James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social 'Fiercely hetrosexual for bluesky'
Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics.
www.softmachines.org
Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social 17 years as an energy market analyst, now working on asset transactions and investment advice across the energy industry. All views are my own.
More background: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-haddon-62aa7642/
Charlie Hicks @charliehicks.bsky.social Researcher at LSE Cities | Transport, Housing & Future Generations Policy ππ‘πΏ
Imogen Shaw @imogenshaw.bsky.social Climate and Energy Transition lead at the Labour Climate and Environment Forum π London π Views my own
George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
Subscribe on Substack: Arguably.uk
George Bangham @georgebangham.bsky.social Head of Social Policy @neweconomics.bsky.social
Ex HM Treasury/No10/Resolution Foundation
Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social Dir of External Affairs at Centre for Cities. Irish in London. Politics, policy, books, cats. Yimby. Trustee at Stonewall Housing π³οΈβπ
Renomed @renomed.bsky.social Has the BBC repeated something old and potentially interesting? I'll try and let you know. @edjefferson.com made me.
Thomas Aubrey @thomasaubreycca.bsky.social Credit risk, infrastructure, productivity, liberalism. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (CSEP) @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk Author & founder @ http://creditcapitaladvisory.com ζ ηΏ
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
Joey Gurney @joeygurney.bsky.social Internationalist currently working in Local Gov strategy. Former think tanker. School governor and charity trustee. Many hats, even more interests.
SleekOtter @sleekotter.bsky.social Doctrinaire of Chances.
Interested in anything and everything. Tend to tweet about policy.
Internationalism, pluralism, socialism, liberalism.
@Sleek_Otter on twitter
Alex Walker @alwalker.bsky.social Senior Researcher @re-state.bsky.social
Interests include devolution, governance, democracy, trust
Peter Levell @peterlevell.bsky.social Economist. Deputy Research Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social.
https://sites.google.com/view/peter-levell/home
Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk Political Scientist at the University of Manchester
Co-Director of the British Election Study
https://www.jack-bailey.co.uk
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
@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]
Viola Pititto @violaviz.bsky.social Making data fun and pretty. Publications and visualisations @ Centre for Cities
Xiaowei Xu @xiaoweixu.bsky.social Economist at the IFS. Interested in inequality, labour markets and economic geography. Views my own.
Steph Boland @stephanieboland.bsky.social Alright in a sort of a limited way for an off night
Tom @tjdc.bsky.social
Emily Chung @emvchung.bsky.social PhD candidate in Economic and Social History, Cambridge UK
19C British Urban History, Urban Demographics, Quantitative History
Julia Hatmaker @juliahatmaker.bsky.social Editor of Place North West, dedicated to providing those in the built environment with the latest property news and analysis. Former journalist at PennLive. Lover of donuts.
The Data City @thedatacity.bsky.social We tell you what companies do. Real-time data on companies and emerging sectors. thedatacity.com
Damien Smith @indysmith.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research (Economics) at the ESRC. Loves cities. Views own.
Cicada Meth Orgy Fungus @cicadafungus.bsky.social https://twitter.com/RogueWPA
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Ruth @bouledenerfs.bsky.social The black and white cat is called Penny
Views from my own brain and not my employer's
Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social Head of development economics at British International Investment, formerly CGD, ODI, lapsed academic economist and macroeconomics hobbyist.
https://sites.google.com/site/paddycarter/
Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State.
Progressive.
www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk
JT @earthakitsch.bsky.social Deranged pierogi princess
Alex Pemberton @yellowbrickurban.com Real estate bro on a planner/researcher detour. Focus on how real estate markets build cities, how regulation shapes real estate markets, and how urban battlefields entrench segregation.
Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
@darcyswickham.bsky.social @darcyswickham.bsky.social Paddy in London. Or a Londoner, former Paddy depending on how you see it.
Beatrice Barr @bhfbarr.bsky.social
Harry Quartermain MRTPI @mrhq.bsky.social Chartered Town Planner
Data Evangelist
Dad
www.land.tech
Normal Guy @guy-normal.bsky.social having fun with concepts online
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: ShinzΕ Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
Subscribe here: https://renewal.org.uk/
Dan Simpson @iamthedans.bsky.social Policy & public affairs @ @WalkWheelCycleT.bsky.social. He/him.
Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social South Asia bureau chief at The Economist
Patrick Thomson @patrickjthomson.bsky.social Head of research analysis and policy at the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement. Think tank thinking about helping people achieve long term financial security www.standardlife.co.uk/centre-for-the-future-of-retirement
Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social Civil servant on DWP's Pensions Commission, from December 2025 until its final report in 2027. Tweets will be infrequent and objective.
Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
pippa @pippal.bsky.social
Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Adjunct associate professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics, should be GM of the Quebec Nordiques. Usual disclaimers. Posts in English, curses in French.
Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social Doing a year for space contempt.
Qualifications: Vanderbilt J.D.
Official Capacity: Just Some Guy
Admissions: only when in a contemplative mood.
Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social Analyst at Centre for Cities. Industrial policy, economic growth and cool stats.
Views my own.
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Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Will @will-rich.bsky.social EM macro watcher
London Centric @londoncentric.media A modern news outlet for London, covering the city in the old-fashioned way. Edited by @jim.londoncentric.media. Subscribe now for a 25% discount: www.londoncentric.media
Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social Head (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
Zak Bond @zakbond.bsky.social Working on transport decarbonisation in London | Campaign Manager at @cleancitiescampaign.org | ex London Councils; @asthmaandlung.org.uk; @livingstreets.bsky.social | Personal views π³οΈβπ
Jamie Ratcliff @jamrat.co.uk Interested in politics, policy, communities, making the UK better, #UKHousing, Norwich City FC and whisky.
Adam Chase @adamchase.bsky.social kickinβ it in the Snack Zone
ben doyle @thewheatgerm.bsky.social professional magic: the gathering player
https://www.instagram.com/thewheatgerm/
Sam (from Wendover) @samfromwendover.bsky.social
David Jordan @djordanecon.bsky.social Lecturer in Economics at Queen's University Belfast. Interested in regional & public economics, economic & financial history, & Northern Ireland go.qub.ac.uk/davidjordan
Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes β endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
Neil Goodrich @ngoodrichhsg.bsky.social Housing, Rugby, Gym.
Kuba @kayes67.bsky.social Krakus in exile
James Gilmour @cadastral.bsky.social Economist/writer; cities, devolution and maps π
David King @djmk1ng.bsky.social Building new towns at UK Gov. Ex-BC Gov digital public services.
Salim Furth @salimfurth.bsky.social Mostly on LinkedIn. Housing nerd. Personal views only. It's a free country.
Jasper Cresdee-Hyde @jasperch.bsky.social scripted development / writing and directing
Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social
Area Man @areamancm.bsky.social Iβve never been wrong. I used to work in a record store.
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Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social "Former energy czar" - the Guardian. "Energy big brain" - Politico.- B @bendygardiner.bsky.social @bendygardiner.bsky.social
Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Photography, politics (Lib Dem), everyday cyclist, The Archers, British basketball, former Stockport councillor. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
Gary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social Photojournalist in New York City. Previously with Reuters. Getty Images contributor. Instagram: @garyhershorn TikTok: @garyhershorn
Samuel Hughes @scp-hughes.bsky.social Head of Housing at the Centre for Policy Studies. Fellow of Create Streets. Interested in architecture, urbanism, history, philosophy, policy.
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social Director at National Audit Office (https://bsky.app/profile/nao.org.uk) leading value for money work in justice sector. Improving public services through insights into public spending, performance, delivery, with interests in strategy and knowledge sharing
John @epouvantail.bsky.social Baseball, football, cricket, hoops, music, films and books. #cufc #redsox #baskonia #mcrbball
batflipsandnerds.com
Richard Vaughan @richardvaughan.bsky.social Director, Media at Public First/Stonehaven. Generally tired.
Theresa @theresabis.bsky.social Political Analyst
β&πabout uk politics & the economy
Richard Angell @richardangell.bsky.social Drinking gin, flirting with handsome men & hanging out with brilliant women | Guncle | He/Him | Views my own β¦ also Chief Executive, @tht.org.uk
Will Klemperer @will-klemperer.bsky.social
Stewie @stewieatb.bsky.social Being a Boatman is like being a witch: people mostly notice the hat.
Al Murray @almurray.bsky.social Tickets to my brand new tour on sale NOW via my website!
Patricia Latorre @patricialatorre.bsky.social Head of Comms at @WorldHabitat.bsky.social - working to find, promote and transfer effective housing solutions to drive positive change on our beautiful planet π±
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social Pro-housing, pro-abundance, pro-democracy in Northern CA. Housing π , Health βοΈ, Education π, & Safety βοΈ for all. End corruption β¬οΈ Get results β¬οΈ.
Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
Left Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social People have argued over this for centuries but pretty sure I can crack this today on bluesky via sarcasm.
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. Iβm still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
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°οΈreth @gbentl.bsky.social When Sufjan Stevens wrote "and he takes, and he takes, and he takes" that was about my feed