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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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The dictator who fooled us

Published by UnHerd (23rd February, 2021) Paul Rusesabagina was a humble hotel manager when he became a hero amid the... Read Full Article

Tech giants need to be held accountable

Published by The i paper (23rd February, 2021) Earlier this month I wrote an article for UnHerd in response to the... Read Full Article

Beijing in row over ‘cover-up of Wuhan death toll’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st February, 2021) Disturbing Chinese government statistics reveal a huge drop in the number... Read Full Article

Why President Xi will never accept defeat

Published by UnHerd (16th February, 2021) Six years ago, the Chinese president Xi Jinping made a state visit to Britain.... Read Full Article

Don’t ignore the country’s cash cow

Published by The i paper (15th February, 2021) It is easy to forget London used to be a city in... Read Full Article

The WHO’s Covid shame

Published by UnHerd (10th February, 2021) Since the pandemic started, China has promoted various narratives on its possible origins. First,... Read Full Article

My prescription for a healthier NHS

Published by The i paper (8th February, 2021) Matt Hancock overseen a string of fatal failures and one big success... Read Full Article

MI6 fears over UK university links to Beijing as at least 12 of them are probed by spooks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th February, 2012) (Written with Glen Owen, Political Editor) More than a dozen British... Read Full Article

The West can play a part defeating dictatorship

Published by The i paper (1st February, 2021) For the second weekend running, protests against the festering regime of Vladimir... Read Full Article

Virus ‘definitely’ began in China, say US scientists

Published by Mail on Sunday (31st January, 2021) The coronavirus pandemic definitely started in China, according to a scientific study... 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?

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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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