Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Brent East
First elected African-Caribbean UK Minister
Chair London PLP
Vice Chair Women's PLP
Author
Columnist
Great laugh and karaoke queen
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Tom Mills @tommills1984.bsky.social Public health researcher passionate about reframing gambling harms
Phoebe @mcgee103.bsky.social 
Ellen O’Donoghue @ellenod.bsky.social CEO James’ Place, Co-Chair National Suicide Prevention Alliance. Health, public health and social change.
Southampton City Council @southamptoncc.bsky.social Official account of Southampton City Council
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social Independent global health news written by experienced journalists. Non-profit media company with HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Commercial Determinants Research Group @cdoh-rg.bsky.social Researchers at LSHTM, University of Edinburgh and others. We research the tobacco, alcohol, food, fossil fuel and others. We also research cross-industry playbooks and industry misinformation.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/cdrg
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
Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG) @malguk.bsky.social The only UK membership organisation with a reach across the whole debt landscape - working together to improve the lives of people in debt https://malg.org.uk/
Money and Mental Health @moneyandmentalhealth.org Independent research & campaigning charity 📣 Our mission? To break the link between financial difficulty & mental health problems 💜
Founded by @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com in 2016. Led by @helenundy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
Rory O’Brien @roryobrien.bsky.social External Affairs Director @thefabians.bsky.social | London | Views my own
Adblock Hackney @adblockhackney.bsky.social 
Cllr Alastair Binnie-Lubbock @alastairis.bsky.social Own opinions. Campaigns. Cllr Hackney Downs ward. He/They
Promoted by S Liberadzki on behalf of Alastair Binnie-Lubbock at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social London Assembly Member since 2016, Green Group Leader and Chair Transport Committee. Highbury Cllr 2014-26. Green Party
https://cityhallgreens.com/
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of Caroline Russell, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Stefanie Gissing @stefaniegissing.bsky.social Public Health Registrar & Future Leaders Programme Alum based in Yorkshire and the Humber
Passionate about prevention and commercial determinants
Frequent reader 📚 occasional writer 📝
Views my own
Zoe Clarke @zoelclarke.bsky.social Public Health Practitioner and Researcher working across local authority and academia. Interested in applied public health research and the commercial determinants of health. Based in Sheffield. She/her.
Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social The UK's professional membership body for #publichealth. We work with our members to protect and improve health for all. www.fph.org.uk
Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance @ceacg.bsky.social 📍 Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
🔎 Sociological research on addictions
Visit our website: https://tinyurl.com/ceacghelsinki
Policy Research Unit in Addictions @nihr-pruaddictions.bsky.social Research unit at King's College London focusing on policies across addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction and recovery. Directed by Prof Leonie Brose and Prof John Holmes.
🌐: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nihr-policy-research-unit-in-addictions
Heather Wardle @shwardle.bsky.social Professor of Gambling Research and Policy at the University of Glasgow. Co-chair of the Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling. 
Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social Programme Director – Transformation and Recovery
Jim Wackett @jim-wackett.bsky.social Believer, husband, father, friend.
#PutPokiesInTheirPlace #EndGamblingAds
Gambling Reform | Truth & Reconciliation | Veterans | Refugees
Live on Darramurragal land
Dan Bateman🎙️ @danbateman.bsky.social Family Man🏡
Podcaster🎙️
Football Writer ✍🏻
Positive Thinker 🧠
Epilepsy Advocate 💜
Recovering Gambler 💪🏻
Manchester United ❤️
Carlisle United 💙
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Dr Simone McCarthy @simonemccarthy.bsky.social Research Fellow, Deakin University. Researching the gendered impacts of gambling harm and the commercial determinants of health
Sam Burne James @samburnejames.bsky.social Freelance PR and comms for charities, social enterprises and more | Ex-journalist | Runner | Fulham FC fan | Writer of dull biog | Comedy nerd | Outdoorsy when not hunched over laptop | samburnejames@gmail.com
Jon @diaz.ai Policy analyst. Dad. American expat in Paris.
Research interests: career education, school-to-work transitions, democracy, digital governance, data, artificial intelligence.
Views are my own. Reskeets ≠ endorsements.
Emily Darko @emilydarko.bsky.social Director of Research and Policy at Social Enterprise UK
Business for a fairer, greener world
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social Chief Economist, Institute for Government
Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social Prof of Demography & Population Health @oxforddemsci.bsky.social | Mortality, Epidemiology, Infections/Immunity, Biosocial science, COVID-19. | Science Communicator 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧.
Substack: https://jenndowd.substack.com
Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
Graeme Demianyk @graemedemianyk.bsky.social Senior Reporter and Front Page Editor at HuffPost | 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 | Newcastle United
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The Mirror
ashley.cowburn@mirror.co.uk
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, DeSmog, Byline Times, Computer Weekly, Democracy for Sale, AOAV, The Nerve, Citizens, Good Law Project, Dawn etc.
