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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

  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • 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

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Abuse hospital concerns raised four years ago

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) An inspector with the official health watchdog raised serious concerns four... Read Full Article

All waffle and no action won’t make you PM, Mr Hancock

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) After ten months as Health Secretary, Matt Hancock thinks he can... Read Full Article

The scandal of needless incarceration

Published by The i paper (20th May, 2019) In 1964 a Canadian philosophy teacher called Jean Vanier bought a dilapidated house... Read Full Article

Autistic man locked in solitary confinement for ten years

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th May, 2019) An investigation by the Care Quality Commission discovered that a man... Read Full Article

Orban’s brand of populism blinds him to reality

Published by The Times (14th May, 2019) Viktor Orban, Hungary’s pugnacious prime minister, created the template for the populism sweeping... Read Full Article

The rape victim force to suffer again by the police

Published by The ipaper (6th May, 2019) Do you think victims of rape should hand their phones over to police?... Read Full Article

Blood on their hands: the worst disaster in NHS history

Published by The Daily Mail (1st May, 2019) Steve Dymond and I never met. But over the years we developed... Read Full Article

Greta Thunberg teaches us about autism as much as climate change

Published by The Guardian (23rd April, 2019) Greta Thunberg is an impressive individual. Just 16 years old, she has been nominated... Read Full Article

We need to talk about climate change

Published by The ipaper (22nd April, 2019) Civil disobedience is rarely popular, especially when it leads to disrupted journeys, blocked... Read Full Article

Britain’s cruel care system shames us all

Published by The Times (19th April, 2019) The details are shocking. A troubled girl just 14 years old, sent for... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • 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

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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