Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk Political Scientist at the University of Manchester
Co-Director of the British Election Study
https://www.jack-bailey.co.uk
Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social deputy director of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum • all my own views
Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social Staunch liberal, hopeful Georgist, moderate intuitionist. Hoping to one day pass on an even better world than the one I inherited. Retweet =/= Endorsement- N Nancy Pierce @npierce.bsky.social Retired evaluator/admin. Local news reporter. Brooklyn, now New England. Lefty since '68. Phd social psych. Granny. Knitter 60+ yrs.
nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social Sometimes engineers, sometimes DJs, irregularly bakes stuff
Back in Scotland 🏴 the long way round
Will discuss anything with anyone so long that we all play nicely
#jazzsky #scotsky
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UK Prime Minister @10dowingstreet.bsky.social
Robert Nicholson @rbnicholson.bsky.social Director of Programmes for Whistledown Productions. Latest: "Derailed: The Story of HS2" for BBC Radio 4 and "Versuchslabor Kinderheim" for Deutschlandfunk. Audio Journalist in Berlin
James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social 'Fiercely hetrosexual for bluesky'
Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social The bread is mouldy and the circus has low attendance - justice reform - she/her
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Substack Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.
Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024.
www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html
orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-2227
Born at 331 ppm CO2
Sofia Ropek Hewson @sofiahewson.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in democracy and politics team at IPPR.
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.
Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social News, scholarship, publications, activism, & anti-disinformation for anti-fascists.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Steve Brown @dee-aspora.bsky.social Sustainability, innovation, economics, social impact, Dundee FC and NUFC. Dundee born, Newcastle educated, Stockport/Heatons resident. Fellow @theRSAorg. Member @theIET. It's cheaper to save the planet than destroy it. All views my own.
Martin McDonald @martymcd.bsky.social UK & US Politics and other stuff from the kitchen table, one tweet at a time.
Some say 'a totally undiscovered twitter treasure' apparently. Also tax. And law
Catherine H @catherineneuro.bsky.social Paediatric Neuropsychologist. Cambridge.
Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social Proud Labour MP - Brentford & Isleworth (inc Hounslow Whitton Osterley & Heston E)
Transport Select Committee Chair
DMs not responded to so please email with constituency address; ruthcadburymp@parliament.uk.
Or transcom@parliament.uk for committee work
Kathy Mortensen 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social Happily Married. E PLURIBUS UNUM Promoting Equality! LGBTQ Support🚫 those with No or Few posts. 🚫 DM &Nude&Crypto&daters. Non evangelical minister. I wish for edit here. #Blues
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister @andy-burnham.bsky.social. Here until Downing Street setup an official account.
Jake Benford @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social Europe in a geopolitical world @Bertelsmann Stiftung in Berlin. Interested in EU external partnerships, Germany’s Europe & foreign policy, UK politics and society, EU-UK relations
Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
Cat MacLean @catmx.bsky.social Policy Advisor, @goodlawproject.org, formerly @clientearth.bsky.social
Giles Sparrow is adrift in the vortex @gswrites.bsky.social Pop science writer/editor consultant for hire, specialising in astronomy and its history. Regular nerd with @somethingwho.bsky.social
Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️
Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast🎙️Author 📚
Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social General Director, European Trade Union Institute
@etui.bsky.social
Formerly www.imk-boeckler.de
EU economic governance, comparative political economy, European integration, socio-ecological transition, wage bargaining
Deutschland-Versteher
Vietnam
Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social Ex- consultant, manager, marketer, engineer. Interested in Complexity, Systems and Collective Intelligence. GSOH (Brit)
April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social Bette Davis eyes. Make movies. Comb cats. Michigandery. WGA.
Book: BURY ME IN VEGAN LEATHER (Soho Press) May 2027
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. Parliamentary candidate for the Clacton By-Election, 2026. Sane.
Promoted by Count Binface, at PO Box 818, Tonbridge, TN9 9YF
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Historian of Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9632-1068
Patricia Cohen @patcohen.bsky.social Global Economics Correspondent for the New York Times and based in London.
Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton West | Chair APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
Email: phil.brickell.mp@parliament.uk
Phone: 01204 958 436
Website: www.philbrickellmp.co.uk
Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
Oliver Turner @oliverturner.cloud Web aficionado, Cloud inhabitant, CSS devotee, Svelte superfan
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Unlock Democracy @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social We campaign for a vibrant, inclusive democracy that puts power in the hands of the people. Reposts do not imply endorsement.
Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social Local Gov. Archaeology, Books, Art, Mountains. Birmingham City, Post-Punk, Films. Usually found in the Yorks, Worcs, and Pembs Tri-State area. History and Philosophy @ UWL. https://thefastflowingriver.wordpress.com/
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
Kirk Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑 @kirkmurphy.bsky.social "We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social Head of the UK’s Mission for Clean Power by 2030.
Former CEO of the UK’s Climate Change Committee.
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
Simon Fletcher @simon-2150.bsky.social
aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social LIVE SHOW 19:30 FRIDAYS
📺 https://www.youtube.com/@aidthompsin
John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social 📚 Author
👻 Ghostwriter
Find me at
📺 youtube.com/@JohnGVibes
🔖 johnvibes.substack.com (no paywalls)
📖 raveoutlaw.com
Nick O'Donovan @nickod.bsky.social Political scientist and occasional policy wonk, interested in big tech, the digital economy, taxation and inequality. Author of Pursuing the Knowledge Economy: https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/pursuing-the-knowledge-economy/?k=9781788215145
@DrNickOD
GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social Once a soldier. ND. I post about:
* Israel/Palestine.
* The Balkans.
* Iraq.
* Edges of empires in Europe.
* The First & Second World Wars.
* Tanks.
* WMD.
* Mental Health, Moral Injury, Neurodivergence.
* The current state of the British military.
Alex Thomson @byebyepride.bsky.social Prof of Modern Literature & Critical Theory | Head of School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh | Deputy Chair, English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social
Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social Dad, husband, U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social Retired criminology professor. Democratic Socialist.Written on political economy of crime, criminal justice and policing 1970s until severe COVID 2021. Last book Social Democratic Criminology. Love old mysteries, Westerns, country music, music 1930-70
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Tom Levitt @tomlevitt.bsky.social Author of ‘The Business of History’. Academic (Responsible Business), novelist, playwright, activist, Bees season ticket holder, Co-founder Fair for You and former Labour MP
Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social Journalist, including property for the FT. Wrote a bestselling memoir for Penguin Random House about the time I moved to Hollywood and accidentally became someone’s mother. heawood.substack.com
Brendan Fischer @brendanfischer.bsky.social Director, Strategic Investigations @CampaignLegal.org. Wisconsinite.
Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social Editing politics at Zeteo. Contributing writer at Rolling Stone. Living in Maine. aperez.03 on signal.
Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @spellingmistakescostlives.com Darren Cullen
"Britain-hating anarchist who knows the value of nothing" - Johnny Mercer MP.
""Artist"" - Daily Mail
Hell Bus / Co-curator Museum of Neoliberalism
www.spellingmistakescostlives.com
www.linktr.ee/spellingmistakescostlives
Tom Redfearn @tredfearn.bsky.social Policy, research and influencing on health, care and social issues. Currently at the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Views mine, obvs.
Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social Former BBC foreign correspondent reporting from
Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, N-Ireland, Pakistan, India, South Africa.
Book: http://hughsykes.substack.com
Biog: https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pnq3d
Archive: https://soundcloud.com/hughsykes
Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social Reporter @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social — part of @millmedia.bsky.social | Got a story? Email: dan@sheffieldtribune.co.uk 📧
Arguably @arguablymag.bsky.social The new home of progressive ideas and debate.
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Ry Terran @hereticmasked.bsky.social Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism
School of Making Poor Life Choices
Only Slightly Doomed
She/They/bad at gender
My apologies for continuing to be relevant
David Barnard-Wills @dbarnardwills.bsky.social Political scientist working in emerging tech regulation. Privacy, ethical AI and responsible innovation. PhD. AIGP. Manchester UK
Terry Stiastny @terrystiastny.bsky.social Author of Believable Lies, a story of wartime propaganda and fake news, out now from WH Allen. Discussing politics and more on Times Radio and Monocle Radio. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994/believable-lies-by-stiastny-terry/
Matt Walsh @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. Trustee at The Conversation UK and BJTC. Chair of the judges, 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism. Hacked about a bit.
