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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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‘Mad dog’ Gaddafi won’t go without a fight

Published in The Times (February 17th, 2011) So is it really possible that the next regime to fall in this... Read Full Article

British music can still star as rock finds a new role

Published in the London Evening Standard (February 15th, 2011) Let’s get the party started. Tonight it is the Brits, that... Read Full Article

Now even Mad Dog Gaddafi faces a Day of Rage

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 15th, 2011) I was sitting in a smart address in the middle of... Read Full Article

We help the big men steal

Published in The Guardian (February 14th, 2011) I lived for the sake of this country, Hosni Mubarak told Egyptians as he... Read Full Article

The NHS is ripe for revolution

Published in The Observer (February 6th, 2011) It was just a small thing, but telling none the less. My son... Read Full Article

The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 30th, 2011) For the fifth day in a row, Egypt was consumed with... Read Full Article

Hell or high water

Published in The Spectator (January 24th, 2011) Unbroken: An extraordinary true story of courage and survival by air, sea and... Read Full Article

Cameron is not the villain in this tragic case

Published in The Times (January 21st, 2011) My daughter did not sleep last night. Granted, she is a teenager, so... Read Full Article

It’s time the world listened to new stories out of Africa

Published in The Observer (January 20th, 2011) Eleni Gabre-Madhin rings the bell and another day of frenetic dealing starts at... Read Full Article

Why Cameron is inviting a Viking invasion

Published in The Times (January 19th, 2011) For decades the British Left was held captive by Stockholm syndrome. It looked... 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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