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Peter Alan Oborne (/ˈoʊbɔːrn/; born 11 July 1957) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the former chief political commentator of The Daily Telegraph, from which he resigned in early 2015.[3] He is author of The Rise of Political Lying (2005), The Triumph of the Political Class (2007), and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism (2021), and along with Frances Weaver of the 2011 pamphlet Guilty Men. He has also authored a number of books about cricket. He writes a political column for Declassified UK, Double Down News, openDemocracy, Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times.[4]

Key Information

He sat as a commissioner for the Citizens Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life.[5] He won the Press Awards Columnist of the Year in 2012 and again in 2016.[6]

Biography

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Early life and career

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Oborne was educated at Sherborne School and read history at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA[b] degree in 1978. After abandoning work on a doctorate, he joined NM Rothschild's corporate finance division in 1981, and stayed there for three years.[7]

He began working for Robert Maxwell's now closed Financial Weekly magazine in 1985, being taken on by the editor Mihir Bose.[8] In between two spells on the Evening Standard, the second being more extended, Oborne joined The Daily Telegraph in 1987 for what turned out to be five months.[7] During his second period on the Standard, he was sent to Westminster in 1992 as a junior political journalist by Paul Dacre, then the Standard's editor.[9] After moving to the Express titles in 1996, where he was taken on by Sue Douglas as a political commentator,[7] he accepted voluntary redundancy in April 2001 at a time when the titles' new proprietor, Richard Desmond, was attempting to reduce losses.[10]

Oborne is the author of a highly critical biography of Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell, published in 1999, 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 late 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.[11]

From 2003 to 2006

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As a television journalist, Oborne made 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).[12] When the paperback of Oborne's book on the D'Oliveira affair, Basil D'Oliveira, Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story was published in 2005, Owen Slot wrote in a review in The Times, that Oborne "sets it up beautifully: one gentle, conservative Cape Town coloured man versus apartheid at its most rabid, the odds stacked heavily against the former".[13] Robin Marlar in The Sunday Times thought "the positives in this book have it by a mile, the good guys are praised, and the others revealed". The book was written with D'Oliveira's involvement[14] and won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 2004.

In an edition of the Channel 4 Dispatches programme in November 2004, "The Dirty Race for the White House", broadcast just before the re-election of George W. Bush, Oborne asserted: "This US presidential election is about using the darkest tools of political persuasion — fear, lies and black propaganda — in order to target an amazingly small but utterly decisive group of largely ignorant voters".[15] The historian Andrew Roberts wrote in The Times that such claims by Oborne as the country's voters being "ignorant beyond belief" was a "staggeringly snobbish, anti-American generalisation" and that "it can hardly be blamed on the candidates that they engage the electorate in the vernacular in which they are best likely to be understood".[15]

In April 2005, Oborne presented the Channel 4 programme in the Election Unspun series,[16] Why Politicians Can't Tell the Truth,[17] 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 a Dispatches broadcast in November 2005, Iraq — The Reckoning, he commented that the 2003 invasion was "the greatest foreign policy disaster since Munich. And our Government has reacted in precisely the same way: by going into denial. Denial about the role our troops are really playing in Iraq. Denial about the true nature of the emerging Iraqi state. Above all, we're in denial about the fact that the invasion of Iraq, as conceived by President Bush and Tony Blair, has failed."[18]

From 2006 to 2009

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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. He had been The Spectator's political editor since 2001,[7] and was replaced in that role by Fraser Nelson of The Scotsman.

Oborne's book The Triumph of the Political Class was published in 2007. Simon Jenkins, in a review for The Sunday Times, summarised Oborne's thesis "in his latest diatribe against Britain's ingénue ruling class" as "Out have gone mandarins, independent advisers, political parties and ministers with experience of life. In has come a tight network of loyalist apparatchiks, quango-crats, lobbyists and City consultants" in the era of New Labour.[19] Jenkins observed: "Amid all this sound and fury, it is sometimes hard to discern Oborne's real complaint from his aloof moralism. Much of what he attacks predates Blair".[19] Oborne wrote some years later: "Blair falls into the tradition of [Robert] Walpole and [David] Lloyd George", who greatly enriched themselves in office, although Blair's "exploitation of the office of prime minister came after he left Downing Street".[20]

In July 2008, Oborne presented another Dispatches programme made for Channel 4 called It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim.[21] In this film and the accompanying leaflet Muslims Under Siege[22] 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.[23] In an October 2006 Guardian interview with James Silver, Oborne was against the "litany of condemnation" of Muslim women who wear the veil from government ministers and considered it an "anti-Islamic crusade".[7] In his opinion, New Labour had "given up on the Muslim vote after the Iraq war, so it's now bashing Muslims to get back the white working-class vote and the veil row is a very carefully orchestrated political strategy".[7]

Oborne was on the Orwell Prize's Journalism shortlist for 2009.[24]

From 2009 to 2015

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Israel, the EU, and other issues

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See also: BBC controversies § 2009: Gaza DEC Appeal 2009 refusal to broadcast

