Tom McTague was born in Birmingham in 1984 and is the Political Editor of UnHerd. Prior to that, he was a Staff Writer at the Atlantic, Chief UK Correspondent at POLITICO, and Political Editor of the Independent on Sunday. He has been twice shortlisted at the British press awards, including, in 2019, for 'Political Commentator of the Year. In 2019 he was named ‘Journalist of the Year’ at the Drum Awards; the previous year, the National Council for the Training of Journalists included him on their list of the most respected journalists in the UK.