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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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A shameful failure of decency

Published by The i paper (5th October, 2020) Here we go again. The Tories are sliding in the polls. The prime... Read Full Article

Undercover with the heroic women fighting to topple Europe’s last dictator

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th October, 2020) Dimitri was standing on the street looking up an address on... Read Full Article

Who should decide when we die?

Published by The i paper (28th September, 2020) Yew Trees was called a hospital but sounds more like hell. It... Read Full Article

What can we learn about lockdowns from the country whose dictator told them to fight Covid by drinking vodka?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th September, 2020) As the sun slid from the evening sky over Minsk, clusters of... Read Full Article

Out of his depth, out of ideas

Published by The i paper (21st September, 2020) When I was a child I wanted to be prime minister. First,... Read Full Article

The BBC needs to sack the suits

Published by UnHerd (18th September, 2020) It is easy to get infuriated by the BBC’s annual league table of its... Read Full Article

Trust: the missing ingredient in our pandemic response

Published by The i paper (14th September, 2020) Boris Johnson hailed ‘a new dawn’ for Britain after winning an election... Read Full Article

Africa’s catastrophic Covid response

Published by UnHerd (11th September, 2020) As Covid-19 began to sweep across the planet earlier this year, the warnings about... Read Full Article

Cannabis failures show why we need to legalise drugs

Published by The Times (10th September, 2020) Carly Barton is a former university lecturer who suffered a stroke at the... Read Full Article

Symbols of the hostile environment

Published by The i paper (7th September, 2020) Clapton Girls’ Academy has a motto to inspire pupils in one of... 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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