Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most senior police officers, both then serving at the […]
North Korea / World
The chilling rationality of North Korea’s vile regime
Published by The i paper (27th February, 2017) The murder of Kim Jong-nam was brutal and brazen, caught by security cameras as assassins attacked him with lethal toxins […]
United States / World
Even populist politicians need to build bridges
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2017) Donald Trump can be accused of many things, but certainly not lack of ambition. The 45th president of the United […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons shame the country
Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when news was dull and politics felt predictable. Who […]
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 […]
Europe / United States
The new dawn of old nationalism
Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2017) On Friday morning, as the world prepared to see a former reality television star sworn in to office as the […]
Europe / Policy / World
Nativism is the new world order
Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
Politics
So much to do beyond Brexit
Published by The ipaper (9th January, 2017) It is strange that Theresa May’s honeymoon period has lasted so long, given her abrupt ascent to power and the deep […]
Europe / Russia
Theresa May must make a lonely stand against Putin
Published by The ipaper (2nd January, 2017) Thirty months ago I stood in a cornfield amid rolling hills of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by shattered human bodies. Men, women, […]
Aid / Politics
Patel takes on foreign aid fat cats
Published by The i paper (19th December, 2016) It is fair to assume few cheers were heard in the Department for International Development (Dfid) corridors when officials learned […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The barbaric crime wave we ignore
Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character. His family tried to protect him since people […]