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Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics

Should we follow Norway to the EU exit? Nei!

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th May, 2016) Picture a scene familiar to many who live in the English countryside. Armies of eastern European farm workers are toiling […]

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Aid / Turkey / World

Human rights, hypocrisy and a humanitarian summit

Published by The ipaper (23rd March, 2016) Four years ago United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon announced his idea for a giant summit to discuss the stumbling response systems […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Blips, blunders and bluster… has Boris lost it?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) When he announced he was backing Brexit, there was jubilation among those wanting out of the European Union, and […]

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Austria / Europe

The pistol-packing extremist set to be Austria’s leader

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) Norbert Hofer is a father- of-four who speaks softly, smiles often and walks with a stick following a paragliding […]

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Politics / Venezuela / World

A modern tragedy applauded by deluded leftists

Published by The Daily Telegraph (18th May, 2016) To understand why the thought of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister is so alarming, take a look at the unfurling […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Boris is a dimming star in the Brexit debate

Published by The ipaper (16th May, 2016) Last week, the former Prime Minister Sir John Major made one of his sporadic sallies back into the political fray, warning […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Stop giving aid cash to terrorists, say Jewish leaders

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2016) Jewish groups are launching a campaign to stop British aid being used to fund Palestinian terrorists following shocking revelations […]

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Politics / Technology

The Tories meddle with the BBC at their peril

Published by The Guardian (11th May, 2016) What is the government cooking up for the BBC? According to winners at last weekend’s Bafta awards, nothing short of evisceration. […]

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Politics

Doomsday warning: Tories and Labour are in danger

Published by The ipaper (8th May, 2016) Austrians face a choice between two candidates in the run-off for their presidential election later this month. They can support a […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Grieving mother branded ‘vindictive cow’ and a culture of NHS arrogance

Published by The Daily Mail (6th May, 2016) Surely it is impossible to imagine the twisted inhumanity of someone who would pick up the phone to a bereaved […]

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Politics / United States / World

Special relationship? It might have to wait until Cameron bids farewell

Published by The Daily Telegraph (5th May, 2016) One thing united experts as they surveyed an over-crowded field many months ago: Donald Trump stood no chance of winning […]

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Immigration / Policy

Leicester is a winner – and not just on the football pitch

Published by the ipaper (2nd May, 2016) When I started out in journalism three decades ago, I spent time on two work placements at regional newspapers. The first […]

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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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