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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

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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May was the best PM of a bad lot

Published by The i paper (11th March, 2024) Theresa May has announced she is leaving the political stage at the... Read Full Article

Macron’s hypocritical stance on Ukraine

Published by The i paper (4th March, 2024) Last week Emmanuel Macron, the French President, engaged in sabre-rattling that set... Read Full Article

Why that lime in your Margarita might be soaked in the blood of a farmer murdered by Mexican gangsters

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2024) The attack began in the early hours of Tuesday. Residents woke to... Read Full Article

US can teach toxic Tories a lesson

Published by The i paper (26th February, 2024) Adam Kinzinger used to be a mainstream Republican. He is an evangelical... Read Full Article

Only history can judge Zelensky’s big gamble

Published by The i paper (12th February, 2024) Volodymyr Zelensky is a bold, competitive and determined man, driven by an... Read Full Article

The scandal of ‘green colonialism’

Published by The i paper (5th February, 2024) The scenery of lush tropical rainforest was stunning but the stories of... Read Full Article

Harry urged to quit Africa role

Published by The Daily Mail (29th January, 2024) Prince Harry is being urged to quit a conservation charity he helps... Read Full Article

Harry’s Africa charity rangers ‘raped and beat tribes people’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th January, 2024) A leading conservation charity that Prince Harry helps run has been accused... Read Full Article

Lab leak theory is gaining ground

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about... Read Full Article

How Edinburgh University stifled my investigation

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Recent Articles

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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