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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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Escape from Putin’s child-snatchers

Published by The Daily Mail (5th December, 2024) His story sounds like a film script: a child who ends up... Read Full Article

We must wake up to Russia’s threat

Published by The i paper (21st October, 2024) The image is one for the history books: four ageing white men,... Read Full Article

Why do we keep falling for Putin’s hollow threats?

Published by The i paper (September 16th, 2024) Vladimir Putin is a dismal leader of his country, overseeing a catastrophic... Read Full Article

The Kursk offensive shreds Putin’s delusion

Published by The i paper (19th August, 2024) In September 2021, as Russian military forces built up on Ukraine’s border... Read Full Article

Audacious strike that shows we must keep sending arms to Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (12th August, 2024) Surprise has always been critical in war. And once again, Ukraine has... Read Full Article

How Ukrainians are learning to adapt to their wartime economy

Published by The i paper (6th August, 2024) Life seemed good for Vadym Liski before the arrival of war. His... Read Full Article

Conspiracy of thieves

Published by The Spectator (27th July, 2024) Autocracy, Inc – The Dictators Who Want To Run The World (Allen Lane)... Read Full Article

Agony of parents forced to hand over their children for Putin’s ‘summer camps’

Published by The Daily Mail (July 3rd, 2024) Russia is using a chilling tactic against Ukrainians trapped in occupied territories... Read Full Article

An enemy of Ukraine and democracy

Published by The i paper (24th June, 2024) Nigel Farage has built a brand that has won him fame and... Read Full Article

West must wake up to Putin danger

Published by The i paper (13th May, 2024) Historians will look back in bafflement at the gullibility of Western leaders... 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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