Published by UnHerd (9th September, 2025)
Health / Politics
Private healthcare tax is populist nonsense
Published by The i paper (6th August, 2025)
Economics / Politics
We’ve had enough of these fairy tales
Published by The i paper (11th July, 2022) Rishi Sunak launched his campaign to become leader of our country with a slick video that asked two simple questions: “Do […]
Aid / Economics
Save us from these self-appointed saviours
Published by The i paper (17th September, 2018) There can be no doubt Jeff Bezos is an extremely impressive business operator. He has turned a website selling books […]
Health / Policy
Ten practical remedies for the ailing NHS
Published by CapX (26th January, 2018) I went to hospital earlier this week for a small but troubling skin condition. Having expected to spend the morning stuck wearily […]
Economics / Politics
The self-employed shouldn’t be stung with more taxes
Published by The Times (7th March, 2017) Seven years ago I joined the swelling ranks of self-employed workers in Britain after a quarter century in the corporate world. […]
Health / Policy / Politics
The NHS is ailing. Is a ringfenced tax the best remedy?
Published by The Guardian (30th August, 2016) Doctors and their vociferous unions do like to complain, posing as protectors of the National Health Service while they dig in […]
Health / Policy / Politics
A new tax to save a struggling health system
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (29th February, 2016) I am not a fan of Sir David Nicholson, the former National Health Service chief executive. His […]
Economics / Technology
The tax-avoiding Facebook mogul and an act of charity that reeks of hypocrisy
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd December, 2015) Once, it was enough to put a notice in the newspaper when your child was born. But Mark Zuckerberg, the […]
Economics / Europe / France / Technology
Don’t just pay glib respects. Pay your taxes to protect us
Published by The Sun (20th November, 2015) It did not take long for the world’s technology giants to react when cowardly gangsters unleashed bloody carnage and terrifying chaos […]
Economics / Politics
Are the Tories just defending crony capitalism?
Published by The Guardian (10th February, 2015) The embryonic general election campaign has been dominated by big business and its hostility to Labour. Attacks from former friends and […]
Aid / Economics
Bill Gates preaches the aid gospel, but is he just a hypocrite?
Published in The Guardian (January 6th, 2014) He made his name as a sharp-elbowed businessman who rode the technology revolution with such style. But these days he is […]