The Econoclasts

The transhumanist future is closer than you think

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What's happening today beneath the surface

Explainer 2h

Candace Owens and Andrew Tate: Russia’s new useful idiots

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It’s a steep decline from George Bernard Shaw and Romain Rolland.

Daniel Kalder

Reaction 6h

Steve Hilton’s rise won’t kill California progressivism

Joel Kotkin

Analysis 11h

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

News 16:15

Germany asylum applications fall to lowest level since 2012

Archie Earle

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

Dominic Adler

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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

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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News 5h

Advance UK de-registers as political party

Shea Ferguson

Tuesday, June 2 Tuesday
Jun 2^nd

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

Thursday, May 28 Thursday
May 28^th

Analysis 07:00

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

Andrew O'Brien

Wednesday, May 27 Wednesday
May 27^th

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

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

How Reform ate Labour's lunch

How Reform ate Labour's lunch Farage has charmed the working man

Mary Harrington

7 mins

Jun 2 2026 - 12:03am

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

My night with the young gay Tories

My night with the young gay Tories The Conservative Party is a queer social club

Alex Taylor

10 mins

Jun 1 2026 - 12:02am

Watch & listen

The Econoclasts The transhumanist future is closer than you think

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

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

The Econoclasts Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

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

Laborism isn’t working

Laborism isn’t working

David Skelton

7 mins

How to save postliberalism

How to save postliberalism

David Goodhart

12 mins

The Econoclasts The US-China conflict has changed

Monday, June 1 Monday
Jun 1^st

Debate 18:00

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

Garth Brown

Reaction 16:00

Has Labour lost the working class forever?

David Smith

Debate 12:45

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Graham Platner proves that scandals no longer matter

Emily Jashinsky

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

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

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

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Adrian Wooldridge Why Labour should keep Starmer

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 - 12:01am

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

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

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

Sunday, May 31 Sunday
May 31^st

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

Debate 16:00

Sting is right about the roots of toxic masculinity

Dustin Guastella

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 08:00

A snap election would be disastrous for Kemi Badenoch

Peter Franklin

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

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

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

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

Today’s eerie echoes of the First World War

Today’s eerie echoes of the First World War

Odd Arne Westad

Odd Arne Westad

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

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

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 Churchill’s art saved the West

How Churchill’s art saved the West

Boyd Tonkin

8 mins

The Econoclasts Starmer shares Europe’s fatal flaw

Saturday, May 30 Saturday
May 30^th

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 12:00

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

Chris Bayliss

Friday, May 29 Friday
May 29^th

Debate 18:30

Freedom 250 shows MAGA should stop chasing celebrity validation

Freedom 250 shows MAGA should stop chasing celebrity validation

Oliver Bateman

Explainer 16:00

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

Reaction 10:00

Is this the end of Pedro Sánchez?

Miquel Vila

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

Yes, the cellphone bans are working

Yes, the cellphone bans are working But screens in the classroom are still a problem

John Allen Wooden

7 mins

May 30 2026 - 11:22am

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

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 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?

Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

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

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

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

John Maier

7 mins

The Econoclasts Germany just played into Trump’s hands

The year of cosmic shock

Ideas

The year of cosmic shock We’re living through a new Copernican Revolution

Sohrab Ahmari and Matthew Gasda

5 mins

May 30 2026 - 12:20am

Thursday, May 28 Thursday
May 28^th

News 18:30

Elite college faculty donations skew heavily Left

James Billot

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 12:30

Universities are paying the price for ditching SATs

Neetu Arnold

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

Britain's Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

Looksmaxxing is the new trans Clavicular’s cybertruck smashes conservative hope

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

Odd Arne Westad Today’s eerie echoes of the First World War

Iran left Trump with no alternative

Iran left Trump with no alternative

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why people hate humanoid robots

Why people hate humanoid robots They should be cute rather than lifelike

Alys Key

7 mins

Jun 1 2026 - 12:01am

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

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

The Econoclasts Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

Wednesday, May 27 Wednesday
May 27^th

Debate 18:50

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

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 16:00

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Philip Cunliffe

Online 13:00

Social media has pushed teenage boys toward chatbot romances

Kristina Murkett

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 18:15

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Nikos Mohammadi

Reaction 16:15

Pope Leo’s encyclical fails to challenge the AI threat

Dan Hitchens

Debate 13:00

H-1B visas are tearing Silicon Valley apart

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Analysis 10:00

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Kyle Orton

Online 07:00

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

Burnham won't quell England's revolt

Burnham won't quell England's revolt He’s a provincial Sadiq Khan

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

May 30 2026 - 12:20am

The futility of retiree protests Why let Trump ruin your retirement?

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

What young Republicans are telling us Racial language-policing has failed

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Europe is sleepwalking into industrial irrelevance

The delusion of Iranian regime change

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Confessions of a grown-up tech addict

Confessions of a grown-up tech addict Adults are as dazed as children

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 29 2026 - 12:03am

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

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

UnHerd Academy Nina Allan on J. G. Ballard

What Versace learned from Rome

What Versace learned from Rome Vulgarity is glorious

John Banville

12 mins

May 30 2026 - 12:15am

Monday, May 25 Monday
May 25^th

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

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Hormuz and the end of petro-dollar hegemony

The Aliens Debate

Avi Loeb vs. Michael Shermer

Avi Loeb vs. Michael Shermer

The railway dividing Mexico

The railway dividing Mexico Its construction has ravaged the jungle

Samuel McIlhagga

8 mins

May 29 2026 - 12:01am

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

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

Aris Roussinos Orbán’s defeat is not a liberal victory

Sunday, May 24 Sunday
May 24^th

Debate 16:00

It is absurd to condemn Charles Dickens as racist

Philip Hensher

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

Saturday, May 23 Saturday
May 23^rd

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 08:00

Trans report shows how far Amnesty UK has fallen

Janet Murray

How the ‘American Way of War’ failed in Iran

Strategy

How the ‘American Way of War’ failed in Iran Trump isn’t an outlier

Michael Lind

9 mins

May 29 2026 - 12:00am

Trump’s monumentalistic aesthetic He wants to memorialize America's greatness

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

Sep 23 2025 - 12:01am

Estonian opioids are heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Michal Kranz

11 mins

Sep 21 2025 - 12:10am

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

In defence of Prince Andrew

Michael Tracey

Michael Tracey

It’s time to bring back Blair

It’s time to bring back Blair Centrist dads, rejoice

Samuel Rubinstein

7 mins

May 28 2026 - 12:03am

Trump’s climate policy is class warfare MAGA wants to own the libs

Matt Huber

5 mins

Jul 30 2025 - 12:00am