Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Effective participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social Lead analyst for Scotland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Background in understanding social inequalities in education, now focused on poverty and inequality.
Sinead @sineadpower.bsky.social Dubliner in Edinburgh. Civil servant so tread carefully around politics. Bought my first pair of football boots at age 48...Acquiring an interest in American sports through my teenagers ...
Sharon Wright @profsharonwright.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Welfare conditionality, gender, women, Universal Credit, social security, disability benefits, devolution, migrant essential workers, labour migration
She/her
Sheena McMullen @sheenamcmullen.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor in NI for Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lyndsay Fraser Robertson @lfrob.bsky.social Committed to social justice and working towards social change. Lover of dogs and funny GIFs. Mum of 3 young, wild and gorgeous boys. Programmes and Practice Officer, The Robertson Trust (all views my own)
Pass The Mic Scotland @passthemic.bsky.social National programme to amplify the expertise of women of colour in news, commentary and policy making. Tackling the under-representation and misrepresentation of women of colour in Scotland. Find out more here: https://passthemicscotland.org/contact/
Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social That specsy French journalist & author 🦄 in Scotland (@RFI @ScotNational etc). Also @Ecosse_Toujours + @revueecossaise. Mum, wife, sister, friend. She/her.
Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social SNP MSP for Glasgow Central
Promoted by Angus Millar on behalf of Alison Thewliss, both at 68 St Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, G3 8DX
Resolve Poverty @resolvepoverty.bsky.social 📍 Resolve Poverty is an independent, not-for-profit organisation working with local authorities and partners across the country to see an end to poverty.
🌐 resolvepoverty.org
Gregory Davis @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social Anti-fascist. Researcher with @hopenothate.org.uk, views here my own. Lurker in the dark corners of the internet.
LindsayGrahamUK @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social DUniv - OBE - CF - Highlander Former #Nurse / National Lottery Community Fund 🏴 Interests - #Food #Poverty #Environment and Nolan Principles. Forget my 👓 often expect typos.- E @elizlloyd.bsky.social @elizlloyd.bsky.social
Beef And Dairy Network Podcast @beefanddairy.bsky.social 
Louisemac.bsky.social @louisemac.bsky.social Former Director General at Scottish Govt; ex-IoD Scotland Nations Director; ex-CEO Young Scot; former Co-Chair NACWG | OBE | FRSE | She/Her
Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk
MusicCity.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
Top Flight Time Machine @tftimemachine.bsky.social Podding nice with Andy Dawson and Sam Delaney. Amazing gentlemen that know what they are talking about. It's not for everyone.
Wise Men Say Podcast @wisemensay.co.uk ⚽ Longest-running #SAFC podcast, EST 2013
🎧 Three shows weekly and the occasional live show
✍ Opinions, analysis and features wisemensay.co.uk
✉ hello@wisemensay.co.uk
James Copley @jamescopley.bsky.social ✍🏻 Digital Journalist at National World
⚽️ Cover #SAFC for The Echo
❤️ Boyhood Sunderland supporter
💪🏼 All views are very much my own
Michael Graham @captfishpaste.bsky.social Football journalist, Sunderland AFC fan, and Las Vegas obsessive.
Sunderland AFC @safc.com Home of Sunderland AFC on Bluesky.
Matt Russell @mattrussell3.bsky.social Deputy Head of Audio at The Observer.
Formerly: Newsnight and Radio 4
Email pitches/story ideas to matt.russell@observer.co.uk
Andrew Butler @mrabutler.bsky.social Deputy sports editor (acting) @theobserveruk.bsky.social, pundit and hypeman @leytonorientfc.bsky.social, one-time winner of ITV's Tenable.
Barney Macintyre @barneymac.bsky.social Business news editor at The Observer, formerly Tortoise. Also writes about climate, nature and Scotland.
Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social Reporter | Formerly The Observer/ Tortoise Media
Mostly ✍🏻 about gender, sometimes writing about music 🎵
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
Giles Whittell @gwhittell.bsky.social Dep Ed of Observer, writer of books incl Bridge of Spies, Spitfire Women and The Secret Life of Snow
Jess Winch @jesswinch.bsky.social Managing Editor at The Observer, previously News Editor at Tortoise Media and Foreign Editor at The Telegraph
Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social Data and Graphics reporter
They/them
Message tips to: bex dot sander at proton dot me
Signal @ bexsander.32
https://bexsander.github.io/
Claudia Williams @claudiawilliams.bsky.social National news editor at The Observer
Podcast series: The Gas Man, Sweet Bobby, Left to Die, Hidden Homicides
Eleanor Biggs @eleanorbiggs.bsky.social Journalist and audio producer
Currently: Tortoise Media
Previous: Novel, BBC Current Affairs 
@katiegunning.bsky.social @katiegunning.bsky.social 
Jon Hill @jonhilldesign.bsky.social Creative Director & Partner at Tortoise Media
Tomini Babs @tominibabs.bsky.social Keep it stepping 👣 Actress #HSBC #TheDiplomat | Social Media Manager & Sensemaker host at The Observer | Advanced selfie taker 📸
Katie Riley @ktriley.bsky.social Data and visual journalist.
