Fraser Nelson
Journalist and ex-head of The Spectator
Fraser Nelson is a prominent British political journalist known for his tenure as the editor of The Spectator from 2009 to 2024. Recently he has been investigating the benefits system in the UK, and has released a documentary with Dispatches on Channel 4.
In the documentary he explores the concerning rise in long-term sickness benefits claims across the UK, particularly among young adults aged 25-34, where numbers have increased by 65% in just five years.
Tomorrow, Francis and Konstantin will be sitting down with Fraser to discuss what he found out during his investigation and how it is affecting the UK’s economy.
Hi Fraser, do you think the gradual erosion of the family, community, culture and faith has contributed to the decline of confidence, optimism and productivity in the west?
I'd like to thank Fraser for his time running The Spectator and the many Xmas bottles of Pol Roger that subscription has provided me over the years, along with a school tip which resulted in two of my children becoming students at Dollar Academy when I moved to Scotland.
He did a find job of keeping the Spectators writers Heterodox, without being centrist, and took a fair bit of criticism from all angles as a result. Given the mainstream media landscape polarisation in recent years and the BBCs failure where the Spectator succeeded (diverse viewpoints instead of faux impartiality). How do we incentivise good media models when clickbait seems to be the media currency today?