Published by The i paper (15th February, 2021) It is easy to forget London used to be a city in perpetual crisis, a symbol of national decline in […]
Health / Policy / Social care
My prescription for a healthier NHS
Published by The i paper (8th February, 2021) Matt Hancock overseen a string of fatal failures and one big success since the arrival of Covid-19. Now this ambitious […]
Europe / Russia
The West can play a part defeating dictatorship
Published by The i paper (1st February, 2021) For the second weekend running, protests against the festering regime of Vladimir Putin flared up across Russia. His security forces […]
Arts / Covid19 / Music
Musicians deserve a helping hand
Published by The i paper (25th January, 2021) Seventeen years ago, I spent a day in Pimlico with Paul Weller. We met by the Tate Gallery at a time of […]
Politics
The double standards of sport
Published by The i paper (18th January, 2021) Maro Itoje went to Harrow, one of Britain’s most expensive private schools, before becoming a rugby superstar. But now he […]
United States / World
The Capitol riots reach beyond Trump
Published by The i paper (11th January, 2011) John McCain was one of the most decent Republican leaders this century. He was a man who proved his strength […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Care does not need private equity
Published by The i paper (4th January, 2021) We can, thankfully, talk about 2020 in the past tense. It was a year of death and despair, of tragedy […]
Disability
Notes to a stranger: Thank you for smiling at my daughter
Published by The i paper (30h December, 2020) This is a note to the woman I passed a few weeks ago on the street. But it could also […]
Politics
Now a struggle starts for the soul of our nation
Published by The i paper (28th December, 2020) So in the end, a bad deal was better for Boris Johnson than no deal. We can give thanks for the […]
Covid19 / Politics
The PM is hopelessly out of his depth
Published by The i paper (21st December, 2020) Last week was another long one in Westminster. On Monday Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, warned us about an alarming […]
Politics
Real Conservatives should speak out
Published by The i paper (14th December, 2020) So this is how it ends. After 47 years as a leading member of the trading alliance that has delivered […]