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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

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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Ten practical remedies for the ailing NHS

Published by CapX (26th January, 2018) I went to hospital earlier this week for a small but troubling skin condition.... Read Full Article

Could Jeremy Hunt be the next Tory leader?

Published by The i paper (18th December, 2017) As we end another tumultuous year in our island history, Theresa May... Read Full Article

Who will help care for my daughter after Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th November, 2017) I came downstairs to find my wife looking dismayed and frazzled.... Read Full Article

Are smart phones feeding an epidemic of despair?

Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2017) There are few more obvious cries for help than self-harm. The idea... Read Full Article

America’s public health enemy No 1

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st October, 2017) When Patsy Stinchfield was a young nurse practitioner three decades ago,... Read Full Article

As I know myself, there can be no winners in the Charlie Gard case

Published by The Guardian (26th July, 2017) At the centre of the Charlie Gard  story, which has captured global attention,... Read Full Article

People with learning difficulties are not ill – but Theresa May’s gaffe is typical

Published by The Guardian (17th May, 2017) My daughter has learning difficulties. She was born with them 24 years ago... Read Full Article

A scandal drenched in blood

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th May, 2017) Ade Goodyear was the fourth boy in his family to be... Read Full Article

The slippery slope to eugenics

Published by The Daily Mail (1st March, 2017) On the surface, it seems unalloyed good news: a new test for... Read Full Article

Print your own body parts

Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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