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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

  • What prisons can teach us about democracy
  • In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
  • Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
  • A glorious tale of greed
  • The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

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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

China is winning the digital cold war

Published by The i paper (22nd June, 2020) The world is sliding into a new cold war. Once again, it... Read Full Article

What does a rich list really tell us?

Published by The i paper (18th May, 2020) I was a young reporter on contract at The Sunday Times when... Read Full Article

Legal threat over Boris 5G deal

Published by The Mail on Sunday ((17th May, 2020) The Government is facing legal action over its controversial deal to... Read Full Article

China filed patent for Covid drug day after confirming human transmission

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th April, 2020) China filed a patent for a drug seen as one of... Read Full Article

What’s the difference between drugs and gambling?

Published by The i paper (27 January, 2020) Lewis Keogh seemed to have everything. He had a good job, his... Read Full Article

Blood on their hands

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling... Read Full Article

Stop gambling with people’s lives

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2019) Denise Coates, founder of gambling firm Bet365, has hit the jackpot. She... Read Full Article

Driven along the road to nowhere

Published by The i paper (18th November, 2019) No doubt to erase memories of previous scepticism on man-made climate change,... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • What prisons can teach us about democracy
  • In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
  • Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
  • A glorious tale of greed
  • The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

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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 Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia Rwanda social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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