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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

  • 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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Cash for terror: how the Palestinian Authority duped British backers

Published by The Jewish Chronicle (31st March, 2016) Ahmad Musa looks like a character in a gangster movie with his... Read Full Article

Give thanks for Nigel Farage

Published by The i paper & The Independent (28th March, 2016) Last week I was in Amsterdam, where I joined... Read Full Article

How British aid ends up funding terrorists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to... Read Full Article

The sugar tax: the sweet start to a bitter struggle

Published by The i paper & The Independent (25th March, 2016) It feels a long time since last week’s controversial... Read Full Article

A petulant self-serving hypocrite

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th March, 2016) It is hard to remember a more bitter recent departure from... Read Full Article

Targeting disabled people is woeful politics

Published by The Daily Telegraph (18th March, 2016) Sometimes you can only shake your head at the sheer stupidity of... Read Full Article

The proud island that floated free

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th March, 2016) The problem was simple but infuriating: ‘I had to travel to... Read Full Article

Dispelling the myth of humane refugee camps

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (7th March 2016) The young mother told me her horror story as... Read Full Article

Boris, Brexit and Cameron’s miscalculation

Published by The Wall Street Journal (3rd March, 2016) As British Prime Minister David Cameron surveys the political landscape, he has much... Read Full Article

A new tax to save a struggling health system

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (29th February, 2016) I am not a fan of Sir David Nicholson,... 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

Tags

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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