Portugal – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:26:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Portugal – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 Britain’s criminal approach to drugs https://ianbirrell.com/britains-criminal-approach-to-drugs/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:24:02 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5457 Fifty years of fatal failure https://ianbirrell.com/fifty-years-of-fatal-failure/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 22:19:01 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5396 Theresa May’s tacit support for drug reform https://ianbirrell.com/theresa-mays-tacit-support-for-drug-reform/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:09:04 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4464 When will politicians quit the war on drugs? https://ianbirrell.com/when-will-politicians-quit-the-war-on-drugs/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:49:50 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4216 Even the police think our drugs laws are absurd https://ianbirrell.com/even-the-police-think-our-drugs-laws-are-absurd/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:31:02 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/web/?p=1175