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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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  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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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

It’s official: Covid can be linked to lab leaks

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2023) You have to admit it is one hell of a coincidence. Out... Read Full Article

UN experts: Lab leak was ‘most likely’ Covid cause

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th January, 2023) The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of... Read Full Article

The Covid origins debate gets even murkier

Published by The i paper (19th December, 2022) It is three years since a strange new disease began felling people in... Read Full Article

Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires

Published by The Sun (3rd January, 2023) After the man’s grandmother died from Covid, he went to a major crematorium... Read Full Article

How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

Published by The Daily Mail (January 2nd, 2023) The man’s note to his neighbours was polite. He stated that his... Read Full Article

How Covid revolt swept across China

Published by The Daily Mail (November 28th, 2022) The blaze broke out in a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, a... Read Full Article

UK scientist’s emails show he DID fear Covid lab leak

Published by The Daily Mail (November 25th, 2022) The top British scientist who played a central role in crushing suggestions... Read Full Article

World’s top medical journal finally says Covid could have come from lab leak

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th September, 2022) THE world’s leading medical journal has conceded that the Covid pandemic... Read Full Article

Will China’s ‘Zero Covid’ crackdown ruin the Olympics?

Published by The Daily Mail (17th January, 2022) The timing could not be worse. Omicron has seeped into China on the... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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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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