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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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  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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Corbyn’s drubbing illustrates the collapse of opposition in Britain

Published by The Daily Telegraph (25th January, 2017) The goal could hardly have been more open. Theresa May came to... Read Full Article

The new dawn of old nationalism

Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2017) On Friday morning, as the world prepared to see a former reality... Read Full Article

Revealed: foreign aid fat cats soak up £17m in fees – on £25m pump project

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd January, 2017) More than two-thirds of £25.4 million spent on a foreign aid... Read Full Article

Nativism is the new world order

Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that... Read Full Article

The railway children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way... Read Full Article

So much to do beyond Brexit

Published by The ipaper (9th January, 2017) It is strange that Theresa May’s honeymoon period has lasted so long, given... Read Full Article

A tyrant’s charter

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) Journalism can be a dangerous job. In many places on our... Read Full Article

The face of raw courage

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) She stood defiant in the dock. Blood poured from her mouth... Read Full Article

Theresa May must make a lonely stand against Putin

Published by The ipaper (2nd January, 2017) Thirty months ago I stood in a cornfield amid rolling hills of eastern... Read Full Article

The fattest charity fat cat of them all

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st January, 2017) A foreign aid ‘fat cat’ has made millions out of the... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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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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