Ed West

Who is Ed West?

Ed West is an author, journalist and blogger, who is the deputy editor of the The Catholic Herald. Previously he wrote a column for The Daily Telegraph.

In 2013 Peter Oborne described West as "one of the most interesting of the rising generation of political writers, who delights in destroying liberal pieties".

West's book, The Diversity Illusion, which examines the adverse effects of mass immigration on British society, was published in February 2013. It was described by The Observer as a "brazen and breezily written polemic" whose "arguments are repeatedly undermined by reality." Peter Hitchens in The Mail on Sunday wrote that West's book was "powerful" and that it contained an "excellent analysis" into the actual economic benefits of immigration.