PERSON: Brendan O’Neill

Spiked

Chief Political Writer

Brendan O’Neill is a British author and pundit. He was the editor of Spiked from 2007 to September 2021, and is its chief political writer. Spiked is commonly identified as right-libertarian, with some sources identifying it as left-libertarian. He has been a columnist for The Times of Israel, Haaretz, The Australian, Daily Mail, The Big Issue, The Catholic Herald, Jewish News and The Spectator.

O’Neill’s parents are from Connemara in the west of Ireland. He began his career at Living Marxism, the predecessor of Spiked and journal of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

O’Neill has also contributed articles to publications in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia including The Spectator, the New Statesman, BBC News Online, The Christian Science Monitor, The American Conservative, Salon, Rising East and occasionally blogged for The Guardian, before moving to The Daily Telegraph. He writes a column for The Big Issue in London and The Australian in Sydney. He also writes articles for The Sun.

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