Patrick West (born 1974, London) is a British freelance writer and political commentator.
West has written for The Spectator, New Statesman, The Times Literary Supplement, and Standpoint and Spiked.
In 2004, West wrote the monograph Conspicuous Compassion: Why Sometimes It Really Is Cruel to Be Kind on the topic of "recreational grief" being displayed by the British public.
[1][2] West's 2005 report for Civitas, The Poverty of Multiculturalism, asserted that multiculturalism was losing its hold on public life.
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