Published by The ipaper (16th July, 2017) The Home Office released its long-awaited new drugs strategy on Friday. Given that it was two years late, and given the […]
Africa / Tanzania
Wayne Rooney and the new frontier
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th July, 2017) When the vice-president of Tanzania heard Everton were planning to play in her country, she was amazed. ‘I could […]
Disability
End this casual abuse of disabled people
Published by The Times (12th July, 2017) It was good to see swift action taken against the Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris after she used the racist expression […]
Iraq / World
Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh
Published by The ipaper (10th July 2017) Some Iraqi troops started celebrating the defeat of Isis in Mosul even as their colleagues closed in on the final fighters […]
Iraq / World
Death throes of the caliphate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th July, 2017) The scenes of destruction were simply apocalyptic. Every street pockmarked by bombs, every building wrecked, every home destroyed, every […]
Politics
The Tories’ forgotten generation
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2017) Damian Green is a decent guy. He is one of those pleasant, slightly plodding MPs on the traditional left of […]
Europe / France / Immigration / Policy
Human wolfpack hiding in the woods of Calais
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd July, 2017) First there was Sangatte. Then ‘the Jungle’. Now they hide out in the woods. Migrant men, women, boys and […]
Aid / Politics
Patel’s pitiful bid to defend waste and corruption
Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th June, 2017) Earlier this month I found myself sitting in an impressive Whitehall office being grilled by officials at the aid […]
Economics
A real investigation into the 2008 crash is long overdue
Published by The Times (23rd June, 2017) Hallelujah! It has taken nine years. But at last some British bankers face criminal charges over the 2008 financial meltdown that […]
Politics
Theresa’s travails – and why I’m launching a politics festival
Published by The i paper (19th June, 2017) Like her or loathe her, it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Theresa May. All her life she […]
Politics
Theresa May’s biggest challenge: admitting Cameron was right
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th June, 2017) When Theresa May arrived in Downing Street she behaved like the leader of a rebel army seizing a Royal […]