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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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West must wake up to Putin danger

Published by The i paper (13th May, 2024) Historians will look back in bafflement at the gullibility of Western leaders... Read Full Article

Is Moscow hiring gangsters to sabotage Western factories supplying arms to Ukraine?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th May, 2024) Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key... Read Full Article

We’re still stunningly complacent about this tyrant’s grave threat

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2024) Thirteen years ago, Vladimir Putin went to watch a martial arts tournament and,... Read Full Article

Macron’s hypocritical stance on Ukraine

Published by The i paper (4th March, 2024) Last week Emmanuel Macron, the French President, engaged in sabre-rattling that set... Read Full Article

Only history can judge Zelensky’s big gamble

Published by The i paper (12th February, 2024) Volodymyr Zelensky is a bold, competitive and determined man, driven by an... Read Full Article

Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose... Read Full Article

One woman’s story is a reminder of our duty to Ukraine

Published by The i paper (18th December, 2023) The chilly winds of appeasement blow through the West as Ukrainians shed... Read Full Article

Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping... Read Full Article

Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin

Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds... Read Full Article

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel,... 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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