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Executive Staff

The website was conceived in 2008 and 2009 by the journalist, author and political analyst, Robin Shepherd, the owner of The Commentator. Shepherd built the site throughout 2010 and early 2011. It was launched in conjunction with political commentator Raheem Kassam, the site's Executive Editor. Since our launch in April 2011, Kassam brought on board the former Henry Jackson Society Research Assistant Dane Vallejo as Associate Editor, Alex Wickham as our UK Political Editor and Philip McMullen as The Commentator's cartoonist.

What We Believe

The West has a hell of a fight on its hands. Not just from the outside, but from the inside too. Our economics are in the tank after being leeched upon and abused by socialists and corporatists alike. Budgets are bloated, taxes are too high, existential threats to our interests at home and abroad have rarely ever been more concerning. We seek to shed light on these core 'civilisational' issues. 

We argue that now is not the time for high taxes, it's not the time to bow before tyrants, dictators or terrorists, and it's not the time to abandon our only true ally in the Middle East: Israel. 

Let's face it - it never should have become and never should be the time for any of those things. But lately, the West has become a bit self-loathing in its worldview, and we exist to disprove that farcical notion.

Never in the history of human civilisation has so much prosperity been created, so many lifted out of poverty, so much evil tackled, curtailed and eradicated than when the West was at its proudest. If you agree with us - you're at home on The Commentator. We often post dissenting views, but ours are steadfast.

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Contributing Editors

The following individuals lend incalculable support to the operations of The Commentator:

Charles Crawford, former British Ambassador 

John Phelan, Economics expert

Simon Miller, Financial expert

Nathalie Tamam, Foreign Affairs and Middle East expert

Peter Glover, Climate Science expert

Ewan Watt, US Politics expert

Ghaffar Hussain, Middle East and Counter-terrorism expert

Harry Cole, UK political expert

** It should be noted that while Contributing Editors often write for the site and provide editorial advice, not all views espoused by The Commentator in editorials or through other media are those of the Contributing Editors.

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