British journalist and editor — former editor of National Review — former advisor to Margaret Thatcher — O'Sullivan's Law ('any organization or enterprise that is not explicitly right-wing will become left-wing over time') — current editor of Quadrant.
Creates O'Sullivan's Law — the observation that organizations not explicitly right-wing drift left over time because of differential recruitment and social pressures — a framework widely used to explain institutional leftward drift.
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