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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

  • 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?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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Stewart for PM, Gove for chancellor

Published by UnHerd (31st May, 2019) The 25th anniversary of the Blair-Brown pact is a reminder of the speed of... Read Full Article

A serious contender for serious times

Published by The i paper (27th May, 2019) Theresa May’s failed premiership is finally over. Now we must endure weeks... Read Full Article

All waffle and no action won’t make you PM, Mr Hancock

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) After ten months as Health Secretary, Matt Hancock thinks he can... Read Full Article

Farage is back to haunt the Tories

Published by The i paper (13th May, 2019) He’s back. Like the grinning villain in a grotesque horror movie, Nigel... Read Full Article

Why the Iron Lady is an icon for our times

Published by UnHerd (3rd May, 2019) Forty years ago today, the British people went to the polls and elected their... Read Full Article

New politics soon turns into old politics

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2019) Five years ago, a new force arrived in Spanish politics. Podemos emerged... Read Full Article

How dare fat cat council bosses bleat about cuts?

Published by The Daily Mail (10th April, 2019) A few months ago, leaders of Labour-controlled Slough Borough Council added their... Read Full Article

We need strong leaders, not technocrats

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2019) Politics is a strange business at the best of times. And these... Read Full Article

The Tories ditch decency along with their values

Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as ‘a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative’. From his... Read Full Article

Hand poisoned chalice back to the people

Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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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