Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd February, 2017) Joshua Titcombe was just nine days old when he died in 2008. His grieving parents discovered midwives repeatedly missed chances […]
Europe / Policy / World
Nativism is the new world order
Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
Europe / Immigration / Policy / Serbia
The railway children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way alongside railway tracks, covering the nearby piles of […]
Health / Policy / Politics
Britain needs to have a serious conversation about the NHS
Published by the Financial Times (17th December, 2016) It is rare that I agree with Jeremy Corbyn, especially in his outmoded approach to public services. Yet few could argue […]
Disability / Health / Policy
The social care crisis won’t be solved by sticking plaster politics
Published by CapX (13th December 2016) In these divided days, the existence of a crisis in social care is one of the few areas of consensus. Labour has […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The barbaric crime wave we ignore
Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character. His family tried to protect him since people […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
The spice of prison life
Published by the ipaper (5th December, 2016) The ambulances turn up at Bristol Prison with monotonous regularity. Once every few hours, five times a day, up to 35 […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
At last: a stirring defence of liberalism
Published by The i paper (21st November, 2016) The Tory moderniser and former minister Anna Soubry was in magnificent form in a weekend newspaper interview, leaving journalist Decca […]
Crime / Policy / Technology
The gagging of justice
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2016) A ‘very wealthy’ businessman has won a legal injunction to stop The Mail on Sunday from revealing that he […]
Education / Immigration / Policy
Misguided May’s mess over migration
Published by the ipaper (24th October, 2016) Paul Saunders was stunned when, after marrying a Cuban earlier this year, he discovered they were banned from living together in […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
Refugees are a test of our shared humanity
Published by the ipaper (18th September, 2016) South Sudan is the world’s newest country, having just passed its fifth birthday. But there is little to celebrate in a […]