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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Views are my own. Cambridge based. https://housingforum.org.uk/
Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social Housing & Society Correspondent at The i Paper
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis
Aaron Reeves @aaronreeves.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, LSE - http://aaronreeves.org/ - New Book: Born to Rule: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674257719
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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social Journalist. Sunderland Uni visiting prof. England's North East Riviera.
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Kate Mansey @katemansey.bsky.social Royal Editor and Assistant Editor of The Times of London
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James Somerville @jamessomervlle.bsky.social Head of Policy at NPC. Interested in evidence-based policy, climate, local growth, and green jobs. Views are my own. He/Him.
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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social Director of Communications, Institute for Government
Dan Corry @danrcorry.bsky.social Public policy and economics. Special adviser for last Labour government including HMT and No 10. Former boss NPC, a charity think tank and consultancy. Chair of Carers Trust charity. Author of 'Tales of the Unelected' - https://www.dancorrywriter.com/
Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social Associate Director in the public services team
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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
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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/
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
David Yelland @davidyelland.bsky.social Founded Kitchen Table Partners, edited newspapers in London and New York. Presenter ‘When it Hits the Fan’ @BBCRadio4, @BBCSounds. @ManCity Blue.
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Ed Owen @ed-owen.bsky.social Political strategist for @labourtogether.bsky.social. Fellow of @ThirdWay.bsky.social & @AtlanticCouncil.bsky.social. Ex-UK government adviser, always Man City 🩵 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Sarah Mulley @sarahmulley.bsky.social Policy, strategy; migration, communities
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.
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.
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.
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Steve Webb @stevewebb1.bsky.social Pensions Minister 2010-15; Partner LCP; all posts personal views steve.webb@lcp.uk.com; YouTube channel: @stevewebbexplains
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics.
Becky Allen @profbeckyallen.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Teacher Tapp, surveying over 12,000 teachers every day.
Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social Former Lib Dem London Mayoral candidate. Breaking Putin's censorship
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.
Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social History Correspondent and Diary Editor for The Times
Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social Chief Economist, Institute for Government
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71.bsky.social Behaviour advisor to the UK Department of Education. Founder of researchED. Professor of School Behaviour. Academica University of Applied Science.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
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Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
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Francis Elliott @franciselliott.bsky.social Journalist and author, editor of The House.
Sally Warren @sallywarren.bsky.social DG 10 Year Health Plan at DHSC, working with NHSE. Ex Director of Policy at The King’s Fund. All things health and social care. Views my own. Requotes not always an endorsement.
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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
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Anna Trethewey @annatreth.bsky.social Perennial edu nerd. Now exec director at AQA, previously a mixed bag of assorted items: policy wonk, strategy head, teacher.
Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social Recovering English teacher, headteacher, and union baron. Chiefly: food, books, Shakespeare, oracy, articles of interest … and gratuitous pics of border terrier Molly B.
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social I write the Guardian’s Politics Live blog
Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social Lib Dem Life Peer. Party President 2020-5. Author, "Polling UnPacked" / http://www.theweekinpolls.co.uk / https://libdemnewswire.substack.com / imprint + privacy http://markpack.org.uk/legal-privacy / he/him
Theo Bertram @theobertram.bsky.social Director of the Social Market Foundation
Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social Pre-order TRADE WORLD! https://lnk.to/TradeWorldBook
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social Former Treasury official
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social Not an MP.
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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social Investigations Editor: ITV News. Author: Left to Rot (2026) out now.
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Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com
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Natasha Porter OBE @natashaporter.bsky.social CEO and founder Unlocked Graduates
Board for Children’s Commissioner, Impetus, Get Further & The Times Crime and Justice commissioner. Young Australian of the year in the UK 2025.
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Patrick Flynn @patrickjfl.bsky.social Pollster and Senior Data Journalist at Focaldata. Hoping this platform takes off. (he/him) 🏳️🌈 patrick@focaldata.com
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com Education policy analyst. Host of 'Inside Your Ed' podcast (www.insideyoured.com). Former teacher, think tank director and government advisor. Follow my work here: https://linktr.ee/tomrichmond
Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, Sky News
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social Director of Education at No More Marking, an ed tech start-up. Author of 3 books about education & 1 about football. West Ham & cricket fan.
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Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social Columnist & broadcaster. Presenting for BBC Radio 4, news reviews for This Morning & Sky News. Highly commended/shortlisted Society of Editors' Commentator of the Year 2023 & 2024.
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Tom Whipple @whippletom.bsky.social Science at The Times
My book, about the radio war: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787634132?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_NPXKFD6KQ3B2P603N1ZN
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.
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Steven Swinford @stevenswinford.bsky.social Political Editor, The Times
Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Email: Rachel.sylvester@observer.co.uk
Paul Waugh MP @paulwaughmp.bsky.social Labour and Co-operative MP for Rochdale
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