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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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Release them all

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd November, 2019) The Government will demand an urgent discharge review for every person... Read Full Article

Caged like animals but no-one seems to care

Published by The i paper (21st October, 2019) One year ago I talked to Jeremy, an affable lorry driver from... Read Full Article

How my daughter disrupted my politics

Published by UnHerd (15th October, 2019) I was one of those strange kids who was always interested in politics, almost... Read Full Article

Autistic youngsters ARE wrongly locked in mental hospitals, say health chiefs

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th October, 2019) Health chiefs have admitted that young people with autism and learning... Read Full Article

Money does not cushion grief

Published by The Sun (16th September, 2019) WHAT kind of person looks at a man who has endured the tragic... Read Full Article

How can Matt Hancock sleep?

Published by The i paper (26th August, 2019) When Christie Harnett was sectioned under mental health laws earlier this year,... Read Full Article

Government faces prosecution over human rights of autistic youngsters

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th July, 2019) The equalities watchdog is poised to prosecute the Government and health... Read Full Article

Deadly inequality

Published by UnHerd (18th June, 2019) We should welcome the fact that the issue of inequality has surged up the... Read Full Article

A lame and toothless watchdog

Published by The i paper (17th June 2019) Derek Fleming doted on his ‘funny, caring and loving’ daughter Margaret. But... Read Full Article

Worried about US healthcare giants? They’re already here

Published by The Times (4th June, 2019) The response could not have been clearer when Woody Johnson, US ambassador to... 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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