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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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Tweets by ianbirrell

Sweden was pilloried by the whole world for refusing to lock down. But was it right?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th August, 2020) As she sat dangling her legs over the water while waiting... Read Full Article

Tantrums of a tyrant

Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality... Read Full Article

The PM reveals his moral bankruptcy

Published by The i paper (3rd August, 2020) One of the most powerful political advertisements of recent times was released... Read Full Article

The land with no face masks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd August, 2020) As I walked around the sun-dappled streets of Amsterdam, something felt... Read Full Article

How long can the Royal Family survive?

Published by The i paper (27th July, 2020) The Royal Family is both an anachronism and an absurdity. Just imagine... Read Full Article

Beijing’s baby butchers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th July, 2020) When Amina Mamtimin became pregnant four years ago, she knew she... Read Full Article

Genocide of the Uighurs

Published by The i paper (20th July 2020) The footage could scarcely be more disturbing. We see several hundred detainees... Read Full Article

China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in... Read Full Article

‘They are making people worse’

Published by The i paper (13th July, 2020) It is almost two years since I spoke to the distraught father... Read Full Article

China would kill me for revealing the truth about Covid cover-up

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th July, 2020) A Chinese scientist who fled Hong Kong says she is putting... 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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