Published by The i paper (26th August, 2019) When Christie Harnett was sectioned under mental health laws earlier this year, the doctors insisted it was for her safety. […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Tory moderates backing Boris Johnson are handing the party over to extremists
Published by New Statesman (21st June, 2019) The only good thing to have emerged so far from the depressing Conservative leadership campaign has been the arrival of Rory Stewart […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Deadly inequality
Published by UnHerd (18th June, 2019) We should welcome the fact that the issue of inequality has surged up the political agenda, given the lingering injustices around class, […]
Politics
The Tory tragedy may grow deeper
Published by The i paper (3rd June, 2019) Matt Hancock loves to talk about technology. He has used a little knowledge on the subject to go a very […]
Politics
A serious contender for serious times
Published by The i paper (27th May, 2019) Theresa May’s failed premiership is finally over. Now we must endure weeks of watching a motley collection of Tories jostling […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics
All waffle and no action won’t make you PM, Mr Hancock
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) After ten months as Health Secretary, Matt Hancock thinks he can offer a prescription to save his country and […]
Disability / Health / Policy
The scandal of needless incarceration
Published by The i paper (20th May, 2019) In 1964 a Canadian philosophy teacher called Jean Vanier bought a dilapidated house in a French village and invited two young […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Autistic man locked in solitary confinement for ten years
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th May, 2019) An investigation by the Care Quality Commission discovered that a man with autism or learning disabilities has been locked […]
Politics
We need strong leaders, not technocrats
Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these are far from the best of times. Britain […]
Disability / Health / Policy
‘It was pure torture’: autistic boy locked up, had head flushed down a toilet and punched so hard his jaw was broken in state care
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th April, 2019) When Ben Garrod turned 18, he was preparing to move from a specialist residential school into his own flat […]
Disability / Health / Policy
How can we ignore this cruelty?
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2019) The abuse, the bullying, the cruelty were simply grotesque. One person is said to have been made to eat a […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Five new secure units for autistic patients set to open despite pledge to close them
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) A private health company is opening five secure units to lock up people with autism and learning disabilities – […]