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Author: James Bloodworth
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The ‘Boriswave’ Powering the Carousel of Scapegoats
Post-Brexit supply chain pressures and a series of international crises all resulted in a significant rise in net migration in recent years. The measures taken were supported at the time – but the public wants to ‘have it both ways’, writes James Bloodworth
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How the Islamophobia Definition Became a New Front in the Culture War
Think tanks, working with right-leaning media outlets and MPs, have toxified the political and social waters around recognising anti-Muslim hate. James Bloodworth reports
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Britain’s Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism. Why?
The Reform UK Leader’s rise is not an aberration but the predictable consequence of an industry that has restructured itself around virality, writes James Bloodworth
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From Maggie to MAGA: The Transformation of the Conservative Mind
James Bloodworth examines how the rise of the radical-right is not a sudden aberration but the product of decades of neoliberal policy and the collapse of alternatives
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The Brexit Revolution and the Power of the ‘Betrayal Myth’
Having instigated the UK’s economically and politically damaging departure from the EU, James Bloodworth asks why Nigel Farage is still the country’s most popular politician
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Beyond the Bro Speak: How the Manosphere Nurtures the ‘Alpha Warriors’ of Political Violence
James Bloodworth spent five years investigating the internet subcultures fostering communities of toxic misogyny. The lethal actions of its members – dismissed as ‘lone wolves’ – are a direct result of the thinking embedded in these extreme online spaces
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‘In These TikTok Times, Nigel Farage Knows Personality Trumps Trust’
With cynicism towards traditional institutions at an all-time high, the new digital landscape in which politicians operate favours the likes of the Reform UK Leader. James Bloodworth reports
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From Grief To Grievance
Last summer’s violence across the UK’s towns and cities saw an eruption of racism in some of the country’s most deprived areas. With the Labour Government’s central policy of economic growth on uncertain ground – and a social media-fuelled right in politics and the media ready to take advantage of the underlying conditions that have…
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‘Two-Tier’ Justice Or Two-Tier Punditry?
By 7pm on 30 July 2024, small groups of white men had begun to congregate outside one of Southport’s mosques. Some were wearing hoodies and masks
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‘Legitimate Concerns’ and Root Causes: Have Lessons Been Learned From Last Summer’s Riots?
Last summer, a motley crew of influencers and populists sought to recast the thugs rampaging through towns and cities as a democratic revolt from below. Though they largely failed in this endeavour – a majority of the public displayed little sympathy towards the rioters – it would be naive to bet against further outbreaks of…
