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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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So what are they hiding?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd October, 2021) The Government has been condemned after refusing to release details of... Read Full Article

Would limiting Prime Ministers’ terms lead to bolder action?

Published by The i paper (20th September, 2021) In February 1837 a group of radicals gathered in a pub in... Read Full Article

Labour is missing an open goal on social care

Published by The Times (8th September, 2021) Could there be a bigger open goal for an opposition party? A prime... Read Full Article

Blair’s hypocrisy remains unmitigated

Published by The i paper (23rd August, 2021) Ten years ago, I stood in the ransacked residence of the British... Read Full Article

Chaotic and contemptuous leaders leave the public confused on Covid

Published by The i paper (19th July, 2021) It is easy to forget that when the pandemic first emerged from... Read Full Article

Something rotten at the heart of Westminster

Published by The i paper (28th June, 2021) So farewell then, Matt Hancock, self-righteous protector of the nation’s public health... Read Full Article

Symbol of the sickening Tory chumocracy

Published by The i paper (21st June, 2021) If you want an example of so much that is wrong with... Read Full Article

If you thought Brexit was fraught…

Published by The i paper (10th May, 2021) One of many curiosities about last week’s elections was the unusual success... Read Full Article

Is Labour dead?

Published by UnHerd (7th May, 2021) It is the great political conundrum of our age. Why are the parties of... Read Full Article

The spendthrift at Number 10 Downing Street

Published by The i paper (3rd May, 2021) Imagine you had a choice of two men to run your family... 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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