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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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The fattest charity fat cat of them all

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st January, 2017) A foreign aid ‘fat cat’ has made millions out of the... Read Full Article

Stop the great aid giveaway

Published by The Sun (20th December, 2016) EVERY day there seems to be a new scandal involving Britain’s booming aid... Read Full Article

Patel takes on foreign aid fat cats

Published by The i paper (19th December, 2016) It is fair to assume few cheers were heard in the Department... Read Full Article

The great foreign aid freeze

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th December, 2016) The Government has dramatically halted new contracts with British foreign aid... Read Full Article

The begging bowl barons

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th December, 2016) Bosses of charities handed millions in British foreign aid to fight... Read Full Article

Stop this sick corruption of compassion

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) Like many people of my generation, influenced by the begging bowl... Read Full Article

High salaries, bonuses and suspect cash withdrawals

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) It all sounds so positive on Adam Smith International’s website: an... Read Full Article

The £1billion secret

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) The Prime Minister’s most senior security adviser has told MPs £1.1... Read Full Article

Poverty barons in dirty trick probe

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) Two ‘dirty tricks’ inquiries have been launched into Britain’s biggest specialist... Read Full Article

Revealed: How Britain pours £568m into war-torn Somalia despite ‘certain’ risk it will be stolen and used to fund terrorism

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) The Government is pumping more than half a billion pounds of... 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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