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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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‘I was offered assisted dying over cancer treatment’

Published by UnHerd (30th May, 2024) Two years ago, over the Thanksgiving holiday, Allison Ducluzeau started to feel pain in... Read Full Article

Democrats need to ditch doddery Biden

Published by The i paper (3rd June, 2024) One of the greatest attributes of populist politicians is their ability to... Read Full Article

Sunak’s not so cunning plan

Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in... Read Full Article

Cameron’s rosy vision reduced to dust

Published by The i paper (24th May, 2024) It seems strange to recall the nervous Conservative sense of hope and... Read Full Article

Will Russia win Slovakia’s election

Published by UnHerd (28th September, 2023) Zita took pride in joining the European Union two decades ago, seeing it as... Read Full Article

None of the NHS scandals I have written about for decades matches the scale of tragedy and the callous deceit in the tainted blood affair

Published by The Daily Mail (21st May, 2024) Colin Smith, a boy who had developed a bruise on his knee... Read Full Article

Another nation on the frontline of Putin’s war against democracy

Published by The i paper (20th May, 2024) The day before I arrived in Bratislava, Slovakia, to report on last... Read Full Article

The intensity of anger and depth of divisions were among the most disturbing I’ve seen

Published by The Daily Mail (18th May, 2024) Out-of-touch and feuding politicians, soaring living costs and a lack of decent... Read Full Article

The unbelievable truth

Published by The Spectator (18th May, 2024) White Terror: A True Story of Murder, Bombings and Germany’s Far Right by... Read Full Article

West must wake up to Putin danger

Published by The i paper (13th May, 2024) Historians will look back in bafflement at the gullibility of Western leaders... 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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