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Disability / Health / Policy

So many deaths by indifference

Published by The i paper (7th May, 2018) On Friday morning, as the nation woke up to local election results, a report was slipped out by the National […]

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Health / Policy

The forgotten health scandal

Published by The i paper (30th April, 2018) In the United States they call it ‘the haemophilia holocaust’ after use of tainted blood products wiped out thousands of […]

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Housing / Policy

Slaying dragons: the stifling British green belt

Published by UnHerd (24th April, 2018) Oxford is a beautiful place, famous for its university and fine medieval buildings. But it also stands as symbol of Britain’s housing […]

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Immigration / Policy / Politics / Race

Don’t blame the bureaucrats. Blame the boss

Published by The i paper (23rd April, 2018) Theresa May presents herself as a decent person. She talks of fairness and trust, justice and opportunity. The daughter of […]

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Drugs / Policy

Legalisation is the only way to stop this drugs carnage

Published by The Times (18th April, 2018) Perhaps our blinkered politicians might try to join the dots. The price of wholesale cocaine in Britain is falling dramatically while […]

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Crime / Police / Policy

Children need help, not demonising

Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of flowers marking the spot where another teenager lost […]

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Europe / Health / Italy / Policy

Populist revolt in Italy leaves young at risk of measles

Published by The Times (6th March, 2018) If there is one clear message from the Italian election, it is the howl of anger against a political system seen […]

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Education / Policy / Politics

A lesson on universities for the government

Published by The Sun (20th February, 2018) Theresa May’s review into university funding, announced yesterday after much briefing, should be seen for what it is – a deeply […]

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Drugs / Health / Policy

Keeping medical cannabis from children is callous and foolish

Published by The Guardian (19th February, 2018) The first medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have opened their doors over the past few days. Thousands of patients with serious […]

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Africa / Environment / Policy / South Africa

Water wars as day zero looms

Published by Mail on Sunday (18th February, 2018) The vista could hardly be more barren or forbidding – a parched sandy landscape, baking beneath the afternoon sun, broken […]

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Denmark / Disability / Europe / Health / Policy

A world without Down’s Syndrome children?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th February, 2018) Watching Erica Gaarn-Larsen playing with her six-year-old son Philip in their third-floor flat in central Copenhagen, it is hard […]

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Crime / Policy

A broken prison system – but Scotland pushes for reform

Published by The i paper (29th January, 2018) Two years ago, in those far off days before the Brexit debacle, David Cameron declared prison reform ‘a great progressive […]

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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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