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Disability / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care

Family tragedy shines penetrating light on failures of state care

Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing to have hit the headlines in recent years: […]

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Politics

The chancellor is for turning… thank goodness

Published by The Daily Telegraph (25th November, 2015) The scope of the spending review was immense with a fusillade of major announcements on everything from health to housing, […]

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Europe / Politics / Russia / Syria / Ukraine / World

Putin, tangled foreign policy and a flawed case for war

Published by The Independent (23rd November, 2015) France is not the only part of Europe under a state of emergency. All four power lines supplying electricity to two […]

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Africa / Europe / France / Mali

Why Mali was attacked

Published by CapX (20th November, 2015) & The Independent (21st November, 2015) So here we go again. First the tragic slaughter of innocents in Paris, followed by that […]

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Economics / Europe / France / Technology

Don’t just pay glib respects. Pay your taxes to protect us

Published by The Sun (20th November, 2015) It did not take long for the world’s technology giants to react when cowardly gangsters unleashed bloody carnage and terrifying chaos […]

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Europe / European Union / France / Immigration / Policy

To turn on refugees because of Paris is weak and wrong

Published by The Guardian (18th November, 2015) Should we ban white Australians from coming to Britain? After all, one misfit teenager from Melbourne became so disillusioned with western […]

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Economics / Europe / Iceland / Politics

Iceland has jailed 26 bankers, so why won’t we?

Published by The Independent (16th November, 2015) There are many reasons to admire Iceland, but here is another one: it has just sentenced five senior bankers and one […]

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Arts / Europe / France / Music

Cut down doing the job he loved

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2015) It is hard to think of anyone further removed from the fanaticism and hatred of Islamist killers than Nick […]

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Health / Policy

Are we brave enough to reform a system in crisis?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2015) The National Health Service is in a mess – and we are reaching the crunch point for its survival […]

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Aid / Drugs / Policy

Drug warriors being defeated, but Britain fights on

Published by The Independent (9th November, 2015) There can be no doubt that the daft war on drugs is devastating many of the world’s poorest countries, from Africa […]

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Aid / Politics

Foreign aid fat cats face greater scrutiny

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th November, 2015) Ministers have ordered a crackdown on private firms making massive profits from Britain’s foreign-aid spending after their activities were […]

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Politics / United States / World

Transatlantic lessons from the Republican civil war

Published by The Independent (2nd November, 2015) Almost from the moment he became a senator four years ago, Marco Rubio has been marked out as a potential Republican […]

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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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