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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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Is Moscow hiring gangsters to sabotage Western factories supplying arms to Ukraine?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th May, 2024) Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key... Read Full Article

A general election wipeout in waiting

Published by The i paper (6th May, 2024) The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry,... Read Full Article

People with learning disabilities need ministers’ support

Published by The Times (30th April, 2024) There is a valid debate to be had over disability benefits after a... Read Full Article

Biden’s pickle over the Gaza protests

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2024) The students at Columbia University sat outside their tents, munching on beans... Read Full Article

Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot

Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling... Read Full Article

What’s the point of the Lib Dems?

Published by The i paper (22nd April, 2024) The vote in Parliament last week to impose the world’s toughest smoking... Read Full Article

Trans teenagers are being failed

Published by The i paper (16th April, 2024) Jason Pulman was the oldest of five children, a talented artist who... Read Full Article

Hope is being extinguished in Gaza

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2024) Six years ago, while on a reporting trip to Gaza, I met... Read Full Article

Britain’s sordid human rights scandal

Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the... Read Full Article

We’re still stunningly complacent about this tyrant’s grave threat

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2024) Thirteen years ago, Vladimir Putin went to watch a martial arts tournament and,... 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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