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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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White Helmets hit back at Russian slurs

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th April, 2018) Leaders of the Syrian rescue squad accused by Russia of faking footage... Read Full Article

All hail the display of capitalism on Paris streets

Published by UnHerd (12th April, 2018) Paris may be one of the world’s most magical cities, but its taxi drivers... Read Full Article

What’s the point of gesture bombing in Syria without a wider strategy?

Published by CapX (12th April, 2018) There is one fact that everyone can agree: the war in Syria is utterly... Read Full Article

Children need help, not demonising

Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of... Read Full Article

British aid keeps on funding repellent regimes

Published by The Times (3rd April, 2018) Politicians of all persuasions love aid. It allows them to pose as protectors... Read Full Article

Take back control of our destiny

Published by The i paper (2nd April, 2018) Take back control was a great political slogan. It had stark simplicity.... Read Full Article

Trump: emboldened and dangerous

Published by The i paper (26th March, 2018) Donald Trump never wanted to be president. His goal when running for... Read Full Article

The debasing of democracy

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th March, 2018) Back in those far off days before the internet consumed our... Read Full Article

No place for defeatism in the struggle for democracy

Published by The i paper (19th March, 2016) As Russia goes through another sham election to crown its tsar for... Read Full Article

Putin is not strong – it’s we who’ve grown weak

Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th March, 2018) In December 1989, a young KGB officer was stationed in Dresden... 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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