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 […]
Defence / Policy / Politics
Sunak’s not so cunning plan
Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in the face. Our officers look useless. Their strategies […]
Politics
Cameron’s rosy vision reduced to dust
Published by The i paper (24th May, 2024) It seems strange to recall the nervous Conservative sense of hope and optimism when the party was ushered back into […]
Politics
A general election wipeout in waiting
Published by The i paper (6th May, 2024) The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry, then totted up in Sandwell. Then came the […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot
Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling gullible Western politicians into supporting his dictatorship, whether […]
Politics
May was the best PM of a bad lot
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2024) Theresa May has announced she is leaving the political stage at the next election while polls indicate that the party […]
Politics
US can teach toxic Tories a lesson
Published by The i paper (26th February, 2024) Adam Kinzinger used to be a mainstream Republican. He is an evangelical Christian and former US Air Force colonel who […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics / Social care
Sunak predicted his party’s downfall
Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top job little more than a year ago. Declaring […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]
Politics
A desperate appointment as Tories lurch back to the centre from the far-right abyss
Published by The i paper (14th November, 2023) David Cameron is back in frontline politics. These are words I never expected to write. His return as Foreign Secretary […]
Politics
Sunak is right on one thing: we need change
Published by The I paper (2nd October, 2023) Is it any wonder political satire struggles so badly these days when the leader of a party in power for […]
China / World
In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
Published by The Daily Mail (31st August, 2023) Eight years ago George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a large delegation of business and cultural leaders to […]