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Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Syria

Delivered from hell to the cauldron of Kos

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2015) Helen and Mustafa got married almost a year ago – and like all young couples, had hopes and plans […]

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Politics

David Cameron’s secret weapon against jihadis

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th July, 2015) It was billed as one of David Cameron’s most important speeches since entering Downing Street, with tough talk on […]

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Voyage of the damned
Africa / Aid / Europe / Feature / Immigration / Libya / Policy

Voyage of the damned

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across the sparkling Mediterranean sea. Within minutes came confirmation: […]

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Economics / Europe / Greece

Greeks predict ‘kiss of death’ tax will cripple tourist industry

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Greece’s former finance minister has warned that the austerity programme imposed by Europe will be the ‘greatest disaster ever’ […]

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Crime / Policy

Horror for a senior detective

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) During 28 years as a detective, Phil Gormley thought he had seen it all, from vicious rapes to brutal […]

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Europe / European Union / Greece

A country that is dying to leave the euro

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th June, 2015) How does a nation die? This week, in the beleaguered hospitals of Athens, I saw a glimpse of the […]

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Aid / Politics

Why is David Cameron handing out £12bn of our money to foreign thieves, dictators and charlatans?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th June, 2015) Dear Prime Minister It is a decade since we began striving together to transform the Conservative Party into a […]

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Aid

Shamed: foreign aid fat cats who built a fortune with your taxes

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th May, 2015) Caroline Pinder passionately believes in the power of aid to help the world’s poor. She has dedicated the past […]

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Aid / Montserrat / World

£400m foreign aid fiasco in paradise

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th May, 2015) Sean McLaughlin had a simple dream – to build a new life in paradise while helping the island community […]

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Health / Policy / Politics

They gave Robert Aids – and then they killed his relatives

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) In 1983, Robert Mackie asked his doctor about reports of haemophiliacs developing a mysterious new disease called AIDS that […]

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Health / Policy / Politics

The biggest disaster in NHS history

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) The Government will apologise this week for what has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of […]

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Politics

‘Brain-fading’ adventures in Green Land

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2015) The Greens like to do things differently. One of their deputy leaders had just blown a few billion pounds […]

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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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