Published by The i paper (15th November, 2021) It is more than three years since I wrote an angry piece in this publication telling the tale of a […]
Belarus / Europe / Germany / Immigration / Poland / Policy
A grotesque game of human ping-pong
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2021) We met deep inside Europe’s last remaining primeval forest, where bison and wolves roam beneath ancient towering oaks. ‘I […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
It’s vital we protect the soul of our democracy
Published by The Daily Mail (16th October, 2021) Yet again, Britain shudders in collective shock as a Member of Parliament is slaughtered while doing their job. I do […]
Crime / Policy
Men: this is not just a women’s issue
Published by The i paper (4th October, 2021) When Sajid Javid was interviewed over the weekend about the hideous Sarah Everard case, he delivered the classic political response […]
Disability / Health / Policy
A stealthy new age of eugenics
Published by The i paper (27th September, 2021) Heidi Crowter is 26 years old, married last year and is full of life. She loves music and follows Liverpool […]
Policy / Politics / Social care
Labour is missing an open goal on social care
Published by The Times (8th September, 2021) Could there be a bigger open goal for an opposition party? A prime minister who won power by luring disgruntled northern […]
Policy / Social care
It will take more than a dollop of cash to save shattered social care
Published by The i paper (6th September, 2021) First the good news. There seems to be universal recognition that our shattered social care system needs urgent sorting. This […]
Afghanistan / Defence / Feature / Policy / World
Our troops are doing their best. But Kabul shows how impotent we are without America
Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2021) There are few institutions that can still unite our nation in uncritical admiration after a series of scandals challenged our […]
Belarus / Europe / Immigration / Lithuania / Policy
How migrants are being used as weapons
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2021) The pandemic has crushed the global tourism industry, with thousands of flights cancelled and millions of holidays postponed – but […]
Drugs / Police / Policy
Britain’s criminal approach to drugs
Published by UnHerd (30th July, 2021) Our nation’s politicians have long been guilty of an inflated sense of exceptionalism. But there is one area in which Britain indisputably […]
Health / Policy
A bloody disgrace
Published by The Daily Mail (July 29th, 2021) The Ken Clarke brand of politics — his straight-talking and dis-hevelled style —has, for many decades, provided a welcome relief […]