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Drugs / Policy / Politics

Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’

Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights into the latest model of the Labour Party. […]

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China / Europe / Lithuania / World

Democracy is under assault

Published by The i paper (3rd January, 2022) New Year is a time of hope and renewal. Yet it is hard to be optimistic about the state of […]

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Africa / South Africa

A powerful voice for equality, peace and reconciliation

Published by The i paper (27th December, 2021) I never took much notice of Desmond Tutu until one day in July 1984 when we both received degrees from […]

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Politics

Shape-shifter Frost does a flit

Published by The i paper (20th December, 2021) The departure of Lord Frost is good news for Britain but very bad news for Boris Johnson. The Brexit minister’s decision […]

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Politics

Johnson is corroding the Tory brand

Published by The i paper (13th December, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]

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Politics

Quizzes, parties and crashing polls

Published by The i paper (29th November, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]

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Policy / Social care

Social care crisis spinning out of control

Published by The I paper (22nd November, 2021) We can see clearly the shape of  Boris Johnson’s premiership after 28 months – and it is not the prettiest […]

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Feature / Health / Policy

The ugly truth about psychiatric care

Published by The i paper (15th November, 2021) It is more than three years since I wrote an angry piece in this publication telling the tale of a […]

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Feature / Politics

End the farce of MPs taking second jobs

Published by The i paper (8th November, 2021) Sir John Major was on fiery form interviewed over the weekend by the BBC, lashing out at the arrogant, corrupt […]

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Technology

Orwell would be in despair over the BBC

Published by The i paper (1st November, 2021) The BBC – battered, bruised and in near-perpetual crisis – is indulging in another bout of navel-gazing with launch of […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Germany

How I learned to accept Covid passes

Published by The i paper (25th October, 2021) Yesterday I checked into a hotel in Berlin. Then I ate a cheese sandwich and drank a coffee in a […]

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Covid19

The Covid origins debate has been stifled

Published by The i paper (18th October, 2021) Perhaps the silliest comment during the demeaning Brexit debate was Michael Gove saying that people have “had enough of experts”, […]

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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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