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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social Writes & Hosts the It Could Be Said substack & podcast; https://itcouldbesaid.substack.com/
Has contributed to a variety of outlets on politics, sport or pop culture
Contact email is w.cooling[at]gmail.com
All opinions his own & not of any employer
Think Digital Partners @thinkdigitalptns.bsky.social Connecting the public sector technology community through news, events and insights on digital transformation, AI, cybersecurity and more.
Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social Analyst at Centre for Cities. Industrial policy, economic growth and cool stats.
Views my own.
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Tom Walker @tomwalker.fyi Research and investigations on corruption in the UK for @transparencyuk.bsky.social. Formerly @thegeckoproject.org @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, The Engine Room and others.
tomwalker.fyi
Sherrill Stroschein @sherrillstroschein.bsky.social Political Science and other things.
Reposts are for information and do not mean agreement.
Dani Payne @danihpayne.bsky.social Head of Education & Social Mobility @SMFThinkTank, education/skills/HE • Opinions my own & evolving • 🏳️🌈
Arguably @arguablymag.bsky.social The new home of progressive ideas and debate.
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The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Infrastructure Club @infraclub.bsky.social We are Infrastructure Club and we are here to send you tweets about cranes and stuff.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social South African in Scotland. Will probably post about politics/movies/tennis/rugby/gay nonsense.
https://letterboxd.com/JordanP/
Martin Price-Phillips @mrmjprice.bsky.social I design public services. Doctoral researcher: design thinking x urban transport delivery. Former @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org.
"I hope you can make me as happy as cycle lanes do" - my husband. 🏳️🌈🟢
📍 Birmingham, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/martinprice
Anna Isaac @annaisaac.bsky.social City Editor, The Guardian - aka poking about in the money/power mix
Get in touch with tips: trucker3@pm.me
Rich Greenhill @richgreenhill.bsky.social https://x.com/RichGreenhill
@hansardsociety.bsky.social https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/
Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social Labour leader, Rotherham MBC. Deputy Mayor of South Yorkshire. Swinton Rockingham ward councillor. Building a better borough, one day at a time.
http://www.chrisread.uk
Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory @lawatleeds.bsky.social, author of 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law' (Hart 2022), Open Access at
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4562656#
Pivotal @pivotalpolicy.bsky.social Northern Ireland's independent public policy think tank.
pivotalpolicy.org
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UCL @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
Edward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social Nobody very important. Ferrets, greyhounds, poorly thought-through opinions. Englishman living in rural Northern Ireland. he/him
@annasophiegross.bsky.social @annasophiegross.bsky.social 
A.S.L. @16leiba.eurosky.social Sois toi, sois fier de toi parce que tu peux être fais ce qu'on veut faire.
Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol. Views my own.
Tom Hannen @tomhannen.ft.com Video @ FT, before that BBC
Mastodon @tomhannen@mastodon.social
Can’t DM here. Use Signal: tomhannen
Jess Blair @jessblair.bsky.social Trying to make democracy a bit better 🗳️
Either travelling or planning the next trip 🗺️
Cat convert 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
Views my own
CalMatters @calmatters.org CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization. We write stories about California, for Californians.
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Nik Sunil Williams @nikwilliams.bsky.social Policy wonk at Index on Censorship and co-chair of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition. Works on FoEx, Anti-SLAPP and digital rights. Loves Joan Didion, Dinosaurs 🦕 & My Bloody Valentine. Lives in Glasgow. He/Him @indexoncensorship.org
Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social Yn ymchwilio i gyfraith, llywodraeth, gwleidyddiaeth a chyllid cyhoeddus Cymru
Researching the law, government, politics & public finances of Wales
Upgrade Holyrood @upgradeholyrood.bsky.social Dedicated to improving Scotland’s representative democracy 🗳 | PR Alliance Member Make Votes Matter | Follow above 👆 Website below 👇
https://upgradeholyrood.com/about/
Chloe Carrington @chloecarrington.bsky.social works in civic tech @ mySociety. Passionate about tech for good. Bookworm.
JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY; senior fellow, Groundwork Collaborative. Writing at jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad. From the river to the sea.
Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social danbischof.com
Political Scientist: studying democracy with experiments & data
Professor | University of Münster
Associate Professor | Aarhus University
(he/him | "Sie" als Anrede brauche ich nicht)
Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk Glasgow then and now
Tim Picton @timpicton.bsky.social Anti-corruption advocacy for @spotlightcorruption.org. Views own or sometimes heavily plagiarised.
