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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

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?

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Why Germany is stuck in the slow lane

Published by UnHerd (19th October , 2024) The three-piece band was doing its best to lift spirits with relentlessly upbeat... Read Full Article

Arrogant, heartless and out of touch

Published by The i paper (14th October, 2024) If you want to understand why the Conservatives are in such dire... Read Full Article

What do we mean when we talk about freedom?

Published by The Spectator (12th October, 2024) On Freedom by Timothy Snyder (Bodley Head) When the Yale historian and bestselling... Read Full Article

MrBeast’s faux philanthropy fuels the aid illusion

Published by UnHerd (4th October, 2024) Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of a community college near his home in North Carolina... Read Full Article

Covid lies and the stench of elitist arrogance

Published by The i paper (30th September, 2024) Boris Johnson is publishing his memoir, timed to coincide with the Conservative... Read Full Article

Starmer needs a mission statement

Published by The i paper (23rd September, 2024) Last year Rachel Reeves accepted a gift valued at £330 to attend a... Read Full Article

Why do we keep falling for Putin’s hollow threats?

Published by The i paper (September 16th, 2024) Vladimir Putin is a dismal leader of his country, overseeing a catastrophic... Read Full Article

Vital rewilding or utter insanity? Debate rages over the freed bears terrorising Italian villages

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th September 2024) The mountain village of Caldes, surrounded by forests below the jagged... Read Full Article

How not to win votes and influence

Published by The i paper (2nd September, 2024) Wendy Morton is one of those rare beasts: a Conservative MP who... Read Full Article

Germany faces a struggle for its soul

Published by The i paper (26th August, 2024) It seems almost strange that it is less than three years since... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?

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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