Will @will-rich.bsky.social EM macro watcher
@marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social
Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social News reporter at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime.
Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc.
Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.97 on Signal
Janet @janetsouthcoast.bsky.social Cats, politics, long walks in the country. Education, social policy. Woke before it was a problem and currently mystified by government’s lack of courage on EU and other policies including foreign policy.
Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him.
"Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
@labcoatjoe.bsky.social @labcoatjoe.bsky.social
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Ourkid @eekyrich.bsky.social Lurking, currently clean on OPSEC
@ralphhickman.bsky.social @ralphhickman.bsky.social Try and be nice to people, avoid eating sugar, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live in peace and harmony with people...
Shaina Sangha @shaina-sangha.bsky.social Researcher in public services team and formerly public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
Interested in immigration and asylum policy, and policymaking for groups historically underserved by the state.
Former parliamentary staffer.
LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me UK-cit ES-res European, "dangerously continental". Federalist, inc UK → Schengen, €. en fr de ca es. #FBPE. M: @littlegravitas@c.im. lgrav24[a]privateum.net. ✔️ e2e 🚫 crypto! Signal. Kagi search. No non-friend DMs. I mostly follow back - and I block back.
Sean Danaher @seand5.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Engineering Physics Northumbria University
contributor to Progressive Pulse http://www.progressivepulse.org/author/admin
and to Bylines NE https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/srandanaher/
Green Party Member
sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social freelance investigative journalist, 2024 British Journalism Awards shortlist
fact-checker & subeditor @tbij.bsky.social
they/them
András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social Hungarian-born British screenwriter.
Same hat size as Ralph Fiennes, same shoe size as Anthony Eden
As seen on the Bird App
A national security threat, according to Donald Trump
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508
Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social The perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life
He/Him
https://www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
@amackentwalks.bsky.social @amackentwalks.bsky.social
Milky Joe 🖤🤍🖤 @milkyjoe1.bsky.social Nobody
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated).
Experiments with Data Visualisation:
https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code
https://medium.com/@mariosrichards
https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
@alj8.bsky.social @alj8.bsky.social زن زندگی آزادی
Abolish the Home Office
LGBT ally
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social Lover of trams, classical music, maths, tea and cats.
Member of the cycling lobby.
🇮🇹 immigrant in 🇬🇧, dual national.
Refugees are welcome, racists are not.
Addicted to "Italian Effeminacy and Italian Nonsense" (i.e. opera, according to Jonathan Swift)
@ew6389.bsky.social @ew6389.bsky.social Here for UK immigration news and solidarity
Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social Migration and asylum policy. Plus often human rights & democratic participation. Trustee of Care Rights UK.
@tantrumizer.bsky.social @tantrumizer.bsky.social
Mairéad "Maisie" Ó Dorchaidhe @modorchaidhe.bsky.social Game developer.
Previous credits incl SSE @ Diablo 4, Destiny 2, EA Sports, Frostbite. Now micro-indie (@odorchaidhe.games)
Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste.
🟢 Gaeilge, English, 日本語
🟡 Magyarul, Español, Français
🔴 everything else
Fraser Nelson @frasernelson.bsky.social Columnist for The Times
Jonathan Potts @uccellolirico.bsky.social I post mainly about politics, especially immigration and asylum, and the arts, especially music and sometimes poetry. Ex-civil service and volsec. HO Asylum Director 1996-2000, plus ça change.
Gwen @gwenglens.bsky.social Curious follower of shiny things, prone to getting distracted by random stuff and looking for meaning in a baffling world. Learning Spanish & Swedish. Living in Portsmouth, born in Argyll & married to a Welshman; making rugby internationals interesting! 🏴🏴
Luke. @lukelovesamigrant.bsky.social 🌈 Queer Cymro in England. Married to a Canadian.
🌍 Mainly post about migrant rights, trans rights, rejoin EU and electoral reform.
💚 Green Party member. Views my own.
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Kirsti M @heritage-meisie.bsky.social Scatterling of Africa. Conservation, architecture, feminist and bibliophile. Usually found either in an archive, on a scaffold, in a ballet class, on a bike or up a hill. 🇿🇦in 🏴
jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social Francophone German speaker, actually native Brit but citizen of everywhere - it's nice to be anywhere at my age. At ease in Argentina, France, Spain, Germany and even in good old Blighty. Questing after unknown unknowns.
@justscrollers.bsky.social @justscrollers.bsky.social
Bill Moore @btm9876.bsky.social
Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social I do refugee and asylum policy at the Refugee Council, so most likely a lot of the posts will be about that.
Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me True men don't kill coyotes
https://yakopov.me
Judith Fairbairn @judithfairbairn.eurosky.social Enjoy discussing public service, UBI, voting systems, governance, urban planning.
PhD in educational measurement at UCL IoE. Career in language testing.
🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Lauren Gilbert @lgilbert.co researcher, writer, projects georg. currently: editor, indevelopmentmag.com; writer, laurenpolicy.com.
Ricky @paddington82.bsky.social 🇵🇪🇺🇸📍Londres
Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
Annoné Butler @bookishwgc.bsky.social Retired Government lawyer; reader of books; Opera aficionado; fair weather gardener; still practising Tai Chi Ch’uan. Toujours Européen.
Peter Moore @petejmoore.bsky.social 🇺🇲🇬🇧 - British-American former rail worker and US pollster, father to an autistic child. He/him.
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Huiracocha @huiracocha.bsky.social Not a symbol or a myth.
Jonathan Thomas @jtmigratory.bsky.social Senior Fellow & the Migration Researcher at the Social Market Foundation.
Many Interests but only post about migration. You have to draw the line somewhere.
Sacha Wooldridge @sachawoollegal.bsky.social Partner and Head of Immigration at Birketts LLP. London. All things economic migration and HNWI private clients. 🛫🌎 Visas. Policy. Politics. All views my own
Britain Elects @britainelects.com Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
Matt Cavanagh @mattcav.bsky.social UK government adviser. Defence, security and immigration policy.
Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social Journalist at the Economist, writing about life in Britain. Author of "Underdogs".
@mothemanc85.bsky.social @mothemanc85.bsky.social
Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol. Views my own.
COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social The University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS).
Based at the School of Anthropology.
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
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
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.
Andrew Geddes @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social Professor of Migration Studies/Director @mpc-eui.bsky.social part of @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
Coordinating the INNOVATE project https://migrationresearchtopolicy.eu
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mr2p-co-lab/
Teresa Talò @teresatalo.bsky.social I ❤️ population dynamics, migration and displacement, political behavior, and nerdy data stuff | Policy research at European Commission, previous affiliations include UNHCR, UNDESA, EUI | 🍉
Jennifer Smith @jcsmith.bsky.social Economist @WarwickUni
and QPR, rowing, cycling
Ben Brindle @benbrindle.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Migration Observatory, University of Oxford. #itfc fan, for my sins.
For media enquiries, please contact Rob McNeil.
Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Professor in #PublicSociology at Lancaster University & Chief Executive of @thesociologicalreview.org
Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
Brexitbritsabroad.org
migzen.net
#Podcast producer and host https://whodowethinkweare.org
Heather Rolfe @heather-rolfe.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @britishfuture.bsky.social
Mostly interested in immigration, employment, migrants’ new lives in UK and public attitudes
Madeleine Sumption @msumption.bsky.social Director of Migration Observatory @ University of Oxford. I research migration policy, mostly in the UK
Roger Middleton @rogermid.bsky.social Founder The PhotoBridge Project www.thephotobridgeproject.org
Also Horn of Africa research. MD Sabi Insight Ltd and Rift Valley Inst Fellow. Ex CDI, Oxfam & Chatham House.
Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford provides independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis on UK migration.
Máirtín Ó Loċlainn @mr--mo.eurosky.social Data warehouse developer for agriculture supply company. OU student, cyclist, reader, servant to three cats.
Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
🇬🇧 How is Britain doing? 👉 thetimes.com/data
🔗 https://www.thetimes.com/profile/tom-calver
📧 thomas.calver@the-times.co.uk
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Zhimon @zhimon.bsky.social A spiritual traveller. Of sorts.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social Immigration stuff mainly. Failed drummer. Apparently I can "f*** right off". Qué arte tienes.
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/
Jonathan Chaloff @jonathanchaloff.bsky.social International Migration Division OECD but personal account. 99% posts related to visa/permit policy, employment, integration, population, stats, evaluations.
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
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
Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social Updates, commentary and analysis on UK immigration and asylum law. Sign up to our weekly email newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2yNDl3r.
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social UK in a Changing Europe is an academic think tank providing impartial, research-based analysis of the critical issues facing the UK.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/
Billy @billym1987.bsky.social An imitation of dignity
CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social Wonkhe (SUs). HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. “Wasteful and inefficient for our economy”. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
Giovanni Gruni @giovannigruni.bsky.social Executive and university professor. Interested in global issues, law, finance, climate change, and world trade. 🌎Let’s be kind to each other.
Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social Award winning security researcher | Microsoft MVP x7 | Google Hall of Fame | Music & video creation |
Hacktics and Telemetry Producer |
UK Immigration (family reunion)
https://soundcloud.com/umawing
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social