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Greece's lethal warning to Europe US Version

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What's happening today beneath the surface

Wednesday, June 3 Wednesday
Jun 3^rd

Analysis 07:01

Why British farmers love Farage

Why British farmers love Farage

Liam Stokes

Analysis 07:00

Why British farmers love Farage

Why British farmers love Farage

Liam Stokes

Tuesday, June 2 Tuesday
Jun 2^nd

Reaction 18:00

Have Republicans gone too far on trans, or not far enough?

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Even if some measures have veered into outright cruelty, that does not negate the case for restoring sex-based policy.

Lisa Selin Davis

Reaction 18:00

Have Republicans gone too far on trans, or not far enough?

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Even if some measures have veered into outright cruelty, that does not negate the case for restoring sex-based policy.

Lisa Selin Davis

News 16:19

Germany asylum applications fall to lowest level since 2012

Archie Earle

News 16:15

Germany asylum applications fall to lowest level since 2012

Archie Earle

Reaction 13:09

Curtain-twitchers have killed Soho

Richard Crampton-Platt

Reaction 13:00

Curtain-twitchers have killed Soho

Curtain-twitchers have killed Soho

Richard Crampton-Platt

Debate 10:00

Henry Nowak murder has shattered trust in British police

Henry Nowak murder has shattered trust in British police

Dominic Adler

Debate 10:00

Henry Nowak murder has shattered trust in British police

Dominic Adler

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Fishing in Siberia

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JP

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Jun 11 2026 - 9:27am

Can Putin live to 1,000?

Can Putin live to 1,000?

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Mitchell Prothero

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Can Putin live to 1,000?

Can Putin live to 1,000? Aging is his Achilles heel

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra Cheap drones have changed the battlefield

Mitchell Prothero

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Can Putin live to 1,000?

Can Putin live to 1,000? Aging is his Achilles heel

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra Cheap drones have changed the battlefield

Mitchell Prothero

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Tuesday, June 2 Tuesday
Jun 2^nd

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Oldham is still obscuring the horror of grooming gangs

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Victims have long argued that the particular dynamics of Pakistani Muslim perpetrators must be exposed.

Julie Bindel

Reaction 07:00

Oldham is still obscuring the horror of grooming gangs

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Victims have long argued that the particular dynamics of Pakistani Muslim perpetrators must be exposed.

Julie Bindel

Saturday, May 30 Saturday
May 30^th

Reaction 08:00

Starmer can’t escape New Labour

Lee David Evans

Reaction 08:00

Starmer can’t escape New Labour

Lee David Evans

Thursday, May 28 Thursday
May 28^th

Analysis 07:00

Rachel Reeves’s ‘Buy British’ plan is fantasy economics

Andrew O'Brien

Analysis 07:00

Rachel Reeves’s ‘Buy British’ plan is fantasy economics

Andrew O'Brien

Wednesday, May 27 Wednesday
May 27^th

Debate 07:01

Labour’s women problem is worse than Jess Phillips thinks

Labour’s women problem is worse than Jess Phillips thinks

Joan Smith

Debate 07:00

Labour’s women problem is worse than Jess Phillips thinks

Labour’s women problem is worse than Jess Phillips thinks

Joan Smith

Monday, May 25 Monday
May 25^th

Reaction 12:01

Reform UK’s tax cuts promise is a sign of political immaturity

Peter Franklin

Reaction 12:00

Reform UK’s tax cuts promise is a sign of political immaturity

Peter Franklin

Henry Nowak’s death shames Britain

Henry Nowak’s death shames Britain Progressive obsessions have warped the state

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:04am

Henry Nowak’s death shames Britain

Henry Nowak’s death shames Britain Progressive obsessions have warped the state

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:04am

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra Cheap drones have changed the battlefield

Mitchell Prothero

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Welcome to ‘the silent society’

Welcome to ‘the silent society’ Can we reverse the social die-off?

Michael Cuenco

7 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:00am

Watch & listen

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

Michael Knowles & Sohrab Ahmari Will Pope Leo divide the Right?

Michael Knowles & Sohrab Ahmari Will Pope Leo divide the Right?

The Econoclasts Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

Politics

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09.29 2025

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

09.29 2025

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

09.29 2025

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause

How Reform ate Labour's lunch

How Reform ate Labour's lunch

Mary Harrington

7 mins

Laborism isn’t working

Laborism isn’t working

David Skelton

7 mins

The Econoclasts Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

Monday, June 1 Monday
Jun 1^st

Debate 18:01

RFK Jr’s war on Lyme disease has only just begun

Garth Brown

Debate 18:00

RFK Jr’s war on Lyme disease has only just begun

Garth Brown

Reaction 16:09

Has Labour lost the working class forever?

