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Peter Alan Oborne (born 11 July 1957) is a British journalist. He is the associate editor of the ''Spectator'' and former chief political commentator of the ''Daily Telegraph'', from which he resigned in early 2015.〔John Plunkett ("Peter Oborne resigns, saying Telegraph's HSBC coverage a 'fraud on readers'" ), ''The Guardian'', 17 February 2015〕 He is author of ''The Rise of Political Lying'' and ''The Triumph of the Political Class'', and, with Frances Weaver, the pamphlet ''Guilty Men''. Oborne is known for his acerbic commentary on the hypocrisy and apparent mendacity of contemporary politicians.〔Nick Cohen ((website )). (Dishonourable members ) ''The Observer''. 30 September 2007〕〔Oborne, P. (Speaking truth in power ). ''The Guardian''. 4 March 2009〕 ==Career== Oborne was educated at Sherborne School and read history at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA〔A Cambridge BA automatically converts to an MA (Master of Arts) as long as certain (conditions ) are satisfied〕 degree in 1978. He is the author of a highly critical biography of Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell and a biography of the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira (whose selection for England to tour South Africa in 1968 caused that country's apartheid regime to cancel the tour). Oborne is also a vocal critic of the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe. and author of a pamphlet, published by the Centre for Policy Studies about the situation in Zimbabwe, ''A moral duty to act there.''〔Oborne, P. (Appendix 8: Memorandum ) from Mr Peter Oborne. Submission to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. March 2003〕 As a television journalist Oborne began by making three polemical documentaries with filmmaker Paul Yule: "Mugabe's Secret Famine" (2003), "Afghanistan – Here's One We Invaded Earlier" (2004), and "Not Cricket – The Basil D'Oliveira Conspiracy" (2004). In April 2005 he presented the Channel 4 programme in the ''Election Unspun''〔Channel 4 aims to '(unspin )' the election. Digital Spy. 9 April 2005〕 series, ''Why Politicians Can't Tell The Truth'',〔Banks-Smith, N. Why Politicians Can't Tell The (Truth ), ''The Guardian'', 26 April 2005〕 that examined how major political parties in Britain allegedly pursue an agenda designed to appeal only to a narrow band of floating voters expected to play a decisive role in the UK general elections of 2005. In May 2007 Oborne presented a ''Dispatches'' programme on Channel 4 called ''Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?''〔Gordon Brown: (Fit for Office )? Channel 4. 14 May 2007〕 In June 2005, Oborne wrote an article for London's ''Evening Standard'' entitled "Why the US is now our great enemy".〔Oborne, P. Why the US is now our great (enemy ). ''Evening Standard''. 20 June 2005〕 In the article Oborne argued that, although he and his generation were brought up to love the US, the country nevertheless represented the greatest threat to world civilisation, in particular as a result of its stance on global warming. In April 2006 it was announced that Oborne was taking up a new position at the ''Daily Mail'' as a political columnist, while retaining his connection with ''The Spectator'' as a contributing editor. Fraser Nelson of ''The Scotsman'' replaced Oborne as ''The Spectators political editor. In July 2008, Oborne presented another ''Dispatches'' programme made for Channel 4 called ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim''.〔Oborne, P. It Shouldn't Happen to a (Muslim ). Channel 4. 7 July 2008〕 In this film and the accompanying leaflet ''Muslims Under Siege''〔Oborne, P., Jones, J. (Muslims Under Siege )〕 co-written with television journalist James Jones, it was argued that the demonisation of Muslims has become widespread in British media and politics. The pamphlet was serialised in ''The Independent''〔Oborne, P.("The enemy within )? Fear of Islam: Britain's new disease",. 4 July 2008〕 and prompted heated debate in the following weeks. In 2009 Oborne contributed to ''Charlie Brooker's Newswipe'' on BBC Four. Most of a segment, which discussed cross-party collusion and corruption, had to be dropped owing to its potentially libellous content. Oborne was on the Orwell Prize's Journalism shortlist for 2009.〔Owen Amos ("Shortlists announced for Orwell Prize for political writing", ) ''Press Gazette'', 26 March 2009〕 Again in collaboration with James Jones, Oborne wrote the pamphlet "The Pro-Israel Lobby In Britain", which outlined the influence allegedly enjoyed by pro-Israeli media and politics lobbyists in the United Kingdom. The article asserted that while the lobbying efforts of groups such as Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), Labour Friends of Israel, and the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) are legal, their funding is often untraceable, their operations are not transparent, and media seldom declare the influence of junkets arranged by these pro-Israeli entities on the tenor of their writing. Oborne and Jones conclude that changes are needed "because politics in a democracy should never take place behind closed doors. It should be out in the open and there for all to see." On this issue, Oborne wrote and presented an edition of ''Dispatches'' titled "Inside Britain's Israel Lobby". In December 2012, he argued that the Conservative's unwillingness to criticise the Israeli government threatens the prospect of a permanent peace in the region.〔Peter Oborne ("The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with Israel" ), ''Daily Telegraph'', 12 December 2012〕 In collaboration with Conservative Member of Parliament Jesse Norman, Oborne produced the pamphlet ''Churchill's Legacy – the Conservative case for the Human Rights Act'' in the summer of 2009. Published by Liberty, the pamphlet attempted to show how "the Act is not a charter for socialism but contains the most basic rights from 900 years of British history". In September 2011, Oborne and Frances Weaver co-authored the pamphlet "Guilty Men" for the Centre for Policy Studies. The report sought to identify the politicians, institutions and commentators who the authors felt had tried to take Britain into the European Single Currency and claimed to expose the "often unscrupulous and vicious personal attacks" carried out by supporters of the euro. Oborne in particular identified William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Owen as three voices of opposition to early euro entry who suffered such personal attacks. Oborne was lambasted for his frank public comments in the edition of 28 September 2011 of the BBC programme ''Newsnight''. In the debate about the crisis of sovereign debt in the eurozone, he referred on several occasions to Amadeu Altafaj Tardio as "that idiot in Brussels", which eventually resulted in Tardio's walking out of the studio. (Tardio, spokesman for European Union economic and monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn, was speaking from a studio in Brussels.) Oborne was "chided" by ''Newsnight'' presenter Jeremy Paxman for "gratuituous rudeness" after Paxman had himself asked for a response from, "Mr Idiot in Brussels". In August 2014, Oborne was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''The Guardian'' opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In February 2015, Oborne wrote an article for ''The Spectator'', arguing that the Labour leader Ed Miliband had been a consistent and strong leader of the Opposition. In particular, he stated that, like Margaret Thatcher, Miliband has forged his own course, changing the terms of the debate on big business, foreign policy, Israel-Palestine and the power of the Murdoch press.〔("Ed Miliband's Critics Hate Him for His Success" ), ''The Spectator'', 14 February 2015〕 In July 2015, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a report by Oborne in which he and producer Anna Meisel investigated the closure a year earlier of HSBC bank accounts belonging to British Muslim institutions and individuals. He had originally begun his investigation whilst working for ''The Daily Telegraph'' but the newspaper had refused to publish the resultant article, which had been critical of the bank’s decision, triggering his decision to resign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Oborne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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