End the farce of MPs taking second jobs
Published by The i paper (8th November, 2021) Sir John Major was on fiery form interviewed over the weekend by... Read Full Article
Grayling
How Brexit could shatter Britain’s two-party politics
Published by CapX (15th March, 2019) On the day the coalition government was formed, I found myself briefly alone with... Read Full Article
A symbol of corrosive failure
Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European... Read Full Article
When will we define Brexit?
Published by the ipaper (14th January, 2019) Even the word sounds like a curse now. Once the idea of Brexit... Read Full Article
Whoops – there go the railways, says Westminster’s answer to Mr Bean
Published by The Guardian (20th September, 2018) Imagine you were running a business and one of your senior managers left... Read Full Article
Stand up to the incompetent Brexit bullies
Published by The i paper (11th June, 2018) You might think an outbreak of trade war would make even the... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
To get really tough on crime, we must help prisoners
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (8th February, 2016) For many years ministers privately complained that even the... 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
One step forward on probation, then one giant step back on jails
Published in The Guardian (January 11th, 2013) According to the latest figures there are 83,632 locked up in English and... Read Full Article