About Ed West
Welcome to Wrong Side of History, where you will now find pretty much all of my writing.
Wrong Side of History goes out three times a week.
I rely on your collective wisdom. If you strongly disagree with what I have to say, that’s fine, I’m a great believer in civility and the principle of charity (obviously saying that is a massive hostage to fortune for when I’m caught organising a pile-on).
If I am wrong about something, I will admit to it; one of the most annoying traits about old-style newspaper commentary is that journalists almost never admit when they’re mistaken, or at least when they’ve learned something to contradict previous opinions. Their whole branding depends on being rigidly stuck to the same views, for decades.