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I am curious as to who the "stakeholders" are who are preventing the UK government from acting against a white supremacist pornographer?

There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.

News outlets need to get a grip on this. X and X-ai are avoiding offering responses, so they end up quoting the AI generator of contradictory gobbledegook because it will respond, but the responses are not meaningful

Exactly right John. They’ve pushed away the intermediary social & economic institutions that might help shape and implement reform and then get upset when they discover politics keeps on happening to them.

Yes, I am agreeing about the danger of bloc-ist polarisation about foundational questions of democratic norms or of identity + citizenship in a multiethnic, multifaith democracy

Less a success of the far right and more the failure of others to tell a compelling story of nationhood and belonging open.substack.com/pub/nationst...

Less a success of the far right and more the failure of others to tell a compelling story of nationhood and belonging open.substack.com/pub/nationst...

👇 open.substack.com/pub/nationst...

For broader context: ‘The Architecture of the British Christian Right’ by Francis Davis: 👇 www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

This, by Francis Davis, sets Robinson in a much broader context of British Christian nationalism www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

This, by Prof Francis Davis, gives valuable context to the rise of British Christian Nationalism. It’s not just Robinson www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

The white working class and multi-cultural nationalism - 4th most read article in Political Quarterly in 2025. With @tariqmodood.bsky.social and Sam Taylor Hill onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Nice to be in this spot with co-authors @jydenham.bsky.social and Sam Taylor Hill

A new paradigm is needed for Europe’s national democracies. buff.ly/GRh4HQh

What role did/does/could/should faith play in shaping our national identities? With Prof Linda Woodhead and great panel. Book here👇

What role did/does/could/should faith play in shaping our national identities? With Prof Linda Woodhead and great panel. Book here👇

A new paradigm is needed for Europe’s national democracies. buff.ly/GRh4HQh

The white working class and multi-cultural nationalism - 4th most read article in Political Quarterly in 2025. With @tariqmodood.bsky.social and Sam Taylor Hill onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The BBC censored my line about Trump's corruption, turned off the comment section, and sat on the video versions for three weeks. Still, I’m genuinely glad to see so many people watching (and commenting on) my Reith Lectures. Here's the first one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...

Avoiding the nation doesn’t neutralise national populism. It opens the door to it. buff.ly/ioEZ46L

Most voters—populist or not—think sovereignty, borders, culture, and law belong at national level. Opposition strategies that don't understand this will struggle

Most voters—populist or not—think sovereignty, borders, culture, and law belong at national level. Opposition strategies that don't understand this will struggle

Europe’s problem isn’t excess nationalism. It’s democratic politics without the capacity to govern. buff.ly/ioEZ46L

Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote: 'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.' By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"

Europe’s problem isn’t excess nationalism. It’s democratic politics without the capacity to govern. buff.ly/ioEZ46L

National populism doesn’t win by inventing issues. It wins by insisting they are national ones. buff.ly/ioEZ46L

Number 4 in the most-read PQ journal articles of 2025 was: 'Multicultural Nationalism: Saving the White Working Class from Blue Labour?'. By Sam Taylor Hill, @tariqmodood.bsky.social, @jydenham.bsky.social Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Think national populism is someone else’s fault? 👇

Think national populism is someone else’s fault? 👇

The left has been a weakness in fighting national populism. buff.ly/yPbfUUw

There are reasons why Blue Labour lost its way👇

The perils of post-liberalism - buff.ly/yPbfUUw

The perils of post-liberalism - buff.ly/yPbfUUw

Good piece about the British Christian Right here www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

Good piece about the British Christian Right here www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

National populists appeal to patriotic ideas of the nation. Being seen as agents of foreign powers is not a good look. From latest post: substack.com/@jydenham/no...

National populists appeal to patriotic ideas of the nation. Being seen as agents of foreign powers is not a good look. From latest post: substack.com/@jydenham/no...

Can national populist parties credibly present themselves as defenders of sovereignty while aligning with US and Russian plans to reshape Europe? The new US strategy may clarify a long-blurred dividing line between democratic politics and parties serving external interests. buff.ly/8hOGKgQ

The significance of the US Security Strategy is slowly sinking in👇

Being seen as agents of Trump and Putin may not be best for Reform UK

A clear association with Trump and Putin is more likely to reduce support for national populism rather than increase it. It is likely to create a bigger gulf between hard core Trump and Putin supporters and the wider national community. buff.ly/K9Ui7rG

A clear association with Trump and Putin is more likely to reduce support for national populism rather than increase it. It is likely to create a bigger gulf between hard core Trump and Putin supporters and the wider national community. buff.ly/K9Ui7rG

Will the new USA strategy help - or hinder - Europe’s national populists?👇

Will the new USA strategy help - or hinder - Europe’s national populists?👇

National Populism: Puppets of Putin AND Trump? A quick response to the new US National Security Strategy and its welcome in the Kremlin

The US strategy wants national populism to reshape Europe in the US interest. The response must include a better vision of European nationhood, not just a defence of the status quo👇

The US strategy wants national populism to reshape Europe in the US interest. The response must include a better vision of European nationhood, not just a defence of the status quo👇

The US strategy national populism to reshape Europe in the US interest. The response must include a better vision of European nationhood, not just a defence of the status quo👇

I wrote this before the new US National Security Strategy was published but it feels even more relevant now buff.ly/EYyDshG