He's joining the bookies funded lame-duck "horse racing" daily paper and bookies mouth-piece the Racing Post. He was with the Guardian for many years, and the son of the horseracing fan and Labour politician Robin Cook.
I hope he's able to maintain his proven reputation and integrity unlike the majority at his new "home", a bunch of hypocritical lazy "journalists" feeding from the bookies trough and writing solely on their behalf and interests.