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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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?

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Adventures in Trumpland

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a... Read Full Article

Steve Baker and his daft plans

Published by The Guardian (12th September, 2018) Seven years ago I went on one of my strangest journalistic jaunts, when... Read Full Article

A moral superpower shifts right

Published by The i paper (10th September, 2018) A few years ago I spoke at a conference in Sweden, which... Read Full Article

Liberal Sweden flirts with the far-right

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th September, 2018) The far-Right leader threatening to shake up the socialist nirvana of... Read Full Article

A proportional response to our broken political system

Published by The i paper (3rd September, 2018) Do you remember a politician called Vince Cable? He was that older... Read Full Article

America’s child brides forced to marry abusers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September 2018) Donna Pollard had only just turned 16 when she stood in... Read Full Article

It’s not the Maybolt’s dance moves that are the true horror of her African trip

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September, 2018) Theresa May’s robotic dancing made some people laugh. But the Maybot... Read Full Article

May’s view of Africa is blinkered and damaging

Published by The Times (29th August, 2018) Theresa May is making her first visit to Africa since entering Downing Street... Read Full Article

A true hero for our time

Published by The i paper (27th August, 2018) When John McCain’s family issued a statement on Friday saying the veteran... Read Full Article

Could a murdered student be Trump’s salvation (if Melania stays silent)?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th August, 2018) In the spring of 1973 a smart lawyer advising Richard Nixon... 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?

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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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