In collaboration with James Jones, Oborne wrote the pamphlet "The Pro-Israel Lobby in Britain",[25] which outlined the alleged influence enjoyed by pro-Israeli media and political 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 within the law, 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 the same issue. Oborne wrote and presented an edition of Dispatches titled "Inside Britain's Israel Lobby",[26] featuring interviews with people mentioned in the pamphlet and commenting on the BBC's refusal[27] to broadcast the 2009 DEC Gaza appeal. In December 2012, he argued that the Conservatives' unwillingness to criticise the Israeli government threatens the prospect of a permanent peace in the region.[28]

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".[29]

In September 2011, Oborne and Frances Weaver co-authored the pamphlet Guilty Men for the Centre for Policy Studies written, according to Denis MacShane in The Guardian, with Oborne's "characteristic rococo exuberance".[30][31] According to Oborne and Weaver in a covering article, "the pro-Europeans find themselves in the same situation as appeasers in 1940, or communists after the fall of the Berlin Wall".[32] The report sought to identify the politicians, institutions and commentators who the authors felt had tried to take Britain into the European Single Currency. The Financial Times, which "has been wrong on every single major economic judgment over the past quarter century", in the covering article is accused of a "vendetta" against Euro-sceptics.[32] In the report, the FT, BBC and CBI are accused of being "villains" and considered the "propaganda arm for the pro-single currency movement".[33] MacShane wrote that the authors' made false claims in the report against the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and he dismisses the idea that the British media "have been suborned into aiding and abetting a pro-Europe line" because the press is dominated by a right-wing euro-sceptic agenda.[30]

Following the pamphlet's publication, Oborne made frank comments on the BBC programme Newsnight on 28 September 2011.[34] In the debate about the Greek debt crisis and its effects on the eurozone, he referred to the European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio as "that idiot in Brussels" which, after he used the phrase for a third time, resulted in Tardio walking out of the studio.[35][36] (Tardio, spokesman for European Union economic and monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn, was speaking from a studio in Brussels.) Oborne was mocked by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman for "gratuituous rudeness" after Paxman had himself asked for a response from, "Mr Idiot in Brussels".[37][38]

On 10 May 2012, on the BBC's Question Time programme, Oborne commented following the jailing of a Rochdale sex trafficking gang, who had been convicted of rape, sexual activity with children and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children having raped, physically assaulted and sexually groomed girls as young as 12. Oborne said the victims had "accepted the advances" of their attackers and added: "What does it tell us about what's happened to our society that we have 12 year old girls, 13 year old girls, who are happy to give up their affection and their beauty to men in exchange for a packet of crisps?"[39] Some, such as Vicky Allan of The Herald, have claimed that this type of rhetoric amounts to victim blaming, saying that: "there is a prevalent conviction that young girls are somehow asking for whatever they get as soon as they begin to behave in a sexual manner, or choose to involve themselves with men".[40]

Oborne has been critical of the state of Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations as he considers that Saudi Arabia has too much influence over British politicians' decisions due to the value of arms they buy from British-headquartered companies like BAE Systems. In October 2014, his Daily Telegraph column criticised the British government for launching an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood, apparently on the say-so of the Saudi Arabian government[41] and the Arab lobby. On the Arab lobby, he said: "Unlike the Pro-Israel lobby (with which it is, nevertheless, very closely allied) there are few obvious institutional structures or pressure points. The British Arab lobby is inchoate. It is powerfully represented at the heart of the British military and intelligence establishments, while its connections with the oil and defence industries remain profound. Relations with the British monarchy run very deep.[41]" He also called on the British government to end its support for the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.[42]

A Dangerous Delusion: Why the Iranian Nuclear Threat is a Myth

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Written with David Morrison, Oborne's book A Dangerous Delusion: Why the Iranian Nuclear Threat is a Myth (2013) sought to dispel what the authors see as a common misconception of a malign intent behind Iran's nuclear power programme, and objects to the current sanctions against Iran and argues against any military intervention.[43] The Times leader writer Oliver Kamm disagreed with the authors' notion that Ayatollah Khomeini was "one of the greatest theologians of all time" whose "teaching contained insights which went far deeper than anything the rationalists and materialists of the United States could imagine" suggesting those insights fall somewhat short of the proposals of Thomas Jefferson in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.[44] On a podcast involving the authors, Douglas Murray asserted that Morrison, with the acquiescence of Oborne, made disingenuous claims about President Ahmadinejad's history of Holocaust denial.[45]

Oborne, responding to his critics in an article for The Spectator's 'Coffee House' blog, complained of the "scale and (in some cases) virulence that I have never encountered before" of his and Morrison's opponents. He rejected Kamm and Murray's claims about his co-author, who "fully accepts" the veracity of claims against Ahmadinejad. Oborne wrote that "not one of our critics have even tried to deal with the central, factual points of our short book: that Iran isn’t in possession of nuclear weapons and isn’t building them".[46] Michael Axworthy thought that "For the most part, Oborne and Morrison are right and their arguments are strong".[43] A review by Con Coughlin for The Jewish Chronicle speculated that Oborne's "unhappy descent into the world of international fantasy" owed much to his association with Morrison, and accused "the authors" of "alarming ignorance about the rudimentary principles that underpin the current Iranian regime" and reports from intelligence sources and the International Atomic Energy Agency.[47]

Resignation from The Daily Telegraph

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Oborne had re-joined The Daily Telegraph in May 2010 from the Mail to write for the newspaper from the following September.[48]

