Fraser Nelson



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Full name: Fraser Nelson

Area of interest: Politics

Journals/Organisation: The Spectator | The Daily Telegraph

Email: [mailto:fraser.nelson@telegraph.co.uk fraser.nelson@telegraph.co.uk]

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Blog: Spectator.co / Fraser Nelson

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Career: Previously political editor of The Scotsman Current position/role: editor of The Spectator


 * also writes/has written for: political columnist for the News of the World; political editor of The Business; occasional guest columnist for The Times

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Other: 'Spectator' editor vows not to soil his hands with politics, interview with Matthew Bell, The Independent, 14th March 2010



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Speaking/Appearances: The Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture, Centre for Policy Studies, 3rd February 2010

Current debate:the motion'' - Are free markets a necessary and sufficient condition for free minds, or do they leave us prey to over-powerful corporations? - Centre for Policy Studies debate on Rupert Murdoch's Inaugural Margaret Thatcher Lecture October 2010 

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Articles: 2014

 * Only one person is laughing at the Farage-Clegg EU pantomime - The PM is offering a grown-up discussion on radical reform of the EU, along with the Germans and Dutch - 27th March
 * Politics is in new territory after George Osborne’s pensions revolution - The zero era of cheap debt endures, but the welfare state may never be quite the same again - 21st March
 * Squabbling Tories deaf to their own good news - Despite the recovery, party daggers look sharper than ever - 14th March
 * America has a new weapon to use against Russia – the E-Bomb - The US’s energy power, a product of the shale revolution, is what the Kremlin fears most. In future Putin will have to be more careful - 7th March
 * Free schools will stumble – the test is how well they recover - Michael Gove’s academies have their critics, but new schools are as likely to fail as new companies - 28th February
 * When the storms have passed, we must start dredging the quangos - Cameron is glad to have the military at his side when his ministers are at war - 14th February
 * The Lib Dems are revolting, so why not just let them go? - Nick Clegg’s new hostility to the Tories suggests that the Coalition has come to its natural conclusion - 7th February
 * The Tories’ loop of vengeance could sink their election hopes - Many MPs are more fixated on internal battles than on winning the public vote in 2015 - 31st January
 * Social reform is a moral mission that will define the Tories’ future - Peter Lilley’s 'little list’ has hung over the party for too long – and IDS can heal the wounds - 24th January
 * Benefits Street: the real scandal - The Channel 4 documentary series that has outraged the Left lays bare the poverty trap that only welfare reform can end - 18th January
 * It may take the EU to save this country from Ed Miliband’s economic agenda - There are benefits to Brussels – not least that it could block the Labour Party’s more dangerous ideas 17th January
 * Gangsterism, not racism, was the root of Mark Duggan’s shooting - Too many children on council estates are being drawn into a life of crime because work does not pay - 10th January 2014



