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Policy

Take pride in how far we’ve come on gay rights

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2019) The streets were filled with revellers, buildings bedecked in rainbow flags and even Downing Street given a floral makeover with […]

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Europe / Politics / Spain

New politics soon turns into old politics

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2019) Five years ago, a new force arrived in Spanish politics. Podemos emerged from massive anti-austerity protests in a nation badly […]

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United States / World

Meet the Clintons

Published by Tortoise (29th April, 2019) It must have felt like the good old days as they walked into the spotlight. Most of the audience stood up, some […]

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Technology / United States / World

‘Our faith will be lost if we adopt technology:’ can the Amish resist the modern world?

Published by The Guardian (15th December, 2018) Daniel Weaver does not vote, drive a car, read a paper, listen to music, watch sport of any kind, own a […]

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United States / World

Adventures in Trumpland

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a poverty-scarred slice of West Virginia filled with coal […]

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United States / World

America’s child brides forced to marry abusers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September 2018) Donna Pollard had only just turned 16 when she stood in a Kentucky state court house with a serial […]

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United States / World

A true hero for our time

Published by The i paper (27th August, 2018) When John McCain’s family issued a statement on Friday saying the veteran Arizona senator had decided to discontinue treatment for […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]

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North Korea / United States / World

Can we trust Trump in his diplomatic dance with a dictator?

Published by The ipaper (14th May, 2018) The Today programme on Radio 4 often sets the news agenda with tough interviews and taut foreign analysis. Yet on Saturday […]

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Iran / North Korea / United States / World

Does Donald Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th May, 2018) When Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office 16 months ago, he promised ‘the hour of action’ had arrived. For […]

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United States / World

Trump: emboldened and dangerous

Published by The i paper (26th March, 2018) Donald Trump never wanted to be president. His goal when running for the White House was the same as it […]

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Europe / European Union / Germany / Technology

Why you can’t really on the news media to understand Europe

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2018) Which country’s politics are most closely observed after our own in Britain? It’s easy: just look at the army of press corps […]

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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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