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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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I’ve got hold of ‘Official Sensitive’ government business plans. They can help us on bids

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) A former government official now working for Adam Smith International obtained... Read Full Article

Exposed: how foreign aid giant conned MPs with fake evidence

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) Fat cat foreign aid contractors paid millions by the taxpayer tried... Read Full Article

Prosperity is about more than just money

Published by CapX (3rd November, 2016) Shortly after becoming prime minister six years ago, David Cameron reiterated his much-mocked idea... Read Full Article

Politicians must stand up for the glories of globalisation

Published by CapX (27th October, 2016) The Belgian region of Wallonia was once called the crossroads of Europe. It sent... Read Full Article

Can Patel turn the tide on foreign aid?

Published by The Telegraph (22nd September, 2016) As a devout Remainer, I was disturbed by the EU referendum result. But... Read Full Article

Gap year volunteers can do more harm than good

Published by the ipaper (29th August, 2016) It’s that time of year: the results are in, the desired grades have... Read Full Article

New minister taking a tougher line

Published by The Mail on Sunday (August 28th, 2016) She does not deserve three cheers yet, probably not even two.... Read Full Article

Revealed: terror training base Israel claims was built by British aid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2016) A training base built by an Islamist terrorist group behind suicide... Read Full Article

British reporter arrested by ‘torture’ police funded by UK

Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2016) An elderly British journalist investigating corruption in Bangladesh has been arrested... Read Full Article

The depressing day your concerns were simply swept aside

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th June, 2016) It should have been momentous: Westminster forced to reconsider the folly... 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

Tags

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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