Joseph Haigh
@josephhaigh.bsky.social
PhD. Teaching Fellow @PAISWarwick. Researches pol psychology of remembrance and vicarious militarism. Should be writing.
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Joseph Haigh
@josephhaigh.bsky.social
· Feb 5
‘Every one (re)membered’: Anxiety, family history, and militarised vicarious identity promotion during Britain’s First World War centenary commemorations | Review of International Studies | Cambridge ...
‘Every one (re)membered’: Anxiety, family history, and militarised vicarious identity promotion during Britain’s First World War centenary commemorations - Volume 50 Issue 6
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Delighted to see my article out in the latest issue of @ris.
I explore how during the 2014-18 Centenary, the Royal British Legion encouraged Britons to vicariously identify with military ancestors as a way of helping them to emotionally buy into militarised revisionist narratives about WW1.
I explore how during the 2014-18 Centenary, the Royal British Legion encouraged Britons to vicariously identify with military ancestors as a way of helping them to emotionally buy into militarised revisionist narratives about WW1.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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🎉 Soraya Hamdaoui has a new publication out in Third World Quarterly 🎉
"It’s the party system that matters: anti-populism in Argentina’s Cambiemos coalition (2015–2017)" examines Latin American anti-populism from a party system perspective, in Argentina.
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0143...
"It’s the party system that matters: anti-populism in Argentina’s Cambiemos coalition (2015–2017)" examines Latin American anti-populism from a party system perspective, in Argentina.
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0143...
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎉 Soraya Hamdaoui has a new publication out in Third World Quarterly 🎉
"It’s the party system that matters: anti-populism in Argentina’s Cambiemos coalition (2015–2017)" examines Latin American anti-populism from a party system perspective, in Argentina.
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0143...
"It’s the party system that matters: anti-populism in Argentina’s Cambiemos coalition (2015–2017)" examines Latin American anti-populism from a party system perspective, in Argentina.
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0143...
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Julia Welland, Pleasure and Depletion in Contemporary Militarism - @edinburghup.bsky.social, March 2026
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Julia Welland, Pleasure and Depletion in Contemporary Militarism - @edinburghup.bsky.social, March 2026
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-pleasur... @warwickpais.bsky.social
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-pleasur... @warwickpais.bsky.social
Why does Labour hate business?! @mattwestern.bsky.social
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Why does Labour hate business?! @mattwestern.bsky.social
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Great to read this table, the week after my institution announces a voluntary severance programme, to see the government introducing a policy that will cost us an extra *£13 million*
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Great to read this table, the week after my institution announces a voluntary severance programme, to see the government introducing a policy that will cost us an extra *£13 million*
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Every Labour MP, SPAD and apparatchik should read this, then read it again. @casmudde.bsky.social with a perfect distillation of why the feted 'Danish model' doesn't work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Every Labour MP, SPAD and apparatchik should read this, then read it again. @casmudde.bsky.social with a perfect distillation of why the feted 'Danish model' doesn't work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Insightful analysis on the ways in which Trump's 28-point 'peace plan' would leave Ukrainian sovereignty in tatters while allowing Russia - and the US - to profit from its own belligerence. Meanwhile, Ukraine and EU are excluded from negotiations but left to foot the bill. A monstrous injustice.
The Trump-Putin deal has more about building AI data centers in both Ukraine and Russia than it does about military positions to deter Russia from attacking again later.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
The joint U.S.-Russia proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, taken point-by-point
www.arcdigital.media
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Insightful analysis on the ways in which Trump's 28-point 'peace plan' would leave Ukrainian sovereignty in tatters while allowing Russia - and the US - to profit from its own belligerence. Meanwhile, Ukraine and EU are excluded from negotiations but left to foot the bill. A monstrous injustice.
