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Richard Parker @richardparkerwm.bsky.social Labour & Co-op Mayor of the West Midlands
Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Senior Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social Former political researcher and professional elections nerd specialising in electoral and party systems. Current day market research analyst for museums, heritage, the arts and charities around the world. UK's number one Romania-phile. Still a nerd. He/him
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
From Goalhanger Podcasts
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
Politics UK @politicsuk.com The Home of UK Political News. Follow for Impartial Coverage.
Northern Powerhouse Partnership @np-partnership.bsky.social Representing the voice of the North's business and civic leaders | Chaired by Lord Jim O'Neill.
Paul Johnson @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social From August, Provost, The Queen’s College, Oxford. Previously director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Author “Follow the Money”
Lord Norton of Louth @lordnortonlouth.bsky.social Professor of Government, University of Hull. Devoted to the study of the Constitution, Parliament, and the Conservative Party.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor at The Spectator
Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes ≠ endorsements, obv. Story? 👇👇👇
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Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social "Former energy czar" - the Guardian. "Energy big brain" - Politico.
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Tom Holland @holland-tom.bsky.social New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social Covering politics, elections and data at The Economist
Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
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Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics.
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.bsky.social dissin' your fly girl
yoinkin' your memes
(not the guy from twitter)
Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Gregg Rosenthal @greggrosenthal.bsky.social NFL Daily Podcast
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House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk Sir Lindsay Hoyle | 158th Speaker of the UK House of Commons. Father, grandfather and animal lover.
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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
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Charlotte Miller Baynes @charlotteamb.bsky.social 
Karim Palant @karimpalant.bsky.social Founder of the ‘Globalisation in one country’ movement.
Economic policy and politics
Ex Facebook
Ex LinkedIn
Ex Labour Adviser
#efc… Posts are all my own views.
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Posts are all my own views, except for random accidental retweets.
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Luke Holland @lukeoliverh.bsky.social Former child detective. Recovering political advisor. Current Strategic Comms head.
Unavoidably tattooed. Perennially underwhelming.
Melbourne / Naarm via Cardiff.
🏴🏴🏴
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social Advised the Lib Dems during coalition. Somehow still able to get work
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Christine Quigley @cpquigley.bsky.social Irish in Britain. Transport nerd. Labour. Feminist. Gaeilgeoir. Works in public affairs. Was on a TV quiz show once. Views own. She/her.
Nick O'Donovan @nickod.bsky.social Political scientist and occasional policy wonk, interested in big tech, the digital economy, taxation and inequality. Author of Pursuing the Knowledge Economy: https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/pursuing-the-knowledge-economy/?k=9781788215145
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Rob Newman @robnewmanlab.bsky.social 
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Gavin Shuker @gavinshuker.bsky.social The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for. We should be kind while there is still time. Master of carbs cookery.
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.
Mick Swales @mickswales.bsky.social North Star Public Affairs - Politics, devolution, all things Yorkshire with a bit of Bradford City and a lot of happy hiking
Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk Politics, policy, music and blah.
https://www.thestory-network.com/ ,ex Senior Civil Servant, ex Labour Advisor
From Stoke on Trent to the Sussex countryside.
Dr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social Wanderer in the fourth dimension. British political and constitutional historian. Co-founder, Centre for Opposition Studies.
Distracted by cats and camp classic telly. Will run for cake.
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Drew Smith @drewsmithuk.bsky.social Government Affairs & Policy at Zoom
Wes Ball @wesleyball.bsky.social Mid-Herts Young Referee of the Year 1995. England and Poland. Brentford and Spurs. Durham and Surrey. I support two teams. What of it? 
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Cristina Leston-Bandeira @estrangeirada.bsky.social Parliaments and Public Engagement, with an obsession for petitions. Professor of Politics @ POLISatLeeds, Co-Director of its Centre for Democratic Politics and Deputy Chair of IPEN, the International Parliament Engagement Network.
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. arieh@ariehkovler.com. https://linktr.ee/ariehkovler
Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com
Previously seen at Onward and FT. Author of Broken Heartlands and The Fall of Boris Johnson.
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
David Lidington @davidlidington.bsky.social Chair: RUSI, Conservative European Forum, Koenigswinter Conference & Aurora Forum. Trustee, Institute for Govt. History, singing & hill walking enthusiast. Ex-Minister & MP.
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social Director of the London Defence Conference. Engelsberg Ideas editor. Weekly newsletter at Reaction on Substack. Author.
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Henry Newman @henrynewman.bsky.social Runs TheWhitehallProject on Substack, former Uk Government adviser, ran think tank Open Europe
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