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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.
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Paddy McAlary @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social Historian of medieval Ireland and Britain @cam.ac.uk
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John Kell @jmkpolicy.bsky.social Transport policy in local government. Some local radio on the side. Personal views.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
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