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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
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.
Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes ≠ endorsements, obv. Story? 👇👇👇
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
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Sonia Purnell FRHistS @soniapurnell.bsky.social Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s astonishing life of power, seduction & intrigue. New York Times bestselling author. A Woman of No Importance. Fellow of Royal Historical Society. Warned you about Johnson. Plutarch Prize winner www.soniapurnell.com
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social "Ever active" investigations reporter at The Times.
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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
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David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social ✍️Journalist - Deputy Political Editor
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
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Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social Award-winning freelance financial journalist & writer. Likes politics, policy & personal finance 🌻 Ⓥ https://www.laurapurkess.co.uk
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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social Senior UK Financial Services Reporter @POLITICO.eu
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, trade unionist and socialist
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Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The Mirror
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Graeme Demianyk @graemedemianyk.bsky.social Senior Reporter and Front Page Editor at HuffPost | 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 | Newcastle United
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social Freelance journo/researcher.
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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com US Political Editor at the Mirror
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social I write the Guardian’s Politics Live blog
Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social Editor of LabourList. Playwright. Cool aunt.
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
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Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social Emeritus Prof of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway University of London, ex-Prof Warwick & Cambridge. FAcSS, FRHistS. Now mainly Brexit analysis including Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Author Brexit Unfolded (Biteback, 2021, 2023).
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social CEO @bestforbritain.org
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
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newsletter @ techtris
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Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
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"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
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
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
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
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
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Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.