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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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Tories would do well to read those deleted speeches

Published in The Guardian (November 15th, 2013) Lynton Crosby, the hard-nosed Australian strategist being paid £500,ooo to ensure the Conservatives... Read Full Article

Remembrance Day remains as relevant as ever. Just don’t tell me to wear a poppy

Published in The Guardian (November 10th, 2013) Just as I was about to go in front of the cameras on... Read Full Article

I know just the man to put the police’s house in order: Andrew Mitchell

Published in The Guardian (October 23rd, 2013) A few months ago David Davis told me that if the police did... Read Full Article

The suburbs are changing – and so must the Tories

Published in The Guardian (October 2nd, 2013) It is hard to think of a more suburban constituency than Mole Valley... Read Full Article

Miliband has given Cameron a golden opportunity

Published in The Guardian (September 26th, 2013) There is consensus on one thing about Ed Miliband’s party conference speech: he... Read Full Article

The diplomat the world ignores

Published in Standpoint (September 25th, 2013) It was like an assignation in a spy thriller. A helicopter picked up the... Read Full Article

We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria

Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article

Forget diplomacy: this was the stroppy summit

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 8th, 2013) Welcome to the stroppy summit. Held in one of Europe’s most... Read Full Article

So Vinnie, it’s one law for us and another for them, is it?

Published in The Independent (September 4th, 2013) In trademark tough guy style, Vinnie Jones has tackled this nation’s core problem. “England... Read Full Article

We wring our hands as poison spreads

Published in The Mail on Sunday (August 25th, 2013) More than 100,000 Syrians lie dead. One-fifth of a 22 million population... 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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