Podcast: ‘Lost in the far-right funhouse – how bots and fakes create a false, angry Britain’'

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Written By IDSB Institute

9 December 2025

Dr Olivia Brown talks about her work on the far right and extremism on the UK political commentary podcast ‘Oh God, What Now?’

She explains how a small number of far-right accounts weaponise tragedies like Southport and use AI and engagement tricks to fake grassroots, us-vs-them banter.

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