Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Ben Lindsay OBE @benlindsayobe.bsky.social Ben Lindsay OBE founder of the Charity Times Charity of the Year for 2023 - www.powerthefight.org.uk. PhD Candidate Durham Uni. Author. Chelsea supporter. www.benlindsay.co.uk
Claire Murdoch CBE @clairecnwl.bsky.social Proud mum of two sons, 4 decades working NHS Mental Health / community services. Dog Lover, Registered MH nurse, HonDoc Middlesex Uni. Love my choir!
Prof. Carlene Firmin @carlenefirmin.bsky.social Prof of Social Work, Durham University
Founder, Contextual Safeguarding
James Scurry @jamesscurry.com Producer | Sky News
Co-founder | Safely Held Spaces
Senior Fellow | John Schofield Trust
Trainer in Trauma-Informed Newsrooms
Psychotherapist - helping journalists and newsrooms to thrive
London | linktr.ee/jamesscurry
Crest Advisory @crest-advisory.bsky.social A purpose-driven team of experts dedicated to improving justice, policing and public safety.
Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
www.youthendowmentfund.org.uk
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.
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
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.
soniasodha.com
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
Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social Policy wonk, spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
Tim Waters @adanson1763.bsky.social Takie będą Rzeczypospolite, jakie ich młodzieży chowanie.
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️
Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast🎙️Author 📚
Alex Wickham @alexwickham.bsky.social Political Editor at Bloomberg in London
Ed Dorrell @eddorrell.bsky.social Partner at Public First (education, levelling up and Labour). Quant, qual, political comms. Ex-journo at @tes. Still write a lot.
Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social CEO, Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team. Governor, Health Foundation.
What I do: applied research, venture building, policy. Particularly in net zero, education and health.
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Marc Stears @mds49.bsky.social Political theorist, author, speechwriter, campaigner. Director UCL Policy Lab.
Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics.
Matt Chorley @mattchorley.bsky.social 📻BBC Radio 5 Live weekdays 2pm-4pm
🇺🇸Americanswers Mondays BBC Sounds
🎤Stand-up shows coming in 2025
✍️Subscribe to mailing list mattchorley.com
Iain Brennan @iainbrennan.bsky.social Professor of Criminology at University of Hull, UK. Violence research and prevention. Institutional Lead for Open Research.
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
Thomas Abt @thomasabt.bsky.social Author, BLEEDING OUT. Founding Director, VRC. Associate Research Professor, UMD. Senior Fellow, CCJ. Opinions, my own.
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social Economist & public safety expert. Author, The Science of Second Chances. Host/author, @ProbCausation podcast & substack. Passionate about ROI.
https://jenniferdoleac.com
David Spencer @davespencer.bsky.social Head of Crime & Justice for Westminster think tank, Co-founder @Police_Now, Previously @metpoliceuk police officer, “Not a terrible human”, “Common sense personified”
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.
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.
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Tom Chivers @tomchivers.bsky.social "Far too nice to be a journalist," per Terry Pratchett. Lead writer on Semafor's Flagship newsletter. DMs open; chiversthomas(a)gmail.
Latest book, Everything is Predictable: geni.us/EIPBook
Podcast, The Studies Show: https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com
Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social I am UK/Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. Police, prisons, law, crime and terrorism. Before that Moscow Correspondent so still post about Russia/Ukraine.
Laura Knight @ljknight.bsky.social Criminology, violence prevention for children and young people, place-based approaches, "what works" and evidence synthesis.
Head of Toolkit, https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk
Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social Writer & Observer columnist. Latest book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A work of immense scholarship” – Jon Bloomfield. Website: https://kenanmalik.com/
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
Gavin Hales @gmhales.bsky.social Researching/discussing policing, crime and the criminal justice system. Senior Associate Fellow @policefoundationuk.bsky.social but my own views.
Based in London, UK.
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social Former crime and justice reporter, The Washington Post. Big fan of sports, music, comedy, sleeping, not necessarily in that order.
Tom Symonds @tomsymonds.bsky.social BBC Political and News Correspondent. Particular interests in crime, justice, policing. TV, Radio and Web. tom.symonds@bbc.co.uk
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
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
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
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