Priya Bharadia @priyabharadia.bsky.social scott trust journalist @guardian
get in touch at priya.bharadia@guardian.co.uk
signal: pbharadia.77
Ben Stanford @drbenstanford.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law. Interested in all things public law and human rights, elections and democracy, global affairs and moaning. Travelling, dog-walking, amateur running and live music on the side.
https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/15925-ben-stanford
Jane Kirkpatrick @janekirkpatrick.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Politics and International Relations UWE Bristol. Director E-International Relations. Civil society, resistance, Parliament, teaching using videogames and other stuff.
Adam Tucker @adam.publiclaw.space Constitutional lawyer at University of Liverpool & Bingham Centre.
Interested in legislative power and its limits. Currently finishing book on parliamentary sovereignty
But easily distracted esp by delegated legislation, and statutory interpretation.
Michael Goodier @michaelgoodier.bsky.social Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team
London and Brighton
Ignore my silly posts
Tyron @tyron.bsky.social Raise taxes, repair the country. Inspired by joy, Marcel Duchamp, Kelis, Mata Hari, and whatever sticks the landing on the bit.
Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew.
London-based. Film, television, games, politics, Charlton Athletic Football Club.
He/him.
Research for Action @research-for-act.bsky.social We produce research and organise around accountability, information rights & local democracy. Currently: democratic effects of #LocalGov financial crisis. A worker co-operative. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/47xnyb37
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Carmen Aguilar Garcia @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social Guardian data projects editor. Previously at Sky News and several media in Chile and Spain
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
Mathieu O'Neil @mathieuon.bsky.social Professor of communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, Ngunnawal country • Director, Digital Commons Policy Council • Civic information literacy for schools • Political economy of digital commons • https://dcpc.info/actions/
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants & others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services & better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com. Associate: @aliceolilly.bsky.social
sotf.org.uk
Emma Knights @emmakn.bsky.social Former CEO of NGA; wrote The Power of Governance on the English school sector. For yrs worked in anti-poverty orgs mainly in 3rd sector. Now chair of Action21 local environmental charity, a passion as are books, pictures, theatre, laughs & social justice
Rose Zussman @rose-zussman.bsky.social Anticorruption @TransparencyUK.BSky.social. Views mine
Sam Robinson @sam-rob.bsky.social AI policy researcher exploring data centres, copyright frameworks and the future of open source AI at @smfthinktank.bsky.social
Nicole Sykes @nicolesykes.bsky.social Charities, charts, cats.
Director of Strategy, Impact and Innovation at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈
The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social The official Bluesky page of the world’s longest-running national newspaper.
Join us online and in print for expert opinion, news and unrivalled insight.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/
Marianne Heaslip @marianneh.bsky.social Workingtonian in Liverpool(home)/Manchester(work), UK.
Working on tools and processes for better building retrofit, mostly in houses, mostly for coops and community energy orgs. Keen on the need to #stopburningstuff.
Jonathan Vincent @jonathanvincent.bsky.social Editorial Data Scientist @financialtimes.com
lucy kenningham @lucykenningham.bsky.social Freelance journalist
✍️ The Times, Financial Times, The New European, etc etc
Read my investigation into the future of weight loss drugs: https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-kenningham-ozempic-and-the-weight-of-expectation/
Luca Siepmann @lucasiepmann.bsky.social PhD Candidate Political Science, LSE @lse-ei.bsky.social | Representation and political parties | Research Coordinator Dahrendorf Programme, St Antony’s College, Oxford | Previously: MPhil Oxford + BA Hons KCL
Paula Doenecke @pdoenecke.bsky.social With Bloomberg in Zurich, here private, not yet without hope l Bylines at FAZ, FR, ARD, ZDF l Philosophy & Economics Vienna, Frankfurt
Helen Shorter @helensh.bsky.social Research, policy, strategy. Construction, business, education, health. Coffee, hockey, family and friends. Peak District.
Tom Griffin @tcgriffin.bsky.social Author of State-Private Networks and Intelligence Theory (Routledge 2022). Writing on intelligence history on substack. https://intelligencehistory.substack.com
Climate Emergency UK @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social We inspire and support UK council climate action, enabling communities and councils to reach net zero at the scale and pace needed - measured by our Council Climate Action Scorecards - https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/
https://climateemergency.uk/
British Voter @britishvoter.bsky.social I'm a bot, posting voters from the latest British Election Study
Built by @jacobweinbren.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social, @cjterry.bsky.social
We're open source: https://github.com/JacobWeinbren/British-Voter-Bot
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Polars @pola.rs Dataframes powered by a multithreaded, vectorized query engine, written in Rust.
