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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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This massive invasion will benefit the continent

Published in The Independent (October 15th, 2009) Each week, the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellensbosch University in South Africa... Read Full Article

Why are repressive regimes given the succour of British aid?

Published in The Independent (September 17th, 2009) Fifteen years ago, as the horror of genocide ripped apart Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina... Read Full Article

The health service needs whistleblowers

Published in The Independent (September 9th, 2009) Soon after Alan Milburn became Health minister in 1997, he wrote to employers... Read Full Article

The NHS is flawed. Here’s the evidence…

Published in The Independent (August 28th, 2009) It was the most painful of the emails that I’ve received over the... Read Full Article

Warning: it is dangerous to get too close to Gaddafi

Published in The Independent (August 26th, 2009) Amid the fading grandeur of Tripoli sits one of the world’s best museums,... Read Full Article

Why I don’t believe that the NHS is sacrosanct

Published in The Independent (August 21st, 2009) It was a simple thing. Another blood test, some more investigations into whatever... Read Full Article

Big men, bankers and the stench of corruption

Published in The Independent (August 18th, 2009) Frederick Chiluba is a sharp dresser. The one-time bus conductor who rose to... Read Full Article

Never mind the rebranding – Nigeria needs rebuilding

Published in The Independent (July 30th, 2009) Nigeria’s minister of Information has launched a campaign to rebrand her country, attempting... Read Full Article

False hopes and phoney democracy

Published in The Independent (July 15th, 2009) And so the charade begins once again. A state ripped apart by war,... Read Full Article

How our politicians failed to stop the rise of the far right

Published in The Independent (June 9th, 2009) A few weeks ago I attended a think-tank lunch held to discuss whether... 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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