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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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Crime / Immigration / Politics

London is far from finished

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

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Crime / Europe / France / Policy

A woman of heroic strength and dignity

Published by The i paper (16th December, 2024) It was just another ordinary November day in the life of an ordinary retired couple in an ordinary village in […]

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Crime / Policy

A scandal that piles pressure on prisons

Published by The i paper (12th August, 2024) Prisons are filling with fresh inmates after the riots as people responsible for the rampage of disorder and thuggery are […]

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Far right pose a threat to our democracy

Published by The i paper (5th August, 2024) So the first crisis of Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street turns out to be a summer rampage of terror […]

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Crime / Europe / Norway / Policy

How Norway’s calm prisons shame the UK system

Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs in Oslo. Yet he smiles as he tells […]

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Arts / Crime / Film / Policy

In defence of Brand’s trial by media

Published by The i paper (18th September, 2023) It is the details, as always, that are so disturbing. The violence of the alleged rape, his victim pushed up against […]

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Crime / Policy

Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth

Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former soldier from a bicycle as he pedalled along […]

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What prisons can teach us about democracy

Published by UnHerd (4th September, 2023) Andrea Albutt has been a dedicated public servant for almost four decades who worked as a military nurse and ran four prisons.  But […]

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Crime / Drugs / Policy

Westminster’s drug policy is put to shame

Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on playing pathetic tribal games and populated by self-centred […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

Curse of tribalism shackles progress

Published by The i paper (29th May, 2023) Eleven years ago I travelled to Texas to meet some people who sparked a political revolution that swept the United States […]

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Blame Tory chaos and ministerial churn for struggling public services

Published by The i paper (1st May, 2023) Alex Chalk has given his first interview as Justice Secretary since joining the Cabinet after Dominic Raab’s ignominious departure. The […]

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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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