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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

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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Are the Tories just defending crony capitalism?

Published by The Guardian (10th February, 2015) The embryonic general election campaign has been dominated by big business and its... Read Full Article

Globalisation is good. Ask a carmaker

Published by The Guardian (3rd February, 2015) The resurgence of the British motor industry  is among the most remarkable economic... Read Full Article

We must tax sugar before Britain eats itself to death

Published by The Daily Mail (19th September, 2014) Mr Cube played a big role in my childhood. Not only did... Read Full Article

Goodbye Hollywood, hello Watford

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th July, 2014) There was a sprinkling of rain as 250 specially invited guests... Read Full Article

Don’t blame foreign players for England’s early exit

Published by The Independent on Sunday (22nd June, 2014) So, we must suffer for another four years: the World Cup... Read Full Article

A vote of confidence in Britain

Published by The Guardian (13th May, 2014) There is something repellent about the likes of James Stunt, who married billionaire Bernie... Read Full Article

Africa is refuting the usual economic pessimism

Published by The Wall Street Journal (16th April, 2014) The terrorist bombing that killed 71 people in Nigeria’s capital Monday... Read Full Article

Why battle to save sickly shops on the high street when we need homes?

Published in The Guardian (17th January, 2014) It has become a January ritual: the nation’s retailers reporting one after another... Read Full Article

Bill Gates preaches the aid gospel, but is he just a hypocrite?

Published in The Guardian (January 6th, 2014) He made his name as a sharp-elbowed businessman who rode the technology revolution... Read Full Article

Which politician will dare dismantle crony capitalism?

Published in the London Evening Standard (November 25th, 2013) Earlier this year Jeremy Stafford was at a London conference on... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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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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