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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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Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal

Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed... Read Full Article

Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for... Read Full Article

Spark that could ignite a tinderbox

Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2014) This is the long-dreaded moment. It is seven weeks since a strange... Read Full Article

Decency defeats the forces of darkness

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th April, 2014) Countrymen: The Untold Story of How Denmark’s Jews Escaped the Nazis... Read Full Article

Don’t fall for Putin’s lie

Published by The Guardian (1st April, 2014) Vladimir Putin has won plaudits at home and brushed aside censure abroad with... Read Full Article

Bullets fly as Russian special forces storm Belbek

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2014) Russian armoured vehicles firing heavy machine guns and supported by scores... Read Full Article

Russians storm Ukraine’s main naval base

Published by The Daily Mail (20th March 2014) The Russian flag was flying over Ukraine’s naval headquarters last night after... Read Full Article

Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce

Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested... Read Full Article

Crimea’s referendum was a sham display of democracy

Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2014) Almost before they had cleared up the vodka bottles in Lenin Square, scene... Read Full Article

Exodus on eve of a referendum with only one answer

Published in The Mail on Sunday (16th March, 2014) Sweating in the spring sun, it took Sergei several trips to... 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

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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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