Published by The ipaper (21st August, 2017) It seems incredible but it has only been seven months since Donald Trump became 45th president of the United States. Seven […]
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 […]
Human wolfpack hiding in the woods of Calais
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd July, 2017) First there was Sangatte. Then ‘the Jungle’. Now they hide out in the woods. Migrant men, women, boys and […]
Immigration: the huge hole in May’s manifesto
Published by The ipaper (22nd May, 2017) Theresa May’s speech at her manifesto launch presented a bold vision for Britain. She talked of a more prosperous nation, seizing […]
Some say Remainers should stay silent. I don’t agree…
Published by The i Paper (13th March, 2017) The prime minister is poised to lead her people in massed leap over a cliff edge as she triggers Article […]
Nativism is the new world order
Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
The railway children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way alongside railway tracks, covering the nearby piles of […]
The social care crisis won’t be solved by sticking plaster politics
Published by CapX (13th December 2016) In these divided days, the existence of a crisis in social care is one of the few areas of consensus. Labour has […]
At last: a stirring defence of liberalism
Published by The i paper (21st November, 2016) The Tory moderniser and former minister Anna Soubry was in magnificent form in a weekend newspaper interview, leaving journalist Decca […]
The wall of hate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by the American Legion building where former soldiers were […]
Misguided May’s mess over migration
Published by the ipaper (24th October, 2016) Paul Saunders was stunned when, after marrying a Cuban earlier this year, he discovered they were banned from living together in […]
Refugees are a test of our shared humanity
Published by the ipaper (18th September, 2016) South Sudan is the world’s newest country, having just passed its fifth birthday. But there is little to celebrate in a […]