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Europe / Poland

What will the EU do to tackle the towns declaring themselves LGBT-free zones?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th August, 2020) Michal is a mild-mannered 19-year-old. He describes himself as ‘a bit of a nerd’, plans a career making videos […]

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Health / Policy

Incompetence, conspiracy – and how our culture of NHS worship is costing lives

Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2020) Today Harry Richford should be a bundle of energy, full of curiosity and mischief like any other toddler approaching his […]

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Education / Health / Policy / Politics

Quangos, cronies and the government blame game

Published by The i paper (24th August, 2020) This pandemic has exposed defects in our nation with hideous efficiency. It has shown the lack of concern for social […]

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China / Covid19 / United States / World

Where is Wuhan virus researcher who was named as Patient Zero?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd August, 2020) The US government’s leading health research body has raised a series of bombshell concerns over the origins of the […]

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Covid19 / Economics

The older workers condemned by Covid

Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed after lockdown started. Her income fell by £400 […]

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Iraq / Technology / World

So many festering wounds

Published by The i paper (17th August, 2020) Waleed Neysif was 18 years old when American forces began bombing Baghdad. He spoke perfect English, played in a heavy […]

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China / Covid19 / World

‘I had to flee my home and family to tell the world the truth about China’s cover-up before I became another of the disappeared’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th August, 2020) When Li-Meng Yan was asked to pop into her boss’s office on the final day of last year, she […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden

How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care

Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / Sweden / Turkey / World

Pandemic lessons from other places

Published by The i paper (10th August, 2020) I have resumed my job as a foreign reporter following a four-month break. It was a strange experience as I […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Health / Policy / Sweden

Sweden was pilloried by the whole world for refusing to lock down. But was it right?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th August, 2020) As she sat dangling her legs over the water while waiting for the ferry back to Stockholm, Carolinne Liden […]

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Arts / Books / United States / World

Tantrums of a tyrant

Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality of Donald Trump’s presence in the White House. […]

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Politics

The PM reveals his moral bankruptcy

Published by The i paper (3rd August, 2020) One of the most powerful political advertisements of recent times was released last month in the United States. It took […]

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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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