Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th January, 2023) The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of the pandemic say they believe a laboratory leak […]
Immigration / Policy
Lorry deaths expose our shameful hypocrisy on migration
Published by The i paper (28th October, 2019) The young faces stare out of newspaper pages. Bui Thi Nhung, just 19 years old, who posted a recent image of […]
Africa / Aid / Uganda
Ugandan elite dipped into UK aid cash
Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 2nd, 2018) Tens of millions of pounds donated by British taxpayers and other countries to help refugees in Uganda have vanished into […]
Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy
Left to rot on Lesbos
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th July, 2018) I drove past tavernas filled with tourists looking out over fishing boats bobbing on the blue sea, then down […]
Africa / Aid / South Sudan / Uganda
The foreign aid ghost camps
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd June, 2018) When United Nations chief Antonio Guterres begged the world to help Uganda deal with ‘the biggest refugee exodus in Africa […]
Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics
Britain suffers the Brexit blues
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2017) ‘The eyes of the world are upon us,’ declared Theresa May in her Florence speech two months ago as she […]
World
Britain’s silence over Saudi Arabia’s abuses is shameful
Published by The Times (5th May, 2017) Last month a 29-year-old woman named Mariam al-Oteibi attempted to flee her abusive family in Riyadh, only to be captured by […]
Africa / Aid / Kenya
Vultures of the famine
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th March, 2017) Emmanuel Ayapar is three years old and can no longer walk. The flesh on his legs, which dangle from […]
Africa / Aid / South Sudan
Western aid has enabled South Sudan’s kleptocrats
Published by CapX (24th February, 2017) Fine words flowed at birth of the world’s newest nation six years ago. Britain spoke of ‘a moment of hope and optimism […]
Aid
Can Patel turn the tide on foreign aid?
Published by The Telegraph (22nd September, 2016) As a devout Remainer, I was disturbed by the EU referendum result. But one silver lining is seeing Priti Patel running […]