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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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A struggle between good and evil

Published by The i paper (30th May, 2022) Yesterday I was interviewing more Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s invasion, hearing sad... Read Full Article

The Kremlin’s sharpened its attack – and the mood is suddenly more pessimistic

Published by The Daily Mail (28th May, 2022) Suddenly the tone has become more pessimistic. Ukraine’s leaders plead desperately for... Read Full Article

Video nasty: Russian PoW’s film shows cruelty and chaos

Published by The Daily Mail (24th May, 2022) A Russian tank officer who was captured after one month fighting in Ukraine... Read Full Article

Nationhood forged in blood

Published by The i paper (23rd May, 2022) Gorky Park sits in the centre of Kharkiv. Before the war, families... Read Full Article

The sweet smell of liberation as Ukraine pushes back and people emerge from bunkers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May, 2022) Tamara was sitting on a bench outside, warming herself in the... Read Full Article

Even McDonalds couldn’t save Russia

Published by UnHerd (17th May, 2022) The arrival of Big Macs, skinny fries and those absurdly-thick shakes in Moscow 32... Read Full Article

A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics

Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not... Read Full Article

Putin’s executioners shot these three brothers in the head and buried them. Miraculously, one dug himself out and lived to tell the tale

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2022) As Mykola Kulichenko stumbled out of the Russian military jeep, his... Read Full Article

Exposed: Putin’s Stalinist deportation plan for two million Ukrainians

Published by The Daily Mail (14th May, 2022) Russia planned the forcible deportation of up to two million Ukrainians before... Read Full Article

The songbird of Mariupol who’ll fight on till the end

Published by The Daily Mail (9th May, 2022) The shaky video picks out the woman leading the singing in the... 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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