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Disability / Economics

Neglect of disabled people is shameful waste of talent and resources

Published by The Telegraph (2nd December, 2017) Theresa May wants to get a million more people with disabilities into work over the next decade, pledging to tinker with […]

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Immigration / Policy / Politics

Callous rules on foreign spouses must be abolished

Published by The Times (1st December, 2017) It is a modern love story. The popular prince who fell in love with the beautiful American actress on a blind […]

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Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics

Britain suffers the Brexit blues

Published by The i paper (27th November, 2017) ‘The eyes of the world are upon us,’ declared Theresa May in her Florence speech two months ago as she […]

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Drugs / Police / Policy

It’s slow, overdue but underway: we’re on the path to drug reform

Published by UnHerd (23rd November, 2017) Grahame Morris has been called many things in his political career but he could never be accused of carpetbagging. He was born […]

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Africa / Zimbabwe

The Crocodile shows his teeth

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2017) So farewell then, Robert Mugabe. The situation in Zimbabwe remains fluid after the carefully planned coup that claims not to […]

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Crime / Drugs / Police / Policy

Police chief: ‘I won’t arrest low-level dealers, even for selling heroin’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th November, 2017) A police chief has declared that his force will stop prosecuting all drug addicts, along with ‘low-level’ dealers of […]

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Arts / Books / Iraq / Syria / World

Escape from the Isis hell

Published by The Times (18th November, 2017) ‘The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State’ by Nadia Murad and Jenna Krajeski Three […]

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Africa / Zimbabwe

Will Mugabe’s hated wife be the tyrant’s downfall?

Published by The Daily Mail (15th November, 2017) With tanks on the streets of Zimbabwe and enemies at the gates of his plush mansion, are we witnessing the […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics / Russia / Technology

We need an investigation into Russia’s role in the Brexit vote

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2017) Every now and then, observing the strange state of global events, we must pause to remind ourselves we are witnessing […]

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Health

Animals. Are they so different to us?

Published by UnHerd (9th November, 2017) It is known that sheep can recognise as many as fifty human faces. Now some Cambridge University researchers have trained eight Welsh […]

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Arts / Europe / Holland

Let’s make children see the nation’s greatest painting

Published by The Times (9th November, 2017) It took more than 200 days of negotiations, but last month the Netherlands finally got a new government when four parties […]

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Arts / Drugs / Economics / Policy

Good causes stained by death and dirty money

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2017) Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol has decided not to ditch its name, despite bearing the moniker of a 17th-century merchant […]

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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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