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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 saga that stinks from start to finish

Published by The i paper (29th June, 2020) Britain likes to delude itself that it is better than the rest... Read Full Article

If we only ever sanctify the NHS, its harrowing failures will never be cured

Published by The Daily Mail (9th July, 2020) Daniel Mason was born half a century ago without hands, with missing... Read Full Article

A very deadly inequality

Published by The i paper (6th July, 2020) The investment guru Warren Buffet famously said that only when the tide... Read Full Article

The hideous crushing of Hong Kong’s freedom is a victory for despots over democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (2nd July, 2020) The first arrest was a man clutching a black flag inscribed with... Read Full Article

Where have all the good politicians gone?

Published by UnHerd (1st July, 2020) Tony Blair has had the most successful career of any politician since Margaret Thatcher.... Read Full Article

Fat cat charities have forgotten their principles

Published by The Times (26th June, 2020) Another day, another scandal involving a big charity. This time it is the... Read Full Article

China is winning the digital cold war

Published by The i paper (22nd June, 2020) The world is sliding into a new cold war. Once again, it... Read Full Article

Could Kim Jong-un’s sister become the world’s first woman dictator?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (June 21st, 2020) The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and... Read Full Article

The defector taking on Kim Jong-un

Published by UnHerd (19th June, 2020) It was a cloudy July night with a full moon, shortly before midnight, when... Read Full Article

Good riddance to the self-serving Department for International Narcissists

Published by The Daily Mail (June 17th, 2020) One of Tony Blair’s first actions in government after winning the 1997... 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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