The Telegraph: The Army must get its ship in order before embracing wokery 10th November 2021 It is easier to announce the adoption of eye-catching topical trends than to tackle the awkward systemic cultural change required There is a certain irony that... Opinions
The Telegraph: Sadiq Khan needs to get his act together on knife crime 11th October 2021 Despite being in his second term, the Mayor continues to ignore the failure of policing strategy he has oversight of One of the bleakest indications of a return... Opinions
The Telegraph: Afghan veterans are getting settled here, but what about the Commonwealth soldiers who served with them? 2nd September 2021 If we can change the criteria with a single pen-stroke for Afghan refugees, why not for those who've served this country for years? The announcement of... Opinions
Conservative Home: Betting shops harm poorer people and so blight levelling up. Post-Covid, Ministers have a chance to act. 26th August 2021 The publication this week of the University of Bristol’s report into the distribution of UK betting shops, The Geography of Gambling Premises in Britain, has... Opinions
The Telegraph: Here’s why the Afghan army that I helped to train fell so quickly 17th August 2021 To see everything that we fought so hard to achieve unravel so quickly is devastating, yet it has a sad air of inevitability about it There is an oft-quoted... Opinions
The Telegraph: Labour's opposition to the deportation of Jamaican criminals reeks of hypocrisy 12th August 2021 If Labour truly believe that the UK Borders Act 2007 is no longer fit for purpose, then why has no Labour MP tabled a motion to amend it? On September 6th 2011... Opinions
The Telegraph: Violent crime is returning with vengeance, but the politically correct elite doesn't seem to care 4th August 2021 The cycle is doomed to repeat itself until leading figures conduct a robust discussion on the cultural aspect of the crisis A rare sunny weekend in August... Opinions
The Telegraph: Rayner's pledge to make flexible working the 'new normal' proves Labour is still talking to Islington 28th July 2021 According to data from the Office of National Statistics less than half the population worked from home during the pandemic First coined by the American... Opinions
The Telegraph: Of course the Left are against easing lockdown restrictions. They've had a good crisis 20th July 2021 For these harbingers of doom, what circumstances would make ending restrictions acceptable? As a classicist, the Prime Minister will undoubtedly be aware that... Opinions