UnHerd
As you may have guessed from our strange spelling, UnHerd aims to do two things: to push back against the herd mentality with new and bold thinking, and to provide a platform for otherwise unheard ideas, people and places.
We think this approach is more needed than ever. Societies across the West are divided and stuck, and the established media is struggling to make sense of what’s happening. The governing ideologies of the past generation are too often either unquestioningly defended or rejected wholesale.
It’s easy and safe to be in one or other of these two camps – defensive liberal or angry reactionary - but UnHerd is trying to do something different, and harder.
We want to be bold enough to identify those things that have been lost, as well as gained, by the liberal world order of the past thirty years; but we strive to be always thoughtful rather than divisive.
Welcome to UnHerd. We hope you find something that makes you think again.
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'The review was plagued by non-sequiturs. It cited weak evidence as if it were strong. The authors failed to quantitatively synthesise the findings of the studies they referenced. Worse, they botched the table entries and even cited studies in ways directly contradicted by the studies themselves. The review was lazy, but it ostensibly supports what some people really want to believe: that Tylenol causes autism.'
Read the full article here: unherd.com/newsroom/rfks-autism-report-twists-corr…
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'Over recent years, Chinese investors with strong links to the Communist Party have bought dozens of independent schools right across the country. No less striking, some of Britain’s most illustrious schools have opened branches in the People’s Republic itself, with each new acquisition sparking worry among senior officials in Whitehall.'
Read David Rose's full investigation here: unherd.com/2025/09/how-china-is-buying-up-britains…
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'If one looks at the past eight years — with power passing first from Obama to Trump, then from Trump to Biden, and then from Biden back to Trump — and looks underneath the hype and the rhetoric, the actual political story is one of subtle continuity. Rhetorically, Trump and Biden always agreed on one thing: that they were like night and day, completely opposed to each other, and the choice between them was the choice between two radically different sets of policies for America.
But this is simply not true if one actually looks at the evidence.'
Read Malcom Kyeyune's analysis of the differences (or lack of) between Trump and Biden's presidencies: unherd.com/2025/09/trump-is-continuity-biden/?utm_…
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 92
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'Since it is now unlikely that Trump will change his mind and revert to the Biden-era policy of unconditional, if hesitant, support for Ukraine, we are now left with two possible scenarios for how the war plays out.'
Read Wolfgang Munchau's analysis of how the situation in Ukraine will play out, post-Alaska Peace talk 👇
unherd.com/2025/08/europe-isnt-prepared-for-peace/…
1 month ago | [YT] | 50
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'After the 2008 crisis instigated the unravelling of neoliberalism, the consensus across global and political divides today seems to be that only a more state-driven economy — with greater barriers to the movement of goods and people — can keep the capitalist show on the road. In retrospect, it is clear that Corbynism was rubbing with the grain rather than against it.'
Read Matthew Bolton and Frederick Harry Pitts's deep dive into the world of Corbyn: unherd.com/2025/07/is-corbynism-2-0-coming-for-lab…
2 months ago | [YT] | 43
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'If you’re going to issue a cultural call to arms, it helps to have an idea what “our own culture” actually means. Reform and the Conservatives only know what they are rejecting: Islam and Europe. As for Labour, when Lisa Nandy became culture secretary a year ago, she pledged to transform Britain into a “self-confident” country, one where everyone can “see themselves in the stories we tell”. On the question of what that national story is, however, she was tellingly silent.'
Read the full article here: unherd.com/2025/07/britain-cant-tell-its-national-…
2 months ago | [YT] | 209
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'Corbyn first signalled that there might be life left in his old dog last September, when he established a parliamentary alliance — alongside four other independent, pro-Gaza MPs — to challenge Labour, mirroring the politics of disaffection so cannily grasped by Farage.'
Read Rob Lownie's article on the return of Corbynism: unherd.com/2025/07/corbyns-revenge/
2 months ago | [YT] | 88
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'Our investigation shows his struggle is part of a wider campaign of intimidation against Iranian journalists working in Britain, one that has reached unprecedented levels since last month’s conflict. It all speaks to a government willing to do anything to survive — even as its opponents remain uncowed despite the personal costs.'
Read David Rose and Ali Hamedani's full investigation here: unherd.com/2025/07/the-iranian-plot-to-blackmail-j…
3 months ago | [YT] | 39
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'What happens next in Iran itself is hard to guess: perhaps an internal power struggle, maybe a revived liberal opposition. What’s clear, anyway, is that just as fracturing Tehran’s proxy network led to Israel’s attack last week, the degradation of its military capabilities and top brass has changed everything for the country’s regional allies.'
Read Michal Kranz's analysis of Iran's current predicament 👇
unherd.com/2025/06/how-iran-lost-the-middle-east/
3 months ago | [YT] | 113
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'Should Israel continue on its current trajectory, including the targeting of the Islamic Republic’s civilian and energy infrastructure, it will break the Iranian state. But the Israelis are neither capable of, nor inclined to, pick up the pieces afterward. Rather, they will “internationalize” the problem. Which means: Uncle Sam, roll up your sleeves.'
Read Sohrab Ahmari's piece on how America is making the same foreign policy mistakes over and over again 👇
unherd.com/2025/06/the-regime-change-maniacs-are-b…
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