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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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  • 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 a fruit and veg seller could unleash wave of revolutions

Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 16th, 2011) It all began with the despair of one man, a young... Read Full Article

One year on, Haiti is still in the grip of despair and chaos. And the huge aid effort you funded is to blame

Published in the Daily Mail (January 13th, 2011) The rows of tents seem to stretch on for ever, a ­symbol... Read Full Article

Brand detox remains the Tories’ prime task

Published in the Financial Times (January 4th, 2011) After weeks of muttering and coded articles, the new year has arrived... Read Full Article

There has never been a better time to be alive

Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2011) These are difficult days. Not just because for many people it... Read Full Article

Must my daughter be bullied because of this callous comedy?

Published in The Times (December 29th, 2010) In my school playground boys refusing to join a kickaround were called “poofs”... Read Full Article

Britain’s big gamble puts the citizens at the wheel

Published in the Financial Times (December 28th, 2010) Lady Perry, a former chief inspector of schools in England, uses an... Read Full Article

Blair’s brave new world is falling to pieces

Published in The Times (December 24th, 2010) The adrenalin, the adulation, the buzz are still there for Tony Blair as... Read Full Article

Can Twitter and the internet start a revolution?

Published in the London Evening Standard (December 7th, 2010) It began over drinks in a pub in Islington. Friends in... Read Full Article

The making of the coalition

Published in The Spectator (December 4th, 2010) 22 Days in May by David Laws/5 Days to Power by Rob Wilson... Read Full Article

Mississippi yearning: driving down America’s Great River Road

Published in The Guardian (December 4th, 2010) As we nudged the Mustang on to the vast metal bridge spanning 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

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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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