James Kanagasooriam
Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social
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Here for all things public opinion. Hoping Bluesky isn’t a left wing version of X
@bestforbritain.bsky.social
Fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit. Change Minds → Change Politics CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
@pascallth.bsky.social
Political analyst Right makes might Substack: https://pascallth.substack.com/
@nicolesykes.bsky.social
Charities, charts, cats. Director of Policy, Communications and Research at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈
@sbrackenborough.bsky.social
Londoner and writer on classical music. Interested in the arts, history, nature, reading, coffee and vegetarian food. Evangelist for getting around cities by bike. Blog: corymbus.co.uk
@markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social PhD studying political contention of self-determination groups | 📊 Quant PoliSci | 🗳️ Scots politics & elections | Associate Member @ccc-research.bsky.social | ✍🏻 @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
@georgeeaton.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Politics), New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/author/george-eaton
@caprosser.com
Political scientist | Co-director British Election Study | Election number crunching for ITV | Trustee McDougall Trust caprosser.com
@ruwankodikara.bsky.social
SVP, International Corporate Comms at Sony Music. Ex-Amazon, Ex-No10. Ultimately report to my wife and two children.
@uktradebusiness.bsky.social
A cross-party, cross-industry body established in 2021 to conduct the most comprehensive consultation of UK businesses since leaving the EU and make recommendations to government. Secretariat: @bestforbritain.bsky.social Website: www.tradeandbusiness.uk
@alexsmith1982.bsky.social
Inaugural Fellow, now Senior Advisor, Obama Foundation • Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School • Trustee & Board Member • Ex: The Cares Family, Ed Miliband, LabourList.
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@julsmith.bsky.social
Writes for the Times, the Telegraph, and many many others. Former Smash Hits young writer of the year, it was all downhill from there
@andrewteale.me.uk
Quizzer. Clarinettist. Lancastrian. Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com https://andrewspreviews.substack.com . Edits the Local Elections Archive Project https://andrewteale.me.uk/leap/
@mariosrichards.bsky.social
Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated). Experiments with Data Visualisation: https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code https://medium.com/@mariosrichards https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
@davidheniguk.bsky.social
Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
@davidcottam6.bsky.social
Inquisitive person. Writer and player of music. Ecology, arts and science enthusiast.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
@patrickallies.bsky.social
Artistic Director of vocal ensemble Siglo de Oro. Musical Director of Imperial College Chamber Choir. PhD student. He/him patrickallies.co.uk
@patrick-pme.bsky.social
YouGov guy earning paychecks by researching public opinion, projecting elections (currently, 🇨🇦), doing MRPs, running campaign and comms testing and development, figuring out how AI can help measure public opinion, and being a talking head in the media.
@jillongovt.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe and Institute for Government. Government, civil service, policy and Brexit. Cricket fan and tennis player.
@dylandifford.bsky.social
YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things"
@pimlicat.bsky.social
CEO @bestforbritain.bsky.social Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social NED @RoSPA
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
More passion. Less shouting. A new podcast by Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social, Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social, and Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod https://quietriotpod.com
@ianleslie.bsky.social
Coming in Spring 2025: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available for pre-order now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
@hannahbunting.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Quant British Politics at Uni of Exeter. Sky News Elections Analyst. Loves all (most) things stats, voting behaviour, British elections & inclusive feminism.
@jennaprice.bsky.social
recovered academic, columnist, journalist, editor, grandmother of four dragons, still tired after all these years jennapricejournalist@gmail.com
@gdeejay.bsky.social
Applied economist working in international development policy 🇹🇴🇸🇧🇻🇺🇫🇯🇦🇺🇲🇲 (etc), Mostly memes. Sometimes post about #publicpolicy, research, data science, #PFM and #Rstats Economist | Independent Consultant All views my own
@january3.github.io
Bioinformatician, biostatistician, science writer. About me: https://january3.github.io/ All my photographs are completely free to use, public domain and CC0. Blog o naukowych różnościach: https://january3.github.io/biokompost/
@laragroves.bsky.social
Senior Researcher in AI accountability @AdaLovelaceInstitute | interested in participatory methods & research, civic tech, politics, cycling, beer | half-baked opinions all my own
@generalboles.bsky.social
Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
@clemcowton.bsky.social
Director of External Affairs @OctopusEnergy Group || Board, EnergyUK || Board, Sussex University Energy Group || Founder, Friends of Queens Road Cemetery
@focaldata.bsky.social
Your trusted partner for world-class research. Contact us: http://focaldata.com/contact-form
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. Currently at #ijf25 #ddj #dataviz
@chrischirp.bsky.social
Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal.
@gaylussite.himbonomics.com
𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴. Data analytics engineer by day, ageist queer by night. | 🌍: 🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇮🇪 | 🗣️: 🏴🇫🇷 | ✍️: @theipaper @unherd Long form posts on housing, urbanism and progress: www.himbonomics.com 🧩
@worklifeyou.bsky.social
Director, Evidence - World Risk Poll, Resilience Index, Ocean Economy, Critical Infrastructure, Engineering a Safer World ex Wellbeing Economics, Public Policy, Constitution
@lewisbaston.bsky.social
Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, traveller, flâneur. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
@christabelcoops.bsky.social
Director of Research at Labour Together. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
@greenmirandahere.bsky.social
Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. More yakking. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
@stephenbuggy.bsky.social
I work with data and on Homelessness. I am learning Portuguese. I live in Belfast
@linegertsen.bsky.social
Investigative Correspondent, news-anchor, Denmark. Sci-fi, dogs (Boxer) Politics, Art … having a good time. ❤️ (Personal views)
@guym.bsky.social
Ex partner in PwC Africa. Helping organisations work faster, better, cheaper. The only race we belong to is the human one.