Marta Lorimer

This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social

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Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Is the long-feared US civil-liberties crackdown finally here? - Monocle As Disney voluntarily pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live!, much to the White House’s glee, what does the US’s latest crackdown on...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @mlorimer.bsky.social and @mgmessmer.bsky.social on Trump's crackdown on the menace of late-night chat show hosts and the day's other stuff, plus @warmatters.bsky.social on his terrific new book "War In The Smartphone Age". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Automating awareness, digitizing dissemination: the radical right research robot as a template for (political) science communication in a fragmented social media landscape Over the last 15 years, social media have become an integral part of the science infrastructure. The emergence of ‘Science Twitter’, the collective of scholars active on the platform now known as ‘...

I'm getting my 15 pages of fame. Awkward.

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Marta Lorimer: “I’m not sure there is a single country in Europe that is resistant to the rise of the far right” - EUROPP Marta Lorimer discusses the radical right, how Keir Starmer should respond to Reform UK and why there’s still space to engage for those worried about politics.

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France has organised yet another governmental crisis while I am on holiday, so if I sound very quiet on Monday, you know why.

PRX Editor @mlorimer.bsky.social discusses the rise of the far right in this LSE blog.

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Marta Lorimer: “I’m not sure there is a single country in Europe that is resistant to the rise of the far right” - EUROPP Marta Lorimer discusses the radical right, how Keir Starmer should respond to Reform UK and why there’s still space to engage for those worried about politics.

"I’m not sure there is a single country in Europe that is resistant to the rise of the far right.”

@mlorimer.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social spoke to @jobale.bsky.social about Europe's radical right.

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I had a lovely chat with the LSE IQ podcast. You can listen to the podcast here: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i... or read the extended transcript of my part of the interview on the Europp blog.

If you are around and fancy having coffee and a chat/rant/open hearted discussion about anything from academia to circus to the best pop music of 2025, get in touch! DMs are not open due to age restrictions, but emails are.

In that same panel, I’ll be presenting my paper ‘Ideologising Europe and Europeanising Ideology: Political Party Ideologies and the European Union’. You can read the paper here: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

On Friday morning (8.30-10.15), I’ll be chairing the panel ‘The Politicization of Europe: Ideological Shifts, Media Framing, and Legislative Change’ ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Meet the Editors European Consortium for Political Research

Also on Thursday 28th (15:45 - 16:45), I’ll be representing @prxjournal.bsky.social at the ‘Meet the Editor’ session. If you have some work you’d like to publish, come have a chat with us! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Open Science in Political Research: Promises and Challenges European Consortium for Political Research

On Thursday, 28 August (13.30-15.15), I’ll be taking part in the panel ‘Open Science in Political Research: Promises and Challenges’ ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

My favorite week in the academic calendar has arrived - it's the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference! From this afternoon/tomorrow, you'll find me lurking in the corridors of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.

Action shot of my presentation from earlier today. Find out more about the project here: eupoplink.eu

📣 Super excited to be in Thessaloniki for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference with the Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social team. On Tuesday, we kick off with a panel on far-right mobilization. I'll be presenting work in progress with Iris Beau Segers.
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The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...

New article out!

@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics

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Arrived in Thessaloniki for a full week of conferencing! Day 1 is now in full swing. Excited to be co-leading a WP in this project on populism and Euroscepticism.

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The week in news and culture. Plus: Washington’s bipartisan bistro Butterworth’s - Monocle Marta Lorimer joins Georgina Godwin to review the week’s news. Plus: Charlotte McDonald-Gibson reports from Butterworth’s bistro in Washington, the...

This morning I was on monocle discussing the news. And a lot of far right stuff. Catch the recording here: monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Open Science in Political Research: Promises and Challenges European Consortium for Political Research

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Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to free hostages and Italy’s plan to tackle unpaid fines - Monocle Benjamin Netanyahu suggests expanding Israel’s military operations in Gaza to free hostages; Russia’s deadline for a deal approaches; the chaos...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alexvont.bsky.social and @mlorimer.bsky.social on the Gaza hostages and the day's other stories, plus @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on his fine new book "Lost Boys". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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What Brothers of Italy shares with its post-fascist predecessors Does Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy share similarities with its post-fascist predecessors? New research finds a mixed picture of continuity and change.

What do the Fratelli stand for, actually? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro paint a complex picture of continuity and change

Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/5kBHwSt