Found this biography of John O'Sullivan at National Review's website. He is a heavyweight in British politics, or perhaps he is a political has-been who views everything through tinted glasses, but certainly no fool.
http://www.nationalreview.com/jos/jos062703.asp John O’Sullivan is editor-in-chief of United Press International. He was Editor of National Review from 1988 to 1997 and in 1998 was named Editor-at-Large. His previous posts have included special adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, associate editor of the London Times, assistant editor of the London Daily Telegraph, and editor of Policy Review.
O’Sullivan was born in Great Britain in 1942. He was educated at London University where he received a B.A. (Hons.) and a Diploma of Social Studies. He stood for Parliament as a Conservative in the 1970 general election for Gateshead West.
He is the founder and co-chairman of the New Atlantic Initiative, an international bipartisan effort dedicated to reinvigorating and expanding the Atlantic community of democracies. The NAI was formally launched at the Congress of Prague in May 1996.
O’Sullivan has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Policy Review, The National Interest, The New Criterion, the Times Literary Supplement, The American Spectator, The Spectator (London), Quadrant, and other journals.
He is on the Executive Advisory Board of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, the Advisory Council of the Social Affairs Unit in London, and the Honorary Board of the Civic Institute in Prague. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in the 1991 New Year's Honors List. He lectures on British and American politics.
I'm not saying he's a fool. But remember that Peggy Noonan had a period when she was getting everything wrong - overall, she's solid, but she had a period of poor analysis. I am suggesting that this happens to many pundits. Mr. O'Sullivan should by no means be considered immune from having that happen to him. His interpretation of events is simply not bourne out of the facts at this time.
Regards, Ivan