Peter Franklin

Peter Franklin is Associate Editor of UnHerd. He was previously a policy advisor and speechwriter on environmental and social issues.

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Oregon’s radical drug experiment is a warning to Europe The state recriminalised hard drugs after a surge in fatalities

04 Mar 2024

Denmark: a model for Keir Starmer’s Britain? Spurned by Rochdale, the Labour leader needs new inspiration

01 Mar 2024

Liz Truss’s mysterious turn against globalism The CPAC audience was unconvinced by the ex-PM's apocalyptic message

23 Feb 2024

Revealed: the Labour voters who’ll decide the next election New research examines a chunk of Britons currently propelling the party to victory

21 Feb 2024

The EU will turn to Britain for nuclear protection If the US pulls out of Nato, the bloc has another ally it can depend on

15 Feb 2024

Geert Wilders popularity grows as political crisis deepens The Right-winger is benefitting from stalling Dutch coalition talks

13 Feb 2024

Rory Stewart should not be leading Oxford University The ex-politician has been tipped for the chancellorship

09 Feb 2024

Will a new conservative party replace the Tories? A British challenger should look to Europe as a model for success

06 Feb 2024

Is Europe facing another fall of Constantinople? This isn't the first time the continent has faced a geopolitical crisis and survived

04 Feb 2024

PopCons: a new Tory group destined to fail A renewed focus on tax cuts is not the solution to the Party's woes

25 Jan 2024

Is David Cameron still naive about China? The Foreign Secretary's mooted trip to Beijing risks upsetting Sinosceptic MPs

23 Jan 2024

Canada is buckling under record immigration Rising migration levels are putting public services under strain

19 Jan 2024

The Tory meltdown could be even worse than predicted A new YouGov poll points to a thumping for Rishi Sunak

15 Jan 2024

The Tories are heading for their worst ever result The next election could supersede the cataclysm of 1997

11 Jan 2024

Will Quality Street lead to a communist revolution? A much-derided online rant hints at a broader truth

08 Jan 2024

Banning the AfD will backfire Germany's troubling 'lawfare' efforts should be a warning to the rest of the world

04 Jan 2024

Five ‘grey swan’ possibilities for 2024 These low-probability events could have major global implications

01 Jan 2024

Why is the American Right obsessed with UFOs? Everyone from Tucker Carlson to Tyler Cowen is talking about extraterrestrial life

28 Dec 2023

All I want for Christmas is a rise in birth rates The Church should emphasise the joys of parenthood this year

24 Dec 2023

The EU is heading for a fiscal showdown Strict German rules are about to meet with reality

18 Dec 2023

How an Elon Musk university could disrupt academia The billionaire is pumping $100 million into a new higher education scheme

15 Dec 2023

It’s too soon to topple Rishi Sunak Budding assassins on the Tory Right should hold fire if they want to reach power

11 Dec 2023

The EU is falling behind China Ursula von der Leyen's summit with Xi Jinping will yield few results

07 Dec 2023

Can Geert Wilders defeat the Dutch establishment? A Brexit-style logjam is holding up party negotiations

05 Dec 2023

How to avoid South Korea’s demographic disaster Economic and cultural burdens are putting off potential parents

01 Dec 2023

China’s debt crisis is getting worse Xi Jinping is overseeing a major economic slide

27 Nov 2023

The EU has voted for a superstate Full-blown federalism was far from a Brexiteer conspiracy

23 Nov 2023

Are the Dutch set for a sharp turn to the Right? Geert Wilders's anti-immigration PVV is polling well

21 Nov 2023

Meet the five factions of the Tory Right Rival blocs are jostling for control over the direction of the party

17 Nov 2023

Without Braverman, which way will Sunak go on the ECHR? A Supreme Court ruling this week could provide a fresh crisis for the Tories

13 Nov 2023

Beware the European Digital Identity A proposed electronic wallet will store ID cards and medical information

