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Economics / Europe / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

Rhetoric is worthless when the UK is laundering dirty Russian cash

Published by The i paper (31st January, 2022) Three years ago I hosted a discussion with Rory Stewart, the former aid and Africa minister, who spoke with fascinating […]

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Economics / Europe / Germany / Russia

How Angela Merkel let the West become Vladimir Putin’s pawn in the new Cold War

Published by The Mail on Sunday (September 26th, 2021) With its long wooden pier poking out into the Baltic Sea and a three-mile sweep of sandy beach fringed […]

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China / Economics / World

Nike’s shows the conflict between ethics and profits

Published by The i paper (29th March, 2021) Like most modern multinationals, the sportswear giant Nike likes to present itself as a force for good on the planet, […]

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Arts / Covid19 / Economics / Music

The music industry has been left to die

Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the brink of stardom at the start of this […]

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Covid19 / Economics

The older workers condemned by Covid

Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed after lockdown started. Her income fell by £400 […]

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China / Economics / Technology / World

China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in 1923, the author Rudyard Kipling suggested the creation […]

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China / Economics / Technology / World

China is winning the digital cold war

Published by The i paper (22nd June, 2020) The world is sliding into a new cold war. Once again, it pits a dictatorial political system against democracy, but […]

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Economics

What does a rich list really tell us?

Published by The i paper (18th May, 2020) I was a young reporter on contract at The Sunday Times when Andrew Neil first published a “rich list”. Those […]

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China / Economics / Technology / World

Legal threat over Boris 5G deal

Published by The Mail on Sunday ((17th May, 2020) The Government is facing legal action over its controversial deal to allow Huawei to play a role in building […]

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China / Covid19 / Economics / World

China filed patent for Covid drug day after confirming human transmission

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th April, 2020) China filed a patent for a drug seen as one of the best potential weapons against coronavirus the day […]

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Drugs / Economics / Health / Policy

What’s the difference between drugs and gambling?

Published by The i paper (27 January, 2020) Lewis Keogh seemed to have everything. He had a good job, his own flat in Leeds, a loving family and […]

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Economics / Health / Policy

Blood on their hands

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling for fish in the Bristol Channel, delighted to […]

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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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