Articles: 2013

 * State should be catching snoops, not joining them - Our privacy is being invaded by firms and governments alike. It’s time to call a halt - 27th December 2013
 * How Britain made it through the year of living dangerously - From crime to jobs to the rise of the far Right, the prophets of doom have been confounded - 20th December 2013
 * The truth about the NHS is a bitter pill - The Health Secretary has begun a hard journey to transfer power to patients - 13th December 2013
 * Osborne will have to push harder than this - Much more work is needed if the Chancellor is to halt our spiralling national debt - 6th December 2013
 * The case for the Union is still strong – so why not make it? - Salmond and the SNP are being given a free hand to blame London for their own mistakes - 29th November 2013
 * The cracks are starting to show between the PM and Chancellor - Far from 'seeing eye to eye’, Cameron and Osborne are cut from different political cloth - 22nd November 2013
 * Birmingham has too many politicians - children are paying the price - Birmingham’s tragic failings are the result of a dysfunctional council that must be broken - 15th November 2013up*We must fund the Armed Forces properly – before disaster strikes - Britain has lacked the will and the means to finish the battles it has started - 8th November 2013
 * George Osborne should halt the HS2 train journey no one wants to take - It might have seemed a good idea at first, but the HS2 project could derail the Chancellor - 1st November 2013
 * Clegg is rejecting liberalism just as the Tories are embracing it - A new generation of voters is associating radical politics with the PM, not his deputy - 25th October 2013
 * The young pay a heavy price for the support given to the elderly - Over-65s have every advantage – and the Coalition is bent on giving them even more - 18th October 2013
 * Look, Dave and George – when capitalism’s done properly it’s wildly popular - The Royal Mail sell-off, welfare reform, even spending cuts have all met with voters’ approval - 11th October 2013
 * Press freedom should be ensured by a Bill of Rights - Maligned politicans have no right to kill off newspapers - 4th October 2013
 * The scale of Ed’s ambition is both breathtaking and terrifying - The Labour leader’s socialist ideas are radical, coherent and – worst of all – popular - 27th September 2013
 * Cameron has an inspiring message, so let's hear it - With the rise of Ukip, it is crucial that the PM makes the argument for a Tory government - 20th September 2013
 * Even Labour supporters don’t think that Ed Miliband’s up to it - The party leader is seen as out of his depth, and Tories can sense a route towards victory in 2015 - 13th September 2013
 * We need a law to end gender-specific abortions - Terminations based on sex are a disgrace that most politicians would rather ignore - 6th September 2013
 * David Cameron failed the test of trust, and paid the price - Parliament has rejected the Prime Minister's vision of this country's place in the world - 30th August 2013
 * Wilberforce’s heirs are ready to tackle the great evil of the age - Britain helped stamp out slavery once – now Theresa May is trying to do the same again - 23rd August 2013
 * Zimbabwe is booming – but its future lies in China’s hands  - China's willingness to do business with Mugabe makes a mockery of Western sanctions - 2nd August 2013
 * The best-paid 1 per cent are worth it - The wealthy have never forked out more and the lower-paid half of the populace have never had to pay a smaller share of income tax - 26th July 2013
 * We have to wean the country off the drug of immigration - Education and welfare reforms, not imported labour, are the way to solve our mounting debt - 19th July 2013
 * Boris wasn’t joking – work is becoming a woman’s world - Sexual inequality has reversed: fewer boys go to university, get a good job or earn as much - 12th July 2013
 * It is capitalism, not democracy, that the Arab world needs most - Property rights for aid: this could be the most effective anti-poverty strategy in history - 5th July 2013
 * Our tantric Chancellor doesn’t realise he’s winning the debate - George Osborne’s economic medicine is working, so why is it being administered in such tiny amounts? - 28th June
