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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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No wonder May wants a ‘short and sharp’ manifesto

Published by The i paper (21st January, 2019) Just in case you have not fully appreciated the farcical nature of... Read Full Article

Teenager sent to health unit for six-week autism check-up when aged 18 left caged with killers 13 years later

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th January, 2019) When Kyle Gibbon left school, the local authority suggested the 18-year-old... Read Full Article

When will we define Brexit?

Published by the ipaper (14th January, 2019) Even the word sounds like a curse now. Once the idea of Brexit... Read Full Article

Let them all out now

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A mental health nurse has revealed she saw staff in a... Read Full Article

Investigation triggers 4th inquiry

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A major investigation into the abusive care of patients with autism... Read Full Article

The invisibility of disability on the screen

Published by UnHerd (10th January, 2019) It is ironic that Bryan Cranston has been forced to defend his right to... Read Full Article

No way to treat people with autism

Published by The i paper (7th January, 2019) The stories sound like something from a cruel military dictatorship or those... Read Full Article

Worse than Broadmoor for autistic children, reveals whistleblower nurse

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th January, 2019) Ian Summers spent eight years as a mental health nurse at... Read Full Article

Crisis? What crisis? It’s just a few boats feuling hysteria about immigration

Published by The ipaper (31st December, 2018) As Angela Merkel enters the twilight of her extraordinary political career, she can... Read Full Article

Stop the state from stealing our children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd December, 2018) More distraught parents of teenagers and young adults with autism and... 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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