Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these are far from the best of times. Britain […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The Tories ditch decency along with their values
Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his haircut through to his pragmatic approach to politics […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Hand poisoned chalice back to the people
Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / Politics / World
Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery
Published by The ipaper (18th March, 2019) Five years ago I was reporting from Iraq when I wrote about Kocho, a Yazidi village where Islamic State (IS) fanatics […]
Politics
How Brexit could shatter Britain’s two-party politics
Published by CapX (15th March, 2019) On the day the coalition government was formed, I found myself briefly alone with an exhausted David Cameron as he was about […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / United States / World
Trump is terrible – but the sabotage of Brexit will outlast him
Published by The Washington Post (18th February, 2019) For most of my life, Britain and the United States have felt like twins. My country was older and perhaps […]
Aid / Politics
Don’t tinker with the foreign aid target – just bin it
Published by The Sun (12th February, 2019) THE Tories are in a pickle – and not just on Brexit. They tried to cloak themselves in compassion by chucking […]
Policy / Politics / Transport
A symbol of corrosive failure
Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European nation demeaned by nativism, I flicked through a […]
Economics / Politics
No wonder May wants a ‘short and sharp’ manifesto
Published by The i paper (21st January, 2019) Just in case you have not fully appreciated the farcical nature of the Brexit crisis, consider this: Theresa May might […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
When will we define Brexit?
Published by the ipaper (14th January, 2019) Even the word sounds like a curse now. Once the idea of Brexit was wrapped up in flickering images of past […]
Politics
Has there ever been a bunch of more selfish politicians?
Published by The Guardian (12th December, 2018) It is hard not to conclude that the Tory hard right are intent on destroying their party and handing the country to […]
Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics
Another defining week for our Brexit self-harm strategy
Published by The i paper (9th December, 2018) As I walked beside Gilets Jaunes protesters in Marseille on Saturday, I asked two simple questions: why were they here […]