Suella Braverman and James Cleverly disagree on the IRGC. Credit: Getty/ Billy Stephens

08/08/2023 - 2:00pm

Suella Braverman is right about Iran The Home Secretary and James Cleverly disagree over the IRGC threat

David Patrikarakos

Europe’s renewable energy push is destined for ruin The age of oil is far from over

Ralph Schoellhammer

Why is defining ‘trans woman’ so difficult? Activists and policymakers have made the term confusing

Monday, August 7

The Ohio result will be a warning to Republicans A proxy vote on abortion has national implications

No, racism isn’t to blame for the heatwave response One writer views the climate problem through the prism of race

Foreign investment plummets as the West snubs China The post-Covid economic order has exposed Beijing's vulnerability

The true cost of politicising exam grades School leavers have every reason to feel disenchanted

Mary Harrington

Allies turn on America’s Chinese semiconductor strategy A South Korean lawmaker described US sanctions as counterproductive

Philip Pilkington

Saturday, August 5

Meet Taro Yamamoto: Japan’s answer to AOC The progressive insurgent is making significant headway in the polls

Friday, August 4

Medical groups are memory-holing their trans guidance The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to review youth gender treatments

Eliza Mondegreen

Is Ursula von der Leyen’s job under threat? Challengers are already circling around the EU leader

British Rowing sees sense on trans participation The organisation has followed swimming's lead on female competition

The Covid inquiry’s ‘listening’ exercise is biased Baroness Hallett's hearing will make some stories more equal than others

Thursday, August 3

Inside the ‘disinformation’ group trying to take down Elon Musk The CCDH has a history of politically charged campaigns

The Bank of England has chosen recession Rising interest rates will compound the cost-of-living crisis

Philip Pilkington

Is this the week that Net Zero died? A wave of climate realism is sweeping through Europe

Ralph Schoellhammer

Lizzo’s lawsuit exposes the problem with permissive culture One person’s fun may be another’s lifelong trauma

Wednesday, August 2

The best predictor of happiness in America? Marriage Those in wedlock lead the most joyful lives — by a significant margin

W. Bradford Wilcox and David Bass

Alexandra Tolstoy: debanked for being Russian The countess spoke to UnHerd about her status as a politically exposed person

Donald Trump could drag the courts down with him The former president's indictment may cause a fiery backlash

The Wagner Group gathers on Nato’s border What are the Russian mercenaries up to in Belarus?

William Nattrass

What we know about Donald Trump’s obscure legal charges The ex-president faces indictments previously brought against al-Qaeda

Tuesday, August 1

The trouble with David Baddiel’s ‘male gaze’ The comedian struggles to reconcile bodily attraction with respect

Diet influencers are falling prey to their eating habits Two tragic incidents have thrown extreme diets back into the spotlight

Costa’s trans mastectomy advert is an insult to women The coffee chain is oblivious to the pain it causes troubled young girls

Sweden and Denmark bow to pressure over Quran book burnings The two countries declared their intention to legally ban the protests

Jacob Mchangama

British voters: yes to Net Zero, but not if it costs us A new poll shows how shallow support is for green policies

Monday, July 31

Trump voters are more anti-woke than libertarian A recent New York Times survey paints a misleading picture

Surrogacy and robots won’t solve the baby bust Techno-utopians have market-based solutions for the beginning and end of life

Mary Harrington

Could Britain’s green debate become the new Brexit? Rishi Sunak is taking a more realist line on the climate than his predecessors

Philip Pilkington

Russia’s nuclear threats betray its insecurity Dmitry Medvedev has a history of empty rhetoric

Bethany Elliott

Keir Starmer knows exactly what he’s doing Several recent U-turns have raised questions about the Labour leader's vision