Published by UnHerd (6th December, 2021) Earlier this year, Baroness Kennedy was contacted by the two daughters of Paul Rusesabagina — human rights campaigner, winner of the US […]
Politics
Quizzes, parties and crashing polls
Published by The i paper (29th November, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]
Feature / Politics
End the farce of MPs taking second jobs
Published by The i paper (8th November, 2021) Sir John Major was on fiery form interviewed over the weekend by the BBC, lashing out at the arrogant, corrupt […]
Politics
Demeaning of democracy
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd November, 2021) How strange it is to reflect that Owen Paterson — a popular and well-connected figure on the Tory right — […]
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 […]
Politics
Shooting themselves in the foot
Published by The i paper (11th October, 2021) One morning in August 1973 an escaped prisoner strolled into a bank in Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from beneath […]
Politics
The corruption of Britain
Published by UnHerd (5th October, 2021) Last week, a man called Malcolm Offord joined the Government as a minister in the Scottish Office. This was a surprising appointment. […]
Covid19 / Politics
So what are they hiding?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd October, 2021) The Government has been condemned after refusing to release details of key email conversations involving leading scientists over the […]
Politics
Would limiting Prime Ministers’ terms lead to bolder action?
Published by The i paper (20th September, 2021) In February 1837 a group of radicals gathered in a pub in central London to launch a charter containing six […]
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 […]
Afghanistan / Politics / World
Blair’s hypocrisy remains unmitigated
Published by The i paper (23rd August, 2021) Ten years ago, I stood in the ransacked residence of the British ambassador to Libya, staring through a hole blasted […]
Covid19 / Politics
Chaotic and contemptuous leaders leave the public confused on Covid
Published by The i paper (19th July, 2021) It is easy to forget that when the pandemic first emerged from Wuhan, many people in the West feared democratic […]