SettingsEnglish political writers
Alexander Falconbridge
Alexander Falconbridge (died 1792) was a British surgeon on four voyages in slave ships between 1780 and 1787 before meeting the anti-slavery campaigner, Thomas Clarkson and becoming a member of...
Alexander Falconbridge (died 1792) was a British surgeon on four voyages in slave ships between 1780 and 1787 before meeting the anti-slavery campaigner, Thomas Clarkson and becoming a member of...
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis PC (2009) (born Andreas Adonis, 22 February 1963) is a British academic, educationalist, journalist and Labour Life Peer, who served in HM Government as Secreta...
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis PC (2009) (born Andreas Adonis, 22 February 1963) is a British academic, educationalist, journalist and Labour Life Peer, who served in HM Government as Secreta...
Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is a British author, editor, political commentator and blogger.
Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is a British author, editor, political commentator and blogger.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic.
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic.
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg — known as Billy Bragg — is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist.
Stephen William Bragg — known as Billy Bragg — is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist.
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an American born-British Conservative Party politician and journalist, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an American born-British Conservative Party politician and journalist, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English American author and journalist whose career spanned more than four decades.
Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English American author and journalist whose career spanned more than four decades.
Damian Thompson
Damian Thompson is a British journalist, author and blogger.
Damian Thompson is a British journalist, author and blogger.
David Craig (author)
David Craig (real name Neil Glass) is a British author.
David Craig (real name Neil Glass) is a British author.
David Icke
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker, best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world."
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker, best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world."
David Kynaston
David Kynaston is an English historian and author of many books on English social history.
David Kynaston is an English historian and author of many books on English social history.
David McLellan (political scientist)
David McLellan (born 1940) is a British scholar of Marx and Marxism.
David McLellan (born 1940) is a British scholar of Marx and Marxism.
Dorothy Crisp
Dorothy Crisp (1906–1987) was a right wing English political figure, writer and publisher.
Dorothy Crisp (1906–1987) was a right wing English political figure, writer and publisher.
Douglas Hyde (author)
Douglas Arnold Hyde (8 April 1911, Worthing, Sussex — 19 September 1996, Kingston Upon Thames) was a Communist who was the news editor of the Daily Worker until 1948, when he converted to Ca...
Douglas Arnold Hyde (8 April 1911, Worthing, Sussex — 19 September 1996, Kingston Upon Thames) was a Communist who was the news editor of the Daily Worker until 1948, when he converted to Ca...
Edward Pearce (journalist)
Edward Pearce (born c.1939) is an English political journalist and writer.
Edward Pearce (born c.1939) is an English political journalist and writer.
Francis Neilson
Francis Neilson (26 January 1867 – 13 April 1961), was an accomplished actor, playwright, stage director, political figure (former Member of the British House of Commons) avid lecturer, an...
Francis Neilson (26 January 1867 – 13 April 1961), was an accomplished actor, playwright, stage director, political figure (former Member of the British House of Commons) avid lecturer, an...
Frank Field (politician)
Frank Ernest Field DL is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979.
Frank Ernest Field DL is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979.
Frank Hodges (trade unionist)
Frank Hodges (30 April 1887 – 3 June 1947) was an English trade union leader, who became General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
Frank Hodges (30 April 1887 – 3 June 1947) was an English trade union leader, who became General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
Freda Utley
Winifred Utley, commonly known as Freda Utley, was an English scholar, political activist and best-selling author.
Winifred Utley, commonly known as Freda Utley, was an English scholar, political activist and best-selling author.
George Frederick Abbott
George Frederick Abbott (born 1874, died 13 March 1947 at Tunbridge Wells) was an English war correspondent and author.
George Frederick Abbott (born 1874, died 13 March 1947 at Tunbridge Wells) was an English war correspondent and author.
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist.
Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist.
Henry Hyndman
Henry Mayers Hyndman (1842–1921) was an English writer and politician, and the founder of the Social Democratic Federation and the National Socialist Party.
Henry Mayers Hyndman (1842–1921) was an English writer and politician, and the founder of the Social Democratic Federation and the National Socialist Party.
Iain Dale
Iain Campbell Dale is best known for his conservative-minded British political blog Iain Dale's Diary and for his frequent appearances on UK news channels as a political commentator.
Iain Campbell Dale is best known for his conservative-minded British political blog Iain Dale's Diary and for his frequent appearances on UK news channels as a political commentator.
Identity of Junius
Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of political letters to the Public Advertiser, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772 as well as several other London newspaper...
Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of political letters to the Public Advertiser, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772 as well as several other London newspaper...
Isaac Wake
Sir Isaac Wake (1580/81-1632) was an English diplomat and political commentator.
Sir Isaac Wake (1580/81-1632) was an English diplomat and political commentator.
Jack Common
Jack Common (1903 - 20 January 1968) was a British novelist.
Jack Common (1903 - 20 January 1968) was a British novelist.
James Burgh
James Burgh (1714–1775) was a British Whig politician whose book Political Disquisitions set out an early case for free speech and universal suffrage: In it, he writes, "All lawful authority...
James Burgh (1714–1775) was a British Whig politician whose book Political Disquisitions set out an early case for free speech and universal suffrage: In it, he writes, "All lawful authority...
James Humphreys (author)
James Humphreys is a political analyst and author.
