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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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Has ‘Teflon Nigel’ become unstuck at last?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st December, 2014) Nigel Farage is a cheerful fellow, the sort who no doubt enjoys... Read Full Article

Politicians blame immigrants for their own mistakes

Published by The Independent (15th December, 2014) Myths and mantras are swirling around the increasingly-toxic immigration debate as mainstream parties... Read Full Article

‘I was waterboarded by British special forces’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) A Pakistani man suing the Government for damages has detailed a... Read Full Article

I’ll reveal how MI6 gave me to Gaddafi’s thugs

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) A Libyan dissident kidnapped by US forces with the help of... Read Full Article

A glimpse of grass-roots politics with lessons for all main parties

Published in The Independent (1st December, 2014) A successful politician once told me that when receiving invitations to events, he... Read Full Article

How the Tories are helping Ukip

Published by The Independent (17th November, 2014) First Clacton, now Rochester – the unlikely landmarks of British political history as Ukip... Read Full Article

Miliband has failed to follow the first rule of opposition

Published by The Independent (10th November, 2014) There is a certain choreography parties perform when a leader is in trouble. First... Read Full Article

Fascists, felons and fanatical fools: ugly truth about Farage’s friends in Brussels

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd November, 2014) Eleonora Bechis does not hold Nigel Farage in high regard. She calls... Read Full Article

Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity

Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the... Read Full Article

An earthquake called Ukip hits Britain

Published by The Wall Street Journal (17th October, 2014) It is curious to think that the modest seaside resort 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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