 * Tories are fighting for people Labour has abandoned - Ed Miliband’s policy on welfare and education is to leave the working classes to their fate - 21st June 2013
 * Politicians place too much faith in figures - Relying on data means problems are often ignored - 14th June 2013
 * Alex Salmond’s dream of a separate Scotland is rapidly falling apart - Faced with the realities of independence, Scots young and old are now turning back to Britain - 7th June 2013
 * Cameron believes in marriage – so why doesn’t he support it? - The PM has fought a bitter battle over the issue, but not on behalf of those who most need it - 31st May 2013
 * Woolwich was a case study in the banality – and the idiocy – of evil - There is no logic to be found in attacks like these - 24th May 2013
 * The truth is that we can’t afford a shiny new transport system like HS2 - History is littered with failed projects that appealed to politicians in thrall to modernity - 17th May 2013
 * Our universities should take a lesson from the land of the free - Britain and the US have chosen two very different models – and it’s clear which is winning - 10th May 2013
 * It’s official: spending more doesn’t make public services better - Cutting government down to size will leave Britain stronger and more socially cohesive - 26th April 2013
 * Will Michael Gove’s schools revolution be just another false start? - There are encouraging signs of real progress, but Labour may have other ideas in 2015 - 19th April 2013
 * Margaret Thatcher listened to voters – now it’s Nigel Farage who hears their despair - Ukip is no longer a single-issue party, it is widening its scope and enjoys the common touch with core voters that the main parties lack - 12th April 2013
 * Don’t blame the HBOS bankers, blame the politicians who cosied up to them - Today's indictment by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards of the men who brought HBOS to its knees should extend well beyond them - 5th April 2013
 * It’s the cold, not global warming, that we should be worried about - No one seems upset that in modern Britain, old people are still freezing to death - 29th March 2013
 * Our fortunes rest on the Bank’s great money-printing machine - There were two Budgets delivered this week – and it’s the second one that really matters - 22nd March 2013
 * Don’t attack Britain’s oldies – they keep the economy going - The growing army of working over-65s dispels the idea that the elderly burden the young - 15th March 2013
 * The crumbling Coalition is being torn apart by the post-Budget Public Spending Review - Deciding the contents of George Osborne's Budget has been relatively straightforward. How to divide the shrinking budgets is a battle that has taken on Bosnian complexit - 8th March 2013
 * The Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition is starting to crumble - Budget 2013: ministers are breaking ranks over what they see as unjust cuts - 8th March 2013
 * Budget 2013: how George Osborne can save the economy - Britain is stuck, so the Chancellor should take a lesson in tax reform from a Nordic hero - 1st March 2013
 * Slavery, not horse meat, is the real scandal on our doorstep - Long business supply chains are corruptible and can hide a multitude of crimes if no one checks for fraud or criminal activity - 15th February 2013
 * Michael Gove may have lost a skirmish over the EBacc, but he’s winning the war - The GCSE setback for Education Secretary Michael Gove is proof that he is daring to try something new - 8th February 2013
 * Britain's Armed Forces can’t survive on a diet of fudge, Mr Cameron - If the Prime Minister truly wants to confront the threat from Islamists in Africa, he must provide the money to increase the defence budget - 1st February 2013
 * Labour will do anything for the workers – except trust them - While David Cameron puts his faith in the people, Ed Miliband clings to belief in the state - 25th January 2013
 * It’s too early for the Tories to assume defeat is inevitable in 2015 - David Cameron could be a transformative leader if he had more faith in his power to change minds - 18th January 2013
 * The Tories have a moral mission – and David Cameron should say so - After Labour’s failures, Conservative reforms are about saving lives rather than money - 11th january 2013



