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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social Professor at a University in the Fens.
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
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social Journalist at the Economist, writing about life in Britain. Author of "Underdogs".
Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
jon christian @jonchristian.net Editor at Futurism, horror/pinball enthusiast, lover of weird stuff, as previously seen in the Boston Globe, Vice, Slate, Wired etc. Please DM with tips and/or memes
Aisha Down @aishadown.bsky.social Global technology reporter at the Guardian. You can reach me securely on Signal at aishadown.57
Netpol @netpol.org Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
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Richard Palmer @royalreporter.bsky.social Royal Correspondent with 20 years’ experience of covering the UK Royal Family at home and abroad.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
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.
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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social novelist/ghostwriter/podcaster/beardo
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
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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/
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
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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.
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).
Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social Writer, artist, editor, curator
Editor: recessed.space
Teaching: UCL Bartlett
Obviously, everything here is my opinion & not that of my employers, except when I am my employer
Probs won't chat to faceless/anon/troll profiles
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social 🟦 🚨 news from museums, galleries, art, exhibitions | creator of maxwell museums newsletter 📩 | + 🟨 PR at the Design Museum (own views)
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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Associate fellow @ Chatham House.
I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
David Patrikarakos @dpatrikarakos.bsky.social Writer. Books: ‘War in 140 Characters' & 'Nuclear Iran.'
Foreign Correspondent, UnHerd
Special Correspondent, Daily Mail
Host. 90 Seconds to Midnight
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social Danish born German and Latvian indie filmmaker and retired actor. Focuses on journalism and foreign policy. Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) : 'russia' is spelled with a lowercase letter. " Kur aitas, tur vilks." https://kristiankiehling.substack.com/
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Will King @willkingexe.bsky.social
(Personal account) Teacher/professional staff at Exeter University. Sometime radio and newspaper contributor on UK and US elections. Retweets!= Endorsement. He/Him.
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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social Stop Trump. Stop Trumpism. We still resist.
https://stoptrump.org.uk/
No Sacred Cows @nosacredcows.media We're starting a much needed and overdue debate about the future of mainstream politics – no holding back, no pulling punches.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
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
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
We Own It @weownit.org.uk After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It.
https://weownit.org.uk/people-not-profit
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social Founder/director of @weownit.org.uk
Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
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
William Mata @journowillmata.bsky.social Writer
SEO Editor at LBC
Athletics / film / music fan
Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/williammata
www.standard.co.uk/author/william-mata
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
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.
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
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.
Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com Award-winning author and investigative journalist covering the intersection of sports and politics. Pre-order my new book, THE ULTIMATE STRONGMEN, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-Strongmen/Karim-Zidan/9781668225721
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/
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
David Lidington @davidlidington.bsky.social Chair: RUSI, Conservative European Forum, Koenigswinter Conference & Aurora Forum. Trustee, Institute for Govt. History, singing & hill walking enthusiast. Ex-Minister & MP.
James Sullivan @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director, Cyber, RUSI
Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Associate Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own.
RUSI biography and publications: https://t.co/wgeOUvRQdO
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social European Security at RUSI - NATO, JEF, Arctic and High North security.
All views my own
Peter Jones @peterjonesuk.bsky.social Vice Chair, MAG International. Head of Global Strategies, LSE IDEAS. Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute. Chair, British Italian Society.
Jamie MacColl @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Senior Research Associate @virtualroutes.bsky.social | Usually researching ransomware and cybercrime | Sometime indie landfill guitarist
Anne-Marie Weeden @amweeden.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, working on environmental crime, corruption and illicit finance. Chasing a healthier, happier world, for people, nature and security.
(All tweets my own, etc.)
Louise Marie Hurel @lmhurel.bsky.social Tech, Cyber diplomacy, Norms etc.
Cyber at @rusi.bsky.social & among other things.
Jazz and personal views only.
