Published by The i paper (20th September, 2021) In February 1837 a group of radicals gathered in a pub in central London to launch a charter containing six […]
Policy / Politics / Social care
Labour is missing an open goal on social care
Published by The Times (8th September, 2021) Could there be a bigger open goal for an opposition party? A prime minister who won power by luring disgruntled northern […]
Afghanistan / Politics / World
Blair’s hypocrisy remains unmitigated
Published by The i paper (23rd August, 2021) Ten years ago, I stood in the ransacked residence of the British ambassador to Libya, staring through a hole blasted […]
Covid19 / Politics
Chaotic and contemptuous leaders leave the public confused on Covid
Published by The i paper (19th July, 2021) It is easy to forget that when the pandemic first emerged from Wuhan, many people in the West feared democratic […]
Politics
Something rotten at the heart of Westminster
Published by The i paper (28th June, 2021) So farewell then, Matt Hancock, self-righteous protector of the nation’s public health in the pandemic. His career, so carefully nurtured […]
Health / Policy / Politics
Symbol of the sickening Tory chumocracy
Published by The i paper (21st June, 2021) If you want an example of so much that is wrong with our country, consider this fact: Dido Harding has […]
Feature / Politics
If you thought Brexit was fraught…
Published by The i paper (10th May, 2021) One of many curiosities about last week’s elections was the unusual success of incumbents. Historically, such events have been a […]
Europe / Politics
Is Labour dead?
Published by UnHerd (7th May, 2021) It is the great political conundrum of our age. Why are the parties of social democracy performing so poorly in many Western […]
Politics
The spendthrift at Number 10 Downing Street
Published by The i paper (3rd May, 2021) Imagine you had a choice of two men to run your family finances, maybe also to fix your insurance policies […]
Politics
Former allies expose the real PM
Published by The I paper (26th April, 2021) The exit of Johnny Mercer from the Government last week provided a perfect vignette for all that is wrong with Westminster. […]
Policy / Politics / Whitehall
How politics is corrupted by cash
Published by The i paper (19th April, 2021) Political careers all end in failure, according to a famous dictum, yet not all of those involved end up soiled and […]
Policy / Politics / Whitehall
Integrity? Public service? This lobbying scandal smacks of something we’d see in a banana republic
Published by The Daily Mail (17th April, 2021) It smacks of something we might expect in a seedy banana republic rather than a democracy that has long cherished […]