Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Pawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social Probably the only Wisła Kraków fan on bluesky.
Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social Polls, Data, Shitposts, Opinions, Personal Account // Email or DM About Promotions // Support Me: http://ko-fi.com/polling 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️⚧️
Dominik Schraff @dschraff.bsky.social Political Scientist @ Aalborg University 🇩🇰
EU | Comparative Political Behavior | Inequality | Democratic Trust & Legitimacy
EU-NED
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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.
albertward.bsky.social @albertward.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ More in Common, PhD political science from Oxford, views my own (+new on here)
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
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
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
The Week in Polls @theweekinpolls.bsky.social The best of UK political opinion poll news and analysis, run by
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Emiliano Grossman @egrossman.bsky.social Political Science: Agendas, Parties, Media. @sciencespo.bsky.social, @cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social, @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, CAP, formerly EJPR. Paris, Buenos Aires, Schwelm.
Adam Carlson @admcrlsn.bsky.social Founding Partner of Zenith Research. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
British Voter Bot 🇬🇧 @britishvoter.bsky.social I'm a voter bot 🤖 posting voters from BES 2024 data. Beep boop.
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With guidance from @lawrencemckay.bsky.social, @cjterry.bsky.social
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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social graphics/data journalist on the @financialtimes.com visual storytelling team
work: https://www.ft.com/sam-learner
projects: https://samlearner.com/projects
signal: samlearner.79
Alan Smith @theboysmithy.ft.com Head of Visual and Data Journalism @financialtimes.com; Honorary Prof @UCL Social Data Institute. Views expressed are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Eleri Kirkpatrick-Lorente @elerikl.bsky.social
Archie Bland @archiebland.bsky.social Head of national news at the Guardian.
Tom Hamilton @tomhamilton.bsky.social Not all views my own. I disagree with lots of views.
James Rutter @jrut.bsky.social
Kevin Cunningham @kevcunningham.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics | Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society | Fmr Targeting & Analysis @uklabour | @OULightweights | Chair MA Journalism @wearetudublin |
iambic.bot @iambic.bot With careful eye I scan the bluesky stream / For metered posts that match my rhyming scheme
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Cam Vargas @camvargas.bsky.social Work: @arguablymag.bsky.social 🇵🇪🇬🇧 | COYI ⚒️
Jon Mellon @jonmellon.bsky.social Co-director British Election Study. Political Scientist and Data Scientist. Political science methods/political behavior/causal inference. Posts do not represent employer.
Dr Luke Mansillo @lukemansillo.com Political scientist: public opinion, political behaviour, survey research methods, advanced democracy elections, Australian politics and racial politics. Penchant for Bayesian statistics.
https://www.lukemansillo.com
Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
Nathan @handle.invalid Geopolitics, prediction markets. FLF Fellow. Capital case tweets are literal, others less. I like most people when I meet them.
Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social Policy and programme adviser at Belong, the Cohesion and Integration Network. Associate fellow at British Future
Interests: employment, immigration, integration and cohesion policy, heritage, elections, Ukraine, textiles, ceramics.
Mum. Posts are personal
James Fransham @fransham.bsky.social Data journalist @ The Economist Newspaper.
Covering everything under the sun, but now with a British focus.
Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social Writing for The Economist—mostly on the US economy, with occasional forays elsewhere. Recreational Britain-watcher. Previous lives in macro investing and polling.
Substack at: https://notes.archie-hall.com/
Sondre Ulvund Solstad @sondreus.bsky.social @TheEconomist Senior Data Journalist &
@Harvard University @IQSS affiliate
Data/sims/models ➡️ articles++
not v active here, so best email: sondresolstad@economist.com
Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social Public policy editor based in the Britain section at The Economist
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social Associate Professor @ucddublin.bsky.social • party competition, public opinion, political communication, computational social science • Maintainer @irishpollingind.bsky.social • Young Academy Ireland
stefanmueller.ie
Martin Stabe @martinstabe.ft.com Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. #ddj #dataviz
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
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
Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social Head of Data Visualisation 📊@TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social Chair, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform, SERA Executive (Labour’s Environment Campaign), pro-EU, LGBT+, Democratic Socialist - for 1to1 dialogue feel free to email sandyofipswich@gmail.com
Priya Minhas @priyaminhas.bsky.social Political & Social Associate Director, co-head of Diversity & Inclusion at Opinium
Views are my own.
