Bruce Anderson is a United Kingdom conservative political columnist. Formerly political editor of The Spectator and contributor to the Daily Mail, he now writes for The Independent, although his political position is typically different from the paper's editorial line. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... This article is about the British weekly magazine: there are articles on several other magazines called The Spectator such as Addison and Steeles influential literary magazine, The Spectator (1711), and the others can be found at The Spectator (disambiguation). ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ...

Political stance

He generally supports the Conservative Party and its current leader, David Cameron, whom he supported as party leader from an early stage. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. ...

While he generally disagrees with most of the government's actions, he sometimes writes articles which give support to ideas typical of Tony Blair and his party. These include reform of the justice system and prisons, reviewing the Human Rights Act as well as an open consideration of potential power sources for the UK. For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament... The Human Rights Act 1998 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which received Royal Assent on November 9, 1998, and came into force on October 2, 2000. ...

However, he has also been critical of New Labour and Tony Blair, suggesting that Blair should be imprisoned for selling peerages. He has denied the that the theory of global warming is confirmed as fact (whereas the paper he writes for has often called for action to tackle it, arguably more so than any of its rivals) and was the intellectual inspiration for Michael Howard's policy of withdrawing from the UN Convention on Refugees. New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005. ... The Rt Hon. ... The United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is an international convention that defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. ...

He is known as 'The Brute' by Private Eye because of his rough manner. Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio...

Controversy

He spurred controversy for claiming that the deaths in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina were the result of a "culture of dependency" among African Americans which discoraged work and promoted "laziness" and "dysfunction." New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...