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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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The pollsters got it wrong – but they are still crucial for politicians

Published by The Daily Telegraph (20th January, 2016) Shortly before the 2010 general election, David Cameron sat down with the results... Read Full Article

How I learned to love the interfering state

Published by The Guardian (15th January, 2016) Political archaeology studies the influence of the past in shaping politics. It explains... Read Full Article

Corbyn’s reshuffle shambles made Labour’s divisions even worse

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (11th January, 2016) Shortly after the appointment of Seumas Milne as Labour’s director... Read Full Article

Carswell is right: it is time for Farage to step down

Published by The Independent (21st December, 2015) Politics often descends into farce, but rarely can there have been such an... Read Full Article

Ten years at the top – but trouble ahead on Syria and Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th December, 2015) Ten years ago today, a self-deprecating young politician called David Cameron took charge... Read Full Article

Cameron’s long-awaited victory on Syria

Published by The Financial Times (3rd December, 2015) So here we go again. Britain has embarked on another military intervention,... Read Full Article

Immigration rules are causing a curry crisis

Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd December, 2015) Shortly after the turn of the century, the then foreign secretary Robin... Read Full Article

A Minister for the Future might keep Britain on course

Published by The Independent (30th November, 2015) Sweden is far from a nirvana, but it remains an innovative nation when... Read Full Article

Family tragedy shines penetrating light on failures of state care

Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing... Read Full Article

The chancellor is for turning… thank goodness

Published by The Daily Telegraph (25th November, 2015) The scope of the spending review was immense with a fusillade of... 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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