Articles: 2012

 * Terrorists don’t expect James Bond to die – they expect him to pay up - Britain has been too slow at giving its spies vital protection against predatory lawyers - 21st December 2012
 * Britain is getting a glimpse of the crazy world of culture wars - The gay marriage row is bringing the politics of division to a country more used to tolerance - 14th December 2012
 * Autumn Statement: Young lives are being ruined because of Britain's timid Treasury - Bold tax cuts in Sweden and Estonia show how to tackle austerity – and create growth and jobs - 7th December 2012
 * Leveson Report: Cameron’s Tory principles are protecting our ancient liberties - The Prime Minister must prepare to be abused for his opposition to state regulation of the press - 30th November 2012
 * Call a truce, before centuries of free speech are brought to an end - With MPs eager to take power over the press, the Prime Minister must lead them back from the cliff edge - 23rd November 2012
 * Pay attention in class! Michael Gove is teaching the art of politics - Even if he doesn’t want to be PM, Education Secretary Michael Gove’s methods should still rule - 16th November 2012
 * The worldly capitalist looking to spread the Word of the Lord - Justin Welby will bring brains and bravery to the almost impossible job of Archbishop of Canterbury - 9th November 2012
 * The Big Apple survives Sandy and shows how to live with climate change - Technology and human ingenuity can defuse natural disasters that once killed thousands - 2nd November 2012
 * Gordon Brown’s secret army could defeat the Coalition’s welfare and education reforms - Britain’s charities and quangos are now stuffed to the gunwales with Labour placemen - 26th October 2012
 * Police commissioners: a criminal waste of a good idea - Directly electing police commissioners was an arresting idea screwed up by our political masters - 19th October 2012
 * David Cameron’s toffs must convince the plebs they’re on their side - The Andrew Mitchell affair hides the fact that it is the Conservatives who are fighting class inequality - 12th October 2012
 * Faithless Britain is still a country of compassion and principles - Times have changed, and Ed Miliband may be on to something with his political creed - 5th October 2012
 * Won’t George Osborne learn the lesson? Wealth taxes simply don’t work - When even Tories talk about squeezing the rich, it’s clear Britain is heading for trouble - 28th September 2012
 * Our politics is bursting with life – it’s the parties that are dying - There is no shortage of support for the right causes, but our leaders do not address them - 21st September 2012
 * What would the Age of Ed mean for Britain? Even he doesn’t know - Events are propelling Miliband towards No 10, but neither he nor his party are ready - 14th September 2012
 * Shale: the hidden treasure that could transform Britain’s fortunes - Cameron’s U-turn on the environment has the greens howling, but should delight voters - 7th September 2012
 * Cameron and Obama could soon be drowning in debt - The voters will not be placated for ever by governments that fail to deliver on their word - 31st August 2012
 * Our jobs market is broken – and Germany may have the answer - A simple reform could help rid us of our status as the Prince Harry of the global economy - 24th August 2012
 * Students must be told the whole truth about the value of a degree - Mis-selling of higher education is one of the least remarked upon scandals of our time - 17th August 2012
 * This is a golden age for the world - Most people are richer and freer than they have ever been - 10th August 2012
 * Wall Street is ready to pounce on the City, and we must defend it - Despite the scandals, London’s global financial centre remains a priceless asset - 20th July 2012
 * Connors family case shows that Britain must fight slave trade - Wilberforce’s political heirs have work to do, as the sorry case of the Connors family proves - 13th July 2012
 * The Libor scandal is a fight to the death for Osborne and Balls - Laying the blame for Libor will be central to the outcome of the next general election - 6th July 2012
 * U-turns make even David Cameron wonder what this Government is for - As the U-turns mount and key staff flee, the sense of mission is draining away in Downing Street - 29th June 2012
 * Tax system is the villain of the Carr affair - Politicians should simplify our taxes, not lecture others - 22nd June 2012
 * David Cameron’s 'chumocracy’ is no substitute for a political mission - The Prime Minister’s social skills fail to disguise a worrying absence of ideology - 15th June 2012
 * Prescott climbed the ladder – now he wants to saw it away - Work experience is not 'forced labour' - it helps youngsters into paid jobs - 8th June 2012
 * All will be forgiven if Cameron loosens the EU shackles - Sidestepping the EU fiscal chaos would keep the PM’s critics at bay - 1st June 2012
 * David Cameron must deal with Britain's debt - The PM talks about fiscal sanity but doesn't stop borrowing - 18th May 2012
 * Gay marriage is a needless fight - The PM is in retreat over gay marriage - 11th May 2012
 * Boris is making life harder for Dave - Johnson's brand of Conservatism sets the agenda - 4th May 2012
 * Welcome to tricolour Britain, a country divided along party lines - A political landscape is emerging in which no one can lay claim to nationwide appeal - 27th April 2012
 * Cameron should beware angry mothers - Immigration makes it harder to get into a good school - 20th April 2012
 * The taxman will strangle our culture of giving - A Treasury assault on charitable donations is intolerable - 13th April 2012
 * The snooping Bill is out to catch crooks, not ensnare terrorists - The hysterical debate over 'national security’ has lost sight of some reasonable goals - 6th April 2012
 * George Osborne is still not being bold enough with the Budget - The Chancellor’s slow-motion cuts are dragging out the austerity process - 23rd March 2012
 * How can Osborne be a part-time Chancellor? - It’s all down to Rupert Harrison, the most powerful man you’ve never heard of - 17th March 2012
 * Brown’s flawed policy keeps people in poverty - Efforts to tackle deprivation will fail if tied to an old agenda - 16th March 2012
 * US visit: David Cameron might listen to Mitt Romney - While in the US, the Prime Minister should look at Romney’s plans to stimulate growth - 9th March 2012
 * The Budget: the 50p tax rate is a bomb that a brave Chancellor would defuse - A radical Budget from George Osborne will prevent an exodus of wealth from the UK - 2nd March 2012
 * The private sector exposes fraud where the state only lets it fester - The Left’s campaign to keep profit out of public services must not be allowed to succeed - 24th February 2012
 * Pensioners are paying the price for Sir Mervyn’s 'funny money’ - Mr Osborne should come clean about the long-term effects of quantitative easing - 10th February 2012
 * If Labour ditched David and Ed Miliband, it could win an election - The Labour leadership doesn’t know how to play its cards - 3rd February 2012
 * Clegg is right to sound the alarm on Osbornomics - Where are the Conservative ideas on the economy - 27th January 2012
 * David Cameron is the only party leader who truly understands capitalism - The Prime Minister knows that the free-market system is hard-wired into our national DNA - 20th January 2012
 * Tough love: let's get people off welfare and into Pret - Ministers should face down the Lords over curbs to benefit payments - 13th January 2012
 * Poverty, not colour, is the real dividing line in modern Britain - It is the poor, both black and white, who are the truly marginalised members of society - 6th January 2012



