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
A general election wipeout in waiting
Published by The i paper (6th May, 2024) The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry, then totted up in Sandwell. Then came the […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot
Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling gullible Western politicians into supporting his dictatorship, whether […]
Politics
What’s the point of the Lib Dems?
Published by The i paper (22nd April, 2024) The vote in Parliament last week to impose the world’s toughest smoking ban was a perfect symbol for the state […]
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
May was the best PM of a bad lot
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2024) Theresa May has announced she is leaving the political stage at the next election while polls indicate that the party […]
Politics
US can teach toxic Tories a lesson
Published by The i paper (26th February, 2024) Adam Kinzinger used to be a mainstream Republican. He is an evangelical Christian and former US Air Force colonel who […]
Politics
Lib Dem leader showed he is the wrong man for the job
Published by The i paper (8th January, 2024) Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has made a busy start to 2024 with a general election looming. First came […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics / Social care
Sunak predicted his party’s downfall
Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top job little more than a year ago. Declaring […]
Politics
A desperate appointment as Tories lurch back to the centre from the far-right abyss
Published by The i paper (14th November, 2023) David Cameron is back in frontline politics. These are words I never expected to write. His return as Foreign Secretary […]
Disability / Housing / Policy / Politics
How can a Labour MP block flats for people with learning disabilities?
Published by The i paper (13th November, 2023) In a Westminster world stuffed with ambitious party hacks and entitled creeps who see compassion as a dirty word, the […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World
Timid leaders could learn from Thatcher on dealing with a crisis in Israel
Published by The i paper (30th October, 2023) Two years after becoming prime minister, Margaret Thatcher gave an interview to The Jewish Chronicle about her forceful condemnation of an […]