Bright Blue
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
The independent think tank for defending and improving liberal society.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Bright Blue is hiring for a Communications Manager.
Deadline: 1st December 2025
Position can be full-time or part-time.
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
Deadline: 1st December 2025
Position can be full-time or part-time.
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bright Blue is hiring for a Communications Manager.
Deadline: 1st December 2025
Position can be full-time or part-time.
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
Deadline: 1st December 2025
Position can be full-time or part-time.
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Very interesting publication from think tanks & experts across the political spectrum, on tax reforms that can drive growth. centax.org.uk/tax-reforms-... Includes @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org @brightblueuk.bsky.social @cps.org.uk @neweconomics.bsky.social @danneidle.bsky.social CenTax & others
centax.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Very interesting publication from think tanks & experts across the political spectrum, on tax reforms that can drive growth. centax.org.uk/tax-reforms-... Includes @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org @brightblueuk.bsky.social @cps.org.uk @neweconomics.bsky.social @danneidle.bsky.social CenTax & others
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Delighted I & @brightblueuk.bsky.social have co-authored this new paper on tax reform
Impressive to have such cross-party consensus from think tanks.
Well done to @centaxuk.bsky.social for co-ordinating.
Impressive to have such cross-party consensus from think tanks.
Well done to @centaxuk.bsky.social for co-ordinating.
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Delighted I & @brightblueuk.bsky.social have co-authored this new paper on tax reform
Impressive to have such cross-party consensus from think tanks.
Well done to @centaxuk.bsky.social for co-ordinating.
Impressive to have such cross-party consensus from think tanks.
Well done to @centaxuk.bsky.social for co-ordinating.
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My article for The Critic
⚪️ Some spurious arguments for abolishing Stamp Duty, especially that it is preventing downsizing
⚪️ There are better tax property regimes - such as an annual proportional property tax - but politically and technically challenging to deliver
thecritic.co.uk/abolishing-s...
⚪️ Some spurious arguments for abolishing Stamp Duty, especially that it is preventing downsizing
⚪️ There are better tax property regimes - such as an annual proportional property tax - but politically and technically challenging to deliver
thecritic.co.uk/abolishing-s...
Abolishing Stamp Duty is no silver bullet | Ryan Shorthouse | The Critic Magazine
Though there may be some positive spillover effects from the tax cuts the Conservative Opposition are now promising, all of them, especially abolishing Stamp Duty…
thecritic.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My article for The Critic
⚪️ Some spurious arguments for abolishing Stamp Duty, especially that it is preventing downsizing
⚪️ There are better tax property regimes - such as an annual proportional property tax - but politically and technically challenging to deliver
thecritic.co.uk/abolishing-s...
⚪️ Some spurious arguments for abolishing Stamp Duty, especially that it is preventing downsizing
⚪️ There are better tax property regimes - such as an annual proportional property tax - but politically and technically challenging to deliver
thecritic.co.uk/abolishing-s...
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My latest article on the situation in Israel and Gaza for The Circus, the bulletin of @brightblueuk.bsky.social
✔️ Also, 6 recent policy wins with the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Government
📚 Read The Circus here: mailchi.mp/44eff4615b57...
✔️ Also, 6 recent policy wins with the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Government
📚 Read The Circus here: mailchi.mp/44eff4615b57...
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
My latest article on the situation in Israel and Gaza for The Circus, the bulletin of @brightblueuk.bsky.social
✔️ Also, 6 recent policy wins with the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Government
📚 Read The Circus here: mailchi.mp/44eff4615b57...
✔️ Also, 6 recent policy wins with the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Government
📚 Read The Circus here: mailchi.mp/44eff4615b57...
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Reflecting on the future of the centre-right.
Thank you to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for hosting such energising and educational seminars in beautiful Lake Como.
Thank you to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for hosting such energising and educational seminars in beautiful Lake Como.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reflecting on the future of the centre-right.
Thank you to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for hosting such energising and educational seminars in beautiful Lake Como.
Thank you to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for hosting such energising and educational seminars in beautiful Lake Como.
