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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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Bloggers warn of lynchings and Gaddafi’s deserted by his blonde Ukranian nurse

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 27th, 2011) Muammar Gaddafi has survived many threats in his time. But now... Read Full Article

We can’t let ourselves be scarred by Iraq

Published in The Guardian (February 24th, 2011) It gets worse and worse. Muammar Gaddafi has declared war on his people... Read Full Article

A deal struck with tyranny

Published in The Daily Telegraph (February 21st, 2011) As I stood on a hilltop overlooking al-Bayda less than a fortnight... Read Full Article

‘Mad dog’ Gaddafi won’t go without a fight

Published in The Times (February 17th, 2011) So is it really possible that the next regime to fall in this... Read Full Article

Now even Mad Dog Gaddafi faces a Day of Rage

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 15th, 2011) I was sitting in a smart address in the middle of... Read Full Article

We help the big men steal

Published in The Guardian (February 14th, 2011) I lived for the sake of this country, Hosni Mubarak told Egyptians as he... Read Full Article

The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 30th, 2011) For the fifth day in a row, Egypt was consumed with... Read Full Article

It’s time the world listened to new stories out of Africa

Published in The Observer (January 20th, 2011) Eleni Gabre-Madhin rings the bell and another day of frenetic dealing starts at... Read Full Article

Why a fruit and veg seller could unleash wave of revolutions

Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 16th, 2011) It all began with the despair of one man, a young... Read Full Article

There has never been a better time to be alive

Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2011) These are difficult days. Not just because for many people it... 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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