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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

  • 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
  • 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

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There is nothing compassionate or progressive about assisted dying

Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2024) The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed... Read Full Article

Assisted suicide is dangerous

Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to... Read Full Article

‘It all hinges on Pennsylvania’ – even nuns are seen as fair game in the key swing state

Published by The i paper (2nd November, 2024) Sister Stephanie Schmidt was shocked when told that her community of nuns... Read Full Article

Trump has poisoned US democracy

Published by The i paper (4th November, 2024) Four years ago, I was talking to voters in West Virginia when... Read Full Article

The city weaponised by Trump against the Democrats

Published by The i paper (30th October, 2024) The candidate in his crisp white shirt reeled off his three priorities... Read Full Article

Democracy dies in darkness

Published by The i paper (29th October, 2024) Olivia Troye is a lifelong Republican who worked as a counter-terrorism adviser... Read Full Article

How an oligarch known as ‘The Python’ who lives in a Bond-villain lair will determine the future of a vital Western ally

Published by The Daily Mail (October 24th, 2024) The scene could scarcely have been more peaceful as autumn sun beat... Read Full Article

We must wake up to Russia’s threat

Published by The i paper (21st October, 2024) The image is one for the history books: four ageing white men,... Read Full Article

Why Germany is stuck in the slow lane

Published by UnHerd (19th October , 2024) The three-piece band was doing its best to lift spirits with relentlessly upbeat... Read Full Article

Arrogant, heartless and out of touch

Published by The i paper (14th October, 2024) If you want to understand why the Conservatives are in such dire... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • 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

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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