Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2020) The immense scale of this crisis is terrifying to comprehend, not least for those politicians and scientists who find themselves […]
Policy / Politics / Whitehall
Yes, Sir Humphrey must be tamed. But I fear No 10’s hostile approach may yet backfire
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2020) Early skirmishes have erupted into open warfare bet-ween the Government and the army of civil servants resisting a Whitehall shake-up. […]
Health / Policy
42 dead babies and a culture of arrogance and cover-up that scars the NHS
Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2019) The horror stories could hardly be more disturbing. Dozens of babies dying, scores more with avoidable brain damage, and clinical […]
Aid / Politics
The million-dollar question: is David Miliband a gilt-edged hypocrite?
Published by The Daily Mail (October 1st, 2019) When David Miliband was running to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party in 2010, he savaged the […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Despot who destroyed a nation
Published by The Daily Mail (7th September, 2019) Back in 2009, a diplomatic delegation arrived in Harare to see President Robert Mugabe. They found the despot, in his […]
Health / Policy
Blood on their hands: the worst disaster in NHS history
Published by The Daily Mail (1st May, 2019) Steve Dymond and I never met. But over the years we developed a warm relationship via email and the odd […]
Policy / Politics
How dare fat cat council bosses bleat about cuts?
Published by The Daily Mail (10th April, 2019) A few months ago, leaders of Labour-controlled Slough Borough Council added their signatures to a ‘Breaking Point’ campaign of councillors […]
Aid
These pictures don’t help Africa’s poor
Published by The Daily Mail (28th February 2019) For little more than a decade Stacey Dooley has made all the right steps, moving effortlessly from flogging make-up at […]
Aid
Some ‘little extras’ for despots and dictators, a lot less for the rest of us
Published by The Daily Mail (31st October, 2018) Frankly, it was one of the most patronising lines heard in a Budget speech for a long time. Philip Hammond, admitting […]
Disability / Health / Immigration / Policy / Social care
Why does Britain care so little for its sick, disabled and elderly citizens?
Published by The Daily Mail (26th September, 2018) My daughter Iona had a seizure at 5am yesterday. Her eyes rolled, she screamed, her limbs flailed and her body […]
Europe / Politics / Russia
Corbyn’s failure of leadership
Published by The Daily Mail (15 March, 2018) Every now and then, there are times in politics when the world explodes into confrontation and a leader is defined […]
Aid / Economics
How rich: Gates lecturing other people on taxes
Published by The Daily Mail (21st April, 2017) Scarcely had the starting gun for Britain’s election battle been fired when technology guru Bill Gates waded in with a doom-laden […]