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Drugs / Economics / Health / Policy

What’s the difference between drugs and gambling?

Published by The i paper (27 January, 2020) Lewis Keogh seemed to have everything. He had a good job, his own flat in Leeds, a loving family and […]

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Africa

Stop the mockery, end the pity and start to engage

Published by The i paper (20th January, 2020) Boris Johnson has displayed repulsive views on Africa. He has been racist, with a column referring to ‘tribal warriors’ breaking out […]

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Economics / Health / Policy

Blood on their hands

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling for fish in the Bristol Channel, delighted to […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Why are we locking up patients for profit?

Published by UnHerd (15th January, 2020) Claire Greaves was a young woman with anorexia and a personality disorder. She spoke candidly and courageously to broadcasters about her struggles; on […]

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China / Taiwan / World

A victory for democracy in Taiwan

Published by The i paper (13th January, 2020) While the world has been transfixed by explosive events in Iran, an eruption has taken place in a small island […]

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Aid

War crime victims let down by the bloated aid system

Published by The Times (9th January, 2020) The issue was clear, the intentions noble, the promises bold. The coming together in common cause of politicians, charities and celebrities […]

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Arts / Books / Europe / Germany

How would you respond to the rise of Nazism?

Published by UnHerd (3rd January, 2020) My book of this decade might seem a strange choice. It was written in 1939. The events it describes began unfolding more […]

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China / India / World

Muslims are under siege around the world

Published by The i paper (30th December, 2019) Boris Johnson focused on persecution in his first Christmas message as prime minister, pointing out that for many people around the […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

£445,000 pay rise for fat cat boss of hospitals that failed autistic patients

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th December, 2019) A private mental health firm has been accused of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour in handing huge pay rises to top executives […]

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Drugs / Health / Policy / United States / World

2017: when the US woke up to deaths from despair

Published by UnHerd (26th December, 2019) In the summer of 2017, I found myself in Dayton, Ohio. This friendly and rather nondescript city is famed worldwide as home […]

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Economics / Health / Policy

Stop gambling with people’s lives

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2019) Denise Coates, founder of gambling firm Bet365, has hit the jackpot. She earned £1.3m every day last year, which is […]

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Europe / Health / Italy / Policy

The country that closed its psychiatric hospitals

Published by Tortoise (17th December, 2019) Elisabetta Paci spent a year planning to take her own life after deciding her departure from the world would be best for […]

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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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