Toby Young is a British social commentator. He is the founder and director of the Free Speech Union, an associate editor of The Spectator, and creator of the Daily Sceptic. He is the author of 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People', a memoir about his time at Vanity Fair in New York, which became a bestseller and was adapted into a Hollywood film. Toby co-founded the West London Free School which opened in 2011. Following a higher education board appointment by then Prime Minister Theresa May in 2018, Toby faced a flood of criticism resulting in his resignation and the loss of four other roles.