Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st May, 2016) Britain has suspended aid to Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest nations, after secret loans meant to fund a […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Policy / Race / World
Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society
Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]
Albania / Europe / European Union / Politics
If you want us to be like Albania, you’re an ass
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th April, 2016) Qemal was sitting in the shade of a peach tree in the village of Gërdec, trying to find a […]
Arts / Books / Economics / Europe / European Union / Germany / Greece
To austerity and beyond by Yanis the menace
Published by The Observer (24th April, 2016) And The Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis (Bodley Head) It is easy to forget that Yanis Varoufakis spent two […]
Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World
Pope’s humanity puts others to shame
Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]
Aid / Politics
Stop the spin. Focus on the dodgy facts
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th April, 2016) Democracy deserves to be cherished. As a foreign correspondent, I have covered protests, revolutions and wars around the world […]
Africa / Aid / Technology
Lunacy! What planet are they on?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th April, 2016) African nations that have received billions of pounds in British aid to combat poverty and starvation are spending vast […]
Aid / Politics
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 is due to soar during David Cameron’s two […]
Politics / Technology
Say goodbye to your private life
Published by The ipaper and The Independent (11th April, 2106) Five years ago I heard a software billionaire speak at a seminar organised by Downing Street. It was […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
We train forces who kidnapped Ethiopia’s ‘Mandela’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2016) Britain is giving more than a million pounds to train Ethiopia’s security forces – even though the country’s repressive […]
Aid
Poverty barons cash in on British aid boom
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2015) Private firms handing out British aid in the poorest parts of the world are driving up profits, pay and […]