Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social Public policy editor based in the Britain section at The Economist
Patrick English @patrick-pme.bsky.social YouGov guy earning paychecks by researching public opinion, projecting elections, doing MRPs, running campaign and comms testing and development, figuring out how AI can help measure public opinion, and being a talking head in the media.
Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre
President, British Polling Council
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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.
Shanti Das @shantidas.bsky.social Senior investigations reporter, The Times. Previously: The Observer / The Sunday Times. Orwell prize for exposing Britain’s social evils 2023
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Freya Marshall Payne @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social Orwell Prize-winning writer and DPhil researching women's homelessness at Oxford. I am especially interested in oral history and life-writing. I've written for the TLS, Guardian, Prospect etc | she/her
Jenny Kleeman @jennykleeman.bsky.social Journalist & broadcaster @guardian @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds. Author of SEX ROBOTS & VEGAN MEAT and THE PRICE OF LIFE. http://jennykleeman.substack.com
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC, Blueskyism, 'Contractor'.
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
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Kaz Self 🏳️⚧️ @kazself.com * Labour Councillor for Southmead, Bristol, UK
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Peter West @peterfwest.bsky.social European. Family guy. Live music enthusiast. Veteran of the mobile telecoms industry.
North Easterner living in exile in the Thames Valley
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously).
Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social "Former energy czar" - the Guardian. "Energy big brain" - Politico.
Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social Policy and programme adviser at Belong, the Cohesion and Integration Network. Associate fellow at British Future
Interests: employment, immigration, integration and cohesion policy, heritage, elections, Ukraine, textiles, ceramics.
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John Darvall @johndarvall.bsky.social No longer active here... but on Instagram under my name.
Councillor Mike Bell @ldmikebell.bsky.social Leader of North Somerset Council, Liberal Democrat councillor for Weston-super-Mare Central, United Kingdom. https://linktr.ee/ldmikebell
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
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Dan Aldridge MP @danaldridgemp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare
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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 
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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/
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social 'Fiercely hetrosexual for bluesky'
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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
Andy Davies @andydavies4.bsky.social Channel 4 News Wales Correspondent (also covering west of England)
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Alex Seabrook @alexgseabrook.bsky.social Local democracy reporter covering Bristol and South Gloucestershire
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
Esther Bintliff @estherbintliff.bsky.social UK editor, The New York Times. Born in Bradford, raised in Durham, now in London.
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Andrew Lynch @andrewtlynch.bsky.social Journalist for 40 years. Grieving in Bristol. Always of Hong Kong. Citizen of the world. “Hiding behind bottles in dark cafes." https://justaboutbooks.com/organiser/
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