George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
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Hana Kapetanovic @hanakappy.bsky.social Lead Researcher at Demos / Lead Researcher @ Reddit forums of reality TV shows
Sophie Dennis @sophiedennis.bsky.social Head of User-Centred Design & Product @MadeTech. ex @ukhsa @nhsdigital @cxpartners @dwpdigital. Devon exile in Yorkshire. #sophiesthatux she/her
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Ellie Radcliffe @ellieradcliffe.bsky.social Head of Policy and Research @powertochange.org.uk - former co-operator and community wealth builder. About growing power ⚡ and plants 🌱 (she/her) All views my own.
Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social I ❤️ Star Trek, every incarnation of it. Period. Don't try to read any negativity in my posts - it's simply not there.
#StarTrekPicard Research Assistant
https://linktr.ee/gaghyogi49
Nicole Martin @nspmartin.bsky.social Political scientist @official-uom.bsky.social studying elections and immigration, education and parties
Brigid Fowler @brigidfowler.bsky.social Policy Analyst, House of Lords European Affairs Committee - so, here mainly to post on the Committee's work @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk & see what others are doing/saying/publishing, re: mainly UK, EU, UK-EU politics, economics, policy, IR, nat sec
Heloise Dunlop @hcdunlop.bsky.social Researcher on the civil service team at the Institute for Government, formerly worked in public sector digital delivery and strategy. Views my own.
House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk Sir Lindsay Hoyle | 158th Speaker of the UK House of Commons. Father, grandfather and animal lover.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/ 
Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Wilton Park @wiltonpark.bsky.social We bring together experts and policy-makers to engage in genuine dialogue and address the most complex global challenges.
An Executive Agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
wiltonpark.org.uk
Max Harlow @maxharlow.bsky.social Data reporter @bloomberg.com. Previously @financialtimes.com. I also run @journocoders.bsky.social. Views are my own. mharlow4@bloomberg.net
Marc Sinan Winrow @marcsinanwinrow.bsky.social Research Assistant @LSE IR. Teaching Fellow @SOAS. Interested in international and political theory and the normative and historical sources of international order with a focus on Turkey/MENA/eastern Mediterranean.
Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social Journalist at @tbij.bsky.social. I cover inequality, precarious work and migration.
You can contact me on emilianomellino@tbij.com
https://linktr.ee/emiliano.mellino
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/profile/emilianomellino
John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social Labour. Former BCC councillor and cabinet member. Know too much about bins. All views my own. RTs may not be. Work for Jess Phillips MP.
Ken Penton @kenpenton.bsky.social Managing Director, Policy Development Communications Ltd. - https://www.narrowcastmedia.co.uk/policy-development-communications-demo/.
Interested in promoting good public policy and preventing catastrophic climate change. Sceptical optimist.
Brigitte Alfter @hackette7.bsky.social Director Arena for Journalism in Europe https://journalismarena.eu/,
Journalist http://www.alfter.dk/
Posting on journalism, Europe, collaborative journalism
Nairn Angus-McDonald @nairnamcd.bsky.social @ScottishLabour & @ScotCoopParty Cllr for Irvine East ▪️ Unpaid Carer ▪️ Socialist ▪️ Trustee ▪️ 3rd Sector Project Manager ▪️ Personal Acc▪️ FRSA ▪ (He/Him)
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated).
Experiments with Data Visualisation:
https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code
https://medium.com/@mariosrichards
https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
Agora Citizen Network @agoracitizen.network Pro-social, open-source, designed for meaningful civic dialogues. Soon on AT Protocol.
https://www.agoracitizen.network
Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingjiang.com Cofounder & CEO @agoracitizen.network
https://linktr.ee/yuting_jiang
PSA Media and Politics Group @psampg.bsky.social Media and Politics Specialist Group of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/media-and-politics
Co-convenors: @katyjparry, @jameswilldennis, @abirhodes, @ellenfelicity, and Jen Birks
The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot The official account of The Scottish Parliament:
https://www.parliament.scot
Scottish Election Study @scotvoting.bsky.social An ESRC-funded academic study of voting in Scotland
👩🏻💻 https://scottishelections.ac.uk
The Union Survey @theunionsurvey.bsky.social The Union Survey is a long-running, 360° survey of constitutional attitudes in each of the UK’s four component parts.
Led by Profs Ailsa Henderson (@ailsahenderson.bsky.social) and Richard Wyn Jones (@richardwynjones.bsky.social).
IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
Christopher Carman @cjcarman.bsky.social Prof of Political Representation at University of Glasgow - studies US and Scottish politics, elections and public opinion, esp political compromise. Sometime attends polisci conferences and/or punk & ska gigs. In spare time watches the seals in Loch Fyne
Rob Johns @robjohns75.bsky.social Some public opinion
Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com Working to open doors to public life and politics for young people, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, to give them the opportunity to serve.
Director: Eddie Barnes
🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com
📍 University of Glasgow
Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’