Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th November, 2015) Ministers have ordered a crackdown on private firms making massive profits from Britain’s foreign-aid spending after their activities were […]
Politics / United States / World
Transatlantic lessons from the Republican civil war
Published by The Independent (2nd November, 2015) Almost from the moment he became a senator four years ago, Marco Rubio has been marked out as a potential Republican […]
Economics / Environment / Policy / Politics
There’s outrage over steel, but we should be furious over solar power
Published by The Guardian (23rd October, 2015) The former Tory party chairman Grant Shapps is promoting renewable energy in his new role as minister for Africa. Launching a bid […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Want to avoid a Brexit? Then run a campaign of fear
Published by The Independent (19th October, 2015) There are about 60,000 colonies of great crested newts among the ponds of Britain, although even conservationists say they have no […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Prison reform is a classic conservative issue
Published by The Spectator Coffee House (12th October, 2015) Many people were surprised when David Cameron placed prison reform at the heart of his party conference speech last […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Could the Tories’ decade in power really be defined by prison reform?
Published by The Independent (12th October, 2015) Shortly after the Conservatives won their unexpected victory in the general election, I asked a Downing Street aide what he thought […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Has a Texan gangster persuaded Gove to reform our jails?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2015) Alfred Adams admits that he was a menace to society: a cocaine-addicted gangster who did anything to feed his […]
European Union / Politics
Cameron should defines his legacy and seize the centre ground
Published by The Independent (6th October, 2015) As the Conservatives open their annual conference, David Cameron has confounded his many critics. From the start of his party makeover […]
Politics
The Conservative Party needs a new name
Published by The Daily Telegraph (5th October, 2015) Gathering for their conference in Manchester this week, the Conservatives will attempt one of the most audacious makeovers in political […]
Economics / Politics / United States / World
Forget the stereotypes – Britain could learn a lot from Texas
Published by The Independent (28th September, 2015) Texas has always divided opinions. It prides itself on being the best, brashest and most bloody-minded slice of America, a cowboy […]
Politics
Britain’s Bernie Sanders may be Labour’s next leader
Published by The Wall Street Journal (5th September, 2015) Thirty years ago I covered politics for a local newspaper in a prosperous patch of north London. Among the […]
Politics
Ignore the siren voices and leave on your own terms, Prime Minister
Published by The Daily Telegraph (12th August, 2015) As voting ended on election night in May 2010, I went for a drink with an old friend of David […]