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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

  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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What’s the difference between drugs and gambling?

Published by The i paper (27 January, 2020) Lewis Keogh seemed to have everything. He had a good job, his... Read Full Article

Blood on their hands

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling... Read Full Article

Stop gambling with people’s lives

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2019) Denise Coates, founder of gambling firm Bet365, has hit the jackpot. She... Read Full Article

Driven along the road to nowhere

Published by The i paper (18th November, 2019) No doubt to erase memories of previous scepticism on man-made climate change,... Read Full Article

Capitalism needs more heroes

Published by UnHerd (23rd August, 2019) There is a rumour doing the rounds on social media that Rupert Hogg, Rwho resigned... Read Full Article

Does going cashless let Big Brother monitor your money?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th July, 2019) Gustaf can remember the precise date when he last used cash.... Read Full Article

We should stop pandering to the barbaric Saudis

Published by The Times (24th June, 2019) Saudi Arabia is very rich and buys lots of British weapons. Yet it... Read Full Article

Why the Iron Lady is an icon for our times

Published by UnHerd (3rd May, 2019) Forty years ago today, the British people went to the polls and elected their... Read Full Article

How football raised its game

Published by UnHerd (10th May, 2019) Football. Bloody hell! First Liverpool’s brilliant fightback against Barcelona taking them to a second... Read Full Article

Nissan points the way for Brexit Britain

Published by The i paper (4th February, 2019) The Nissan car plant in Sunderland holds a special place in our... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

Tags

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

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