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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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Bring me sunshine

Published in The Guardian (October 4th, 2011) The meetings began in the summer with gentle debate down at Chequers over... Read Full Article

Who, in this nest of vipers, stole a stack of Michael Gove’s private emails?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 25th, 2011) Shortly after the last General Election, Michael Gove was travelling by... Read Full Article

A good news story out of Africa brings hope

Published in The Observer (September 25th, 2011) Even in this remarkable year of uprisings and unpredictable events, it was an... Read Full Article

It’s only your money going down the drain

Published in the Daily Mail (September 24th) The scandal is a parable for all that is wrong with government: a... Read Full Article

The two faces of Britain’s foreign policy

Published in The Guardian (September 14th, 2011) The air in Tripoli is heady with optimism. After 42 years of repressive... Read Full Article

The day that shook the world

Published in The Observer (September 11th, 2011) The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Doubleday); The 9/11 Wars... Read Full Article

Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 4th, 2011) The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the... Read Full Article

Inside Gaddafi’s torture chamber: The bloodstained cells inside a former primary school used to brutalise his enemies

Published in The Mail on Sunday (August 27th, 2011) The secret door in the corner of the nondescript office swung... Read Full Article

Lib Dems need to stake out their own territory

Published in the Financial Times (August 24th, 2011) One of the many twists to have occurred in British politics since... Read Full Article

Our myopic faith in British police supremacy must end

Published in The Guardian (August 17th, 2011) More than three decades ago Tom Robinson rose to fame with a gay... 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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