On 17 February 2015, Oborne resigned from The Daily Telegraph. In a letter posted to the online news website, openDemocracy, Oborne criticised his former employer for the allegedly unscrupulous relationship between their editorial and commercial arms.[49] Specifically, Oborne outlined how the paper would suppress negative stories and drop investigations into the HSBC bank, a major source of their advertising revenue, which, in his opinion, compromised their journalistic integrity calling it a "form of fraud on its readers".[50][51] He also alleged that The Telegraph's coverage of stories relating to British supermarket chain Tesco, shipping company Cunard and the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong had been influenced by commercial considerations.[50] He added, "There are other very troubling cases, many of them set out in Private Eye, which has been a major source of information for Telegraph journalists wanting to understand what is happening on their paper".[50]

The Telegraph group responded to Oborne's claims in a statement: "We aim to provide all our commercial partners with a range of advertising solutions, but the distinction between advertising and our award-winning editorial operation has always been fundamental to our business. We utterly refute any allegation to the contrary."[3][52]

Michael White wrote of Oborne at the time: "What makes him unusual, however, not just among journalists, is his powerful sense of right and wrong".[53]

Career from 2015

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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.[54] 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.[55]

On 30 June 2015, it was announced that Oborne would rejoin the Daily Mail with a weekly political column starting in the autumn and write a weekly column in Middle East Eye.[56][57]

During the nomination process for the 2016 United States presidential election, Oborne said that, while Hillary Clinton "for me is a warmonger" as "[t]here's never been a war she hasn't supported", the eventual US President Donald Trump "in terms of his foreign policy is actually quite sensible. He doesn't want to get involved."[58] In his opinion, the Russian government under Vladimir Putin and several other governments in the world have "been converted into a form of pillage by a ruling family, individual or ruling elite".[59]

Though previously a "strong Brexiter", Oborne wrote an article for the UK-based political website openDemocracy on 7 April 2019, and suggested that the Brexit decision needs to be rethought: "So I argue, as a Brexiteer, that we need to take a long deep breath. We need to swallow our pride, and think again. Maybe it means rethinking the Brexit decision altogether."[60]

In October 2019, Oborne wrote an article about how journalists and the media are being used by Downing Street to get their false news out, saying: "It's chilling. From the Mail, The Times to the BBC and ITN, everyone is peddling Downing Street's lies and smears. They're turning their readers into dupes."[61] The article was rejected by The Daily Mail, The Spectator, and Channel 4's Dispatches, and Oborne published it on openDemocracy. Oborne said: "This article marked the end of my thirty-year-long career as a writer and broadcaster in the mainstream British press and media. I had been a regular presenter on Radio 4's The Week in Westminster for more than two decades. It ceased to use me, without explanation. I parted company on reasonably friendly terms with the Daily Mail after our disagreement."[62] In an interview with Channel 4 News, he said that the journalists being used by the UK government include BBC News's Laura Kuenssberg and ITV News's Robert Peston.[63]

In 2021, Oborne's book The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism was published by Simon & Schuster. The book examines the measures taken by Boris Johnson and his ministers in order to win the 2019 United Kingdom general election and force through Brexit.[64] Reviewing the book for The Guardian, William Davies wrote that "Oborne is clinical and merciless in his account of Johnson's mendacity, building up his case item by item, footnote by footnote."[65]

In March 2024, Oborne featured in Channel 4’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson.’

Personal life

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Oborne describes himself as a "regular Anglican churchgoer",[66] and his wife, Martine, is vicar at St Michael's Sutton Court in Chiswick, west London. The couple have five children. Martine Oborne is also a writer and illustrator.[67] He is a friend of Craig Murray, whom he described as "one of the greatest truth-tellers of our time".[68]

Awards and honours

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Works

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Books and pamphlets

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  • Oborne, Peter (1999). Alastair Campbell: New Labour and the Rise of the Media Class. Aurum. ISBN 978-1-85410-647-6.
  • Oborne, Peter (2003). A Moral Duty to Act There. Centre for Policy Studies. ISBN 978-1-903219-51-5.
  • Oborne, Peter (2004). Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Controversy: The Untold Story. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-3167-2572-9.[14]
  • Oborne, Peter (2005). The Rise of Political Lying. Free Press. ISBN 978-0-7432-7560-6.
  • Oborne, Peter (2007). The Triumph of the Political Class. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-9527-7.
  • Oborne, Peter; Jones, James (2008). Muslims Under Siege: Alienating Vulnerable Communities. Channel 4 Dispatches & Democratic Audit. Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
  • Oborne, Peter (2006). The Use and Abuse of Terror: The Construction of a False Narrative on Domestic Terror Threat. Centre for Policy Studies. ISBN 1-905389-22-1.
  • The Pro-Israel Lobby in Britain (Co-written with James Jones) Channel 4 Dispatches & Open Democracy, 2009
  • The Children that Britain Betrayed. (Co-written with Lynn Ferguson) Channel 4 Dispatches,
  • Guilty Men. (co-written with Frances Weaver) Centre for Policy Studies, 2011
  • Oborne, Peter; Norman, Jesse (2009). Churchill's Legacy: The Conservative Case for the Human Rights Act. Liberty. ISBN 978-0-946088-56-0.
  • Oborne, Peter; Morrison, David (2013). A Dangerous Delusion: Why the West are Wrong about Nuclear Iran. Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 978-1-908739-89-6.
  • Oborne, Peter (2014). Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-2577-5.
  • Oborne, Peter (2016). Not the Chilcot Report. Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-78497-796-2.
  • Oborne, Peter; Heller, Richard (2016). White on Green: Celebrating the Drama of Pakistan Cricket. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-5641-0.
  • Oborne, Peter; Roberts, Tom (2017). How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language. Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-7866-9665-6.
  • Oborne, Peter (2021). The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-3985-0100-3.
  • Oborne, Peter (2022). The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-3985-0102-7.

