Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st May, 2020) China has become used to public confessions on television. But this time the words came from one of the […]
Covid19 / Politics
Pandemic, power and a prime minister’s hubris
Published by The i paper (25th May, 2020) The strange thing about politics is how stories about one person’s behaviour can detonate like a lethal missile as they […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy
Coronavirus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th May, 2020) A team of scientists has produced evidence that the pandemic virus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’, raising fresh […]
Economics
What does a rich list really tell us?
Published by The i paper (18th May, 2020) I was a young reporter on contract at The Sunday Times when Andrew Neil first published a “rich list”. Those […]
China / Covid19 / World
Landmark study: Virus didn’t come from animals in Wuhan market
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th May, 2020) China’s claims that the pandemic emerged from a wild animal market in Wuhan last December have been challenged by […]
China / Economics / Technology / World
Legal threat over Boris 5G deal
Published by The Mail on Sunday ((17th May, 2020) The Government is facing legal action over its controversial deal to allow Huawei to play a role in building […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Shame of Covid-19s forgotten victims
Published by The i paper (11th May, 2020) Britain has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the world, there is carnage in our care homes and […]
China / Covid19 / World
So when did Covid first erupt in China?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th May, 2020) On the afternoon of September 18 last year, the customs office at Wuhan Tianhe airport received an emergency message […]