British Journalist and Author

Ed West

1 article 2018

Ed West is a British journalist and author who writes about politics, culture, and demographics. He has been associated with publications such as The Spectator and UnHerd, and is known for his commentary on British and European political trends. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with analysis of UK politics.

Turning Britain Socialist To Own the Libs

July 30, 2018 · Web Only, Politics, England

I wish I’d bothered to learn more poetry when I was younger so that I could think beyond Yeats’s done-to-death “Second Coming” when musing about British politics right now. Perhaps in 2018 it is better explained in meme form, as the dog in the burning house muttering “This is fine,” or the sweating…