Small Men on the Wrong Side of History: The Decline, Fall and Unlikely Return of Conservatism

by Ed West

All the best people go from Left to Right as they lose their youthful naivety: Peter Hitchens, Paul Johnson, Melanie Phillips, Anakin Skywalker.

As one writer put it: ‘There is so much more by which to judge a person than his or her politics. Honesty, thoughtfulness, compassion, judgment, industriousness, prudence, self-control. Their interests, aptitudes, personality, piety, and sense of humor . . . Shared experience and common ground – outside of the politics – is key to reminding people of this truth.’