Radio and television documentaries

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  • Mugabe's Secret Famine (Channel 4, May 2003, produced by Paul Yule, Juniper TV)
  • Afghanistan: Here's One We Invaded Earlier (Channel 4, May 2003, produced by Paul Yule, Juniper TV)
  • Not Cricket: The Basil D'Oliveira Conspiracy (Channel 4, June 2004, produced by Paul Yule, Berwick Universal Pictures)
  • The Dirty Race for the White House (Channel 4, November 2004, produced by Ed Braman, Juniper TV)
  • We’re All Criminals Now (Channel 4, January 2005, produced by Zoe Hassid, Mentorn in association with Raw TV)
  • Election Unspun: Why Politicians Can't Tell the Truth (Channel 4, April 2005, produced by Richard Sanders, Juniper TV)
  • Dispatches: Gordon Brown – Fit for Office? (Channel 4, May 2007, directed by Simon Berthon)
  • Dispatches: Iraq – the Betrayal (Channel 4, March 2008, produced by Marc Perkins, October Films)
  • Dispatches: It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim (Channel 4, July 2008, produced by Chris Boulding, Quicksilver Media)
  • Dispatches: Iraq – the Legacy (Channel 4, December 2008, Richard Sanders, October Films)
  • Afghanistan: Waiting for the Taliban (Channel 4, May 2009, produced by Alex Nott, Quicksilver Media)
  • Philippines: Holy Warriors (Channel 4, October 2009, produced by George Waldrum, Quicksilver Media)
  • Dispatches: Iraq – the Reckoning (Channel 4, July 2009, directed by James Brabazon, Juniper TV)
  • Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed (Channel 4, July 2009, produced by Lynn Ferguson, First Frame TV)
  • Dispatches: Inside Britain's Israel Lobby (Channel 4, November 2009, Produced by Ed Harriman, Hardcash Productions)
  • Conserving What? (Radio 4, October 2009, produced by Sheila Cook)
  • Nigeria's Killing Fields (Channel 4, April 2010, produced by Andy Wells, Quicksilver Media)
  • Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking (Channel 4, October 2010, produced by Sally Brindle and Jenny Evans, Blakeway Productions)
  • Pakistan: After the Floods (Channel 4, November 2010, directed by Simon Phillips, Quicksilver Media)
  • Pakistan: Defenders of Karachi (Channel 4, April 2011, directed by Edward Watts, Quicksilver Media)
  • Dispatches: The Wonderful World of Tony Blair (Channel 4, September 2011, directed by James Brabazon, Blast!)
  • Libya: My Week with Gunmen (Channel 4, June 2012, directed by Richard Cookson, Quicksilver Media)
  • Dispatches: Murdoch, Cameron & the £8 Billion Deal (Channel 4, June 2012, Blakeway Productions)
  • HSBC, Muslims and Me (BBC Radio 4, July 2015, produced by Anna Meisel)
  • Peter Oborne's Chilcot Report (BBC Radio 4, October 2015, produced by Hannah Barnes)
  • Al Qaeda in Syria (BBC Radio 4, December 2015, produced by Joe Kent)
  • All Out In Pakistan (BBC World, May 2017, directed by Paul Yule, Berwick Universal Pictures)
  • Oborne and Heller on Cricket (Chiswick Calendar, 2020-ongoing, podcast)

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Peter Oborne

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Peter Alan Oborne (born 11 July 1957) is a British , , and broadcaster specializing in political commentary and critiques of media and governmental integrity. Educated at and , where he read history, Oborne began his career in finance before transitioning to journalism with outlets such as , , and . At the Telegraph, he held the position of chief political commentator from 2010 until his in 2015, citing systemic suppression of critical reporting on the Swiss tax avoidance scandal to protect advertising revenue, which he described as a "fraud on readers." Oborne's work emphasizes empirical scrutiny of power structures, including undercover reporting from Iraq and Zimbabwe, and authorship of influential books such as The Rise of Political Lying (2005), which documents systematic deception under New Labour, and The Triumph of the Political Class (2007), analyzing the detachment of British elites from public accountability. He has extended his analysis to contemporary figures in The Assault on Truth (2021), examining patterns of dishonesty in leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. His independent stance has led to recognition, including Drum Online Media Awards for best commentary/blogging in 2017 and 2022, and freelancer of the year in 2016, alongside contributions to platforms like and , where he has challenged institutional biases in coverage of foreign conflicts. Oborne's career reflects a consistent prioritization of factual rigor over commercial or ideological conformity, evidenced by his initial support for followed by public acknowledgment of its implementation failures.

