Alexander Lee

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Alexander Lee (born 1981) is a British historian and political theorist. He was educated at the King’s School, Worcester, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. He is carrying out research at Edinburgh University on the political thought of the Renaissance humanist and poet, Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). Although Lee is a Conservative Party supporter, and received a standing ovation at the party's 1997 conference for his views on proportional representation, he is highly critical of its current leadership and its commitment to economic libertarianism. He was briefly expelled from the party in 2003.

Lee was the co-author with Timothy Stanley of The End of Politics: Realignment and the Battle for the Centre Ground. The book argues that Tony Blair’s leadership of the Labour Party heralded an era of Triangulation in modern British politics. As parties competed for the centre ground so they began to erode their traditional values and demographic support. This has created a fractured political process and encouraged previously loyal Labour or Conservative voters to identify with minority parties and pressure group politics. Stanley and Lee argue for a politics based upon community and recognition of inter-dependence. The book is the first part of an ongoing exposition upon the philosophy of Communitarianism.