Email:mcfoiareturns@proton.me
Alain Tolhurst @alaintolhurst.bsky.social Chief Reporter at @PoliticsHome.bsky.social and host of The Rundown podcast
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Andrew Gregory @andrewgregory.com Editor, Health @theguardian.com
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 
tern @1goodtern.bsky.social truth, science, hope
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social 📻 Broadcaster
🖊️ Reporter at PoliticsHome
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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
https://www.benchu.co.uk/
Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
https://linktr.ee/exileeconomics
Maria Glymour @mariaglymour.bsky.social Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health
Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social Epidemiologist. Causal inference researcher and trainer. Currently visiting @yalesph.bsky.social
See my Intro to Causal Inference Course: https://www.causal.training/
See the Causal Inference Interest Group: https://ciig-seminar.github.io
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.
Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats
Posts not for everyone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Views mine -> https://statsepi.substack.com/
Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety
📰 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern
📝 DMs open
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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.
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
https://linktr.ee/instituteforgov
Laura Silver @laurasilver.bsky.social Journalist.
I like sad soup and rocks.
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
Subscribe on Substack: Arguably.uk
Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social Editor of PoliticsHome. Sometimes heard on our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: adam.payne@politicshome.com & DMs.
David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own.
New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Our World in Data
Senior Researcher, University of Oxford
Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
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/
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
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/
@faisalislam.bsky.social @faisalislam.bsky.social 
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum
New Yorker/Aussie
Opinions my own
https://instagram.com/luckytran
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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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
Colin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social Professor of Alcohol Policy in the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (@SARG-SCHARR), graph drawer, data botherer, cake eater, incompetent cyclist and intermittent birder.
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Dan Sutherland @danielsutherland.bsky.social Media Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Harriet Anderson @harrietanderson.bsky.social Senior Media Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Kirsty O'Rourke @kirstyorourke.bsky.social Partnership Insight Officer at @jrf-uk.bsky.social!
Interested in public history, reconciliation and Irish rebel music.
Martyn Hall @martynhall.bsky.social Head of Design and Production at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
@jrfaleks.bsky.social @jrfaleks.bsky.social 
Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social Economist at Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Views are my own. She/Her
Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
Taha @datataha.bsky.social Lead Analyst, JRF. Previously Wellcome Trust, Citizens Advice, NHF.
#rstats
Views my own, especially about the cricket
Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social Director of Insight & Policy at JRF | previously NEF & IPPR | "all models are wrong, but some are useful" (G Box)
@lucyeick.bsky.social @lucyeick.bsky.social 
Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social Marine scientist and teacher Field School & University of Miami. Director of sharktagging. NatGeo Explorer. Shark & ray ecology, biology, conservation. She/her. 
Jenny Grant Weinandy @jgrantweinandy.bsky.social Mum of two; 🏴 Asst. Prof. at Ohio University, studying perceptions of addiction, gambling, sex, harm reduction
Matthew Lawrence @mblawrence.bsky.social Law professor at Emory Law. Admin law, health law, addictions.
Addiction and Liberty: https://www.cornelllawreview.org/2023/04/26/addiction-and-liberty/
Selected works: https://works.bepress.com/matthew-lawrence/
Brian Cuban @bcuban.bsky.social Yinzer, attorney and author. Cat lover. My debut thriller The Ambulance Chaser is coming to the big screen—directed by Lou Diamond Phillips.
http://theambulancechasermovie.com
Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social Contributing Opinion Writer, NY Times. Author: Undoing Drugs, Unbroken Brain, Help At Any Cost; Co-auth: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog & Born for Love (w/ Bruce D. Perry). Addiction, autism, neuroscience, troubled-teen industry, harm reduction, cats.
Beth Schwartzapfel @journo-beth.bsky.social Writer, reader, nerd. Reporter for The Marshall Project covering criminal (in)justice, esp LGBTQ+, parole, addiction, health. Host of VIOLATION. It's not on us to complete the work—but neither can we stop doing it.
Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social Professor of Psychology | Adolescence and the transition to adulthood | Mental health, alcohol, social media, ADHD | Open science and quantitative psychology | She/her.
ohideko @ohideko.bsky.social COMMISSIONS closed❌
You and me belong together !!😉🥰
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Dave Jephson @davejephson.bsky.social Analytical Programme Manager @ohid @dhscgovuk. Former Deputy Head of http://coronavirus.data.gov.uk @ukhsa. Infrequently tweeting in a personal capacity.
Corinne Harvey @corinneharvey55.bsky.social Deputy Director DHSC
Visiting Fellow Leeds Beckett Uni
FPH Local Board Member
Meaghan Kall @kallmemeg.bsky.social Epidemiologist, public health trainee, mom, wife. Formerly @UKHSA. Disability advocate. Born 🇺🇸 Migrated 🇬🇧. 🏳️🌈 Personal account.
Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social Demographer, former tweeting statistician and female data lad. Attempting to make a difference in public health analysis at DHSC. I ran the UK's covid dashboard. Now seen running parkruns. DMs not available. She/her 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