Published in the London Evening Standard (July 30th, 2012) The reviews are in, and the near-unanimous verdict on Danny Boyle’s extraordinary opening ceremony was that it was a […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
Labour’s cowardice on immigration is sickening
Published in The Independent (June 21st, 2012) Cyrus Kabiru should have been in Edinburgh next week. He has been picked as one of 19 people from around the […]
Politics
Tea Party zombies long to lurch further right
Published in The Independent (May 7th, 2012) A few days before last week’s local elections, the Tory MP Nadine Dorries wrote an article for the ConservativeHome website begging […]
Economics / Politics
Forget mansions and lower the 40p tax band
Published in The Financial Times (March 6, 2012) Every successful leader of the postwar age in Britain has understood a basic truth of politics: success depends on winning […]
Politics
Like it or not, the PM has never been stronger. He should exploit it
Published in The Independent (December 13th, 2011) When George Osborne addressed Cabinet last week, he compared the proposed deal to salvage the euro and safeguard our futures with […]
Immigration / Policy
Immigrants saved my family and are crucial to Britain
Published in the London Evening Standard (October 11th, 2011) One unexpected aspect of life as the parent of a profoundly disabled teenager is that at times it is […]
Politics
Bring me sunshine
Published in The Guardian (October 4th, 2011) The meetings began in the summer with gentle debate down at Chequers over the central themes and tone of David Cameron’s […]
Politics
Lib Dems need to stake out their own territory
Published in the Financial Times (August 24th, 2011) One of the many twists to have occurred in British politics since the election is that the most eagerly anticipated […]
Politics
Betraying themselves
Published in Prospect (March 25th, 2011) An army of political obituarists is arguing that we are witnessing the suicidal spasms of one of our great political parties. Oceans […]
Health / Policy / Politics
Patients are being betrayed. Don’t retreat from reform
Published in The Times (May 11th, 2011) For those of us forced to deal with the daily realities of healthcare in Britain, Nick Clegg has been an admirable […]
Politics
What next for the coalition?
Published in Prospect (May 4th, 2011) So it is all over bar the shouting. And what a lot of shouting there has been. In truth, the proposed change […]
Politics
Is the Coalition marriage doomed to end in divorce?
Published in the London Evening Standard (May 3rd, 2011) Thankfully, it is nearly over. The debate over a small change to our voting system has been a depressing […]