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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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  • 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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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

Why Danny Boyle’s rose-tinted homage to the NHS was so damaging

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 30th, 2012) The reviews are in, and the near-unanimous verdict on Danny Boyle’s... Read Full Article

A roaring British success: from rabble to record-breakers

Published in The Daily Mail (July 28th, 2012) Donna Green grew up in the shadow of the giant Cowley car... Read Full Article

Now we must welcome the best and brightest

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go.... Read Full Article

More people? We should be celebrating

Published in The Independent (July 16th, 2012) So the population has shot up since the start of the century, yesterday’s... Read Full Article

Africa’s Afghanistan

Published in The Spectator (July 13th, 2012) For centuries, the people of Timbuktu have sought guidance from their Sufi saints.... 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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