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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

  • The Covid origins debate gets even murkier
  • Bulldoze this affront to our democracy
  • Why would you envy the NHS?
  • Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires
  • How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s elitist altruism

Published by UnHerd (November 23rd, 2022) Elizabeth Holmes dressed in the same style every day: black turtleneck sweater, black slacks,... Read Full Article

Why we should all pray China does not invade Taiwan

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th August, 2022) The fertile fields surrounding Tainan, the former capital of Taiwan famed... Read Full Article

We’ve had enough of these fairy tales

Published by The i paper (11th July, 2022) Rishi Sunak launched his campaign to become leader of our country with a... Read Full Article

Even McDonalds couldn’t save Russia

Published by UnHerd (17th May, 2022) The arrival of Big Macs, skinny fries and those absurdly-thick shakes in Moscow 32... Read Full Article

Rhetoric is worthless when the UK is laundering dirty Russian cash

Published by The i paper (31st January, 2022) Three years ago I hosted a discussion with Rory Stewart, the former... Read Full Article

How Angela Merkel let the West become Vladimir Putin’s pawn in the new Cold War

Published by The Mail on Sunday (September 26th, 2021) With its long wooden pier poking out into the Baltic Sea... Read Full Article

Nike’s shows the conflict between ethics and profits

Published by The i paper (29th March, 2021) Like most modern multinationals, the sportswear giant Nike likes to present itself... Read Full Article

The music industry has been left to die

Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the... Read Full Article

The older workers condemned by Covid

Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed... Read Full Article

China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • The Covid origins debate gets even murkier
  • Bulldoze this affront to our democracy
  • Why would you envy the NHS?
  • Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires
  • How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

Tags

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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