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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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Should the state enforce vaccination?

Published by The i paper (1st March, 2021) Britain’s vaccine programme has been a stellar success, all the more welcome... Read Full Article

Why the reluctance among some ethnic minorities to have Covid jabs?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th February, 2021) Jama is a driver who, before the pandemic, ferried people but... Read Full Article

Beijing in row over ‘cover-up of Wuhan death toll’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st February, 2021) Disturbing Chinese government statistics reveal a huge drop in the number... Read Full Article

Don’t ignore the country’s cash cow

Published by The i paper (15th February, 2021) It is easy to forget London used to be a city in... Read Full Article

The WHO’s Covid shame

Published by UnHerd (10th February, 2021) Since the pandemic started, China has promoted various narratives on its possible origins. First,... Read Full Article

Virus ‘definitely’ began in China, say US scientists

Published by Mail on Sunday (31st January, 2021) The coronavirus pandemic definitely started in China, according to a scientific study... Read Full Article

Musicians deserve a helping hand

Published by The i paper (25th January, 2021) Seventeen years ago, I spent a day in Pimlico with Paul Weller. We met... Read Full Article

The inhumanity of deeming some lives ‘more valuable’ than others

Published by The Daily Mail (19th January, 2021) Deborah James is a deputy head teacher, a mother of two children... Read Full Article

It’ll be an unforgivable insult to two million dead if world lets China bury the truth

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th January, 2021) It has taken 14 months since a sinister new disease emerged in... Read Full Article

America points finger at China lab

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th January, 2021) (Written with Glen Owen, Political Editor) The Chinese government is under... 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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