Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social Public policy editor based in the Britain section at The Economist
Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social Journalist at the Financial Times, ex London Centric. Not the former chancellor. Email me on rachel.rees@ft.com
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
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Red Brick @redbrickblog.bsky.social The place for progressive housing debate
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Anthony @timesflow.bsky.social Rootless cosmopolitan | Reading wildly | 'Obscure enough to be left in the sweetest of solitudes.' — De Quincey
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Dominic McGrath @mcgrathdominic.bsky.social UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone
Dónal Griffin @donalgriffin.bsky.social Bloomberg News finance reporter in London.
Tips at dgriffin10@bloomberg.net//Signal: donalgriffin.97
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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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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk Labour MP for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and former nurse. For help & support please email kevin.mckenna.mp@parliament.uk with your name and address.
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Ethan Shone @ethanshone.bsky.social Investigative reporter with @openDemocracy covering political finance, lobbying and influence in UK politics
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Samantha Booth @samanthajbooth.bsky.social Deputy editor at Schools Week • mainly investigating SEND and inclusion • Sam is fine • Press Awards specialist journalist of 2025 • @schoolsweek.bsky.social
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com Financial Investigations Editor at the Financial Times.
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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social Journalist.
Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian | Tips: henry.dyer@theguardian.com/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/🚂/CofE
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Matilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome and writing for The House magazine
🖊️ about education (and a few other things) | prev Reporter @ Tes
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Sammy Gecsoyler @sammygecsoyler.bsky.social news reporter @guardian - reach me on sammy.gecsoyler@theguardian.com
Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Nathan Gower @nathanjgower.bsky.social BBC audio journalist working on, amongst other programmes, More or Less.
Trying to make a career out of splicing together complex explanations with stupid, stupid jokes. Results pending.
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Phil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social 🎙️ Host - Football Vision Podcast. I also talk about Arsenal for Arseblog and Arsenal Vision Podcast. SCOUTED.
Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social Head of Policy at Britain Remade.
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Samir Jeraj @sajeraj.bsky.social Reporter and author. Writing on policy for The New Statesman. Commissioning editor for Hyphen. Senior Fellow John Schofield Trust. Swimmer with locs
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Adelle Waldman @adellewaldman.bsky.social author of the novels “Help Wanted” and “The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.”
Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social Deputy editor of The House magazine in Parliament.
Eddie Hughes @eddiehughes.bsky.social Former Housing Minister engaging mostly in housing stuff. 🏠
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
Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social Political sketch writer at the New Statesman.
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
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.
Inside Housing Management @ihmanagement.bsky.social The go-to source for learning, information and ideas for housing managers www.insidehousingmanagement.co.uk
Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield🌹
🏏 Still an occasional cricketer.
Always a Pro-European.
www.andrewlewin.co.uk
@matthewpearce.bsky.social @matthewpearce.bsky.social journalist @guardian
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Please do send stories to: matthew.pearce@guardian.co.uk
Philip Barnes @pbarnes.bsky.social Housing, Land, Planning, Economics, Boro.
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social Editor in Chief of the New Statesman
Review 31 @review31.bsky.social An online literary review. Est. 2011
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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social Award-winning freelance financial journalist & writer. Likes politics, policy & personal finance 🌻 Ⓥ https://www.laurapurkess.co.uk
Andy Plowman @minsterman.bsky.social I kept my name, I kept my name. La la la la, I kept my name. Still sporadic tweets about the built environment, cricket, Yorkshire and music. Biog contains 100% recycled material.
Nick Walkley @homesnickw.bsky.social Cities, local growth, housing, regeneration & development. MDANT
Nye Jones @nyejones92.bsky.social Head of Campaigns at Generation Rent, campaigning for security and affordability for tenants across the UK.
Previously Homeless Link and We Are With You.
Wrexham fan before it was cool.
