Published by The i paper (8th July, 2024) Already our politics feels a little bit calmer. Labour has kicked out the Tories, Sir Keir Starmer has moved into […]
Politics
I was Cameron’s speechwriter but voted for my Sunday football pal Keir. He’ll need all his on-pitch tenacity to tackle the Herculean challenges ahead
Published by The Daily Mail (5th July, 2024) It is more than 14 years since I stood chatting to a nervous politician on the eve of taking power. […]
Policy / Politics / Sport
Starmer’s pitch at normality
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2024) The reports make the game sound almost professional. Whites took the lead when a “fine, flowing movement” ended with Mark […]
Politics
Tories deserve to be kicked as hard as possible into the history books
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at their party conference last year, he spoke about the […]
Politics
Cameron’s rosy vision reduced to dust
Published by The i paper (24th May, 2024) It seems strange to recall the nervous Conservative sense of hope and optimism when the party was ushered back into […]
Politics
There is a big difference between 1997 and 2024 for Labour
Published by The i paper (18th March, 2024) The Tories are panicking again as they look at the polls, contemplate their looming electoral wipeout after another disastrous week […]
Politics
Starmer needs to change his tune
Published by The i paper (24th July, 2023) Sometimes, the jibes from political opponents sting since they are so close to the bone – and Michael Gove, as […]
Crime / Policy
Prison is a dead end, not a solution
Published by The i paper (10th April, 2023) The former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has punctured a pernicious and persistent myth that clings to political discourse like the […]
Politics
Bulldoze this affront to our democracy
Published by The i paper (12th December, 2019) Last week, Sir Keir Starmer announced his intention to abolish the House of Lords if Labour wins the next election, […]
Politics
A prime minister unlike any other
Published by The i paper (19th September, 2022) As she waited for her accession to the political crown, Liz Truss briefed that she would hit the ground running […]
Drugs / Policy / Politics
Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’
Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights into the latest model of the Labour Party. […]
Politics
Shooting themselves in the foot
Published by The i paper (11th October, 2021) One morning in August 1973 an escaped prisoner strolled into a bank in Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from beneath […]