Work: The Observer, WSJ, FT, Atlantic and 🐢.
Midwesterner, Londoner, sleepy, has actually looked at the data.
[Email me: kteriley@gmail.com]
Ceri Thomas @ceri-t.bsky.social 
Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Senior editor at The Observer. I edit The Sensemaker and report across print and digital. Previously made podcasts for Tortoise.
Rebecca Moore @rebeccahbm.bsky.social Executive Producer of The Observer’s current affairs and culture podcasts including The News Meeting and The Sensemaker
Brad Gray @bradleygray.bsky.social Production Editor, Newsletters @ The Observer | Previously Tortoise + Reach plc's sites in the south east | Indie trash | All views my own etc | He/him
Basia Cummings @basialc.bsky.social Editor, digital
The Observer
@chloehadj.bsky.social @chloehadj.bsky.social 
David Taylor @geordiedav.bsky.social Contributing Editor for The Observer; Former Deputy Editor for Guardian US; ex-Head of News and US Editor for The Times. Baker.
Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social Poverty, Social Policy, Gender
AsEd at @JPSJ_Journal
Own views.She/her
Katherine Hudson @katherinehudson.bsky.social Writer, reader, cat wrangler l Working on poverty and inequality in Scotland l Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2024 l LL Mslexia Novel Competition 2023
Ava Santina @avasantina.bsky.social Editor and superloop fan @politicsjoe.bsky.social
Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social نسرين العلوان
Pronounced /nisri:n/ with an s not a z and a long ee ☺️
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton
Not afraid of my voice
Still curious
Posting my personal views not those of any organisation
Reposts not necessarily endorsements
💚 🧿 🌻
Dan Sutherland @danielsutherland.bsky.social Media Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Joe Farnworth @joemfm.bsky.social Public Affairs @jrf-uk.bsky.social, campaigning for a fairer social security system. Previously at @trusselluk.bsky.social.
Season ticket holder at #bhafc
Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social Chief Analyst, Insights and Analysis, at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation working to solve UK Poverty
Gabriella Bennett @palebackwriter.bsky.social author / journalist / columnist writing on housing, urban planning, architecture, cities, travel, place
📚HOW TO BUILD A CITY out 2026 with Headline Press
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
Trussell Scotland @trussellscot.bsky.social An anti-poverty charity and community of food banks working to end hunger in Scotland and across the UK 💚
Danny Blanchflower @dannyblanchy.bsky.social Prof of econ dartmouth and ex MPC Bank of England working a lot now on the declining wellbeing of the young around the world I am here https://sites.dartmouth.edu/blanchflower/
And now grandad of eleven
Blanchflower@dartmouth.edu
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Jennifer Davidson @jenniferiicf.bsky.social Executive Director & Professor, OBE | Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures, University of Strathclyde @iicfstrath.bsky.social | Lead, Working Group SDG16+Justice for Children 🌍 #JusticeActionCoalition | Partner, Observatory Children’s Human Rights 🏴
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
Lucy Bannister @lucybannister.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager at Trussell focusing on social security and employment support. Previously Turn2us, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Living Wage Foundation and local government. Trustee Sufra NW London.
Charis Chittick @charischittick.bsky.social Head of Policy, Strategy and Comms at One Parent Families Scotland. Passionate about social justice. Often found on the beach or baking up a storm in the kitchen.
Rebecca Spillane @beckyporty.bsky.social Believer in the importance of children having a voice, high quality public services and equity!
UNCRC Implementation Project Manager at the Improvement Service.
#UNCRC #ChildPoverty #HumanRights #inclusion
Often found on the beach or baking a cake!
@chomczuk.bsky.social @chomczuk.bsky.social 🏠National Director at CIH Scotland
⚽️Falkirk FC Season Ticket holder
🏰Live in Edinburgh
Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State.
Progressive.
www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk
LabourHame @labourhame.com A place for open debate about progressive politics in Scotland. www.labourhame.com
Cecily @cecilyleah.bsky.social Working for an MP. Manchester ➡️ Glasgow
Cate Vallis @catevallis.bsky.social Scottish Labour councillor for Glasgow City Council's Linn ward, contact Catherine.Vallis@glasgow.gov.uk
Cllr Eva C Murray @evacmurray.bsky.social City Councillor for Glasgow's Garscadden/Scotstounhill ward | Bailie | Often found at a women’s football match 🌹🌍✊ she/her
Alex Foulkes @alexfoulkes.bsky.social Wildlife biologist and conservationist, supporter of Hearts, Scotland and the Black Caps and staunch Eco-Socialist. All views his own or stolen from someone more witty. 🚩
Susan Bowie @docsuzy.bsky.social Granny, wife, mother, GP. Knits likes dogs and wildlife gardening. Labour.
