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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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Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity

Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the... Read Full Article

Our shameful response to the ebola crisis

Published by The Independent (20th October, 2014) I relaxed again this weekend. It was 21 days since I returned from... Read Full Article

They brainwashed our boys and made them watch beheading videos

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th October, 2014) Hamid’s son had been missing for a week, seized by Islamic... Read Full Article

An earthquake called Ukip hits Britain

Published by The Wall Street Journal (17th October, 2014) It is curious to think that the modest seaside resort of... Read Full Article

Ched Evans has been punished. Let him return to his job

Published by The Guardian (17th October, 2014) Let us start with the most important fact. Ched Evans is a rapist, a... Read Full Article

Britain needs a party that proudly champions cosmopolitan values

Published by The Financial Times (17th October, 2014) These are strange times. An insurgent political party has won a single... Read Full Article

Another first-class delivery

Published by The Daily Mail (10th October, 2014) Please, Mr Postman by Alan Johnson (Bantam) One day in June 1969, a... Read Full Article

We’re heading for a crisis whoever wins the election

Published by The Independent (6th October, 2014) There is something absurd about the Liberal Democrat conference, with all those attacks on... Read Full Article

A lethal epidemic and a lethargic global response

Published by The Independent (4th October, 2014) Augustin was agitated and scared. After weeks spent hiding in his house with... Read Full Article

A Conservative split may be the catharsis the party needs

Published by The Guardian (1st October, 2014) The room was packed in anticipation of good debate. But from the start... 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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