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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

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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Westminster is addicted to drug prohibition

Published by The i paper (15th August, 2022) Rishi Sunak likes to joke that he is a coke addict. He... Read Full Article

Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’

Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights... Read Full Article

Britain’s criminal approach to drugs

Published by UnHerd (30th July, 2021) Our nation’s politicians have long been guilty of an inflated sense of exceptionalism. But... Read Full Article

An addiction catastrophe

Published by The Spectator (12th June, 2021) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Picador) Last week... Read Full Article

Fifty years of fatal failure

Published by The i paper (24th May, 2021) Vicky Unwin has been one of my sister’s closest friends since they... Read Full Article

The blinkered war on drugs cannot be won

Published by The i paper (12th April, 2021) The bust began with a tip-off in the Netherlands. This led German... Read Full Article

Has America changed its mind about drugs?

Published by UnHerd (12th November, 2020) If there is one thing that pretty much everyone in the United States can... Read Full Article

Cannabis failures show why we need to legalise drugs

Published by The Times (10th September, 2020) Carly Barton is a former university lecturer who suffered a stroke at the... Read Full Article

Mexico’s futile war on drugs

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2020) The early morning raids were carefully calibrated. Teams of heavily-armed agents donned protective gear... Read Full Article

How many people were kidnapped, tortured and murdered for your avocado?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2020) Sergio was working in the avocado orchards when two men suddenly... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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