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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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Sunak’s missed opportunity

Published by The i paper (1st August, 2022) The bandwagon is rolling for Liz Truss as ballot papers go out... Read Full Article

Traumatised mums say their sons who refuse to fight for Kremlin held in torture pits

Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2022) MAKSIM Kochetkov is being held captive in a penal colony 6,000... Read Full Article

The sooner Johnson leaves the stage, the better

Published by The i paper (25th July 2022) When Boris Johnson visited an army base in Yorkshire last week, the... Read Full Article

Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure

Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most... Read Full Article

A tribal beauty contest devoid of any new ideas

Published by The i paper (18th July,. 2022) A few hours before the first Tory leadership debate was broadcast on... Read Full Article

An egomaniac who poisoned our politics

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that... Read Full Article

We’ve had enough of these fairy tales

Published by The i paper (11th July, 2022) Rishi Sunak launched his campaign to become leader of our country with a... Read Full Article

Conscripts given call-up papers on the beaches of Ukraine as losses mount

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th July, 2022) Like many of his male friends, Serhiy no longer leaves his... Read Full Article

An egomaniac who poisoned our politics

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that... Read Full Article

How Hong Kong was swallowed by the Chinese dragon

Published by The Daily Mail (30th June, 2022) For almost half a century, the glitzy Jumbo Floating Restaurant was one... 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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