Published by The i paper (30th September, 2024) Boris Johnson is publishing his memoir, timed to coincide with the Conservative Party conference, in his usual attention-seeking manner and written […]
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 […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy
Contempt for ordinary people in the corridors of power
Published by The i paper (6th November, 2023) The Covid inquiry last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if we were watching a savage new political satire […]
Politics
The struggle to save our democracy from scoundrels
Published by The i paper (19th June, 2023) It is now official: Boris Johnson is a lying scoundrel. He is branded forever as a man who treated his […]
Europe / Politics / Russia / United States / World
Three ageing male egomaniacs, clinging to power
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as […]
Politics
Sturgeon, Johnson and the curse of nationalism
Published by The i paper (27th March, 2023) This week sees the end of an exceptional political era. Nicola Sturgeon is standing down as Scotland’s First Minister after […]
Technology
Shackled by the chairman’s secrets
Published by The i paper (12th February, 2023) The case of the banker, the BBC and the prime minister’s big loan offers a glimpse behind the scenes of […]
Europe / Politics / Ukraine
Britain shows it can be a force for good by backing Ukraine
Published by The i paper (9th February, 2023) I am sitting on a train heading back into Ukraine. My compartment has two women alongside me returning home from […]
Europe / Politics / Ukraine
While Ukraine fights for its democracy, we are treating ours with utter contempt
Published by The i paper (24th October, 2022) The headlines are filled with the latest tedious instalment of the struggle for the soul of the Conservative Party, which has […]
Politics
Prepare for fine words followed by the shortest honeymoon in political history
Published by The i paper (5th September, 2022) Let us start with some good news. Boris Johnson will cease soon to be our prime minister. Britain will be […]
Politics
The sooner Johnson leaves the stage, the better
Published by The i paper (25th July 2022) When Boris Johnson visited an army base in Yorkshire last week, the message he was sending could not have been […]
Politics
An egomaniac who poisoned our politics
Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that he saw himself as the second coming of […]