Paul Sweeney's Starter Pack
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com — On 👨👶 leave until July — 📝 ft.com/jbm
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@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
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@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.
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@roberthutton.co.uk
RobDotHutton from the broken site. Parliamentary sketches and film columnist for The Critic, co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. New spy book "The Illusionist" is out now.
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Author of best-selling book Democracy for Sale - and best-selling newsletter of same name. Sign up for Democracy for Sale newsletter: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
@generalboles.bsky.social
Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
@antoniabance.bsky.social
Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Trade unionist, mama.
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Born 319.62ppm. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss) I’ll have you know I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
@charlotte2153.bsky.social
Labour MP for Warrington North 🌹 Jewish, book worm, happiest outdoors Email: charlotte.nichols.mp@parliament.uk
@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
@johnmct.bsky.social
@annpettifor.bsky.social
I write about the global financial system & its impact on the ecosystem. Books: The Production of Money, The Case for The GND (2018), The Coming First World Debt Crisis (2006). My newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@jameschalmers.bsky.social
Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
@simonlightwood.org.uk
Labour & Co-operative MP for Wakefield and Rothwell. 🏳️🌈 For constituency casework please email simon.lightwood.mp@parliament.uk
@simonforstroud.bsky.social
Labour’s MP for Stroud in Gloucestershire, and GP. Local. Sustainable. Community. Abusive and irrelevant comments may be hidden and those who post them blocked. www.simonopher.org
@imogenwalker.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for Hamilton and Clyde Valley imogen.walker.mp@parliament.uk
@gregorpoynton.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for the Livingston constituency.
@graemedowniemp.bsky.social
@ScottishLabour MP for Dunfermline & Dollar. 'A pointy-fingered fellow' - Quentin Letts. Graeme.downie.mp@parliament.uk.
@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.
@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
@kevverage.bsky.social
Investor/chair of a couple of Scottish businesses; chair of constitutional think tank These Islands; keen analyst of Scotland’s economic data (particularly “GERS” #fml); occasional political commentator; runner, hill walker & dog lover - views own, obv
@kennystewart.bsky.social
🗒️ Public affairs and comms in mental health 👍 Keen on sport, rights, and DIY punk rock ⬅️ Previously EHRC, Open University, Glasgow 2014 and more 🐶 Mostly pictures of my dog 🚹 He/him 📍 Glasgow, Scotland 📑 Ts and Cs apply.
@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
@kieranandrews.bsky.social
Political Editor for ITV Border; co-author of Break-Up/agent Northbank Talent; prev The Times, The Courier, Sunday Post, Brechin Advertiser
@reformscotland.bsky.social
Scotland's independent non-party think tank A public policy institute which works to promote increased economic prosperity, opportunity for all & more effective public services. Reform Scotland is independent of all political parties.
@fraserjfstewart.bsky.social
Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart. Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
@neilpooran.bsky.social
Scottish Political Correspondent with PA based at Holyrood. All my own views etc.
@joejfagan.bsky.social
East Kilbridean│Leader of South Lanarkshire Council│Councillor for East Kilbride Central North│Scottish Labour & Coop
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social
Political Correspondent, The Herald. 📧rebecca.mccurdy@heraldandtimes.co.uk. www.heraldscotland.com she/her dyspraxic 🌼
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@paulsweeney.bsky.social
Labour & Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow | Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Veterans