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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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  • 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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Why do we stand by and watch Putin?

Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were... Read Full Article

Assassins linked to Kagame regime

Published by The Independent (30th August, 2014) Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa had only been in South Africa for a few months... Read Full Article

Sending in Boris is the only solution

Published by The Sun (29th August, 2014) Tory chiefs sent out an invitation to donors yesterday morning asking them to... Read Full Article

Look to France for a vision of life under Miliband

Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2014) History never tires of repeating itself. More than three decades ago Socialists won... Read Full Article

Boasts and brutality of British jihadists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th August, 2014) British jihadis involved in the brutal beheading of American reporter James... Read Full Article

Slaughter after ultimatum exposed by MoS

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2014) Islamic State militants have massacred most of the men living in... Read Full Article

James Foley’s brutal death shows the west can’t solve the Iraq crisis

Published by The Guardian (21st August, 2014) The murder of James Foley is sickening. As his grieving parents said, this courageous man... Read Full Article

Please let American jets bomb my prison

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2014) The call came in the early hours, the voice muffled, furtive... Read Full Article

Descent into apocalypse

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th August, 2014) They arrived bristling with heavy weapons and waving black flags from... Read Full Article

Our medical advances have outstripped our humanity

Published by The Guardian (8th August, 2014) I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas 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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