Melissa York @melyorktt.bsky.social Assistant Property Editor at The Times & Sunday Times. Proud #housingnerd and dachshund obsessive. Message me or email me at melissa.york@thetimes.co.uk
Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Email: matthew.pennycook.mp@parliament.uk
Polly Neate @pollyneate.bsky.social Strategist, coach, mentor. Civil society leadership. Former CEO Shelter & Women’s Aid. NED Young Women’s Trust, Women in Sport, Wessex Local Medical Committees, feminist, paraclimber, podcaster, writer, speaker
Rachael Williamson @rachaelwhsg.bsky.social Director of policy, communications & external affairs Chartered Institute of Housing. Trustee Citizens Advice East Herts. Former civil servant HM Govt. Passionate about social justice and quality, affordable homes as a foundation for life.
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Former boss of CPS think tank and CapX, Sunday columnist for The Times, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.
Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social The landlords’ Landlord - Tearing the singlets of Housing Providers across the U.K. and more 🇬🇧🧏🏽♂️ Email: Kwajohousing@gmail.com
Jamie Ratcliff @jamrat.co.uk Interested in politics, policy, communities, making the UK better, #UKHousing, Norwich City FC and whisky.
Ben Twomey @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social Former Chief Executive of Generation Rent, presenter on Policing TV, views my own.
Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social Director, Marie Colvin Center, Stony Brook University, columnist at the i paper, ex-dep ed Sunday Times, IPSO member
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Tom Scotson @tomscotson.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome
serafina @serafinakenny.bsky.social freelance writer and journalist at Made For Mums | 📩 serafinadkenny@gmail.com / serafina.kenny@immediate.co.uk
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social Political cartoonist
Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com FT columnist, writing about work, technology & economics.
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social
Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social History Correspondent and Diary Editor for The Times
Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
🇬🇧 How is Britain doing? 👉 thetimes.com/data
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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.
Rebecca Evans @rrrebeccaevans.bsky.social Head of infrastructure, Ing Media
Infrastructure, construction, housing, real estate. Place, people, policy. Music and words. South London enthusiast.
Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social Poetry Critic for the Sunday Times. Anglican Priest. Poetry Collection, "Dirt Rich", out from Carcanet. TLS contributor since 2010. All views very much my own.
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.
Josh Mcloughlin @drjoshmcloughlin.bsky.social Writer, editor and scholar ⁍ PhD in early modern literature from UCL ⁍ Words: The Fence, New Statesman, Prospect, The Times, Engelsberg Ideas, The London Magazine &c ⁍ Editor: New Critique ⁍ London via Merseyside
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Andrew Norton @andrewjnorton.bsky.social Australian higher education policy
andrewnorton.id.au
Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Hon FRIBA • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial
Samir Chadha @samir.help (blue)jorts enthusiast
Sam Knight @myprivateatlas.bsky.social Staff writer at the New Yorker, Letters from the U.K, "The Premonitions Bureau." Find me on Substack: https://myprivateatlas.substack.com/
Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social Writer @newyorker. Author of "The Moth and the Mountain" and "Two Hours". "The Comet" will be published in February 2027. https://celadonbooks.com/book/the-comet/
Ella Fox-Martens @ellafoxmartens.bsky.social I help make books at Simon & Schuster UK. Writing in The Atlantic, TLS, Baffler, Drift, etc.
Emily Lawford @emilylawford.bsky.social Online editor at the New Statesman
Jack Aldane @jackaldane.bsky.social ✒️Writer | 🎙️ Host & Producer of The Booking Club, My Martin Amis and The Lit Path | “A one-man Goalhanger.”
Speak Volumes Substack🔗: https://jackaldane.substack.com/
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🎧 @mymartinamis.bsky.social
🎧 @thelitpath.bsky.social
Patrick Galbraith @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social Author of Uncommon Ground, 2025, William Collins
Columnist for The Critic & Country Life
Environment Correspondent for The Telegraph
Pratinav Anil @pratinavanil.bsky.social historian, feuilletonist, clubland habitué, judgemental judge
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social Facts, features, fiction, etc. Buy a subscription to the UK's Only Magazine here: https://www.the-fence.com/shop/
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
Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social Editor of PoliticsHome. Sometimes heard on our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: adam.payne@politicshome.com & DMs.
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Sarah Larson @asarahlarson.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
Fred Studemann @frederick65.ft.com FT lit ed (“workaholic” - Private Eye)