Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to one of the most consequential laws this century […]
Policy / Politics / Social care
Arrogant, heartless and out of touch
Published by The i paper (14th October, 2024) If you want to understand why the Conservatives are in such dire straits, consider social care. This is a significant […]
Health / Policy
Trans teenagers are being failed
Published by The i paper (16th April, 2024) Jason Pulman was the oldest of five children, a talented artist who ‘‘loved all the silliness in the world and […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Britain’s sordid human rights scandal
Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the world suffering terrible consequences of war, earthquakes and […]
Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World
Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]
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 […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on
Published by The Times (7th August, 2023) When Franco Basaglia took over a huge asylum in Trieste in 1971, the charismatic psychiatrist found a place that felt like […]
Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Euthanasia is a slippery slope
Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On one hand we hear emotive pleas from patients […]
Health / Police / Policy
24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution
Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single psychiatric hospital over the past three years – […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Why would you envy the NHS?
Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Scandal of lives stolen by the state
Published by The i paper (26th December, 2022) Ryan Addison lives in his own home in Doncaster, 10 minutes from his mother, Sharon. He went to see Blackpool […]
Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics
Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not rule out another tilt at the top job […]