Ben Fraser
benfraser.bsky.social
Ben Fraser
@benfraser.bsky.social
I cannot wait to read this.
Excited to announce the first book on my press.

Plan Life Go, by Julie Fogarty, Sliver Editions, Spring 2026.

An incredible debut memoir rooted in 1990s Dublin's explosive rave scene and devastating heroin epidemic.

Design by Matt Lambert.

More details here ⬇️

www.sliverpress.com/editions
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Exceptional, searing column from Mark O’Connel.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"As the left-wing bloc of opposition parties revels in Connolly’s victory as a signal of broader change... Ireland continues to buck trends in both European politics and globally."

Great piece from @unamullally.bsky.social on what the Presidential says about Ireland's international posture/profile.
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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"Watching the post-election story unfold, it is hard to avoid the feeling that political exclusion is only a problem if the wrong people are being excluded."

🎯 in this excellent piece on #Áras25 by @benfraser.bsky.social

#IrishPol
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Another good piece of writing from @benfraser.bsky.social on how the story of #Aras25 has shifted to focus not on a left-wing victory, but on right-wing grievances.

"If they wanted a right-wing candidate, they need only have followed the rules and nominated one."
No Spoilers
How the story of the Presidential Election has been reworded
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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"It is worth reflecting on what impact this broad-spectrum poisoning of the well had on this election and the lasting effects it may have on our politics."

If voting changed anything, they would de-legitimise it.

#Áras25 #VotingTheRightWay
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I wrote about how the post-election story is being written and for whom. You can read it here: medium.com/@ben_fraser/...

#speirgorm #Aras25 #Aras2025
No Spoilers
How the story of the Presidential Election has been reworded
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Really interesting, smart analysis.
I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future.

kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
An initial analysis
kevcunningham.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I enjoyed reading this thought-provoking essay on the #Aras25 campaigns by @benfraser.bsky.social
A Presidential Show
The campaigns testing the limits of our credulity
medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wrote about the Presidential campaign and the test is has posed to our collective credulity:

medium.com/@ben_fraser/...

#Áras25
#SpeirGorm
A Presidential Show
The campaigns testing the limits of our credulity
medium.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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"...they have found it hard to dislodge the public from their basic assumption that Connolly is, most likely, exactly what she looks like: an unpretentious Irishwoman of significant talent & well-documented principle."

Great piece by @benfraser.bsky.social 👏

#Áras25
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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New from my colleague @disinfozo.bsky.social at @isdglobal.org examining the emerging alliances between Irish far-right groups (so called "nationalists") south of the border with Northern Irish loyalists and the British far-right:
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
Emerging cross-border dynamics in Ireland's anti-migrant mobilisation
Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border. Northern Irish Loyalists and Irish Republicans have voiced online support for each other and crossed the Irish border...
www.isdglobal.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What Mamdani has done, with support from AOC and Bernie, is make the sides in the fight clear. It's the cynical, regressive uniparty of the oligarchy against the hope of ordinary people. And while that's expressed in wildly different ways in different contexts, this is the division that matters now.
June 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM