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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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The barbaric crime wave we ignore

Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character.... Read Full Article

The spice of prison life

Published by the ipaper (5th December, 2016) The ambulances turn up at Bristol Prison with monotonous regularity. Once every few... Read Full Article

The gagging of justice

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2016) A ‘very wealthy’ businessman has won a legal injunction to stop... Read Full Article

The hate crime that leads to silence

Published by The i paper and The Independent (4th April, 2016) It was a shocking crime. Two soldiers, out for... Read Full Article

To get really tough on crime, we must help prisoners

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (8th February, 2016) For many years ministers privately complained that even the... Read Full Article

Prison reform is a classic conservative issue

Published by The Spectator Coffee House (12th October, 2015) Many people were surprised when David Cameron placed prison reform at... Read Full Article

Could the Tories’ decade in power really be defined by prison reform?

Published by The Independent (12th October, 2015) Shortly after the Conservatives won their unexpected victory in the general election, I... Read Full Article

Has a Texan gangster persuaded Gove to reform our jails?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2015) Alfred Adams admits that he was a menace to society: a... Read Full Article

Horror for a senior detective

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) During 28 years as a detective, Phil Gormley thought he had... Read Full Article

Crime chiefs warn 750,000 British men may be attracted to children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) Up to 750,000 men living in Britain may have an interest... 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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