Plantilla:Short description Plantilla:Use dmy dates Plantilla:For Patrick West (born 1974, London) is a British freelance writer and political commentator.
Early life[]
He is the son of British journalist Richard West and Irish journalist Mary Kenny. his brother is the journalist Ed West.
Career[]
West has written for The Spectator, New Statesman, The Times Literary Supplement, and Standpoint and Spiked.
In 2004, West wrote the monograph Conspicuous Compassion: Why Sometimes It Really Is Cruel to Be Kind on the topic of "recreational grief" being displayed by the British public.[1][2]
West's 2005 report for Civitas, The Poverty of Multiculturalism, asserted that multiculturalism was losing its hold on public life.[3][4]
Works[]
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- Conspicuous Compassion, Civitas, 2004, Plantilla:ISBN
- The Poverty of Multiculturalism, Civitas, 2005 Plantilla:ISBN[3][5]
- Beating Them At Their Own Game, How The Irish Conquered English Soccer, Liberties Press, 2006 Plantilla:ISBN
- The Times Questions Answered (editor), HarperCollins, 2004
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