Published by The i paper (9th March, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer has had a good few days, displaying adroitness as he sought to navigate an upended global order in […]
Africa / Aid / Kenya
MrBeast’s faux philanthropy fuels the aid illusion
Published by UnHerd (4th October, 2024) Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of a community college near his home in North Carolina at the age of 18 to crack one […]
Aid
Miliband’s bonanza £1m salary from charity while cutting jobs and aid projects
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th August, 2024) David Miliband has been handed an annual pay package of more than $1.25million (£1million) by an aid charity heavily […]
Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
Aid to Palestinians is used to reward acts of terrorism
Published by The Times (20th October, 2023) Abdullah Barghouti was arrested two decades ago. The Hamas bomb-maker was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for the slaughter […]
Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
The West’s arrogant foreign aid has fuelled tensions
Published by The i paper (16th October, 2023) The Government is tying itself in knots to show firm support for Israel after terrorist atrocities while avoiding condemnation of […]
Aid / India / World
India’s lunar ascent shows absurdity of our dismal aid system
Published by The Times (24th August, 2023) There was jubilation in India after it became the fourth country to successfully send a mission to the moon. The joy […]
Africa / Aid / Somalia / Somaliland
Foreign aid blights rather than builds a nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2023) Somalia is a shattered country associated with chaos, conflict and piracy, host to an Islamist terrorist group described by a senior […]
Aid
Even champions of foreign aid admit handouts are ‘pointless’ so why keep pumping in billions?
Published by The Sun (August 31st, 2022) Rory Stewart is an engaging fellow who admits he was never cut out for life as a politician. “It brings out […]
Disability / Europe / Russia / Ukraine
People with disabilities abandoned in Ukraine
Published by The i paper (4th April, 2022) It is almost six weeks since Vladimir Putin unleashed hell on Ukraine. His forces have pulverised cities, shattered communities and […]
Aid
That’s rich! Charity chief Miliband gets another pay rise
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th October, 2021) David Miliband has brushed aside outrage from MPs over his seven-figure salary to collect another big pay rise from an […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Fleeced: How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) If you want to understand the horrifying return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan you could delve into […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Our folly and failure in Afghanistan
Published by The i paper (16th August, 2021) The humiliating retreat from Afghanistan has turned into a horror show, the fear and panic in Kabul stirring up dark […]