Letter published in the New Statesman 13.12.19

Japan Times 25.11.19 

LONDON – Lucky Japan with its new imperial era of beautiful harmony. How the Europeans wish they had some of the same elixir. Of course Japan has an unlucky side, too, when it comes to the ravages of nature, with terrible typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes visiting wit...

From the start, the United Kingdom’s policy has been a classic example of tramline thinking and assuming that the future will be like the past. First, right at the start, there was the Arab spring, which everyone thought would be like the Prague spring. The very word “...

My Lords, Hong Kong had everything going for it, including a fabulous future as part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay area, which was and still is destined to be one of the richest, most innovative and powerful regions on the entire planet. Mention of the B...

Oddly, there is little or nothing in the gracious Speech about turbulent outside world events, except of course the eternal Brexit, despite their major impact on our lives and issues here at home. In particular it is a great pity—indeed, I find it rather shocking—that...

Neither Robinson nor Marr have grasped the difference between the big

business, corporatist type of legislation for workers, mostly coming from the

EU, and the small-business-friendly social and employment legislation that

we need and which is far better suited to both wo...

UK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)

Our New National Purpose, Brexit or no Brexit

Populism is hijacking democracy