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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

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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How Norway’s calm prisons shame the UK system

Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs... Read Full Article

I was Cameron’s speechwriter but voted for my Sunday football pal Keir. He’ll need all his on-pitch tenacity to tackle the Herculean challenges ahead

Published by The Daily Mail (5th July, 2024) It is more than 14 years since I stood chatting to a... Read Full Article

Starmer’s pitch at normality

Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2024) The reports make the game sound almost professional. Whites took the lead... Read Full Article

Agony of parents forced to hand over their children for Putin’s ‘summer camps’

Published by The Daily Mail (July 3rd, 2024) Russia is using a chilling tactic against Ukrainians trapped in occupied territories... Read Full Article

Tories deserve to be kicked as hard as possible into the history books

Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at... Read Full Article

An enemy of Ukraine and democracy

Published by The i paper (24th June, 2024) Nigel Farage has built a brand that has won him fame and... Read Full Article

South Africa shows democracy in action

Published by The i paper (17th June, 2024) It is 30 years since the citizens of South Africa  defied doom-mongers... Read Full Article

‘I was offered assisted dying over cancer treatment’

Published by UnHerd (30th May, 2024) Two years ago, over the Thanksgiving holiday, Allison Ducluzeau started to feel pain in... Read Full Article

Democrats need to ditch doddery Biden

Published by The i paper (3rd June, 2024) One of the greatest attributes of populist politicians is their ability to... Read Full Article

Sunak’s not so cunning plan

Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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