Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
Sarah Ditum @sarahditum.bsky.social Writer, Sunday Times (and UnHerd and the Critic)
TOXIC: WOMEN, FAME AND THE NOUGHTIES out 26 October https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toxic-Sarah-Ditum-ebook/dp/B09ZT37CVW
Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social South African in Scotland. Will probably post about politics/movies/tennis/rugby/gay nonsense.
https://letterboxd.com/JordanP/
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social Champagne socialist. UK politics, foreign affairs & overreacting to stuff we'll all have forgotten about in a week.
Ian Mulheirn @ianmulheirn.bsky.social Economics and policy
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.
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
IPR @uniofbathipr.bsky.social A leading public policy research institute, based at the University of Bath. We aim to further the public good through research into issues of significant relevance to policy debate and decision-making.
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Tony Wilson @wilsontony.bsky.social Employment, labour markets and social inclusion. Personal views etc.
Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own. - K Kayte Lawton @kaytelawton.bsky.social Child poverty, strategy, improvement etc. at Save The Children UK
Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social 📊🗺🗳 Poll aggregation and election analysis in Europe #EP2029
📧 contact@europeelects.eu
SimonFraser @simonfraser00.bsky.social Chair of Chatham House. Founding partner of Flint Global. Former Perm Sec at UK Foreign Office and Business Department.
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Marc Stears @mds49.bsky.social Political theorist, author, speechwriter, campaigner. Director UCL Policy Lab.
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thangamdebbonaire
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Jim McCormick @jimmccormick.bsky.social CEO at The Robertson Trust, an independent funder for Scotland on Poverty and Trauma. Also on LinkedIn. No longer on the site known for tweets. All things solving poverty. Likes: walks by water, music, film, Morton FC. In Glasgow, born Dublin. Joined 08/24
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
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JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation. Previous lives at the Bank of England and in the civil service. Focussed on all things economic-policy related.
Institute for Employment Studies @employmentstudies.bsky.social IES is a centre for research and evidence-based consultancy in labour market analysis, employment, education and HR policy and practice.
Rick Muir @rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social Policing Advisor at the UK Home Office. Previously Director of the Police Foundation and Associate Director at IPPR. Dad. From Teesside #UTB.
Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.
Henry Asher @henryasher.bsky.social 16 year old interested in religion, philosophy and spiritual jazz.
Saxophonist
Centre for the Analysis of Taxation @centaxuk.bsky.social The Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) is dedicated to improving public understanding of tax policy and helping to design a better tax system
centax.org.uk
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC
Joe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social General Secretary of The Fabian Society. Formerly IPPR, Learning & Work Institute and Central London Forward. Recovering Cllr. Passionate about good work, inclusive growth & tackling inequality.
Mathew Lawrence @mathewlawrence.bsky.social Founder & Director @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
https://www.common-wealth.org/
Co-author of Planet on Fire & Owning the Future
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/authors/lawrence-mathew
Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social Director of Insight & Policy at JRF | previously NEF & IPPR | "all models are wrong, but some are useful" (G Box)
Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social Putting fairness at the heart of public debate and policymaking in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/FairnessFoundation
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Lee David Evans @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social Podcasting and writing about post-war British politics. Ramsden Fellow at Mile End Institute.
Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk Political Scientist at the University of Manchester
Co-Director of the British Election Study
https://www.jack-bailey.co.uk
Michael Kenny @michaelkenny.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy, Inaugural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Author
The Economist @economist.com News and analysis with a global perspective, since 1843. We’re here to help you understand the world around you. Subscribe here: https://econ.st/4fAeu4q
Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social Child Poverty Action Group is the leading charity campaigning for an end to child poverty in the UK.
UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social Based at the University of Glasgow, we exist to help prepare the next generation of policymakers by sharing evidence, nurturing skills and creating spaces for fresh thinking.
Website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/publicpolicy
Spotlight podcast 💡 www.uofgspotlight.com
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
linktr.ee/common.wealth
Carys Roberts @carysroberts.bsky.social
Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social Head of UK Policy at responsible investment campaign group Share Action | ex Director: High Pay Centre think tank | author: 'Enough - Why it's time to abolish the super rich'
Book via https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745348568/enough
Susanna Abse @susannaabse.bsky.social #coupletherapist #Psychoanalysis - Posting Good News. Co-Director, Queen Anne St Practice London Author of Tell Me the Truth about Love. @EburyPublishing Trustee @FreudMusLondon. Chair, British Psychoanalytic Council (2018-21)
Louise Bazalgette, Nesta @loubazalgette.bsky.social All things early years, education and parenting 🐥 On a mission to reduce inequality 🚀 Deputy Director, A Fairer Start mission @nestauk.bsky.social Views here my own.
James Crabtree @jamescrabtree.bsky.social Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. ecfr fellow. foreign policy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard.
Ben Harrison @benrharrison.bsky.social Director of the Work Foundation. Former Centre for Cities and IPPR. Born in Newcastle, working in London, married to Buenos Aires. All views my own.
Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social Official account of Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We campaign for peace & justice for Palestinians in support of international law & human rights & against all racism. RT≠endorsement
Medical Aid for Palestinians @medicalaidpal.bsky.social 40 years of supporting the health and dignity of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
UK Charity No. 1045315
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine.
👉 https://linktr.ee/standingtogether.en
Chris Murray @chrismurraymp.bsky.social MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Wes Streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Labour MP for Ilford North. Former Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social
Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
Ravilious @ravilious1942.bsky.social A tribute to the British artist Eric Ravilious (1903-1942).
Josh Simons MP @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social Dad, Husband, and MP for Makerfield | Author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Algorithms-People-Democracy-Age-AI/ | josh.simons.mp@parliament.uk
Michael Ward @michael954.bsky.social Biographer of Beatrice and Sidney Webb.
Previously Deputy Leader, Greatr London Council; Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies.
Now Chair, Arundel and South Downs Labour Party
www.michaelward.eu
Carey Oppenheim @careyoppenheim.bsky.social Working at the Nuffield Foundation on Young People, Early Childhood, former CEO, Early Intervention Foundation. Views my own.
Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
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/
Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk Glasgow then and now
Ben Rogers @ben-rog.bsky.social Urbanist & writer; Professor @UoL University of London; Distinguished Fellow @LSECities; Founding Director
@CentreforLondon; Chair @DesignSouthEast. Interests include Citizenship, public realm, urban government and democracy, sustainable urbanism, London
Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social The home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change.
Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party.
http://mainstreamlabour.org/
Steve Reich @stevereich.bsky.social
FT Weekend @ftweekend.com The best of Financial Times Weekend journalism, from Life & Arts and HTSI magazine to House & Home, FTWeekend Magazine, FT Money and FT Globetrotter
https://www.ft.com/life-arts
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.
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/- D Political Musing @d24517.bsky.social I enjoy reposting and commenting on articles of note. UK based.
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
Brighton Toy and Model Museum @brightontoymuseum.bsky.social Home to over 12,000 toys and models from the Golden Age of British and European toy making
Tue - Fri (10am - 5pm) Sat (11am - 5pm)
https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk
https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Trafalgar_Street_Regeneration_Project
Brighton News @brightonnews.bsky.social A self run news account on Brighton News!
Brighton, UK 📍
Specialising in engaging news for college and university students in Brighton 🎄
To contribute your own Story/Idea or give your photography of the city, please email us at:
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca
Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social Former economist and civil servant. Former (age related) national cycling champion. Still a music fan. Sewn up member of the Zipper Club.
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social 'Fiercely hetrosexual for bluesky'
Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
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.