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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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Sunak predicted his party’s downfall

Published by The i paper (11th December, 2023) Rishi Sunak was right about one thing when he won the top... Read Full Article

Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping... Read Full Article

Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin

Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds... Read Full Article

How to escape North Korea

Published by UnHerd (21st November, 2023) When Kim Seungeun first visited North Korea, he saw a barren land devastated by... Read Full Article

China’s sinister plot to gain a stranglehold on key global ports

Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2023) Earlier this year David Cameron arrived on the tropical island of Sri... Read Full Article

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel,... Read Full Article

A desperate appointment as Tories lurch back to the centre from the far-right abyss

Published by The i paper (14th November, 2023) David Cameron is back in frontline politics. These are words I never... Read Full Article

How can a Labour MP block flats for people with learning disabilities?

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2023) In a Westminster world stuffed with ambitious party hacks and entitled creeps... Read Full Article

What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th November, 2023) Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a... Read Full Article

Contempt for ordinary people in the corridors of power

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2023) The Covid inquiry last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if... 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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