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
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
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.
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.
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...
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.
🔥 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
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
🔥 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
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
Read the full book here: www.brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Read the full book here: www.brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/me...
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...
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
🔴 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
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
🔴 A more selective, contributory-based skilled migration system
🔴 A drugs policy - for both legal & illegal drugs - that will reduce harms to individuals & society
📣 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...
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
📣 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...
Read more here: www.brightblue.org.uk/pensions-com...
📘 Read our original report here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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
📈 Increase prosperity
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Support families
💷 Make tax system simpler & fairer
🏠 Democraticise asset ownership
🛂 Manage immigration
🌳 Green our economy
July 3, 2025 at 5:50 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
📈 Increase prosperity
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Support families
💷 Make tax system simpler & fairer
🏠 Democraticise asset ownership
🛂 Manage immigration
🌳 Green our economy
📢 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...
🔵 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
📢 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...
🔵 5 countries studies
🔵 3 key principles identified
🔵 10 new priorities proposed
📚 Read: www.brightblue.org.uk/portfolio/ri...
📣 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...
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
📣 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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
"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
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...
"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...
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."
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
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."
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."
📢 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...
+ 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
📢 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...
+ Our Spring Reception
+ Our work on living standards
+ We're hiring
+ Our policy wins
Read more here: mailchi.mp/brightblue/b...
📣 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...
"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
📣 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...
"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...
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...
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
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...
Advice to the DWP from @brightblueuk.bsky.social on bringing down the benefits bill
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
📣 @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...
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
📣 @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...
We're looking for a new Communications Manager
Deadline: 30 March 2025
Full details: www.brightblue.org.uk/who-are-brig...
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...
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
February 21, 2025 at 11:10 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...
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
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...
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
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...
Bulletin also includes:
🔵 New articles from team
🔵 New Events & Ops officer
🔵 Upcoming events
Read it here: mailchi.mp/brightblue.o...
🚨 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...
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
🚨 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...
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...