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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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Putin’s missile madness may backfire

Published by The i paper (5th June, 2023) The hail of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine has become remorseless.... Read Full Article

Yevhen’s story: how a father from Ukraine rescued his children from the Kremlin clutches

Published by Tortoise (30th May, 2023) The Polyany sanatorium is a two-storey brick building in verdant grounds about an hour’s... Read Full Article

The West’s reluctance to commit fully to Ukraine’s fight will prolong the war

Published by The i paper (15th May, 2023) Since coming to power at the start of this century,  Vladimir Putin... Read Full Article

No surrender in the city Putin’s been failing to seize for a decade

Published by The Daily Mail (10th March, 2023) Bouncing along potholed roads at terrifying speeds to avoid any hail of... Read Full Article

‘US missiles with a 100-mile range’ are used in first strikes to retake Mariupol

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) Ukraine has launched a series of surprise attacks on Russian troops... Read Full Article

What became of the Ukrainian girl whose tearful farewell to her father moved Rishi Sunak to despair?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) It was a moment of heartbreak, an immediately iconic image that... Read Full Article

‘Glory to the heroes!’ rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome

Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the... Read Full Article

‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’

Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like... Read Full Article

Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country... Read Full Article

‘We will fight until the end’

Published by The i paper (20th February, 2023) When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it shocked many... 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

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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