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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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Miliband has given Cameron a golden opportunity

Published in The Guardian (September 26th, 2013) There is consensus on one thing about Ed Miliband’s party conference speech: he... Read Full Article

The diplomat the world ignores

Published in Standpoint (September 25th, 2013) It was like an assignation in a spy thriller. A helicopter picked up the... Read Full Article

Myths, murder and militancy

Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2013) For two years, Kenyans have been  bracing themselves for the barbarism we have... Read Full Article

Breaking Bad in North Korea

Published in the Mail on Sunday (September 22nd, 2013) A small army of women, identical in long yellow dresses and... Read Full Article

Open our borders to Syria’s refugees

Published in The Independent (September 12th, 2013) Azad Sino fled with his wife and two children from the Syrian city... Read Full Article

We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria

Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article

Forget diplomacy: this was the stroppy summit

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 8th, 2013) Welcome to the stroppy summit. Held in one of Europe’s most... Read Full Article

So Vinnie, it’s one law for us and another for them, is it?

Published in The Independent (September 4th, 2013) In trademark tough guy style, Vinnie Jones has tackled this nation’s core problem. “England... Read Full Article

A year on from the Paralympics, people with disabilities still face prejudice and abuse

Published in The Guardian (August 28th, 2013) When Don goes out, he faces frequent hostility. Despite living in a picture... Read Full Article

Lives on the edge

Published in The Observer (August 26th, 2013) No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies & Travellers... 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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