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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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Immigration as a vote-winner?

Published by The Independent (16th March, 2015) Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh grew up in a Conservative family. Her father was the first... Read Full Article

Michael Gove is right: The Tories need to detoxify their brand

Published by The Guardian (14th March, 2015) Chief whips tend not to make waves in politics. They are meant to... Read Full Article

This foreign aid law is an expensive stunt

Published by The Daily Telegraph (11th March, 2015) So there we are. Our esteemed politicians have passed perhaps the stupidest... Read Full Article

Was it wrong to support the overthrow of Gaddafi?

Published by The Independent (9th March, 2015) There are few historic sites more wondrous than the ruins of Leptis Magna,... Read Full Article

‘Brain-fading’ adventures in Green Land

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2015) The Greens like to do things differently. One of their deputy... Read Full Article

Europe’s defence wanes as the Putin threat grows

Published by The Wall Street Journal (4th March, 2015) The chill of a new Cold War is descending over Europe.... Read Full Article

An end to patronage and the salvation of politics

Published by The Independent (2nd March, 2015) As the fat cats emerged blinking in the spotlight, they were forced to... Read Full Article

A continent trashed by treasure seekers

Published by The Observer (1st March, 2015) The Looting Machine: Warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa’s wealth... Read Full Article

Gunned down in a gangster state

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2015) Boris Nemtsov knew he might one day be silenced. Now the... Read Full Article

Is she just too green for the job?

Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2015) As the General Election looms, Natalie Bennett has become a regular on... 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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