Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Manchester University. British politics, race and ethnicity, representation.
Matt Yeo @mattjyeo.bsky.social Labour Cllr, Reading Borough Council. Lead Cllr for Housing Used to be an Elections manager. PhD in Sports Economics from Univ of Reading.
Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social Former Treasury official
Sophie Vipond @sophievipond.bsky.social Director of External Affairs at the Climate Change Committee.
“Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right?
“You could make this place beautiful.”
Rachael Henry @rachaelhenry.bsky.social Head of Advocacy at @ippr.bsky.social
Ex Tax Justice UK and UNISON
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Robert Palmer @robertnpalmer.bsky.social Deputy Director, Uplift. Campaigning for a rapid & fair transition away from oil & gas production in the UK.
Ex-Tax Justice UK & Global Witness. He/him 🏳️🌈. All views are my own.
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
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George Bangham @georgebangham.bsky.social Head of Social Policy @neweconomics.bsky.social
Ex HM Treasury/No10/Resolution Foundation
Alex Chapman @alchap.bsky.social Head of Economic and Environmental Policy at the New Economics Foundation. Cyclist and MK Dons fan. Personal account.
Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social Labour MP for MK Central 🌹Email for casework and invitations Emily.darlington.mp@parliament.uk
Chris Clarke @warringfictions.bsky.social Author of Tha Dark Knight and the Puppet Master: bit.ly/300rMSK
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https://parables.substack.com/
Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
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Damian Lyons Lowe @damiansurvation.bsky.social Founder & Chief Exec at Survation. Father of 4. Northerner, Londoner. I lead our research offering. http://survation.com/our-services/ damian.lyonslowe@survation.com
Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social Political Researcher in Parliament and have worked for MPs. Ipswich Town and AFC Telford supporter.
Vice Chair of Leicestershire Labour Local Government Committee.
South Leicestershire Labour Party Secretary.
Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social 🌹 Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, covering Shinfield & Whitley
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley
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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
matthewbarnfield.co.uk
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Dr Luke Walker @drlukewalker.com 🌻 Campaigner @bhgreens.bsky.social
📚 Writer on William Blake & Allen Ginsberg
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"The people have the power
To redeem the work of fools"
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social Founder/director of @weownit.org.uk
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
Eunice Goes @eunicegoes.bsky.social Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Calder Valley, Health and Social Care Select Committee Member, mediocre fell runner - never knowingly on message.
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Rob Johns @robjohns75.bsky.social Some public opinion
Luis Cornago Bonal @luiscornagob.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE’s School of Public Policy. PhD in Politics, University of Oxford. Mainly social science research, big picture stuff, and songs.
Len Metson @lenmetson.com PhD candidate @LSEGovernment 📚 Interested in campaigns, applied data science and field experiments 💻 he/him
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Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social Football correspondent for The Sunday Times. "A carefully rehearsed piece of tomfoolery."
Ben Spencer @ben-spencer.bsky.social Science Editor at The Sunday Times
Thomas Paster @thomas77.bsky.social Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy at Roskilde University
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.
benshimshon.bsky.social @benshimshon.bsky.social Co-founder & CEO, thinksinsight.com (formerly BritainThinks); Board Member, abrahaminitiatives.org. I (still) like politics. I sometimes say useful things about it.
Peter McLeod @mcleodp.bsky.social Opinion polls and focus groups, UK and elsewhere.
@gluefactory.bsky.social @gluefactory.bsky.social
End Political Homelessness Now @raaleh.bsky.social Board Game Entrepreneur. Hosts @trashfuture.bsky.social, @nogodsnomayors.com, @gluefactory.bsky.social
Jamie Clarke @jamiewclarke.bsky.social Navigating the best ways to communicate climate change, staying hopeful
Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social Climate scientist, director ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland, author IPCC AR6, member Ireland's climate change advisory council, Chair GCOS AOPC. www.peter-thorne.net
Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social Climate, environment, behaviour change and communication. Cumbria, UK.
Comms lead for Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social
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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social solidarity, democracy, cooperation | politics for the public good | safc | views personal
Luke Akehurst MP @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for North Durham
Conor Pope @popeconor.bsky.social
Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social World’s longest-serving (56 yrs) environment hack. On Yorkshire Post, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph. Also in Guardian, Daily Mail, ipaper, Sun, BBC, Open Democracy, Evening Standard etc.Happy husband, dad, grandpa. Life measured in dogs.
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Becca Massey-Chase @beccam-c.bsky.social
Zoe Avison @zoeavison.bsky.social Senior political adviser at Uplift. Fossil fuels, climate change and politics, views my own.
Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Social impact writer. PhD in Creative Writing. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out February 2027 (uHlanga Press). Librettist and amateur artist. 🇿🇦 LLMs are a scourge. 🚫 NO AI SLOP
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formerly 538 & The Economist
Fred Duong @fuhred.bsky.social researcher at More in Common US | emotions • morality • political psych | fuhred.com
Alex Bogdan @alexbgd.bsky.social Talks about polling, democracy, elections, politics and policy, survey methods. Openly obsessed with Hackney, gardening and Doctor Who. Photography: https://www.instagram.com/alexbogdan_alex/
Works at @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social, but views strictly my own.
Mathew Lawrence @mathewlawrence.bsky.social Founder & Director @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
https://www.common-wealth.org/
Co-author of Planet on Fire & Owning the Future
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Jason Avgherinos @jasonav.bsky.social
Tom Brookes @tombrookes.bsky.social Climate comms guy.
We won’t win because we’re right, we’ll win because we’re organised. https://www.greenfunders.org/blog/lessons-and-reflections-from-15-years-in-the-climate-community/
Isabella O'Dowd @isabellaodowd.bsky.social European Climate Foundation, working on all things economy, clean industrial transformation and climate insights. All views my own
38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social People-powered campaigning for a fairer, more sustainable UK 🧡
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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social One of the first genocide scholars to recognise Israel’s genocide. Author of ‘The New Age of Genocide’, and ‘What is Genocide?’. Sociology/IR professor, IBEI Barcelona/University of Sussex. martinshaw.org, martinshawx.substack.com
Ben Cooper @bencooper1995.bsky.social Research Manager, the Fabians. Interested in education, housing, Sea Wall and rural. Union rep.
Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social Policy Director at ThinkLabour thinking about how progressives can win. Prev JRF, Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
Steve Webb @stevewebb1.bsky.social Pensions Minister 2010-15; Partner LCP; all posts personal views steve.webb@lcp.uk.com; YouTube channel: @stevewebbexplains
Martin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Public and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham
Mark Critchley @mjcritchley.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social
Joseph Barnsley @josephbarnsley.bsky.social Media & Communications Manager @theeef.bsky.social
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@compassneal.bsky.social @compassneal.bsky.social
Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social Football/soccer for The Athletic. Posting article links here, but only having arguments on twitter.
Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social ⚽️💰🚓 Co-author Football's Secret Trade| NYT Global Sports Correspondent| ✉️tariq.panja@nytimes.com |tariq.panja@protonmail.com|
Libero @liberopodcast.com A podcast about football, the least important of the most important things, featuring John Brewin, Miguel Delaney, James Horncastle, Tariq Panja, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and Jonathan Wilson.
James Horncastle @jameshorncastle.bsky.social Cavaliere. Calcio. Parole. Parole. Parole
Tom Williams @tomwfootball.bsky.social Football journalist | The Athletic, FourFourTwo, Totally Football Show, Canal+ | Author of Do You Speak Football? and Va-Va-Voom | www.tomwfootball.com
Adrian Clarke @adrianjclarke.bsky.social Ex-footballer. Analyst, co-comms, presenter, pundit, writer etc! Clients include; Premier League, TalkSPORT, Arsenal, Sky Sports, The Athletic, Matchbook
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social Chief Football Writer, The i Paper
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Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social Manchester United correspondent for The Athletic
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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social Football Correspondent, The Athletic
Stella Tsantekidou @stellathegreek.bsky.social Political commentator
https://humancarbohydrate.substack.com
Priya Bharadia @priyabharadia.bsky.social scott trust journalist @guardian
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Jon Mackenzie @jonmackenzie.bsky.social Writer and presenter at The Athletic. Noticer. Possession is nine tenths of the lore. Buy my book, The Spectre of Pep, here: https://geni.us/TheSpectreOfPep
Graeme Cowie @woodstockjag.bsky.social Constitutional pedant, Partick Thistle-supporting masochist, atrocious recreational golfer.
Director and Secretary @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Political History. The Labour Party and other currently lost causes.
“'Tis a muddle, and that's aw.”
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I like human rights and French cuisine.
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think?
https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics.
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Andy Burnham Accepter @jorisbinned.bsky.social Always wanting the barman to say "great to see you we don't like factional politics in here"
I am for us, we are for them, you are for me
And not just a slicker version of Sir Keir Starmer
#KeepStreamingConfessionsII
Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
writesbright.substack.com
Jovan Owusu-Nepaul @jowusunepaul.bsky.social Campaigning for a fairer, more equal Britain 🇬🇧 | Political commentator |
Writer | Strategist
Contact: jovan@oninsights.org
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Be nice and be kind !
Imran Ahmed @imranahmed.bsky.social CEO & Founder of Center for Countering Digital Hate
James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor at The Spectator