Wasteful and misguided: what the new aid minister really thinks about the £14bn we send abroad each year
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th May, 2019) The new International Development Secretary has admitted that ‘not a great... Read Full Article
The Arab Spring is still unfurling
Published by UnHerd (11th April, 2019) The revolution in Sudan has an icon. The image of a young student was... Read Full Article
Boss of fraud scandal charity bankrolled by £132million in British aid sent ‘witch porn’ to female worker
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th January, 2019) A major UK charity has failed to remove from office a... Read Full Article
Ethiopia is right to liberate refugees from hellish camps
Published by The Times (22nd January, 2019) More than 25 million people are refugees, forced to flee their homelands by... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
Can Zuckerberg control his monster?
Published by UnHerd (19th November, 2018) It seems incredible Facebook is only 14 years old. The firm’s penetration of the... Read Full Article
The charity guru who duped the world
Published by UnHerd (24 October, 2018) It is hard to think of a more famous global academic than Jeffrey Sachs.... Read Full Article
Proof that foreign aid does not work
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th October, 2018) As I drove through villages in northern Ghana, bumping along pitted... Read Full Article
Steve Baker and his daft plans
Published by The Guardian (12th September, 2018) Seven years ago I went on one of my strangest journalistic jaunts, when... Read Full Article
It’s not the Maybolt’s dance moves that are the true horror of her African trip
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September, 2018) Theresa May’s robotic dancing made some people laugh. But the Maybot... Read Full Article