Versions of this BBC World article on the UK immigration protests and broader context also available in Uzbek, Arabic, Serbian, Vietnamese, among other languages (in case this is of interest).

On the one hand, better late than never. On the other hand: why so late? The case for doing this was just as obvious in May as it is in September.

Zeer lezenswaardig, dit interview van @stevoakkerman.bsky.social in Trouw. Met opvallende en rake uitspraken over de media: “Talkshows zijn een paardenrace en media hebben de neiging om het dominante frame niet te bevragen, maar te volgen.” www.trouw.nl/verdieping/p...

📣 Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl. Het klakkeloos overnemen van termen als ‘remigratie’ past in het draaiboek van uiterst rechts. Het versterkt uiteindelijk het zelfvertrouwen van de beweging – wat zich vertaalt in electorale winst en meer zichtbaarheid op straat. www.groene.nl/artikel/remi...

Wat een slechte analyse. Een extreemrechtse gewelddadige explosie mag niet gepolitiseerd worden, zo’n fascistische geweldsuitbarsting is van zichzelf al politiek. En dit extremisme wordt zichtbaarder en sterker omdat vanuit het parlementaire domein het gedachtegoed (grotendeels) wordt gelegitimeerd.

Ook een goed commentaar dat het ideologische karakter van het geweld aankaart 👇

Ook uitstekende duiding van @leoniedejonge.bsky.social 👇

Uitstekend commentaar 👇

Alles is politiek aan de rellen in Den Haag

Anti-immigration demonstration in the Netherlands escalates. This is exactly what happens when far-right ideas are tolerated and normalised over an extended period of time. The far right gains confidence and grows, both at the ballot box and in the streets. nos.nl/artikel/2583...

I wrote for @theguardian.com about the “Unite the Kingdom” rally. High time to pull head out of the sand and learn from other countries — if only on what NOT to do!

🔎New! A Reform UK government isn’t inevitable, argues @timbale.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The assisted dying bill begins its substantive Lords scrutiny this Friday. Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi... #assisteddyingbill

From SIX years ago… insane that so many on the “center left” still don’t get the point. There is now so much solid empirical research available too.

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

It’s striking how much these patterns are similar across many European counties (both the center left one and the radical right one). And yet there’s much work to be done in shifting the discourse from competing narratives that have little empirical backing.

Labour's strategy since the election seems designed to appeal to right-conservative voters. This strategy hasn't worked on its own terms because they have lost the (very few) right-wing voters that they had, while also losing (much) larger numbers of left-wing voters.

Labour's next biggest losses are to left-liberal parties (Liberal Democrats and Greens). Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour). These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw

Ik mocht weer bij @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social aanschuiven om te vertellen over het migratiedebat in het VK en de politieke consequenties.

Paris Aslanidis and @andreapirro.it presenting their recent books with OUP. Sarah de Lange and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social will discuss! #ecprgc25

🌅📙 64.3 #NostalgicDeprivation in Europe 🇪🇺 These authors (🧵⬇️) look at impact of #NostalgicDeprivation on support for #PopulistParties across both Eastern and Western Europe 🌍 linking populist attitudes and voting. 🔗 buff.ly/HuJNAqL

📢 Hello E&D Colleagues! We’ve got several updates from the @ecpr.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy Standing Group (@ecpr-ead.bsky.social). Whether you’re joining us in Thessaloniki or following from afar, here’s what’s coming up. 🧵👇

This moment never ceases to excite. Out in shops on 9 Sept...

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social! Are young men becoming more conservative? This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ik mocht aanschuiven bij Haagse Zaken en sprak met @guusvalk.bsky.social over de normalisering van uiterst rechts gedachtegoed, hoe je onderzoek doet naar uiterst rechts, hoe dat verschilt in 🇩🇪 en 🇳🇱, en welke verantwoordelijkheid er ligt bij de wetenschap en journalistiek. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Our book now exists in hard copy - for the real fans and their libraries - but you can also still keep browsing and downloading it here for free: academic.oup.com/book/60532

Far-right parties are doing well – so it’s important that we see them for what they are. Yet, in the UK, the label ‘hard right’ is catching on. Why is debateable. But, argues, @timbale.bsky.social, this misdescription sanitises far-right parties, and we should push back against it bit.ly/4eLRBeC

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗ New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself @ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj A short 🧵 1/7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Our School @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social invites expressions of interest from post-doctoral researchers for the 2025/2026 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship competition. Deadline is 4th August and details can be found below. Please get in touch if you have questions!

