Daniel Jones
@narson.bsky.social
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)
If the US treats its allies as hostile powers, it may find that those allies no longer think it is safe to have signals and air bases of the US on their land. The US is a huge power, but its ability to project that power has long relied on bases across the world.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
If the US treats its allies as hostile powers, it may find that those allies no longer think it is safe to have signals and air bases of the US on their land. The US is a huge power, but its ability to project that power has long relied on bases across the world.
I mean. Forever true I guess.
The hollowing out of talent in the Tories post-Cameron and the promotion of people of dubious quality has left them exposed to these 'former minister' defects stories. They had many ministers who aren't serious people - and now they go where unserious people go. Reform. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi, who was chancellor for two months when Boris Johnson was prime minister, is the latest former Tory MP to join Nigel Farage's party.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I mean. Forever true I guess.
The hollowing out of talent in the Tories post-Cameron and the promotion of people of dubious quality has left them exposed to these 'former minister' defects stories. They had many ministers who aren't serious people - and now they go where unserious people go. Reform. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi, who was chancellor for two months when Boris Johnson was prime minister, is the latest former Tory MP to join Nigel Farage's party.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The hollowing out of talent in the Tories post-Cameron and the promotion of people of dubious quality has left them exposed to these 'former minister' defects stories. They had many ministers who aren't serious people - and now they go where unserious people go. Reform. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gerry Gable, long-time editor of Searchlight, sadly died last weekend. The work of Gerry and his comrades forms our Searchlight Collection, the heart of the Searchlight Archive, and we are honoured to continue his legacy in some small way. Rest well, Gerry. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/remembe...
Remembering renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor Gerry Gable (1937-2026) | UON
The University of Northampton pays tribute to renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Honorary Doctor, Gerry Gable, who sadly passed away on 3 January 2026.
www.northampton.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Gerry Gable, long-time editor of Searchlight, sadly died last weekend. The work of Gerry and his comrades forms our Searchlight Collection, the heart of the Searchlight Archive, and we are honoured to continue his legacy in some small way. Rest well, Gerry. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/remembe...
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Gerry Gable, architect of modern British anti-fascism.
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism | Searchlight
The death of Searchlight's founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be r ...
searchlightmagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Gerry Gable, architect of modern British anti-fascism.
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
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One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social
Gerry Gable, architect of modern British anti-fascism.
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism | Searchlight
The death of Searchlight's founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be r ...
searchlightmagazine.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social
Very sad news - Gerry was a great of antifascism, a tenacious fighter against the darker angels of humanity's existence, and I was lucky enough to call him a friend. His legacy is a large one, and one that will continue. Rest well Gerry, you did good.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/gerr...
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/gerr...
Gerry Gable (1937-2026) | Searchlight
Gerry Gable It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce that Searchlight's founder, Gerry Gable, has died at the age of 88. He had been in ...
searchlightmagazine.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Very sad news - Gerry was a great of antifascism, a tenacious fighter against the darker angels of humanity's existence, and I was lucky enough to call him a friend. His legacy is a large one, and one that will continue. Rest well Gerry, you did good.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/gerr...
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/gerr...
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
Manging to defect to Reform just as they are slumping in the polls is pure peak SeaGullis.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Manging to defect to Reform just as they are slumping in the polls is pure peak SeaGullis.
Also looks like they took out the colonnade - which was originally built under Thomas Jefferson (along with its counterpart on the west side).
Breaking news: The East Wing of the White House is gone.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control
Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while President Donald Trump defended the project.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Also looks like they took out the colonnade - which was originally built under Thomas Jefferson (along with its counterpart on the west side).
Utterly amazed that the BBC Radio 4's You and Yours had an economist on who started raving about some conspiracy that world banks are planning for zero or negative growth, in service to a globalist agenda. Barmy, and most likely antisemitic.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Utterly amazed that the BBC Radio 4's You and Yours had an economist on who started raving about some conspiracy that world banks are planning for zero or negative growth, in service to a globalist agenda. Barmy, and most likely antisemitic.
Watching Polanski back peddle on PR…yeesh. Disappointing, but not surprising.
October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watching Polanski back peddle on PR…yeesh. Disappointing, but not surprising.
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.
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.
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.
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.
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.
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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.
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.
September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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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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."
"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."
September 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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."
"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."
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.
September 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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.
About to do my first tv interview about non archive stuff. Argh
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
About to do my first tv interview about non archive stuff. Argh
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.
September 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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.
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.
Huge sums wasted on a national pay ballot, and work on casualisation, precarious contracts, work loads and equality likely tossed to the side.
September 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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.
Huge sums wasted on a national pay ballot, and work on casualisation, precarious contracts, work loads and equality likely tossed to the side.
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.
September 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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.
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....
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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 campaign by those on the right to grant special clemency for what she admitted was a criminal act, often while campaigning for harsher treatment of others, is the only attempt at "two-tier justice". The adoption of these radical and far right talking points by the mainstream is deeply harmful.
August 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The campaign by those on the right to grant special clemency for what she admitted was a criminal act, often while campaigning for harsher treatment of others, is the only attempt at "two-tier justice". The adoption of these radical and far right talking points by the mainstream is deeply harmful.
A little story from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social - with a huge thank you to Jen and the press team at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. A letter from Otto Frank to Maurice Ludmer, then editor of @searchlightmag.bsky.social. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/a-fathe...
A Father’s Fight for Justice: Unpublished letter from Otto Frank to the British press discovered in University of Northampton’s Searchlight Archive | UON
A discovery has been made deep within the archives at the University of Northampton which casts a new spotlight on a father’s fight for justice in...
www.northampton.ac.uk
August 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A little story from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social - with a huge thank you to Jen and the press team at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. A letter from Otto Frank to Maurice Ludmer, then editor of @searchlightmag.bsky.social. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/a-fathe...
Thankfully, it isn't me.
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thankfully, it isn't me.