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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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The World Cup has lost its lustre

Published by The i paper (4th December, 2017) I remember clearly the first World Cup that captivated me. It was... Read Full Article

We need an investigation into Russia’s role in the Brexit vote

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2017) Every now and then, observing the strange state of global events, we... Read Full Article

Theresa May must make a lonely stand against Putin

Published by The ipaper (2nd January, 2017) Thirty months ago I stood in a cornfield amid rolling hills of eastern... Read Full Article

The Plague of Putin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th October, 2016) As heavy rain gushed down from glowering skies and cars snaked... Read Full Article

New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent

Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the... Read Full Article

Putin, tangled foreign policy and a flawed case for war

Published by The Independent (23rd November, 2015) France is not the only part of Europe under a state of emergency.... Read Full Article

Europe’s defence wanes as the Putin threat grows

Published by The Wall Street Journal (4th March, 2015) The chill of a new Cold War is descending over Europe.... Read Full Article

Gunned down in a gangster state

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2015) Boris Nemtsov knew he might one day be silenced. Now the... Read Full Article

Good result for Vladimir the Terrible

Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers... Read Full Article

My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others

Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... 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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