Published by The i paper (14th December, 2020) So this is how it ends. After 47 years as a leading member of the trading alliance that has delivered […]
Politics
Out of his depth, out of ideas
Published by The i paper (21st September, 2020) When I was a child I wanted to be prime minister. First, I planned to be an actor, until a […]
Politics
The PM reveals his moral bankruptcy
Published by The i paper (3rd August, 2020) One of the most powerful political advertisements of recent times was released last month in the United States. It took […]
Policy / Race
British exceptionalism and the legacy of Empire
Published by The i paper (8th June, 2020) Among the strangest aspects of Britain’s pandemic response has been constant parroting of claims by stumbling politicians and their scientific […]
Politics
Incompetence personified
Published by The i paper (1st June, 2020) Clearly Dominic Cummings has little respect for rules. So he must be delighted to have shattered one of the most oft-heard […]
Covid19 / Politics
Pandemic, power and a prime minister’s hubris
Published by The i paper (25th May, 2020) The strange thing about politics is how stories about one person’s behaviour can detonate like a lethal missile as they […]
Covid19 / Health / Policy
Bumbling their way to disaster
Published by The i paper (20th April, 2020) It is 91 days as I write since China confirmed a new virus that had erupted in one of its […]
Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
A grave threat to vulnerable people
Published by The i paper (23rd March, 2020) Six years ago I landed in Liberia. My temperature was taken after leaving the plane, then I walked through an […]
Health / Policy
Ministers failing in their duty of care
Published by The i paper (24th February, 2020) As someone whose father has severe dementia and daughter needs full-time care for profound disabilities, I have witnessed this country’s […]