Published by UnHerd (16th February, 2021) Six years ago, the Chinese president Xi Jinping made a state visit to Britain. It was an important moment for both nations […]
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 […]
Aid
Time to ditch white saviour complex
Published by The i paper (23rd November, 2020) The Government’s debt, inflamed by frantic efforts to fight the impact of the pandemic, has soared to unprecedented peacetime levels. […]
Politics
Where have all the good politicians gone?
Published by UnHerd (1st July, 2020) Tony Blair has had the most successful career of any politician since Margaret Thatcher. He won three general elections, reshaped the country […]
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 […]
Disability / Technology
Money does not cushion grief
Published by The Sun (16th September, 2019) WHAT kind of person looks at a man who has endured the tragic death of his child – among the most […]
Politics
This cabinet signals the death of David Cameron’s Tory modernisation project
Published by The Guardian (26th July, 2019) When David Cameron took over as Tory leader in 2005, he inherited a party that was downhearted after three electoral defeats. It looked […]
Environment / Policy
We need to talk about climate change
Published by The ipaper (22nd April, 2019) Civil disobedience is rarely popular, especially when it leads to disrupted journeys, blocked roads and traffic jams. No doubt some passengers […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Hand poisoned chalice back to the people
Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. […]
Politics
How Brexit could shatter Britain’s two-party politics
Published by CapX (15th March, 2019) On the day the coalition government was formed, I found myself briefly alone with an exhausted David Cameron as he was about […]
Politics
When former leaders miss the limelight
Published by The i paper (5th November, 2018) This may be a controversial statement in the current political climate, but David Cameron is a decent person. As prime […]
Politics
A proportional response to our broken political system
Published by The i paper (3rd September, 2018) Do you remember a politician called Vince Cable? He was that older bloke who famously foresaw the 2008 financial meltdown […]