Published by The i paper (5th April, 2021) Angela Merkel has dominated her party, her country and our continent for most of this century, but her long reign […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
The PM is undermining our freedoms
Published by The i paper (22nd March 2021) For five years, Global Britain has been a slogan in search of a meaning. Last week, the Government sought to […]
Covid19 / Politics
The dangerous naivety of Green anti-vaxxers
Published by UnHerd (15th March, 2021) When I was at university more than three decades ago, the environment began to take off as a fashionable cause. Acid rain […]
Politics
Theresa May is in no position to lecture on moral leadership
Published by The Times (21st January, 2021) There is a maxim in politics that leaders are defined as much by their successors as by their own triumphs and […]
Politics
The double standards of sport
Published by The i paper (18th January, 2021) Maro Itoje went to Harrow, one of Britain’s most expensive private schools, before becoming a rugby superstar. But now he […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
The enforcer
Published by Tortoise (7th January, 2021) Soon after Tony Blair won his second landslide election victory, the Daily Telegraph interviewed five women to ask why they wanted to become MPs […]
Politics
Now a struggle starts for the soul of our nation
Published by The i paper (28th December, 2020) So in the end, a bad deal was better for Boris Johnson than no deal. We can give thanks for the […]
Covid19 / Politics
The PM is hopelessly out of his depth
Published by The i paper (21st December, 2020) Last week was another long one in Westminster. On Monday Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, warned us about an alarming […]
Politics
Real Conservatives should speak out
Published by The i paper (14th December, 2020) So this is how it ends. After 47 years as a leading member of the trading alliance that has delivered […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
A shameful failure of decency
Published by The i paper (5th October, 2020) Here we go again. The Tories are sliding in the polls. The prime minister’s popularity is waning fast as his incompetence […]
Politics
Out of his depth, out of ideas
Published by The i paper (21st September, 2020) When I was a child I wanted to be prime minister. First, I planned to be an actor, until a […]