Dominic Lawson
Former editor of The Specator magazine and the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Dominic Lawson who is noted for his robust and iconoclastic opinions on political and social issue, has been writing a column for The Independent since 2006.
Dominic Lawson: A climate deal that flatters to deceive
There was no advance on the vapid pledges made in Copenhagen which were deemed to be retrograde
Recently by Dominic Lawson
Dominic Lawson: If you're scared of Jaws, give up swimming. It worked for me
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
I am of the small, scorned minority who loathe swimming in the sea. You can drown in it, with effortless ease, in seconds
Dominic Lawson: Gossip is gold dust for diplomats
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
The cable went on to say that contacts' revealed this alleged 'hound-dog' to have manic-depressive tendencies
Dominic Lawson: George Osborne and the Irish bailout – it's family business
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Although the Irish government has expressed gratitude, it must be bitterly galling to be relying on the Brits for a lifeline
Dominic Lawson: Smash a window, lose the argument
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Non-violence is a hard road to tread. But liberation movements based on brute force are corrupted by the experience
Dominic Lawson: What the Germans can teach America
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
We have a clear sign that Europe's leading economy will side with China in accusing the US of deliberately debasing the dollar
Dominic Lawson: Security is one thing, bullying another
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
The officer rang easyJet and told them not to allow my father on the plane, lying that he had 'not passed through security'
Dominic Lawson: A parallel morality for celebrities
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Michael Winner appears to take the view that fame transforms the crassest of behaviour into something marvellous, even something to be celebrated
Dominic Lawson: How far must we go to appease envy?
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
On this proposition, supermodels should pay super-tax, because they were lucky to have the genetic inheritance which made them worth millions
Dominic Lawson: Kill a schoolchild. How hilarious
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Richard Curtis will have his latest film hanging round his neck like a stinking fish for as long as he is successful enough to be worth mocking
Society really is to blame
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Dominic Lawson: The real cause of so much abuse of children is the breakdown of family life
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