Early Life and Education

Childhood and Family

Peter Oborne was born on 11 July 1957 in , Dorset, . His father served as an officer in the 4th/7th , a regiment of the . Oborne spent the first ten to twelve years of his life in , residing in British military garrisons such as and as part of the (BAOR) postings. This upbringing in a family environment instilled values of service, tolerance, and decency, alongside a pronounced sense of British collective identity rooted in the Second World War era. As a child, Oborne visited the D-Day landing beaches in with his father's regiment, an experience that underscored the family's military heritage and historical consciousness.

Academic Background

Oborne attended , an independent boarding school in Dorset, , for his secondary education. He then studied history at Christ's College, , graduating in 1978 with a degree. Following graduation, Oborne briefly attempted to pursue a PhD but abandoned the effort to enter professional employment.

Journalistic Career

Initial Roles and The Spectator

Oborne's entry into journalism followed a brief period in corporate finance after graduating from , where he studied history. He initially worked as a financial for the Financial Weekly before joining the Evening Standard's City desk in 1986. At the Evening Standard, he developed skills in financial reporting, which facilitated his shift to as a junior political reporter. In 2001, Oborne was appointed political editor of by editor , succeeding in a role that involved overseeing political coverage and contributing opinion pieces. He held this position for five years, during which his columns critiqued aspects of the government's policies, earning him a reputation as a sharp observer of Westminster dynamics. Oborne's tenure at the magazine emphasized rigorous scrutiny of political narratives, aligning with 's conservative-leaning editorial stance while maintaining a focus on factual accountability. Oborne departed The Spectator in April 2006 to take up a column-writing role at the Daily Mail, marking the end of his initial prominent editorial position in British political journalism.

Daily Telegraph Period (2003-2015)

Oborne transitioned to in September 2010, leaving his position as chief political columnist at the Daily Mail to write regular columns for the newspaper. He was soon appointed chief political commentator, a role in which he analyzed British politics with a focus on institutional failures, elite detachment, and the erosion of journalistic standards. His contributions emphasized first-hand reporting from Westminster and critiques of policy decisions, drawing on themes from his prior books such as the prevalence of deception in public life. Throughout his tenure, Oborne's columns addressed major domestic and developments under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat formed after the May 2010 election. He examined austerity policies, coalition tensions, and the , often highlighting what he viewed as disconnects between political rhetoric and outcomes. For instance, in May 2011, he assessed the UK-US "" amid economic pressures and security challenges facing Prime Minister and President . On , Oborne expressed caution against hasty military involvement, as in his August 2013 piece warning that rushed judgments on chemical weapons use in risked repeating the errors of the 2003 Iraq invasion. Oborne occasionally offered views that challenged orthodox conservative positions, such as his September 2013 column praising Labour leader as a "brave and adroit" figure navigating party divisions. He also explored cultural shifts, including a 2012 analysis of rising as a counter to secular decline, attributing it to public disillusionment with materialist politics. His work maintained a commitment to empirical scrutiny of power structures, influencing debates ahead of the May 2015 general election, though he resigned in February 2015 citing concerns over suppressed coverage of stories involving major advertisers like .

Post-Telegraph Independence (2015-Present)

Following his resignation from in February 2015, Oborne returned to the in autumn 2015 as a political , a role he held until 2019. In this capacity, he continued his commentary on British politics, maintaining his emphasis on political deception and elite accountability, as evidenced by his 2021 public lecture on "The Problem of Integrity in British Politics." Oborne then transitioned to freelance journalism, affiliating with outlets focused on investigative and foreign policy analysis. He serves as associate editor of Middle East Eye, where he contributes regular columns critiquing Western foreign policy, UK government actions in the Middle East, and related domestic implications; for instance, in October 2025, he published a piece accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of exacerbating anti-Muslim sentiment through associations with Israeli-linked events. He also writes a political column for Declassified UK, a diary for Byline Times, and occasional pieces for openDemocracy and Double Down News, often addressing intelligence operations, military interventions, and media complicity in policy narratives. Notable post-2015 publications include Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan (April 2015), which examines the sport's cultural and political role amid national turmoil, and The Assault on Truth: , and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism (2021), arguing that these leaders normalized deliberate falsehoods in public discourse, drawing on Oborne's prior work on political lying. His writing has earned recognition, including commentary awards in 2017 and 2022, and freelancer of the year in 2016 from the Drum Online Media Awards. Oborne's independent output has increasingly centered on , such as warnings against escalation with in June 2025 and analyses of , 2023, events in Gaza, where he has questioned mainstream narratives on Israeli actions and coverage. This period reflects his self-described commitment to exposing institutional biases in and policy, though his affiliations with outlets like —known for scrutiny of Israeli policies—have drawn accusations of selective focus from critics.

