Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on playing pathetic tribal games and populated by self-centred […]
Africa / Aid / Somalia / Somaliland
Foreign aid blights rather than builds a nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2023) Somalia is a shattered country associated with chaos, conflict and piracy, host to an Islamist terrorist group described by a senior […]
Policy / Social care
Social care has been unloved and poorly funded for too long
Published by The Times (4th July, 2023) My daughter is lovely. She has learning disabilities and a life-threatening health condition, however, so my family is reliant on a […]
Europe / France
Troubled republic must search its revolutionary soul
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2023) In 2009, Africa Express, the collaborative music project I co-founded, held a show in the centre of Paris. So as […]
Africa / Immigration / Policy / Rwanda
Ruling on Rwanda is a win for decency
Published by The i paper (30th June, 2023) What a fine start to the day. First came a forceful report from the Conservative-dominated Privileges Committee condemning the Boris […]
Politics
The struggle to save our democracy from scoundrels
Published by The i paper (19th June, 2023) It is now official: Boris Johnson is a lying scoundrel. He is branded forever as a man who treated his […]
Europe / Politics / Russia / United States / World
Three ageing male egomaniacs, clinging to power
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as […]
Europe / Russia
It is laughable for Edward Snowden to pose as a freedom fighter
Published by The Times (9th June, 2023) Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor, is marking the tenth anniversary of his revelations about electronic surveillance systems by warning again […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Mass evacuations as ‘Russia blows up dam’
Published by The Daily Mail (7th June, 2023) Shortly after two o’clock in the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions and then strange rushing sounds. […]
Africa / Europe / Russia / South Africa / Ukraine
South Africa isn’t neutral on Ukraine
Published by UnHerd (7th June, 2023) “Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division among us: between those who cherish democracy and those who […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Yevhen’s story: how a father from Ukraine rescued his children from the Kremlin clutches
Published by Tortoise (30th May, 2023) The Polyany sanatorium is a two-storey brick building in verdant grounds about an hour’s drive west of Moscow. It is a hybrid […]