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🚨 New Publication in International Organization! 🚨
Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
@iojournal.bsky.social
The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order | International Organization | Cambridge Core
The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order - Volume 79 Issue S1
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨 New Publication in International Organization! 🚨
Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
@iojournal.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
@iojournal.bsky.social
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Same and same. Us haters should all come out together at the same time to show our strength in numbers. I live, breathe and practice my hatred of AI as a vocational calling. It gives me purpose.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Same and same. Us haters should all come out together at the same time to show our strength in numbers. I live, breathe and practice my hatred of AI as a vocational calling. It gives me purpose.
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You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
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The first Thatcher govt had a majority of just 43.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
Has a government with a large majority ever *tried* less to impose itself and change the terms of debate?
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The first Thatcher govt had a majority of just 43.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
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A chart from "The British General Election of 2024" (out soon!) which is relevant to this debate - here's what voters wanted (black line) and what they though Labour (red) and Cons (blue) would do on tax and spend during the campaign. Higher figures = "put them up". Some important lessons here 1/?
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A chart from "The British General Election of 2024" (out soon!) which is relevant to this debate - here's what voters wanted (black line) and what they though Labour (red) and Cons (blue) would do on tax and spend during the campaign. Higher figures = "put them up". Some important lessons here 1/?
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It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
Since the summer, I've been wondering how remembrance and poppy politics would be impacted by the latest wave of ethnonationalism (e.g. far-right flag raising).
Are poppy zealots moving from a compulsory/universalising logic ('everyone must wear one') to a more straightforwardly exclusionary one?
Are poppy zealots moving from a compulsory/universalising logic ('everyone must wear one') to a more straightforwardly exclusionary one?
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Since the summer, I've been wondering how remembrance and poppy politics would be impacted by the latest wave of ethnonationalism (e.g. far-right flag raising).
Are poppy zealots moving from a compulsory/universalising logic ('everyone must wear one') to a more straightforwardly exclusionary one?
Are poppy zealots moving from a compulsory/universalising logic ('everyone must wear one') to a more straightforwardly exclusionary one?
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Clinical and really quite damning from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right
geoffmulgan.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Clinical and really quite damning from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
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Those who say "Trump is taking us back to the Gilded Age" are thinking way too small:
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Those who say "Trump is taking us back to the Gilded Age" are thinking way too small:
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
He's taking us back to a pre-Magna-Carta world.
For all their talk about borders, Trump & the broligarchs & the autocrats of the world don't care abt nations: they aim to rule as warlords over personal empires.
AI is shit.
Awesome that every search engine and major social media site is forcing AI news summaries onto everyone //
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
AI is shit.
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Awesome that every search engine and major social media site is forcing AI news summaries onto everyone //
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Awesome that every search engine and major social media site is forcing AI news summaries onto everyone //
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Possible lesson here for Labour?
Will Hayward: "Beyond this campaign, the aim of the party to appeal to Reform voters that are never coming back (and often were never Labour voters anyway) at the expense of left and centre left traditional supporters has been a catastrophe."
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Possible lesson here for Labour?
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October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This is my new favourite analogy for mainstream parties' problem with the radical right! If you're a mainstream party, you can talk about other things! If you're the government, you can talk about *and do* other things *and* you get to set the agenda, at least to some extent, much of the time!
Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths?
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
September 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is my new favourite analogy for mainstream parties' problem with the radical right! If you're a mainstream party, you can talk about other things! If you're the government, you can talk about *and do* other things *and* you get to set the agenda, at least to some extent, much of the time!
Another one for the vicarious militarism file
1/4 Robert Jenrick’s latest attention-seeking stunt is to go up in a Spitfire in WWII garb so that he can say younger Britons don’t know enough about the Battle of Britain.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Robert Jenrick’s Spitfire flight to commemorate Battle of Britain
The shadow justice secretary released a video from the cockpit saying more than half of people under 40 know nothing about the wartime campaign
www.thetimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another one for the vicarious militarism file
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Omg Remembrance Day this year
September 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Omg Remembrance Day this year