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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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There is nothing compassionate or progressive about assisted dying

Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2024) The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed... Read Full Article

Assisted suicide is dangerous

Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to... Read Full Article

Private greed corroding our care system

Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse... Read Full Article

People with learning disabilities need ministers’ support

Published by The Times (30th April, 2024) There is a valid debate to be had over disability benefits after a... Read Full Article

Britain’s sordid human rights scandal

Published by The i paper (25th March, 2024) During my journalistic career I have spoken to traumatised people around the... Read Full Article

Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose... Read Full Article

How can a Labour MP block flats for people with learning disabilities?

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2023) In a Westminster world stuffed with ambitious party hacks and entitled creeps... 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

A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on

Published by The Times (7th August, 2023) When Franco Basaglia took over a huge asylum in Trieste in 1971, the... Read Full Article

Euthanasia is a slippery slope

Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On... 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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