Published by The i paper (25th June, 2018) It seems incredible that it is just two weeks since I was with a single mother and her son in […]
Drugs / Health / Policy
This life-saver merits respect and research
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) Even after 25 years, I hate seeing the seizures. The look of panic flickering across my daughter’s face, the […]
Drugs / Health / Policy / Politics
Sister-in-law of Home Office Minister who banned cannabis oil confesses: I have used it too, so make it legal
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) The sister-in-law of Nick Hurd, the Home Office Minister who last week barred desperate mother Charlotte Caldwell from bringing […]
Politics
Stand up to the incompetent Brexit bullies
Published by The i paper (11th June, 2018) You might think an outbreak of trade war would make even the most ardent Brexiteer question the wisdom of quitting […]
North Korea / World
Deal or not, North Korea remains a murderous regime
Published by The Times (11th June, 2018) Kang Chol-hwan was sent to one of North Korea’s death camps aged nine under its policy of punishing entire families for […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
Deal is an own goal
Published by The Sun (11th June, 2018) Paul Kagame is one of the world’s most ruthless dictators. He runs a nasty one-party state in Rwanda that crushes dissent […]
Politics
A new party could save politics from the extremes
Published by UnHerd (6th June, 2018) Everyone wants a political party that reflects their own outlook. And since we tend to live and move in silos of like-minded […]
Health / Policy
The NHS is a victim of success
Published by The i paper (4th June, 2018) Today Jeremy Hunt became the longest-serving health secretary since the creation of the National Health Service almost 70 years ago. There […]
Africa / Aid / South Sudan / Uganda
The foreign aid ghost camps
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd June, 2018) When United Nations chief Antonio Guterres begged the world to help Uganda deal with ‘the biggest refugee exodus in Africa […]
Environment / Policy
Myth of the British countryside
Published by The i paper (28th May, 2018) For all his faults on Brexit and that disastrous leadership bid, Michael Gove remains one of our more interesting politicians. […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
Deal that makes a mockery of fair play
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th May, 2018) After a decade writing about the aid industry, I thought I had seen it all with the daft projects, […]