Articles: 2011

 * How can we remain silent while Christians are being persecuted? - A new evil is sweeping the Middle East and the Foreign Office is failing to confront it - 23rd December 2011
 * Profit needn’t be a dirty word when it comes to education - Michael Gove might have kept quiet about Breckland Free School, but it could be the start of something great - 16th December 2011
 * Cameron has been infected by Europe’s technocratic disease - The deal being cooked up between Merkel and Sarkozy is a cynical sham – so why is the PM too polite to say so - 9th December 2011
 * If the workers can grasp the need for austerity, why can’t Labour? - The Opposition is so wedded to spending that it can’t see the public has moved on - 2nd December 2011
 * We are in danger of forgetting the riots – and ignoring their lessons - Just because problems appear intractable, it doesn’t mean that the Government shouldn’t try to fix them - 24th November 2011
 * Working pensioners show Osborne the way out of this crisis - Tax cuts for the low paid will reduce unemployment by encouraging people back to work - 18th November 2011
 * For all the wars we have fought, Britain still has much to learn - Despite ministers’ best efforts, we still lag far behind America in caring for our war veterans - 11th November 2011
 * The eurozone crisis can’t hide George Osborne’s shortcomings for ever - The Chancellor's ploy of setting new records for state spending every month isn’t the best way to cut our deficit - 4th November 2011
 * The EU plates are shifting – and Cameron risks being stranded - As Europe is reshaped, both party and country are urging the Prime Minister to seize Britain’s moment - 28th October 2011
 * blow to an already struggling industry'' - British newspapers are haemorrhaging readers and influence, and next Sunday we will see just how much this process has accelerated - 15th July 2011
 * of the World'' - The last edition of the News of the World is now out, saying "Thank You & Goodbye - 9th July 2011
 * Lansley's mistake was to force Cameron into battle over the NHS'' - Labour had put in place market-based reforms which could have been quietly accelerated - 5th April 2011
 * a merger with the Tories will save most Liberal Democrat MPs'' - The forthcoming Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election spells danger for Nick Clegg's party in more ways than one - 3rd January 2011



Articles: 2010

 * keep your seat, stick to your principles'' - The Commons is full of Thatcher’s children, with an eye on the next election. They will not be lobby fodder - 15th May 2010
 * hard to see what is Tory about the Tories'' - Cameron has become trapped in Labour’s snares. He must free himself to set a bold agenda. Caution will lead only to failure - 4th February 2010



Articles: 2009

 * They wish we all could be Californian: the new Tory plan - Fraser Nelson says that the Conservatives are taking their cue from the West Coast of America: the land of Google, Stanford University and venture capital. They want to rebuild Britain in California’s image: dynamic, high-tech, green and ‘family-friendly’ - 25th February 2009



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