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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Brent East
First elected African-Caribbean UK Minister
Chair London PLP
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Aaron Bastani @aaronjbastani.bsky.social Co-Founder @novaramedia / Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.
Sam McCarthy @sammymac95.bsky.social 31. Colcestrian. City Cllr (Liberal) since 2019, Shrub End and Army Estates. Scandiphile. New music pusher. Green tea advocate. Veggie. 🇮🇪
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.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
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Andrew McGrae @tgnprofessor.bsky.social Some loser everyone hates.
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social 
Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM) @ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social Trump and the GOP Fascists gotta go! No MAGA, DM's, or empty Bios. Slava Ukraini! #BlueCrew #BlueResisters
Politics UK @politicsuk.com The Home of UK Political News. Follow for Impartial Coverage.
Ben Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social Guardian Political Correspondent
UK current affairs (with a fair bit on the Far Right, populism, disinfo)
Irish Londoner
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Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
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Tony Vaughan KC MP @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social Proud to be the Labour MP for Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh.
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Liz Kendall MP @lizforleicester.bsky.social Labour MP Leicester West. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Anna Isaac @annaisaac.bsky.social City Editor, The Guardian - aka poking about in the money/power mix
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Dr Tom May @dreamcargoes.bsky.social Television historian, writing a book about Play for Today (BBC1, 1970-84). Associate Lecturer, Northumbria University. Book Reviews Admin for Critical Studies in Television journal.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
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/
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Chuck Collins @chuck77.bsky.social Campaigner, researcher, storyteller, homestead farmer, author, dad. Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where I coedit Inequality.org. Writing at www.chuckcollinswrites.com.
Dr Kate Cushing @drkatecushing.bsky.social Doctor, scientist, mum, cat slave.
Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Long Covid & CCH.
Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU
Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids.
Green Party member
Geraldine Coggins @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social Green Party councillor for Altrincham
Leader of the Green Party on Trafford Council
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Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore.
https://gabriel-zucman.eu
https://www.taxobservatory.eu
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
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Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Aleš Michal @alesmichal.bsky.social Postdoc researcher, Political science, Charles University, Prague 🇨🇿
Populism, polarisation, protest events analysis
Brian Reed @brihreed.bsky.social Host of Question Everything from KCRW and Placement Theory: lnk.to/khCBOC
Co-founder of Placement Theory
Host of S-Town; Co-Host of The Trojan Horse Affair (Serial/New York Times); formerly senior producer at This American Life
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Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social International affairs editor at The Conversation UK: @uk.theconversation.com. Interests include books, music, cooking, dogs, Tottenham Hotspur FC and travel, not necessarily in that order. And cricket. Did I mention cricket?
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Anna Lou Walker @annalouwalker.bsky.social Senior Arts + Culture Editor at The Conversation UK | Host of Jane Austen's Paper Trail | Author | Runs Gallery_Gals: instagram.com/gallery_gals
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Siriol @siriol.bsky.social Journalist, Wales Editor at The Conversation. Skating, cinema & beachcleaning. Cymraes. 🗣️🏴🇪🇸
Katie Edwards @katiebedwards.bsky.social ✍🏼 Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine, @uk.theconversation.com |📰 Freelance Columnist, bylines in The Independent, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The i Paper |📚Writer, represented by Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency
Naomi Joseph @naomijoseph.com Arts and culture editor @uk.theconversation.com
Words and sounds for The Sunday Times, Monocle, Courier, gal-dem, Stylist and others
Paul Keaveny @keav0.bsky.social Investigations Editor @uk.theconversation.com. Former BBC, Press Association and national newspaper journalist.
Gemma Ware @waresgemma.bsky.social Journalist making podcasts @theconversation.com and host of The Conversation Weekly podcast. Cricket lover.
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Darren Macey @darrenmacey.bsky.social Newly minted maths ed lecturer, PhD student, fledgling left-wing standup. Co-author ‘teaching statistics’ http://tinyurl.com/ya6afzcc he/his
PSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social Early Career Network of the Political Studies Association
Follow us to keep up with news & events tailored to PhD students and early career researchers in political science!
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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social The branch of UNISON for professional services staff at Manchester Metropolitan University, the students' union and the Royal Northern College of Music. All posts are our own.
Marianna Masters @mmasters21.bsky.social Former Parliamentary Candidate, Former Lambeth Cllr, Chair of The Fabian Women’s Network, National Women’s Committee member, Fabian Society Exec Member
Katrina Faccenda @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social Cllr for Leith, Scottish Labour SEC member, TSSA & UNITE, stubbornly optimistic, often rebellious socialist. Occasionally a tour guide.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Helen Elliott-Boult @helenelliott-boult.bsky.social Feminism, art, films, books and equality. Likes a good organising of chaos and a healthy splattering of colour. Greens Organise and Eco-socialist, supporting the Green Party to bring a much needed new leaf, plus the rest of the forest, to our country, too!
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social Labour and Co-Operative MP for Manchester Central | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party🌹| Secretary of State for Education
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Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social Collective Action Brighton & Hove. Left/Green. Solidarity RPM. Give Street Project. Vegan. Gooner. LGBTQIA ally. He/Him.
Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social Darren Mark Skilton - Brighton & Hove. Left. Supporting activism, social action, and activist organisations. Collective Action.
Socialist. LGBTQIA+. Anti-facism. Anti-racism. Climate activism. Free Palestine. NHS. Love and Solidarity.
Atla @youratla.bsky.social *Collectors and Connectors in Religion & Theology*
Advancing the work of libraries & librarians worldwide
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Welcome! Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two, BBC News, iPlayer with Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell & Matt Chorley - plus Katie Razzall, Nicholas Watt and Faisal Islam
Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social Writer & Political Commentator | Making ground-level documentaries on the people, movements and events reshaping Britain & beyond.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313
Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District
Website: billmcguire.co.uk
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
World Inequality Lab @wid.world Illuminating the debate through data-driven research #inequalitydata✨
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
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Media Reform Coalition @mediareformuk.bsky.social Campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
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Eastbourne Reporter @eastbournereporter.bsky.social Independent news in the public interest by a qualified, experienced journalist who asks questions
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the PRSD @theprsd.bsky.social Independent coverage of culture, art, news and views from the People's Republic of South Devon and beyond.
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DeSmog @desmog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Louise Houghton @louisehoughton.bsky.social Co-founder of the Bylines Network and Yorkshire Bylines
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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social Former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, current Lib Dem councillor, head of TransActual, Leveson witness, former company founder, looking for a quieter life.
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