James Bartholomew (journalist)

James Gilbert Bartholomew (born April 1950)[1] is a British journalist and author. He has written for the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and The Spectator.

Biography

Bartholomew trained as a banker in the City of London. He then moved into journalism with the Financial Times and the Far Eastern Economic Review, working in Hong Kong and Tokyo.[2]

He is critical of the welfare state, which he regards as "dysfunctional".[3] His book The Welfare State We're In received the Institute of Economic Affairs' Arthur Seldon Award in 2005 and the Atlas Foundation’s Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award in 2007.[4]

He is credited with popularising the term "virtue signalling". Writing in The Spectator in April 2015, he defined virtue signalling as statements and positions held with the intention that the holder be "welcomed and approved for having displayed the approved, virtuous views". He comments that "No one actually has to do anything. Virtue comes from mere words or even from silently held beliefs."[5]

He is the founder and Director of the Museum of Communist Terror.[6][1]

In the 2019 European Parliament election, Bartholomew stood as a candidate for the Brexit Party. Placed fifth on the Brexit Party's list in South East England, he was not elected, as the Brexit Party won four seats in the constituency.[7]

Books
  • The Richest Man in the World: The Sultan of Brunei (1989)[8]
  • Yew & Non-Yew: Gardening for Horticultural Climbers (1996)[9]
  • The Welfare State We're In (2004)[10]
  • The Welfare of Nations (2015)[11]
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References
  1. "James Gilbert Bartholomew". Companies House. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. "James Bartholomew". GoodReads. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. Bartholomew, James (19 October 2017). Our welfare state is dysfunctional – Viewsnight (YouTube). BBC Newsnight. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. "The Welfare State We're In". Biteback Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. Bartholomew, James (18 April 2015). "The awful rise of 'virtue signalling'". The Spectator. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. Werrell, Jane (5 April 2019). "London Director Dedicates Self to Building Museum of Communist Terror". NTD. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. "European Parliament (UK) elections". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. Bartholomew, James (1989). The Richest Man in the World: The Sultan of Brunei. Viking. ISBN 0670821527.
  9. Bartholomew, James (1996). Yew & Non-Yew: Gardening for Horticultural Climbers. Century. ISBN 0712677054.
  10. Bartholomew, James (2004). The Welfare State We're In. Politico's. ISBN 1842750631.
  11. Bartholomew, James (2015). The Welfare of Nations. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 1849549087.

See also
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