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Europe / European Union / Politics

Tears inside Number Ten after the door closed

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th June, 2016) David Cameron held back tears as he stood in front of the cameras on Friday outside Downing Street and, […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Why are society’s most privileged complaining about elitism?

Published by the ipaper (13th June, 2016) These are worrying times for those of us who do not desire to see our nation retreat into isolation, pulling up […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

David Cameron should crush Tory dinosaurs in a revenge reshuffle

Published by The Guardian (31st May, 2016) In his maiden speech as a Tory MP six years ago, Andrew Bridgen joked about being a little Englander. Three years […]

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Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics

Should we follow Norway to the EU exit? Nei!

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th May, 2016) Picture a scene familiar to many who live in the English countryside. Armies of eastern European farm workers are toiling […]

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Aid / Turkey / World

Human rights, hypocrisy and a humanitarian summit

Published by The ipaper (23rd March, 2016) Four years ago United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon announced his idea for a giant summit to discuss the stumbling response systems […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Blips, blunders and bluster… has Boris lost it?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) When he announced he was backing Brexit, there was jubilation among those wanting out of the European Union, and […]

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Austria / Europe

The pistol-packing extremist set to be Austria’s leader

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) Norbert Hofer is a father- of-four who speaks softly, smiles often and walks with a stick following a paragliding […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Boris is a dimming star in the Brexit debate

Published by The ipaper (16th May, 2016) Last week, the former Prime Minister Sir John Major made one of his sporadic sallies back into the political fray, warning […]

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Albania / Europe / European Union / Politics

If you want us to be like Albania, you’re an ass

Published by The Mail on Sunday  (24th April, 2016) Qemal was sitting in the shade of a peach tree in the village of Gërdec, trying to find a […]

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Arts / Books / Economics / Europe / European Union / Germany / Greece

To austerity and beyond by Yanis the menace

Published by The Observer (24th April, 2016) And The Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis (Bodley Head) It is easy to forget that Yanis Varoufakis spent two […]

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Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World

Pope’s humanity puts others to shame

Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

This is about more than just money

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2016) When David Cameron told me he was running for the Tory Party leadership, I replied that it would be difficult […]

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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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