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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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Does Britain really need a ministry of culture?

Published by The Guardian (11th April, 2014) So farewell then, Maria Miller, the minister who made more of a splash... Read Full Article

The dark horse candidate to succeed Cameron

Published in The Independent (February 19th, 2014) Slowly but surely, discreet campaigns to succeed David Cameron as Tory party leader... Read Full Article

A cheer for Nick Clegg – he is talking about drugs

Published in The Independent (February 10th, 2014) Hooray! Give Nick Clegg a cheer – at last we have a prominent... Read Full Article

Sharpen the axe, minister – there should be more political appointments, not fewer

Published in the ‘i’ newspaper (3rd February, 2014) Although she is a popular figure in Westminster and a peer, Sally... Read Full Article

The joke’s not on Nigel Farage. It’s on the rest of us

Published in The Guardian (January 29th, 2014) It has been a bad few days for Ukip. First, one of the... Read Full Article

Tories should stop carping and revive optimism

Published in ‘i’ newspaper (December 30th, 2013) The surest sign that a political party is on the rise comes at... Read Full Article

The tide is turning against homophobia

Published in The Guardian (December 27th, 2013) In Uganda, two people who have sex could end up serving life sentences... Read Full Article

At last, a Health Secretary who puts patients first

Published in The Daily Mail (December 27th, 2013) As in every other walk of life, the ending of the political... Read Full Article

End this gutter debate about Britain’s immigration policy

Published in The Guardian (November 30th, 2013) It’s been a depressing week for British politics as it takes another sordid... Read Full Article

Heed this warning or risk terminal decline

Published in The Independent (November 20th, 2013) The tragedy of the Conservative Party is that when things get tough it... 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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