Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go. The four-yearly circus that claims to be the […]
Immigration / Policy
The Tories are becoming the ‘nasty party’ on immigration
Published in The Guardian (June 11th, 2012) The manifesto commitment could hardly have been clearer: the Conservatives were going to make Britain the most family-friendly country in Europe. […]
Politics
The end of privacy in British politics
Published in The Independent on Sunday (April 8th, 2012) Bumping into a trade union leader last week, we got chatting about the London mayoral election upon which so […]
Politics
Don’t let ministers treat London as their cash cow
Published in the London Evening Standard (February 20th, 2012) On one of those bitterly cold nights last month I chaired a discussion on national identity at the launch […]
Technology
East London may be the birthplace of a new Facebook
Published in the London Evening Standard (October 19th, 2010) It all seems so simple. One moment they are a bunch of students playing around on computers in their […]