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Charles Moore

British journalist and columnist for The Spectator.

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What did Charles Moore say about Andy Burnham becoming prime minister?
In a Spectator column, Moore argued that Burnham's uncontested route to Downing Street delivered spectacle without a policy platform.Source: event
Who is Charles Moore?
Charles Moore is a British journalist and Conservative commentator, a former editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, Margaret Thatcher's authorised biographer, and a Conservative life peer.Source: event
What newspapers has Charles Moore edited?
Charles Moore edited The Spectator earlier in his career and later The Daily Telegraph.

Background

In his Spectator column, Charles Moore argued that Andy Burnham's uncontested PATH to the Labour leadership and Downing Street delivered spectacle without a policy platform, questioning what an incoming prime minister chosen without a single Labour member casting a vote actually stood for.

Moore is a journalist and Conservative commentator who edited The Daily Telegraph and, earlier, The Spectator. He is the authorised biographer of Margaret Thatcher, and sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative life peer, Lord Moore of Etchingham.

His column is one strand of a broader Conservative-leaning press response to Burnham's coronation, which saw him take the leadership through nominations and a special conference rather than a member ballot after clearing the threshold the NEC had set to force a contest.

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Is Charles Moore a member of the House of Lords?
Yes. Charles Moore sits as a Conservative life peer, Lord Moore of Etchingham.