The Tories are becoming the ‘nasty party’ on immigration
Published in The Guardian (June 11th, 2012) The manifesto commitment could hardly have been clearer: the Conservatives were going to... Read Full Article
Our national sport shares our national blindness
Published in The Independent (June 6th, 2012) Surely even the grumpiest republican struggled to begrudge the community spirit of these... Read Full Article
Don’t mock ‘hug a hoodie’. It was, and still is, the right message
Published in The Guardian (June 1st, 2012) Like so many famous political phrases, David Cameron never actually said that anyone... Read Full Article
Bob Geldof’s obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars
Published in The Independent (May 28th, 2012) I first became aware of Bob Geldof in 1977 when I bought the... Read Full Article
Like Afghanistan, Mali is a victim of our ‘war on terror’
Published in The Independent (May 23rd, 2012) So now we know that Nato will bring its misguided campaign in Afghanistan... Read Full Article
Britain’s visa system: a V-sign to visitors
Published in The Guardian (May 15th, 2012) So this is the year Britain throws open its arms and welcomes the... Read Full Article
Tea Party zombies long to lurch further right
Published in The Independent (May 7th, 2012) A few days before last week’s local elections, the Tory MP Nadine Dorries... Read Full Article
President Bling-Bling has met his Waterloo
Published in The Daily Mail (May 7th, 2012) So the French have got their wish: they have evicted the brash,... Read Full Article
Plodding provincial who stands on brink of the presidency
Published in The Daily Mail (May 4th, 20120) He cut an unlikely figure as he stood in a corridor of... Read Full Article
A warning shot to the world’s despots
Published in The Independent (April 27th, 2012) The evidence was gruesome. One witness told how he watched his sister being... Read Full Article