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Peter Oborne

ピーター・オボーン

Pītā Obōn

Aliases: Peter Alan Oborne

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-07-11 （Poole, Dorset, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Anglican
Residence History
Chiswick, London

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Author, Political commentator, Broadcaster
Active Years
1978-2024
Affiliations
The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Spectator, Byline Times
Memberships
Citizens Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life

Education

Sherborne School
Country: United Kingdom
Christ's College, Cambridge
History
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United Kingdom
BAは自動的にMAに変換される

Awards

William Hill Sports Book of the Year
2004
Work: Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Controversy
Organization: William Hill
Result: winner
British Sports Book Awards (Best Biography)
2005
Work: Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Controversy
Result: winner
Society of Editors Press Awards Columnist of the Year
2012
Category: Broadsheet
Organization: Society of Editors
Result: winner
Wisden Book of the Year
2015
Work: Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan
Organization: Wisden
Result: winner
Society of Editors Press Awards Columnist of the Year
2016
Category: POP
Organization: Society of Editors
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rise of Political Lying

2005 Politics

Examines the rise and techniques of political lying in Britain.

Political lyingMedia

The Triumph of the Political Class

2007 Politics

Critiques the rise of a self-serving political class under New Labour.

Political corruptionElitism

Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Controversy

2004 Sports biography

Biography of cricketer Basil D'Oliveira and his role in challenging apartheid.

RacismCricket

The Assault on Truth

2021 Politics

Critiques the moral barbarism and lying of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.

PopulismLies

Bibliography

  • Alastair Campbell: New Labour and the Rise of the Media Class (1999)
  • A Moral Duty to Act There (2003)
  • Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Controversy: The Untold Story (2004)
  • The Rise of Political Lying (2005)
  • The Triumph of the Political Class (2007)
  • Muslims Under Siege (2008)
  • The Use and Abuse of Terror (2006)
  • The Pro-Israel Lobby in Britain (2009)
  • The Children that Britain Betrayed
  • Guilty Men (2011)
  • Churchill's Legacy (2009)
  • A Dangerous Delusion (2013)
  • Wounded Tiger (2014)
  • Not the Chilcot Report (2016)
  • White on Green (2016)
  • How Trump Thinks (2017)
  • The Assault on Truth (2021)
  • The Fate of Abraham (2022)
  • Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza (2025)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
PolemicalIncisive critiqueInvestigative journalism
Recurring Motifs
Political deceptionMedia ethicsIslamophobiaCricket

Legacy

Influential British political journalist known for exposing lies and corruption in politics and media, shifting from Conservative supporter to independent critic.

Quotes

  • 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.
    Source: The Dirty Race for the White House (Dispatches) (2004)
  • It is a fraud on readers.
    Source: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph (2015)

Trivia

  • Lifelong Conservative voter but did not vote for them in 2019 election
  • Wife is vicar at St Michael's Sutton Court in Chiswick
  • Authored several books on cricket