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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

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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My night out with the Proud Boys

Published by UnHerd (19th September, 2023) When I first met the leader of the Proud Boys, he was relaxing over... Read Full Article

In defence of Brand’s trial by media

Published by The i paper (18th September, 2023) It is the details, as always, that are so disturbing. The violence of... Read Full Article

Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth

Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former... Read Full Article

Why is there no age limit on politicians?

Published by The i paper (4th September, 2023) Chuck Grassley was born in 1933 to a rural family living in... Read Full Article

What prisons can teach us about democracy

Published by UnHerd (4th September, 2023) Andrea Albutt has been a dedicated public servant for almost four decades who worked... Read Full Article

In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne

Published by The Daily Mail (31st August, 2023) Eight years ago George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a... Read Full Article

Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot

Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has... Read Full Article

A glorious tale of greed

Published by The Spectator (26th August, 2023) Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo In the... Read Full Article

The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

Published by The Daily Mail (24th August, 2023) Stephen Brearey, lead consultant in the unit in which Lucy Letby murdered... Read Full Article

India’s lunar ascent shows absurdity of our dismal aid system

Published by The Times (24th August, 2023) There was jubilation in India after it became the fourth country to successfully... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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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