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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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Terrorists confuse aims with targets

Published by The Observer (24th July, 2016) Does Terrorism Work by Richard English (Oxford University Press) Two decades ago I... Read Full Article

David Cameron saved his party from fusty white male irrelevance

Published by The Daily Telegraph (14th July, 2016) We saw the classic David Cameron in his last Prime Minister’s Questions:... Read Full Article

May thwarted the Tory right. But the Brexit nightmare will haunt her

Published by The Guardian (12th July, 2016) Shortly after David Cameron’s election as Conservative leader, we were throwing around ideas... Read Full Article

Leadsom heralds a return of the ‘nasty party’

Published by the ipaper (11th July, 2016) Shortly after the turn of the century a new party chairwoman stood before... Read Full Article

The earthquake that upended British politics

Published by The Wall Street Journal (9th July, 2016) British politics and governance have been shaken during the past few... Read Full Article

Theresa May is the only choice for leader

Published by The ipaper (4th July, 2016) Just a few days ago those leading the push for Brexit were arguing... Read Full Article

Another casualty of Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd July, 2016) They came together in common cause to pull Britain out of... Read Full Article

Our two-party system is falling apart

Published by the i paper (27th June, 2016) So what an appalling mess our country finds itself in. Last Friday,... Read Full Article

Tears inside Number Ten after the door closed

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th June, 2016) David Cameron held back tears as he stood in front of... Read Full Article

The murder of Jo Cox asks uncomfortable questions of Britain’s right

Published by The ipaper (20th June, 2016) The mood was tense, the arguments heated, the nation’s future at stake with... 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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