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Can Steve Hilton save California?
United States

Can Steve Hilton save California?

Published by UnHerd (14th June, 2025)

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Undesirable rebirth of British exceptionalism

Published by The ipaper (7th August, 2017) Did you know Britons have agriculture woven into their genetic makeup more than any other people on the planet? This revelation […]

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Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics / Switzerland

Now Theresa May can see the mountainous challenge ahead

Published by The Guardian (19th August, 2016) Having reached the political summit with surprising ease, Theresa May has headed to the Swiss Alps for her summer holiday. She enjoys […]

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Immigration / Policy / Politics

A Conservative split may be the catharsis the party needs

Published by The Guardian (1st October, 2014) The room was packed in anticipation of good debate. But from the start of the Conservative conference fringe event on immigration […]

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Aid / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care

Overseas aid: an indefensible ringfence

Published in The Guardian (March 14th, 2013) One of the first rules of opposition is to avoid rash promises that can come back to throttle you in government. […]

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Politics

Why these rebels without a clue can’t simply be ignored

Published in the London Evening Standard (October 18th, 2011) It is easy to mock them as rebels without a clue, let alone a cause. The ragbag revolutionaries against […]

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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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