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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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Keeping medical cannabis from children is callous and foolish

Published by The Guardian (19th February, 2018) The first medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have opened their doors over the... Read Full Article

And a hippy new year….

Published by The i paper (1st January, 2018) The first time I went to the United States was in 1983... Read Full Article

It’s slow, overdue but underway: we’re on the path to drug reform

Published by UnHerd (23rd November, 2017) Grahame Morris has been called many things in his political career but he could... Read Full Article

Police chief: ‘I won’t arrest low-level dealers, even for selling heroin’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th November, 2017) A police chief has declared that his force will stop prosecuting... Read Full Article

Good causes stained by death and dirty money

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2017) Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol has decided not to ditch its name,... Read Full Article

The drug 10,000 times deadlier than heroin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd October, 2017) Shortly after lunchtime, as drizzle fell outside at the start of... Read Full Article

The other deadly hurricane surging across America

Published by UnHerd (1st September, 2017) Last weekend I was in Houston when the hurricane hit. The winds smashed into... Read Full Article

Land of the living dead

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th August, 2017) The black jeep had slammed into a parked saloon in a... Read Full Article

The same old mistakes in a doomed war on drugs

Published by The ipaper (16th July, 2017) The Home Office released its long-awaited new drugs strategy on Friday. Given that... Read Full Article

Testing festival drugs for safety will save lives

Published by The Times (12th June, 2017) I have been going to festivals for decades, both as a fan and a... 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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