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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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Hours on trucks, interrogated in camps…the hell of forced deportation

Published by The Daily Mail (28th March, 2022) After almost three weeks of war, the candles and food were running... Read Full Article

Russian invasion will drive more nations to seek weapons of mass destruction

Published by The i paper (28th March, 2022) The town of Slavutych was the Soviet Union’s attempt to atone for... Read Full Article

Mother’s daring mission to rescue more than 100 people from city of hell

Published by The Daily Mail (27th March, 2022) As Russia’s barrage of bombs, missiles and shells lays waste to Mariupol,... Read Full Article

Briton who fled Mariupol horror on foot towards Russia

Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2022) A British man has escaped from the devastated city of Mariupol by... Read Full Article

‘Execution squads’ from Kremlin under orders to kill their own men if they try to flee

Published by The Daily Mail (23 March, 2022) Since the start of the war, Ukraine has been bombarding Russian phone... Read Full Article

Hero doctor doing brain surgery as war raged around him

Published by The Daily Mail (21st March, 2022) His first patient was a seven-year-old girl. She arrived at the hospital... Read Full Article

Two autocrats and a tale of hypocrisy

Published by The i paper (21st March, 2022) This is a tale of two dictators. Both have a background in... Read Full Article

The Russians have bombed Mariupol back to Middle Ages

Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2022) When Kristina Dzholos sat down to breakfast the morning after her family’s... Read Full Article

Terror tactics of Putin thugs: Beatings, kidnap and pitiless repression

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2022) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mykola Khalupenko opened the first... Read Full Article

Chernobyl staff battling to avert nuclear disaster, warns mayor

Published by The Daily Mail (16th March, 2022) The mayor of a town housing workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant... 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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