Articles

Sir Iain regularly writes a Comment piece for the Telegraph and occasionally contributes to other leading news publications.

Articles
Using parliamentary gameplay to deny a vote on genocide is a shameful act by the Government

The House of Lords has suggested a credible way of standing up to atrocity crimes. MPs deserve to have their say on it.
We can finally take advantage of our freedom outside the EU

It is a year to the day since the UK left the European Union, and one month since the new Trade and Cooperation Agreement took effect and the Transition Period ended, signalling the return of the UK to the world stage as an independent nation once again.
The Government must do more to crack down on trade with China

A law banning companies from trading with countries guilty of genocide is vital if we are to stand up to inhumane authoritarianism.
The vaccines minister needs a military-style approach to lick the fumbling state bureaucracy into shape

The moment the Prime Minister decided to place a number of areas into Tier 4, it became a racing certainty that the rest of England would be in full lockdown by January.
It’s vital that the House of Commons scrutinises these harsh restrictions

It is only fair to do all we can to understand what role Sage has played in creating the present situation.
We need a surgical strike to deal with Covid in London, not this blunt instrument

When the tier system was reintroduced earlier this month, we were encouraged to believe it would be a measured response, not a substitute lockdown.
The British people voted to be a sovereign nation

We now know that the Prime Minister is off to meet Ursula von der Leyen, the EU commission President on Wednesday. We all wish him well and have the greatest faith that he and Lord Frost will hold the line on their manifesto pledges.
No 10's Christmas stitch-up is the real reason for months of draconian rules

The Government's decision to return the UK to a tier system far tougher than the one which preceded the nation-wide lockdown has baffled many.
Mr Barnier it's very simple, we just want our country back

The Brexit saga is coming to an end. In days, possibly but certainly no more than a week or two, the UK must break free of its 47-year membership of what was once called the Common Market but has now morphed into a would-be superstate, aka the European Union.