Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social Guardian correspondent covering international trade from European perspective, also post Brexit affairs and Ireland Former Brussels corr, Brexit corr + former media corr. Find me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com
Independent Voices @independentvoices.bsky.social Comment desk at The Independent – £1 for a six-month subscription.
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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
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Arguably @arguablymag.bsky.social The new home of progressive ideas and debate.
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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
matthewbarnfield.co.uk
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
Rob England @rob-england-journo.bsky.social Data journalist 📈 with BBC Verify 🟢🔵. I use code to find stories in spreadsheets 💻 send me a message or contact: rob.england@bbc.co.uk
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social Political Correspondent at the New Statesman
Geraldine McKelvie @geraldinemckelvie.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at The Guardian.
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Prosper UK @prosperuk.bsky.social A new political movement focused on growth, opportunity, and listening to people and business.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social News reporter at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime.
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Lucas Cumiskey @lucascumiskey.bsky.social Investigative reporter, @hyphenonline.com
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Georgia Lambert @georgiamay.bsky.social News and education reporter at The Times
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Sammy Gecsoyler @sammygecsoyler.bsky.social news reporter @guardian - reach me on sammy.gecsoyler@theguardian.com
Michael Goodier @michaelgoodier.bsky.social Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team
London and Brighton
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social Writer of Daily Mirror social justice column #RealBritain + special projects #Yr9No10 #PeopleMove #BritainTalks #WiganPierProject. Books include 'The Journey' with Abdul Musa Adam. Novellas, bread & border terrier enthusiast. @realbritainros over there.
Rob Hastings @robhastings.bsky.social 📰 Special Projects Editor at @TheiPaper.com, based in London
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas @jonungoedthomas.bsky.social Reporter. The Observer
Jon.Ungoed-Thomas@Observer.co.uk
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views!
Isabella McRae @isabellamcrae.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Big Issue | Get in touch with me at isabella.mcrae@bigissue.com
James Chapman @jamesmchapman.bsky.social CEO of PR firm Soho Communications. Former director of comms at HM Treasury. Former political editor, occasional columnist for @cityam.bsky.social. Views my own. www.sohocommunications.co.uk
Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social Parliamentary Reporter at Press Association. Former news editor and occasional reporter at the Times. Have also written for the Guardian, Observer, Camden New Journal and Ham&High. Own views. Kidderminster Harriers fan.
Josh Babarinde OBE MP @joshbabarinde.bsky.social ☀️Proud MP for #Eastbourne 🚀@ForbesUnder30 Entrepreneur 👮🏾♂️Ex-youth justice worker
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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC: barrister, cross-bench peer; HL Justice & Home Aff Cttee; Chair Inter Mediate, @uclei.bsky.social; Vis Prof KCL; ex-Indept Reviewer Terrorism, Prevent Commr, AFPS; history, nature, sea kayaking, Suffolk
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
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Will Hazell @whazell.bsky.social Whitehall Correspondent @ the i inewspaper. Story? will.hazell@inews.co.uk
Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk Politics.co.uk is the UK’s leading digital-only political website.
Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler.bsky.social Social Policy editor, The Guardian. Winner of the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism 2025.
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Matt Cavanagh @mattcav.bsky.social UK government adviser. Defence, security and immigration policy.
Dan Corry @danrcorry.bsky.social Public policy and economics. Special adviser for last Labour government including HMT and No 10. Former boss NPC, a charity think tank and consultancy. Chair of Carers Trust charity. Author of 'Tales of the Unelected' - https://www.dancorrywriter.com/
Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social Proud Labour MP - Brentford & Isleworth (inc Hounslow Whitton Osterley & Heston E)
Transport Select Committee Chair
DMs not responded to so please email with constituency address; ruthcadburymp@parliament.uk.
