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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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The British professor fighting to save Africa’s elephants

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 24th, 2013) As we set off from our overnight camp in the jungle,... Read Full Article

Media short-changes the poor with soft-soap aid coverage

Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2013) For several weeks, BBC television seems to have been dominated by build-up to Friday’s... Read Full Article

Is this the dawn of a new coalition?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 17th, 2013) Picture the scene as Nick Clegg strides purposefully to the podium... Read Full Article

Overseas aid: an indefensible ringfence

Published in The Guardian (March 14th, 2013) One of the first rules of opposition is to avoid rash promises that... Read Full Article

Inside Syria’s cauldron of despair

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 10th, 2013) As she sat inside a huge hangar, Nagham recalled the moment... Read Full Article

In Haiti the UN’s behaviour is far cry from being conscience of the world

Publish in The Guardian (March 4th, 2013) Imagine if a multinational company went to one of the world’s most impoverished... Read Full Article

What is the point of Tories posing as Ukip Lite?

Published in The Independent (March 2nd, 2013) Eastleigh was a humiliation for the Tories. It was so disastrous that party... Read Full Article

Cover-up: the public are sickened by such cynicism

Published in The Daily Mail (February 22nd, 2013) Julie Bailey is a heroine of our age. She is the cafe... Read Full Article

More capitalism, not less, will tame the corporate titans

Published in The Independent (February 20th, 2013) The headlines were dominated yesterday by an alleged murder in South Africa, a... Read Full Article

Legalising drugs would be the perfect Tory policy

Published in The Guardian (February 19th, 2013) A few weeks ago I had a coffee with one of the most... 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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