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Challenging the herd with bold thinking in philosophy, politics and culture. Subscribe to UnHerd here: unherd.com/join

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Joined March 2017

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Belfast after the 'beheading', by Aris Roussinos (@arisroussinos) The nightmare scenario for Sinn Féin would have been Catholics rioting against immigrants. That did not happen: instead, working-class Catholics merely turned out to watch their Protestant neighbours riot with an
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The Cambridge Five: England’s Übermenschen, by John Banville Who would have thought that Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the Übermensch would find one of its most remarkable manifestations not among the ‘blond beasts’ of Adolf Hitler’s Aryan fantasies, but in a handful of
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‘Anything but the most cautious and hedged enthusiasm for one’s own country is now considered low-status.’ @CptHastings1916 👇
Why has the English flag become so toxic?
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Is Burnham too Northern?, by John Merrick (@johnpmerrick) Blunt and plain-speaking, pitched in opposition to both an out-of-touch Westminster elite personified in Keir Starmer, and a particularly Southern brand of conservativism, Burnham, in his semi-ironic guise as ‘King of the
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Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan has said that the peace deal with Iran makes clear the US ‘has basically lost the war’. Shea Ferguson reports 👇
Jake Sullivan: Trump’s MOU is a win for Iran
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Gen Z want to suck on a sugar tit. No, really. @gmgeiko’s brilliant @unherd essay.
Against ‘toddlercore’
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Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan has claimed that Trump’s peace deal with Iran is an ‘unalloyed win’ for the Islamic Republic. Shea Ferguson reports 👇
Jake Sullivan: Trump’s MOU is a win for Iran
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‘Why should becoming a plumber, electrician, carpenter or mechanic be regarded as a consolation prize compared to a sedate office job?’ @stellaomalley3 👇
It’s time to stop pushing all kids towards university
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"We're essentially paying the Iranians to open a Strait" @jakejsullivan tells @freddiesayers that Donald Trump is handing Iran an upfront $100B windfall to reopen a Strait that was already open, whereas the JCPOA only granted asset relief after major nuclear concessions.
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‘Policymakers have convinced themselves that the ultimate goal is to get children into university and then professional careers.’ But is this really helpful? @stellaomalley3 👇
It’s time to stop pushing all kids towards university
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Replying to @jamesriding10
Link to read the full piece here
The man who got rich off affordable housing
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The Scottish Tories’ by-election victory in Aberdeen South conceals a grim reality. @Mr_John_Oxley 👇
Aberdeen by-election victory won’t save the Tories
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What can we glean from Ukraine’s strikes on Moscow? Me for @unherd
Moscow drone strikes signal Ukraine’s aggressive new strategy
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