The joke’s not on Nigel Farage. It’s on the rest of us
Published in The Guardian (January 29th, 2014) It has been a bad few days for Ukip. First, one of the... Read Full Article
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Tories should stop carping and revive optimism
Published in ‘i’ newspaper (December 30th, 2013) The surest sign that a political party is on the rise comes at... Read Full Article
End this gutter debate about Britain’s immigration policy
Published in The Guardian (November 30th, 2013) It’s been a depressing week for British politics as it takes another sordid... Read Full Article
Heed this warning or risk terminal decline
Published in The Independent (November 20th, 2013) The tragedy of the Conservative Party is that when things get tough it... Read Full Article
Tories would do well to read those deleted speeches
Published in The Guardian (November 15th, 2013) Lynton Crosby, the hard-nosed Australian strategist being paid £500,ooo to ensure the Conservatives... Read Full Article
Miliband has given Cameron a golden opportunity
Published in The Guardian (September 26th, 2013) There is consensus on one thing about Ed Miliband’s party conference speech: he... Read Full Article
We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria
Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article
Forget diplomacy: this was the stroppy summit
Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 8th, 2013) Welcome to the stroppy summit. Held in one of Europe’s most... Read Full Article
Think how good the House of Lords could be
Published in The Independent (August 3rd, 2013) There are few things British leaders love to do more than lecture the... Read Full Article
Why do we subsidise firms that keep workers in poverty?
Published in The Independent (April 16th, 2013) Commodity trading seems to attract those characters who feel property dealing too ensnared... Read Full Article