Richard Cottrell

Richard Cottrell is a British journalist, politician and writer. He contributed regularly on politics and economics to the ITV network. In 1979 he was elected as a Conservative to the European Parliament. Over the next ten years he sat on the parliament's important committees and published two books -- The Sacred Cow, a polemical attack on the EU's farm policy, and Blood on Their Hands, which extended his parliamentary inquiry into the murder of British journalist Ann Chapman under the Greek...See more

Richard Cottrell is a British journalist, politician and writer. He contributed regularly on politics and economics to the ITV network. In 1979 he was elected as a Conservative to the European Parliament. Over the next ten years he sat on the parliament's important committees and published two books -- The Sacred Cow, a polemical attack on the EU's farm policy, and Blood on Their Hands, which extended his parliamentary inquiry into the murder of British journalist Ann Chapman under the Greek military junta. His findings cleared an innocent man. He wrote the highly praised landmark Cottrell Report on the activities of pseudo-religious cults such as the Moonies and their harmful influence. Richard entered politics as an enthusiastic European but became disillusioned with "the inner workings of a profoundly anti-democratic system." After Europe he was a political advisor to investors in Eastern Europe, especially Poland. He is married to Diana, who is Polish. They have two daughters. See less