Published by The i Paper (1st September, 2025)
Disability / Policy / Social care
Why does this government seem to dislike people with disabilities?
Published by The i paper (19th May, 2025)
Politics
Reform is about to be put under the microscope
Published by The i paper (5th May, 2025) Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform UK, has been busy in the media boasting about his party’s success in the […]
Covid19
Deafening silence of Labour’s Lord Covid
Published by The Mail on Sunday (April 5th, 2025) Patrick Vallance loves to pontificate on the importance of transparency in science, peppering his speeches and interviews with grandiose […]
Politics
Sneering politicians, laughing at their voters
Published by The i paper (10th February, 2025) The sacking of a little-known Labour MP from the Government will merit barely even a footnote in the history books. […]
Technology / United States
Democracy dies in darkness
Published by The i paper (29th October, 2024) Olivia Troye is a lifelong Republican who worked as a counter-terrorism adviser in Donald Trump’s administration. She resigned shortly before […]
Politics
Starmer needs a mission statement
Published by The i paper (23rd September, 2024) Last year Rachel Reeves accepted a gift valued at £330 to attend a concert from the Betting and Gaming Council. This […]
Politics
How not to win votes and influence
Published by The i paper (2nd September, 2024) Wendy Morton is one of those rare beasts: a Conservative MP who survived at the hands of voters in July. […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Private greed corroding our care system
Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse suffered by their son Jonah at his residential […]
Politics
Starmer can learn lessons from the Tory disaster
Published by The i paper (8th July, 2024) Already our politics feels a little bit calmer. Labour has kicked out the Tories, Sir Keir Starmer has moved into […]
Politics
I was Cameron’s speechwriter but voted for my Sunday football pal Keir. He’ll need all his on-pitch tenacity to tackle the Herculean challenges ahead
Published by The Daily Mail (5th July, 2024) It is more than 14 years since I stood chatting to a nervous politician on the eve of taking power. […]