Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd February, 2015) For radicalised Muslim women in Britain and beyond who seek to marry into the blood-stained ranks of Islamic State, […]
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 […]
Aid
India sends rockets into space. So does it need our £210m aid?
Published by The Sun (13th February, 2015) Another day, another damning report into Britain’s great aid giveaway. It is almost enough to make you feel sorry for the […]
Economics / Politics
Are the Tories just defending crony capitalism?
Published by The Guardian (10th February, 2015) The embryonic general election campaign has been dominated by big business and its hostility to Labour. Attacks from former friends and […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics
I look at my daughter and welcome this decision
Published by The Daily Mail (4th February, 2015) Given the immense medical and moral significance of the issue, it was curious that MPs were given only 90 minutes […]
Economics
Globalisation is good. Ask a carmaker
Published by The Guardian (3rd February, 2015) The resurgence of the British motor industry is among the most remarkable economic stories of recent times. It boomed after the […]
Politics
Don’t flirt with the Greens – expose their daftness
Published by The Independent (26th January, 2015) It was another bad weekend for Ukip. First one of its MEPs quit for the Tories, fuming that party leader Nigel […]
Health / Policy
Blundering, bloated and biased – the NHS watchdog not fit for purpose
Published by The Daily Mail (20th January, 2015) Britain’s health service is much too important to be treated as a political football. Indeed, last year I wrote an article […]
Europe / European Union / Switzerland
Why the shocking price of Swiss cheese and skiing means the euro is heading for disaster
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th January, 2015) Yesterday, in a McDonald’s in Switzerland, I saw people paying nearly £8 for a Big Mac and fries. For […]
Travel
Terrific for turtles
Published in The Daily Mail (18th January, 2015) The Queen’s portrait is on display in the airport, but it feels like arriving in Florida with joggers pounding pavements, […]
Africa / Nigeria
A change of fortune for Nigeria’s president?
Published by The Independent (17th January, 2015) Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was a canoe-maker, struggling to survive in the Delta region of southern Nigeria. Yet despite his humble background he […]