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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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Why are we locking up patients for profit?

Published by UnHerd (15th January, 2020) Claire Greaves was a young woman with anorexia and a personality disorder. She spoke... Read Full Article

A victory for democracy in Taiwan

Published by The i paper (13th January, 2020) While the world has been transfixed by explosive events in Iran, an... Read Full Article

War crime victims let down by the bloated aid system

Published by The Times (9th January, 2020) The issue was clear, the intentions noble, the promises bold. The coming together... Read Full Article

How would you respond to the rise of Nazism?

Published by UnHerd (3rd January, 2020) My book of this decade might seem a strange choice. It was written in... Read Full Article

Muslims are under siege around the world

Published by The i paper (30th December, 2019) Boris Johnson focused on persecution in his first Christmas message as prime minister,... Read Full Article

£445,000 pay rise for fat cat boss of hospitals that failed autistic patients

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th December, 2019) A private mental health firm has been accused of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour... Read Full Article

2017: when the US woke up to deaths from despair

Published by UnHerd (26th December, 2019) In the summer of 2017, I found myself in Dayton, Ohio. This friendly and... Read Full Article

Stop gambling with people’s lives

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2019) Denise Coates, founder of gambling firm Bet365, has hit the jackpot. She... Read Full Article

The country that closed its psychiatric hospitals

Published by Tortoise (17th December, 2019) Elisabetta Paci spent a year planning to take her own life after deciding her... Read Full Article

Your cash is still funding despotic regimes in China and North Korea

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd December, 2019) The Foreign Office has been condemned by senior MPs and human rights... 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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