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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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An enemy of Ukraine and democracy

Published by The i paper (24th June, 2024) Nigel Farage has built a brand that has won him fame and... Read Full Article

Sunak’s not so cunning plan

Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in... Read Full Article

Cameron’s rosy vision reduced to dust

Published by The i paper (24th May, 2024) It seems strange to recall the nervous Conservative sense of hope and... Read Full Article

A general election wipeout in waiting

Published by The i paper (6th May, 2024) The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry,... Read Full Article

Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot

Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling... Read Full Article

What’s the point of the Lib Dems?

Published by The i paper (22nd April, 2024) The vote in Parliament last week to impose the world’s toughest smoking... Read Full Article

There is a big difference between 1997 and 2024 for Labour

Published by The i paper (18th March, 2024) The Tories are panicking again as they look at the polls, contemplate... Read Full Article

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

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

Lib Dem leader showed he is the wrong man for the job

Published by The i paper (8th January, 2024) Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has made a busy start to... Read Full Article

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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

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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