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Europe / Germany / Ukraine

‘They need fighter planes and long range missiles too’

Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2023) Delighted Ukrainians shared selfies on social media yesterday in which they showed off their leopard-print clothes. Women donned coats, tops […]

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Health / Policy / Social care

Why would you envy the NHS?

Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for […]

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Health / Policy / Technology

Could digitisation help revive the NHS?

Published by The i paper (22nd August, 2022) I went to Tallinn earlier this month to report on Estonia’s remarkable embrace of digital government. This Baltic nation has […]

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Estonia / Europe / Technology

Is this the way to stop Britain being strangled by red tape?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th August, 2022) Across the world, there is deep disenchantment with governments, whether they are democracies marooned in political ineptitude or corrupt […]

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Defence / Estonia / Europe / Policy / Russia

The Plague of Putin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th October, 2016) As heavy rain gushed down from glowering skies and cars snaked through heavily fortified customs points, it was impossible […]

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Defence / Europe / Germany / Politics / Russia

Europe’s defence wanes as the Putin threat grows

Published by The Wall Street Journal (4th March, 2015) The chill of a new Cold War is descending over Europe. In Ukraine, ripped apart by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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