David Smith

Reaction 16:00

Has Labour lost the working class forever?

David Smith

Debate 12:47

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 12:45

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 10:46

Europe’s new oil price caps won’t harm Russian economy

Jack Smith

Analysis 10:45

Europe’s new oil price caps won’t harm Russian economy

Jack Smith

Reaction 07:00

Netanyahu doesn’t want Trump to end the Iran war

Tom Rogan

Reaction 07:00

Netanyahu doesn’t want Trump to end the Iran war

Tom Rogan

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JP

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Jun 11 2026 - 9:27am

What tech bros learned from ESPN True fans always want more

Alys Key

5 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:01am

Weekend Spotlight

The twilight of the intellectual dark web Heterodox thinkers have become circus acts

B. Duncan Moench

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:10am

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe US Version

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe US Version

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Can Putin live to 1,000?

Can Putin live to 1,000? Aging is his Achilles heel

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

Weekend Spotlight

The twilight of the intellectual dark web Heterodox thinkers have become circus acts

B. Duncan Moench

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:06am

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
UnHerd is for people who dare to think for themselves.

Mission Statement

Welcome to ‘the silent society’

Welcome to ‘the silent society’ Can we reverse the social die-off?

Michael Cuenco

7 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:00am

Sunday, May 31 Sunday
May 31^st

Analysis 18:51

JD Vance remains Trump’s natural successor

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The Vice President will have to pick a side between the various portions of the Republican Party.

Sohrab Ahmari

Analysis 18:45

JD Vance remains Trump’s natural successor

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The Vice President will have to pick a side between the various portions of the Republican Party.

Sohrab Ahmari

Reaction 16:00

Sting is right about the roots of toxic masculinity

Dustin Guastella

Debate 16:00

Sting is right about the roots of toxic masculinity

Dustin Guastella

Reaction 12:33

Nicola Sturgeon is fooling nobody by playing the sexism card

Nicola Sturgeon is fooling nobody by playing the sexism card

Josephine Bartosch

Reaction 12:30

Nicola Sturgeon is fooling nobody by playing the sexism card

Nicola Sturgeon is fooling nobody by playing the sexism card

Josephine Bartosch

Analysis 08:01

A snap election would be disastrous for Kemi Badenoch

Peter Franklin

Analysis 08:00

A snap election would be disastrous for Kemi Badenoch

Peter Franklin

primary election

Why Ohioans still love Trump Middle-class Democrats don’t get it

Jeff Bloodworth

8 mins

May 5 2026 - 12:01am

Starmer's broken promise The rules remain optional

Jenny McCartney

6 mins

Apr 22 2026 - 9:46am

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

Germany just played into Trump’s hands

Germany just played into Trump’s hands

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra

Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra Cheap drones have changed the battlefield

Mitchell Prothero

5 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:01am

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 10:01am

Culture

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02.15 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

01.10 2026

Banning X will not make anyone safer

12.11 2025

Italian food is too diverse for a UNESCO heritage label

Why aristocrats are funny

Why aristocrats are funny

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

How to end the Age of Slop

How to end the Age of Slop

Louis Elton

12 mins

The Econoclasts The US-China conflict has changed

Saturday, May 30 Saturday
May 30^th

Reaction 16:00

Peter Thiel won’t find a safe haven in Argentina

Nick Burns

Reaction 16:00

Peter Thiel won’t find a safe haven in Argentina

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The country’s Peronist opposition makes California look as business-friendly as Dubai.

Nick Burns

Debate 12:05

Recruiting young unemployed people won’t fix Britain’s army

Chris Bayliss

Debate 12:00

Recruiting young unemployed people won’t fix Britain’s army

Chris Bayliss

Friday, May 29 Friday
May 29^th

Reaction 18:42

Freedom 250 shows MAGA should stop chasing celebrity validation

Oliver Bateman

Debate 18:30

Freedom 250 shows MAGA should stop chasing celebrity validation

Freedom 250 shows MAGA should stop chasing celebrity validation

Oliver Bateman

Explainer 16:08

America’s tourism slump will outlast the World Cup

Ryan Zickgraf

Explainer 16:00

America’s tourism slump will outlast the World Cup

Ryan Zickgraf

Analysis 13:00

Neet crisis is downstream of therapy culture

Neet crisis is downstream of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Analysis 13:00

Neet crisis is downstream of therapy culture

Neet crisis is downstream of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Reaction 10:01

Is this the end of Pedro Sánchez?

Miquel Vila

Reaction 10:00

Is this the end of Pedro Sánchez?

Miquel Vila

Debate 07:01

Keir Starmer is turning online safety into a moral panic

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As young people’s lives become increasingly constrained, the internet remains dazzlingly infinite.

