newsletters, podcasts... subscribe: https://t.co/iQ5vk8kzFF | 4 |
| JLJones48 | - | 4 |
| LizShephard6 | - | 3 |
| NarcAware | Power without accountability is a speeding car with no brakes. Destined 2 crashdestroy stuff & kill people.BiGLiE : BREXiT : SloMoJAN6#WhoWatchesTheWatchers? | 3 |
| SSnedHayman | Greenpeace/WWF member. Supporter Fox Project & Hillside Animal Sanctuary. #FBPA #FBPE #Rejoin 🇪🇺NHS💙🌈🇺🇦 | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1624476272574300160 | Lee Anderson’s reactionary views are distorting perceptions of the Red Wall, writes @WritesBright. Free to read 🔓 https://t.co/cdTN4z47GZ | 12 |
| 1628095384735080449 | DeSmog is delighted to announce Sam Bright @WritesBright as our new UK Deputy Editor. We are very excited to have his outstanding investigative skill-set (honed @BylineTimes) join our quest to hold to account the powerful forces who would block climate action. Welcome, Sam! | 7 |
| 1624529462502064129 | @JMagosh @WritesBright He has also been placed in his position by sunak / erg / Tufton street in order to do exactly this in order to stoke the far right , voting base . It’s despicable, underhand politics | 1 |
| 1625121866267467782 | Lee Anderson’s remarks have activated pervasive anti-regional and anti-working-class sentiments, writes @WritesBright. Free to read 🔓 https://t.co/gENyRJ5vfr | 1 |
| 1625012261021487105 | Lee Anderson’s remarks have activated pervasive anti-regional and anti-working-class sentiments, writes @WritesBright. Free to read 🔓 https://t.co/v0yukttHLp | 1 |
| 1626254020850462720 | @Turloughc @BexBitchley1 @stonesister7 @RealBristolNews @WriterJackWhite @AdamBienkov @WritesBright @openDemocracy I thought id been saying stupid things to smart people. https://t.co/IbOBpmi9ik | 1 |
| 1624479842644140035 | @NewStatesman @WritesBright Do you guys know where 'the north' is? Or are you calling anyone who lives north of the M25 'northern'? Lee Anderson isn't from 'the north': Ashfield is in Nottinghamshire. Check your map; you'll find it's in the middle of the UK, in the East Midlands. | 1 |
| 1624482298560237568 | @Otto_English #Brexit uncorked the racist bottle. This creep, honoured by Cameron for services rendered, fanning the flames since 2005. Dividing society for votes. Victims just collateral damage. He, his security clearance level and secret clients need scrutiny @WritesBright @Gabriel_Pogrund https://t.co/3l7PmXRNzd | 1 |
| 1624552466564915201 | @NewStatesman @WritesBright I was at school with Lee Anderson but not in his gang so to speak. He basically was a bully then and one who constantly was checking his hair. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he's changed much. | 1 |
| 1624722727792791553 | @IanByrneMP @santaclausgifts @premnsikka 3/ Crosby helped spawn #Brexit Secretly advised Vote Leave's / TPA's Matthew Elliott on strategy in 2011 + delivered Boris as London Mayor x 2 plus PM. Lots of recent unresolved issues around (ex) CTF partner Fullbrook. Sunlight disinfectant needed @Gabriel_Pogrund @WritesBright https://t.co/yhViyqMH5i | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1624476272574300160 | Lee Anderson’s reactionary views are distorting perceptions of the Red Wall, writes @WritesBright. Free to read 🔓 https://t.co/cdTN4z47GZ | 32 |
| 1628095384735080449 | DeSmog is delighted to announce Sam Bright @WritesBright as our new UK Deputy Editor. We are very excited to have his outstanding investigative skill-set (honed @BylineTimes) join our quest to hold to account the powerful forces who would block climate action. Welcome, Sam! | 21 |
| 1625618109309526016 | Very good to hear @WritesBright on Novara Live. About time there were some Northern voices. | 10 |
| 1624541996139393025 | @WritesBright @JMagosh Anderson isn't a northerner. Nottinghamshire is in the Midlands. | 9 |
| 1624479842644140035 | @NewStatesman @WritesBright Do you guys know where 'the north' is? Or are you calling anyone who lives north of the M25 'northern'? Lee Anderson isn't from 'the north': Ashfield is in Nottinghamshire. Check your map; you'll find it's in the middle of the UK, in the East Midlands. | 8 |
| 1624551424884367361 | So sad to see Backbench close. It was a vital publication for young political writers who had thoughts to share but a brick wall of journalism to climb. Huge thanks especially to @WritesBright, @fayesuarez_, @m_mchardy and @BehranaMaheen. Onwards for us all and best wishes. 🌟 https://t.co/oiUvnG09p5 | 6 |
| 1624477078065127424 | @NewStatesman @WritesBright He’s East Midlands. | 5 |
| 1624479300698112002 | @NewStatesman @WritesBright He’s not Northern. He’s The Midlands me duck | 4 |
| 1624483851937480713 | @WritesBright @NewStatesman I can imagine. As a Yorkshireman you know he's a Southerner right? | 3 |
| 1625121866267467782 | Lee Anderson’s remarks have activated pervasive anti-regional and anti-working-class sentiments, writes @WritesBright. Free to read 🔓 https://t.co/gENyRJ5vfr | 2 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #brexit | 4 |
| #novaralive | 3 |
| #kochnetwork | 1 |
| #whereismarkpoole | 1 |
| #nhs | 1 |
| #bbc | 1 |
| #toriesout187 | 1 |
| #ge24 | 1 |
| #bylinetimes | 1 |
| #racism | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @writesbright | 161 |
| @newstatesman | 43 |
| @bylinetimes | 25 |
| @novaramedia | 6 |
| @jmagosh | 6 |
| @uglytruth000 | 5 |
| @telephonisttm | 5 |
| @bexbitchley1 | 5 |
| @stonesister7 | 5 |
| @realbristolnews | 5 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
37
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇🏻 | 10 | backhand_index_pointing_down_light_skin_tone |
| 🔴 | 9 | red_circle |
| 🔓 | 9 | unlocked |
| 🤣 | 7 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 📝 | 4 | memo |
| 🎥 | 3 | movie_camera |
| 📚 | 2 | books |
| 💼 | 2 | briefcase |
| 💩 | 2 | pile_of_poo |
| 👉🏼 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_right_medium-light_skin_tone |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Objects | 20 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 15 |
| People & Body | 14 |
| Symbols | 10 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |
| Flags | 1 |