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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

Like it or not, Brexit has won – now the real battle begins

Published by The i paper (16th December, 2019) As soon as I heard the exit poll on election night, I... Read Full Article

An aid to better spending

Published by The Times (12th December, 2019) Even Boris Johnson’s critics would agree that on the subject of international aid... Read Full Article

Labour has a choice: the centre or the abyss

Published by The Washington Post (13th December, 2019) As results started rolling in from Britain’s 650 constituencies in Thursday’s election,... Read Full Article

Can Dominic Raab cling on to Esher?

Published by UnHerd (9th December, 2019) I met Liam Gallagher on the high street in Esher outside his tile shop.... Read Full Article

Voters are being offered the Devil’s choice

Published by The i paper (9th December, 2019) Weary British voters head back to the polls this week. They have... Read Full Article

NHS for sale? Too late for many mental health services

Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2019) For much of the time it has seemed only two issues are... Read Full Article

Our prisons are a national disgrace

Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was... Read Full Article

The NHS is our modern shibboleth

Published by The i paper (25th November, 2019) The comedian Rob Delaney has made a video for Labour about the NHS that... Read Full Article

Inside China’s concentration camps

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th November, 2019) The guards picked out the prettiest girl – a teenager with... Read Full Article

42 dead babies and a culture of arrogance and cover-up that scars the NHS

Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2019) The horror stories could hardly be more disturbing. Dozens of babies dying,... 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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