When the Bank of England announced its single biggest interest rate hike in 33 years last week, and warned that the UK faces its longest recession …The bankers have launched a class war
The tyranny of a Covid amnesty — UnHerd
I spent the last days of innocence before Trump and Brexit heavily pregnant. Like many first-time mums, I read a lot of pregnancy books, but the one I liked most was… 1,620 more words The tyranny of a Covid amnesty — UnHerd One thing that would come from this amnesty would be "forgiveness." I'm not sure …
Scottish nationalism is fuelled by resentment — UnHerd
Forget the Hogwarts Express. Three times a year, I get on a train at London Kings Cross and make a physics-defying journey towards Montrose in Angus, the Scottish town where I lived for the first 17 years of my life. 1,418 more words Scottish nationalism is fuelled by resentment — UnHerd Resentment is just about the …
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Did America cause Europe’s energy war?
All of Europe is suffering as a result of the energy crisis, but for the continent’s largest economy, this is more than just an economic crisis — …Did America cause Europe’s energy war?
Russia realists are the new lockdown sceptics
The EU is sleepwalking into anarchy — UnHerd
All eyes may be on the Italian election results this morning, but Europe’s got much bigger problems on its hands than the prospect of a Right-wing government. Winter is coming, and the catastrophic consequences of Europe’s self-imposed energy crisis are already being felt across the continent. As politicians continue to devise unrealistic plans for energy… The …
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Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber
“The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.” Writing those words as the introduction to his 1995 anti-… Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber His idea is more mainstream amongst his contemporaries that they care to admit, as my outline of American environmentalism in Should My Students Be Here? …
Who can rule Britain now?
I never imagined I’d feel profound grief at the passing of a public figure. At those points in my life where someone close to me has died, the hours …Who can rule Britain now?
Joe Biden Finds Out the Police are Eternal
It was inevitable: Biden explained how his plan is based on one specific tenet: giving law enforcement the resources and funds necessary to engage safely in public policing. He's found out what his Chinese counterparts could have told him a long time ago: “All police forces get buffeted from time to time, but they know one thing: …
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RIP Mikhail Gorbachev
The former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is gone: Alongside Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev was a key protagonist in a global drama that many thought impossible and, for those who lived through it, seemed almost surreal. Under Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall crumbled, thousands of political prisoners were released …
