Published by The Independent (19th May, 2014) Wouldn’t it be lovely to be in a job where, as the sun comes out and the garden starts to bloom, […]
Sport
Football chiefs keep scoring own goals
Published by The Independent on Sunday (18th May, 2014) We all make mistakes, of course. So it is easy to understand why Sepp Blatter is feeling a little […]
India / World
Divisive extremist with blood on his hands or saviour of his state?
Published by The Daily Mail (17th May, 2014) Twelve years ago, a train containing Hindu activists heading for a protest at the site of a demolished mosque was […]
Economics
A vote of confidence in Britain
Published by The Guardian (13th May, 2014) There is something repellent about the likes of James Stunt, who married billionaire Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter and drives around London with his security […]
Africa / Aid / Nigeria / Politics / Technology
Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria
Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. It might have taken […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
David Cameron’s right-wing problem
Published by The Wall Street Journal (7th May 2014) Shortly after David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives in Britain, a caller to a radio show asked him about a […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal
Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed men in military uniforms entered a police station […]
Drugs / Policy / Politics
High time to end this immoral drugs war
Published by The Independent (30th April, 2014) It is 43 years since Richard Nixon, in need of a public enemy to shore up support for his snarling style […]
Politics
Lunacy of the town that turned Green
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th April, 2014) With the sun shining down on a shimmering sea, children playing on the beach and families thronging its cafes […]
Drugs / Policy
How legal highs could be brought down to Earth
Published by The Guardian (26th April, 2014) Just down the road from my house are shops that demonstrate the absurdity of our drug laws. The shelves are filled […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for protection as a car slammed to a halt. Out […]