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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

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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Inside Syria’s cauldron of despair

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 10th, 2013) As she sat inside a huge hangar, Nagham recalled the moment... Read Full Article

In Haiti the UN’s behaviour is far cry from being conscience of the world

Publish in The Guardian (March 4th, 2013) Imagine if a multinational company went to one of the world’s most impoverished... Read Full Article

Natural disaster, man-made hell

Published in The World Today (February 8th, 2013) The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save... Read Full Article

Lothario who seduced a nation

Published in The Observer (3rd February, 2013) The Pike: Gabriele D’Annunzio – Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy... Read Full Article

Save lives Mr Cameron, but don’t imagine you need to save Africa

Published in The Independent (February 2nd, 2013) This week, the Prime Minister went to Africa.Struggling to achieve anything at home... Read Full Article

The man who turned amorality into an art form

Published in The Daily Mail (January 12th, 2013) When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a... Read Full Article

Disastrous relief for Haiti

Published in The Guardian (December 31st, 2012) Almost three years ago, Haiti was hit by an earthquake that killed an estimated... Read Full Article

Forget aid and target inequality

Published in Prospect (November 9th, 2012) Should Britain give aid to India? For a hefty majority of people in this... Read Full Article

The tough-on-crime Texan judge closing down jails

Published in The Observer (September 30th, 2012) The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in... Read Full Article

Why do we care more about pandas than a Briton’s very suspicious death?

Published in The Daily Mail (April 16th, 2012) The picture speaks volumes: a damning snapshot of British impotence and Chinese... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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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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