Published by The ipaper (4th September, 2017) It felt like an earthquake. Tremors rippled out from the underground test zone buried deep in a North Korean mountain and […]
United States / World
Storms in Texas, clouds over Washington
Published by The ipaper (28th August, 2017) The rain is still coming down hard here in Houston. And soon the president will be down also, trying to look […]
United States / World
Give thanks for this White House chaos
Published by The ipaper (21st August, 2017) It seems incredible but it has only been seven months since Donald Trump became 45th president of the United States. Seven […]
North Korea / United States / World
How to solve the North Korea crisis
Published by The ipaper (14th August, 2017) It would take just 14 minutes for a missile fired from North Korea to reach Guam and military leaders in Pyongyang […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Undesirable rebirth of British exceptionalism
Published by The ipaper (7th August, 2017) Did you know Britons have agriculture woven into their genetic makeup more than any other people on the planet? This revelation […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Give thanks for Spreadsheet Phil, our unlikely saviour
Published by The ipaper (31st July, 2017) I never thought I would say this, but give thanks and praises for Philip Hammond. Yes, I know he is a […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
So much pain for so little gain
Published by The ipaper (24th July, 2017) Jacob Rees-Mogg has six children, has never changed a nappy and happily admits to making no pretence at modernity. Yet such […]
Drugs / Policy
The same old mistakes in a doomed war on drugs
Published by The ipaper (16th July, 2017) The Home Office released its long-awaited new drugs strategy on Friday. Given that it was two years late, and given the […]
Iraq / World
Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh
Published by The ipaper (10th July 2017) Some Iraqi troops started celebrating the defeat of Isis in Mosul even as their colleagues closed in on the final fighters […]
Politics
The Tories’ forgotten generation
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2017) Damian Green is a decent guy. He is one of those pleasant, slightly plodding MPs on the traditional left of […]
Politics
Theresa’s travails – and why I’m launching a politics festival
Published by The i paper (19th June, 2017) Like her or loathe her, it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Theresa May. All her life she […]
Politics
The right’s theory has been tested to destruction
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2017) What a mess. What a massive bloody mess. Our leaders have made monumental misjudgements, leaving our land almost ungovernable while […]