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Health / Policy

Harriet Harman challenges the section of autistic patients

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th November, 2018) Harriet Harman is leading a chorus of alarm from MPs over the scandal of youngsters with autism who are […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

It is not too late to escape this epic mess

Published by The ipaper (12th November, 2018) Once again, the lions have been let down by donkeys. There are many villains in the Brexit debacle: David Cameron for […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Profiteers of misery

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th November, 2018) A cluster of ‘fat cat’ private operators is creaming off hundreds of millions of pounds from the NHS after […]

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Politics

When former leaders miss the limelight

Published by The i paper (5th November, 2018) This may be a controversial statement in the current political climate, but David Cameron is a decent person. As prime […]

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Aid

Some ‘little extras’ for despots and dictators, a lot less for the rest of us

Published by The Daily Mail (31st October, 2018) Frankly, it was one of the most patronising lines heard in a Budget speech for a long time.  Philip Hammond, admitting […]

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Disability / Health / Politics

The shame of imprisoning people for autism

Published by the i paper (29th October, 2018) Imagine that it was your son, your daughter, your sister, your brother. Taken away by the state against their will […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Shut away and threatened like animals

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th October, 2018) When Adele Green saw her 13-year-old son Eddie after his first month in a specialist hospital supposed to be […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Scandal of autistic youngsters locked in solitary confinement

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th October, 2018) Hundreds of people with autism and learning disabilities are being locked up in appalling conditions, routinely abused and stuffed […]

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Africa / Aid / Ghana

The charity guru who duped the world

Published by UnHerd (24 October, 2018) It is hard to think of a more famous global academic than Jeffrey Sachs. He advises the United Nations, collaborates with presidents, […]

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Crime / Drugs / Policy

Britain’s police are waking up to the futility of the war on drugs

Published by CapX (23rd October, 2018) Few people would have expected Bernard Hogan-Howe to become the nation’s latest outspoken campaigner for review of our drug laws. Yet this […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

Animals would not be treated this badly

Published by The i paper (22nd October, 2018) Stephanie Bincliffe left school at 16 and lived for two years on her own with help of a full-time carer. […]

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Drugs / Policy

Is it time to legalise cannabis, asks former Met chief?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st October, 2018) Former Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called on the Government to set up an urgent review to examine […]

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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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