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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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Sophie had autism. So why did her life end in a special unit for mentally ill people?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) Ben and Nickie Bennett had just finished dinner at home on... Read Full Article

Five new secure units for autistic patients set to open despite pledge to close them

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) A private health company is opening five secure units to lock... Read Full Article

Can we be trusted with euthanasia?

Published by UnHerd (1st February, 2019) It is largely accepted in the modern democratic world that people have the right... Read Full Article

Teenager sent to health unit for six-week autism check-up when aged 18 left caged with killers 13 years later

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th January, 2019) When Kyle Gibbon left school, the local authority suggested the 18-year-old... Read Full Article

Let them all out now

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A mental health nurse has revealed she saw staff in a... Read Full Article

Investigation triggers 4th inquiry

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A major investigation into the abusive care of patients with autism... Read Full Article

The invisibility of disability on the screen

Published by UnHerd (10th January, 2019) It is ironic that Bryan Cranston has been forced to defend his right to... Read Full Article

No way to treat people with autism

Published by The i paper (7th January, 2019) The stories sound like something from a cruel military dictatorship or those... Read Full Article

Worse than Broadmoor for autistic children, reveals whistleblower nurse

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th January, 2019) Ian Summers spent eight years as a mental health nurse at... Read Full Article

Stop the state from stealing our children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd December, 2018) More distraught parents of teenagers and young adults with autism and... 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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