Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2020) When Michael Gove sought to shore up support for the Government’s polices on lockdown, he invoked the most sacred idol in the […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Fix the care system and end these inhumane detentions
Published by The i paper (30th November, 2020) Susie* is 16 years old. She has autism and special needs. And like so many others with similar conditions, both […]
Drugs / Feature / Policy / United States / World
Has America changed its mind about drugs?
Published by UnHerd (12th November, 2020) If there is one thing that pretty much everyone in the United States can agree on, it is that their mighty nation […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
A shameful failure of decency
Published by The i paper (5th October, 2020) Here we go again. The Tories are sliding in the polls. The prime minister’s popularity is waning fast as his incompetence […]
Drugs / Policy
Cannabis failures show why we need to legalise drugs
Published by The Times (10th September, 2020) Carly Barton is a former university lecturer who suffered a stroke at the age of 24. It left her feeling as […]
Immigration / Policy
Symbols of the hostile environment
Published by The i paper (7th September, 2020) Clapton Girls’ Academy has a motto to inspire pupils in one of the poorer parts of London: “Arrive with a […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / World
We owe it to asylum seekers to help them
Published by The i paper (31st August, 2020) Hala has known nothing but conflict and chaos all her life. She was eight years old when her nation was […]
Health / Policy
Incompetence, conspiracy – and how our culture of NHS worship is costing lives
Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2020) Today Harry Richford should be a bundle of energy, full of curiosity and mischief like any other toddler approaching his […]
Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]