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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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How dare fat cat council bosses bleat about cuts?

Published by The Daily Mail (10th April, 2019) A few months ago, leaders of Labour-controlled Slough Borough Council added their... Read Full Article

We need strong leaders, not technocrats

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these... Read Full Article

‘It was pure torture’: autistic boy locked up, had head flushed down a toilet and punched so hard his jaw was broken in state care

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th April, 2019) When Ben Garrod turned 18, he was preparing to move from... Read Full Article

The Tories ditch decency along with their values

Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his... Read Full Article

Hand poisoned chalice back to the people

Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before... Read Full Article

Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery

Published by The ipaper (18th March, 2019) Five years ago I was reporting from Iraq when I wrote about Kocho,... Read Full Article

My autistic child was kidnaped by social workers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th March, 2019) It was a cold day in February five years ago when... Read Full Article

How Brexit could shatter Britain’s two-party politics

Published by CapX (15th March, 2019) On the day the coalition government was formed, I found myself briefly alone with... Read Full Article

How can we ignore this cruelty?

Published by The i paper (11th March, 2019) The abuse, the bullying, the cruelty were simply grotesque. One person is... Read Full Article

She said she was terrified her son would die in camp

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th March, 2019) Shamima Begum told me she was ‘terrified’ her baby son Jarrah... 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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