Freddie Sayers

1 month ago | znetwork.org | Yanis Varoufakis |Wolfgang Munchau |Freddie Sayers

Freddie Sayers sits down with Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau to discuss the future of Eastern Europe and the European Union. Is the European Union heading for a slow-motion collapse? In this unfiltered conversation, economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Münchau join Freddie Sayers to dive deep into the political and economic forces reshaping Europe—from the rise of populism in Romania and Poland, to the EU’s failure to offer a compelling future to Eastern member states.

Nov 14, 2024 | unherd.com | Freddie Sayers

2024 electionAmericaCIAPoliticsRFK Jr.United StatesUS For decades, as a scion of the Kennedy family and environmental litigator, Robert F. Kennedy Junior was considered an establishment hero. In recent years, however, his rhetoric against Covid lockdowns and vaccines — culminating in him making a comparison with Anne Frank and the Holocaust at a vaccine mandate rally — sealed his reputation among most commentators as irresponsible and potentially dangerous.

Jun 24, 2024 | nickgillespie.substack.com | Nick Gillespie |Winston Marshall |Sohrab Ahmari |Freddie Sayers

When I started this Substack, I intended it to be a repository for non-Reason-related writings and appearances that had nowhere else to be shown.

Jun 5, 2024 | unherd.com | Freddie Sayers

ConservativeGeneral Election 2024IsraelLabourPoliticsUKUkraine The differences between the two main parties in the UK on most foreign policy questions are matters of almost imperceptible nuance. As we were reminded in the first election debate, both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are united in their support for Ukraine, are committed to Israel’s continued right to self-defence and share an increasingly hawkish attitude towards China.

May 8, 2024 | almendron.com | Freddie Sayers

UnHerd, the Britain-based publication I lead, published an investigation on April 17 into a transatlantic organization called the Global Disinformation Index. We revealed that, having received money from the U.S. State Department, as well as the British, German and European Union governments, the GDI issues what amount to blacklists of news publications, on highly tendentious grounds, that online advertising exchanges then consult and can use to justify turning off ad revenue.