Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th November, 2014) The rusting stern of the Cornelis Vrolijk towers over the quayside in Ijmuiden, an immense port near Amsterdam. She is […]
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 […]
Aid
A nauseating award for Blair and a bloated aid industry sucking up to its political paymasters
Published by The Daily Mail (27th November, 2014) A spectacular charity gala studded with celebrities, famous singers and Hollywood stars, it was just the sort of glittering event […]
Africa / Aid
Sir Bob’s pet cause is arrogant and wrong
Published by The Sun (18th November, 2014) Sometimes, even for secular saints, the truth is uncomfortable – as Sir Bob has discovered yesterday when cut off on television […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
How the Tories are helping Ukip
Published by The Independent (17th November, 2014) First Clacton, now Rochester – the unlikely landmarks of British political history as Ukip takes one more step on to Tory terrain […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Is ‘Gucci Grace’ about to become the world’s first female dictator?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th November, 2014) Grace Mugabe has been called many things since the moment when, barely out of her teens, she caught the […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Should Band Aid be resurrected?
Published by The Observer (16th November, 2014) The Observer debate with Tim Ingham (Editor, Music Week) IB: Absolutely not. The only good thing is to learn the toe-curling […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Sorry Bob – Band Aid has done more harm than good
Published by The Daily Mail (12th November, 2014) Once again, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure have lined up the latest crop of chart-toppers to create another incarnation — […]
Politics
Miliband has failed to follow the first rule of opposition
Published by The Independent (10th November, 2014) There is a certain choreography parties perform when a leader is in trouble. First they deny any divisions even as rumbling concerns […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime backed by huge sums of British aid. A […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Fascists, felons and fanatical fools: ugly truth about Farage’s friends in Brussels
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd November, 2014) Eleonora Bechis does not hold Nigel Farage in high regard. She calls him ‘a misogynist, homophobe and xenophobe,’ adding that […]
Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity
Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the Mediterranean when they saw a jacket float past […]