Ed West - Revision history

Melissa Jones at 13:26, 20 March 2018

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Richard Bew at 17:05, 22 December 2015

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Steven Harkins at 15:11, 11 April 2011

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Steven Harkins: /* Praise for Chris Snowdon */

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Praise for Chris Snowdon

Melissa Jones: /* On Geert Wilders */ comments re searchlight poll/far right

2011-03-03T13:59:50Z

On Geert Wilders: comments re searchlight poll/far right

David at 09:33, 4 January 2011

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Steven Harkins: /* On Smoking Bans */

2011-01-04T02:52:20Z

On Smoking Bans

David at 18:10, 3 January 2011

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David at 18:04, 3 January 2011

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David: /* Affiliations */

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Affiliations

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	[[Ed West]] is a journalist who writes for [[The Telegraph]], according to their website 'a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics, religion and low culture'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/edwest/ Ed West], ''The Telegraph'', Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West is a fan of the work of [[Chris Snowdon]] an 'adjunct scholar' at the right wing, tobacco industry linked, think tank the [[Democracy Institute]].<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100064687/the-eurosceptics-were-right-but-so-are-the-welfare-sceptics-multiculturalism-sceptics-and-sex-education-sceptics/ The Eurosceptics were right, but so are the welfare-sceptics, multiculturalism-sceptics and sex education-sceptics], ''The Telegraph'', 22-November-2010, Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West was formerly the features editor at the [[Catholic Herald]] (in 2009) and has pronounced pro industry and libertarian views. He is somewhat connected to the libertarian and anti-environmentalist [[LM network]] by virtue of having written for [[Spiked]]. His brother [[Patrick West]] is an [[LM network]] associate.<ref>Ed West [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/6355/ Marr on Darwin], ''Spiked'' Friday 13 March 2009, accessed 3 January 2011</ref>		[[Ed West]] is a journalist who writes for [[The Telegraph]], according to their website 'a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics, religion and low culture'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/edwest/ Ed West], ''The Telegraph'', Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West is a fan of the work of [[Chris Snowdon]] an 'adjunct scholar' at the right wing, tobacco industry linked, think tank the [[Democracy Institute]].<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100064687/the-eurosceptics-were-right-but-so-are-the-welfare-sceptics-multiculturalism-sceptics-and-sex-education-sceptics/ The Eurosceptics were right, but so are the welfare-sceptics, multiculturalism-sceptics and sex education-sceptics], ''The Telegraph'', 22-November-2010, Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West was formerly the features editor at the [[Catholic Herald]] (in 2009) and has pronounced pro industry and libertarian views. He is somewhat connected to the libertarian and anti-environmentalist [[LM network]] by virtue of having written for [[Spiked]]. His brother [[Patrick West]] is an [[LM network]] associate.<ref>Ed West [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/6355/ Marr on Darwin], ''Spiked'' Friday 13 March 2009, accessed 3 January 2011</ref>

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 :Next time someone starts spouting off about “equality” – a goal that has dug more graves than all the gods in history combined – send them a copy of Snowdon’s excellent book and make sure they read it from cover to cover.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100046805/does-recycling-cause-suicide-or-why-the-spirit-level-is-wrong-and-more-equal-societies-are-not-happier/ Does recycling cause suicide? Or why The Spirit Level is wrong and more equal societies are not happier], ''The Telegraph'', 9-July-2010, Accessed 16-Decemder-2010</ref>
-Ed West also cites Snowdon's blog ''Velvet Glove: Iron Fist'' in order to criticise research arguint that the smoking ban reduced heart attacks.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100042787/has-the-smoking-ban-reduced-the-number-of-heart-attacks-in-the-uk/ Has the smoking ban reduced the number of heart attacks in the UK?], ''The Telegraph'', 9-June-2010</ref>
+Ed West also cites Snowdon's blog ''Velvet Glove: Iron Fist'' in order to criticise research arguing that the smoking ban reduced heart attacks.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100042787/has-the-smoking-ban-reduced-the-number-of-heart-attacks-in-the-uk/ Has the smoking ban reduced the number of heart attacks in the UK?], ''The Telegraph'', 9-June-2010</ref>
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	:Wilders may be 'a trouble-maker with a dodgy haircut ... he's not a fascist or a racist ... he's just a normal mainstream conservative'.<ref>Ecosse, Islamophobia's mainstream appeal, ''The Sunday Times'', 7-March-2010</ref>		:Wilders may be 'a trouble-maker with a dodgy haircut ... he's not a fascist or a racist ... he's just a normal mainstream conservative'.<ref>Ecosse, Islamophobia's mainstream appeal, ''The Sunday Times'', 7-March-2010</ref>
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		+	In March 2011 in a blog about a well-publicised Searchlight poll West questioned whether so-called 'extremist' views about immigration and Islamism should be deemed 'far right'. Once again he defended Wilders, who "is not by any means far-right", though seemed to concede his views had become more extreme.
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		+	:Personally I agree with Wilders’ more measured view of Islam from five years ago, which was similar to that expressed by Christopher Caldwell, that: “Islam is a magnificent religion that has also been, at times over the centuries, a glorious and generous culture. But, all cant to the contrary, it is in no sense Europe’s religion and it is in no sense Europe’s culture.” But I understand that, having spent the last few years in hiding to such an extent that he can only see his wife once a week, his views on that religion have become rather negative (people call Wilders “Islamophobic” without irony – it’s not a phobia, radical Muslims really are trying to kill him). <ref> Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100077919/half-the-country-would-vote-for-a-far-right-party-whatever-that-means/#disqus_thread Half the country would vote for a 'far-Right' party – whatever that means], telegraph.co.uk, last updated: 28 February 2011, accessed 3 March 2011 </ref>

