I have written an article today for the Sunday Times, arguing that the current tub-thumping at the UN is a distraction from serious and credible efforts to make peace, which require political leadership not legal wrangling. You can access the article here.
Read MoreI have written an article for the Daily Telegraph, based on the foreign policy chapter in After the Coalition, criticising the irrational exuberance of the Blairite era, and arguing for a more rugged internationalism - which takes Britain’s responsibilities as a global good citizen seriously, but does not lose sight of the UK national interest. […]
Read MoreI have co-authored a new book, After the Coalition, setting out a Conservative vision for Britain beyond the end of the current coalition in 2015. I wrote the book with Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss, Priti Patel and Chris Skidmore - MPs from the 2010 intake - and it will be serialised in the Daily Telegraph […]
Read MoreToday, I teamed up with Priti Patel (MP for Witham) to write a piece for the Daily Telegraph, making the case for meritocracy not gender quotas. You can read the article here.
Read MoreI have written an article for The Times tomorrow on the endgame for Gaddafi. If he is captured alive, I argue he should be sent to The Hague for trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), rather than face victors’ justice at the hands of the rebels. You can access the article here, and my […]
Read MoreI have written an article tomorrow for the Sunday Times, setting making the case for a third choice - between integration and withdrawal - in Britain’s relationship with the EU. You can access it here. There is further coverage in the Sunday Telegraph, here and here, on new work being done on the EU in […]
Read MoreAmidst all the scaremongering about cuts to public spending, Allister Heath at City AM points out that public spending is still over half of UK GDP - for the third year running - and that this is what is keeping growth so sluggish. His editorial here is well worth a read. I have written a […]
Read MoreI wrote a contribution for the Huffington Post on the hacking scandal. You can read it here.
Read MoreI have written a piece for Con Home today about the lack of proper Parliamentary scrutiny of new Equality and Diversity Regulations that will shortly come into force … ironically aimed at greater transparency! You can read the article here.
Read MoreToday, I wrote an article questioning whether the taxpayer should be forking out tens of millions to fund union officials and activities. You can read the article in the Daily Telegraph here. It comes as the Taxpayers Alliance disclose the salaries of top union bosses, here, with the head of one earning over £180k per […]
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