Published by The i paper (15th April, 2019) People went by camel, car, foot, bicycle and tractor when voting started last week in the world’s biggest general election. […]
Politics
We need strong leaders, not technocrats
Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these are far from the best of times. Britain […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The Tories ditch decency along with their values
Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his haircut through to his pragmatic approach to politics […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Hand poisoned chalice back to the people
Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / Politics / World
Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery
Published by The ipaper (18th March, 2019) Five years ago I was reporting from Iraq when I wrote about Kocho, a Yazidi village where Islamic State (IS) fanatics […]
Disability / Health / Policy
How can we ignore this cruelty?
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2019) The abuse, the bullying, the cruelty were simply grotesque. One person is said to have been made to eat a […]
Iraq / Syria / World
This war is far from over
Published by The i paper (18th February, 2019) How little they learn from history. Just 16 years ago President George W. Bush stood on the deck of an […]
Policy / Politics / Transport
A symbol of corrosive failure
Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European nation demeaned by nativism, I flicked through a […]
Economics / Europe / European Union
Nissan points the way for Brexit Britain
Published by The i paper (4th February, 2019) The Nissan car plant in Sunderland holds a special place in our nation’s history. It became a symbol of Britain’s […]
Venezuela / World
Did Socialism really destroy Venezuela?
Published by The i paper (28th January, 2019) When I visited Venezuela three decades ago, it was the envy of Latin America with its stable democracy and oil-based […]
Economics / Politics
No wonder May wants a ‘short and sharp’ manifesto
Published by The i paper (21st January, 2019) Just in case you have not fully appreciated the farcical nature of the Brexit crisis, consider this: Theresa May might […]