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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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Far right pose a threat to our democracy

Published by The i paper (5th August, 2024) So the first crisis of Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street turns... Read Full Article

Private greed corroding our care system

Published by The i paper (29th July, 2024) Annette and Kevin Maxwell will never know the extent of the abuse... Read Full Article

How Norway’s calm prisons shame the UK system

Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs... Read Full Article

Starmer’s pitch at normality

Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2024) The reports make the game sound almost professional. Whites took the lead... Read Full Article

‘I was offered assisted dying over cancer treatment’

Published by UnHerd (30th May, 2024) Two years ago, over the Thanksgiving holiday, Allison Ducluzeau started to feel pain in... Read Full Article

Sunak’s not so cunning plan

Published by The i paper (27th May, 2024) Right you ‘orrible lot, fall in. Our forces are staring defeat in... Read Full Article

None of the NHS scandals I have written about for decades matches the scale of tragedy and the callous deceit in the tainted blood affair

Published by The Daily Mail (21st May, 2024) Colin Smith, a boy who had developed a bruise on his knee... Read Full Article

West must wake up to Putin danger

Published by The i paper (13th May, 2024) Historians will look back in bafflement at the gullibility of Western leaders... Read Full Article

People with learning disabilities need ministers’ support

Published by The Times (30th April, 2024) There is a valid debate to be had over disability benefits after a... Read Full Article

Trans teenagers are being failed

Published by The i paper (16th April, 2024) Jason Pulman was the oldest of five children, a talented artist who... 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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