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Daniel Jones
@narson.bsky.social
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Historian and archivist. Working on far right and antifascism post1945, research/archive ethics and pedagogy. Work and teach at an English university. Liberal, nerdy and often under attack from his cat.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Nov 10
Given the seeming explosion in history sky (skystorians? Whatever we call it!), I thought I'd copy everyone else and do an introduction. Hi! I'm Dan, and I'm a historian of antifascism and the far right post-1945. I primarily work on the UK, but also other anglophone countries so far. (1/8)
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 1d
Said in an interview that he wouldn’t support PR if it meant Farage became PM. That this was a red line for him.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 1d
Watching Polanski back peddle on PR…yeesh. Disappointing, but not surprising.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 9d
BBC now running stories entirely predicated on talks with Zia Yousef, whose position now is....running an internal policy group within Reform?

Trying to think of the last time the head of the Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee or internal figures from other parties were used as the basis for a story.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10d
It isn’t an either or. We need grants and better funding model for HE to support growth, to promote regional development and to help provide opportunities for all, and we need that at the same time as we all need students to have money to live to ensure that equality of opportunity
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10d
Maintenance grants should never have been eliminated. Bringing them back is good. But not by taking from other parts of the sector, not by assuming government knows best for what adults should study, and not while allowing the sector to shrink in a way that most harms those eligible for grants.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14d
The joys of heart palpitations keeps me awake!
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14d
(Also go to sleep!)
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14d
Then extra congratulations! It is a fun feeling with a physical book with your name in it!
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14d
Is it your first physical print?
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14d
Delighted to get my author copy of this - including my chapter with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social on some of our wellbeing approaches from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social. A fantastic first book from the annual conferences of @uninorthampton.bsky.social’s Centre for Historical studies.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 16d
The Express asked us about awarding the Patsy Carlton Prize to Cllr Chris Northwood. We responded:

"This prize acknowledged an exceptional woman in Cllr Chris Northwood. The message it sends to women members and voters is that the Liberal Democrats honour and value all of our women members."
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 16d
Those roles being hollowed out, those projects being truncated, can leave us with a situation where the very conditions that stoke division are encouraged.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 16d
Why do council elections matter? Councils have not only a big impact on how day to day people experience the state, but are at the forefront of community cohesion projects and counter-radicalisation efforts in many cases. In roles often labelled as 'DEI' by Reform, and targeted for elimination.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 16d
There seems to be a decent amount of 'Reform could win the next election' fever going around. I have to say, I think that is deeply unlikely. But, we could see a hollowing out of the state below Parliament as they do well in local elections. And we should talk about that more.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 22d
About to do my first tv interview about non archive stuff. Argh
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 9
Historians of political ideas or movements seem to often be politically active themselves (perhaps not a surprise!). But often also seem to be the most despondent about their party. I wonder if historians see flaws more readily, whether we dream of purity, or if we are just a moody bunch of gits.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 9
Thanks for the link! Shall give it a read (should say, last post very much not a critique of you. Or even necessarily the OP!)
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 9
I suspect they would be a bit more spread out (though I’ve not found a Lib Dem voter who much likes Farage). Not including Lib Dems does make things seem more polarised, and it is always risky that such reporting is a self fulfilling prophecy. Though I accept I am biased!
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 9
I’d be kind of interested to see where Lib Dem voters go in that graph.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 9
And with UCEA doing as it promised and cancelling the talks on workload, casualisation etc I start to wonder if anyone gives a damn about early career or precarious academics. Given the sector is in such a poor progression state that we have had to stretch what ECR is…. Yeah. Just despondent.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 8
Always good to have email confirmation that UCU’s Higher Education Committee are still no closer to briefly flirting with reality.

Huge sums wasted on a national pay ballot, and work on casualisation, precarious contracts, work loads and equality likely tossed to the side.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 3
It was a joke, a tongue in cheek comment. The absurdity I hoped would indicate that, apologies for the confusion.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 2
On a more serious note, it is good to see pro-trans stances generally winning out in the Green Party - though unfortunate to see one of their new deputies now minimising transphobia and providing support to anti-trans MPs. Shall hope it was a misstep rather than a hidden flaw.
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Sep 2
So the Greens have gone for a leader who wants to push their party to be more radical and populist, who is a former Lib Dem. I mean. I wonder if anyone has tried that before, and if so I wonder how it went....
The official portrait of Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · Aug 23
There are other groups out there - both street campaigns and not. For many years the unions had strong links to Searchlight (esp the teaching unions). Though all groups are, like the Union itself, imperfect. David is always a good read though. I always listen to him even when I don’t agree.
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