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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

  • We must listen to angry young men
  • 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?

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Demeaning of democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (3rd November, 2021) How strange it is to reflect that Owen Paterson — a popular... Read Full Article

Orwell would be in despair over the BBC

Published by The i paper (1st November, 2021) The BBC – battered, bruised and in near-perpetual crisis – is indulging... Read Full Article

How I learned to accept Covid passes

Published by The i paper (25th October, 2021) Yesterday I checked into a hotel in Berlin. Then I ate a... Read Full Article

The secretary of evil and the dark shadows of history

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th October, 2021) Eighty years ago this weekend, a young SS recruit started working... Read Full Article

The Covid origins debate has been stifled

Published by The i paper (18th October, 2021) Perhaps the silliest comment during the demeaning Brexit debate was Michael Gove... Read Full Article

Confessions of a Chinese torturer

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th October, 2021) As we sat in the cafe of a smart hotel, the... Read Full Article

It’s vital we protect the soul of our democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (16th October, 2021) Yet again, Britain shudders in collective shock as a Member of Parliament... Read Full Article

Shooting themselves in the foot

Published by The i paper (11th October, 2021) One morning in August 1973 an escaped prisoner strolled into a bank... Read Full Article

That’s rich! Charity chief Miliband gets another pay rise

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th October, 2021) David Miliband has brushed aside outrage from MPs over his seven-figure salary... Read Full Article

Yet another tawdry saga for the Blairs

Published by The Daily Mail (October 8th, 2021) Cherie Blair says she is a passionate feminist and dedicated human rights... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • We must listen to angry young men
  • 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?

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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