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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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  • Real Conservatives should speak out
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Our prisons are a national disgrace

Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was... Read Full Article

The rape victim force to suffer again by the police

Published by The ipaper (6th May, 2019) Do you think victims of rape should hand their phones over to police?... Read Full Article

Human rights are a given, not a gift

Published by The i paper (25th February, 2019) Last Thursday, standing inside Al-Hol camp in northern Syria, I came across... Read Full Article

Britain’s police are waking up to the futility of the war on drugs

Published by CapX (23rd October, 2018) Few people would have expected Bernard Hogan-Howe to become the nation’s latest outspoken campaigner... Read Full Article

Short sentences prove prison doesn’t work

Published by The Times (28th June, 2018) This is a depressing time for prison reform campaigners. Ministers have announced they... Read Full Article

When will politicians quit the war on drugs?

Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality.... Read Full Article

Children need help, not demonising

Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of... Read Full Article

A broken prison system – but Scotland pushes for reform

Published by The i paper (29th January, 2018) Two years ago, in those far off days before the Brexit debacle,... Read Full Article

Longer prison sentences won’t stop animal cruelty

Published by The Times (14th December, 2017) Michael Gove seeks to show that Brexit means we can take back control... Read Full Article

Police chief: ‘I won’t arrest low-level dealers, even for selling heroin’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th November, 2017) A police chief has declared that his force will stop prosecuting... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Now a struggle starts for the soul of our nation
  • The PM is hopelessly out of his depth
  • Will we ever learn the truth about China and the pandemic?
  • Real Conservatives should speak out
  • Floating factories as big as football pitches plundering our seas and killing dolphins

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