Aiden Abbott

Debate 07:00

Keir Starmer is turning online safety into a moral panic

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As young people’s lives become increasingly constrained, the internet remains dazzlingly infinite.

Aiden Abbott

Welcome to ‘the silent society’

Welcome to ‘the silent society’ Can we reverse the social die-off?

Michael Cuenco

7 mins

Jun 3 2026 - 12:00am

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Can SNL save British comedy? It has caught Donald Trump’s eye

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 1:29pm

The Econoclasts The US-China conflict has changed

Germany just played into Trump’s hands

Germany just played into Trump’s hands

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Boutique boxing punches down

Boutique boxing punches down The new Joe Frazier won’t come from Balham

Tam Hussein

7 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:02am

Can SNL save British comedy? It has caught Donald Trump’s eye

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

Science

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11.25 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

10.01 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

09.30 2025

AI companions are destroying human relationships

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Patrick McGee

4 mins

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Patrick McGee

4 mins

Why Labour should keep Starmer

Spencer Pratt: Hollywood troll

Spencer Pratt: Hollywood troll His mayoral campaign spurns the old Tinseltown elite

Frederick Kaufman

6 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:02am

Thursday, May 28 Thursday
May 28^th

News 18:31

Elite college faculty donations skew heavily Left

James Billot

News 18:30

Elite college faculty donations skew heavily Left

James Billot

Debate 16:24

Hampshire rape case is a stain on Britain’s liberal judges

Hampshire rape case is a stain on Britain’s liberal judges

Dominic Adler

Debate 16:15

Hampshire rape case is a stain on Britain’s liberal judges

Hampshire rape case is a stain on Britain’s liberal judges

Dominic Adler

Reaction 12:34

Universities are paying the price for ditching SATs

Neetu Arnold

Reaction 12:30

Universities are paying the price for ditching SATs

Neetu Arnold

Explainer 10:01

Western leaders are in denial about Ukraine’s war losses

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This war will continue until the moment Putin concludes he has more to gain from peace than from continued fighting.

Wolfgang Munchau

Explainer 10:00

Western leaders are in denial about Ukraine’s war losses

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This war will continue until Putin concludes he has more to gain from peace than continued fighting.

Wolfgang Munchau

Harry Styles: loneliest man in the world He’s the perfect pop star for our age

Sarah Ditum

5 mins

Mar 9 2026 - 12:03am

The tragedy of Jewish identity As antisemitism changes, so do its chroniclers

Alexander Cohen

6 mins

Mar 9 2026 - 12:01am

Adrian Wooldridge Why Labour should keep Starmer

Today’s eerie echoes of the First World War

Today’s eerie echoes of the First World War

Odd Arne Westad

Odd Arne Westad

Boutique boxing punches down

Boutique boxing punches down The new Joe Frazier won’t come from Balham

Tam Hussein

7 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:01am

Is this the end of Hezbollah? Lebanon is finally taking on the militia

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:01am

Faith

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09.26 2025

The Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

09.23 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

09.22 2025

Charlie Kirk funeral fuses Christian mercy with MAGA populism

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

John Hooper

7 mins

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Susan Pickard

6 mins

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

Wednesday, May 27 Wednesday
May 27^th

Debate 18:52

Paxton proved Massie’s ‘craziest son of a bitch’ theory

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 18:50

Paxton proved Massie’s ‘craziest son of a bitch’ theory

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 16:05

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Philip Cunliffe

Debate 16:00

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Philip Cunliffe

Online 13:11

Social media has pushed teenage boys toward chatbot romances

Kristina Murkett

Online 13:00

Social media has pushed teenage boys toward chatbot romances

Kristina Murkett

Reaction 10:01

Birmingham, not Manchester, is Britain’s second city

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Cultural divisions have, in recent years, acquired a political edge.

Richard Vinen

Reaction 10:00

Birmingham, not Manchester, is Britain’s second city

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Cultural divisions have, in recent years, acquired a political edge.

Richard Vinen

Tuesday, May 26 Tuesday
May 26^th

Dispatch 18:16

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Nikos Mohammadi

Dispatch 18:15

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Nikos Mohammadi

Reaction 16:20

Pope Leo’s encyclical fails to challenge the AI threat

Dan Hitchens

Reaction 16:15

Pope Leo’s encyclical fails to challenge the AI threat

Dan Hitchens

Debate 13:01

H-1B visas are tearing Silicon Valley apart

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Debate 13:00

H-1B visas are tearing Silicon Valley apart

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Analysis 10:10

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Kyle Orton

Analysis 10:00

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Kyle Orton

Online 07:01

Farage’s feud with Elon Musk is dividing the Right

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Reform’s grip on the Right — even if the Conservative Party’s decline is terminal — is far from guaranteed.

