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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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Family tragedy shines penetrating light on failures of state care

Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing... Read Full Article

Are we brave enough to reform a system in crisis?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2015) The National Health Service is in a mess – and we... Read Full Article

The fat city that declared war on obesity

Published by Mosaic (13th October, 2015) &  The Atlantic (14th October, 2015) When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her... Read Full Article

Low pay for carers endangers the old, the sick and disabled

Published by The Independent (24th August, 2013) The care home was judged ‘inadequate’ for safety, leadership and effectiveness. The five... Read Full Article

Why a trick of the mind can make you blind

Published by The Daily Mail (18th June, 2015) It’s All In Your Head by Suzanne O’Sullivan (Chalto & Windus) Life was good... Read Full Article

Labour’s NHS record is soiled by failure

Published in The Sun (23 April, 2015) If you say something often enough, some people will believe it. Clearly this... Read Full Article

Labour can no longer pose as the party of the NHS

Published by The Guardian (21st April, 2015) There are many strange things about this election struggle. Labour poses as the... Read Full Article

They gave Robert Aids – and then they killed his relatives

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) In 1983, Robert Mackie asked his doctor about reports of haemophiliacs... Read Full Article

The biggest disaster in NHS history

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd March, 2015) The Government will apologise this week for what has been called... Read Full Article

I look at my daughter and welcome this decision

Published by The Daily Mail (4th February, 2015) Given the immense medical and moral significance of the issue, it was... 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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