Kiran Stacey

@kiranstacey · Westminster · joined 04 Nov 2008

Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously @FT, in London, Delhi and Washington

17 101Followers

2 244Following

11 926Posts total

82.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views1 695this account1 637median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.91%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.31%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 695	1 637	1.04×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.91%	5.01%	1.98×
Engagement rate	0.31%	1.81%	0.17×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.8K20 Jul

34.3K17 Aug

968

829

412

19.6K20 Aug

20.9K27 Aug

7528 Aug

1.7K4 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.24%20 Jul

0.06%17 Aug

0.31%

0.97%

1.70%

0.52%20 Aug

0.06%27 Aug

0.00%28 Aug

0.88%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes50.0%93 in total

Reposts12.9%24 in total

Replies23.7%44 in total

Quotes7.5%14 in total

Bookmarks5.9%11 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

4 Sep

Daily snapshots since 04 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

BREAKING: Massive Jackdaw gas field to be approved as soon as next Monday, sources say (as per @BBCSimonJack). Ministers still waiting for an assessment for Rosebank, but are looking for ways to spend potential revenues from it on green projects. https://t.co/VWadSpVTeR 1.7K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 @kiranstacey @peterwalker99 Welcome to the media running 61 days of "which taxes are going to rise" stories, accompanied by gotcha phrased questions to every minister on the media round followed by "refuses to rule out xxx tax rise" stories. 75 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 He's had the honeymoon period, now get ready for Andy Burnham's Autumn Of Pain™️. Listen to me and @peterwalker99 discuss: 💶 Which taxes might rise? ❓ Where is Nigel Farage? 🟢 What is best policy being debated at Green conference? https://t.co/Jl1oM2vREc 20.9K views · 10 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 27 Aug 2026 EXC: Equalities minister warns racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, and calls out opposition politicians for making openly racist statements. https://t.co/PmJCwMoVcq 19.6K views · 49 likes · 17 reposts · 31 replies 20 Aug 2026 @kiranstacey Perhaps @TiceRichard could come and do my job for a week and see how he fucking "adapts" to hard physical graft outdoors in 35 degree heat. He wouldn't make it to lunch time on the first day, he'd be crying for his air conditioned office, the clueless privileged toss 412 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 17 Aug 2026 @kiranstacey Except Reform won’t fund adaptation either. Their councils are shutting down climate action, including flooding control, in areas at high risk of flooding. And “adapt” to what? It’s a continuing, uncosted, remorseless process that doesn’t stop until emissions stop. 829 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 17 Aug 2026 @kiranstacey please ask him whether he was air conditioning in his (many) houses? 968 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 17 Aug 2026 Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, on the recent heatwaves: “Climate change has always happened and always will. Maybe the smarter thing to do is to adapt to it rather than think arrogantly that you can stop it. “When it’s a bit warm let’s enjoy it.” 34.3K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 8 replies 17 Aug 2026 🚨New podcast out tonight with me and @PippaCrerar, covering: 📝 What Burnham told reporters in the No 10 rose garden 💷 Why Healey as chancellor might mean more borrowing - for defence at least 👨‍🍳What Starmer might do next (clue in the emoji) https://t.co/MeCC3iAhBr 3.8K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 20 Jul 2026