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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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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

Why do we stand by and watch Putin?

Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were... Read Full Article

Look to France for a vision of life under Miliband

Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2014) History never tires of repeating itself. More than three decades ago Socialists won... Read Full Article

With the remains of 200 victims, the train of death finally moves out

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd July, 2014) The freight train filled with its grisly cargo of death last night... Read Full Article

The grimmest journey for MH17 victims

Published by The Daily Mail (21st July, 2014) The stench of death is thick in the air as onlookers peer... Read Full Article

The graveyard of desecration

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2oth July, 2014) There was something almost beautiful about the white ribbons tied to... Read Full Article

Blood on Putin’s hands?

Published by The Daily Mail (18th July 2014) The world may have averted its gaze towards Israel and Gaza, but... 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

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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

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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