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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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China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy

Published by UnHerd (9th January, 2025) The World Health Organisation ended 2024 by reminding us that it is five years... Read Full Article

Covid lies and the stench of elitist arrogance

Published by The i paper (30th September, 2024) Boris Johnson is publishing his memoir, timed to coincide with the Conservative... Read Full Article

Lab leak theory is gaining ground

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about... Read Full Article

How Edinburgh University stifled my investigation

Published by UnHerd (19th January, 2024) Almost 150 years ago, a young medical student at Edinburgh University was inspired by... Read Full Article

Conspiracy of silence betrays our values

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation... Read Full Article

Contempt for ordinary people in the corridors of power

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2023) The Covid inquiry last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if... Read Full Article

New evidence that Beijing hid truth about Covid origin and possible leak from Wuhan lab

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th July, 2023) China’s public health authorities cracked the genetic code of the Covid... Read Full Article

The secret messages behind the lab leak cover-up

Published by UnHerd (28th July, 2023) “What happened to Oppenheimer damaged our ability as a society to debate honestly about... Read Full Article

Why did Peter Daszak change his mind?

Published by UnHerd (12th April, 2023) Peter Daszak spent many years hunting down bat viruses with Chinese scientists, helped fund their... Read Full Article

The real Covid conspiracy

Published by UnHerd (11th March, 2023) The departing director of the world’s second biggest philanthropic donor and one of the... 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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