Against #AssistedDying
Brian Roy @brianfrancisroy.bsky.social Founding Director of www.craigviewstrategies.com. Former Scottish Labour General Secretary.
John Erskine @johnrerskine.bsky.social Scottish Labour. Senior Parliamentary Advisor.
Follow my socials: https://linktr.ee/johnerskine
Graeme McKenzie @graememck.bsky.social Lochee lad living in London
@callumjodwyer.bsky.social @callumjodwyer.bsky.social 
Robert Hoskins @hoski67.bsky.social WW2 Geek, Weegie, Former Lecturer,❤️Family, Friends, Peaty Malts, Celtic🍀 Labour🌹 UK, Loathe Scottish Nationalism - a toxic ideology, Broadstairsphile.
Marcus Barry @marcusbarry.bsky.social Retired Maths teacher. Husband, father and grandfather. Inverclyde CLP Exec member. Parish Pastoral Council. Celtic STH. All views are my own.
Aidan Skinner @aidan.skinner.me.uk Open is a Verb
Pride is a Riot
He/Him/They
There are many more of us than you
Glasgow, Topical Paradise
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 1. Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South West.
2. Civil Engineer
3. Parkrunner.
Newsletter Sign-Up: http://tinyurl.com/EdSWNewsletter
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
Paul Cruikshank @pashanky.co.uk 🏴Scottish 🔰Glaswegian ⚖Lawyer ✝️Catholic 🗳️Politics 🌹Labour 🐝Co-op ⚜Scout
Alastair Osborne @alastairosborne123.bsky.social Always left, sometimes witty, totally Labour
alastairosborne.substack.com
Blair McDougall MP @blairmcdougall.com Labour Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire. Minister for Reindustrialisation. Sanctioned by Putin for being rude to him. Contact me at blair.mcdougall.mp@parliament.uk
Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social Episcopal priest, parliamentary staffer, ukulele player.
Ruth Aylett @ruthaylett.bsky.social (she/her) Author, poet, socialist, feminist, Heriot-Watt emeritus professor with research in AI, social robotics/agents, affective computing
All views personal; likes/shares are not support
Josh Hamilton @joshy130.bsky.social Scottish Labour Member, All views expressed here are my own
Nick Ward @nickmward.bsky.social CEO of Change Mental Health🌤️🏴
Trustee of LGBT Health and Wellbeing🏳️🌈 & Mental Health UK 💙
Former teacher & Islington councillor 🌹
Learning 🎨, 🎹 & 🇪🇸
Art lover 🖼️
Sci fi, politics & history geek, 🚀
Running and gym aficionado🏃♀️
Just trying to make things better💪
Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk Proud to serve as Rutherglen's Labour Member of Parliament. UK Energy Minister. Charity trustee and volunteer. Occasional runner.
Martin McCluskey MP @martinmccluskey.bsky.social Scottish Labour MP for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Stuart MacLennan @sensiblestu.bsky.social 🎓 Associate Professor of EU/tax law. 🌹 CLP Secretary (@moraylabour.org.uk); SEC rep (Highlands/NE); National Policy Forum (Scotland). 🏞️ Moravian.
Lynsey Hamilton @lhamilton89.bsky.social Councillor in South Lanarkshire Council, Clydesdale West ✌🏼 Chair of Education 📚 Maw 👶 Feminists and cake enthusiast 🧁
Evan Keir @evankeir.bsky.social used to work for a Labour MP / / Interest in Contemporary African & Eastern European History / / books, food and football // Views my own, Twitter escapee, I might get around to posting on here at some point :) views own
Chris D @chrisrdavison.bsky.social Norn Irish Edinburger, schnauzer fan
Brenda Morgan-Klein @beamorgan-klein.bsky.social Former academic (adult and post school education, sociology) Interests: politics, community activism, place making, art, architecture, making, nature and gardening.
Cllr. Margaret A. Graham @leftwing66.bsky.social Wife, Mother, Grandma, Hibernian Supporter and dog lover. Culture & Communities Convener @CEC
Peter McDade @petermcdade.bsky.social Scottish Labour councillor, MP staff member.
Rutherglen CLP @rutherglenclp.bsky.social Rutherglen Constituency Labour Party. Change has already begun. 🌹
https://linktr.ee/rutherglenclp
Rhoda Grant @rhodagrant.bsky.social Former Scottish Labour MSP for the Highlands and Islands