Personal website: www.louisemariehurel.com
Darya Dolzikova @ddolzikova.bsky.social Proliferation and Nuclear Policy Research Fellow at RUSI @rusi.bsky.social.
Iran nuclear; nuclear safety in warzones and military targeting of nuclear sites; some nuclear trade; other nuclear things.
💻: https://www.rusi.org/people/dolzikova
Maria Nizzero @marianizzero.bsky.social Principal for Sanctions Policy at UK Finance. Former Research Fellow at the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI. PhD in Int Relations. geopolitics, illicit finance and asset recovery.
male parta, male dilabuntur.
all views are my own.
Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI @cfs-rusi.bsky.social Specialising in the intersection of finance and global security
Tom Keatinge @keatingetom.bsky.social Director, Centre for Finance & Security at RUSI
NoChemLen @lenniep.bsky.social Posts are my own views, etc.
Peaceful use of chemicals, but against their use as weapons
Kathryn Westmore @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social Senior Associate Fellow, Centre for Finance and Security @ RUSI // Financial crime policy + regulation // Views are my own.
Joe Jarnecki @jjarnecki.bsky.social Digital security, technology and geopolitics at @rusi.bsky.social
@tashbuckley.bsky.social @tashbuckley.bsky.social
Burcu Ozcelik @burcuozcelik.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Middle East & North Africa Security @ RUSI | PhD, University of Cambridge | Armed Conflict, Extremism, Security, Democratic Theory | Views mine. London-based.
Web: https://rusi.org/people/ozcelik
@rusi.bsky.social
Balázs Gyimesi @balazsgyimesi.bsky.social RUSI Europe Communications Manager
Matthew Savill @mtsavill.bsky.social Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute; recovering former civil servant; all views expressed here are my own.
Irina Mamulashvili @irinamamulashvili.bsky.social Russia Sanctions Implementation Project Officer at RUSI | Geopolitics and Security
Jessica White @jwhite692.bsky.social Research: gender, CT, security; @RUSI Terrorism and Conflict Research Group, @ExtremismGaming, prior US Navy; views my own, RT ≠ endorsement; she/her
@piahuesch.bsky.social @piahuesch.bsky.social Research Fellow for Cyber, Technology and National Security at RUSI.
Working on UK dual use innovation, cyber and tech policy.
@smudgiemom.bsky.social @smudgiemom.bsky.social
The Royal National College for the Blind @rnc.ac.uk The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is the UK's leading Further Education college for young people aged 16-25 with visual impairment. Charity No: 1000388
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
Maya Ungar @mayaungar.bsky.social posting about all things UN & international conflict 🕊// currently UN Analyst at International Crisis Group (@crisisgroup.org) // she/her // all views are my own
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com
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
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Distinction Support @distinctionsupport.org A global group of partners of trans & non binary people supporting each other.
Part of the TRUK group of organisations
TRUK Avril @avril-lgbtqia.bsky.social Wife of @lucyclark.bsky.social, co-founder Trans Radio UK/TRUK Listens/TRUK United FC, vocal Trans Ally, owner @distinctionsupport.org, proud mum, nan & intersectional feminist. She/Her, Cis
Gemma Parry @gemmaparry4.bsky.social Freelance Journalist and Qualified Mental Health Nurse | Ex BBCWales & WalesOnline NPT reporter | Wales Media Awards Winner | Words MailOnline, Nursing Times & others | #cardifftrained
Swansea via Merthyr Tydfil
Adrianne Webster @adriannewebster.bsky.social Freelance journalist and editor covering lifestyle news and trends for Homes & Interiors Scotland, Stylist, HuffPost, The Independent, etc. Scotland 📌 adriannebwebster@gmail.com 💌
Jack D 🏳️🌈 @jackdunc1.bsky.social JackDunc1 on the bird app
London, UK
LGBTQ+ rights 🏳️🌈 // a gay boy // 🏉 @Harlequins season ticket // ⚽ @LFC // vice chair & comms lead @QuinsPride 🏉🃏 // he/him