Published by The Guardian (2nd May, 2017) Shortly after Theresa May set out her timetable for Brexit she went for talks with some European counterparts. First stop was […]
Europe / France
Macron plays the populist card
Published by The ipaper (1st May, 2017) We are enduring the most predictable and sterile election of modern times. On one side we see the anticipated coronation of […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Who will capture the centre ground?
Published by The i paper (3rd April, 2017) British politics is in a curious place. A prime minister who is respected but still little-known leads a government with […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The tiny nation holding Britain hostage (like 27 others)
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd April, 2017) The symbolism could not have been more stark, nor the power plays more loaded, when Europe formally responded to […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The great Brexit farce has begun
Published by The i paper (27th March, 2017) There is a simplistic clarity to any act of insurgency. Rebellions can bring together armies of malcontents with very different […]
Europe / Ireland / Politics
Terror and peace: Martin McGuinness’s divisive legacy
Published by CapX (21st March, 2017) For anyone my age, the death of Martin McGuinness brings very mixed feelings. We grew up to a backdrop of bombs and […]
Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Some say Remainers should stay silent. I don’t agree…
Published by The i Paper (13th March, 2017) The prime minister is poised to lead her people in massed leap over a cliff edge as she triggers Article […]
Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
A disturbing new low for foreign aid
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th March, 2017) Britain is pumping huge sums of foreign aid into Palestinian schools named after mass murderers and Islamist militants, which openly […]
Europe / Politics
My Tory Brexit friends should hang their heads in shame
Published by The Guardian (7th February, 2016) Ken Clarke has been in superb form since becoming the only Conservative MP with the bottle to vote against the Brexit […]
Europe / United States
The new dawn of old nationalism
Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2017) On Friday morning, as the world prepared to see a former reality television star sworn in to office as the […]
Europe / Policy / World
Nativism is the new world order
Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
Europe / Immigration / Policy / Serbia
The railway children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way alongside railway tracks, covering the nearby piles of […]