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𝘚𝘪 @leedsinshetland.bsky.social 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯. P𝘰𝘴𝘵s 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘢𝘯, 𝘚𝘌𝘋. 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 & 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘜𝘍𝘊 & 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 & 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 & 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵
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Terry Watkins @gerrygow.bsky.social He not busy being born is busy dying.
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social Award-winning independent not-for-profit investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Nakul Pande @nakulmpande.bsky.social Sports broadcaster and journalist. Views and hair my own. He/him 🏳️🌈
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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
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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social Digital News editor for @bloomberg.com in London. Former NBC News, BuzzFeed News and was psmith on Twitter. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
Richard Hermer @richardhermer.bsky.social Former Attorney General for England and Wales | Before that, human rights lawyer | Always a Cardiff boy
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | Sussex coast | writing my third book: Where the Manchineel Trees Grow
Paul Chandler @paulchandler.bsky.social Film watcher, newsletter writer.
LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social Registered in Brighouse for tax purposes. He/they. "The man who gave us Fred Dinenage's 3ft long egg" - (@ChinnyVision)
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Jonny Marshall @jonnymarshall.bsky.social Principal Economist at the Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org working on energy and climate policy
Dave Pearson @daveabpearson.bsky.social Senior Press Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce | Former senior editor at BBC News, BBC 5live & ITV Border | Cumbrian | Cricket fan
Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈
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Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler.bsky.social Social Policy editor, The Guardian. Winner of the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism 2025.
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
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.
John Beardsworth🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🌻 @johnbeardsworth.bsky.social Makes photos, writes about photos, brews (strong) beer, makes near-perfect tortelloni, knows everything (probably) about Lightroom and Photoshop, follows United, drinks Vimto, misses Thorntons. Knows where Culcheth is.
Richard Partington @rjpartington.bsky.social Guardian Senior Economics Correspondent
Ben Walker @bwalker.uk Co-Founder of @britainelects.com | walker@britainelects.com
Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social Social Liberal, former leader of Sefton Borough Council, Parish Councils advocate, railways, cricket, cycling, trade unionist, atheist, Mansfield Town, Nottingham Forest, Isaac Hayes, soul music, smooth jazz, environmentalist, Frank Hornby Heritage Centre
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Cricket Research Network @cricketacademic.bsky.social The voice of cricket research. Chaired by Raf Nicholson
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social Author of award-winning bestseller An Irish Atlantic Rainforest. Over 17 years rewilding our 73-acre farm on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. In love with Earth's biosphere.
Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social Public health doctor, hon Professor @salforduniversity, health policy wonk, former Director of Public Health, Scouser & @FT Women of 2020 ❤️all arts especially music & film, wildlife, photography, history, politics & sci-fi
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Andy Burley Banksy @burleybanksy.bsky.social I'm that bloke who paints street boxes in Leeds. You can buy my art at burleybanksy.com or email me for commissions or school workshops at andy@burleybanksy.com
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
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Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social Associate Director at Flint Global. Macro, financial services, digital assets. Views my own. Ex-BoE, Treasury. Big on sports, rugby referee, go Raiders. Bi and autistic.
Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social Conservationist, activist, writer and researcher, rebelling against extinction
Mary Epworth @maryepworth.bsky.social Write/produce/compose music Run Hand Of Glory Records. https://bsky.app/profile/handofglory.bsky.social
Also: glow worms, Czech, Prog, HI-NRG, zero covid zealot.
Perpetually exhausted
#mcas #mecfs #eds
She/her
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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social Professor of Cultural and Political History UAL, Honorary Professor Bentham Project UCL. Thinks about anti-aesthetics. Read a chapter of my academic work for free:
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social — Founder of Our World in Data
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Dom White @domw.bsky.social Chief economist at Absolute Strategy Research in London. But all of the nonsense I spout on here is mine and mine alone. RTs are not endorsements unless they are.
Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com Data-driven storytelling for sport. 📈
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Macca @macca-93.bsky.social Former rugby playing father of 2, born in South Yorkshire but moved to West. Support Leeds United & Washington Commanders, sport will be the death of me
Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social Director of Editorial at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. Journalist. I love trains, opera and books. From León, Spain
Sharpie @sharpinsky.bsky.social Cat dad north of Hadrian’s Wall. Hillwalker. Probably “woke”. Sometime korfballer. Music, food and travel. And history and architecture. #NUFC
North-eastern England.
Late stage dementia carer.
Like Reform? Passionate about flags? You’re going to hate me.
