Disability – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:03:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Disability – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 Badenoch needs to wake up to reality of our society https://ianbirrell.com/badenoch-needs-to-wake-up-to-reality-of-our-society/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:22:10 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7728 There is state-sanctioned abuse taking place in the UK. Yet nothing is done to stop it https://ianbirrell.com/there-is-state-sanctioned-abuse-and-torture-taking-place-in-the-uk-yet-nothing-is-done-to-stop-it/ Tue, 26 May 2026 07:22:56 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7704 Starmer’s SEND plans are terrifying https://ianbirrell.com/starmers-send-plans-are-terrifying/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:28:31 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7605 A terrible indictment of our society https://ianbirrell.com/a-terrible-indictment-of-our-society/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:03:56 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7594 The welfare bill is ballooning – and our pathetic politicians are to blame https://ianbirrell.com/the-welfare-bill-is-ballooning-and-our-pathetic-politicians-are-to-blame/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:58:09 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7547 My daughter died a year ago. Mexico’s Day of the Dead helped soothe my grief https://ianbirrell.com/my-daughter-died-a-year-ago-mexicos-day-of-the-dead-helped-soothe-my-grief/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:31:18 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7516 An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong https://ianbirrell.com/an-academic-an-arrogant-minister-and-a-fight-for-equality-that-has-gone-horribly-wrong/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:14:13 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7190 Assisted dying is a slippery slope https://ianbirrell.com/assisted-dying-is-a-slippery-slope/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:18:11 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7140 The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain’s SEND crisis https://ianbirrell.com/the-worlds-wealthiest-dynasty-is-growing-richer-from-britains-send-crisis/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:56:45 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7130 Why does this government seem to dislike people with disabilities? https://ianbirrell.com/why-does-this-government-seem-to-dislike-people-with-disabilities/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:51:34 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7091