Published by The i paper (25th February, 2019) Last Thursday, standing inside Al-Hol camp in northern Syria, I came across a bedraggled girl. She was stripping off her […]
Syria / World
More British jihadi brides hide among us in camp, say IS women
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th February, 2019) British women fleeing from Islamic State’s last pocket of land are giving false names and hiding their identities among […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / United States / World
Trump is terrible – but the sabotage of Brexit will outlast him
Published by The Washington Post (18th February, 2019) For most of my life, Britain and the United States have felt like twins. My country was older and perhaps […]
Iraq / Syria / World
This war is far from over
Published by The i paper (18th February, 2019) How little they learn from history. Just 16 years ago President George W. Bush stood on the deck of an […]
Iraq / Syria / World
Death squads roam in the ruins of the caliphate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th February, 2019) The civilians able to escape have fled. Now there are just an estimated 500 fighters, many of them foreigners, […]
Aid / Politics
Don’t tinker with the foreign aid target – just bin it
Published by The Sun (12th February, 2019) THE Tories are in a pickle – and not just on Brexit. They tried to cloak themselves in compassion by chucking […]
Policy / Politics / Transport
A symbol of corrosive failure
Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European nation demeaned by nativism, I flicked through a […]
Denmark / Europe / Immigration / Policy
Europe’s Alcatraz: why the continent’s most liberal nation plans to dump refugees on a remote island
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th February, 2019) The rain lashed down and wind blew in fiercely over icy Baltic waters as Peter Skaarup stepped back on […]
Economics / Europe / European Union
Nissan points the way for Brexit Britain
Published by The i paper (4th February, 2019) The Nissan car plant in Sunderland holds a special place in our nation’s history. It became a symbol of Britain’s […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Sophie had autism. So why did her life end in a special unit for mentally ill people?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) Ben and Nickie Bennett had just finished dinner at home on a bank holiday Monday when the doorbell rang. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Five new secure units for autistic patients set to open despite pledge to close them
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) A private health company is opening five secure units to lock up people with autism and learning disabilities – […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Can we be trusted with euthanasia?
Published by UnHerd (1st February, 2019) It is largely accepted in the modern democratic world that people have the right to do as they determine with their bodies […]