Claire Burchett
@cburchett.bsky.social
PhD from KCL. Researching far right, victimhood & antisemitism in DE, FR, AUT. she/her
Leading climate scientists have written to broadcast editors to express concern about recent UK heatwave coverage "The letter urges news organisations to better inform the public [about the climate crisis]...It argues that news coverage “increasingly overlooks the fundamental ‘why'' of heatwaves
Climate scientists say news coverage ignores cause of UK heatwave
Connection between greenhouse emmissions and extreme heat in UK 'indisputable'.
pressgazette.co.uk
My 2nd PhD publication is out today in @pop-jrnl.bsky.social ! 🎉 We know the far right largely claims to be "anti"-antisemitic, but this paper looks at how a party's online community responds when it encounters these narratives. Do individuals agree? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I open X and I see you are all back at posting there. Seriously, what would it take for you to stop posting on that platform? How are the facts that it is owned by a Nazi who constantly uses it to incite violence and that it promotes abuse of children not enough? What would it take?
🟥Red Lines🟥 'How is this cordon sanitaire supposed to survive if it is undermined from within?' @uselesssimo.bsky.social and @cburchett.bsky.social examine the mainstreaming of the far right in Germany under Friedrich Merz. reacpol.net/merz-farrigh...
Red Lines: Sch-Merz-haft! Friedrich Merz’s Culturalist, Reactionary Perspectives and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right (Mohamed Salhi and Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Mohamed Salhi and Claire Burchett discusses the mainstreaming of the far right in Germany under Friedrich Merz.
reacpol.net
Great to work with @uselesssimo.bsky.social on this Red Lines piece on the mainstreaming of far-right discourse by German chancellor Friedrich Merz, and how this was foreseeable from Merz's early days as a politician reacpol.net/merz-farrigh...
Red Lines: Sch-Merz-haft! Friedrich Merz’s Culturalist, Reactionary Perspectives and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right (Mohamed Salhi and Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Mohamed Salhi and Claire Burchett discusses the mainstreaming of the far right in Germany under Friedrich Merz.
reacpol.net
"The UK would be well advised to reflect on how to develop its own democratic resilience... The local elections will be a good time to start this process." ✍️ @cburchett.bsky.social reflects on the rising influence of Reform UK ahead of this week's elections 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reform-uk-in...
Reform UK in power: what we can (and can’t) learn from Western Europe - UK in a changing Europe
Claire Burchett asks how can UK institutions and parties adapt to Reform UK gaining more power at a national and local level and considers what can be learned from countries in Western Europe where fa...
ukandeu.ac.uk
I resuscitated my Substack to share some thoughts on the debate over antisemitism in UK politics (how else do you spend a bank holiday weekend?): open.substack.com/pub/theright...
Empathy, victimhood, and antisemitism
Disentangling the political war over antisemitism in the UK
open.substack.com
This time next week there's going to be a lot of hot takes and spin knocking around, especially re: Reform. I've written a short primer for @politicshome.bsky.social on how to stay sane and navigate the immediate post-election chaos. Thread here too. 🧵 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Misunderstood, over interpreted, unrepresentative: How to read the local election results
The internet will be teeming with hot takes as soon as the first declarations come in on Friday morning. To help you navigate a weekend of noise, h...
politicshome.com
The Green Party has complained to the Times' editor about this cartoon which they say pushes antisemitic tropes against Zack Polanski by portraying him with a hooked nose. "Zack faces daily anti-semitism, and in the past six weeks two people have been arrested for anti-semitic actions towards him."
We’re sending our solidarity and support to Jewish communities after a frightening series of targeted antisemitic attacks. Jewish people, like everyone else, have the right to safety and belonging where they worship, work and live.
and that's a wrap on our @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions workshop that brought together incredible scholars applying quant and computational methods to politics and gender topics! for @maarja.bsky.social (who graciously came down from the mountains for this ⛷️) and I, this was a dream come true ✨
Grateful to @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the chance to present some early post-PhD research on how UK, German, and French far-right parties' approach to (anti-)antisemitism has changed - or not - since 7 October at #psa26. Even better w good friends @mikebankole.bsky.social @salomeietter.bsky.social
If you are in London next week (24/3), I'll be speaking at this event at King's College London on how democratic institutions (try to) respond to far-right populism in Germany. And in very good company!
As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played (Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
If you want to defeat the far right, you need a real alternative, not a more moderate version that panders & parrots but offers nothing to address real issues. Congratulations @greenparty.org.uk, Hannah Spencer, @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the people of Gorton & Denton www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform
Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, also becomes the first Green Party candidate to win a Westminster by-election.
bbc.co.uk
Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10... @chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
Germany's #AfD is now openly courting an international right-wing extremist (with whom they have been playing footsie for years). The whole radical/extreme distinction is moot at this point, and so far, it doesn't make a dent in their support
Germany's AfD bonds with Austrian far-right extremists
Officials from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have been openly rubbing shoulders with Austrian right-wing extremist Martin Sellner. This, despite reservations over his Identitarian Movement.
dw.com
For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.
Sage advice from @sathnam.bsky.social on how to read for pleasure again, I’d also add bookending (sorry, couldn’t resist) the day with a half hour of reading a physical book first thing and again before bedtime. www.thetimes.com/culture/book... 📚
Sathnam Sanghera: Help! I’ve fallen out of love with reading
The writer stopped picking up a book for pleasure some time ago, choosing box sets and social media instead. Here’s how he got over his reader’s block
thetimes.com
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
Wenn der Faschismus wiederkehrt, spaziert er entspannt und ohne Probleme in den Thüringer Landtag.
Our first joint article with the PhD researchers of my research group @rexklima.bsky.social has just been published! 🎉 "Explaining Attitudes Towards #Climate #Action in Germany: AfD vs. the Greens, the East vs. the West, Wind vs. Solar Energy" is now out. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/4)
Explaining Attitudes Towards Climate Action in Germany: AfD vs. the Greens, the East vs. the West, Wind vs. Solar Energy
This article analyses the drivers of individual-level support for – and opposition to – renewable energy in general, as well as wind and solar power specifically. We focus on the crucial case of Ge...
tandfonline.com
Much of what we know of Irredentism is based on it in practice. Much also assumes a logical consistency. Yet how do we explain the use of Irredentism in discourse but not practice, and with inconsistent application? In my first paper, I attempt to tackle this: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Selective Irredentism in Populist Radical Right Discourse in Romania
This article introduces selective irredentism to explain why Romanian populist radical right actors emphasize some territorial claims but not others. Romania’s history involves both territorial gai...
tandfonline.com
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)
Jenrick didn't need to join Reform to mainstream reactionary politics, just like Badenoch and Starmer haven't needed to either We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
Can the impact of economic crises on political trust be mitigated? @charlotteboucher.fr studies the effect of different measures of social support on trust during the #COVID19 pandemic in Europe. More: buff.ly/htbkwaP @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @eurofound.europa.eu @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Political Trust in Crisis: Can Social Protection Make a Difference? - Charlotte Boucher, 2026
How do economic crises harm political trust? And can their impact be mitigated? Using data from Eurofound’s Living, working, and COVID-19 survey conducted acros...
buff.ly
Back to work and thinking ahead to future conferences? This week is the last chance to apply to our (+ @joncollins.bsky.social ) section at ECPRGC in Krakow! Deadline: 9 January As always, feel free to reach out with any comments/questions. :) More details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
It's out!🍾 I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today" It is Open Access! 👇 You can download it here for free. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