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Delighted to launch a new online daily magazine:
@centrewrite.bsky.social
Find thoughtful contributions from authors every day, starting with Mel Stride's interview, here: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/interview-wi...
Subscribe to weekly roundups on our homepage: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
@centrewrite.bsky.social
Find thoughtful contributions from authors every day, starting with Mel Stride's interview, here: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/interview-wi...
Subscribe to weekly roundups on our homepage: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
Interview with Mel Stride – Centre Write | Bright Blue
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Delighted to launch a new online daily magazine:
@centrewrite.bsky.social
Find thoughtful contributions from authors every day, starting with Mel Stride's interview, here: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/interview-wi...
Subscribe to weekly roundups on our homepage: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
@centrewrite.bsky.social
Find thoughtful contributions from authors every day, starting with Mel Stride's interview, here: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/interview-wi...
Subscribe to weekly roundups on our homepage: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
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✍️Today's article from Centre Write:
@bijanomrani.bsky.social explains why ‘The anti-social menace will be our undoing’.
Read here👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-anti-soc...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@bijanomrani.bsky.social explains why ‘The anti-social menace will be our undoing’.
Read here👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-anti-soc...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
The anti-social menace will be our undoing
The train stank of weed, and several people were playing music out loud on their phones. There were too many for me to stomp up and down the carriage asking the offenders in my usual diplomatic way to...
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
✍️Today's article from Centre Write:
@bijanomrani.bsky.social explains why ‘The anti-social menace will be our undoing’.
Read here👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-anti-soc...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@bijanomrani.bsky.social explains why ‘The anti-social menace will be our undoing’.
Read here👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-anti-soc...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
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Today, Alex Gunter writes about what @conservatives.bsky.social can learn from Moldova's Party of Action and Solidarity.
Read the article on Centre Write👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/moldovas-pas...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social @yougov.co.uk
Read the article on Centre Write👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/moldovas-pas...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social @yougov.co.uk
Moldova’s PAS shows Russians can be beat
For a party that once prided itself on knowing every doorstep in Britain, the Conservatives have somehow lost the knack of knocking on them. Bizarrely, it was Moldova that reminded the centre-right…
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today, Alex Gunter writes about what @conservatives.bsky.social can learn from Moldova's Party of Action and Solidarity.
Read the article on Centre Write👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/moldovas-pas...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social @yougov.co.uk
Read the article on Centre Write👇
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/moldovas-pas...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social @yougov.co.uk
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🗣️ "We need open registers of beneficial ownership, transparency, and letting sunlight be the best disinfectant."
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🗣️ "We need open registers of beneficial ownership, transparency, and letting sunlight be the best disinfectant."
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
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⚖️ @mrjcrouch.bsky.social argues that the Conservative Party would lose votes by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.
📖Read the full article on Centre Write: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/leaving-the-...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@opiniumresearch.bsky.social
#Tories #politics #ECHR
📖Read the full article on Centre Write: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/leaving-the-...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@opiniumresearch.bsky.social
#Tories #politics #ECHR
ECHR exit would lose Tories votes
If there’s one thing in politics worth remembering, it is not to get caught in an argument that unites your opponents and splits your friends. The announcement on the European Convention on Human…
centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⚖️ @mrjcrouch.bsky.social argues that the Conservative Party would lose votes by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.
📖Read the full article on Centre Write: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/leaving-the-...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@opiniumresearch.bsky.social
#Tories #politics #ECHR
📖Read the full article on Centre Write: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/leaving-the-...
@brightblueuk.bsky.social
@opiniumresearch.bsky.social
#Tories #politics #ECHR
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Co-authors of the paper included our Chief Economist @chrisbelfield.bsky.social alongside @cps.org.uk @adamsmith.org @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @brightblueuk.bsky.social @labourtogether.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social
🚨 NEW🚨
We’re really excited to launch ‘Tax Reforms for Growth’ today along with experts from across the political spectrum.
Consensus on tax policy is rare, but we have a joint plan for fair, pro-growth tax reform in the UK🧵
centax.org.uk/tax-reforms-...
