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'''Simon James Heffer''' (born [[July 18]] [[1960]]) is a British journalist and writer. He was educated at [[King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford)]]. He has been a columnist for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' but is joining ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in [[October]] [[2005]] as a columnist and associate editor. |
'''Simon James Heffer''' (born [[July 18]] [[1960]]) is a British journalist and writer. He was educated at [[King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford)]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]]. He has been a columnist for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' but is joining ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in [[October]] [[2005]] as a columnist and associate editor. |
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He has written biographies of [[Thomas Carlyle]], [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], and [[Enoch Powell]]; the last of these being his intellectual hero. |
He has written biographies of [[Thomas Carlyle]], [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], and [[Enoch Powell]]; the last of these being his intellectual hero. |
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His stance is usually [[right wing]], hostile towards the [[EU]] and [[New Labour]], whilst being supportive of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and the [[United Kingdom]]'s close relationship with the [[USA]]. |
His stance is usually [[right wing]], hostile towards the [[EU]] and [[New Labour]], whilst being supportive of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and the [[United Kingdom]]'s close relationship with the [[USA]]. |
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When the Home Office put Heffer on its Law and Order Task Force, liberal politicians were concerned about the direction that criminal law reform might take, with leading human rights lawyer [[Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws|Baroness Kennedy]] saying that the government "had not just lost the plot but was handing the plotting over to their most feared critics." |
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Revision as of 19:11, 5 December 2005
Simon James Heffer (born July 18 1960) is a British journalist and writer. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He has been a columnist for the Daily Mail but is joining The Daily Telegraph in October 2005 as a columnist and associate editor.
He has written biographies of Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Enoch Powell; the last of these being his intellectual hero.
His stance is usually right wing, hostile towards the EU and New Labour, whilst being supportive of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the United Kingdom's close relationship with the USA.
When the Home Office put Heffer on its Law and Order Task Force, liberal politicians were concerned about the direction that criminal law reform might take, with leading human rights lawyer Baroness Kennedy saying that the government "had not just lost the plot but was handing the plotting over to their most feared critics."
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