Published by The ipaper (20th June, 2016) The mood was tense, the arguments heated, the nation’s future at stake with just nine days to go before voting. Some […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Why are society’s most privileged complaining about elitism?
Published by the ipaper (13th June, 2016) These are worrying times for those of us who do not desire to see our nation retreat into isolation, pulling up […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
David Cameron should crush Tory dinosaurs in a revenge reshuffle
Published by The Guardian (31st May, 2016) In his maiden speech as a Tory MP six years ago, Andrew Bridgen joked about being a little Englander. Three years […]
Austria / Europe / Politics
Rise of the far-right shows split between optimists and pessimists
Published by the ipaper (30th May, 2016) We live in remarkable times. Indeed, they are so remarkable historians may look back in wonder at this golden age for […]
Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics
Should we follow Norway to the EU exit? Nei!
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th May, 2016) Picture a scene familiar to many who live in the English countryside. Armies of eastern European farm workers are toiling […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Blips, blunders and bluster… has Boris lost it?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) When he announced he was backing Brexit, there was jubilation among those wanting out of the European Union, and […]
Austria / Europe
The pistol-packing extremist set to be Austria’s leader
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) Norbert Hofer is a father- of-four who speaks softly, smiles often and walks with a stick following a paragliding […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Boris is a dimming star in the Brexit debate
Published by The ipaper (16th May, 2016) Last week, the former Prime Minister Sir John Major made one of his sporadic sallies back into the political fray, warning […]
Albania / Europe / European Union / Politics
If you want us to be like Albania, you’re an ass
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th April, 2016) Qemal was sitting in the shade of a peach tree in the village of Gërdec, trying to find a […]
Arts / Books / Economics / Europe / European Union / Germany / Greece
To austerity and beyond by Yanis the menace
Published by The Observer (24th April, 2016) And The Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis (Bodley Head) It is easy to forget that Yanis Varoufakis spent two […]
Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World
Pope’s humanity puts others to shame
Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
This is about more than just money
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2016) When David Cameron told me he was running for the Tory Party leadership, I replied that it would be difficult […]