Published by The Daily Mail (5th July, 2024) It is more than 14 years since I stood chatting to a nervous politician on the eve of taking power. […]
Policy / Politics / Sport
Starmer’s pitch at normality
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2024) The reports make the game sound almost professional. Whites took the lead when a “fine, flowing movement” ended with Mark […]
Politics
Tories deserve to be kicked as hard as possible into the history books
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at their party conference last year, he spoke about the […]
Defence / Policy / Politics
Sunak’s not so cunning plan
Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in the face. Our officers look useless. Their strategies […]
Politics
Cameron’s rosy vision reduced to dust
Published by The i paper (24th May, 2024) It seems strange to recall the nervous Conservative sense of hope and optimism when the party was ushered back into […]
Politics
A general election wipeout in waiting
Published by The i paper (6th May, 2024) The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry, then totted up in Sandwell. Then came the […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot
Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling gullible Western politicians into supporting his dictatorship, whether […]
Politics
What’s the point of the Lib Dems?
Published by The i paper (22nd April, 2024) The vote in Parliament last week to impose the world’s toughest smoking ban was a perfect symbol for the state […]
Politics
There is a big difference between 1997 and 2024 for Labour
Published by The i paper (18th March, 2024) The Tories are panicking again as they look at the polls, contemplate their looming electoral wipeout after another disastrous week […]
Politics
May was the best PM of a bad lot
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2024) Theresa May has announced she is leaving the political stage at the next election while polls indicate that the party […]
Politics
US can teach toxic Tories a lesson
Published by The i paper (26th February, 2024) Adam Kinzinger used to be a mainstream Republican. He is an evangelical Christian and former US Air Force colonel who […]