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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

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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When naive good intentions meet corrupt kleptocracy

Published in The Independent (November 24th, 2012) Having been flown over on the luxurious presidential jet, we sat for a... Read Full Article

Tories picked the wrong person for the job

Published in The Independent (November 19th, 2012) No textbooks have been written in homage to the brilliance of the Libertas... Read Full Article

Sensible rebellion on Europe, for all the wrong reasons

Published in The Financial Times (November 2, 2012) From the start of his leadership, David Cameron urged his party to stop... Read Full Article

Tory retreat on climate change is senseless

Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2012) The year after David Cameron became Tory party leader, he did something party... Read Full Article

Polls, policing and a poor public service

Published in The Independent (October 24th, 2012) Are you excited over the prospect of voting next month for your local... Read Full Article

Modern conservatism that unites the party’s left and right

Published in The Guardian (October 10th, 2012) David Cameron will never be an orator whose barnstorming speaking rouses a hall... Read Full Article

Cameron must modernise, not appease the reactionaries

Published in The Independent (October 8th, 2012) Over the years, many people have said David Cameron is a man who... Read Full Article

Warped priorities

Published in The Daily Mail (September 27th, 2012) At home, the talk is all about austerity. One half of the... Read Full Article

Could Chris Grayling be the ultimate Tory moderniser?

Published in The Independent (September 22nd, 2012) So here we go again: an apparently hardline new justice minister throwing red... Read Full Article

Snouts in the aid trough

First published in The Daily Mail (September 18th, 2012) Three miles from the centre of Nairobi, the bustling capital of... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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