As part of his regular series on modern slavery, James Melville looks at how many of the garments we wear rest on a supply chain of child exploitation and misery
In a further report in his series on Modern Slavery, James Melville looks at the exploitation behind the coffee industry
James Melville explains why slavery isn’t just a historic issue of statues and how your mobile phone contributes to the modern enslavement of 40 million people
James Melville reports on how foresight helped Ireland fight COVID-19, while Boris Johnson’s Government wallow in hindsight and blame
James Melville explains why the US President was always destined to burn bridges rather than build them, and how he fans the flames of racism
James Melville argues that the Dominic Cummings Scandal has become Boris Johnson’s ‘Black Wednesday’ moment when authority drains away even from his core support
As Britain and Sweden compete in COVID-19 fatalities, James Melville considers the catastrophic failures of the Scandinavian country compared to its neighbours
James Melville continues his international analysis of Coronavirus responses with the stark contrast between two South American neighbours
James Melville continues his comparisons of global best practice responses to the Pandemic with the first Latin America country to report a COVID-19 case.
James Melville continues his comparison of international responses to COVID-19 and shows how just one British rural county has suffered more than a continent.
James Melville continues his global tour of international responses to COVID-19 with some stark comparisons to the UK.
James Melville continues his series comparing international responses to COVID-19 and the example of Portugal shines out despite an ageing population and a frail health service.
James Melville reports on Denmark’s effective response to COVID-19 — mass testing, an early lockdown, and no bailouts for companies in tax havens.
James Melville reports on how Greece, by adopting foresight rather than hindsight, has a fraction of COVID-19 deaths per capita compared to Britain
James Melville contrasts and compares Britain to the fast testing and community outreach approach of its European neighbours.
James Melville on the fast response of Jacinda Ardern’s Administration which puts the UK Government to Shame
The COVID-19 outbreak is causing significant concern for the global economy and individual households.
With existing pressures on the NHS, will the health service be able to cope with increased cases of the highly contagious virus?
A new report by the National Audit Office reveals there were 43,000 vacancies for nurses at the end of last September. What is the Prime Minister’s plan to fill these and how will his new points-based immigration system help?
James Melville explains why it might be time for the Scottish National Party to change its name.
James Melville on how the £200 billion cost of four years lost growth equals the entire UK contribution to the EU budget since it joined.
If the success of a government is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable in society, our decade-long Conservative Government has utterly failed, argues James Melville.
With the Government’s announcement of a new points-based immigration system, James Melville considers how people’s fears of those entering the country have been fuelled by political decision-making.
James Melville on why we must be careful what we wish for when it comes to making sweeping changes to the under-attack BBC.
James Melville sees that two months into ‘getting Brexit done’, the Government reshuffling of deckchairs does little to change our precarious situation.
James Melville on another big myth in UK politics – that the Labour Party cannot be trusted on the economy.
James Melville explains the sensible way to square the circle of free trade with Europe and heal the divisions in Britain.
James Melville on how Boris Johnson’s ‘Northern Strategy’ continues a 30-year-long deflection game designed to get us to vote against our best interests.
As Britain leaves the EU on 31 January 2020, James Melville argues that a deep sense of unease with its identity in the world has led to a flawed solution: Brexit.
Could Labour leadership candidate Keir Starmer’s idea of creating a more federal United Kingdom be the only real solution to holding the Union together?
James Melville highlights the paradox of our xenophobic media driven by press proprietors who are non-domiciled for tax reasons or based overseas.
James Melville explores how Boris Johnson can respond to a protest vote against the territorial injustice of austerity.
James Melville explains why the Brexit vote and now a Johnson victory has propelled him away from the Union to Scottish Independence.
Brexit has become an identity conflict in Britain. It is Danny Boyle’s London Olympics Opening Ceremony versus the Last Night of the Proms. Where do we go from here?
James Melville sets out the state the Conservatives have left Britain in after nine years in power – and wonders why people are still willing to give them their vote.
James Melville argues that the appeal of the Conservative Party to the UK electorate is the greatest British political tragedy of the modern era.
After Thatcherism and austerity, Brexit is the third part of a heist designed to wreck the social fabric of Britain