Dermot Mckibbin's Starter Pack
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@dermotmckibbin.bsky.social
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
Political columnist, The Guardian Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
@stevepeers.bsky.social
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Next book: UK Trade Law after Brexit (OUP, forthcoming). Usual disclaimers.
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
Commentator on law and policy. Own blog/substack, but also Prospect, FT, elsewhere. Liberal constitutionalist; Villa supporter; sometimes ironic. Birmingham/London, England. (Account deactivated when not used.)
@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social
An unofficial bot of BBC News (UK). RSS: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/uk/rss.xml code: https://gitlab.com/tmaehara/bluesky-newsbots maintainer: @tmaehara.bsky.social
@helenbarnard.bsky.social
Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
@zoecrowther.bsky.social
• reporter at PoliticsHome ✍📱 • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • social media, tech, health & mental health • X: @zoenora6 • threads: zoe_crowther • https://www.politicshome.com/news/author/zoe-crowther.htm
@nearlylegal.co.uk
Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. https://www.jrf.org.uk/
@municipaldreams.bsky.social
Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
Environment editor at the Guardian newspaper, full-time environment writer since 2004
@annaclarke.bsky.social
Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Views are my own. Cambridge based. https://housingforum.org.uk/
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism. Website: https://private-eye.co.uk Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
@queensparkkaren.bsky.social
Chair, Generation Rent. Old Oak Common DC, Paddington and South Kilburn. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views personal.
@tobylloyd.bsky.social
Policy wonk, ex-spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social
Climate & energy governance; citizen engagement. Prof at Lancaster Uni; expert adviser to the Climate Change Committee. Mostly climate stuff, occasional forays into runs, swims, mountains, dogs. Book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/too-hot-to-handle
@thecccuk.bsky.social
The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change. https://www.theccc.org.uk/
@planningtransport.co.uk
Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk Can also be found: Ⓜ️ mastodon.cloud/@respros 📸 pixelfed.social/respros 🍴 beliapp.co/app/respros
@cassierbarton.bsky.social
Statistician at the House of Commons Library. Housing, demography and the census. I also make a lot of dashboards but they're the good kind, I swear.
@darlingtom.bsky.social
Director of the Renters’ Reform Coalition. Posting personal views on housing and politics.
@freerepunit.bsky.social
Relieving poverty by training aspiring lawyers to represent clients in tribunal hearings for free. Please support us at https://www.thefru.org.uk/donate
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social
London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc. lccmunicipal.com
@timmorton2.bsky.social
Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
@richardlowes.bsky.social
Energy policy obsessive on clean/decarb, mostly clean heating and gas. Surfer, dog lover, live in Cornwall. Work for Exeter Uni and the Regulatory Assistance Project. Fellow of the Energy Institute. Co-chair of Clean Heat Forum.
@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
@tomcopley.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial
@lizlaine.bsky.social
Sustainable homes, resilient communities, strategic #retrofit, data geekery, policy wonkery and the good life. #ukhousing #energyefficiency #proptech
@markcrail.bsky.social
Chartism and other #C19th stuff. Chartist Ancestors website, author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors (Pen & Sword books), web editor Society for the Study of Labour History. Science fiction reader. https://linktr.ee/markcrail
@julesbirch.bsky.social
Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis
@london.gov.uk
Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
@louisesunderland.bsky.social
Energy policy, energy justice. People are the centre of the clean energy transition. Managing Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project. Member, South East London Community Energy. Views my own. @sunderlandlouis /in/louise-sunderland-5474b848
@hilaryburkitt.bsky.social
Housing, poverty, social policy, cats | Housing policy at Independent Age
@davehillonlondon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of journalism website OnLondon.co.uk. Also does: https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/ Plus documentary podcasts for The London Society, fiction and sketches as John Vane. Busy.
@nutty.bsky.social
Free range nerd in Sydenham, Lewisham, London, England, Earth. (He/Him) Trying to fix climate, environment, streets, housing and educate the cats.
@marianneh.bsky.social
Workingtonian in Liverpool (home)/Manchester (work), UK. Architect working on tools and processes for better building retrofit, mostly in houses, mostly for coops and community energy orgs.
@clondoner92.bsky.social
A writer for my website & ⦵ #London #Transport #TFL, #ElectricVehicle #EV & #Hydrogen enthusiast. Public Transport is the veins of the economy 🚏🚌🚐🚋🚃🚄🚇 Views are my own https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/
@hilaryosborne.bsky.social
Consumer and money editor at the Guardian, Akela at 4th Wood Green, worrier at all times
@katieschmuecker.bsky.social
Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
@climatebrown.bsky.social
Housing, Climate change and all things Sustainability. She/her born at 338.99 ppm!
@generationrent.bsky.social
The voice of private renters. We campaign to make our homes safe, secure and affordable. Team behind #VentYourRent and #HomesNotHotels https://linktr.ee/GenerationRentUK
@bobhudson.bsky.social
Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson
@officialcpfc.bsky.social
The Official Bluesky handle of Crystal Palace ❤️💙 Pride of South London.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@dermotmckibbin.bsky.social
Interested in the reform of the private rented sector and the abolition of the leasehold system. Member of the South East London Community Energy Co-operative : setting up a community land trust in Bromley.Email me bromleycommunitylandtrust@gmail.com