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 […]
Europe / Holland / Politics
Give thanks for Nigel Farage
Published by The i paper & The Independent (28th March, 2016) Last week I was in Amsterdam, where I joined civil servants and diplomats for a discussion on […]
Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
How British aid ends up funding terrorists
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to life in prison. As we talk, I ask […]
Europe / European Union / Greenland
The proud island that floated free
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th March, 2016) The problem was simple but infuriating: ‘I had to travel to Brussels every month and ask permission if we […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Boris, Brexit and Cameron’s miscalculation
Published by The Wall Street Journal (3rd March, 2016) As British Prime Minister David Cameron surveys the political landscape, he has much to savor. Last May he confounded critics who […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
100,000 reasons why the EU is broken (whether Britain is In or Out)
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th February, 2016) Victoria Square, which took its name from the British Queen who handed Greece back its Ionian islands, was once a haven […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
So many arguments for Brexit. They can’t all be right
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (22nd February, 2016) During one of last year’s election debates, Nigel Farage tried to grab the public’s attention with a […]