Mike Shepherd
Recently retired Social Work academic, Scotland. Happy to be here. Wide range of interests - social, economic, cultural, etc.
@theferret.scot
Scotland's award-winning investigative news and fact-checking co-op. Join us: http://bit.ly/3IFBSOt Contact us here: https://theferret.scot/contact/
@neilpooran.bsky.social
Scottish Political Correspondent with PA based at Holyrood. All my own views etc.
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social
Political Correspondent, The Herald. 📧[email protected]. www.heraldscotland.com she/her dyspraxic 🌼
@alexmassie.bsky.social
Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
@davidwalker44.bsky.social
Elgin-born, Glasgow-educated. Scottish political reporter at the Scottish Daily Express. Views my own.
@justinbowie1997.bsky.social
Politics Reporter for The Courier and Press & Journal. Pub quiz host.
@chitgrrl.bsky.social
Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
@kennyfarq.bsky.social
Columnist with The Times in Scotland. Editor of The Jaggy Thistle substack. Orwell Fellow. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.
@scga.bsky.social
First all-Scotland international relations institute. Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign policy. scga.scot @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
@sandertordoir.bsky.social
Chief economist @ Centre for European Reform. Eurozone macroeconomic policies | Role of 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 in EU. Formerly @ECB, @IMF, @Worldbank.
@samfriedman.bsky.social
Professor at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Economic Advisor to An Tánaiste (Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister) with a focus on Trade.
@samgadjones.bsky.social
European Security Correspondent for the Financial Times. Hanging around Central Europe. (And currently working on an investigative podcast out this summer). Formerly FT investigations, UCLSSEES, FT defence & security editor & way back the LSE Also 🎿🚴♂️📚🏔️
@lucyfisher.ft.com
Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️ Host of the FT’s Political Fix podcast 🎙️
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, coming in September 2025
@iainmartin1.bsky.social
Director of the London Defence Conference. Engelsberg Ideas editor. Weekly newsletter at Reaction on Substack. Author.
@iaindale.bsky.social
LBC Radio presenter Gob on a Stick Serial book editor Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
@paullewismoney.bsky.social
Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
@zurch.bsky.social
BBC North America correspondent. A Texan who explains US politics to Brits, UK politics to Americans & Canadian politics to everyone. Views expressed ≠ BBC's
@josh.politics.co.uk
Editor of Politics.co.uk ✍️ Subscribe to my free newsletter 👇 https://www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/
@nicklowles.bsky.social
Antifascist with @hopenothate. Will post about politics, cricket, travel and food
@uk.theconversation.com
Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. #weneedexperts Sign-up now for our free newsletter: https://theconversation.com/uk/newsletters/ This account is mostly automated.
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
Called a communist too many times and wrote “Bear Necessities of Politics and Power*” because I got annoyed. Work in Community Health. More: bearlypolitics.co.uk Love a footnote. *Buy it here: linktr.ee/IratusUrsus
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
Wangs on - normally about politics - on telly and on The Trawl podcast.
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social
Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
@tomnuttall.bsky.social
@rikefranke.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD UniofOxford, previously Sciences Po. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
@iankmsmith.ft.com
Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously insurance, markets, finance, stocks, pensions, you get the idea Stories: https://www.ft.com/ian-smith Contact: [email protected]
@robarmstrong.bsky.social
US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
@tonytassell.bsky.social
Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing.
@mshannahmurphy.bsky.social
Financial Times tech correspondent writing on social media - X, Meta, TikTok, Telegram - plus some AI, cyber and misinformation. 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. DMs open. Tips to: 📨[email protected] Signal: mshannahmurphy.04
@bondhack.ft.com
Corporate Finance Editor at the Financial Times. Have a tip? Email: [email protected] / [email protected] | Signal: robert_smith_ft.55
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
@libbybrooks.bsky.social
Guardian Scotland correspondent contact: [email protected] extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
@tomphillips.bsky.social
Latin America correspondent for the @guardian based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 via London 🇬🇧, Beijing 🇨🇳 and Mexico City 🇲🇽 Say hello: [email protected]
@kalyeena.bsky.social
Banking correspondent for the Guardian, but really all things City and finance Tips to [email protected] DM me for Signal/Protonmail details
@deborahcole.bsky.social
Berlin correspondent, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/deborah-cole deborah.cole(at)theguardian.com
@jamestplunkett.bsky.social
Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
@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
@jmpsimor.bsky.social
Barrister, environment, energy, public law, human rights. Visiting Prof LSE & Goldsmiths.
@kirstyshughes.bsky.social
European, Scottish and UK politics - and sometimes photography/nature/landscapes. Blogs on Europe & Scotland https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhughes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8ztbl