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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 politicians failed to learn from the charity sex abuse scandal

Published by The Spectator (19th October, 2018) When Tamsyn Barton was summoned before MPs last month to be quizzed on... Read Full Article

Don’t drag down heroes for their flaws

Published by The i paper (15th October, 2018) Should we ban George Orwell’s books, ditch prizes named in his honour... Read Full Article

Proof that foreign aid does not work

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th October, 2018) As I drove through villages in northern Ghana, bumping along pitted... Read Full Article

Bedlam is still with us in Britain

Published by The i paper (8th October, 2018) Bethany is 17 years old. She is a girl who likes Bob... Read Full Article

Theresa May still has everything to play for with Brexit

Published by The Guardian (2nd October, 2018) Conversations in the bars and corridors of political conferences often start with a... Read Full Article

Tories should revive the Big Society (but not tell anyone)

Published by The i paper (1st October, 2018) As the Tories gather for their annual conference, they are in dismal... Read Full Article

Why does Britain care so little for its sick, disabled and elderly citizens?

Published by The Daily Mail (26th September, 2018) My daughter Iona had a seizure at 5am yesterday. Her eyes rolled,... Read Full Article

May’s fate could depend on Labour rebels

Published by The i paper (24th September, 2018) Who would have guessed that like Aretha Franklin, all Theresa May wanted... Read Full Article

Whoops – there go the railways, says Westminster’s answer to Mr Bean

Published by The Guardian (20th September, 2018) Imagine you were running a business and one of your senior managers left... Read Full Article

Save us from these self-appointed saviours

Published by The i paper (17th September, 2018) There can be no doubt Jeff Bezos is an extremely impressive business... 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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