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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The Kursk offensive shreds Putin’s delusion

Published by The i paper (19th August, 2024) In September 2021, as Russian military forces built up on Ukraine’s border before their full-scale invasion, Vladimir Putin spoke to […]

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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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Economics / Europe / Russia / Ukraine

How Ukrainians are learning to adapt to their wartime economy

Published by The i paper (6th August, 2024) Life seemed good for Vadym Liski before the arrival of war. His cardboard factory, recycling mountains of waste and employing […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

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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Disability / Health / Policy / Social care

Private greed corroding our care system

Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse suffered by their son Jonah at his residential […]

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Politics / United States / World

If the Tories follow Trump, they will be haunted by regret

Published by The i paper (22nd July, 2024) Ronald Reagan is routinely hailed on the right as one of the greatest Republican presidents in United States history for […]

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Politics

Starmer can learn lessons from the Tory disaster

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2024) Already our politics feels a little bit calmer. Labour has kicked out the Tories, Sir Keir Starmer has moved into […]

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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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Policy / Politics / Sport

Starmer’s pitch at normality

Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2024) The reports make the game sound almost professional. Whites took the lead when a “fine, flowing movement” ended with Mark […]

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Politics

Tories deserve to be kicked as hard as possible into the history books

Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at their party conference last year, he spoke about the […]

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Europe / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

An enemy of Ukraine and democracy

Published by The i paper (24th June, 2024) Nigel Farage has built a brand that has won him fame and fortune based on two key pillars – that […]

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Africa / South Africa

South Africa shows democracy in action

Published by The i paper (17th June, 2024) It is 30 years since the citizens of South Africa  defied doom-mongers with a largely peaceful transition from apartheid to […]

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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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