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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

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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Sunk by the EU quotacrats

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th November, 2014) The rusting stern of the Cornelis Vrolijk towers over the quayside... Read Full Article

How the Tories are helping Ukip

Published by The Independent (17th November, 2014) First Clacton, now Rochester – the unlikely landmarks of British political history as Ukip... Read Full Article

Fascists, felons and fanatical fools: ugly truth about Farage’s friends in Brussels

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd November, 2014) Eleonora Bechis does not hold Nigel Farage in high regard. She calls... Read Full Article

Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity

Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the... Read Full Article

Ukraine and the shame of Europe

Published by The Wall Street Journal (22nd May, 2014) There are flickers of hope that calm can descend again on... Read Full Article

David Cameron’s right-wing problem

Published by The Wall Street Journal (7th May 2014) Shortly after David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives in Britain, a caller... Read Full Article

Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal

Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed... Read Full Article

Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce

Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested... Read Full Article

You have rid us of a cancer – freed Tymoshenko tells huge crowd

Published in The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2014) Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was greeted by thousands of... Read Full Article

How does Europe look to an African?

Published in The Independent (February 17th, 2014) The other day I was chatting to an African friend when he asked... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

Tags

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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