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Inside Reform: it is worse than I feared
Immigration / Politics

Inside Reform: it is worse than I feared

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

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How billionaires, celebrities and Arab sheikhs are making vast profits from the human misery of Britain’s chaotic children’s homes
Business / Social care

How billionaires, celebrities and Arab sheikhs are making vast profits from the human misery of Britain’s chaotic children’s homes

Published by The Daily Mail (4th September, 2025)

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‘Never seen before’: How Katrina set off an education revolution
Education / United States

‘Never seen before’: How Katrina set off an education revolution

Published by The Washington Post (28th August, 2025)

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Immigration / Politics

Farage is selling poison to a seething electorate

Published by The i Paper (27th August, 2025)

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How Katrina saved New Orleans schools
Education / United States

How Katrina saved New Orleans schools

Published by UnHerd (25th August, 2025)

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Crime / Politics / Race

The hypocrisy of Lucy Connolly’s defenders

Published by The i Paper (25th August, 2025)

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The team powered by bitcoin that could change football for ever
Feature / Sport / Technology

The team powered by bitcoin that could change football for ever

Published by The Sunday Times (3rd August, 2025)

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Crime / Immigration / Politics

London is far from finished

Published by The i paper (28th July, 2025)

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Disability / Education

The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain’s SEND crisis

Published by The i paper (2nd June, 2025)

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Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory
Defence / Feature / Ukraine

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory

Published by UnHerd (21st May, 2025)

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Disability / Policy / Social care

Why does this government seem to dislike people with disabilities?

Published by The i paper (19th May, 2025)

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Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish
Covid19 / Policy / Politics

Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2025) Five years ago, as our country reeled under the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific interventions of Patrick Vallance made him a […]

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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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