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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 immigration debate: evidence-free and more rancid than ever

Published in The Guardian (26th March, 2013) Nigel Farage must have been smiling to himself as he supped his pint of... Read Full Article

Immigrants may see Britain’s enduring strengths more clearly

Published in State of the Nation, a report by British Future (January 14th, 2013) It is always hard to determine... Read Full Article

Confront the pessimistic protest politics of UKIP

Published in the London Evening Standard (December 19th, 2012) Nick Clegg has made a lot of noise this week, celebrating... Read Full Article

We have nothing to fear from our Muslim citizens

Published in the London Evening Standard (December 11th, 2012) Shortly after the end of his first term in office, Liberal... Read Full Article

A golden hour laden with significance for Britain

Published in the London Evening Standard (6th August, 2012) Wow! What an exhausting weekend it has been for us armchair... Read Full Article

Now we must welcome the best and brightest

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go.... Read Full Article

More people? We should be celebrating

Published in The Independent (July 16th, 2012) So the population has shot up since the start of the century, yesterday’s... Read Full Article

Labour’s cowardice on immigration is sickening

Published in The Independent (June 21st, 2012) Cyrus Kabiru should have been in Edinburgh next week. He has been picked... Read Full Article

The Tories are becoming the ‘nasty party’ on immigration

Published in The Guardian (June 11th, 2012) The manifesto commitment could hardly have been clearer: the Conservatives were going to... Read Full Article

Britain’s visa system: a V-sign to visitors

Published in The Guardian (May 15th, 2012) So this is the year Britain throws open its arms and welcomes 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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