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Sebastian Payne

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🔄 Data last refreshed 1 month ago
Followers
117.4K
Posts
5.2K
Following
4.1K
Account age
16 yrs
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Known for

📊 Post performance

25.1K
Avg views / post
21.4%
Reach vs followers
Jul 2010
On X since

🔥 Top post: The Times view on the Chagos Islands deal: Sir Keir Starmer and · 71.8K views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.08 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 1 video · 5 image · 12 text.
Follower / following
29×
Follows 4.1K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
✓ X Premium
A paid X Premium (Blue) verified account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post The Times view on the Chagos Islands deal: Sir Keir Starmer and Lord Hermer appear to have completely lost their senses in this mad dash to hand over strategically vital British territory. They should lie down in a cold, dark room and think again. 71.8K❤ 2.5K🔁 812
🏫Happy A-Level results day! If you’re off to university, you may well be tempted by student politics. I was at Durham and it was, er, interesting. I’ve written for @thetimes today about why you should do it - but shouldn’t take it too se… 25.1K❤ 69🔁 16 The lettuce has won ❤ 24.3K🔁 3.3K In just another day for a completely normal country, the Daily Star has riffed off @TheEconomist and has started a live stream to see whether Liz Truss can outlast a piece of lettuce over ten days https://t.co/2cluX8CICh ❤ 2.2K🔁 754 The vibe shift between the two party conferences is remarkable. Labour was disciplined, united and focused on power; the Tories are now squabbling, at war and focused almost entirely on themselves. Liz Truss will have to try and instil dis… ❤ 2.2K🔁 678 Keir Starmer's #lab22 conference speech was solid, but crucially it was plausible. For the first time in a decade, it's easy to see both the Labour party and its leader in power. There's a palpable sense Starmer now believes (for the first… ❤ 2.6K🔁 539 Don't think former Tory chancellor Lord Ken Clarke is a fan of this week's budget - speaking to the World This Weekend: "I'm afraid that's the kind of thing that's usually tried in Latin American countries without success." ❤ 3.6K🔁 914 ▶ This is how you do a parliamentary speech ❤ 35.2K🔁 8.3K Remarkable: the Queen's first prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was born 101 years before her current PM Liz Truss. She is not only a connection to the second world war but the Victorian era ❤ 4K🔁 800 I've had 15 WhatsApp messages from Conservative MPs in the last 30 mins. Not a single one thinks Boris Johnson can remain prime minister until the autumn. Conversations are taking place with Sir Graham Brady about whether the contest will… ❤ 5.9K🔁 1.5K It boggles the mind that Downing Street resisted suspended Chris Pincher for almost 24 hours when it was *completely inevitable* their position was unsustainable and would have to shift. After three years, No10 still can’t see around obvio… ❤ 4.2K🔁 994 Where are we at with Partygate? Today’s Commons debate was bruising for Boris Johnson, the near silence at times from the Tory benches ominous, but still no sense we’re near 54 letters to trigger a confidence vote. Keir Starmer delivered … ❤ 2K🔁 364

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2010 — 16 years ago.
👁️Averages 25.1K views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬6.68% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
46/100
Fair Credibility score
69%
Mixed Real audience
Medium Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 69% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.2× of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (16+ years old).
  • 6.68% engagement — below the ~14.4% typical for this size.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Leaders and columns for @TheTimes. Exploring 'Where Power Lies' for @panmacmillan (2027).

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