Published by The Daily Mail (1st September, 2016) As the boss of a public organisation employing 9,000 staff, Katrina Percy loved to boast about her skills and her […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Grieving mother branded ‘vindictive cow’ and a culture of NHS arrogance
Published by The Daily Mail (6th May, 2016) Surely it is impossible to imagine the twisted inhumanity of someone who would pick up the phone to a bereaved […]
Aid / Politics
The dirty dozen
Published by The Daily Mail (15th April 2016) Britain’s foreign aid budget keeps rising. Currently at £12 billion a year, it is due to soar during David Cameron’s two […]
Arts / Film / Haiti / United States / World
Poison Penn
Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2016) The gangsters had a problem. Their Sinaloa cartel was killing so many people in the battle to control Mexico’s drug […]
Africa / Aid
Spare us the toe-curling stunts of celebrities on foreign aid ego trips
Published by The Daily Mail (30th December, 2015) Perhaps actor Michael Sheen has spent too much time playing Tony Blair. For he seems to have developed similar disdain […]
Aid / Environment / Policy
Why is Britain spending millions on flood aid abroad?
Published by The Daily Mail (9th December, 2015) The human drama being played out in Cumbria this week could hardly be more heartbreaking. Christmas trees, their baubles askew, lie […]
Economics / Technology
The tax-avoiding Facebook mogul and an act of charity that reeks of hypocrisy
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd December, 2015) Once, it was enough to put a notice in the newspaper when your child was born. But Mark Zuckerberg, the […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
Family tragedy shines penetrating light on failures of state care
Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing to have hit the headlines in recent years: […]
Africa / Aid / Europe / Immigration / Policy / Politics
No minister – our billions in foreign aid make it more likely migrants come here
Published by The Daily Mail (11th August, 2015) With every passing day, it becomes harder to have confidence in the Government’s flailing response to the tide of humanity […]
Arts / Books
Divas who think they can’t sing
Published by The Daily Mail (15th May, 2015) Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing (Virago) Dusty Springfield became a star with that smokey, sensual […]
Politics
Is she just too green for the job?
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2015) As the General Election looms, Natalie Bennett has become a regular on TV news shows, pontificating about why Britain needs […]