Link to full abstract here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Normalising ideas which just a few years ago would have been regarded as career ending extremism but now are seen as legit, because they are constantly in every centre right MP and journalist's X replies, may end being Elon Musk's most lasting, and most destructive, impact on British politics.

Thank you so much! And again for your very valuable comments this summer.

With the honourable exception of @zoejardiniere.bsky.social, I don't think I've heard anyone on broadcast media laying out the objective fact that the immigration "crisis" is a wholly manufactured piece of political theatre that benefits a tiny minority of Britain's very richest people.

Happy to hear that and would love to hear more about your work some time!

Thank you very much for sharing!

Thank you to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social, Isabelle Hertner & Omran Shroufi for providing feedback on early drafts.

The article argues that the German & Austrian far-right parties AfD and FPÖ use a populist discourse to talk about Jews.

This ostensibly "moderates" their narratives (distancing them from biological racism & historical fascism) but draws on anti-elitist ideas that overlap with antisemitic traits.