Published by The i paper (22nd August, 2022) I went to Tallinn earlier this month to report on Estonia’s remarkable embrace of digital government. This Baltic nation has […]
Drugs / Policy
Westminster is addicted to drug prohibition
Published by The i paper (15th August, 2022) Rishi Sunak likes to joke that he is a coke addict. He has even admitted he is hooked on Mexican […]
Health / Policy
Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare
Published by UnHerd (2nd August, 2022) There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas
Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on Channel 4, I was talking to a terrific […]
Africa / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Rwanda
The prince is as hypocritical as the PM
Published by The i paper (13th June, 2022) Prince Charles is right: the Government’s plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda is “appalling”. It is a callous, […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics
Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not rule out another tilt at the top job […]
Health / Policy
Another death, this time a friend’s son, highlights the need for an urgent review of psychiatric services
Published by The i paper (2nd May, 2022) More than three decades ago I joined The Sunday Times in the wake of the Wapping dispute, which broke the stranglehold of […]
Europe / Immigration / Policy / Ukraine
Blitz spirit that puts Britain to shame
Published by The i paper (14th March, 2022) One night last week I found myself without anywhere to stay. This was unsurprising: I was in a city in […]
China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World
So why did the science establishment try so hard to silence those who feared Covid leaked from a Chinese lab?
Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2022) Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the world-famous Wellcome Trust, has condemned the policy failures of politicians in the pandemic while […]
Drugs / Policy / Politics
Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’
Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights into the latest model of the Labour Party. […]
Policy / Social care
Social care crisis spinning out of control
Published by The I paper (22nd November, 2021) We can see clearly the shape of Boris Johnson’s premiership after 28 months – and it is not the prettiest […]