10 Nov 2023

Nadine Dorries is half-right about the secret Tory cabal Backroom figures do wield power, but they're not very good at using it

06 Nov 2023

What Elon Musk can teach Rishi Sunak The billionaire is a legitimate authority on AI safety

01 Nov 2023

Rishi Sunak should delay the election for as long as possible It makes sense to give Keir Starmer more time to make a serious error

26 Oct 2023

Do Irish people have white privilege? The country's education system is encouraging pupils to reflect on their status

24 Oct 2023

Westminster conformism is worse than Dominic Cummings thinks SW1 is littered with brain-dead 'non-player characters'

21 Oct 2023

Australia’s anti-democratic Voice campaign deserved to lose It undermined the core principles of representative democracy

16 Oct 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried is wrong about Shakespeare The fallen crypto king has no understanding of literary greatness

10 Oct 2023

Is the EU about to turn on Ireland? The Republic's status as a tax haven for multinationals is coming under scrutiny

06 Oct 2023

The Conservatives should ignore Liz Truss’s latest theory The former PM claimed that people never vote on the past

02 Oct 2023

Drone technology is reinventing warfare What happens in Ukraine could shape the way we fight across the world

29 Sep 2023

Cutting HS2 is a decade too late White elephant projects need to be stopped before they waste time and money

25 Sep 2023

Does France want a king? King Charles's warm reception in Paris suggests it might

22 Sep 2023

The EU is set to ban paying for sperm Difficult ethical questions should be answered at a national level

20 Sep 2023

Dechurched America: 40 million worshippers no longer attend A record number of US citizens now go less than once per year

14 Sep 2023

China’s economy isn’t slowing — it’s collapsing Britain should pull out before it's too late

11 Sep 2023

Forget San Francisco — Britain has a shoplifting epidemic too

07 Sep 2023

Forget San Francisco — Britain has a shoplifting epidemic too Theft from stores across 10 UK cities is up by a quarter

07 Sep 2023

Strong economic growth absolves Brexit but not Truss A new boost to British GDP shows how needless the mini-budget was

04 Sep 2023

Why is the green movement targeting energy security? Stopping domestic fossil fuel production won't solve climate change

31 Aug 2023

Both Left and Right get Oliver Anthony wrong A misinterpretation of his lyrics has turned the singer into a political football

28 Aug 2023

Fat-positive activists miss Ozempic’s real risk Drugs tackling obesity could threaten bodily autonomy

25 Aug 2023

China’s shocking demographic decline just got worse Total fertility rate has fallen to a record low

21 Aug 2023

Why rich men fear Oliver Anthony The country singer's viral hit represents an authentic form of populism

17 Aug 2023

Britain is not a poor country Comparisons to Germany don't tell the whole story

14 Aug 2023

Europe’s populist Right is far from united Despite a polling surge, the group has major ideological differences

10 Aug 2023

Foreign investment plummets as the West snubs China The post-Covid economic order has exposed Beijing's vulnerability

07 Aug 2023

Is Ursula von der Leyen’s job under threat? Challengers are already circling around the EU leader

04 Aug 2023

Keir Starmer knows exactly what he’s doing Several recent U-turns have raised questions about the Labour leader's vision

31 Jul 2023

The Farage-Coutts affair is a lesson for liberals The Left was all too ready to amplify false narratives

26 Jul 2023

Is Elon Musk about to turn Twitter into the god app? There is a logic to the social network's controversial rebrand as X

24 Jul 2023

The surprising answer to Nigel Farage’s Coutts problem National digital currencies could bypass activist banks

20 Jul 2023

RFK Jr and the slur of ‘red-brown’ politics If Left and Right agree, it doesn't mean they are fascists

17 Jul 2023

For Europe’s future defence, look to the ‘quad’ France, Britain, Poland and Ukraine are serious about security

13 Jul 2023

Rishi Sunak will survive the ‘mini-general election’ But three by-elections later this month will be brutal for the Tories

