Published by The Daily Telegraph (11th March, 2015) So there we are. Our esteemed politicians have passed perhaps the stupidest piece of legislation since the dangerous dogs act […]
Aid
India sends rockets into space. So does it need our £210m aid?
Published by The Sun (13th February, 2015) Another day, another damning report into Britain’s great aid giveaway. It is almost enough to make you feel sorry for the […]
Africa / Aid / Europe / Greece / Immigration / Libya / Policy
Inside the migrant jails of Fortress Europe
Published by al-Jazeera (16th December, 2014) Travelling around Libya in those days when pictures of a preening Muammar Gaddafi loomed over every public place, I came across some […]
Aid
A nauseating award for Blair and a bloated aid industry sucking up to its political paymasters
Published by The Daily Mail (27th November, 2014) A spectacular charity gala studded with celebrities, famous singers and Hollywood stars, it was just the sort of glittering event […]
Africa / Aid
Sir Bob’s pet cause is arrogant and wrong
Published by The Sun (18th November, 2014) Sometimes, even for secular saints, the truth is uncomfortable – as Sir Bob has discovered yesterday when cut off on television […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Should Band Aid be resurrected?
Published by The Observer (16th November, 2014) The Observer debate with Tim Ingham (Editor, Music Week) IB: Absolutely not. The only good thing is to learn the toe-curling […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Sorry Bob – Band Aid has done more harm than good
Published by The Daily Mail (12th November, 2014) Once again, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure have lined up the latest crop of chart-toppers to create another incarnation — […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime backed by huge sums of British aid. A […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
Our shameful response to the ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (20th October, 2014) I relaxed again this weekend. It was 21 days since I returned from Liberia to report on the human tragedy of […]
Africa / Aid / Health / Policy / South Africa
South Africa’s obesity crisis: the shape of things to come?
Published by Mosaic Science (9th September, 2014) When the first McDonald’s restaurant opened almost two decades ago in Johannesburg, a teenage boy named Thando Tshabalala was among the […]