We want to be bold enough to identify those things that have been lost, as well as gained, by the liberal world order of the past thirty years but we strive to be always thoughtful rather than divisive. It’s easy and safe to be in one or other of these two camps – defensive liberal or angry reactionary - but UnHerd is trying to do something different, and harder. The governing ideologies of the past generation are too often either unquestioningly defended or rejected wholesale.
Societies across the West are divided and stuck, and the established media is struggling to make sense of what’s happening. We think this approach is more needed than ever. Allan Mallinson, author and retired British Army officerĪt least some of the money used to establish UnHerd came from hedge fund manager Paul Marshall.As you may have guessed from our strange spelling, UnHerd aims to do two things: to push back against the herd mentality with new and bold thinking, and to provide a platform for otherwise unheard ideas, people and places.Sept 2017 launched the Wilberforce Alliance, a US/UK Christian organisation that says it will 'undertake political research and train future leaders'. Colin Bloom, ex-International Director of the UK's Conservative Party.Katie Harrison, leads the Faith Research Centre at ComRes.
Liam Halligan, writer for Sunday Telegraph on Advisory Board of the Social Market Foundation previously with Prosperity Capital Management, the world's largest Russia/CIS-focused asset manager.Ian Birrell, advisory board member of Bright Blue.Harriet Maltby, ex-Head of Policy for the Legatum Institute’s global Prosperity Index.Peter Franklin, ex-Conservative policy adviser to among others Oliver Letwin and Greg Clark.Charlotte Pickles, ex- Reform think tank and previously Accenture.James Kirkup, director of Social Market Foundation ex-Telegraph.