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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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Russians storm Ukraine’s main naval base

Published by The Daily Mail (20th March 2014) The Russian flag was flying over Ukraine’s naval headquarters last night after... Read Full Article

Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce

Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested... Read Full Article

Crimea’s referendum was a sham display of democracy

Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2014) Almost before they had cleared up the vodka bottles in Lenin Square, scene... Read Full Article

Exodus on eve of a referendum with only one answer

Published in The Mail on Sunday (16th March, 2014) Sweating in the spring sun, it took Sergei several trips to... Read Full Article

The shock troops sent to terrorise Putin’s opponents

Published in The Daily Mail (15th March, 2014) Stepping out of my hotel yesterday morning, I found a sinister new... Read Full Article

Crimean notebook: ‘They’ll have to break all my bones to make me a Russian citizen’

Published by The Spectator (13th March, 2014) Vladimir Putin still swears that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, so... Read Full Article

Clashes in Crimea as Ukrainian PM vows ‘this is our land’

Published in The Daily Mail (10th March, 2014)* Demonstrators loyal to Ukraine were attacked with whips, baseball bats and clubs... Read Full Article

There is no moral equivalence between Moscow and Kiev

Published by The Independent (March 10th, 2014) Less than 100 yards from my hotel, the Russian flag flies over the... Read Full Article

Inside the lair of ‘The Goblin’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th March, 2014) Shoved to the ground by a Russian stooge,  I suffered nothing... Read Full Article

Ukraine’s new hero defies Russian fire

Published by The Daily Mail (5th March, 2014) They marched right up to the top of the hill and, several... 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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