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'''Peter Jonathan Hitchens''' (28 October 1951, [[Malta]]) is a [[British]] [[journalist]], [[author]] and broadcaster. He currently writes for the British weekly [[newspaper]], [[The Mail on Sunday]]. He is the younger brother of journalist [[Christopher Hitchens]]. Hitchens was a former [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] and member of the [[International Socialists]] from 1969 to 1975, later joining the British [[Labour Party]] from 1979 to 1983. He left the party when he became a political reporter at the ''Daily Express'', thinking it wrong to carry a party card when directly reporting politics.<ref name="anger" /> He also studied politics at [[York University]] between 1970 and 1973.  

'''Peter Jonathan Hitchens''' (28 October 1951, [[Malta]]) is a [[British]] [[journalist]], [[author]] and broadcaster. He currently writes for the British weekly [[newspaper]], [[The Mail on Sunday]]. He is the younger brother of journalist [[Christopher Hitchens]]. Hitchens was a former [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] and member of the [[International Socialists]] from 1969 to 1975, later joining the British [[Labour Party]] from 1979 to 1983. He left the party when he became a political reporter at the ''Daily Express'', thinking it wrong to carry a party card when directly reporting politics.<ref name="anger" /> He also studied politics at [[York University]] between 1970 and 1973.  

However, in his early 30's he returned to the conservatism and Anglicanism of his upbringing<ref>'''Katz, Ian''' ''When Christopher met Peter'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20080517104151/http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2005/story/0,15880,1495897,00.html The Guardian, May 31 2005] (Archived)</ref> and in 1997 he joined the [[Conservative Party]], believing it to be the democratic resistance to [[Tony Blair]]'s ''New Labour''. Dissatisfied with the lack of direction of the Conservative Party, he left it in 2003 and now asserts that the only way forward is to completely dismantle and rebuild the party. Politically, Hitchens supports social, moral and cultural conservatism, and classic liberalism, not dissimilar to those of [[American]] [[paleoconservative]]s. Hitchens describes himself as a [[Edmund Burke|Burkean]] conservative.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19211869 |title= Five Minutes With Peter Hitchens |publisher= The BBC | location = UK |date=10 August 2012 |accessdate= 11 August 2012}}</ref>

However, in his early 30's he returned to the conservatism and Anglicanism of his upbringing<ref>'''Katz, Ian''' ''When Christopher met Peter'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20080517104151/http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2005/story/0,15880,1495897,00.html The Guardian, May 31 2005] (Archived)</ref> and in 1997 he joined the [[Conservative Party]], believing it to be the democratic resistance to [[Tony Blair]]'s ''New Labour''. Dissatisfied with the lack of direction of the Conservative Party, he left it in 2003 and now asserts that the only way forward is to completely dismantle and rebuild the party. Politically, Hitchens supports social, moral and cultural conservatism, and classic liberalism, not dissimilar to those of [[American]] [[paleoconservative]]s. Hitchens describes himself as a [[Edmund Burke|Burkean]] conservative.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19211869 |title= Five Minutes With Peter Hitchens |publisher= The BBC | location = UK |date=10 August 2012 |accessdate= 11 August 2012}}</ref>

He has been a journalist for over 25 years, much of that time writing for the [[Daily Express]], which he left after it was taken over by '''Richard Desmond''', who had generated his wealth as a publisher of [[pornography|pornographic]] magazines. Hitchens was morally opposed to this, and moved to the [[Daily Mail|Daily Mail's]] sister publication, The Mail On Sunday. He has also worked as a political reporter, a diplomatic and defence specialist, and as a foreign correspondent in both [[Moscow]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]

He has been a journalist for over 25 years, much of that time writing for the [[Daily Express]], which he left after it was taken over by '''Richard Desmond''', who had generated his wealth as a publisher of [[pornography|pornographic]] magazines. Hitchens was morally opposed to this, and moved to the [[Daily Mail|Daily Mail's]] sister publication, The Mail On Sunday. He has also worked as a political reporter, a diplomatic and defence specialist, and as a foreign correspondent in both [[Moscow]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]

*[http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/04/13/bohit13.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/04/13/bomain.html "The victims of liberalism"] Review of Hitchens' book ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' by Theodore Dalrymple April 13, 2003.

*[http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/04/13/bohit13.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/04/13/bomain.html "The victims of liberalism"] Review of Hitchens' book ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' by Theodore Dalrymple April 13, 2003.

*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200304/ai_n9222415 "An end to cant and defeatism"] Review of ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[The Spectator]]'' by Neil Clark.

*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200304/ai_n9222415 "An end to cant and defeatism"] Review of ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[The Spectator]]'' by Neil Clark.

*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2003%2F04%2F20%2Fbohit20.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=123189 "The case of the disappearing policeman"] Review of ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]'', by Joshua Rozenberg.

*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2003%2F04%2F20%2Fbohit20.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=123189 "The case of the disappearing policeman"] Review of ''A Brief History of Crime'' in ''[[Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]'', by Joshua Rozenberg.

*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_25_52/ai_68163660/pg_1 "Goodbye to All That?"] Review of ''The Abolition of Britain'' by John O'Sullivan.

*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_25_52/ai_68163660/pg_1 "Goodbye to All That?"] Review of ''The Abolition of Britain'' by John O'Sullivan.

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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bh/1714079.stm Debating the format of a potential Oath of Allegiance for the UK] December 16, 2001  

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bh/1714079.stm Debating the format of a potential Oath of Allegiance for the UK] December 16, 2001  

*''Today Programme''  

*''Today Programme''  

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_religion_20070419.ram Should religious people have a privileged position in society?] - 19 April 2007

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_religion_20070419.ram Should religious people have a privileged position in society?] - 19 April 2007

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_metric_20060223.ram Should Britain Convert its Road Signs to Metric?] - February 23, 2006

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_metric_20060223.ram Should Britain Convert its Road Signs to Metric?] - February 23, 2006

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/audio/0820disco080206.ram Is the Left Wing obsolete in British politics?] - February 8, 2006

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/audio/0820disco080206.ram Is the Left Wing obsolete in British politics?] - February 8, 2006

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_violence_20050526.ram Were the Victorians as benign and civilised as we assume?] - May 26, 2005

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_violence_20050526.ram Were the Victorians as benign and civilised as we assume?] - May 26, 2005

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today3_british_20041215.ram What should people applying for British citizenship know about the UK?] - December 15, 2004

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today3_british_20041215.ram What should people applying for British citizenship know about the UK?] - December 15, 2004

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_dalrym_20040818.ram The Way We Talk about Islam] - August 18, 2004

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_dalrym_20040818.ram The Way We Talk about Islam] - August 18, 2004

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_id_20040426.ram Will ID Cards Mean an End to Our Liberty?] - 26 April 26, 2004

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_id_20040426.ram Will ID Cards Mean an End to Our Liberty?] - 26 April 26, 2004

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today4_paraskeva_20030825.ram The "Compensation Culture"] - August 25, 2003

**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today4_paraskeva_20030825.ram The "Compensation Culture"] - August 25, 2003

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*''Question Time''

*''Question Time''