Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th November, 2016) IT HAS been a busy week for the Trump dynasty, holed up in their gaudy gilt palace on the […]
United States / World
Is Reagan a role model for Trump?
Published by the i paper (14th November, 2016) For three decades Ronald Reagan’s shadow has loomed large over the Republicans, much as his friend Margaret Thatcher’s influence proved […]
Mexico / United States / World
The wall of hate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by the American Legion building where former soldiers were […]
United States / World
Republicans must learn from the Tories – don’t wage war on your own nation
Published by the i paper (16th October, 2016) A few days ago I bumped into someone who knows Donald Trump. Inevitably, the conversation turned to the arrogant billionaire […]
Arts / Books / Politics
Hillbilly memoir with lessons for post-Brexit Britain
Published by the ipaper (3rd October, 2016) JD Vance was 31 years old when he published his biography and admits his accomplishments do not add up to anything […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
Refugees are a test of our shared humanity
Published by the ipaper (18th September, 2016) South Sudan is the world’s newest country, having just passed its fifth birthday. But there is little to celebrate in a […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Cannabis: the medical case for reform
Published by the i paper (11th September, 2016) Joe Quinn is an unlikely cannabis campaigner. For a start, he is in his sixties. More pertinently, he is a […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Priming the pot
Published by Volte Face (9th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat as a police officer, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
British cop who became America’s cannabis king
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat, patrolling some of the roughest parts of London, Mike Abbott arrested dozens […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Brexit means Brexit. But what does that mean?
Published by the i paper (5th September, 2016) Theresa May is a fortunate politician in so many ways. Her own party seems united behind her, the public has […]
Europe / France
Should the Nice massacre be blamed on twisted devotion to religion?
Published by the i paper (18th July, 2016) Like so many children Yannis Coviaux loved the beach, playing in the sand and the sea. His father’s solitary consolation […]
United States / World
Muhammad Ali’s politics shaped the world
Published by the ipaper (6th June, 2016) There has been debate recently over whether tennis player Serena Williams is a modern incarnation of ‘The Greatest’. She may have […]