	===On Smoking Bans===		===On Smoking Bans===

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 [[Ed West]] is a journalist who writes for [[The Telegraph]], according to their website 'a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics, religion and low culture'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/edwest/ Ed West], ''The Telegraph'', Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West is a fan of the work of [[Chris Snowdon]] an 'adjunct scholar' at the right wing, tobacco industry linked, think tank the [[Democracy Institute]].<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100064687/the-eurosceptics-were-right-but-so-are-the-welfare-sceptics-multiculturalism-sceptics-and-sex-education-sceptics/ The Eurosceptics were right, but so are the welfare-sceptics, multiculturalism-sceptics and sex education-sceptics], ''The Telegraph'', 22-November-2010, Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West was formerly the features editor at the [[Catholic Herald]] (in 2009) and has pronounced pro industry and libertarian views.  He is somewhat connected to the libertarian and anti-environmentalist [[LM network]] by virtue of having written for [[Spiked]].  His brother [[Patrick West]] is an [[LM network]] associate.<ref>Ed West [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/6355/ Marr on Darwin], ''Spiked'' Friday 13 March 2009, accessed 3 January 2011</ref>
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-[[Chris Snowdon]] | [[Patrick West]] - brother
+[[Chris Snowdon]] | [[Patrick West]] - brother | [[Mary Kenny]] - Mother | [[Richard West]] - Father |
 ==Notes==

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	:Er, the smoke-free law has driven loads of pubs out of business, you lunatic. I’m all for reducing tobacco use, but it isn’t any of the Government’s damned business whether people smoke in their own homes. What next? Will officials be able to come around and check they’re eating five a day? And as for children and the dubious case of second-hand smoke, there are 90,000 children in care in the UK, and four times that many (at least) in households run by people criminally unsuitable to raise children. Far more children have their lives ruined by the poverty and violence created by the benefits system of this Labour government – the same government Duncan Bannatyne has funded all these years. Maybe we should ban him. That’s what he’d do in our place.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100013196/a-total-ban-on-smoking-the-most-sinister-article-ive-read-in-a-long-time/ A total ban on smoking? The most sinister article I've read in a long time], ''The Telegraph'', 12-October-2009</ref>		:Er, the smoke-free law has driven loads of pubs out of business, you lunatic. I’m all for reducing tobacco use, but it isn’t any of the Government’s damned business whether people smoke in their own homes. What next? Will officials be able to come around and check they’re eating five a day? And as for children and the dubious case of second-hand smoke, there are 90,000 children in care in the UK, and four times that many (at least) in households run by people criminally unsuitable to raise children. Far more children have their lives ruined by the poverty and violence created by the benefits system of this Labour government – the same government Duncan Bannatyne has funded all these years. Maybe we should ban him. That’s what he’d do in our place.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100013196/a-total-ban-on-smoking-the-most-sinister-article-ive-read-in-a-long-time/ A total ban on smoking? The most sinister article I've read in a long time], ''The Telegraph'', 12-October-2009</ref>
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		+	===On Terrorism in Academia===
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		+	In an article in December 2010, Ed West argued that 'British universities are, of course, the perfect breeding ground for Islamism'; going on to argue that:
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		+	:'Our universities have become recruiting grounds for Islamism, beginning with our first suicide bombers Asif Muhammad Hanif and Omar Khan Sharif, two young men who became just the latest in a long line of embittered losers who blamed the Jews for all their failures'. This process has been aided by a lazy arrogance by university authorities, who have allowed radical preachers on to campuses whose views on women, gays and inter-faith relations make Terry Jones look like a tedious wet liberal. Among them is University College London, alma mater of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underpants bomber, who was radicalised there. It’s particularly ironic as UCL was established to allow Dissenters, Catholics and Jews to go to university, and to free education from theocratic control. Last week I suggested that British humanities departments may be a threat to our culture, but perhaps British universities are an actual threat to world peace'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100068084/the-stockholm-suicide-bomber-shows-once-again-that-british-universities-are-a-threat-to-world-peace/ The Stockholm suicide bomber shows once again that British universities are a threat to world peace], ''The Telegraph'', 13-December-2010</ref>

	==Chris Snowdon==		==Chris Snowdon==

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−	[[Ed West]] is a journalist who writes for [[The Telegraph]], according to their website 'a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics, religion and low culture'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/edwest/ Ed West], ''The Telegraph'', Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West is a fan of the work of [[Chris Snowdon]].<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100064687/the-eurosceptics-were-right-but-so-are-the-welfare-sceptics-multiculturalism-sceptics-and-sex-education-sceptics/ The Eurosceptics were right, but so are the welfare-sceptics, multiculturalism-sceptics and sex education-sceptics], ''The Telegraph'', 22-November-2010, Accessed 16-December-2010</ref>	+	[[Ed West]] is a journalist who writes for [[The Telegraph]], according to their website 'a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics, religion and low culture'.<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/edwest/ Ed West], ''The Telegraph'', Accessed 16-December-2010</ref> West is a fan of the work of [[Chris Snowdon]] an 'adjunct scholar' at the right wing, tobacco industry linked, think tank the [[Democracy Institute]].<ref>Ed West, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100064687/the-eurosceptics-were-right-but-so-are-the-welfare-sceptics-multiculturalism-sceptics-and-sex-education-sceptics/ The Eurosceptics were right, but so are the welfare-sceptics, multiculturalism-sceptics and sex education-sceptics], ''The Telegraph'', 22-November-2010, Accessed 16-December-2010</ref>

	==Views==		==Views==