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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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Now open: the West Banksy

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th March, 2017) The opening of a hotel by elusive graffiti artist Banksy in the... Read Full Article

The self-employed shouldn’t be stung with more taxes

Published by The Times (7th March, 2017) Seven years ago I joined the swelling ranks of self-employed workers in Britain... Read Full Article

How do we deal with paedophiles?

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most... Read Full Article

The 5-star rip-off

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th March, 2017) Bureaucrats handing out British aid have spent an astonishing £15 million... Read Full Article

Stunning victory as four fat cats quit over dirty tricks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th March, 2017) Four senior executives at Britain’s biggest specialist foreign aid contractor have... Read Full Article

The slippery slope to eugenics

Published by The Daily Mail (1st March, 2017) On the surface, it seems unalloyed good news: a new test for... Read Full Article

The chilling rationality of North Korea’s vile regime

Published by The i paper (27th February, 2017) The murder of Kim Jong-nam was brutal and brazen, caught by security... Read Full Article

Kim’s kill list and ‘Enemy Zero’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2017) The announcement on North Korean state radio could not have been more blood... Read Full Article

Western aid has enabled South Sudan’s kleptocrats

Published by CapX (24th February, 2017) Fine words flowed at birth of the world’s newest nation six years ago. Britain... Read Full Article

Print your own body parts

Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he... 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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