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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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Britain’s police are waking up to the futility of the war on drugs

Published by CapX (23rd October, 2018) Few people would have expected Bernard Hogan-Howe to become the nation’s latest outspoken campaigner... Read Full Article

Is it time to legalise cannabis, asks former Met chief?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st October, 2018) Former Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called on the Government... Read Full Article

When will politicians realise that the war on drugs has been lost?

Published by The Evening Standard (9th August, 2018) Last year I went on patrol in Dayton, Ohio, with an affable... Read Full Article

Hooked on the King of Cocaine

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th August, 2018) As their small plane landed, the passengers were surrounded by two... Read Full Article

Game over for the war on drugs?

Published by The i paper (25th June, 2018) It seems incredible that it is just two weeks since I was... Read Full Article

This life-saver merits respect and research

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) Even after 25 years, I hate seeing the seizures. The look... Read Full Article

Sister-in-law of Home Office Minister who banned cannabis oil confesses: I have used it too, so make it legal

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) The sister-in-law of Nick Hurd, the Home Office Minister who last... Read Full Article

Leave us alone or arrest me

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th June, 2018) The desperate mother of a boy suffering from severe epilepsy plans to... Read Full Article

When will politicians quit the war on drugs?

Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality.... Read Full Article

Legalisation is the only way to stop this drugs carnage

Published by The Times (18th April, 2018) Perhaps our blinkered politicians might try to join the dots. The price 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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