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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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Deportation, genocide and a brutal lesson from history

Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2022) As the military forces of a modern Russian dictator menacingly encircle Ukraine,... Read Full Article

A clash between democracy and dictatorship

Published by The i paper (14th February, 2022) Last week Russia won gold in the figure skating team event at... Read Full Article

As the threat of war mounts, Britons vow to stay in Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (13th February, 2022) Defiant Britons insist they are staying in Ukraine – despite airlines starting... Read Full Article

Putin must be stopped from meddling in Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (11th February, 2022) When I arrived in Ukraine three weeks ago to report on the... Read Full Article

Ukraine bares its teeth in the shadow of Chernobyl

Published by The Daily Mail (5th February, 2022) The warning boomed down from a drone flying over our heads: ‘The... Read Full Article

Kremlin plot to spark war with fake film of attack by Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (4th February, 2022) An alarming Kremlin plan to create a fake film of an attack... Read Full Article

Rhetoric is worthless when the UK is laundering dirty Russian cash

Published by The i paper (31st January, 2022) Three years ago I hosted a discussion with Rory Stewart, the former... Read Full Article

One hundred yards behind the front line, windows are still boarded up from the last war

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th January, 2022) Avdiivka looks like many other small towns in Ukraine, with shoppers... Read Full Article

Former nursery teacher who’s ready for war says: Many Russians will die

Published by The Daily Mail (29th January, 2022) A sudden burst of machine-gun fire echoed over the fields, followed by... Read Full Article

Kremlin steps up its propaganda war

Published by The Daily Mail (27th January, 2022) The Kremlin is pumping out disinformation saying Nato troops are in Ukraine preparing... 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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