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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

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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The NHS must evolve – or face a painful death

Published by The Guardian (2nd June, 2014) Politicians have a poor record of fighting the wars of the past rather... Read Full Article

At last, a Health Secretary who puts patients first

Published in The Daily Mail (December 27th, 2013) As in every other walk of life, the ending of the political... Read Full Article

Worshipping the NHS costs lives

Published in The Independent on Sunday (23rd June, 2013) Imagine if an airline crashed 10 planes each year, killing 3,000... Read Full Article

The NHS is killing disabled people

Published in The Guardian (May 22nd, 2013) My daughter was ill at the weekend. Just a heavy cold; but when... Read Full Article

A helpline in crisis and doctors who refuse to put patients’ interests above their own

Published in The Daily Mail (May 6th, 2013) For weeks there have been many stories emerging of patients left hanging... Read Full Article

The man they couldn’t hang

Published in The Independent on Sunday (31st March, 2013) When the National Health Service rose like a merciful phoenix from... Read Full Article

Overseas aid: an indefensible ringfence

Published in The Guardian (March 14th, 2013) One of the first rules of opposition is to avoid rash promises that... Read Full Article

Cover-up: the public are sickened by such cynicism

Published in The Daily Mail (February 22nd, 2013) Julie Bailey is a heroine of our age. She is the cafe... Read Full Article

Why does no-one ever take the blame any more?

Published in The Daily Mail (February 13th, 2013) When Nick Clegg dropped into Hampshire to boost his party’s campaign in... Read Full Article

Victims of our blind faith in the NHS

Published in The Independent (February 7th, 2013) It is just seven months since the NHS was presented to a baffled... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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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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