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Can Steve Hilton save California?
United States

Can Steve Hilton save California?

Published by UnHerd (14th June, 2025)

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Health

Militant medics are destroying the NHS

Published by UnHerd (4th July, 2025)

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Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory
Defence / Feature / Ukraine

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory

Published by UnHerd (21st May, 2025)

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Covid19 / United States

Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America

Published by UnHerd (22nd January, 2025) In his inauguration speech four years ago, Joe Biden declared his determination to ‘”restore the soul of America”, later insisting that his “galvanising mission” […]

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China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
Covid19

China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy

Published by UnHerd (9th January, 2025) The World Health Organisation ended 2024 by reminding us that it is five years since it discovered a virus was sweeping through […]

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Argentina / World

Javier Milei: Argentina’s Darwinian disruptor

Published by UnHerd (7th December, 2024) It is easy to mock Argentina’s president Javier Milei with his crazy hair, cloned dogs and claims of expertise at tantric sex. […]

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Economics / Europe / Germany / Policy / Transport

Why Germany is stuck in the slow lane

Published by UnHerd (19th October , 2024) The three-piece band was doing its best to lift spirits with relentlessly upbeat pop songs and bursts of oompah music as […]

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Africa / Aid / Kenya

MrBeast’s faux philanthropy fuels the aid illusion

Published by UnHerd (4th October, 2024) Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of a community college near his home in North Carolina at the age of 18 to crack one […]

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Venezuela / World

The Iron Lady trying to salvage Venezuela

Published by UnHerd (26th July, 2024) Despite being the most popular politician in Venezuela, María Corina Machado has been banned from standing in this weekend’s election. Forbidden from […]

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Canada / Health / Policy / World

‘I was offered assisted dying over cancer treatment’

Published by UnHerd (30th May, 2024) Two years ago, over the Thanksgiving holiday, Allison Ducluzeau started to feel pain in her stomach. At first, she assumed she had […]

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Europe / Russia / Slovakia

Will Russia win Slovakia’s election

Published by UnHerd (28th September, 2023) Zita took pride in joining the European Union two decades ago, seeing it as a symbol of Slovakia’s new freedom. But now […]

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Canada / Drugs / Policy / World

The children killed by fentanyl

Published by UnHerd (13th March, 2024) “I never thought this would happen to Reese, but you have to get it through to people that it can happen to […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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