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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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No minister – our billions in foreign aid make it more likely migrants come here

Published by The Daily Mail (11th August, 2015) With every passing day, it becomes harder to have confidence in the... Read Full Article

Obama in Africa is right to emphasise trade over aid

Published by CapX (28th July, 2015) It is always easy to snipe at a state leader’s foreign tour, and Barack... Read Full Article

Voyage of the damned

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across... Read Full Article

An election that symbolises change across a continent

Published by CapX (6th April, 2015) The message to his country is simple: ‘Don’t expect miracles.’ These are wise words... Read Full Article

Was it wrong to support the overthrow of Gaddafi?

Published by The Independent (9th March, 2015) There are few historic sites more wondrous than the ruins of Leptis Magna,... Read Full Article

A continent trashed by treasure seekers

Published by The Observer (1st March, 2015) The Looting Machine: Warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa’s wealth... Read Full Article

Diplomats clash over death row Briton

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th January, 2015) An explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their... Read Full Article

A change of fortune for Nigeria’s president?

Published by The Independent (17th January, 2015) Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was a canoe-maker, struggling to survive in the Delta region... Read Full Article

The heartbeat of South Africa

Published by High Life (8th January, 2015) As we drive into Ivory Park, the sprawling township that clings to rolling... Read Full Article

One refugee’s tale of hope from misery

Published by The Observer (4th January, 2014) A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg (Jonathan Cape) Asad Abdullahi 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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