Published by The Guardian (4th October, 2016) Theresa May long plotted to become leader of her party. Now all those weary evenings on the rubber chicken circuit and […]
Health / Policy / Politics
The NHS is ailing. Is a ringfenced tax the best remedy?
Published by The Guardian (30th August, 2016) Doctors and their vociferous unions do like to complain, posing as protectors of the National Health Service while they dig in […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
‘How could our country lie to us so completely?’
Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2016) One day, when he was 25 years old, Park Sang-hak was strolling around a huge square in the North Korean port […]
Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics / Switzerland
Now Theresa May can see the mountainous challenge ahead
Published by The Guardian (19th August, 2016) Having reached the political summit with surprising ease, Theresa May has headed to the Swiss Alps for her summer holiday. She enjoys […]
Politics
We fixate on the Ukip pantomime. That’s a serious mistake
Published by The Guardian (5th August, 2016) You need a heart of stone not to laugh. Stephen Woolfe, favourite to be the new king of Ukip and backed […]
Politics
May thwarted the Tory right. But the Brexit nightmare will haunt her
Published by The Guardian (12th July, 2016) Shortly after David Cameron’s election as Conservative leader, we were throwing around ideas to underscore his determination to change the party. […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
David Cameron should crush Tory dinosaurs in a revenge reshuffle
Published by The Guardian (31st May, 2016) In his maiden speech as a Tory MP six years ago, Andrew Bridgen joked about being a little Englander. Three years […]
Politics / Technology
The Tories meddle with the BBC at their peril
Published by The Guardian (11th May, 2016) What is the government cooking up for the BBC? According to winners at last weekend’s Bafta awards, nothing short of evisceration. […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Policy / Race / World
Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society
Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Migrant camps in Kent? We don’t need scare stories to make a case for the EU
Published by The Guardian (9th February, 2016) The fight over Britain’s membership of the EU has, until now, had the feel of a phoney war. The out camp […]
Economics / Politics
How I learned to love the interfering state
Published by The Guardian (15th January, 2016) Political archaeology studies the influence of the past in shaping politics. It explains why New Labour hugged the Murdoch press even […]
Europe / European Union / France / Immigration / Policy
To turn on refugees because of Paris is weak and wrong
Published by The Guardian (18th November, 2015) Should we ban white Australians from coming to Britain? After all, one misfit teenager from Melbourne became so disillusioned with western […]