Published by The Times (28th June, 2018) This is a depressing time for prison reform campaigners. Ministers have announced they are building two new jails ready for another […]
Drugs / Policy
Game over for the war on drugs?
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
When will politicians quit the war on drugs?
Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality. All the evidence indicates it is prohibition that […]
Environment / Europe / Italy / Policy
Dead pigs expose horrors behind gourmet Parma ham
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th May, 2018) First came the smell, an acrid stench of ammonia clinging to the breeze as I walked through the dark […]
Disability / Health / Policy
So many deaths by indifference
Published by The i paper (7th May, 2018) On Friday morning, as the nation woke up to local election results, a report was slipped out by the National […]
Health / Policy
The forgotten health scandal
Published by The i paper (30th April, 2018) In the United States they call it ‘the haemophilia holocaust’ after use of tainted blood products wiped out thousands of […]
Housing / Policy
Slaying dragons: the stifling British green belt
Published by UnHerd (24th April, 2018) Oxford is a beautiful place, famous for its university and fine medieval buildings. But it also stands as symbol of Britain’s housing […]