Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2020) Today Harry Richford should be a bundle of energy, full of curiosity and mischief like any other toddler approaching his […]
Health / Policy
If we only ever sanctify the NHS, its harrowing failures will never be cured
Published by The Daily Mail (9th July, 2020) Daniel Mason was born half a century ago without hands, with missing toes, a malformed mouth and impaired vision. From […]
China / World
The hideous crushing of Hong Kong’s freedom is a victory for despots over democracy
Published by The Daily Mail (2nd July, 2020) The first arrest was a man clutching a black flag inscribed with the words ‘Hong Kong Independence’ in both English […]
Aid / Politics
Good riddance to the self-serving Department for International Narcissists
Published by The Daily Mail (June 17th, 2020) One of Tony Blair’s first actions in government after winning the 1997 election was to weaken British diplomacy by spinning […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
Callous betrayal of our most vulnerable citizens
Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2020) The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy
How sick we cannot test those people who save us
Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2020) The immense scale of this crisis is terrifying to comprehend, not least for those politicians and scientists who find themselves […]
Policy / Politics / Whitehall
Yes, Sir Humphrey must be tamed. But I fear No 10’s hostile approach may yet backfire
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2020) Early skirmishes have erupted into open warfare bet-ween the Government and the army of civil servants resisting a Whitehall shake-up. […]
Health / Policy
42 dead babies and a culture of arrogance and cover-up that scars the NHS
Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2019) The horror stories could hardly be more disturbing. Dozens of babies dying, scores more with avoidable brain damage, and clinical […]
Aid / Politics
The million-dollar question: is David Miliband a gilt-edged hypocrite?
Published by The Daily Mail (October 1st, 2019) When David Miliband was running to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party in 2010, he savaged the […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Despot who destroyed a nation
Published by The Daily Mail (7th September, 2019) Back in 2009, a diplomatic delegation arrived in Harare to see President Robert Mugabe. They found the despot, in his […]
Health / Policy
Blood on their hands: the worst disaster in NHS history
Published by The Daily Mail (1st May, 2019) Steve Dymond and I never met. But over the years we developed a warm relationship via email and the odd […]
Policy / Politics
How dare fat cat council bosses bleat about cuts?
Published by The Daily Mail (10th April, 2019) A few months ago, leaders of Labour-controlled Slough Borough Council added their signatures to a ‘Breaking Point’ campaign of councillors […]