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Crime / Policy

Prison is a dead end, not a solution

Published by The i paper (10th April, 2023) The former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has punctured a pernicious and persistent myth that clings to political discourse like the […]

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Crime / Drugs / Police / Policy

Drug prohibition only helps organised crime

Published by The i paper (3rd April, 2023) The murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel shocked the country: a nine-year-old girl, shot in the chest by a drug dealer chasing […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

It’s vital we protect the soul of our democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (16th October, 2021) Yet again, Britain shudders in collective shock as a Member of Parliament is slaughtered while doing their job. I do […]

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Crime / Policy

Men: this is not just a women’s issue

Published by The i paper (4th October, 2021) When Sajid Javid was interviewed over the weekend about the hideous Sarah Everard case, he delivered the classic political response […]

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Crime / Policy / United States / World

What’s killing New Orleans?

Published by UnHerd (5th July, 2021) Portia Pollock was 60 years old when she was murdered outside her home. She was a physical therapist who loved working with […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

The PM is undermining our freedoms

Published by The i paper (22nd March 2021) For five years, Global Britain has been a slogan in search of a meaning. Last week, the Government sought to […]

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Crime / Policy

The justice system is failing women

Published by The i paper (15th March, 2021) Truly, these are strange times. Last week began with a flood of messages on social media celebrating female empowerment on […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

Our prisons are a national disgrace

Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was distressed to discover the barbaric treatment of inmates […]

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Crime / Policy

The rape victim force to suffer again by the police

Published by The ipaper (6th May, 2019) Do you think victims of rape should hand their phones over to police? Clearly this is a complex issue following the […]

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Crime / Policy / Syria / World

Human rights are a given, not a gift

Published by The i paper (25th February, 2019) Last Thursday, standing inside Al-Hol camp in northern Syria, I came across a bedraggled girl. She was stripping off her […]

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Crime / Drugs / Policy

Britain’s police are waking up to the futility of the war on drugs

Published by CapX (23rd October, 2018) Few people would have expected Bernard Hogan-Howe to become the nation’s latest outspoken campaigner for review of our drug laws. Yet this […]

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Crime / Policy

Short sentences prove prison doesn’t work

Published by The Times (28th June, 2018) This is a depressing time for prison reform campaigners. Ministers have announced they are building two new jails ready for another […]

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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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