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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

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

Published by The Daily Mail (4th January, 2025) This government is committed to doing politics differently,’ declared Health and Social... Read Full Article

Arrogant, heartless and out of touch

Published by The i paper (14th October, 2024) If you want to understand why the Conservatives are in such dire... Read Full Article

Private greed corroding our care system

Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse... Read Full Article

People with learning disabilities need ministers’ support

Published by The Times (30th April, 2024) There is a valid debate to be had over disability benefits after a... Read Full Article

Britain’s sordid human rights scandal

Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the... Read Full Article

Sunak predicted his party’s downfall

Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top... Read Full Article

A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on

Published by The Times (7th August, 2023) When Franco Basaglia took over a huge asylum in Trieste in 1971, the... Read Full Article

Social care has been unloved and poorly funded for too long

Published by The Times (4th July, 2023) My daughter is lovely. She has learning disabilities and a life-threatening health condition,... 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

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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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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