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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

  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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The best Paralympic legacy: an end to this disabled apartheid

Published in the London Evening Standard (August 28th, 2012) After the wondrous joy of the Olympics, London is preparing for... Read Full Article

Our image of Africa is hopelessly obsolete

Published in The Observer (26th August, 2012) Think of Ethiopia and what do you see. Perhaps a starving child, flies in... Read Full Article

The Lib Dems don’t need a new leader. They need a point

Published in The Independent (August 23rd, 2012) It may be the post-Olympic euphoria, but a spirit of harmony has descended... Read Full Article

The housing crisis: a nightmare caused by our sanctified suburban dreams

Published in The Guardian (August 21st, 2012) Another day, another housing report. This time it is Policy Exchange, the prime... Read Full Article

The giant bought low by tall tales

Published in The Observer (August 19th, 2012) Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by Arthur Domolawski (Verso) The tale of Lulu, Haile... Read Full Article

Would I lie to you? You bet I would

Published in The Daily Mail (August 17th, 2012) The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dani Ariely (HarperCollins)  Eight-year-old Jimmy comes... Read Full Article

Cameron must now embrace the spirit of the Games

Published in The Independent (August 13th, 2012) Well, that was some party, wasn’t it? A fabulous fortnight in which Britain... Read Full Article

It’s not just the bad apples – it’s our rotten society’s attitudes

Published in The Independent (August 9th, 2012) The details are disturbing, a horrific blast from the darkest days of the... Read Full Article

A golden hour laden with significance for Britain

Published in the London Evening Standard (6th August, 2012) Wow! What an exhausting weekend it has been for us armchair... Read Full Article

The night that set back NHS reform by years

Published in The Daily Mail (August 4th, 2012) The rest of the world may have been perplexed, but it was... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

Tags

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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