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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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Imagine if Isis was approaching and safety just over the sea

Published by The Independent (23rd February, 2014) The statistics and stories are so extreme they barely register any more. In... Read Full Article

Bride of ISIS – the ultimate female jihadist icon

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd February, 2015) For radicalised Muslim women in Britain and beyond who seek to... Read Full Article

Good result for Vladimir the Terrible

Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers... Read Full Article

India sends rockets into space. So does it need our £210m aid?

Published by The Sun (13th February, 2015) Another day, another damning report into Britain’s great aid giveaway. It is almost... Read Full Article

Are the Tories just defending crony capitalism?

Published by The Guardian (10th February, 2015) The embryonic general election campaign has been dominated by big business and its... Read Full Article

I look at my daughter and welcome this decision

Published by The Daily Mail (4th February, 2015) Given the immense medical and moral significance of the issue, it was... Read Full Article

Globalisation is good. Ask a carmaker

Published by The Guardian (3rd February, 2015) The resurgence of the British motor industry  is among the most remarkable economic... Read Full Article

Don’t flirt with the Greens – expose their daftness

Published by The Independent (26th January, 2015) It was another bad weekend for Ukip. First one of its MEPs quit... Read Full Article

Diplomats clash over death row Briton

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th January, 2015) An explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their... Read Full Article

Blundering, bloated and biased – the NHS watchdog not fit for purpose

Published by The Daily Mail (20th January, 2015) Britain’s health service is much too important to be treated as a... 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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