Samuel Rubinstein

Online 07:00

Farage’s feud with Elon Musk is dividing the Right

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Reform’s grip on the Right — even if the Conservative Party’s decline is terminal — is far from guaranteed.

Samuel Rubinstein

Spencer Pratt: Hollywood troll

Spencer Pratt: Hollywood troll His mayoral campaign spurns the old Tinseltown elite

Frederick Kaufman

6 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:02am

Is this the end of Hezbollah? Lebanon is finally taking on the militia

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

Revenge of the Kurds Can they make a new Iran?

Matt Broomfield

6 mins

Mar 4 2026 - 12:01am

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Mike Pence should go away already

Mike Pence should go away already His Reaganite faith comes up short

James Billot

6 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:00am

How Gorton beat Denton The new politics is ethnic, not sectarian

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

War

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04.13 2026

Does Kemi Badenoch understand Britain’s military dysfunction?

03.20 2026

US is spending $2 billion a day on Iran war

03.14 2026

Poll: majority of Britons think World War III likely in next decade

Nato is a dangerous grift

Nato is a dangerous grift

Thomas Fazi

9 mins

America has lost the will to fight

America has lost the will to fight

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

The Econoclasts Starmer shares Europe’s fatal flaw

Brad Lander’s ‘No’ to Israel

The Left

Brad Lander’s ‘No’ to Israel Dems will follow his line on the Jewish state

Ross Barkan

4 mins

Jun 1 2026 - 12:00am

Monday, May 25 Monday
May 25^th

Analysis 16:00

SpaceX IPO will bolster America’s tech supremacy

Joel Kotkin

Analysis 16:00

SpaceX IPO will bolster America’s tech supremacy

Joel Kotkin

Analysis 08:00

Fraying Russia-Iran ties were inevitable

Fraying Russia-Iran ties were inevitable

Bethany Elliott

Analysis 08:00

Fraying Russia-Iran ties were inevitable

Fraying Russia-Iran ties were inevitable

Bethany Elliott

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Starmer shares Europe’s fatal flaw

Iran left Trump with no alternative

Iran left Trump with no alternative

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Mike Pence should go away already

Mike Pence should go away already His Reaganite faith comes up short

James Billot

6 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:00am

Who killed the English eccentric? Our Americanized culture can’t tolerate oddness

Jack Burke

7 mins

Feb 16 2026 - 12:01am

Society

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09.29 2025

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

09.28 2025

The WHO’s anti-alcohol campaign is a war against joy

09.25 2025

ICE shooting doesn’t herald a new era of Left-wing violence

London police’s rape blind spot

London police’s rape blind spot

Julie Bindel

5 mins

The invention of David Attenborough

The invention of David Attenborough

Samuel Rubinstein

8 mins

Ian Leslie & Helen Thompson The Beatles: How did they do it?

Sunday, May 24 Sunday
May 24^th

Debate 16:01

It is absurd to condemn Charles Dickens as racist

Philip Hensher

Debate 16:00

It is absurd to condemn Charles Dickens as racist

Philip Hensher

Reaction 12:01

Why are so many MPs suffering from burnout?

Adam James Pollock

Reaction 12:00

Why are so many MPs suffering from burnout?

Adam James Pollock

Debate 08:00

BBC needs more than a ‘sat nav’ to root out bias

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This stubborn refusal to confront reality is precisely why the BBC has been unable to escape the trap it created.

Andrew Doyle

Debate 08:00

BBC needs more than a ‘sat nav’ to root out bias

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This stubborn refusal to confront reality is precisely why the BBC has been unable to escape the trap it created.

Andrew Doyle

Saturday, May 23 Saturday
May 23^rd

Reaction 12:01

Tulsi Gabbard resignation marks the end of America First foreign policy

Michael Cuenco

Reaction 12:00

Tulsi Gabbard resignation marks the end of America First foreign policy

Tulsi Gabbard resignation marks the end of America First foreign policy

Michael Cuenco

Debate 08:01

Trans report shows how far Amnesty UK has fallen

Janet Murray

Debate 08:00

Trans report shows how far Amnesty UK has fallen

Janet Murray

Brad Lander’s ‘No’ to Israel

The Left

Brad Lander’s ‘No’ to Israel Dems will follow his line on the Jewish state

Ross Barkan

4 mins

Jun 1 2026 - 12:00am

Suburban sadism

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

Feb 6 2026 - 12:00am

Suburban sadism

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

Feb 6 2026 - 12:00am

Ian Leslie & Helen Thompson The Beatles: How did they do it?

The delusion of Iranian regime change

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Tony Blair’s comeback will fail

Tony Blair’s comeback will fail Radical centrism doesn’t work

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

Jun 1 2026 - 12:04am

Agatha Christie and the red scare Twenties crime capers were obsessed with communism

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am