Published by The i paper (6th August, 2025)
Disability / Health / Policy
There is nothing compassionate or progressive about assisted dying
Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2024) The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed as a display of Parliament at its best. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Assisted suicide is dangerous
Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to one of the most consequential laws this century […]
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. […]
Politics
Tories deserve to be kicked as hard as possible into the history books
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at their party conference last year, he spoke about the […]
Health / Policy
None of the NHS scandals I have written about for decades matches the scale of tragedy and the callous deceit in the tainted blood affair
Published by The Daily Mail (21st May, 2024) Colin Smith, a boy who had developed a bruise on his knee a few months after his birth, was the […]
Health / Policy
Trans teenagers are being failed
Published by The i paper (16th April, 2024) Jason Pulman was the oldest of five children, a talented artist who ‘‘loved all the silliness in the world and […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
Britain’s sordid human rights scandal
Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the world suffering terrible consequences of war, earthquakes and […]