Published by The Daily Mail (7th January, 2022) Dictatorship was once famously compared to riding a tiger since there is such high risk of being devoured when dismounting […]
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 […]
Technology
Yet another tawdry saga for the Blairs
Published by The Daily Mail (October 8th, 2021) Cherie Blair says she is a passionate feminist and dedicated human rights lawyer who exploits her connections, skills and status […]
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 […]
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 […]
China / World
Orwellian repression is stamping out the last flickers of freedom in Hong Kong
Published by The Daily Mail (24th June, 2021) When Jimmy Lai was a child, he worked as a porter carrying bags for passengers at the railway station in […]
Policy / Politics / Whitehall
Integrity? Public service? This lobbying scandal smacks of something we’d see in a banana republic
Published by The Daily Mail (17th April, 2021) It smacks of something we might expect in a seedy banana republic rather than a democracy that has long cherished […]
China / Covid19 / World
What a surprise: world health ‘experts’ have let China off the hook on Covid
Published by The Daily Mail (31st March, 2021) More than 420 days have passed since the World Health Organisation declared that a strange new disease killing people in […]
Covid19 / Disability
The inhumanity of deeming some lives ‘more valuable’ than others
Published by The Daily Mail (19th January, 2021) Deborah James is a deputy head teacher, a mother of two children and, since her devastating diagnosis with bowel cancer, […]
Covid19 / Policy / Social care
Selfishness laid bare in one photo
Published by The Daily Mail (15th January, 2021) Just six days ago, Pete Calveley sent a letter to reassure residents of his care home empire and their fearful […]
China / Covid19 / World
Just how low can China go?
Published by The Daily Mail (29th December, 2020) When a new disease erupted one year ago in Wuhan, a group of journalists and activists rushed to the central […]