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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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Two autocrats and a tale of hypocrisy

Published by The i paper (21st March, 2022) This is a tale of two dictators. Both have a background in... Read Full Article

The Russians have bombed Mariupol back to Middle Ages

Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2022) When Kristina Dzholos sat down to breakfast the morning after her family’s... Read Full Article

Terror tactics of Putin thugs: Beatings, kidnap and pitiless repression

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2022) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mykola Khalupenko opened the first... Read Full Article

Chernobyl staff battling to avert nuclear disaster, warns mayor

Published by The Daily Mail (16th March, 2022) The mayor of a town housing workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant... Read Full Article

Inside secret camp where UK veterans are training to take on Putin

Published by The Daily Mail (15th March, 2022) British military veterans are flocking to join Ukraine’s fight for freedom despite warnings... Read Full Article

The man who refused to become Moscow’s stooge

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th March, 2022) Despite the valiant efforts of residents to block roads with felled... Read Full Article

Women and children are warned: You will become human shields

Published by The Daily Mail (11th March, 2022) Russian forces are rounding up Ukrainian civilians and holding them as captives in... Read Full Article

Has this carnage woken up the West?

Published by The i paper (7th March, 2022) Beside my hotel in western Ukraine there are scruffy sheds and cluttered... Read Full Article

Day they laid waste to Freedom Square, heart of a nation’s release from tyranny

Published by The Daily Mail (2nd March, 2022) Two hideous explosions bookended the day in Kharkiv. The first saw a giant... Read Full Article

Brave Britons answering the call to arms

Published by The Daily Mail (29th February, 2022) Gary Bonini spent 12 years in the British Army. Later this week... 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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