Published by The i paper (4th September, 2023) Chuck Grassley was born in 1933 to a rural family living in a farmhouse with no electricity or indoor plumbing. […]
Europe / Russia / United States / World
Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]
United States / World
The FOREVER prisoners still shackled in Guantanamo 14 years after Obama said it would be shut
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th August, 2023) On his second day as US President, Barack Obama signed an order directing that the Guantanamo detention camp should […]
United States / World
A new threat to American democracy
Published by The i paper (17th July, 2023) It seems extraordinary that Donald Trump remains the runaway favourite to win the Republican Party nomination for next year’s White […]
United States / World
Biden’s record is more impressive than Obama’s – but he is making a mistake by running again
Published by The I newspaper (24th April, 2023) Muddling up New Zealand’s rugby team with a British paramilitary unit from the past that was infamous for its brutality […]
Arts / Books / United States / World
Seeing red
Published by The Spectator (11th December, 2021) Wildland: the Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos (Bloomsbury) After leaving college more than two decades ago, Evan Osnos landed […]
Afghanistan / Defence / Feature / Policy / World
Our troops are doing their best. But Kabul shows how impotent we are without America
Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2021) There are few institutions that can still unite our nation in uncritical admiration after a series of scandals challenged our […]
China / Covid19 / United States / World
China lashes out at US over ‘fake news’ ahead of key report into COVID origins
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) The Chinese government has stepped up its aggressive resistance against efforts by Western scientists to probe Covid’s origins – […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Fleeced: How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd August, 2021) If you want to understand the horrifying return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan you could delve into […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
Our folly and failure in Afghanistan
Published by The i paper (16th August, 2021) The humiliating retreat from Afghanistan has turned into a horror show, the fear and panic in Kabul stirring up dark […]
Afghanistan / Feature / Iraq / United States / World
The sickening hypocrisy of Bush, Blair and the war on terror
Published by The i paper (9th August, 2021) Twenty years after lethal attacks turned aircraft into weapons and sparked the so-called war on terror, the US has slunk […]