James Humphreys is a political analyst and author.
James Tyrrell (writer)
James Tyrrell (1642, London –1718) was an English author and Whig political philosopher.
James Tyrrell (1642, London –1718) was an English author and Whig political philosopher.
Jeremy Collier
Jeremy Collier (23 September 1650 – 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian.
Jeremy Collier (23 September 1650 – 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian.
John Almon
John Almon (17 December 1737 – 12 December 1805) was an English journalist and writer on political subjects, notable for his efforts to secure the right to publish reports on the debates in Parl...
John Almon (17 December 1737 – 12 December 1805) was an English journalist and writer on political subjects, notable for his efforts to secure the right to publish reports on the debates in Parl...
John Banks (activist)
John Croisdale Banks (born June 1915) was an English political activist and writer, noted for his work on the territorial aspects of constitutional reform.
John Croisdale Banks (born June 1915) was an English political activist and writer, noted for his work on the territorial aspects of constitutional reform.
John Bradshaw (writer)
John Bradshaw (fl. 1679), was an English political writer.
John Bradshaw (fl. 1679), was an English political writer.
John Hales (MP)
John Hales (Hayles) (1516?- 28 December 1571) was an English writer, administrator and politician.
John Hales (Hayles) (1516?- 28 December 1571) was an English writer, administrator and politician.
John Hales (politician)
John Hales was an English writer, administrator and politician.
John Hales was an English writer, administrator and politician.
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.
John Saltmarsh (clergyman)
John Saltmarsh (born Yorkshire, died 1647) was a radical English religious and controversial writer and preacher.
John Saltmarsh (born Yorkshire, died 1647) was a radical English religious and controversial writer and preacher.
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Joseph Salmon
Joseph Salmon (fl. 1647-1656) was a significant English religious and political writer of the middle of the seventeenth century.
Joseph Salmon (fl. 1647-1656) was a significant English religious and political writer of the middle of the seventeenth century.
Matthew Wren (writer)
Matthew Wren was an English politician and writer.
Matthew Wren was an English politician and writer.
Molly Scott Cato
Molly Scott Cato Ph.D. is green economist and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Molly Scott Cato Ph.D. is green economist and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Norman Angell
Sir Ralph Norman Angell was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
Sir Ralph Norman Angell was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a num...
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a num...
Philip Francis (politician)
Sir Philip Francis was an Irish-born British politician and pamphleteer, the possible author of the Letters of Junius, and the chief antagonist of Warren Hastings.
Sir Philip Francis was an Irish-born British politician and pamphleteer, the possible author of the Letters of Junius, and the chief antagonist of Warren Hastings.
Philip Hunton
Philip Hunton (c.1600-1682) was an English clergyman and political writer, known for his May 1643 anti-absolutist work A Treatise of Monarchy.
Philip Hunton (c.1600-1682) was an English clergyman and political writer, known for his May 1643 anti-absolutist work A Treatise of Monarchy.
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British economist and a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British economist and a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.
Raj Patel
Raj Patel is a British-born American academic, journalist, activist and writer who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States for extended periods.
Raj Patel is a British-born American academic, journalist, activist and writer who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States for extended periods.
Richard Norton-Taylor
Richard Norton-Taylor is a British editor, journalist and playwright.
Richard Norton-Taylor is a British editor, journalist and playwright.
Roger Crab
Roger Crab was an English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer who is best known for his aesthetic lifestyle which included Christian vegetarianism.
Roger Crab was an English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer who is best known for his aesthetic lifestyle which included Christian vegetarianism.
Samuel Duncon
Samuel Duncon (fl. 1600–1659) was a British political writer, a citizen of Ipswich, of considerable means, and devoted to the parliamentary side in the civil wars.
Samuel Duncon (fl. 1600–1659) was a British political writer, a citizen of Ipswich, of considerable means, and devoted to the parliamentary side in the civil wars.
Samuel Johnson (pamphleteer)
Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was a political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the later acclaimed author and lexicographer of the same name.
Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was a political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the later acclaimed author and lexicographer of the same name.
Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle
Sir Francis Blake was a High Sheriff of Northumberland, a major land owner of that county, and a political writer.
Sir Francis Blake was a High Sheriff of Northumberland, a major land owner of that county, and a political writer.
Thomas Hollis (1720-1774)
Thomas Hollis (April 14, 1720, London – January 1, 1774) was an English political philosopher and author.
Thomas Hollis (April 14, 1720, London – January 1, 1774) was an English political philosopher and author.
Thomas Hollis (1720–1774)
Thomas Hollis (April 14, 1720, London – January 1, 1774) was an English political philosopher and author.
Thomas Hollis (April 14, 1720, London – January 1, 1774) was an English political philosopher and author.
Thomas Randolph (ambassador)
Thomas Randolph was an English ambassador serving Elizabeth I of England.
Thomas Randolph was an English ambassador serving Elizabeth I of England.
Toby Harnden
Toby Harnden (born 14 January 1966) is an Anglo-American conservative journalist and author.
Toby Harnden (born 14 January 1966) is an Anglo-American conservative journalist and author.
Tony Linsell
Tony Linsell is an English publisher, writer and political activist.
Tony Linsell is an English publisher, writer and political activist.
William Arnall
William Arnall was an English political writer.
William Arnall was an English political writer.