The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Jack Pannell @jackpannell.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the British Foreign Policy Group.
Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social i work for persuasion uk and i edit the journal "renewal"
Brigid Fowler @brigidfowler.bsky.social Policy Analyst, House of Lords European Affairs Committee - so, here mainly to post on the Committee's work @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk & see what others are doing/saying/publishing, re: mainly UK, EU, UK-EU politics, economics, policy, IR, nat sec
Emma Crewe @emmacrewe.bsky.social Anthropologist researcher of Parliaments at SOAS University of London. Chair, Study of Parliament Group. Posting about anthropolitics
Charlie Feldman @parlcharlie.bsky.social Fan of legislatures and legislation! Past President, Canadian Study of Parliament Group. Co-Chair, CIAJ Legislative Drafting Section. All views personal and most likely uninformed :)
Centre for Governance and Democracy (CGD) at Queen Mary @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social This is the Bluesky Account of the Centre for Governance and Democracy (CGD) within the School of Society and Environment (SSE) at Queen Mary University. Follow us for updates, events and other news related to our research.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
The ASPIRE Network @aspirenetwork.bsky.social The Academic Scholarship in Politics and International Relations Education Network
https://www.aspirenetwork.uk/
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Peter Just @expremiers.bsky.social Peter Just posting about UK former prime ministers.
Author of 'Margaret Thatcher: Life after Downing Street' - coming via @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social in July 2025.
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HO Answers @ho-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Home Office answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library
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Paul Malin @paulmalin.bsky.social European enjoying retirement in London - Politics, theatre and music, principally opera.
Tim Edmunds @edmundsprof.bsky.social Prof of International Security and Head of School, Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol. Co-Director, SafeSeas. Working on maritime security and ocean governance.
Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social Teaches politics & history at Cambridge. Interests include empire, war, technology, architecture, science fiction, utopia. Currently writing a book on transhumanism
Srdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social Prof @gspia-esapi.bsky.social, something-or-other @cepi-cips.bsky.social, @cdsn.bsky.social ...work updates mostly
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Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social Asst Prof in International Relations, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (@radboudpol.bsky.social) 🇳🇱; no-fly zones; IR theory, foreign policy, security, intervention, populism, political communication; he/him
Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in US Foreign Policy, Queen Mary University of London. Out now: The Politics of Antagonism (Routledge, 2024). Researches Security/Narratives/Identity/Populism
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/loefflmanngeorg.html
Patrick A. Mello @patrickmello.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods, #QCA
QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG,
Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS
🌐 https://patrickmello.com
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
Luca Tardelli @lucatardelli.bsky.social Associate Prof in International Relations (Education) @LSE. Interested in Realism, international security, military intervention, US foreign policy, and historical IR.
Jamie Gaskarth @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social Prof, Foreign Policy and IR, OU. Writes on British defence, intel and foreign policy. Associate Fellow, Chatham House. Views my own.
Chris Waiting @cwaiting.bsky.social Chief Executive, The Conversation UK
Ariella Huff @ariellahuff.bsky.social
Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS.
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Paul Silk @paulsilk.bsky.social Former parliamentary official. Devolution, parliaments, the constitution, rural Wales, Ukraine, amateur theology, and incompetent language-learning
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Emma Norris @emmanorris.bsky.social Deputy CEO @ippr.org. Chair of Young Women’s Trust. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Think tanker. Westminster watcher. Progressive. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
Ben Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions.
Paul Seaward @pseaward.bsky.social History of Parliament, parliamentarism and politics in Britain and Europe from the middle ages to now; C17th English political thought and political history; Clarendon, Hobbes. A parliamentary miscellany at https://historyofparliamentblog.wordpress.com
Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social Vice Dean Education in UCL Social and Historical Sciences Faculty. SFHEA. Regular contributor to ALPS blog. Co-Director UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics. Politics of pedagogy and nature.
Edd @eddrowe.bsky.social Constitution Unit bureaucracy wrangler. Occasional deliberative participant herder. Disco authoritarian.
Bad takes all my own work.
John Curtis @johncurtis.bsky.social Senior Researcher/Clerk at the House of Commons Library, researching Asia, Americas and the NI Protocol. War Studies alumnus. Follow for tepid takes on uncontroversial subjects.
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers- C Paul Evans @courtenayilbert.bsky.social Retired Clerk in House of Commons, continuing as a parliamentary nerd; Victorian by nature; books and buildings biggest passions. Lives in and cares about Wales.
Alex Prior @alexprior.bsky.social Parliaments, public engagement, narratives and storytelling, and representative democracy.