07 Jul 2023

Was Just Stop Oil right to disrupt Pride? The Left shouldn't restrict its protest to enemy territory

03 Jul 2023

Is the Airbnb bubble bursting? The Big Tech business model no longer reigns supreme

29 Jun 2023

How the EU destroyed the Greek Left After this weekend's election, the country's Right is on the march

26 Jun 2023

Could liberals become the new Brexiteers? A Right-wing surge in Europe may deter Remainers from seeking to rejoin

22 Jun 2023

Why we should welcome Joe Rogan’s RFK Jr debate It is vital to contest ideas in an open, transparent way

19 Jun 2023

Elon Musk is wrong: the US does not need a new Sulla Twitter's CEO called out for a modern-day version of the Roman general

15 Jun 2023

A Johnson-Farage party makes no sense Boris's lockdown and green stances put him at odds with the ex-Ukip leader

12 Jun 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro: a window into a dark future The tech giant's new gadget is an uncanny imitation of real life

08 Jun 2023

Germany’s AfD shows the populist tide is back The party is now tied with Olaf Scholz's SPD in second place

05 Jun 2023

For his own good, Boris should make a strategic retreat A temporary break from politics could set up a comeback

01 Jun 2023

Spain tilts to the Right in regional elections The country is following a populist trend across Europe

29 May 2023

Dune: Part Two doesn’t need to be sanitised Denis Villeneuve shouldn't play it safe

25 May 2023

How Right-wing is too Right-wing for Western leaders? Joe Biden has been criticised for holding hands with Giorgia Meloni

22 May 2023

Where is Rishi Sunak’s industrial strategy? Britain is tearing up its existing policies as its rivals steam ahead

18 May 2023

Does Ukraine have Brexit to thank for Western support? Jacob Rees-Mogg has more of a point than Remainers think

15 May 2023

Millennial Millie is no better than Mondeo Man Imagined voter archetypes are a media preoccupation

12 May 2023

The Green Party is the latest threat to the Tories Their gains in the local elections bode ill for Conservative MPs in the south

08 May 2023

Beware the military-AI complex Like it or not, arms technology will shape the future

04 May 2023

The Covid questions that just won’t go away New reporting shows the extent of China's cover-up

01 May 2023

Chinese cars pose an existential threat to Europe Electric vehicles are taking over from German diesel

27 Apr 2023

The towns that defied the global baby shortage Depopulation isn't uniform throughout wealthy countries

24 Apr 2023

Just Stop Oil should stop targeting normies The group's stunts are geared towards the wrong demographic

20 Apr 2023

Donald Trump Jr comes to Bud Light’s rescue The former president's son called on conservatives to stop the boycott

17 Apr 2023

Why won’t San Francisco save itself? America's most progressive city has overlooked its own degradation

14 Apr 2023

Why are Americans getting dumber? IQ scores are nosediving after a long increase

12 Apr 2023

President Le Pen? It’s never been more likely A new poll finds that she is the leading candidate to replace Macron

06 Apr 2023

Sanna Marin’s fall confirms that populism is back But it is not a rejection of Western support for Ukraine

03 Apr 2023

Why is Jeremy Hunt attacking Joe Biden? The Chancellor has taken aim at the Inflation Reduction Act

30 Mar 2023

We can’t stop AI — so let’s ride the tiger Elon Musk wants to temporarily halt the training of systems

29 Mar 2023

Why are Americans dying so young? US life expectancy is falling well behind Europe

28 Mar 2023

Are raccoon dogs really to blame for Covid? The latest origin theory for the virus doesn't hold much water

24 Mar 2023

The Dutch farmers’ party victory is a warning to the green movement People across Europe are fed up with unfair environmental policies

21 Mar 2023

Dr Fauci is still downplaying the lab-leak hypothesis The former chief medical advisor gave an evasive interview this weekend

13 Mar 2023

In defence of Russell Brand Free societies need mavericks, heretics and ranters

10 Mar 2023

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