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Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social Professor of economic geography at the University of Cambridge. Researches austerity, labour, debt, gender & sustainable regional economies. Keen gardener.
Sofia Ropek Hewson @sofiahewson.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in democracy and politics team at IPPR.
Chris Bick @jchrisbick.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at IPPR; working on democratic reform, youth politics, and political parties
Dan Mead @danmead.bsky.social Economist at ThinkLabour
Lynton Lees @lyntonlees.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager, Public First. Previously British Academy, PhD history of universities and education in modern Britain, Columbia. Views my own.
Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social Oh God What Now & More Jam Tomorrow; writer, reviewer (TV & books), editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House)
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Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Harpreet Uppal MP @harpreetuppalmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Huddersfield
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Parth Patel @parth0.bsky.social Associate director for democracy and politics at IPPR. "Charming but bonkers" - Farage. Doctor swimming upstream
Smart Thinking @smartthinking.bsky.social Smart Thinking is a platform and network for UK think tanks. We share their research, events and career opportunities as well as providing networks, training and knowledge sharing for those working in think tanks.
Rose Whiffen @rosewhiff.bsky.social Researcher for @transparencyuk.bsky.social on political integrity issues and wider corruption. All opinions my own.
Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social Author - 'THE INVENTION OF AMSTERDAM' out now! (https://amzn.to/2QJx3bh). Writer, aid worker, speechwriter, recovering Tory. Columnist @ADnl; articles NYT, Telegraph, New Statesman, Groene Amsterdammer etc. Buy my new book, it’s good!
Sam Johnson-Schlee @snfschlee.bsky.social Wanted: 7 foot sofa for a 6 foot loafer.
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Stuart White @stuartgwhite.bsky.social I am an academic interested in political theory, anti-oligarchic political economy, and democracy. I post in a personal capacity and reposting does not necessarily mean agreement. He/him.
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
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
Grace Wyld @gracewyld.bsky.social Head of Policy and Research at futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal on federalism & territorial politics across the world.
1.4 (2024) IF; 4.5 (2024) CiteScore (Scopus)
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Jack Sheldon @jasheldon.bsky.social Work for House of Lords committees, supporting engagement with the EU and devolved legislatures. Previously policy analyst, PhD and academic researcher. Likely to be mainly lurking here.
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social The political home for everyone who wants to be part of a much more equal, democratic and sustainable future. Powered by members.
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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social Athro Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru
Steve Rayson @steverayson.bsky.social Author of The Fall of the Red Wall and Badgeland. Co-founder Buzzsumo and Kineo. My latest book is Collapse of the Conservatives.
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Tony Smith @smithtonyd.bsky.social #Networks with #government, #thinktanks etc for #Birmingham, one of the UK's great but dis-empowered #cities. I own my views but they are socially constructed.
Dan Turner @dtturner.bsky.social Sheffield-based researcher. Interested in regional growth, populism and political economy.
Cornwall is a Nation @yescornwall.bsky.social As a national minority, the Cornish have a right to to be recognised for what we are: the UK’s fifth nation.
City-REDI @city-redi.bsky.social The City-Region Economic Development Institute at the University of Birmingham. Supporting inclusive economic growth in the West Midlands and the UK.
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Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
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Antonia Jennings @antoniajennings.bsky.social Chief exec Centre for London. New to bsky
Dr James Weinberg @jamesweinberg1.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Science, University of Sheffield • Author of 'Who Enters Politics and Why?' & 'Governing in an Age of Distrust' • Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales
Website: www.jamesweinberg.co.uk
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social Princesa de Asturias Chair & Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. Past President Regional Science Association International. Editor, Economic Geography.
Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
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Local Government Studies @lgstudies.bsky.social First established in 1975, Local Government Studies is the leading journal for the study of local politics, policy, public administration and management and governance https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/flgs20
Sofie Pultz @sofiepultz.bsky.social 🇩🇰 in 🇬🇧
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
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Helen Bramah @helenbramah.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Bath researching political trust. Communications and behavioural science consultancy. Windsurfer. Mum.
Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk Consumer journalist | Feature writer | Columnist for Times Business | Make TV progs, chats on radio | Host conferences, panels etc.
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Aleisha Omeike @aleishao.bsky.social Trainee Researcher @ IPPR
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Dr Annabel Mullin @annabelmullin.bsky.social Director of Comms @electheruk.bsky.social | Founder Stand for Something | Trustee @ecpatuk.bsky.social | Dr. @UCL | Former👮🏼♀️& NHS assis psychologist
Jem Mills-Sheehy @jemm-s.bsky.social Make videos for @transparencyuk.bsky.social. Anti-corruption, political integrity, economic crime and other things that take my fancy. Former IfG. Views my own.
Always open to sandwich recommendations.
Another 🦘in London. He/him. 🌈
Child of the North @childofthenorth.bsky.social Our vision is for children in the North of England to grow up with the same opportunities and life chances as those in the rest of the country.
Child of the North is joint project with the N8 Research Partnership and Health Equity North
Alun Francis @alunfrancis.bsky.social Chief Executive, Blackpool and the Fylde College and Chair, Social Mobility Commission.
Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Welfare state, social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making. Views own, RTs not endorsements. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/hayley-bennett
Pete Massey @petemassey.bsky.social 
Devolved Election Projections @devolvedelections.bsky.social A range of simple tools to create your own results of the Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and London Elections 🗳️
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her)
www.catherinedevries.eu
Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social Reader in Urban Governance and Planning at the University of Liverpool.
Researching: Cities and City-Regions, Cycling
Spelling and grammatical errors are all mine.
Likes are usually bookmarks (or it might mean I like it!)
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Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social Hallsworth fellow at University of Manchester & research fellow at Common Wealth. Ajax fan. She/her.
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social CEO, Carnegie UK - the wellbeing policy foundation. Hon Prof at Centre for Public Policy at Glasgow University. Chair of WEvolution Scotland.
Democracy Club @democracyclub.org.uk Creating the digital foundations to support everyone's participation in democratic life. We built http://WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk and http://WhereDoIVote.co.uk. 🗳
Matthew Fright @matthewfright.bsky.social Associate director - devolution @instituteforgovernment.org.uk formerly @nao.org.uk analyst. PhD on history of national income accounts. Views are my own.
Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. Former minor twitter celebrity/hate figure. https://www.leonardocarella.com/
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.
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Olly Gough @ollygough.bsky.social UK infrastructure + energy policy 🏗️🚈
History of political thought on voluntary associations DPhil @ Oxford 🎓
Former Labour Party Candidate in High Barnet 🌹
Annabel Smith @annabel-smith.bsky.social Director, Growth and Reform Network. Working with places across UK for a more inclusive economy. New to Bluesky.
PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/local-politics-and-governance
Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett @chantal-st.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics at University of Liverpool.
@cast-centre.bsky.social affiliate.
Interested in climate politics, political communication, British and German political parties, and social movements. PhD on German Greens from University of Leeds.
Lauren Martin @laurenrmartin.bsky.social Research Associate in parliamentary studies. PhD was in public engagement w/ Parliament through e-petitions. Uni of Sheffield.
Treasurer & membership officer, PSA Parliaments
Spare time spent where there are hills and trees. Or on Tiktok
House of Commons Procedure Committee @commonsproccom.parliament.uk We are 16 cross-party MPs appointed to consider the practice and procedure of the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk. See what we're working on 👇
Cat Smith @catsmithmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Lancaster and Wyre.
Chair of Procedure Committee in House of Commons.
Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social Assistant prof at IE University. Previously EUI and Oxford.
Researching what we think is ok to do in a democracy & how that changes.
Book on the normalization of the radical right: https://academic.oup.com/book/57946
More at www.vicentevalentim.com
Elect Her @electheruk.bsky.social We are a non-partisan organisation working to motivate, support and equip women in all their diversity to stand for political office, in Britain, and thrive once there. 
