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Paul Johnson (born on November 2, 1928 in Lancashire, England) is a British Roman Catholic conservative historian, journalist and author. He was educated at Stowe and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Originally on the left, he was editor of the New Statesman in the 1960s, and then after his political move rightwards, he edited The Spectator, for which he still contributes a weekly column called And Another Thing. In addition he is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.

Johnson is regularly mocked in the liberal British press for his inconsistencies and changes of opinion. Once a speechwriter for British Premier Margaret Thatcher, he expressed admiration for Tony Blair in the early years of New LabourNew Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. The name is primarily used by the party itself in its literature but is also sometimes used by political commentators and the wider media. The rise of the name coincided with a shift.

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