Published by The i paper (23rd August, 2021) Ten years ago, I stood in the ransacked residence of the British ambassador to Libya, staring through a hole blasted […]
China / Covid19 / United States / World
China lashes out at US over ‘fake news’ ahead of key report into COVID origins
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) The Chinese government has stepped up its aggressive resistance against efforts by Western scientists to probe Covid’s origins – […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Fleeced: How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) If you want to understand the horrifying return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan you could delve into […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Our folly and failure in Afghanistan
Published by The i paper (16th August, 2021) The humiliating retreat from Afghanistan has turned into a horror show, the fear and panic in Kabul stirring up dark […]
China / Covid19 / World
The Batwoman dossier
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th August, 2021) Slowly but surely, the narrative on the origins of the pandemic has shifted, despite the best efforts of China and […]
China / Covid19 / World
China pushed to open up labs as Covid leak theory gains support
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th August, 2021) China is coming under pressure to share data and open up its virus research centres in Wuhan to proper […]
Covid19 / Technology
Science journals have been corrupted by China
Published by UnHerd (13th August, 2021) Nine months ago, the scientific establishment’s determined efforts to stifle debate on the origins of the pandemic began to crumble with the […]
Afghanistan / Feature / Iraq / United States / World
The sickening hypocrisy of Bush, Blair and the war on terror
Published by The i paper (9th August, 2021) Twenty years after lethal attacks turned aircraft into weapons and sparked the so-called war on terror, the US has slunk […]
Belarus / Europe / Immigration / Lithuania / Policy
How migrants are being used as weapons
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2021) The pandemic has crushed the global tourism industry, with thousands of flights cancelled and millions of holidays postponed – but […]
Europe / Russia
We are in a race to save democracy
Published by The i paper (2nd August, 2021) On Thursday, I flipped on the television before heading to bed. People in helmets were lined up at the start […]
Drugs / Police / Policy
Britain’s criminal approach to drugs
Published by UnHerd (30th July, 2021) Our nation’s politicians have long been guilty of an inflated sense of exceptionalism. But there is one area in which Britain indisputably […]
Health / Policy
A bloody disgrace
Published by The Daily Mail (July 29th, 2021) The Ken Clarke brand of politics — his straight-talking and dis-hevelled style —has, for many decades, provided a welcome relief […]