Published by The ipaper (9th January, 2017) It is strange that Theresa May’s honeymoon period has lasted so long, given her abrupt ascent to power and the deep […]
Europe / Russia
Theresa May must make a lonely stand against Putin
Published by The ipaper (2nd January, 2017) Thirty months ago I stood in a cornfield amid rolling hills of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by shattered human bodies. Men, women, […]
Aid / Politics
Patel takes on foreign aid fat cats
Published by The i paper (19th December, 2016) It is fair to assume few cheers were heard in the Department for International Development (Dfid) corridors when officials learned […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The barbaric crime wave we ignore
Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character. His family tried to protect him since people […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
The spice of prison life
Published by the ipaper (5th December, 2016) The ambulances turn up at Bristol Prison with monotonous regularity. Once every few hours, five times a day, up to 35 […]
Cuba / World
An enemy of the people
Published by the ipaper (28th November, 2016) Shortly after the announcement Fidel Castro had died, state security agents turned up at a house in Havana. It belonged to […]
Immigration / Policy / Politics
At last: a stirring defence of liberalism
Published by The i paper (21st November, 2016) The Tory moderniser and former minister Anna Soubry was in magnificent form in a weekend newspaper interview, leaving journalist Decca […]
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 […]
Politics
Richmond reveals a traditional party system in flux
Published by the ipaper (31st October, 2016) Zac Goldsmith presents himself as a man of principle, honouring his promise to stand down and trigger a by-election after the […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Democracy is not just casting votes
Published by the i paper (7th November, 2016) The Brexit battle is intensifying. Theresa May, the country’s most prominent convert to the cause, has come out fighting against […]
Education / Immigration / Policy
Misguided May’s mess over migration
Published by the ipaper (24th October, 2016) Paul Saunders was stunned when, after marrying a Cuban earlier this year, he discovered they were banned from living together in […]
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 […]