Published by The i paper (28th January, 2019) When I visited Venezuela three decades ago, it was the envy of Latin America with its stable democracy and oil-based […]
Africa / Aid / Kenya
Boss of fraud scandal charity bankrolled by £132million in British aid sent ‘witch porn’ to female worker
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th January, 2019) A major UK charity has failed to remove from office a senior director accused of bullying whistleblowers, corruption and […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia / Immigration / Policy
Ethiopia is right to liberate refugees from hellish camps
Published by The Times (22nd January, 2019) More than 25 million people are refugees, forced to flee their homelands by conflict, drought or disaster. For all the hysterical […]
Economics / Politics
No wonder May wants a ‘short and sharp’ manifesto
Published by The i paper (21st January, 2019) Just in case you have not fully appreciated the farcical nature of the Brexit crisis, consider this: Theresa May might […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Teenager sent to health unit for six-week autism check-up when aged 18 left caged with killers 13 years later
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th January, 2019) When Kyle Gibbon left school, the local authority suggested the 18-year-old with autism and mild learning disabilities should spend […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
When will we define Brexit?
Published by the ipaper (14th January, 2019) Even the word sounds like a curse now. Once the idea of Brexit was wrapped up in flickering images of past […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Let them all out now
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A mental health nurse has revealed she saw staff in a secure psychiatric unit restrain a patient with learning […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Investigation triggers 4th inquiry
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A major investigation into the abusive care of patients with autism is set to be launched by MPs – […]
Arts / Disability / Film / Technology
The invisibility of disability on the screen
Published by UnHerd (10th January, 2019) It is ironic that Bryan Cranston has been forced to defend his right to portray a person with disabilities when promoting his […]
Disability / Health / Policy
No way to treat people with autism
Published by The i paper (7th January, 2019) The stories sound like something from a cruel military dictatorship or those hideous asylums we assumed had been banished to […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Worse than Broadmoor for autistic children, reveals whistleblower nurse
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th January, 2019) Ian Summers spent eight years as a mental health nurse at Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric hospital holding some of […]
Europe / Germany / Immigration / Policy
Crisis? What crisis? It’s just a few boats feuling hysteria about immigration
Published by The ipaper (31st December, 2018) As Angela Merkel enters the twilight of her extraordinary political career, she can look back on a nation transformed by her […]