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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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Oddly, Texas can teach the UK a thing or two on criminal justice

Published in The Guardian (November 21st, 2011) Hang ’em high Texas is not the first place you might look for... Read Full Article

The African Canute

Published in the Daily Mail (November 11th, 2011) Last weekend, it was hard to think of anywhere in the world... Read Full Article

MI6 role in Libyan rebels’ rendition ‘helped to strengthen al-Qaida’

Published in The Guardian (October 25th) British intelligence believes the capture and rendition of two top Libyan rebel commanders, carried... Read Full Article

From paramilitary to president?

Published in the Daily Mail (October 24th, 2011) As the hotel ballroom filled up and the mood of excitement grew,... Read Full Article

The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea

Published in The Observer magazine (October 23rd, 2011) It is hard not to be impressed when you arrive in the... Read Full Article

The pariah who tried to sink the QE2 – then fooled Blair and the West

Published in the Daily Mail (October 21st, 2011) Britain’s most famous cruise ship, Queen Elizabeth 2, set sail from Southampton... Read Full Article

Why these rebels without a clue can’t simply be ignored

Published in the London Evening Standard (October 18th, 2011) It is easy to mock them as rebels without a clue,... Read Full Article

What my disabled girl has taught me about life

Published in The Daily Mail (October 16th, 2011) My wife came home the other day from a shopping trip to... Read Full Article

The ongoing NHS scandal

Published in The Spectator (October 13th, 2011) Shock! Horror! Another report reveals the shameful care given to the elderly in British... Read Full Article

Immigrants saved my family and are crucial to Britain

Published in the London Evening Standard (October 11th, 2011) One unexpected aspect of life as the parent of a profoundly... 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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