Martin Boon @mboon72.bsky.social
Nick Lowles @nicklowles.bsky.social Antifascist with @hopenothate. Will post about politics, cricket, travel and food
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
Eleni Courea @ecourea.bsky.social Political correspondent for the Guardian
Get in touch — eleni.courea@theguardian.com or carob7@proton.me
Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social Deputy editor of The House magazine in Parliament.
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Amen Tesfay @amentesfay.bsky.social Used to be a games politico, now a sporting politico.
Pascal Lemesre @pascal-l.bsky.social
Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Journalist. Speaker. Writer. Commentator.
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Society. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture. The personal. The structural.
Editor in Chief, Byline Times.
hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
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 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
editor, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/robert-shrimsley
https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
Populism Updates @populism.bsky.social Basically just the news now, I guess
Matt Singh @mattsingh.bsky.social Pollster, election analyst, founder of Number Cruncher, love sports (volleyball, F1) travel and Alsace Wine. Own views.
Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈
https://persuasionuk.org/about
https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
Sophie Stowers @sophiestowers.bsky.social Scouser, reality TV obsessive and Research Manager at More in Common UK 📊👩🏼💻
📧sophie@moreincommon.com
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
Patrick English @patrick-pme.bsky.social YouGov guy earning paychecks by researching public opinion, projecting elections, doing MRPs, running campaign and comms testing and development, figuring out how AI can help measure public opinion, and being a talking head in the media.
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics/statistics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply.
Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics.
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Andy Lawton @politics.andylawton.com Data Analyst with a keen interest in polling and elections.
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social 📻 Broadcaster
🖊️ Reporter at PoliticsHome
🎭 Actor, represented by RED Talent Mgmt
✍️ Send me stories🕵🏽 #BCFC 💙 ASOIAF & LOTR enthusiast ✨
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Adam Higgins @adamhiggins.bsky.social Software / MRP Engineer @focaldata. He/him.
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social Editor in Chief of the New Statesman
Fintan Smith (Mac Gabhann) @fintan-smith.bsky.social Previously: Polling things at YouGov, Labour
Now: Founder of polling and market research company @convergent-opinion.bsky.social
Often confused with a dog called Fenton https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
Joe Alder @joe-alder.bsky.social Politics, public opinion, etc
Tom Lubbock @tmlbk.bsky.social Opinion Research, Insight and Strategy | Co-founder
@JLPartnersPolls | #rstats | #tidymodels| #dataviz | via @UniofOxford
jlpartners.co.uk
Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
🇬🇧 How is Britain doing? 👉 thetimes.com/data
🔗 https://www.thetimes.com/profile/tom-calver
📧 thomas.calver@the-times.co.uk
The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com Britain’s oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on elections in Britain.
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
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.
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
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
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.
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
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).
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.
Theo Sanderson @theo.io researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social, building @pathoplexus.org | theo.io / sandersonlab.org
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social At BBC Sport. Bouncing between Glasgow (nearly) and Salford. Will go on about news, sport, Scottish stuff, Eurovision etc. Any rare views are very much my opinion alone.
Nate Higgins 🏳️🌈 @natehiggins.bsky.social Staff Engineer at Focaldata. Green councillor in Newham and Chair of Council. he/him 🏳️🌈
Lionel Page @lionelpage.bsky.social Director of UQ Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences. Editor of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. Book: ‘Optimally Irrational’, Substack: https://www.optimallyirrational.com/
Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social Political scientist.
- Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com
- Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com
- Senior Fellow: New America
- Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
- Washington Post Next 50 (2026): https://tinyurl.com/4m95978c
Jon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk Mostly looking for safety from the algorithms. #Eurovision obsessive and #F1 fan. Designer, writer and campaigner working with people and organisations to try make the world a better place.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
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
George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
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