Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social Journalist (FT, Times, Guardian), author and copywriter.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social South West England via Spain and the Midlands - but made in NW5.
Trying hard not to give in to despair
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Aisling McNamara @aisling7468.bsky.social
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
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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
Mariadele Boccardi @mariadele.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature at UWE Bristol. Neo-Victorianism, ecocriticism, colonial writing. Lover of country houses. Agatha Christie fan.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social Annoying journalist, bestselling author, sweary podcaster and so forth. New Book: 31 Inventions That Built Our World (UK, out now) / A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions (US, 13 October).
Emilie @emiliesilverwood.bsky.social Parenting column @CambridgeIndy & B2B freelance marketing consultant. Social media & online safety for children. River swimming bore. Views are all mine.
Bert Dalziel @bertdalziel.bsky.social Britain’s best and most influential bluesky account.
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Tomás @tomascuervo.bsky.social Still a random chap on the internet.
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
@uncivil-s.bsky.social @uncivil-s.bsky.social Barrister, ex-public sector, semi-demi-retired, various legal part time jobs. Legal interests public law, housing and some property, crime, statutes, and most other things. Lives Birmingham and on Dartmoor, works London and South. Owns 26 suits. Has sons.
Ruth @bouledenerfs.bsky.social The black and white cat is called Penny
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Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social Retired barrister (England + Wales) https://www.5sblaw.com/news/all-at-5-stone-buildings-wish-barbara-rich-well-on-her-retirement-from-practice/ law, legal history, public understanding of law. Londoner
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Pigeon Feathers @pydzh.bsky.social Top of the West, always cool, the best
Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
PhotoGlow @photoglow.bsky.social PhotoGlow: Gloucestershire Photography, especially people & places, often in low light & fast moving conditions. Creates amazing photo-mosaics #ADHD
Ryan @thatryanchap.bsky.social Am I back? Perhaps…..
Philip Redhair @philipredhair.bsky.social Enthusiast for many things (master of none)
Jan van de Rieth @jvdrieth.bsky.social European mongrel. Interested in macro, data analytics, chess, food, fishing, Asia (especially Malaysia and China), wine, cricket and mental health. Recovering Big 5 consultant (there were 5 back then...).
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social Peace in Europe begins with the defeat of Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Claire McCann @clumperino.bsky.social Still a feministy, human rightsy type. Working in policy. Riding bikes. Enjoying snark. Keeping an eye on Windsor Framework/NI Protocol. Don't do socials much these days. All views my own etc. She/her.
St George @stgeorge.bsky.social Been here a while ...
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
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Alex Proudfoot @alex.ihe.ac.uk Chief Executive of Independent Higher Education - https://ihe.ac.uk
Passionate about the power of learning, language, philosophy, comedy, music, and the greatest of all art forms, disco.
Still believes in truth, beauty, tolerance and humanity. Just.
Hugh Shanahan @hughshanahan.bsky.social Professor of Open Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He/Him/Hugh. Co-chair of CODATA-RDA schools. Dad. Irish agus ó Chiarraí. More details at orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-6015. Also at @HughShanahan@mastodon.ie
I am very much under renovation.
Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk- A @ajlandrea.bsky.social @ajlandrea.bsky.social
Anthony Wells @anthonyjwells.bsky.social Global Head of Politics at YouGov. Dartfordian. Hates agree-disagree statements.
Matt Bellingham @mattbellingham.bsky.social Creative things - University of Portsmouth, was Open University and the University of Wolverhampton. https://mattbport.github.io/homepage/
Tony Dowson @tonydowson5.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, British and short.
Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social We are cats.
Phil Griffiths @philgriffiths.uk A very outdoorsy geek who's interested in pretty much everything.
Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Proudly repping British industry and the Black Country. Trade unionist, mama, runner, reader
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Andrew Sharpe @tmt-lawyer.bsky.social Former RAF engineer turned technology, media and telecommunications lawyer. England & Wales solicitor working in-house for b2b division of international telco.
