Nicholas Ramsden
Nicholas Ramsden was born and grew up in Papua New Guinea, and has worked his whole career in international development and corporate social impact in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and the Pacific.
From Britain, with more discriminating love
Properly implemented, the FCO-DfID merger could bring benefits home and away
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