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not? What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0032... 🧵 1/10

Ondanks hun beloftes om ‘minder Europa’ te regelen, stemde de PVV tijdens kabinet-Schoof I net zo vaak in met Brusselse plannen als andere partijen. Dat terwijl de partij Mark Rutte jarenlang verweet in Brussel ‘bij het kruisje te tekenen’ voor meer Europese samenwerking.

Very pleased to see my co-authored piece with Patrick Diamond for @bjpir.bsky.social published! We use the case of the UK since 1945 to show that fiscal orthodoxy, macroeconomic prudence, and even 'austerity' can, in certain conditions, be pursued by the left as well as right. But... (1/2)

What better way to celebrate Big Dog Boris Johnson's birthday today than by signing up to hear @nigelfletcher.bsky.social and the @newstatesman.com's @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and me discuss the death (sorry, future) of the Tory Party this coming Monday? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/does-the-c...

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

Great to see our principal investigator @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, co-investigator @stijntvankessel.bsky.social, & research fellow @adrianfavero.bsky.social launching our brand new monograph "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action - The Survival of the Mass Party" at the University of Groningen!

De mythe die niet sterft Ook vandaag herhaalt Vullings dat de PvdA toch écht kiezers verloor aan de PVV. Nadat Marleen de Rooy de uitspraak van Yesilgöz terecht weerlegde (over de PvdA die veel kiezers zou hebben verloren aan de PVV), stelt Vullings dat die overloop langer geleden was dan in 2023.

We had the pleasure to present our forthcoming book today @rug.nl. @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social talked about the content and Carla Hoetink offered the Dutch perspective

💐 We´re about to close the first standalone conference organised by the @ecpr.bsky.social SG E&D. THANK YOU from the organising team to everyone who made this event a success! 💐 @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social

Even back in the day @ecpr-ead.bsky.social discussed extremism’s effect on democracy. @kai-arzheimer.com builds the large historical bridges in his Keynote at our Standing Group Extremism & Democracy conference. @ecpr.bsky.social

🎉 @ecpr-ead.bsky.social first Conference in 🇬🇧 London is in full swing! Scholars around the world gather to share & discuss their cutting-edge research on contemporary challenges in #democracy, #extremism and #populism 📸 Take a sneak peek of the morning in action 👇

What a great Roundtable on the Challenges to Democracy at our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference at QMUL. Fantastic and varied insights by @terezacapelos.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social Kathleen Blee and Andrej Zaslove. Special thanks to @sajuria.com for expert moderation.

This will be brilliant. Fantastic lineup!

🥁 Just a few more days until our first conference for the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy! 👏We have a fantastic line-up of speakers & presenters... 🍿 More info: ecpr.eu/Events/322

😎 We cannot wait to see you all in London. If you want to join as an observer, that is still possible! ecpr.eu/Events/322 Proudly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social, in partnership with @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & @sajuria.com

Join us in London next week for our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference. Keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com, roundtable and panels on populism and radicalism. Observer only registration available- with @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @sajuria.com

If you can, please join us for our book presentation in Groningen on 13th June. See details below 👇 The book should soon come out online (open access) with Oxford University Press.

Here we go again, this is such a pervasive myth. It is not true, not for the PvdA and not for many other social democratic parties. On this topic there is so much reseach. I highly recommend the following reads in English and Dutch ….

A few words from me about Dutch government collapse on Australian radio (after the vox pops).

Enkele maanden geleden werd gesuggereerd dat Wilders de volgende verkiezingen sowieso zal gaan winnen. Een paar redenen waarom dat helemaal niet zo evident is: