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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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Inside the real Santa’s grotto

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th December, 2017) The ancient Byzantine church sits behind a scruffy shopping square in... Read Full Article

The World Cup has lost its lustre

Published by The i paper (4th December, 2017) I remember clearly the first World Cup that captivated me. It was... Read Full Article

Britain suffers the Brexit blues

Published by The i paper (27th November, 2017) ‘The eyes of the world are upon us,’ declared Theresa May in... Read Full Article

We need an investigation into Russia’s role in the Brexit vote

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2017) Every now and then, observing the strange state of global events, we... 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

Are the Tories reliving the John Major years? No. It’s much worse than that

Published by The Guardian (2nd November, 2017) It was a candid tweet from a Conservative MP as the sex abuse... Read Full Article

How do you solve the Catalan problem?

Published by The iPaper (30th October, 2017) Every day, the streets of Barcelona seem filled with flags. They are unfurled... Read Full Article

What are they going to do: kill all of us?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th October, 2017) Catalonia’s sacked president Carles Puigdemont has vowed to resist the Spanish... Read Full Article

Catalonian separatists and Brexiteers share self-defeating stupidity

Published by UnHerd (11th October, 2017) Spain celebrates its national day tomorrow. This is rather unfortunate timing for the annual... Read Full Article

Great white tide to halt chaos

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th October, 2017) They came in their thousands wearing white, releasing balloons and begging... 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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