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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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Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria

Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more... Read Full Article

David Cameron’s right-wing problem

Published by The Wall Street Journal (7th May 2014) Shortly after David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives in Britain, a caller... Read Full Article

Double standards, grateful dictators

Published by The Observer (4th May, 2014) The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor... Read Full Article

Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal

Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed... Read Full Article

High time to end this immoral drugs war

Published by The Independent (30th April, 2014) It is 43 years since Richard Nixon, in need of a public enemy... Read Full Article

Lunacy of the town that turned Green

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th April, 2014) With the sun shining down on a shimmering sea, children playing... Read Full Article

How legal highs could be brought down to Earth

Published by The Guardian (26th April, 2014) Just down the road from my house are shops that demonstrate the absurdity... Read Full Article

Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for... Read Full Article

Africa is refuting the usual economic pessimism

Published by The Wall Street Journal (16th April, 2014) The terrorist bombing that killed 71 people in Nigeria’s capital Monday... Read Full Article

Who would invent the Lib Dems now?

Published by The Independent (14th April, 2014) Almost four years ago a senior Liberal Democrat outlined his vision of the... 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

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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