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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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Johnson must go – but it will take more than this to restore trust in democracy

Published by The i paper (27th June, 2022) The wedding I attended on Saturday could not have felt more English,... Read Full Article

The prince is as hypocritical as the PM

Published by The i paper (13th June, 2022) Prince Charles is right: the Government’s plan to send people seeking asylum... Read Full Article

A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics

Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not... Read Full Article

Saving the PM is the Tories’ main mission

Published by The i paper (9th May, 2022) Blackmore Vale was a solid blue ward in a bucolic part of... Read Full Article

Boris Johnson is rescuing his own career when helping Ukraine

Published by The i paper (11th April, 2022) Vladimir Putin’s bungled invasion has failed to capture Ukraine and oust its... Read Full Article

Who will rid us of this dreadful PM?

Published by The i paper (7th February, 2022) If it was not so serious for the country, there would be... Read Full Article

Rhetoric is worthless when the UK is laundering dirty Russian cash

Published by The i paper (31st January, 2022) Three years ago I hosted a discussion with Rory Stewart, the former... Read Full Article

Why do we end up with such inadequate prime ministers?

Published by The i paper (17th January, 2022) Of course Boris Johnson should resign – and if he refuses to... Read Full Article

The latest ‘Partygate’ revelations may prove too much even for the great escapologist Boris Johnson

Published by The Washington Post (11 January, 2022) The House of Commons on Tuesday was aroar with ranting and catcalling... Read Full Article

Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’

Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights... 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

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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