Weekend Edition, 9 December 2023

Weekend Essay
The tomb of Palestinian liberation

Mahmoud Abbas is heir to an empty movement

9 Dec
7 mins
Latest from The Post >
Dark Web
08:00

Conservatives are too obsessed with TikTok

The platform is dangerous — but not for the reasons the Right thinks

| 9 December
Weekend analysis
Nicola Sturgeon’s latest humiliation

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill has been crushed

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill has been crushed

9 Dec
3 mins
Opinion
The self-delusion of secular Jews

The quest for assimilation will always be futile

The quest for assimilation will always be futile

7 Dec
5 mins
Dispatch
Why sneer at Wetherspoons?

Society needs sources of cheap comfort

Society needs sources of cheap comfort

7 Dec
5 mins
Opinion
Why all this Trump hysteria?

America won't descend into an authoritarian state

America won't descend into an authoritarian state

6 Dec
4 mins
Latest from The Post >
Dark Web
08:00

Conservatives are too obsessed with TikTok

The platform is dangerous — but not for the reasons the Right thinks

| 9 December

Our writers.

Mary Harrington

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

David Patrikarakos

Kathleen Stock

Tom McTague

Kat Rosenfield

Thomas Fazi

Oliver Bateman

Julie Bindel

Terry Eagleton

Helen Thompson

Aris Roussinos

Dominic Sandbrook

Tanya Gold

Lionel Shriver

Giles Fraser

Ian Birrell

Victoria Smith

Sarah Ditum

John Lichfield

Freddie Sayers

Nicholas Harris

David Samuels

Don't miss
The NHS cult of natural birth

Women are being denied crucial medical intervention

5 Dec
7 mins
The ANC has betrayed Nelson Mandela

South Africa is facing its Venezuela moment

4 Dec
6 mins
Did Labour rig its selection votes?

An e-ballot scandal is brewing in Croydon East

29 Nov
6 mins
Opinion

The NYT is wrong about Israeli intelligence

The IDF knew of Hamas's plan — and made the logical call

8 Dec
3 mins
Searching for Shane MacGowan

I've spent my life in thrall to the Irish rebel

4 Dec
5 mins
The two faces of Henry Kissinger

This nice Jewish boy was a natural liar

1 Dec
4 mins
Analysis

China’s economic plan is bankrupt

The model that created a superpower is failing

8 Dec
5 mins
How the Krampus stole Christmas

Christian associations are fading into darkness

6 Dec
6 mins
Who will win Israel’s oil and gas war?

Netanyahu spies an untapped energy market in Europe

5 Dec
5 mins

Interviews.

we sit down with original thinkers and talk ideas

 Busting the Bill Gates myth

Author Tim Schwab takes aim at the billionaire philanthropist

 Ayaan Hirsi Ali: from New Atheist to Christian convert

The activist and writer speaks to UnHerd about her epiphany

 How RFK Jr. could decide the 2024 election

Pollster Joe Bedell told UnHerd why we shouldn't dismiss the insurgent candidate

 London demonstration: hate march or peace protest?

Freddie Sayers and Flo Read report from the pro-Palestinian protest

 Nick Bostrom: How AI will lead to tyranny

The philosopher speaks to UnHerd about Elon Musk, ethics and existential risk

Factcheck
19:00

Is TikTok really making young Americans antisemitic?

Republican Nikki Haley made a questionable claim this week

| 8 December
Explainer
16:40

Scotland’s gender ruling is a victory for feminists

The UK Government's veto of Holyrood's self-ID bill has been ruled lawful

| 8 December
Off grid
13:35

Has Japan’s MeToo moment finally arrived?

A series of sex scandals has rocked the country

| 8 December
Reaction
10:00

Boris Johnson is still in denial about lockdowns

The UK Covid inquiry is shamefully avoiding the biggest lesson of 2020

| 8 December
Analysis
07:00

Does Germany have a special responsibility towards Israel?

Saxony-Anhalt wants new citizens to recognise the Jewish state's right to exist

| 8 December
Reaction
17:15

Jenrick’s departure is more serious than Braverman’s

The former minister was seen as a loyalist to the PM

| 7 December
Explainer
15:30

The EU is falling behind China

Ursula von der Leyen's summit with Xi Jinping will yield few results

| 7 December
Reaction
13:20

A small boats election is Rishi Sunak’s best chance

Immigration is the only issue where the Tories and Labour truly differ

| 7 December
Debate
11:20

Why are people still denying Hamas’s rapes?

Graphic reports this week continue to be ignored

| 7 December
Profile
07:00

If anyone can save the BBC, it’s Samir Shah

The new chair understands the difference between reporting and campaigning

| 7 December
Weekend essays

Was China behind Sam Altman’s ousting?

AI is a new front in our civilisational war

25 Nov
6 mins
Inside the American Redoubt

Christian conservatives are building a fortress — and preparing for anarchy

18 Nov
12 mins
How losers write history

Britain's political future belongs to disgruntled outcasts

18 Nov
6 mins
Why I am now a Christian

Atheism can't equip us for civilisational war

11 Nov
7 mins
Spotlight

Human rights died in Gaza

Geneva's decadent religion needs a Reformation

8 Dec
7 mins
In defence of Weebs

Japan lovers are nostalgic for a long-lost, pastoral Britain

7 Dec
7 mins
Gay cinema is too boring

There's more to art than twinks and swimming

6 Dec
6 mins
Joe Biden is the grinch of Iowa

Denied their own jamboree, Democrats may turn Republican for a laugh

5 Dec
5 mins
Essays

George Santos is no Gatsby

Pathological liars quickly turn into clowns

8 Dec
5 mins

Pathological liars quickly turn into clowns

8 Dec
5 mins
Hamas aren’t Hollywood villains

The Gaza war has been turned into a Marvel film

7 Dec
6 mins
The dogmatism of common sense

Politics is a place for ideas, not impulses

6 Dec
6 mins

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