Political Views and Analysis

Critiques of Political Lying and the Political Class

In his 2005 book The Rise of Political Lying, Oborne argued that systematic deception had become embedded in British politics under Tony Blair's government, marking a departure from earlier norms where falsehoods were exceptional rather than routine. He detailed how Blair's administration, from its election victory onward, employed spin doctors and to fabricate narratives, exemplified by claims of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction that justified the 2003 despite lacking evidence. Oborne contended that this approach eroded public trust, as politicians prioritized image over substantive policy, with Blair personally embodying the shift by treating truth as malleable for electoral gain. Oborne extended this analysis in The Triumph of the Political Class (2007), portraying Britain's politicians as a detached forming a self-reinforcing "class" insulated from voters' realities. He critiqued the convergence of Labour and Conservative figures into a professionalized cadre, reliant on Westminster networks, quangos, and consultancies, which fostered and neglected concerns like in deindustrialized regions. Specific examples included MPs' avoidance of local constituency work in favor of national media appearances and ties, leading to policies disconnected from public needs, such as unchecked or reforms benefiting insiders. These critiques highlighted a causal link between lying and entrenchment: sustained the political class's power by obscuring failures, as seen in Blair-era scandals like the 2003 , which Oborne viewed as a protecting government narratives over into the death of weapons expert David Kelly. Oborne warned that this detachment bred cynicism, contributing to events like the 2011 riots, where politicians blamed "criminality" while ignoring moral lapses in banking and governance. His analysis emphasized empirical patterns, such as declining —from 71% in 1997 to 61% in 2005—attributable to perceived inauthenticity rather than voter apathy alone.

Domestic Politics: Labour and Conservatives

Oborne's critique of the Labour Party centers on its institutionalization of deception and ideological inconsistency. In his 2005 book The Rise of Political Lying, he argued that Tony Blair's government pioneered systematic falsehoods, with ministers routinely fabricating statistics and narratives on issues like and public services, eroding democratic . This approach, Oborne contended, prioritized media management over governance, as evidenced by the dodgy dossier on weapons of mass destruction in September 2002. He has expressed sympathy for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, accusing mainstream media of propagating unsubstantiated smears against the former leader, including exaggerated claims of that ignored empirical evidence of internal party processes. In contrast, Oborne has lambasted Keir Starmer's tenure, describing it as a capture by a "small, highly determined right-wing " that purges left-wing elements through anti-democratic means, such as suspending MPs over Gaza policy dissent in 2023–2024. He further claimed Starmer's opportunism—shifting from pro-Palestine advocacy to electoral expediency—mirrors Boris Johnson's cynicism, evidenced by Labour's low 34% vote share yielding a 174-seat majority in the July 2024 election. Regarding the Conservative Party, Oborne, identifying as a lifelong , initially praised in 2009 for potential to transcend Blairite failures through principled reforms on welfare and the initiative, drawing parallels to Margaret Thatcher's unpopularity-enduring resolve. However, he later faulted Cameron's administration for internal disarray, such as the 2009 mishandling of the Lisbon Treaty ratification, which compromised party unity on . Oborne's disillusionment peaked under Boris Johnson, whom he refused to support in the December 2019 election, viewing the premiership as a "revolutionary sect" repudiating conservative traditions of rule of law and institutional integrity. In his 2021 book The Assault on Truth, Oborne cataloged over 100 documented falsehoods by Johnson on domestic matters, including Brexit delivery timelines and lockdown rule compliance, arguing this normalized venality unmatched in British history. He has since declared the party "finished," attributing its 2024 electoral collapse—losing 251 seats amid scandals like Partygate—to an embrace of billionaire-backed populism over substantive policy, fostering distrust in institutions like Parliament.

Foreign Policy Positions

Oborne has consistently criticized British involvement in the , describing it as a "war of aggression" predicated on misleading intelligence and political deception by Tony Blair's government. In a self-conducted inquiry published in 2015, he argued that Blair exaggerated threats from Saddam Hussein's regime to justify the 2003 invasion, drawing on declassified documents and Chilcot Inquiry previews to highlight how intelligence was "fixed around the policy." He has advocated for prosecuting key figures responsible for the war, citing its role in eroding public trust in the British state and contributing to regional instability. On policy, Oborne has condemned the United Kingdom's alignment with , particularly arms sales and support for the Yemen intervention starting in 2015, which he characterized as prioritizing commercial interests over and making foreign policy "available to the highest bidder." He has also critiqued Western framing of as a civilizational post-9/11, arguing in his 2024 book Why the West is Wrong about Islam that political elites in the UK and exploited Islamophobia for electoral gain while ignoring empirical complexities of Muslim societies. Regarding Israel-Palestine, Oborne has accused successive governments of complicity in 's military actions in Gaza, labeling post-October 2023 operations as enabling "" through arms provision and diplomatic cover, in violation of . He has highlighted the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on British policy, claiming they skew decision-making toward at the expense of interests and values, as detailed in his 2009 documentary Inside Britain's Israel Lobby. Oborne has further criticized media and official narratives for downplaying Palestinian perspectives and UN resolutions, urging Britain to prioritize legal obligations over commitments. In broader terms, Oborne opposes hawkish stances on , co-authoring A Dangerous Delusion in 2012 to argue that Western fears of a nuclear were overstated and driven by neoconservative agendas rather than verifiable threats. He has expressed skepticism toward escalatory policies on , viewing Putin's approach as restrained and cautioning against unnecessary British entanglement. These positions reflect a broader anti-interventionist outlook, emphasizing empirical assessment of and costs over ideological .

