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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

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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Breathtaking courage of tyrant Putin’s latest show trial victim

Published by The Daily Mail (18th April, 2023) A leading pro-democracy campaigner and Kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25... Read Full Article

Euthanasia is a slippery slope

Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On... Read Full Article

Why did Peter Daszak change his mind?

Published by UnHerd (12th April, 2023) Peter Daszak spent many years hunting down bat viruses with Chinese scientists, helped fund their... Read Full Article

Tanks stand ready on beaches where barricades jut from the sands – a dispatch from Taiwan front line so close you can see China across the bay

Published by The Daily Mail (11th April, 2023) Kinmen is a holiday destination with a difference: tanks are parked by... Read Full Article

Ministers throw money at the NHS, yet social care is neglected still

Published by The Daily Mail (5th April, 2023) When Jeremy Hunt was asked about his biggest regret from his six-year... Read Full Article

Prison is a dead end, not a solution

Published by The i paper (10th April, 2023) The former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has punctured a pernicious and persistent... Read Full Article

Drug prohibition only helps organised crime

Published by The i paper (3rd April, 2023) The murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel shocked the country: a nine-year-old girl, shot... Read Full Article

Sturgeon, Johnson and the curse of nationalism

Published by The i paper (27th March, 2023) This week sees the end of an exceptional political era. Nicola Sturgeon... Read Full Article

24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution

Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single... Read Full Article

Lineker has exposed the depth of culture wars

Published by The i paper (13th March, 2023) I have been in Ukraine, reporting on a nation fighting for its... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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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