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Ian Birrell

  • Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more
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Recent Articles

  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

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When will politicians quit the war on drugs?

Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality.... Read Full Article

Children need help, not demonising

Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of... Read Full Article

A broken prison system – but Scotland pushes for reform

Published by The i paper (29th January, 2018) Two years ago, in those far off days before the Brexit debacle,... Read Full Article

Longer prison sentences won’t stop animal cruelty

Published by The Times (14th December, 2017) Michael Gove seeks to show that Brexit means we can take back control... Read Full Article

Police chief: ‘I won’t arrest low-level dealers, even for selling heroin’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th November, 2017) A police chief has declared that his force will stop prosecuting... Read Full Article

The solution to overcrowded prisons? Stop locking people up

Published by The i paper (16th October, 2017) Marc Maltby was only 23 years old. Yet he has just become... Read Full Article

How do we deal with paedophiles?

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most... Read Full Article

Our prisons shame the country

Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when... Read Full Article

The barbaric crime wave we ignore

Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character.... Read Full Article

The spice of prison life

Published by the ipaper (5th December, 2016) The ambulances turn up at Bristol Prison with monotonous regularity. Once every few... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

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aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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