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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

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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Callous betrayal of our most vulnerable citizens

Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2020) The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes... Read Full Article

China muzzled its Bat Woman

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th April, 2020) A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world’s leading... Read Full Article

Coronavirus will expose Africa’s tyrants

Published by UnHerd (9th April, 2020) When Muhammadu Buhari was elected president of Nigeria in 2015 — amid a wave... Read Full Article

We need to care for the carers

Published by The i paper (6th April, 2020) With cruel inevitability, coronavirus is ripping its deadly course through care homes.... Read Full Article

China’s toxic lackey

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th April, 2020) The Great Hall of the People has held many historic events... Read Full Article

The WHO has failed us again

Published by UnHerd (1st April, 2020) Like many doctors, Bruce Aylward has been working tirelessly since this coronavirus started its... Read Full Article

The doctor’s dilemma

Published by The i paper (30th March, 2020) The death toll rises each day with the grim predictability of an... Read Full Article

A grave threat to vulnerable people

Published by The i paper (23rd March, 2020) Six years ago I landed in Liberia. My temperature was taken after... Read Full Article

China is not the hero in this darkest hour

Published by UnHerd (23rd March, 2020) First came the virus — a parasitic germ so small that it cannot be... Read Full Article

How sick we cannot test those people who save us

Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2020) The immense scale of this crisis is terrifying to comprehend, not least... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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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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