Published by UnHerd (6th June, 2018) Everyone wants a political party that reflects their own outlook. And since we tend to live and move in silos of like-minded […]
Health / Policy
The NHS is a victim of success
Published by The i paper (4th June, 2018) Today Jeremy Hunt became the longest-serving health secretary since the creation of the National Health Service almost 70 years ago. There […]
Aid
Scandal underpinned by cosy network of the arrogant and ambitious
Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th February, 2018) When Kevin Watkins celebrated his 60th birthday four years ago, he was joined by the aid industry elite. Guests […]
Health / Policy
Ten practical remedies for the ailing NHS
Published by CapX (26th January, 2018) I went to hospital earlier this week for a small but troubling skin condition. Having expected to spend the morning stuck wearily […]
Politics
Spare no sympathy for the Labour moderates
Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2018) The contrast could not have been more striking. First up on The Andrew Marr Show was French president Emmanuel Macron, […]
Politics
Corbyn may have avuncular charm, but he’s no man of the people
Published by The ipaper (25th September, 2017) Jeremy Corbyn displayed his usual avuncular style ahead of his party’s annual conference. Certainly he has good cause to smile as […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Give thanks for Spreadsheet Phil, our unlikely saviour
Published by The ipaper (31st July, 2017) I never thought I would say this, but give thanks and praises for Philip Hammond. Yes, I know he is a […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
So much pain for so little gain
Published by The ipaper (24th July, 2017) Jacob Rees-Mogg has six children, has never changed a nappy and happily admits to making no pretence at modernity. Yet such […]
Economics / Politics
Britain is still wrestling with the consequences of the crash
Published by CapX (11th June, 2017) It used to be said that there was a Chinese curse wishing someone might live in ‘interesting times’. As we grapple with […]
Politics
The Tories, sunk by the politics of fear, must lose the Lynton Crosby playbook
Published by The Guardian (9th June, 2017) There is one clear lesson from the strangest election campaign of my lifetime: the Tories need to chuck away the dismal […]
Education / Policy / Politics
The future of liberalism in an age of terror
Published by The i paper (5th June, 2017) Six weeks ago I was in South Korea as parties finalised pitches in a presidential election. Over dinner one night […]
Politics
Is this the return of two-party politics?
Published by CapX (1st June, 2017) What a strange and suddenly absorbing election. The anticipated coronation of Theresa May, touching 50 per cent support in polls after calling […]