Ed Harrison
edharrison94.bsky.social
Ed Harrison
@edharrison94.bsky.social
PhD Researcher & Research Consultant | Interested in digital culture, online movements, politics & misinformation
Social media, particularly X, is becoming increasingly influential in shaping political discourse.

In this piece for @uk.theconversation.com we explore how the online right is using it to shift the Overton window and influence Reform policy.

theconversation.com/inside-the-f...
Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM