Published by The ipaper (22nd April, 2019) Civil disobedience is rarely popular, especially when it leads to disrupted journeys, blocked roads and traffic jams. No doubt some passengers […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Britain’s cruel care system shames us all
Published by The Times (19th April, 2019) The details are shocking. A troubled girl just 14 years old, sent for the first time into a place of supposed […]
Arts / Europe / European Union
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye?
Published by Damn (18th April, 2019) It seems strange to recall that when I was growing up in the suburbs of London almost half a century ago, the […]
India / World
India’s huge vote in favour of democracy
Published by The i paper (15th April, 2019) People went by camel, car, foot, bicycle and tractor when voting started last week in the world’s biggest general election. […]
Africa / Algeria / Sudan
The Arab Spring is still unfurling
Published by UnHerd (11th April, 2019) The revolution in Sudan has an icon. The image of a young student was caught on scores of mobile phones as she […]
Policy / Politics
How dare fat cat council bosses bleat about cuts?
Published by The Daily Mail (10th April, 2019) A few months ago, leaders of Labour-controlled Slough Borough Council added their signatures to a ‘Breaking Point’ campaign of councillors […]
Politics
We need strong leaders, not technocrats
Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these are far from the best of times. Britain […]
Disability / Health / Policy
‘It was pure torture’: autistic boy locked up, had head flushed down a toilet and punched so hard his jaw was broken in state care
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th April, 2019) When Ben Garrod turned 18, he was preparing to move from a specialist residential school into his own flat […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The Tories ditch decency along with their values
Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his haircut through to his pragmatic approach to politics […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Hand poisoned chalice back to the people
Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / Politics / World
Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery
Published by The ipaper (18th March, 2019) Five years ago I was reporting from Iraq when I wrote about Kocho, a Yazidi village where Islamic State (IS) fanatics […]
Disability / Health / Policy
My autistic child was kidnaped by social workers
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th March, 2019) It was a cold day in February five years ago when a psychologist sent by the local authority issued […]