Controversies and Criticisms

Resignation from The Daily Telegraph

Peter Oborne, chief political commentator at The Daily Telegraph, publicly announced his resignation on 17 February 2015 via an open letter published on openDemocracy, accusing the newspaper of prioritizing commercial interests over journalistic integrity. He claimed to have resigned internally in December 2014 but delayed the public disclosure to observe the paper's coverage of the HSBC Swiss banking scandal, which involved allegations of aiding tax evasion by wealthy clients. Oborne alleged that The Telegraph suppressed or downplayed negative stories about HSBC to protect a lucrative advertising contract worth approximately £5-6 million annually, describing this as "a form of fraud on its readers" by distorting news to favor advertisers. In his letter, Oborne cited multiple instances of editorial interference driven by commercial pressures, including minimal coverage of HSBC's misconduct despite its prominence in rival publications, and similar leniency toward other advertisers such as regarding the C nuclear project, where critical reporting was allegedly quashed to avoid jeopardizing sponsorship deals. He further criticized the paper's handling of stories involving then-Chancellor George Osborne's 2012 budget, claiming executives instructed favorable treatment to maintain access, and noted a broader "decimation" of the , including reduced sub-editing, , and an overreliance on online traffic metrics that compromised standards. Oborne attributed these issues to the influence of the Barclay family, owners via , and management under Jason Seiken, who he said treated journalism as secondary to revenue generation. The resignation triggered immediate scrutiny of The Telegraph's practices, with Oborne calling for an independent inquiry into its editorial guidelines on HSBC coverage and advertiser influence. The newspaper denied systematic suppression, stating that HSBC-related stories were published and that commercial considerations did not dictate content, though it acknowledged reviewing its processes. Colleagues expressed mixed reactions; some supported Oborne's concerns about eroding standards, while others, including former executives, disputed the extent of advertiser sway, noting that The Telegraph had run critical HSBC pieces. The episode highlighted tensions in the UK press between advertising revenue—critical amid declining print circulations—and impartial reporting, with Oborne's departure underscoring risks to credibility when financial imperatives override news judgment.

Israel-Palestine Commentary and UK Complicity Claims

Oborne has positioned himself as a critic of 's military response to the , 2023, attacks, which killed approximately 1,200 and led to over 250 hostages taken. In various commentaries, he has characterized 's subsequent operations in Gaza as "," citing the deaths of more than 64,000 by October 2025 as reported by Gaza health authorities. He argues that such actions represent a systematic destruction enabled by Western allies, including the , and has drawn parallels to historical atrocities while emphasizing suffering as emblematic of broader global injustices. Central to Oborne's critique is the claim of complicity in 's Gaza campaign. In his October 2025 book Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza, he contends that successive Conservative and Labour governments have provided material, diplomatic, and rhetorical support—such as arms exports, sharing, and vetoing or ignoring UN resolutions—effectively aiding what he terms acts. Oborne specifically accuses the of undermining by dismissing provisional measures against and maintaining trade ties despite allegations of war crimes, asserting that this exposes British officials to potential prosecution under domestic laws for . Oborne extends these claims to media and institutional bias, confronting BBC executives in June 2025 over what he described as six instances of skewed coverage that downplayed Israeli actions and echoed , thereby sustaining public support for policy. He has also criticized Britain's "contempt for the UN" in a September 2025 Middle East Eye column, arguing that Keir Starmer's administration offers only rhetorical opposition while failing to halt arms sales or enforce accountability, thus enabling continued devastation in Gaza. These positions align with Oborne's broader skepticism, though they contrast with the government's formal stance that Israel's actions do not constitute .

Associations and Accusations of Bias

Oborne's contributions to , a -based outlet specializing in coverage and frequently critical of Israeli government actions, have led some observers to associate him with perspectives sympathetic to Palestinian narratives. The publication, which Oborne has praised for its reporting on Gaza, has itself faced scrutiny for alleged Qatari funding influences potentially skewing its editorial stance toward anti-Western and pro-Islamist viewpoints, though Oborne maintains his independence in selecting topics like complicity in regional conflicts. His columns there, including defenses of Muslim communities against perceived Conservative Party prejudice, reinforce perceptions among critics of an alignment with Islamist-leaning advocacy. Pro-Israel advocacy groups have accused Oborne of anti-Israel bias and invoking antisemitic stereotypes. In a 2018 Daily Mail column on Prince William's visit to and the occupied territories, Oborne highlighted Israeli policies restricting Palestinian water access, prompting to charge him with echoing the medieval "poisoning the wells" trope historically leveled against , thereby crossing into bigotry rather than legitimate . Similarly, his 2013 Telegraph piece scrutinizing the influence of pro-Israel groups within the Conservative Party drew rebukes for fixating on an "Israel lobby" in a manner reminiscent of conspiracy-laden narratives, according to the same watchdog. These accusations portray Oborne's foreign policy commentary as systematically hostile to , prioritizing Palestinian suffering while downplaying security contexts like attacks. From within conservative circles, Oborne has faced claims of ideological drift toward left-wing positions, undermining his earlier reputation as a principled Tory voice. Critics, including magazine, have lambasted his portrayal of figures like and as emblematic of a "far-right" Conservative conversion, arguing this hysteria ignores policy nuances and reflects personal animus against post-Brexit party shifts rather than objective analysis. His vocal opposition to Boris Johnson's government, including comparisons to , has been dismissed by some right-leaning commentators as betraying conservative principles for contrarianism, especially given his past roles at and Telegraph. Despite these charges, Oborne attributes his critiques to a consistent ethos, rejecting bias labels as attempts to silence dissent on power structures.

