The dirty dozen
Published by The Daily Mail (15th April 2016) Britain’s foreign aid budget keeps rising. Currently at £12 billion a year, it... Read Full Article
Afghanistan
Message written in blood shows weakness of Taliban
Published by The Daily Mail (16th December, 2014) At first staff thought it was just children playing a boisterous game,... Read Full Article
Foreign aid millions helped Iran hang 3000 people – including women and children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) British aid has assisted the brutal execution of nearly 3,000 people... Read Full Article
Tony Blair has moved beyond parody
Published by The Independent (16th June, 2014) Please forgive me. I know we should ignore his latest attention-seeking outburst, like... Read Full Article
High time to end this immoral drugs war
Published by The Independent (30th April, 2014) It is 43 years since Richard Nixon, in need of a public enemy... Read Full Article
Save lives Mr Cameron, but don’t imagine you need to save Africa
Published in The Independent (February 2nd, 2013) This week, the Prime Minister went to Africa.Struggling to achieve anything at home... 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
It’s a fiasco, says our man in Kabul
Published in the Daily Mail (July 1st, 2011) Cables from Kabul: The Inside story of the West’s Afghanistan campaign by... Read Full Article
This award is premature – and potentially very foolish
Published in The Independent (October 10th, 2009) When Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, the American... Read Full Article
False hopes and phoney democracy
Published in The Independent (July 15th, 2009) And so the charade begins once again. A state ripped apart by war,... Read Full Article