Published by The i paper (11th November, 2019) How can you tell if a politician is lying? Simple: see if their lips are moving. This is one of […]
Politics
Madness! How one small sign summed up a divided nation
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th October, 2019) Captain Jean-Luc Picard should have known better than to trust our weather. But scarcely had Sir Patrick Stewart pointed to the […]
Politics
Tory hardliners forced to adopt Labour’s clothing
Published by The i paper (7th October, 2019) It was strange to read the text of Michael Gove’s speech celebrating German Unity Day last week. Not for the […]
Politics
Democracy is not fixed by one vote
Published by The i paper (30th September, 2019) Boris Johnson has long dreamed of his first party conference as prime minister, telling a few gags to the Tory […]
Politics
How desperate is Doncaster for Brexit?
Published by UnHerd (27th September, 2019) ‘We should be out — it’s a farce.’ James Mitchell admits he had not really thought much about his country’s place in Europe […]
Politics
Labour needs a better leader
Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2019) Could the Labour party be in a worse state as it meets for its annual conference? Jeremy Corbyn is breaking […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Cameron will forever be tainted by the Brexit horror story
Published by The i paper (16th September, 2019) Every now and then I am struck by the stench of our putrefying politics. It hit me last week when […]
Politics
Drop the pretence of One Nation Toryism
Published by The i paper (9th September, 2019) It would be a brave person who picked out the politician that has most debased themselves since the Brexit debacle […]
Politics
A hammer blow to our country
Published by The i paper (19th August, 2019) As someone whose father has severe dementia and daughter has profound disabilities, I am well aware of the depth of […]
China / Politics / World
Democracy is under siege around the world
Published by The i paper (12th August, 2019) Once again, I am reporting on turbulent events in a place where ordinary people are risking their liberty to demand […]
India / Politics / World
How our first Asian MP shaped the Brexit debate
Published by UnHerd (25th July, 2019) When my generation was growing up half a century ago, we were taught the basics of history in terms of heroic British […]
Politics
Nothing is fixed in politics, as both the Tories and their Republican cousins prove
Published by The i paper (22nd July 2019) As a Republican President spews out racist bile against four ethnic minority women Democrats, it is easy to forget the transformation of […]