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Crime / Policy

A scandal that piles pressure on prisons

Published by The i paper (12th August, 2024) Prisons are filling with fresh inmates after the riots as people responsible for the rampage of disorder and thuggery are […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Audacious strike that shows we must keep sending arms to Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (12th August, 2024) Surprise has always been critical in war. And once again, Ukraine has displayed it with daring – just as the […]

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Economics / Europe / Russia / Ukraine

How Ukrainians are learning to adapt to their wartime economy

Published by The i paper (6th August, 2024) Life seemed good for Vadym Liski before the arrival of war. His cardboard factory, recycling mountains of waste and employing […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

Far right pose a threat to our democracy

Published by The i paper (5th August, 2024) So the first crisis of Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street turns out to be a summer rampage of terror […]

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Aid

Miliband’s bonanza £1m salary from charity while cutting jobs and aid projects

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th August, 2024) David Miliband has been handed an annual pay package of more than $1.25million (£1million) by an aid charity heavily […]

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Disability / Health / Policy / Social care

Private greed corroding our care system

Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse suffered by their son Jonah at his residential […]

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Arts / Books / China / Europe / Iran / Russia / Ukraine / Venezuela / World

Conspiracy of thieves

Published by The Spectator (27th July, 2024) Autocracy, Inc – The Dictators Who Want To Run The World (Allen Lane) After staging a failed coup and going to […]

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Venezuela / World

The Iron Lady trying to salvage Venezuela

Published by UnHerd (26th July, 2024) Despite being the most popular politician in Venezuela, María Corina Machado has been banned from standing in this weekend’s election. Forbidden from […]

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Politics / United States / World

If the Tories follow Trump, they will be haunted by regret

Published by The i paper (22nd July, 2024) Ronald Reagan is routinely hailed on the right as one of the greatest Republican presidents in United States history for […]

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Europe / Poland

Poland is on a mission: to build the most powerful land army in Europe

Published by The Daily Mail (11th July, 2024) As the sun beat down on a ­glorious summer day, cyclists clad in lurid fluorescent Lycra pedalled furiously along the […]

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Politics

Starmer can learn lessons from the Tory disaster

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2024) Already our politics feels a little bit calmer. Labour has kicked out the Tories, Sir Keir Starmer has moved into […]

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Crime / Europe / Norway / Policy

How Norway’s calm prisons shame the UK system

Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs in Oslo. Yet he smiles as he tells […]

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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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