Published by The ipaper (25th September, 2017) Jeremy Corbyn displayed his usual avuncular style ahead of his party’s annual conference. Certainly he has good cause to smile as […]
Education / Policy / Politics
Cutting tuition fees would just benefit wealthy graduates
Published by The Times (19th September, 2017) The Tories have woken up suddenly to the generational divide. Bribing pensioners and banging on about Europe won just enough votes […]
Politics
Disingenuous, disloyal and desperate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th September, 2017) London had a lucky escape on Friday. But still there were 29 people injured in a terror attack on a […]
Politics
What Rees-Mogg’s popularity reveals about the Tories
Published by The ipaper (11th September, 2017) The idea of Jacob Rees-Mogg as the leader to save Tories from electoral crisis is laughable, certainly in this century. He […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Give thanks for Spreadsheet Phil, our unlikely saviour
Published by The ipaper (31st July, 2017) I never thought I would say this, but give thanks and praises for Philip Hammond. Yes, I know he is a […]
Drugs / Policy
The same old mistakes in a doomed war on drugs
Published by The ipaper (16th July, 2017) The Home Office released its long-awaited new drugs strategy on Friday. Given that it was two years late, and given the […]
Politics
The Tories’ forgotten generation
Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2017) Damian Green is a decent guy. He is one of those pleasant, slightly plodding MPs on the traditional left of […]
Politics
Theresa May’s biggest challenge: admitting Cameron was right
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th June, 2017) When Theresa May arrived in Downing Street she behaved like the leader of a rebel army seizing a Royal […]
Politics
The right’s theory has been tested to destruction
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2017) What a mess. What a massive bloody mess. Our leaders have made monumental misjudgements, leaving our land almost ungovernable while […]
Economics / Politics
Britain is still wrestling with the consequences of the crash
Published by CapX (11th June, 2017) It used to be said that there was a Chinese curse wishing someone might live in ‘interesting times’. As we grapple with […]
Politics
The Tories, sunk by the politics of fear, must lose the Lynton Crosby playbook
Published by The Guardian (9th June, 2017) There is one clear lesson from the strangest election campaign of my lifetime: the Tories need to chuck away the dismal […]
Education / Policy / Politics
The future of liberalism in an age of terror
Published by The i paper (5th June, 2017) Six weeks ago I was in South Korea as parties finalised pitches in a presidential election. Over dinner one night […]