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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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We owe it to asylum seekers to help them

Published by The i paper (31st August, 2020) Hala has known nothing but conflict and chaos all her life. She... Read Full Article

What will the EU do to tackle the towns declaring themselves LGBT-free zones?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th August, 2020) Michal is a mild-mannered 19-year-old. He describes himself as ‘a bit... Read Full Article

Incompetence, conspiracy – and how our culture of NHS worship is costing lives

Published by The Daily Mail (25th August, 2020) Today Harry Richford should be a bundle of energy, full of curiosity... Read Full Article

Quangos, cronies and the government blame game

Published by The i paper (24th August, 2020) This pandemic has exposed defects in our nation with hideous efficiency. It... Read Full Article

Where is Wuhan virus researcher who was named as Patient Zero?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd August, 2020) The US government’s leading health research body has raised a series... Read Full Article

The older workers condemned by Covid

Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed... Read Full Article

So many festering wounds

Published by The i paper (17th August, 2020) Waleed Neysif was 18 years old when American forces began bombing Baghdad.... Read Full Article

‘I had to flee my home and family to tell the world the truth about China’s cover-up before I became another of the disappeared’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th August, 2020) When Li-Meng Yan was asked to pop into her boss’s office... Read Full Article

How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care

Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown... Read Full Article

Pandemic lessons from other places

Published by The i paper (10th August, 2020) I have resumed my job as a foreign reporter following a four-month... 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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