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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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Moneybags Miliband gets his mates megabucks too

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2020) Former Labour Minister David Miliband’s charity has hired several of his close... Read Full Article

BBC must follow it own rules and axe Comic Relief

Published by The Times (2nd November, 2020) Since inheriting the thorny BBC crown, Tim Davie has made it his mission... Read Full Article

Moneybags Miliband

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st November, 2020) David Miliband was handed an annual pay package of more than $1... Read Full Article

Fat cat charities have forgotten their principles

Published by The Times (26th June, 2020) Another day, another scandal involving a big charity. This time it is the... Read Full Article

Good riddance to the self-serving Department for International Narcissists

Published by The Daily Mail (June 17th, 2020) One of Tony Blair’s first actions in government after winning the 1997... Read Full Article

Foreign aid fund is lining the pockets of the corrupt elite

Published by The Times (20th February, 2020) Perhaps the most famous quote on foreign aid came from Peter Bauer, a... Read Full Article

War crime victims let down by the bloated aid system

Published by The Times (9th January, 2020) The issue was clear, the intentions noble, the promises bold. The coming together... Read Full Article

Your cash is still funding despotic regimes in China and North Korea

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd December, 2019) The Foreign Office has been condemned by senior MPs and human rights... Read Full Article

An aid to better spending

Published by The Times (12th December, 2019) Even Boris Johnson’s critics would agree that on the subject of international aid... Read Full Article

A light shining through darkness

Published by The i paper (14th October, 2019) History is a harsher judge than people appointed by Norway’s parliament, but... 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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