Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd December, 2019) The Foreign Office has been condemned by senior MPs and human rights groups for continuing to use aid money intended […]
Politics
Like it or not, Brexit has won – now the real battle begins
Published by The i paper (16th December, 2019) As soon as I heard the exit poll on election night, I felt strangely sanguine. I had lost, and so […]
Aid / Politics
An aid to better spending
Published by The Times (12th December, 2019) Even Boris Johnson’s critics would agree that on the subject of international aid he has been clear and consistent. The prime […]
Politics
Labour has a choice: the centre or the abyss
Published by The Washington Post (13th December, 2019) As results started rolling in from Britain’s 650 constituencies in Thursday’s election, there was a moment of exquisite symbolism. Labour […]
Politics
Can Dominic Raab cling on to Esher?
Published by UnHerd (9th December, 2019) I met Liam Gallagher on the high street in Esher outside his tile shop. “Yes, that is really my name,” he told […]
Politics
Voters are being offered the Devil’s choice
Published by The i paper (9th December, 2019) Weary British voters head back to the polls this week. They have many concerns of crucial importance swirling around their […]
Health / Policy
NHS for sale? Too late for many mental health services
Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2019) For much of the time it has seemed only two issues are at stake in this depressing election campaign. The […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
Our prisons are a national disgrace
Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was distressed to discover the barbaric treatment of inmates […]
Health / Policy
The NHS is our modern shibboleth
Published by The i paper (25th November, 2019) The comedian Rob Delaney has made a video for Labour about the NHS that has been watched almost five million times on […]
China / World
Inside China’s concentration camps
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th November, 2019) The guards picked out the prettiest girl – a teenager with her head shaved and wearing a simple uniform […]
Health / Policy
42 dead babies and a culture of arrogance and cover-up that scars the NHS
Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2019) The horror stories could hardly be more disturbing. Dozens of babies dying, scores more with avoidable brain damage, and clinical […]