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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 Mali was attacked

Published by CapX (20th November, 2015) & The Independent (21st November, 2015) So here we go again. First the tragic... Read Full Article

Don’t just pay glib respects. Pay your taxes to protect us

Published by The Sun (20th November, 2015) It did not take long for the world’s technology giants to react when... Read Full Article

To turn on refugees because of Paris is weak and wrong

Published by The Guardian (18th November, 2015) Should we ban white Australians from coming to Britain? After all, one misfit... Read Full Article

Iceland has jailed 26 bankers, so why won’t we?

Published by The Independent (16th November, 2015) There are many reasons to admire Iceland, but here is another one: it... Read Full Article

Cut down doing the job he loved

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th November, 2015) It is hard to think of anyone further removed from the... Read Full Article

Want to avoid a Brexit? Then run a campaign of fear

Published by The Independent (19th October, 2015) There are about 60,000 colonies of great crested newts among the ponds of... Read Full Article

Cameron should defines his legacy and seize the centre ground

Published by The Independent (6th October, 2015) As the Conservatives open their annual conference, David Cameron has confounded his many... Read Full Article

Germany’s refugee inferno

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th September, 2015) In the three-storey house in the neat village of Gerstungen, the... Read Full Article

The big society bites back on refugees

Published by The Independent (7th September, 2015) Over the past five years I have spent much of my time covering... Read Full Article

The British expats helping Syrian refugees

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th September, 2015) As the inflatable boat overloaded with Syrian refugees neared the rocky... 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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