Probably ASD/ADHD, but too old now to bother getting formal diagnosis.
Was @TMT_Lawyer on X.
Sara @sara-evans.bsky.social
Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social 📍Bristol, England / 🌿 Green councillor for St George West on Bristol City Council / 🧩 Green Group Organiser (Whip) / 🅿️ Chair of Kerbside and Parking Strategy Task and Finish Group / 🏷 Agnostic, agonist, English, left populist, republican, secularist
Thomas House @tah-sci.com Professor of Mathematical Sciences, working mainly on epidemiology although partial to a bit of non-commutative algebra, social science and basic biology.
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Anthony Cox @anthonycox.info Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance. Educationalist. Researcher. Pharmacist. Male Homo sapien. https://www.anthonycox.info
Tratten @trattenrabbit.bsky.social Look at my paws.
Michael Absoud @mabsoud.bsky.social Paediatrician @EvelinaLondon ,clinical academic @KingsCollegeLon, Neurodevelopmental,epilepsy, long term conditions, mental health:Views personal #Recovery4Kids
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
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James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
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Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja.bsky.social ✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere
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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.
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social Professor of Int’l & EU Law, Diplomatic Academy Vienna. Past: Prof., founding Director CIGAD at King's College London, specialist adviser House of Lords EU Select Committee, Référendaire CJEU
Nicole Sykes @nicolesykes.bsky.social Charities, charts, cats.
Director of Strategy, Impact and Innovation at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈
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
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
Tom Hamilton @tomhamilton.bsky.social Not all views my own. I disagree with lots of views.
Rainy @rainy101.bsky.social I come in peace
Gareth @cadmarch.bsky.social Still not followed by anyone you’re following.
Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social The bloke who presents the BBC Radio 4 PM programme as well as the Bottom Line. And Dragons Den on BBC1. I try to be reasonable, but it is sometimes a struggle.
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think?
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social Sovereign Debt “veteran” (retd.) apparently. Finance stuff, opinions and Bottlejob FC.
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Rufus Spivey Green @rufussg.bsky.social Sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit. Delusional optimist, pro-human prosperity, don’t like golf. Building more houses will solve all our problems
Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Associate fellow @ Chatham House.
I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social Founder & Principal, Crosscurrent Capital. Queasy metropolitan liberal. “Economist” -
@t0nyyates. Starting something new. tomas.hirst[at]crosscurrentcapitallimited.com
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Prof François Balloux @proffballoux.bsky.social Scientist, gym bro, sometimes annoying
Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social "Oh, hello!"
Left of centre. Irish European. Runs a bit. Likes watching cricket, some gaming. Shy and Retired. Married, four Gen-Zs kids. He/him, and the B in LGBT.
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.
Hannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social The most scandalocious little fish in the sea
Sarah Duggers @sarahduggers.bsky.social If Kate Middleton went feral and lived behind some bins.
Victoria Smith @glosswitch.bsky.social Feminist. Author of Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-aged Women and Unkind: How 'Be Kind' Entrenched Sexism. Totally cheery apart from all that.
Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social SWE building decision intelligence for gov + health + social care / PhD 18c History / Social Democrat / gam zu l'tovah. ✡️ 🇬🇧 in 🇳🇿 (Waimauku)
Rob Corp @robcorp.bsky.social I’m a journalist, because as Terry Pratchett said, it’s indoor work with no heavy lifting
Marina @marstrina.bsky.social I'm sorry to be so difficult, but I'm afraid the truth is that I am.
Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social Jewish. Deputy Editor of Jewish News. Resh Galuta of Bluesky. Regular entrant on the NY Times Bestseller List of Unpublished Books. All opinions are mine.
Kevin @caoimhinof.bsky.social Popular with friends
Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social Totali mysterioso. Total count
"Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios"
@sigourneybeaver @sigourneybeaver.bsky.social Store brought woman.
becca @boodleoops.bsky.social Underneath that dress, her heart was really made of stone