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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

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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How Angela Merkel let the West become Vladimir Putin’s pawn in the new Cold War

Published by The Mail on Sunday (September 26th, 2021) With its long wooden pier poking out into the Baltic Sea... Read Full Article

A Green light from Germany

Published by The i paper (5th April, 2021) Angela Merkel has dominated her party, her country and our continent for... Read Full Article

How would you respond to the rise of Nazism?

Published by UnHerd (3rd January, 2020) My book of this decade might seem a strange choice. It was written in... Read Full Article

Anger, resentment and the rise of the far-right after the fall of the wall

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd November, 2019) Frank Schale was a child of Communism. He can remember clearly... Read Full Article

Did German anti-Semitism ever really disappear?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th June, 2019) Nine months ago, Liam Rückert left his home and mother in... Read Full Article

Crisis? What crisis? It’s just a few boats feuling hysteria about immigration

Published by The ipaper (31st December, 2018) As Angela Merkel enters the twilight of her extraordinary political career, she can... Read Full Article

Why you can’t really on the news media to understand Europe

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2018) Which country’s politics are most closely observed after our own in Britain? It’s easy:... Read Full Article

The great survivor of European politics

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2017) For all the feverish polls and fervid political analysis, every election boils down to... Read Full Article

To austerity and beyond by Yanis the menace

Published by The Observer (24th April, 2016) And The Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis (Bodley Head) It... Read Full Article

Time to face the truth about immigration

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (January 18th, 2016) The mood across Europe is hardening as desperate people... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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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