Published by The Washington Post (17th July, 2019) British Prime Minister Theresa May is a diminished figure after three years in Downing Street, during which she threw away […]
Economics / Europe / Sweden
Does going cashless let Big Brother monitor your money?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th July, 2019) Gustaf can remember the precise date when he last used cash. ‘It was October 7 last year,’ he told […]
Policy
Take pride in how far we’ve come on gay rights
Published by The i paper (8th July, 2019) The streets were filled with revellers, buildings bedecked in rainbow flags and even Downing Street given a floral makeover with […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Social care is a scandal that stains our nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2019) When politicians are in a pickle on an issue, they kick it into the long grass. So we have seen at […]
Politics
Beware the interesting politician
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2019) Last summer I spent a few days talking to voters deep in the heart of Trumpland. In small towns across West […]
Africa / Economics / Saudi Arabia / Sudan / World
We should stop pandering to the barbaric Saudis
Published by The Times (24th June, 2019) Saudi Arabia is very rich and buys lots of British weapons. Yet it is still baffling that our government remains so […]
Politics
Deeply flawed and unfit to be Prime Minister
Published by The i paper (24th June, 2019) Has there ever been such a calamitous first day to a party leadership contest? It began with a minister suspended […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Tory moderates backing Boris Johnson are handing the party over to extremists
Published by New Statesman (21st June, 2019) The only good thing to have emerged so far from the depressing Conservative leadership campaign has been the arrival of Rory Stewart […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Deadly inequality
Published by UnHerd (18th June, 2019) We should welcome the fact that the issue of inequality has surged up the political agenda, given the lingering injustices around class, […]
Disability / Health / Policy
A lame and toothless watchdog
Published by The i paper (17th June 2019) Derek Fleming doted on his ‘funny, caring and loving’ daughter Margaret. But when the lawyer found he had terminal cancer, […]