Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the world suffering terrible consequences of war, earthquakes and […]
Health / Policy
A strike to shatter the idea medics are deified protectors of the ‘sacred’ NHS
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd January, 2024) A profession that pledges, ‘First, do no harm’ should have ethical qualms about risking patients’ welfare. But last year, the […]
Drugs / Policy / South Korea / World
The ‘war on drugs’ is a disaster – and it’s about to get worse
Published by The i paper (1st January, 2024) Two days after Christmas, the South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for playing a wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning […]
Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World
Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics / Social care
Sunak predicted his party’s downfall
Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top job little more than a year ago. Declaring […]
Disability / Housing / Policy / Politics
How can a Labour MP block flats for people with learning disabilities?
Published by The i paper (13th November, 2023) In a Westminster world stuffed with ambitious party hacks and entitled creeps who see compassion as a dirty word, the […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy
Contempt for ordinary people in the corridors of power
Published by The i paper (6th November, 2023) The Covid inquiry last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if we were watching a savage new political satire […]
Health / Policy
Prejudice towards trans youth such as Alice Litman are making us lose sight of people’s humanity
Published by The i paper 25th September, 2023 Twice this month I have been stopped in my tracks by a BBC radio interview with a woman grieving over […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth
Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former soldier from a bicycle as he pedalled along […]