Persuasion UK @persuasionuk.bsky.social Researching what is shaping UK public opinion on the issues that define our politics @ persuasionuk.org.
Director: @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social Covering politics, elections and data at The Economist
Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com Leeds man & audio/comedy producer. Work stuff @leadmojo.co.uk
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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social -2005: Leeds
2005-: Dublin
Films, music, crosswords, #CalendarMaths, swimming, #lufc, stuff - may contain puns.
Professional data wrangler. Amateur cat wrangler.
Not fitting every concern into CHAR(300).
Not an owl.
Josh Glancy @joshglancy.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist, The Sunday Times
lucas rodes-guirao @lcsrg.me data @ourworldindata.org
open source, open data, demography, geography nerd
occasionally publishing in spanish
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Bryn Law @brynlaw.bsky.social I cover Leeds United for LUTV. I also watch Wrexham AFC as a lifelong fan. I also teach at Leeds Beckett Uni and coach coaches for the FA of Wales. And other stuff, lots of other stuff…
Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
writesbright.substack.com
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
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Jim Hulbert @jimhulbert.bsky.social Cricket, politics and Simpsons references.
Andrew Teale @andrewteale.me.uk Quizzer. Clarinettist. Lancastrian. Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com https://andrewspreviews.substack.com . Edits the Local Elections Archive Project https://andrewteale.me.uk/leap/
Surrey Cricket @kiaoval.com The official account of Surrey County Cricket Club and the Kia Oval 🤎
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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Andrew Howard @amhoward.bsky.social Same as over on the old bird site. But less wound up. Default mode is sarcasm. Probably.
Sports-wise: LFC, Ulster Rugby and Lanky.
Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social ✊ Anti-Facist | Anti-Reform | Pro-Equality
📱 Anti-Reform on FB.
⚖️ Standing against far-right rhetoric and extremism.
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social Because "Reality has a well‑known liberal bias" -
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social Blogger at Liberal England. Expect Dickens, politics, Steve Winwood, canals, British films, Richard Jefferies, Shropshire, Englishness, chess, social history, Malcolm Saville, philosophy, Leicestershire and Rutland, comedy, railways... That sort of thing.
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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.
Chris Hopkins @chrishopkins.bsky.social Policy / Research / Green Transitions
@ LSE Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Prev - Policy Dir. @GECoalition.bsky.social, @IIED.bsky.social
💚 Personal views & 🌭🐶 content + 🤓 econ, env, politics, football stuff. He/Him.
Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social Ex UK gov econ incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Semi-veggie. UTV
EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Welsh. And French
Born at 325ppm
WeTalkCricket @wetalkcricket.bsky.social All posts cricket.
Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social Women’s cricket historian & journalist. Sports Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth University & writer for Guardian Sport. Vice Chair of The Cricket Society.
Philip Chapman @pgpchappers.bsky.social Father, cricket nut and hockey 🏑/cricket 🏏 coach | I work in the City.
Sorry for all the typos!
Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social Film & sports obsessive. Mostly post about cricket.
https://emergencycricketblog.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/_hypocaust
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Beth Cooper 🏏 @bethcooper.fyi It's nice to be nice. Appreciate what you have, not what you don't. Follow your heart. Pay tax. Give blood. Sponsor me for the 2026 Loch Ness Marathon https://www.justgiving.com/page/bethcooper
Curator of cricket starter packs (see pinned post)
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
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.
David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social Former economist and civil servant. Former (age related) national cycling champion. Still a music fan. Sewn up member of the Zipper Club.
HoldtheFrontPage @holdthefrontpage.bsky.social The BlueSky feed for HoldtheFrontPage. News, jobs and resources for UK journalists.
David Hellier @hellierd.bsky.social At Bloomberg where I write extensively about the business of football.
Jonny Singer @jonnysinger.bsky.social Views my own unless they are very clever in which case I stole them
MCC Laws of Cricket Advisor
Richard Haviland @rfhaviland.bsky.social Former civil servant, enjoying the freedom to speak my mind. Published in Times, Byline Times, Bylines Scotland, West Country Voices. Member of European Movement in Scotland.
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
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Global Cricket @somuchcricket.bsky.social All cricket, but especially women and associate internationals. Glamorgan fan.
https://somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/
Rocky Lorusso @rockylorusso.bsky.social Head of Comms & Public Affairs at the Sutton Trust. All views my own.
Lewis Tibbs @lewistibbs.bsky.social Digital Communications Manager @suttontrust.bsky.social 💻 Interested in politics, policy and regional inequality. Dancing nerd. Northerner and perpetually suffering Man United fan. Views my own!