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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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Who, in this nest of vipers, stole a stack of Michael Gove’s private emails?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 25th, 2011) Shortly after the last General Election, Michael Gove was travelling by... Read Full Article

Lib Dems need to stake out their own territory

Published in the Financial Times (August 24th, 2011) One of the many twists to have occurred in British politics since... Read Full Article

Believe it or not, Steve Hilton is the only real Thatcherite in Cameron’s No 10

Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 31st) Five years ago, as the hours ticked down to David Cameron’s first... Read Full Article

Cameron must breathe new life into the coalition

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 25th, 2011) “We had lost our virginity on scandal,” wrote Tony Blair, reflecting... Read Full Article

The journey’s over, Tony Blair

Published in The Guardian (June 10th, 2011) Switching on the Today programme yesterday, it was like an unwelcome blast from... Read Full Article

Betraying themselves

Published in Prospect (March 25th, 2011) An army of political obituarists is arguing that we are witnessing the suicidal spasms... Read Full Article

Patients are being betrayed. Don’t retreat from reform

Published in The Times (May 11th, 2011) For those of us forced to deal with the daily realities of healthcare... Read Full Article

What next for the coalition?

Published in Prospect (May 4th, 2011) So it is all over bar the shouting. And what a lot of shouting... Read Full Article

Is the Coalition marriage doomed to end in divorce?

Published in the London Evening Standard (May 3rd, 2011) Thankfully, it is nearly over. The debate over a small change... Read Full Article

Hague should be replaced by Ashdown

Published in Prospect (March 23rd, 2011) The news from Libya, Bahrain and elsewhere has turned any joy that greeted the... 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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