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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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Kherson fightback sees Ukraine retake 29 towns

Published by The Daily Mail (7th October, 2022) Ukraine says it has recaptured 29 towns and villages in the south... Read Full Article

We’re hunting them down and shooting them like pigs

Published by The Daily Mail (6th October, 2022) When Russian forces took over the city of Balakliya, eastern Ukraine, they... Read Full Article

What is now the point of the Tories?

Published by The i paper (3rd October, 2022) he Tories gather for their annual conference in dismal state of disarray.... Read Full Article

Truss and Kwarteng will learn the hard way that sometimes we need the nanny state

Published by The i paper (26th September, 2022) It is three weeks since Liz Truss became Prime Minister – and... Read Full Article

A prime minister unlike any other

Published by The i paper (19th September, 2022) As she waited for her accession to the political crown, Liz Truss... Read Full Article

World’s top medical journal finally says Covid could have come from lab leak

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th September, 2022) THE world’s leading medical journal has conceded that the Covid pandemic... Read Full Article

Dangerous moments for the killer in the Kremlin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th September, 2022) Vladimir Putin built his dictatorship on two core foundations: ruthless control... Read Full Article

This is no time for complacency

Published by The i paper (12th September, 2022) I first met Maria Avdeeva, an expert in cyber-security, in early February... Read Full Article

Ukraine captures key towns as Putin’s forces hit by lightening advance

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2022) UKRAINE has made stunning advances in a rapid counter-offensive that has... Read Full Article

Prepare for fine words followed by the shortest honeymoon in political history

Published by The i paper (5th September, 2022) Let us start with some good news. Boris Johnson will cease soon... 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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