Published by The Spectator (14th April, 2016) The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine di Giovanni (Bloomsbury). Syria Burning: A Short History of Catastrophe […]
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 […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
This is about more than just money
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2016) When David Cameron told me he was running for the Tory Party leadership, I replied that it would be difficult […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The hate crime that leads to silence
Published by The i paper and The Independent (4th April, 2016) It was a shocking crime. Two soldiers, out for a night drinking near their training camp in […]
Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
Cash for terror: how the Palestinian Authority duped British backers
Published by The Jewish Chronicle (31st March, 2016) Ahmad Musa looks like a character in a gangster movie with his black leather jacket, slicked back hair and self-possessed […]
Europe / Holland / Politics
Give thanks for Nigel Farage
Published by The i paper & The Independent (28th March, 2016) Last week I was in Amsterdam, where I joined civil servants and diplomats for a discussion on […]
Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
How British aid ends up funding terrorists
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to life in prison. As we talk, I ask […]
Health / Policy / Politics
The sugar tax: the sweet start to a bitter struggle
Published by The i paper & The Independent (25th March, 2016) It feels a long time since last week’s controversial budget, given the firestorm over disability benefits and […]
Disability / Politics
A petulant self-serving hypocrite
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th March, 2016) It is hard to remember a more bitter recent departure from Government, with a brutal exchange of letters underlining […]