Blogger 'Thomas Cranmer' revealed

Blogger 'Thomas Cranmer' revealed
Philip Crump has been unmasked as "Thomas Cranmer". (Image: ContactOut.com)
Daniel Dunkley
A blogger, media critic and independent news hound writing under the pseudonym ‘Thomas Cranmer’ has gone mainstream in recent months with a series of headline-grabbing political articles. Now his true identity can be revealed.Philip Crump, a former Russell McVeagh lawyer who has spent most of his career in London, is the writer behind the popular conservative blog ‘Cranmer’s Substack’.Crump, an ex-King’s College student and former editor-in-chief of the Auckland University Law Review, has amassed more than 4,...

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