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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

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • 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

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As Brexit runs aground, watch the leave rats jump ship

Published by The Guardian (22nd September, 2017) Theresa May has looked out of her depth since she became prime minister.... Read Full Article

Cutting tuition fees would just benefit wealthy graduates

Published by The Times (19th September, 2017) The Tories have woken up suddenly to the generational divide. Bribing pensioners and... Read Full Article

Boris Johnston’s descent into gutter politics

Published by the i paper (18th September, 2017) You may have forgotten Andrea Leadsom. She was the woman who nearly... Read Full Article

Disingenuous, disloyal and desperate

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th September, 2017) London had a lucky escape on Friday. But still there were 29... Read Full Article

The great survivor of European politics

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2017) For all the feverish polls and fervid political analysis, every election boils down to... Read Full Article

What Rees-Mogg’s popularity reveals about the Tories

Published by The ipaper (11th September, 2017) The idea of Jacob Rees-Mogg as the leader to save Tories from electoral... Read Full Article

Liberating 25 million enslaved North Korean people should be our priority

Published by The ipaper (4th September, 2017) It felt like an earthquake. Tremors rippled out from the underground test zone... Read Full Article

The other deadly hurricane surging across America

Published by UnHerd (1st September, 2017) Last weekend I was in Houston when the hurricane hit. The winds smashed into... Read Full Article

Why does Rwanda still get British aid?

Published by The Times (31st August, 2017) Diane Rwigara is a brave woman. Her industrialist father died in what she... Read Full Article

Storms in Texas, clouds over Washington

Published by The ipaper (28th August, 2017) The rain is still coming down hard here in Houston. And soon the... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • 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

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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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