We’re really excited to launch ‘Tax Reforms for Growth’ today along with experts from across the political spectrum.
Consensus on tax policy is rare, but we have a joint plan for fair, pro-growth tax reform in the UK🧵
centax.org.uk/tax-reforms-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Co-authors of the paper included our Chief Economist @chrisbelfield.bsky.social alongside @cps.org.uk @adamsmith.org @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @brightblueuk.bsky.social @labourtogether.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social
Join us today for our online #LudgateLecture where University of Strathclyde's Professor of Practice, Sir John Curtice, discusses what polls tell us about whether Britain's two-party system can survive.
📅Thursday 30th October
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍Watch live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhe...
📅Thursday 30th October
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍Watch live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhe...
Ludgate Lecture with John Curtice: How polling has changed politics
YouTube video by Bright Blue
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October 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Join us today for our online #LudgateLecture where University of Strathclyde's Professor of Practice, Sir John Curtice, discusses what polls tell us about whether Britain's two-party system can survive.
📅Thursday 30th October
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍Watch live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhe...
📅Thursday 30th October
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍Watch live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhe...
📢 Today Bright Blue launches a new essay collection in partnership with @jrf-uk.bsky.social:
'Mending the net? A new centre-right approach to social security'
📖Read the full report here: brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
🧵Follow this thread for more details 👇
'Mending the net? A new centre-right approach to social security'
📖Read the full report here: brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
🧵Follow this thread for more details 👇
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 Today Bright Blue launches a new essay collection in partnership with @jrf-uk.bsky.social:
'Mending the net? A new centre-right approach to social security'
📖Read the full report here: brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
🧵Follow this thread for more details 👇
'Mending the net? A new centre-right approach to social security'
📖Read the full report here: brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
🧵Follow this thread for more details 👇
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📢 OUT TODAY @brightblueuk.bsky.social and @jrf-uk.bsky.social release a book on a new centre-right approach to social security
Includes contributions from @conservatives.bsky.social and @reformuk.bsky.social politicians and thought leaders
🗞️ Covered in @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Includes contributions from @conservatives.bsky.social and @reformuk.bsky.social politicians and thought leaders
🗞️ Covered in @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Tory Reform defector Danny Kruger calls for two-child benefit cap to be scrapped
Better parental leave and 'universal credit lottery' among other suggestions in centre-right book of essays
inews.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢 OUT TODAY @brightblueuk.bsky.social and @jrf-uk.bsky.social release a book on a new centre-right approach to social security
Includes contributions from @conservatives.bsky.social and @reformuk.bsky.social politicians and thought leaders
🗞️ Covered in @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Includes contributions from @conservatives.bsky.social and @reformuk.bsky.social politicians and thought leaders
🗞️ Covered in @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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My article in @thespectator1828.bsky.social today
spectator.co.uk/article/to-s...
This is an extract from a new book by @brightblueuk.bsky.social out today.
📘 Read the book here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
spectator.co.uk/article/to-s...
This is an extract from a new book by @brightblueuk.bsky.social out today.
📘 Read the book here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Cutting Britain's giant welfare bill would be an act of kindness
The rate of poverty across the population has been pretty static over the past few decades, but child poverty has risen in recent years.
spectator.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My article in @thespectator1828.bsky.social today
spectator.co.uk/article/to-s...
This is an extract from a new book by @brightblueuk.bsky.social out today.
📘 Read the book here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
spectator.co.uk/article/to-s...
This is an extract from a new book by @brightblueuk.bsky.social out today.
📘 Read the book here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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CONSERVATIVES: UKACC x @brightblueuk.bsky.social: Brave New World? Fighting Corruption and Kleptocrats in an age of Trump.
Featuring Diane Banks, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, @danieljbruce.bsky.social, and John Penrose.
Featuring Diane Banks, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, @danieljbruce.bsky.social, and John Penrose.
September 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
CONSERVATIVES: UKACC x @brightblueuk.bsky.social: Brave New World? Fighting Corruption and Kleptocrats in an age of Trump.
