Max Mitchell

Max Mitchell is UnHerd's Assistant Editor, Newsroom.

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Half of Britons believe Elon Musk is a threat to democracy New polling shows scepticism over the tech billionaire's political interventions

13 Jan 2025

70% of US academics fear speaking openly on Israel-Palestine A new FIRE report suggests campus free speech concerns are not overblown

12 Dec 2024

John Mearsheimer: Trump is appointing Russophobic hawks The realist thinker doubts the incoming president can quickly end war in Ukraine

09 Dec 2024

Sergey Lavrov: Biden wants to sabotage Trump on Ukraine Russia's Foreign Minister has claimed Putin will 'use any means' to avoid defeat

06 Dec 2024

Half of Austrians support ‘comprehensive remigration’ A new survey reveals the depth of anti-immigrant sentiment in the country

29 Nov 2024

Are assisted dying polls skewed by loaded questions? Misleading or poorly-worded surveys are giving the public the wrong impression

28 Nov 2024

Matt Hancock: my resolve stiffened when Government tried to ease lockdown Keeping restrictions in place for longer was the former health secretary's priority

21 Nov 2024

Dominic Cummings: Musk can turn US government into Silicon Valley The Downing Street adviser argued that DC needed a more innovative spirit

20 Nov 2024

Starmer warns Tories not to undermine police over Southport The PM today denied there was an information gap after the July stabbings

30 Oct 2024

Tony Blair questions need for slavery reparations The former PM called it 'absurd' to judge history by modern standards

23 Oct 2024

Nancy Pelosi reinforces democracy fears ahead of election The former speaker said November's vote will be unlike any before

14 Oct 2024

Wikipedia labels grooming gang scandal ‘moral panic’ The article questions child sexual abuse committed by mainly Pakistani men

08 Oct 2024

Mike Pompeo: Iran must be crushed to stop Middle East war The former secretary of state has claimed that 'weakness begets danger'

02 Oct 2024

Reform UK defectors hardest to win back for Tories Recent polls show the next Conservative leader has a tough job recouping deserters

27 Sep 2024

Pat McFadden: Nigel Farage has parroted Kremlin propaganda The frontbencher called on Labour to fight Right-wing populism

24 Sep 2024

Lisa Nandy: Labour must address root causes of riots The Culture Secretary warned that the far-Right thrives where people feel anxious

24 Sep 2024

Blue Labour founder warns Keir Starmer of Reform threat Speaking at Labour conference, Maurice Glasman said the populist revolt isn't over

22 Sep 2024

Victoria Nuland: West advised Ukraine to reject 2022 deal The retired US diplomat claimed it left Kyiv militarily neutered

10 Sep 2024

Will Minouche Shafik be the new head of UK Civil Service? The failed Columbia University president is a surprise contender to replace Simon Case

28 Aug 2024

50 days in, Keir Starmer’s popularity has slumped The new PM has already had to contest with widespread riots and a cronyism scandal

24 Aug 2024

UK riots aren’t just about immigration Many flashpoint areas are ethnically homogeneous

07 Aug 2024

Guardian fails to label Hamas chief ‘terrorist’ in obituary The US designated Ismail Haniyeh a terrorist in 2018

02 Aug 2024

Labour to axe university free speech bill Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to end campus culture wars

26 Jul 2024

Andrew Roberts: abolishing hereditary peers will break our link with history The historian has attacked Labour's planned constitutional reform

24 Jul 2024

Almost half of Ukrainians want to begin peace negotiations A new poll has found that 44% are in favour of talks

15 Jul 2024

Dominic Cummings: my Whitehall purges improved morale Boris Johnson's former adviser accused MPs of not being interested in power

28 Jun 2024

What remains of the Corbynistas? This weekend's rally united the Leftist old guard with young progressives

23 Jun 2024

Why do young people still support lockdowns? A suspicion of democracy has bred an authoritarian streak

25 Mar 2023