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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

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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Carswell is right: it is time for Farage to step down

Published by The Independent (21st December, 2015) Politics often descends into farce, but rarely can there have been such an... Read Full Article

The £100m ghost camp for refugees

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th December, 2015) The huge Azraq refugee camp appears over the horizon like an alien version... Read Full Article

A sickness at the heart of the NHS

Published by The Independent (14th December, 2015) Two weeks ago I went to a journalism awards ceremony at which the... Read Full Article

Why is Britain spending millions on flood aid abroad?

Published by The Daily Mail (9th December, 2015) The human drama being played out in Cumbria this week could hardly... Read Full Article

Assad fanned the flames of extremism

Published by The Independent (7th December, 2015) How quickly the narrative changes. Just two years ago, our leaders insisted we... Read Full Article

Ten years at the top – but trouble ahead on Syria and Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th December, 2015) Ten years ago today, a self-deprecating young politician called David Cameron took charge... Read Full Article

The tax-avoiding Facebook mogul and an act of charity that reeks of hypocrisy

Published by The Daily Mail (3rd December, 2015) Once, it was enough to put a notice in the newspaper when... Read Full Article

Cameron’s long-awaited victory on Syria

Published by The Financial Times (3rd December, 2015) So here we go again. Britain has embarked on another military intervention,... Read Full Article

Immigration rules are causing a curry crisis

Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd December, 2015) Shortly after the turn of the century, the then foreign secretary Robin... Read Full Article

A Minister for the Future might keep Britain on course

Published by The Independent (30th November, 2015) Sweden is far from a nirvana, but it remains an innovative nation when... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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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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