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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

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • 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

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It’s minus 8C on the frontline. All that stands between me and 127,000 Russian troops is a six-foot moat and razor wire

Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2022) AS Lieutenant-Colonel Yuriy Trubachiov crunched through the thick snow, he pointed out... Read Full Article

Putin’s power play in Ukraine

Published by The i paper (24th January, 2022) Why is Vladimir Putin threatening Ukraine? Outside the Kremlin and presumably Russia’s military... Read Full Article

‘Don’t let this madman force us from our homes again’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd January, 2022) Ekaterina Pereverzeva is struggling to stop fears of war tormenting her... Read Full Article

‘This is our land and I’ve no other option than to fight for it’

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd January, 2022) Maksym Bilyk is a young man who thinks carefully before speaking, works... Read Full Article

Fears and fighting spirit of nation in Kremlin crosshairs

Published by The Daily Mail (19th January, 2022) Oksana Lanskaya, a mother and successful Ukrainian food entrepreneur, admits being scared... Read Full Article

Putin’s torture chamber at Number Three, Paradise Street

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th December, 2021) For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret... Read Full Article

How Angela Merkel let the West become Vladimir Putin’s pawn in the new Cold War

Published by The Mail on Sunday (September 26th, 2021) With its long wooden pier poking out into the Baltic Sea... Read Full Article

We are in a race to save democracy

Published by The i paper (2nd August, 2021) On Thursday, I flipped on the television before heading to bed. People... Read Full Article

The doctor in a flowing white dress risking her life to stand up to Putin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th April, 2021) There are not many doctors who visit patients in a flowing long... Read Full Article

The West can play a part defeating dictatorship

Published by The i paper (1st February, 2021) For the second weekend running, protests against the festering regime of Vladimir... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • 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

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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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