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 […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
‘Liberal’ leavers played with fire and now Britain gets burned
Published by the ipaper (10th October, 2016) The day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, one of the key figures promoting the concept of “taking back […]