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Crime / Politics

Badenoch’s mythical belief in rehabilitation

Published by The i Paper (10th August, 2026)

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Crime / Social care

Horror of the hidden illegal children’s homes

Published by The Daily Mail (8th August, 2026)

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Crime / Policy / Politics

Burnham’s priority should be prisons

Published by The i Paper (27th July, 2026)

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Inside the scam compounds run by Chinese gangs: Imprisoned ‘workers’ face horrific torture including being chained to a tiger’s cage, beaten with metal pipes and threatened with huge pythons
Crime / Technology / Thailand

Inside the scam compounds run by Chinese gangs: Imprisoned ‘workers’ face horrific torture including being chained to a tiger’s cage, beaten with metal pipes and threatened with huge pythons

Published by The Daily Mail (4th July, 2026)

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Crime / Police / Politics

Epsom riots expose moral abyss

Published by The i Paper (27th April, 2026)

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Crime / Politics / United States

The dark Epstein drama is leading us into the abyss

Published by The i Paper (9th February, 2026)

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Books / Crime

Filthy lucre

Published by The Spectator (7th February, 2026)

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Crime / Policy / Politics

The mistaken prisoner release exposes a crisis far bigger than Labour ineptitude

Published by The i Paper (10th November, 2025)

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This a dangerous moment in America, all too reminiscent of the 60s
Crime / United States

This a dangerous moment in America, all too reminiscent of the 60s

Published by The i Paper (13th September, 2025)

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Crime / Politics / Race

The hypocrisy of Lucy Connolly’s defenders

Published by The i Paper (25th August, 2025)

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Crime / Immigration / Politics

London is far from finished

Published by The i paper (28th July, 2025)

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Crime / Europe / France / Policy

A woman of heroic strength and dignity

Published by The i paper (16th December, 2024) It was just another ordinary November day in the life of an ordinary retired couple in an ordinary village in […]

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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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