Xiaowei Xu @xiaoweixu.bsky.social Economist at the IFS. Interested in inequality, labour markets and economic geography. Views my own.
Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social I write the Expecting Goals newsletter (expectinggoals.com) and I'm gonna try to bring soccer analytics to bluesky. Let's see if it works. He/him.
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social Historian. Pods: Past Lives. Tides of History. Books: "The Verge." "Lost Worlds." pwymanusc at gmail. Enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/patrickwyman
Ed Porter @edporter.bsky.social Solar, wind, batteries and the energy transition.
European host for Transmission.
Head to Modo Energy's Terminal for more info.
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Lucie Rondeau du Noyer @lucienoyer.bsky.social Doctorante au CIRED en histoire de la pensée économique (énergie feat. Empire britannique) | ERC StG #ETRANHET
"the woman to whom we owe a bibliographical work retracing the work of Hélène Legotien" (Dupuis-Déri, 2025)
The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman
Megan Bryer @meganbryer.bsky.social 
Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social Author of "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the 20th Century". Too online since 1995. Sometime Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. UC Berkeley Professor.
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Bruno Tonelli @brunotonelli.bsky.social Architecture is the name we give to all the physical and mental feelings we have in a built place.
Architecture is also a conscious joining of elements aimed at a meaningful whole.
Studioartec / Discourse Architecture.
www.e-artec.it
Brescia / London
Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social Economic Historian of early modern world and labour markets and built stuff. Director of LRI. Prof at Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction UCL. Hon Sec of Economic History Society. FRHS
Mark Harrison @mark4harrison.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. History of Russia, communism, two world wars, and the cold war. Economics of fighting, stealing, cheating, lying, and spying. Home page at http://warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/
Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social Exec Director & founder, Uplift; "provocative and not entirely without merit" according to Energy Voice, Standard disclaimers, incl. that all views are my own.
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.
Amber Dellar @amberdellar.bsky.social Researcher, public services @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Focusing on schools and local government, particularly children's social care and homelessness. She/her
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social Solar and clean power analyst at BloombergNEF, goose keeper. Author of a book, "Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon". Opinions all my own.
Harriet Shaw @shawharriet.bsky.social Researcher (devolution) @instituteforgovernment
Matthew Fright @matthewfright.bsky.social Associate director - devolution @instituteforgovernment.org.uk formerly @nao.org.uk analyst. PhD on history of national income accounts. Views are my own.
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Nat Bullard @nathanielbullard.com Energy systems and information platforms.
I do that presentation.
https://www.nathanielbullard.com/
📍Singapore
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social Independent economist. Likes charts. IEA Economics Fellow. Schools speaker. Diploma in Law. FRSA. COYG. Views here mine only. More on website at www.julianhjessop.com. Also on substack at https://substack.com/@julianhjessop
@ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social 
Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, writer- S @stockfttp.bsky.social @stockfttp.bsky.social Energy, Transition, Maritime & occasional Politics.
Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk Labour MP for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and former nurse. For help & support please email kevin.mckenna.mp@parliament.uk with your name and address.
Promoted by Lee Griffiths on behalf of Kevin McKenna, both at 29 Park Rd, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1DR.
Owen Barder @owen.org Economist. ex No10, Treasury, CGD, PxD. Former visiting Professor @ LSE. Development Drums podcast. Team GB triathlete age-grouper. Olympic volunteer. Feminist, internationalist. Set up the first UK Government website. Helped invent AMCs.
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social Housing affordability wonk & number cruncher. Policy Lead @ YIMBY Alliance. Former director of PricedOut.
Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Official OBR messenger shooter 🚨.
https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social Economist, YouTuber, gamer, author, academic (in that order)
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley
Kieran Lucia @kieranlucia.bsky.social Partner at Newmarket Strategy. All things global health policy and UK politics
The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com Examples, opinions, thoughts, retweets of transport art/architecture/design/branding/logos/liveries/moquettes etc from The Beauty of Transport’s @danielhwright.bsky.social Long form articles at:
www.thebeautyoftransport.com
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. Accusations of bad faith or lying = block.- G Chris Marsh @generaltheorist.bsky.social Global macro and finance.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.- J James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social
Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
Graham Walker @grahamwalkernrg.bsky.social Research @ VaasaETT
Previously @ Petrologica
Alum University of Essex
Views inevitably my own.
Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social Freelance research/policy/advocacy/writing on all things Parliament and government. Associate at IfG and Associate at State of the Future.
PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out now. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services 
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
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
John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social Professor | Former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister | Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics | Writing about how ideas of nation and nationhood shape politics today at nationstateandpolitics.substack.com ✍️
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
Walthamstow Football Club @walthamstowfc.bsky.social Founded in 1868 as Leyton FC.
Teams in the Isthmian League, Essex Senior League, Essex Alliance and youth teams from U12 to U18.
walthamstowfc.com
Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him.
"Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods. www.benwansell.com
Ben Brindle @benbrindle.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Migration Observatory, University of Oxford. #itfc fan, for my sins.
For media enquiries, please contact Rob McNeil.
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
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.
Mike Bird @birdyword.bsky.social Wall Street editor at The Economist, co-host of our Money Talks podcast.
Megan Isaac @meganisaac.bsky.social Working on devolution at the Institute for Government
Martha Ford @martha-ford.bsky.social Research assistant, public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett @sulaimanij.bsky.social Ex UK Gov Advisor | Energy and Climate Policy | Host of Energy Revolution Podcast | Cambridge Fellow
Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social Shitposter, persistent typoer, Microsoft Paint user, uncomfortably English | Former journalist once called “The Attenborough of women's football"
https://ko-fi.com/lawsonsv
Stephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics at LSE. Posting mostly about energy/enviro research. https://stephenjarvis.github.io/
Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social Active travel advocate. Founder Fusion Media, co-host Streets Ahead Podcast. Was West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner. Views all mine. Substack: https://www.bikeis.best/
Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England.
Love ideas, numbers, analysis, evidence, debate and challenge. Views my own.
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis 
Joseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com Emerging Markets correspondent at the Financial Times; sovereign debt thinkfluencer; I like comics
Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social ehs.org.uk
Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social Trade/economic history @Dartmouth College @Peterson Institute for International Economics Website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dirwin/
@labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social Leytonstone, E11- Labour Cllr for 26yrs+, WF Climate & Air Quality Portfolio Holder, Dep. Leader- dealing with casework & personal musings.
Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social Legal Translator and University Lecturer based in Messina. Sicily, mafia, Italian justice system.
Mafia Chronicles: nicholaswhithorn.substack.com
Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social learning & development @instituteforgovernment.org.uk & @ifgacademy.bsky.social, he/him
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
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).
JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation. Previous lives at the Bank of England and in the civil service. Focussed on all things economic-policy related.
Andi Fugard @andifugard.info Policy evaluator. London-based, Belfast-born. They/them. Personal account – views mine. Posts auto delete after a month.
Mastodon: https://sciences.social/@andi
Web: https://andifugard.info/
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social Energy and transitioning from fossil fuels. Complex issues I try to shine a light on. Ex-UKAEA and Met Office, now working in community energy. Occasionally politics
Exeter, UK
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! #TrainsNotPlanes
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Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library, Chingford Assembly Hall, Station Road, London E4 7EN. Collections documenting history of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Research visits by prior appointment. Email wfa.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
steve the skeptic @policyskeptic.bsky.social government policy, health policy, evidence, statistics and sometimes other topics
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/
Jess Ralston @jessralston.bsky.social Head of Energy at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. Mainly power, homes & heating.
All views my own etc
guynewey @guynewey.bsky.social CEO at Energy Systems Catapult. Helping clean tech innovators thrive in the future energy system.
Ex-SPAD/PAD/wonk/hack. Uncertain about much....
Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social South West native, currently co-lead economy & climate team @IPPR - (views mine)
Industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
Sam O'Donnell @samodonnell25.bsky.social 18/Patch Birder and Wildlife Photographer/Martin Garner Spurn Young birder of the year winner 2024/UK Life list 269 (Grey Phalarope)
Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @brookings.edu. Previously Chief Economist at IIF and Chief FX Strategist at Goldman Sachs.
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Emma Norris @emmanorris.bsky.social Special adviser to the Prime Minister. Former deputy CEO @ippr.org. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Chair Young Women’s Trust. Progressive. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/
Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Researching Irish, UK, & EU politics focusing on Northern Ireland | Usual disclaimer
From Donegal. Profile: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/conor-j-kelly
Robert Clayton Photographer @robclayton.bsky.social Photographer, London based
www.robclayton.co.uk
www.stayfreepublishing.co.uk
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/