Ratings agency put us on blacklist for views about gender

thetimes.co.uk/article/4ac46b…

Or if you want to go deep, here’s the full evidence session I did on Tuesday with the House of Lords committee:

committees.parliament.uk/event/21103/fo…

Here’s a video we made if you prefer to watch:

youtu.be/ILEMV0xKGh4?si…

I did a shorter piece for The Times and The Sunday Times if you’re in a hurry:

thetimes.co.uk/article/rating…

INVESTIGATION

We shine a light on the “Global Disinformation Index,” an international, government-funded “ratings agency” that is trying to defund @UnHerd on spurious grounds.

The Disinformation Industry is out of control.

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unherd.com/2024/04/inside…

Another one for BBC Verify to look into?

You’d think this couldn’t be true. But it is.

A petrifying glimpse into the global “disinformation” censorship industry which, at essence, does not believe in fundamental basis of journalism: challenging authority. unherd.com/2024/04/inside…

I’ve listened to this twice through in full and I can’t make head nor tail of it. It’s all just incredibly sad really. Yes, Le Tissier has become a figure of fun on here for many but this is painful to watch. He’s got the polite resignation of someone in a kitchen at 5:52am…

How Ireland not contributing to EU defence is viewed abroad.

Other EU countries made sacrifices in their relations with the UK during Brexit out of solidarity with Ireland. Some of them now fear being invaded, and this is Ireland's response.

Nobody likes a free rider.

'Crisis: Iran Attacks.' In this week's episode, Helen Thompson POLIS and I dig into the implications of Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel, the challenge it poses to Joe Biden in election year—and what it reveals about US power today. Enjoy! shows.acast.com/644d3eb26d7c8a… via Acast

🚨 New ep!

'Crisis: Iran Attacks'

Tom McTague and Helen Thompson POLIS explore the likelihood of US intervention after they were forced to take direct military action in defence of Israel for the first time in their history....

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unherd.com/these-times-wi…

In this week’s episode of These Times Tom McTague and I reflect upon Iran’s attack on Israel and what is now coming from the Middle East at an administration in Washington that began in 2021 determined to resurrect the path to normalisation with Tehran.

The main challenge for U.S. foreign policy today isn't Trump, and it isn't Biden. It is that the longstanding pursuit of global military dominance has run headlong into the problems of overcommitment, overstretch, and domestic discontent.

Admiral Zheng He's ship (larger one) compared to the ship of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

an interview with Gordon Brown ft.com/content/7c0fb9…

'Brown was probably the most morally minded and micro-managerial of Britain’s modern prime ministers.' Hmm. Discuss. (Taken from a great interview by Henry Mance) ft.com/content/7c0fb9… via @ft

Interesting piece from Aris Roussinos here. I liked this line: 'It is doubtful that today’s self-proclaimed Thatcherites would find a prominent place for Thatcher herself in their nascent faction.' unherd.com/2024/04/what-t…

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