Featuring Diane Banks, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, @danieljbruce.bsky.social, and John Penrose.
Featuring Diane Banks, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, @danieljbruce.bsky.social, and John Penrose.
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A really interesting discussion with @brightblueuk.bsky.social and the Energy Ombudsman at #LDConf. There’s so more to do if we want to protect consumers in the ever-changing energy market and help them to adopt new low-carbon tech. Thanks to all who came and to Vince Cable for his insights.
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A really interesting discussion with @brightblueuk.bsky.social and the Energy Ombudsman at #LDConf. There’s so more to do if we want to protect consumers in the ever-changing energy market and help them to adopt new low-carbon tech. Thanks to all who came and to Vince Cable for his insights.
TODAY Join us at 1pm for our second fringe of Lib Dem Party Conference 2025
Featuring @luketryl.bsky.social, @claireyoungmp.bsky.social and more
Featuring @luketryl.bsky.social, @claireyoungmp.bsky.social and more
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
TODAY Join us at 1pm for our second fringe of Lib Dem Party Conference 2025
Featuring @luketryl.bsky.social, @claireyoungmp.bsky.social and more
Featuring @luketryl.bsky.social, @claireyoungmp.bsky.social and more
TODAY Join us at the @libdems.org.uk Party Conference 2025 at 11:30am
🗣️
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
@willforster.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝
@propertymark.bsky.social
🗣️
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
@willforster.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
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@propertymark.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
TODAY Join us at the @libdems.org.uk Party Conference 2025 at 11:30am
🗣️
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
@willforster.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝
@propertymark.bsky.social
🗣️
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
@willforster.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝
@propertymark.bsky.social
Join us this Sunday at the Liberal Democrat Conference for our event.
🗣️ @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social, @willforster.bsky.social, @carlcashman.bsky.social, Eleanor Langford, Tom Darling, Timothy Douglas.
⏰ 11:30am - 12:30pm
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝 @propertymark.bsky.social
🗣️ @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social, @willforster.bsky.social, @carlcashman.bsky.social, Eleanor Langford, Tom Darling, Timothy Douglas.
⏰ 11:30am - 12:30pm
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝 @propertymark.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Join us this Sunday at the Liberal Democrat Conference for our event.
🗣️ @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social, @willforster.bsky.social, @carlcashman.bsky.social, Eleanor Langford, Tom Darling, Timothy Douglas.
⏰ 11:30am - 12:30pm
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝 @propertymark.bsky.social
🗣️ @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social, @willforster.bsky.social, @carlcashman.bsky.social, Eleanor Langford, Tom Darling, Timothy Douglas.
⏰ 11:30am - 12:30pm
📍Blandford Syndicate 3, Highcliff Marriott Hotel
🤝 @propertymark.bsky.social
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Join @brightblueuk.bsky.social in Bournemouth at the upcoming 2025 @libdems.org.uk Party Conference
We're hosting 2 public fringe events outside the secure zone
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/upcoming-eve...
We're hosting 2 public fringe events outside the secure zone
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/upcoming-eve...
September 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Join @brightblueuk.bsky.social in Bournemouth at the upcoming 2025 @libdems.org.uk Party Conference
We're hosting 2 public fringe events outside the secure zone
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/upcoming-eve...
We're hosting 2 public fringe events outside the secure zone
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/upcoming-eve...
💡 The new Home Secretary adopts Bright Blue recommendation to restrict visas from countries with poor asylum returns record.
Read a comment from Senior Research Fellow, William Prescott, about this here: www.brightblue.org.uk/visa-asylum-...
Read a comment from Senior Research Fellow, William Prescott, about this here: www.brightblue.org.uk/visa-asylum-...
September 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
💡 The new Home Secretary adopts Bright Blue recommendation to restrict visas from countries with poor asylum returns record.
Read a comment from Senior Research Fellow, William Prescott, about this here: www.brightblue.org.uk/visa-asylum-...
Read a comment from Senior Research Fellow, William Prescott, about this here: www.brightblue.org.uk/visa-asylum-...