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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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The shameful NHS cover-ups must cease

Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd February, 2017) Joshua Titcombe was just nine days old when he died in 2008.... Read Full Article

Britain needs to have a serious conversation about the NHS

Published by the Financial Times (17th December, 2016) It is rare that I agree with Jeremy Corbyn, especially in his outmoded... Read Full Article

The social care crisis won’t be solved by sticking plaster politics

Published by CapX (13th December 2016) In these divided days, the existence of a crisis in social care is one... Read Full Article

The £240k health boss who sums up what’s wrong with our NHS

Published by The Daily Mail (1st September, 2016) As the boss of a public organisation employing 9,000 staff, Katrina Percy... Read Full Article

The NHS is ailing. Is a ringfenced tax the best remedy?

Published by The Guardian (30th August, 2016) Doctors and their vociferous unions do like to complain, posing as protectors of... Read Full Article

Grieving mother branded ‘vindictive cow’ and a culture of NHS arrogance

Published by The Daily Mail (6th May, 2016) Surely it is impossible to imagine the twisted inhumanity of someone who... Read Full Article

The sugar tax: the sweet start to a bitter struggle

Published by The i paper & The Independent (25th March, 2016) It feels a long time since last week’s controversial... Read Full Article

A new tax to save a struggling health system

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (29th February, 2016) I am not a fan of Sir David Nicholson,... Read Full Article

We need to wake up to the NHS crisis

Published by The Independent (3rd January, 2016) There is one thing everyone can agree on: the last thing our nation... Read Full Article

A sickness at the heart of the NHS

Published by The Independent (14th December, 2015) Two weeks ago I went to a journalism awards ceremony at which the... 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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