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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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Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

Published by The i paper (9th January, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer came to power pledging to bring order and stability... Read Full Article

How Edinburgh University stifled my investigation

Published by UnHerd (19th January, 2024) Almost 150 years ago, a young medical student at Edinburgh University was inspired by... Read Full Article

Why Finnish children see through fake news

Published by The i paper (25th May, 2023) Darja Rekani clearly remembers the day in primary school when a teacher... Read Full Article

MI6 fears over UK university links to Beijing as at least 12 of them are probed by spooks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th February, 2012) (Written with Glen Owen, Political Editor) More than a dozen British... Read Full Article

Quangos, cronies and the government blame game

Published by The i paper (24th August, 2020) This pandemic has exposed defects in our nation with hideous efficiency. It... Read Full Article

A lesson on universities for the government

Published by The Sun (20th February, 2018) Theresa May’s review into university funding, announced yesterday after much briefing, should be... Read Full Article

Cutting tuition fees would just benefit wealthy graduates

Published by The Times (19th September, 2017) The Tories have woken up suddenly to the generational divide. Bribing pensioners and... Read Full Article

The future of liberalism in an age of terror

Published by The i paper (5th June, 2017) Six weeks ago I was in South Korea as parties finalised pitches... Read Full Article

Misguided May’s mess over migration

Published by the ipaper (24th October, 2016) Paul Saunders was stunned when, after marrying a Cuban earlier this year, he... Read Full Article

The spread of fat cats in the public sector

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (15th February, 2016) Birmingham University was one of the losers in the... 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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