RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.
Ian Jons @ian-jons.bsky.social Radio presenter now working for www.solarradio.com after working at various ILR Stations & Soul stations.
Catch me on Monday mornings from 8am & Saturdays from 2pm.
I also do voluntary work for Mental Health Awareness & I speak from personal experience
Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com
Previously seen at Onward and FT. Author of Broken Heartlands and The Fall of Boris Johnson.
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
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.
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social Director of the London Defence Conference. Engelsberg Ideas editor. Weekly newsletter at Reaction on Substack. Author.
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Henry Newman @henrynewman.bsky.social Runs TheWhitehallProject on Substack, former Uk Government adviser, ran think tank Open Europe
Sign up at https://whitehallproject.substack.com/
Ben Obese-Jecty MP @benobesejecty.bsky.social Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | Former British Army Officer
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk
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
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Charlotte Vere @charlottevere.bsky.social Former Minister 2016-2024 (HMT, aviation, maritime, roads, buses, transport devolution). House of Lords.
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.
Sabrina Miller @sabrisunmiller.bsky.social Award winning journalist 🏆 The Mail 🗞️ 24 🎂Spilling tea + sipping coffee ☕ Views own: Tip? Story? Abuse? sabrina.miller@mailonsunday.co.uk ✏️
Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social Head of Policy at Britain Remade.
Sam Bowman @sambowman.co Editor of www.worksinprogress.co and head of publishing at Stripe. Just here to have fun.
Flora Coleman @floetry.bsky.social Global financial services and tech policy, regulation, & growth
Formerly known as Flora-from-the-Lords in Westminster, and @floetry in ‘the bad place’.
Interested in global politics, tech, payments, banking, feminism, female health, DEI, AI, and dogs.
Guy Opperman @guyopperman.bsky.social Former jockey 🏇, lawyer, MP, Minister, and brain tumour survivor. Optimist in all matters. Expect dog 🐕, baby, pension and political content.
Paul Scully @scullyps.bsky.social Various business roles, political commentator, former MP & Minster for London, Tech, Small Biz & Unintended Consequences
Nicky Morgan @nickymorgan.bsky.social Baroness Morgan of Cotes, House of Lords & Portfolio Career in private, public & charity sectors
Gavin Rice @gavinantonyrice.bsky.social Project Director, Future of Conservatism at Onward. Former Brexit SpAd. Teddy Roosevelt enthusiast. Sometimes in @telegraphnews.bsky.social, The Critic, ConHome. Redefining One Nation. Views my own.
Dr Luke Evans MP @drlukeevans.org.uk Conservative Member of Parliament for Hinckley & Bosworth.
Doctor (GP) and Shadow Health Minister
Promoted by John Brown, both of 10A Priory Walk, Hinckley, LE10 1HU
www.drlukeevans.org.uk
Christian Calgie @calgie.bsky.social Senior Political Correspondent, Daily Express. YIMBY. Tip-offs: DMs or christian.calgie@reachplc.com.
Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social Director of Strategy @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
Rajiv Shah @rajivshah.bsky.social Interested in law, politics, the constitution, and policy. Former special adviser in MOJ, AGO, and No 10.
@RajivShah90 at the other place
Next Gen Tories @nextgentories.bsky.social The campaign calling for the Conservative Party to deliver working age people’s priorities; Work, Home and Family.
David Frost, Lord Frost of Allenton @davidghfrost.bsky.social Lord Frost of Allenton.
Conservative, House of Lords.
You don't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free.
Tom Harwood @tomhfharwood.bsky.social politics and policy
Callum Price @callumtprice.bsky.social Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Former Special Adviser at Home Office, Justice, DLUHC. Geordie Evertonian. Views my own.
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.
Saqib Bhatti MP @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Meriden and Solihull East
Shadow Minister for Education
Phoebe Arslanagić-Little @pmarslanagic.bsky.social Children are good! Working on the birth rate challenge at
Onward & the Boom Campaign | Columnist at City AM | Surname is pronounced: ars-lah-nah-gitch
Adam Tomkins @proftomkins.bsky.social Professor of Public Law, University of Glasgow. Latest book: On The Law of Speaking Freely (Hart, 2025).
Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social Parliamentary procedure geek. No partisan debate. Also Star Trek, police procedurals, sci-fi, baseball (Jays), Wrexham AFC, and tennis. I retweet out of interest, not necessarily agreement. Will usually follow-back, but not if you have a blank profile.
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
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/
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com Author of "How to Win a Trade War"
FT econ columnist
Host of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast
Singer-songwriter https://www.instagram.com/soumayakeynes/?hl=en and http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC, Blueskyism, 'Contractor'.
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV
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.
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
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/
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Currently on maternity leave
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social KC (E&W) BL (Irl): public/constitutional law, competition, subsidies, tax, trade. Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Views mine and not those of Monckton Chambers.
Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Associate fellow @ Chatham House.
I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. Accusations of bad faith or lying = block.
Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode.
#academic
Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social I'm the programme lead for the UK energy team at E3G and an advisory board member for the Autonomy Institute. Personal account - random thoughts with a quarterly post about energy policy.
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
+ history, Whitehall geekiness and constitutional agony aunt Subscribe to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/3dxiJ5J
Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social Archaeologist, word-witcher, scicomm, consultancy
📚 KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death & Art
🖋️ MATRIARCHA: Prehistory Re-imagined
🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool
1/4 @trowelblazers.bsky.social
Rep: PEW Literary
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social Barrister. Commentator. Visiting Prof @ Durham University. Former parliamentary lawyer & special adviser UK Parliament (JCHR, EU, Women & Equalities; International Agreements). Musings on law, politics & restaurants . Personal views.
🇬🇧🇧🇪🇮🇱
📍LDN/BX
Miatta Fahnbulleh @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Peckham
Minister for Devolution, Faith & Communities
Miatta.fahnbulleh.mp@parliament.uk
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
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
Dan Sabbagh @dansabbagh.bsky.social Journalist @guardian - defence and security editor. Based in London, travel to Ukraine and anywhere else when I can.... signal: londoncalling.77
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/
Anthony Wells @anthonyjwells.bsky.social Global Head of Politics at YouGov. Dartfordian. Hates agree-disagree statements.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC: barrister, cross-bench peer; HL Justice & Home Aff Cttee; Chair Inter Mediate, @uclei.bsky.social; Vis Prof KCL; ex-Indept Reviewer Terrorism, Prevent Commr, AFPS; history, nature, sea kayaking, Suffolk
Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social Head of Policy, Progs and Media at AdviceUK. Former Dep Director at Women’s Budget Group, interim CEO and Dep Director of The Runnymede Trust & CEO of Equality Trust. Worked across Government and on national Commissions. Views my own.
Catherine Barnard @cbarnard.bsky.social Professor of EU law and Employment law, Trinity College Cambridge, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Knows a little bit about EU and Brexit things.
Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social Director of the Hansard Society, working to make Parliament more effective.
🎧 Co-host of the Parliament Matters podcast | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social The UK’s leading research centre on constitutional change. Informing policy-making and public debate about the constitution and democracy.
Sign up to hear about our blog posts, events and publications 👉 https://mailchi.mp/ucl/constitution-unit.
Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social Comics, music, books, film, photos, paintings & cartoons! Humanism & ASD too. A Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure. Hurrah!
Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social Journalist, writer & broadcaster.
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social I do refugee and asylum policy at the Refugee Council, so most likely a lot of the posts will be about that.
Graeme Cowie @woodstockjag.bsky.social Constitutional pedant, Partick Thistle-supporting masochist, atrocious recreational golfer.
Director and Secretary @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social
Latika M Bourke @latikambourke.com 📰 Writer-at-Large, The Nightly | London
📧 Subscribe to me at www.latikambourke.com
🎙️ Latika Takes: The Podcast on all apps
CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
Chai Patel @chaipatel.net Migration, human rights, public law. He/him.
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based.
Substack: substack.com/@dmitryopines
Media and training: explaintrade.com
Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social Writing and talking about music. Forever listening.
WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.'
Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com Composer-Ringleader • darcyjamesargue.com • With Every Breath I Take out now on Nonesuch Records
Judd Greenstein @juddgreenstein.bsky.social I make music and help others make the music they want to make. Composer, co-AD of New Amsterdam Records. Western MA based. He/him. Pic drawn by my now-11yo. None of us are free until all of us are free.