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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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At last, a Health Secretary who puts patients first

Published in The Daily Mail (December 27th, 2013) As in every other walk of life, the ending of the political... Read Full Article

Families that need £18,600 to spend Christmas together

Published in The Independent (December 19th, 2013) Like any father, Ethan James Feltham was looking forward to Christmas with his... Read Full Article

Time for BBC to ditch the red noses

Published in the Daily Mail (December 9th, 2013) From the moment Comic Relief was launched in a Sudanese refugee camp... Read Full Article

Kings of the desert

Published in The Independent (December 6th, 2013) Under the blistering midday sun, two young musicians shook hands. ‘Would you like... Read Full Article

Should Britain and South Africa have invaded Zimbabwe?

Published in The Independent (November 30th, 2013) Robert Mugabe has long claimed that Britain wanted to overthrow him, using this... Read Full Article

End this gutter debate about Britain’s immigration policy

Published in The Guardian (November 30th, 2013) It’s been a depressing week for British politics as it takes another sordid... Read Full Article

Which politician will dare dismantle crony capitalism?

Published in the London Evening Standard (November 25th, 2013) Earlier this year Jeremy Stafford was at a London conference on... Read Full Article

Heed this warning or risk terminal decline

Published in The Independent (November 20th, 2013) The tragedy of the Conservative Party is that when things get tough it... Read Full Article

When the future is another country

Published in The Observer (November 17th, 2013) Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century by Paul Collier (OUP) The... Read Full Article

Too often incompetent, self-serving aid agencies make matters worse

Published in the Daily Mail (November 16th, 2013) The stories are heartbreaking. Families have been ripped apart, houses flattened and... 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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