Lecturer in Politics with International Relations at London South Bank University.
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services
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Starting @sotf.org.uk
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Richard Mailey @richardmailey.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social Director of Communications, Institute for Government
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
Rowan Hall @rowaninlondon.bsky.social Town crier @conunitucl.bsky.social and beyond | All views are my own
Hansard Society @hansardsociety.bsky.social The UK’s independent charity working to strengthen Parliament through expert insight into how it works, why it matters, and how it can be better.
NOT the record of parliamentary debates! | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social British International Studies Association - Engaging the global international studies community. We're known for our working groups, journals, postgraduate network, funding, conference and more!
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin.
David S. Moon @daimoon.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics, teaching and writing about politics, ideology and pro-wrestling, with a bit of Wales 🏴 when I can. https://www.davidsmoon.co.uk
Ruxandra Serban @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and Qualitative Methods at Birkbeck, researching how things work in different parliaments. Co-Convener of PSA Parliaments | ruxandraserban.com
Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social Feminist, retired professor of political science, politics obsessed,cat lover, Bridge player, Italy, food.Quite annoyed about quite a few things.
Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Communication | PhD Pol. Sci. | MA Acad. Prac. | Award-winning book author & editor, peer review articles, & media comments.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/andrew-crines/
Liverpool | Yorkshire | United Kingdom
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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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
matthewbarnfield.co.uk
Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/
Mirko Palestrino @palestrinomirko.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Political Sociology @QMPoliticsIR | Military Sociology, Critical War Studies, IR Theory | Victory, Sociology of Time, War Bodies
Andrew Russell @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social Professor of Pols & ex Head University of Liverpool. ex-Poliblogmanc. Pols, parlm, elections, Roma in Europe. Coventry City & England cricket. Seldom succinct. Views own.
Kiwi Ting @kiwiting.bsky.social Political Scientist | Formerly @lsegovernment.bsky.social @UniofReading | Parliamentary studies | Political career | 🇬🇧 & 🇭🇰 politics | Views are mine
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.
Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy. https://politicalquarterly.org.uk
Stephen Holden Bates @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Birmingham, UK.
PSA Parliaments @psa-parliaments.bsky.social We are the Parliaments specialist group of the UK's Political Studies Association.
Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social Working to engage, support, and promote women who study legislative politics related to Congress, state, comparative, and international legislatures.
http://www.womeninlegislativestudies.org/
Karl Pike @karlpike.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London. Book: Getting Over New Labour.
Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405
British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science from @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org.
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BJPolS is now an open access journal and from 2025 has published continuously with no issues, just one volume per year.
The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com Britain’s oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on elections in Britain.
Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social Professor, LSE | Head of the Department of Government | Exec Council of EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social | Chair of EES @eesresearch.bsky.social | Co-Director of POAL @poalab.bsky.social | Fellow of the British Academy | Author of Tribal Politics (OUP)
History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social Writer, walker, Who and Wolves fan. Lives in Whitehaven. Lots of other things that don't begin with W. https://linktr.ee/nickbarlow He/him
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Mihail Chiru @mihailchiru.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Oxford working on legislative studies and party politics in Central and Eastern Europe and the European Parliament.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Second Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social Unofficial bot account posting whenever the House of Commons Library publishes new research and analysis.
Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social Academic working on defence policy/procurement and executive power in Westminster states. I'm aware of the typos.
UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social The United Kingdom
Constitutional Law Association.
Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social Public policy editor based in the Britain section at The Economist
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
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Made 'n' Laid @madenlaid.bsky.social Bot account tweets when made Statutory Instruments are laid before UK Parliament. Powered by librarians in the House of Commons Library. And SPARQL.
Caroline Bhattacharya @carolinebha.bsky.social Research Information Analyst, Research Strategy Office @University of Cambridge | Political scientist
Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
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Lasse Thomassen @lassethomassen.bsky.social Professor of Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London; Deputy Director (Training and Cohort Development) LISS DTP
Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social Professor of Political Theory. Technology, politics, ethics and war are my main preoccupations. Lately also the Apocalypse.
Sarah Childs @profsarahchilds.bsky.social Professor of Politics & Gender
Author of Feminist Democratic Representation (2020) with Karen Celis, award winning book
Author of The Good Parliament Report
Expert in Gender Sensitive Parliaments
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social Professor of Politics & Co-Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, U.K. / British politics, representation, public sphere / author of How to Think About Politics (2025) and The Political Class (2018)
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
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Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
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Stijn van Kessel @stijntvankessel.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Studies populism, radical right, politics of European integration. Staff page: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/vankesselstijn.html
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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
Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social "Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC
Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/
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