Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd April, 2017) The symbolism could not have been more stark, nor the power plays more loaded, when Europe formally responded to […]
Aid / Politics
MPs can’t afford to ignore the millions we waste on aid
Published by The Times (29th March, 2017) Can you guess the big problem with Britain’s aid spending? It is not the appalling waste, the insidious corruption, the persistent […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The great Brexit farce has begun
Published by The i paper (27th March, 2017) There is a simplistic clarity to any act of insurgency. Rebellions can bring together armies of malcontents with very different […]
Europe / Ireland / Politics
Terror and peace: Martin McGuinness’s divisive legacy
Published by CapX (21st March, 2017) For anyone my age, the death of Martin McGuinness brings very mixed feelings. We grew up to a backdrop of bombs and […]
Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Some say Remainers should stay silent. I don’t agree…
Published by The i Paper (13th March, 2017) The prime minister is poised to lead her people in massed leap over a cliff edge as she triggers Article […]
Economics / Politics
The self-employed shouldn’t be stung with more taxes
Published by The Times (7th March, 2017) Seven years ago I joined the swelling ranks of self-employed workers in Britain after a quarter century in the corporate world. […]
Aid / Politics
Behind the fine words, corruption festers
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th February, 2017) So now it is official: Adam Smith International, Britain’s biggest specialist aid contractor, engaged in dirty tricks to dupe […]
Europe / Politics
My Tory Brexit friends should hang their heads in shame
Published by The Guardian (7th February, 2016) Ken Clarke has been in superb form since becoming the only Conservative MP with the bottle to vote against the Brexit […]
Politics
Where is the Remain fightback?
Published by The i paper (6th February, 2017) A few weeks before the Brexit vote, Nigel Farage gave clear warning he would fight for a second referendum if […]
Politics / United States / World
The real cost of ‘Global Britain’
Published by The i paper (30th January, 2017) It is two decades since a newly-elected Labour government, riding a wave of heartfelt hope, proclaimed Britain would have an […]
Politics
Theresa May’s rhetorical punch
Published by Politico (27th January, 2017) As someone who spends days churning out words for columns and foreign dispatches, I like to liven up copy with a few […]
Politics
Corbyn’s drubbing illustrates the collapse of opposition in Britain
Published by The Daily Telegraph (25th January, 2017) The goal could hardly have been more open. Theresa May came to the despatch box having lost a landmark court […]