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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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  • Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’
  • New evidence that Beijing hid truth about Covid origin and possible leak from Wuhan lab
  • The secret messages behind the lab leak cover-up
  • Starmer needs to change his tune
  • A new threat to American democracy

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Euthanasia is a slippery slope

Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On... Read Full Article

24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution

Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single... Read Full Article

It’s official: Covid can be linked to lab leaks

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2023) You have to admit it is one hell of a coincidence. Out... Read Full Article

Why would you envy the NHS?

Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is... Read Full Article

Scandal of lives stolen by the state

Published by The i paper (26th December, 2022) Ryan Addison lives in his own home in Doncaster, 10 minutes from... Read Full Article

How to fix the NHS and social care

Published by The i paper (14th November, 2022) Another damning indictment of Britain’s healthcare system was released last week, although... Read Full Article

Could digitisation help revive the NHS?

Published by The i paper (22nd August, 2022) I went to Tallinn earlier this month to report on Estonia’s remarkable... Read Full Article

Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare

Published by UnHerd (2nd August, 2022) There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out... Read Full Article

A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas

Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on... Read Full Article

A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics

Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’
  • New evidence that Beijing hid truth about Covid origin and possible leak from Wuhan lab
  • The secret messages behind the lab leak cover-up
  • Starmer needs to change his tune
  • A new threat to American democracy

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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 Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia Rwanda social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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