Matt Roser @mattroser.bsky.social Cognitive neuropsychologist at the University of Plymouth and the Brain Research and Imaging Centre @bricplymouth.bsky.social https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/brain-research-and-imaging-centre
Formerly @MattNeuropsych at that other site.
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
This account mutes killjoys.
Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social Journalist
https://nl.linkedin.com/in/nina-zeelen-b65651106
@crackingtheframe.bsky.social
Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social Contributor @the-downballot.com.
Elections, voting rights, redistricting, and maps.
Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social https://www.seanhowe.com
Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social millmedia.bsky.social editor/founder. Interested in #localjournalism and low-stakes media drama.
Leonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social Director of Comms & External Affairs at Nuffield Trust (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk). Advisory Group, Science Media Centre. Co-founder WonkComms (https://bsky.app/profile/wonkcomms.bsky.social). Mum of 👧🧒 👦. SE Londoner. Views: mine!
Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social Don't hate the media - change the media. We're engaging with advertisers to make media hate unprofitable.
💌Let's make hate cost more: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-hate
Emma Harper @emmaharper.bsky.social Editor and writer, currently at Project Syndicate.
John Brooks @johnbrooks.bsky.social Pod Only Knows: https://bit.ly/447CUOH
1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql
Religious studies person
Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
PauseAI US ⏸️ @pauseaius.bsky.social Grassroots organizing for a pause on dangerous new AI releases. Call your representatives, join a local group! www.pauseAI-US.org
PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social Community of volunteers who work together to mitigate the risks of AI. We want to internationally pause the development of superhuman AI until it's safe.
https://pauseai.info
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social Inept at social media - but you gotta love a trier, right?
David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/
Got a tip? Get in touch
• Email: david.gilbert@wired.com
• Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
Gary Dunnagan @garydunnagan.bsky.social Retired counter terrorism lecturer. Former senior detective in CT and military intelligence officer. Probably walking the dog.
Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com bitch kraken / texan / she/her / 📍atx / 😎 blocking out the haters w @reproaction.bsky.social / co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com
📰 homewiththearmadillo.blog
📧 (secure) grimesandrea at proton dot me
🛍️ andreagrimes.threadless.com
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Hannah Burman @hannahburman.bsky.social
Natalie Martin @drnataliemartin.bsky.social Ex-BBC, now @NottsPolitics. Democracy and security inc. disordered information in TR, GB and EU. Journalism is NOT a crime. “Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş"
RTs not endorsement https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/natalie.martin1
Nick Barker @nickbarker.bsky.social Studies the causes and consequences of armed conflict. My book: https://www.routledge.com/States-Secessionists-and-De-Facto-Control-after-Separatist-Wars-Strategies-f
Rob Cameron @robcjournalist.bsky.social Freelance journalist/broadcaster based in Prague.
Views here my own and not those of BBC/DW/RTÉ/ORF/CBC/Monocle Radio.
https://robjcameron.substack.com/
Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social Labour leader, Rotherham MBC. Deputy Mayor of South Yorkshire. Swinton Rockingham ward councillor. Building a better borough, one day at a time.
http://www.chrisread.uk
Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social "There is no democracy without journalism." Covering antitrust, currently at Bloomberg News and “making people feel uncomfortable.” Former Politico, MLex, CQ. Email me at lnylen2 at bloomberg.net. On Signal: leahnylen.88. Opinions are my own (obvi).
Ben Glover @ben-glover.bsky.social Head of Policy Analysis, Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods
New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social Summarizing top stories from multiple sources, providing actionable facts. Multi-sourced human-curated, New York and beyond.
Posts are not general endorsements of source or imply a relationship.
John McTernan @johnmct.bsky.social - D Brad Smith @demand-integrity.org Retired federal IT senior manager. Hay farmer. Open source maintainer.
Peyton Farquhar @peytonfarquhar.bsky.social Atheist Chaplain, attached with the Antifa 37th Mechanized Kazoos
Nicole Sykes @nicolesykes.bsky.social Charities, charts, cats.
Director of Strategy, Impact and Innovation at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈- J Judith Evans @judithrevans.bsky.social Deputy world news editor at the Financial Times, middle-class woman of a certain age
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social he, him
old fart
seller of olive oil & salt
bean & cabbage lover
recovering food writer
Portland, Oregon
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