The corrosive legacy of Live Aid
Published in the Daily Mail (June 4th, 2011) Like most people of my generation, I can still recall with utmost... Read Full Article
Patients suffer. Standards fall. So why is competition still such a dirty word in the NHS?
Published in the Daily Mail (May 26th, 2011) Living in a high-tech age of instant communication, it is easy to... Read Full Article
Stop the flow of cash to Rwanda’s despotic regime
Published in The Times (May 23rd, 2011) Somehow, we never seem to learn. This year, we have seen seismic uprisings... Read Full Article
Despite our noble intentions, aid does not solve problems – it just makes them worse
Published in the Daily Mail (May 18th, 2011) The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad symbolises Pakistan’s profound problems with terrorism and... Read Full Article
My twitterspat with Paul Kagame
Published in The Guardian (May 17th, 2011) Returning home from a Saturday afternoon walk with the dog, I did what... Read Full Article
Patients are being betrayed. Don’t retreat from reform
Published in The Times (May 11th, 2011) For those of us forced to deal with the daily realities of healthcare... Read Full Article
The troubling aftermath of Bin Laden’s killing
Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 8th, 2011) It was a scene familiar from coffee bars around the world.... Read Full Article
What next for the coalition?
Published in Prospect (May 4th, 2011) So it is all over bar the shouting. And what a lot of shouting... Read Full Article
Is the Coalition marriage doomed to end in divorce?
Published in the London Evening Standard (May 3rd, 2011) Thankfully, it is nearly over. The debate over a small change... Read Full Article
Slaughter of the olive branch martyrs
Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 1st, 2011) The story of the Syrian uprising is being told in short... Read Full Article