Or transcom@parliament.uk for committee work
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Alice Thomson @alicettimes.bsky.social Columnist/Interviewer on The Times. Presenter with
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social News reporter - Financial Times
William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social Head of Communications at @theelders.bsky.social. Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
Grace Wyld @gracewyld.bsky.social Head of Policy and Research at futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
@FutureGovForum.bsky.social
Freya Barnes @freyabarnes.bsky.social I do PR & storytelling for social change. Comms counsel to charities, think tanks & public figures. Previously Engage Britain, Shelter.
Nature & politics. Weird about The Beatles. Aspiring goat owner🐐
freyabarnespr.co.uk
Joel Voysey @joelvoysey.bsky.social Twitter refugee. Fundraising, family and football (Oxford United)
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
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Andy Bounds @andybounds.bsky.social EU correspondent getting trade, Brexit and European politics done. Also Netherlands correspondent.
George May @georgemay.bsky.social Head of communications at the Policy Institute, King’s College London
Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social Politics, campaigns, and public affairs at JRF - working on communities and place, and the labour market. Current home Bethnal Green, from Wycombe. West Ham ST holder. Views mine.
Laura Hughes @laurahughesft.bsky.social Public Policy Correspondent, Financial Times.
laura.hughes@ft.com
Karl Pike @karlpike.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London. Book: Getting Over New Labour.
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing.
Peter McLeod @mcleodp.bsky.social Opinion polls and focus groups, UK and elsewhere.
Ben Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social Guardian Political Correspondent
UK current affairs (with a fair bit on the Far Right, populism, disinfo)
Irish Londoner
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Bethany Dawson @bethanymrd.bsky.social LBC's political correspondent. Generally found furiously scribbling
Martin Moore @martinjemoore.bsky.social Political comms, KCL, media, politics, pig owner
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 🏳️🌈
Steve Van Riel @stevevr.bsky.social Behavioural science, trust, comms/brand strategy/planning. Former Labour policy & research director. Views my own.
Tony Vaughan KC MP @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social Proud to be the Labour MP for Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh.
Follow me on Instagram @tonyvaughanmp
Samir Jeraj @sajeraj.bsky.social Reporter and author. Writing on policy for The New Statesman. Commissioning editor for Hyphen. Senior Fellow John Schofield Trust. Swimmer with locs
Chris Creegan @chriscreegan.bsky.social Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner.
www.chriscreegan.co.uk
https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscreegan
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social Actor, Writer & Broadcaster
Daniel Gover @danielgover.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Researching parliaments and UK politics.
London, UK | https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/goverdaniel.html
Arj Singh @arjsingh.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper
LUFC. arj.singh@inews.co.uk. Got a story, tip or just fancy a chat? DMs open.
Owen Jackson @owenjackson.bsky.social Policy 📑 | Science 💉 | Sport 🏈🏏🏉
Director of Policy
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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.
Alexis Conran @alexisconran.com alexisconran.com
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Strom & Alexis on Channel 5
Monday to Friday 11:30am-12:45pm
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Parth Patel @parth0.bsky.social Associate director for democracy and politics at IPPR. "Charming but bonkers" - Farage. Doctor swimming upstream
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Adam Pritchard @artvanderlay.bsky.social I used to be a SpAd but to be honest it was so long ago I don’t think it counts.
Recruitment bod @ www.door10.co.uk
I am trying so hard to be nice on here.
Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social Historian working on histories of race, faith and culture in Modern Britain. Advocacy & Academic Engagement Officer at Royal Historical Society. Lecturer in History @ Queen’s College, Oxford. FRHistS. All views my own. 🇨🇦🇱🇰🇬🇧
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Cam Vargas @camvargas.bsky.social Work: @arguablymag.bsky.social 🇵🇪🇬🇧 | COYI ⚒️
Jennifer McKiernan @jennifermckiernan.bsky.social BBC Westminster political reporter. British Journalism Awards finalist 2023. Amnesty International media awards winner 2021. Also Northern Ireland, Holyrood & Brussels
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Emily Mackay @emilyrosemackay.bsky.social Rhymes with pie. Guardian homepage editor, and writer/editor of various things.
