Published by The Times (30th April, 2024) There is a valid debate to be had over disability benefits after a sudden surge in claimants with anxiety and depression. […]
Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
Aid to Palestinians is used to reward acts of terrorism
Published by The Times (20th October, 2023) Abdullah Barghouti was arrested two decades ago. The Hamas bomb-maker was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for the slaughter […]
Aid / India / World
India’s lunar ascent shows absurdity of our dismal aid system
Published by The Times (24th August, 2023) There was jubilation in India after it became the fourth country to successfully send a mission to the moon. The joy […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Social care
A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on
Published by The Times (7th August, 2023) When Franco Basaglia took over a huge asylum in Trieste in 1971, the charismatic psychiatrist found a place that felt like […]
Africa / Aid / Somalia / Somaliland
Foreign aid blights rather than builds a nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2023) Somalia is a shattered country associated with chaos, conflict and piracy, host to an Islamist terrorist group described by a senior […]
Policy / Social care
Social care has been unloved and poorly funded for too long
Published by The Times (4th July, 2023) My daughter is lovely. She has learning disabilities and a life-threatening health condition, however, so my family is reliant on a […]
Europe / Russia
It is laughable for Edward Snowden to pose as a freedom fighter
Published by The Times (9th June, 2023) Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor, is marking the tenth anniversary of his revelations about electronic surveillance systems by warning again […]
Arts / Music
Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure
Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most definitely one, relentlessly churning out hits and stars […]
Politics
Give honours to real heroes, not donors and cronies
Published by The Times (4th January, 2022) It seems strange that at the start of every year our political leaders showcase cronyism and elitism. Yet sure enough, the […]
Policy / Politics / Social care
Labour is missing an open goal on social care
Published by The Times (8th September, 2021) Could there be a bigger open goal for an opposition party? A prime minister who won power by luring disgruntled northern […]
Aid
Behind the panda logo sits a charity that lost its way
Published by The Times (3rd September, 2021) Can there be a more cuddly brand than the World Wide Fund for Nature, a charity committed to conservation and saving […]