Major Works

Books and Pamphlets

Oborne's early books focused on political and the detachment of Britain's elite from public concerns. In The Rise of Political Lying, published in 2005 by , he argues that systematic dishonesty had become embedded in British politics, exemplified by New Labour's manipulation of facts on issues like and the . This work drew on his journalistic experience to document how politicians prioritize spin over truth, influencing subsequent debates on . His 2007 book The Triumph of the Political Class, also from , extends this critique by portraying a self-serving political elite insulated from , eroding democratic norms through centralized power and disdain for local representation. Oborne contrasts this "" with traditional , using examples from Westminster scandals to illustrate its rise since the 1990s. In pamphlets, Oborne co-authored in 2011 with Frances Weaver for the , accusing pro-euro advocates in , media, and of misleading Britain toward deeper through smears against skeptics. The 98-page work revived the 1940 "" title to target figures like Treasury officials and executives for suppressing euroskeptic views. Later political volumes include The Assault on Truth: , and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism (2021, ), where Oborne contends that leaders like Johnson and Trump normalized post-truth governance, citing specific falsehoods on and that undermined institutional trust. He warns of broader societal decay from rejecting factual accountability. Oborne has also written on international topics, such as The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about (2022, ), challenging Western misconceptions of Islam through historical analysis of its interactions with and , arguing for recognition of its theological depth amid post-9/11 distortions. In 2024, he published Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza with OR Books, examining government and involvement in Israel's Gaza operations, based on declassified documents and policy critiques. Beyond politics, Oborne authored cricket histories like Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy (2004) and Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan (2014, ), the latter tracing the sport's evolution amid Partition, military rule, and corruption scandals. These works blend with socio-political context, highlighting themes of identity and resilience.

Broadcast Documentaries

Oborne has presented and contributed to numerous investigative television documentaries, predominantly for Channel 4's Dispatches series, examining themes of political accountability, foreign interventions, and undue influences on policy. These works often highlight of misconduct or systemic failures, drawing on primary documents, interviews with officials, and on-the-ground reporting to challenge official narratives. His approach emphasizes verifiable facts over partisan framing, frequently critiquing both Labour and Conservative figures for ethical lapses. In Nice Work If You Can Get It (Channel 4 Dispatches, aired 5 November 2007), Oborne scrutinized how British politicians and MPs leveraged their positions for personal financial gain, including directorships, consultancies, and property deals, supported by public records of parliamentary declarations and requests. The documentary cited specific cases, such as MPs earning supplemental incomes exceeding their salaries through lobbying-linked roles, arguing this eroded public trust without violating formal rules at the time. It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim (Channel 4 Dispatches, July 2008) focused on discrimination faced by British Muslims post-7/7 bombings, presenting data from employment tribunals, police statistics, and victim testimonies showing disproportionate scrutiny and job losses, while questioning the balance between security measures and . Oborne interviewed affected individuals and officials to illustrate how media amplification of terror fears contributed to causal chains of , without endorsing unsubstantiated claims. The 2009 Dispatches episode Inside Britain's Israel Lobby (aired 16 November 2009) investigated funding and operations of pro-Israel organizations in the UK, revealing over £1 million in donations to MPs and parties between 2001 and 2009 via Electoral Commission records, and access privileges for lobbyists to policymakers. Oborne documented instances of coordinated advocacy influencing foreign policy debates, including all-expenses-paid trips for parliamentarians, while noting the lobby's bipartisan reach but critiquing opacity in influence peddling. Oborne's The Wonderful World of Tony Blair (Channel 4 Dispatches, aired 2011) tracked former Prime Minister 's post-2007 earnings, estimated at over £20 million by 2011 from advisory roles, speeches, and envoy duties, cross-referenced with company filings and tax disclosures. The film argued Blair's financial pursuits conflicted with his public humanitarian rhetoric, citing specific deals like his JPMorgan advisory contract paying £5 million annually and property investments, based on leaked documents and insider accounts. Earlier collaborations include polemical films like Mugabe's Secret Famine (Channel 4, May 2003), co-produced with Paul Yule, which exposed Zimbabwe's unreported food shortages under Robert Mugabe's regime through smuggled footage and aid worker reports, estimating millions affected despite official denials. Oborne also narrated Afghanistan: Here's One We Invaded Earlier, critiquing overlooked Soviet-era lessons for Western interventions via archival analysis and field interviews. These works underscore his consistent focus on underreported causal factors in political crises.

Personal Life and Recognition

Family and Private Life

Peter Oborne has been married to Martine Oborne (née Karmock), an Anglican priest, since 1986. The couple met in 1981 while both were employed at , where Martine worked as a financial professional before entering the . They have five children. Martine Oborne serves as the of St Michael’s Church on Elmwood Road in , , where the family resides. Oborne, a regular church attendee, has identified the with his cultural heritage and British identity, reflecting values of service, tolerance, and decency instilled by his parents during his childhood, which included time living abroad due to his father's military service in the .

Awards and Honors

Oborne's biography : Cricket and Conspiracy received the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 2004. He was awarded Columnist of the Year at the in 2013 for his work at . In 2016, he won the same category (popular newspapers) for contributions to the . At the Drum Online Media Awards, Oborne was named Freelancer of the Year in 2016 for reporting from published in . He also received Best Commentary/Blogging awards in 2017 and 2022. Oborne has been shortlisted as a finalist for the for Journalism in 2009 and 2020, recognizing his political commentary.

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