The Democracy Network @democracynetworkuk.bsky.social Connecting the 900+ organisations working on issues of power, democracy and voice in the UK. Our vision is of a democracy fit for the 21st century.
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social Research Fellow @ippr.org
Kate Dearden MP @katedeardenmp.bsky.social The proud Labour & Co-op MP for Halifax 🌹
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
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James Browne @jamesbrownetbi.bsky.social Head of Work, Income and Inequality Analysis, Economics and Public Finance Team @InstituteGC. Ex-@theIFS and @OECD_Social. Views my own.
Sharlene McGee @sharlenemcgee.bsky.social Health inequalities, inclusive economies, devolution, employment & welfare
@healthfoundation.bsky.social
Previously working on disability, social care & carers policy
Alex Rossiter @alexrossiter.bsky.social Director of Communications @the-tuc.bsky.social Arsenal fan. Film lover. Internationalist. Trade unionist.
Alexander Clifford @alexclifford.bsky.social Research & write on 30s Britain, Spain, Germany. Britain's Iron Chancellor out now!
Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain, The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor
Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social Polisci, political econ. of redistribution, membership politics, measurement, insurance, free riding perceptions, in no special order. Looking for a book titled "Fair Enough?" ? Here it is 👇
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366038
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Sophie O’Connell @sophieoconnell.bsky.social Clean Air Fund
Environmental policy, politics and social justice
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Dr Peter O'Brien @obee72.bsky.social A Bolton lad in Whitley Bay, UK
Executive Director, Yorkshire Universities - @yorkshireunis.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Urban & Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University - @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social
All views my own
Sam Mace @thoughtgenerate.bsky.social An avid reader and sometime writer. Schmitt and the Middle East book due out in 2025.
Link to my substack :) https://theorymatters.substack.com/ 
Marta Miori @martamiori.bsky.social UK Politics Impact Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford
Voting, public opinion, longitudinal methods, nice graphs
Tom Holland @holland-tom.bsky.social New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
From Goalhanger Podcasts
Paul Evans @pauliewaulie.bsky.social Thelonious Monk & Willie Nelson stan account. Representative Democracy ultra. History, economics, film/TV policy, workplace & unions.
Back in Notts now. Views mine only. NFFC & Mayo GAA.
Banner quote: NeinQuarterly.
Cormac Russell @cormacrussell.bsky.social I animate communities & support professionals/orgs working in citizen space. Books include: The Connected Community, and Rekindlling Democracy. More here: https://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/cormac-russell/
Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Dulwich & West Norwood. Chair of the Education Select Committee. Mum
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Danny Dickinson @dannydickinson.bsky.social Economic development policy, governance and practice.
LGC Editor @sarahcalkin.bsky.social Editor of the Local Government Chronicle, mum of three and adopted south east Londoner. Here for politics and geekery local and national (but especially local). Sucker for a good chart 📊
Dr. Anuradha Sajjanhar @anuradhas.bsky.social Assistant Prof/Lecturer in Politics and Policy at University of East Anglia, UK. I study political elites, "expertise", AI
Author of "The New Experts", Cambridge Uni Press (2024)
anuradhasajjanhar.com
Chris Prosser @caprosser.com Political scientist | Co-director British Election Study | Election number crunching for ITV | Trustee McDougall Trust
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Paul Davies MP @pauldaviesmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Colne Valley
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Matt Edwards @greenmattbfd.bsky.social 💚 Leader of Green Party on Bradford Council and Councillor for Tong Ward | 🐶🐶 Basset Hounds | 🏳️🌈
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Jez Hall @jezsfcic.bsky.social Director at Shared Future CIC, passionate about #participatorybudgeting, #citizensassemblies and #deliberativedemocracy. Follow us @sharedfuture.bsky.social
Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Kensington & Bayswater | Kensington Against Dirty Money | Obama Leader | QPR | Constituent 📧 Joe.powell.mp@parliament.uk | Subscribe to my newsletter https://linktr.ee/joepowelllabour
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James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor at The Spectator
Local Government Association (LGA) @local.gov.uk We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve #LocalGov
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