Rob @robsnottweeting.bsky.social Comms. London. Arsenal.
Joe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social General Secretary of The Fabian Society. Formerly IPPR, Learning & Work Institute and Central London Forward. Recovering Cllr. Passionate about good work, inclusive growth & tackling inequality.
@jw3london.bsky.social @jw3london.bsky.social
Spencer Livermore @spencerlivermore.bsky.social Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Former Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE | Erstwhile adviser to Gordon Brown, HMT and No10
Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social Labour and Co-Operative MP for Manchester Central | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party🌹| Secretary of State for Education
lucy.powell.mp@parliament.uk
Jo Platt MP @joplatt.bsky.social Labour & Co-operative Member of Parliament for Leigh and Atherton. This includes Golborne, Lowton, Tyldesley and Astley. For constituency queries, email Jo.platt.mp@parliament.uk
Alex McIntyre MP @alexmclabour.bsky.social Labour MP for Gloucester since 2024. Member of GMB, Community the Fabians and the Co-operative Party.
Alistair Strathern MP @alistrathern.bsky.social Hitchin’s Labour MP | Standing up for our towns & villages.
Phil Kohler 🔶 @leamingtonphil.bsky.social Proud to be Lib Dem councillor for Leamington Lillington. Still furious about the stupidity called Brexit.
Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social 🖋️ Comms and journalism, scribble-bibble mostly in the West Mids 🏭🌾, often in London 💂♂️. Grassroots politics, society, culture, media, history, walking, SMEs & social enterprise, global UK, cheap eats from Kingswinford-Kings Cross 🪢👑
Joe Moore @joe-moore.bsky.social Spent too much time thinking about the Labour Party, now explain it to people at Hanbury Strategy. Former Angela Rayner adviser. All views, alas, are my own.
CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social Research Fellow at the British Election Study, Wrexham and Wales fan- A Alan Manning @alanmanning4.bsky.social Labour market economist at CEP and LSE. Personal views only
Ellen E Jones @ellenejones.bsky.social Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social Housing & Society Correspondent at The i Paper
Author of TENANTS (2022) & We Were Prommised The Moon (2026)
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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social Opinionated Yorkshireman. Sharing someone else's post may not reflect my opinion. Posts don't represent views of any employer, organisation or official position.
David Sheppard @oilsheppard.bsky.social Financial Times Acting Whitehall Editor. Former FT Energy Editor, but still dabbles in what makes the world go round. Ex-Reuters.
Alex Bogdan @alexbgd.bsky.social Talks about polling, democracy, elections, politics and policy, survey methods. Openly obsessed with Hackney, gardening and Doctor Who. Photography: https://www.instagram.com/alexbogdan_alex/
Works at @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social, but views strictly my own.
Tom O'Grady @drtomdog.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, UCL. Studying political economy, welfare reforms, public opinion, European and British politics. He/him 🏳️🌈
Dan Jarvis MP @danjarvismp.bsky.social Labour MP for Barnsley North | Security Minister | First South Yorkshire Mayor | Author of Long Way Home | Veteran of The Parachute Regiment
Richard Miller @richard-miller1.bsky.social Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys.
Policy and public affairs, working on online safety, culture, mental health.
Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social Co-Director @roundourwayUK.bsky.social // ex @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social // @PersuasionUK.bsky.social & @lcefuk.bsky.social advisory boards // nerd's nerd // wheaton's law // blobby correspondent // eat pizza.have guts🍕🎉
The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social Transforming the state to renew the nation.
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Rocky Lorusso @rockylorusso.bsky.social Head of Comms & Public Affairs at the Sutton Trust. All views my own.
British Muslim Network @britmusnet.bsky.social The British Muslim Network (BMN) mobilises the best of British Muslim expertise for the benefit of British society.