Published by The i paper (29th May, 2017) A battle for power that looked dull, despite the bubbling undercurrents of British politics, has exploded into life. Theresa May […]
Europe / Russia
Theresa May must make a lonely stand against Putin
Published by The ipaper (2nd January, 2017) Thirty months ago I stood in a cornfield amid rolling hills of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by shattered human bodies. Men, women, […]
United States / World
The Fright House
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th November, 2016) IT HAS been a busy week for the Trump dynasty, holed up in their gaudy gilt palace on the […]
Politics
Why will Stop the War not condemn Russia?
Published by The Sun (13th October, 2016) IT was a telling demand from veteran Labour politician Ann Clwyd. Where, she asked fellow MPs, were the protests against Russia […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent
Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the uprising against the Russian stooges running their country […]
Europe / Russia
Gunned down in a gangster state
Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2015) Boris Nemtsov knew he might one day be silenced. Now the shocking picture of his body prostrate in the […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Good result for Vladimir the Terrible
Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers besieged in their Crimean base by Russian armed […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The west is letting Putin get his way on Ukraine
Published by The Guardian (28th November, 2014) Ukraine’s new parliament was sworn in today. More than 400 members took their oaths, but 27 seats remain vacant – the annexation of […]