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Business / Media / Technology

We need to rein in the tech titans

Published by The i Paper (22nd December, 2025)

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Russia / Ukraine

Zelensky faces a bitter choice: take on Trump – or betray his own people

Published by The i Paper (15th December, 2025)

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States

Make no mistake: Trump has declared war on Europe

Published by The i Paper (8th December, 2025)

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Beware Putin’s victory myths

Published by The i Paper (1st December, 2025) The long overnight train journey from Warsaw to Kyiv ran like clockwork, as it has throughout the war, and the […]

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Disability / Economics / Politics

The welfare bill is ballooning – and our pathetic politicians are to blame

Published by The i Paper (28th November, 2025)

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Russia / Ukraine / United States

Trump’s pathetic ‘peace’ plan leaves Europe on the brink of defeat

Published by The i Paper (24th November, 2025) It is exactly 21 years since the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, when citizens rose up to challenge the result of […]

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Business / Economics / Politics

Reeves is flailing – but she is a symbol of a deeper rot in Westminster

Published by The i Paper (17th November, 2025)

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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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My daughter died a year ago. Mexico’s Day of the Dead helped soothe my grief
Disability / Mexico

My daughter died a year ago. Mexico’s Day of the Dead helped soothe my grief

Published by The i Paper (3rd November, 2025)

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Farage’s duplicity on Russia makes him unfit to lead our country
Europe / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

Farage’s duplicity on Russia makes him unfit to lead our country

Published by The i Paper (20th October, 2025)

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So will Trump really fight for democracy or continue pandering to Putin?
Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States

So will Trump really fight for democracy or continue pandering to Putin?

Published by The i Paper (17th October, 2025)

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Europe / Russia

Putin’s real motives have been clear for decades

Published by The i Paper (14th October, 2025)

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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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