Published by The Independent (22nd June, 2015) A few days ago I was sitting in Athens with an official from Médecins Sans Frontières discussing the migration crisis confronting […]
Crime / Policy
Horror for a senior detective
Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) During 28 years as a detective, Phil Gormley thought he had seen it all, from vicious rapes to brutal […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
Crime chiefs warn 750,000 British men may be attracted to children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) Up to 750,000 men living in Britain may have an interest in having sex with children, the Government has […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
A country that is dying to leave the euro
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th June, 2015) How does a nation die? This week, in the beleaguered hospitals of Athens, I saw a glimpse of the […]
Politics / United States / World
Brothers in arms – but Bush and Blair take divergent paths now
Published by The Independent (9th June, 2015) When he left the White House in early 2009 and headed back to Dallas, few people were sad to see George […]
Aid / Politics
Why is David Cameron handing out £12bn of our money to foreign thieves, dictators and charlatans?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th June, 2015) Dear Prime Minister It is a decade since we began striving together to transform the Conservative Party into a […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
Who will put Greece out of its misery?
Published by The Daily Telegraph (5th June, 2015) Omonia Square used to be the thriving commercial heart of the Greek capital. But when I was there I saw […]
Economics / Politics
Why the Tories should take Miliband’s attack on business seriously
Published by CapX (5th June, 2015) It is still less than one month since that astonishing election result, but already the idea of Ed Miliband as prime minister […]
Drugs / Policy / Politics
The ban on legal highs is mind-bendingly stupid
Published by The Independent (1st June, 2015) Sometimes it is hard not to wonder at the stupidity of Westminster. Advanced nations around the world are waking up to […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
Blair’s legacy in Middle East is peace poor
Published by The Sun (29th May, 2015) Once he promised to transform Britain. Instead Tony Blair became a despised figure around the world. And now what is probably the […]
Politics
Labour’s instant denial of its manifesto damages politics
Published by The Independent (25th May, 2015) Politics is a brutal business – and none know this better than Ed Balls. The Brownite bruiser, a less than popular […]