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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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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

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

Who should decide when we die?

Published by The i paper (28th September, 2020) Yew Trees was called a hospital but sounds more like hell. It... Read Full Article

Pandemic lessons from other places

Published by The i paper (10th August, 2020) I have resumed my job as a foreign reporter following a four-month... Read Full Article

The land with no face masks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd August, 2020) As I walked around the sun-dappled streets of Amsterdam, something felt... 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

Let’s make children see the nation’s greatest painting

Published by The Times (9th November, 2017) It took more than 200 days of negotiations, but last month the Netherlands... Read Full Article

The murder of Jo Cox asks uncomfortable questions of Britain’s right

Published by The ipaper (20th June, 2016) The mood was tense, the arguments heated, the nation’s future at stake with... Read Full Article

The foreign aid target is highly flawed

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd April,2016) Since the time David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives, I have... Read Full Article

Give thanks for Nigel Farage

Published by The i paper & The Independent (28th March, 2016) Last week I was in Amsterdam, where I joined... Read Full Article

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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