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Ursula Von der Leyen pushes for compulsory vaccination The EU has no power to implement, let alone enforce, such a policy

Wednesday, December 1

Is this the end of Europe’s asylum system? The EU has ruled that it will suspend access for at least six months

The vaccine programme won’t stop inflation The Federal Reserve can't keep using Covid as an excuse

Philip Pilkington

The new ingredient in the dating algorithm: human beings It turns out that people are a useful component in matchmaking

Twitter after Jack Dorsey takes a censorious turn The company's privacy update is open to abuse

Park MacDougald

Covid panic is hurting African countries once again The bias towards shutting borders is not as wise as people think

Tuesday, November 30

UnHerd picks: November’s best Substacks Featuring: the Beatles, the end of wokeness, and chronic illnesses

Paul Kingsnorth: why I changed sides in the vaccine wars Freddie Sayers spoke to the writer and philosopher about the widening divide

What will masks in schools actually achieve? The lack of logic behind the Government's new Covid guidance is infuriating

Kristina Murkett

Jack Dorsey’s resignation is bad news for free speech The Twitter founder was a liberal on matters of freedom of expression

At last! Labour finally has a recognisable shadow cabinet Until yesterday's reshuffle Keir Starmer appointed political pygmies

Monday, November 29

We may never know the full truth about the Axum massacre What happened on a 24-hour killing spree in Tigray last year remains unclear

Left and Right unite against M&S building plans The planned demolition of Orchard House has angered traditionalists and environmentalists

Wanted: firefighters that can rescue people from fires The Fire Service's recruitment policy is no longer based on efficacy alone

Why young Kurds are migrating to Europe This is a crisis built on aspiration, not desperation

Daniel Hardaker

Sunday, November 28

Stephen Sondheim, unlikely giant of musical theatre He was Broadway's poet of loneliness, alienation, and failure

Saturday, November 27

Why the change to masking rules will make people angry Introducing arbitrary rules that won't be effective has a cost

Friday, November 26

Vice News has an incel problem Fearmongering will only push the community further underground

Vladimir Putin may roll the dice on Ukraine America's commitment to defending the country is very uncertain

Dr Who doesn’t make young men commit crime Politicians should stop taking pop culture so seriously

Why George Floyd was turned into performance art The internet has radically re-shaped how we consume and create

Mary Harrington

Macron’s predatory deal with Draghi France is exploiting the newly signed Quirinale Treaty for its own ends

Thursday, November 25

Has the UK reached herd immunity? Professor Neil Ferguson believes we are almost there

French vaccine rule triggers violent protests in Guadeloupe Mandatory vaccination for emergency workers has led to island-wide demonstrations

Three big decisions Boris got right on Covid The PM made some tough but ultimately correct calls

Germany’s new Government surrenders to identity politics Olaf Scholz's cabinet has laid out an extremely progressive agenda

Wednesday, November 24

The melancholy decline of the semicolon Researchers found that it is becoming rarer in British fiction

Is Britain on track for a rail renaissance? The re-opening of Okehampton in Devon sets a hopeful precedent

Crypto books can bypass woke publishers A politicised industry has opened up a space for Internet self-starters

Jordan Peterson heals old wounds with Cambridge return Two years after he was cancelled, the psychologist spoke at the university

Who is Éric Zemmour? We investigate the Right-wing polemicist running for the French presidency

Tuesday, November 23

Acting dynasties are ruining TV Casting for The Crown reminds us that success is born, not earned