Ryan Shorthouse
ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
Ryan Shorthouse
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
Founder & Chair, Bright Blue | Deputy Chair, Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) | Commissioner, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) | Senior Visiting Fellow, King’s College London & University of Bath
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 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.
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 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...
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 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.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🔥 LAST WEEK @brightblueuk.bsky.social launched our new online magazine @centrewrite.bsky.social

Check it out & subscribe to our weekly email here centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk

Centre Write will be a home for centrist, liberal & conservative readers searching for thoughtful writing & radical ideas
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Read the full book here: www.brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 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...
September 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Great to be in No.10 again. We talked about @brightblueuk.bsky.social's ideas on justice & home affairs, specifically that will create:

🔴 A more selective, contributory-based skilled migration system
🔴 A drugs policy - for both legal & illegal drugs - that will reduce harms to individuals & society
August 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📣 Government adopts @brightblueuk.bsky.social and @thefabians.bsky.social recommendation for a new Pensions Commission

Read more here: www.brightblue.org.uk/pensions-com...

📘 Read our original report here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
August 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Delighted to speak today with Head of Policy at 10 Downing Street about radical @brightblueuk.bsky.social ideas to help a moderate Labour Government:

📈 Increase prosperity
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Support families
💷 Make tax system simpler & fairer
🏠 Democraticise asset ownership
🛂 Manage immigration
🌳 Green our economy
July 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📢 TODAY @brightblueuk.bsky.social launch a mega-report on future of European centre-right - to beat the statist left & populist right

🔵 5 countries studies
🔵 3 key principles identified
🔵 10 new priorities proposed

📚 Read: www.brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/ri...
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 THIS WEEK @brightblueuk.bsky.social & the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung publish a mega-report on the future of European centre-right

Proposes 10 new distinctive priorities - w/ supporting policies - for the centre-right to beat populist right & statist left

Sign up: brightblue.org.uk/future-of-th...
June 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My recent article for the Yorkshire Post. Ideas to build on what was announced in the Government's latest Immigration White Paper.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

This is an extract from a recent @brightblueuk.bsky.social book on immigration: www.brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
May 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
OUT NOW @brightblueuk.bsky.social's report on immigration

"Mainstream parties need honest and deliverable policy prospectus to reduce immigration"

🔵 10 essays
🔵 Over 40 policy ideas

Covered in Sunday Express, The Telegraph, Times Higher Education & Politico

www.brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Delighted to host the @brightblueuk.bsky.social Spring Reception last week.

I said:

"The liberal centre-right - as opposed to the authoritarian right and statist left - will have our time again soon, to fix the big problems and build a more prosperous, green and abundant country."
May 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📢 This month's @brightblueuk.bsky.social bulletin: #Adolescence, social media & the chronically online

+ Our Spring Reception
+ Our work on living standards
+ We're hiring
+ Our policy wins

Read more here: mailchi.mp/brightblue/b...
April 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📣 Bright Blue's response to the new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) green paper launched today:

"Labour Government makes a strong start in reforming welfare"

+ 3 @brightblueuk.bsky.social policy wins

📘 Read our full response here: www.brightblue.org.uk/welfare-poli...
March 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My letter today to The Telegraph

Advice to the DWP from @brightblueuk.bsky.social on bringing down the benefits bill

www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📣 @brightblueuk.bsky.social is hiring!

We're looking for a new Communications Manager

Deadline: 30 March 2025

Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
March 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yes, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social should press ahead with a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU, as I wrote about in The Times last year. Especially if it’s critical to getting more frictionless trade with our biggest market.

www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
February 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
In the @brightblueuk.bsky.social bulletin this month, I discuss fighting for Britain's global reputation as a prestigious and prosperous country.

Bulletin also includes:

🔵 New articles from team
🔵 New Events & Ops officer
🔵 Upcoming events

Read it here: mailchi.mp/brightblue.o...
February 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 This week Bright Blue launched its new Strategic Plan for the next 3 years.

Includes the appointment of new high-profile, cross-party Advisory Council members and Associate Fellows.

Read our full Strategic Plan here: www.brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
December 12, 2024 at 12:04 PM