World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line

When a government dictates how many children you can have that is surely an example of the worst kind of dictatorship, whether it be a commu...

There is a timing for everything in politics. Boris's "surprise" earlier-than-expected wedding to Carrie Symonds at Westminste...

It was certainly very upsetting news that the Great Bard has finally after all these centuries passed away. No more comedies, no more traged...

There have been great survivors in the political world but perhaps none more so than Bashar al-Assad, just voted in by his "adoring...

I kind of feel sorry for the CIA. The US intelligence agency has vast resources but until now has come up with no definitive proof that Covi...

Boris will survive the roasting he got from Dominic Cummings speaking to the parliamentary committee today. But it's worth considerng th...

People with grudges and grievances are rarely worth listening to. Take Dominic Cummings, one-time right-hand man to Boris Johnson and the Sv...