When it’s out of power, the left – including the union movement – always seems committed to freedom of expression. But when labour leader Paul Embery spoke at a pro-Brexit rally, his union executive was quick to strip him of his official duties. In Unherd, Embery tells of his travails and ultimate vindication.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


