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Europe / European Union / Politics

The Tories ditch decency along with their values

Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his haircut through to his pragmatic approach to politics […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Hand poisoned chalice back to the people

Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. […]

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Immigration / Iraq / Policy / Politics / World

Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery

Published by The ipaper (18th March, 2019) Five years ago I was reporting from Iraq when I wrote about Kocho, a Yazidi village where Islamic State (IS) fanatics […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

My autistic child was kidnaped by social workers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th March, 2019) It was a cold day in February five years ago when a psychologist sent by the local authority issued […]

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Politics

How Brexit could shatter Britain’s two-party politics

Published by CapX (15th March, 2019) On the day the coalition government was formed, I found myself briefly alone with an exhausted David Cameron as he was about […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

How can we ignore this cruelty?

Published by The i paper (11th March, 2019) The abuse, the bullying, the cruelty were simply grotesque. One person is said to have been made to eat a […]

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Syria / World

She said she was terrified her son would die in camp

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th March, 2019) Shamima Begum told me she was ‘terrified’ her baby son Jarrah would die when we met inside a Syrian […]

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Syria / World

Plight of the little boys brainwashed into being ISIS suicide bombers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) Milad was just seven when Islamic State gunmen tore him from his family as they cowered in a building alongside […]

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Syria / World

IS zealots face final assault as coalition forces close

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) Thick black smoke rose over the Syrian village of Baghouz yesterday as Western-backed forces advanced on two fronts in […]

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Arts / Music / Syria / World

Hello Syria! Joss Stone plays the world’s most unlikely gig

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) When British singer Joss Stone, barefoot as usual, walked on stage and greeted the crowd, she began one of […]

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Arts / Books / Health / Policy / Syria / World

The doctor stitching up Syria’s wounded

Published by The Times (2nd March, 2019) War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott (Picador) David Nott was about to stitch up a vein in the […]

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Aid

These pictures don’t help Africa’s poor

Published by The Daily Mail (28th February 2019) For little more than a decade Stacey Dooley has made all the right steps, moving effortlessly from flogging make-up at […]

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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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