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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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Profiteers of misery

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th November, 2018) A cluster of ‘fat cat’ private operators is creaming off hundreds... Read Full Article

The shame of imprisoning people for autism

Published by the i paper (29th October, 2018) Imagine that it was your son, your daughter, your sister, your brother.... Read Full Article

Shut away and threatened like animals

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th October, 2018) When Adele Green saw her 13-year-old son Eddie after his first... Read Full Article

Scandal of autistic youngsters locked in solitary confinement

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th October, 2018) Hundreds of people with autism and learning disabilities are being locked... Read Full Article

Britain’s police are waking up to the futility of the war on drugs

Published by CapX (23rd October, 2018) Few people would have expected Bernard Hogan-Howe to become the nation’s latest outspoken campaigner... Read Full Article

Animals would not be treated this badly

Published by The i paper (22nd October, 2018) Stephanie Bincliffe left school at 16 and lived for two years on... Read Full Article

Is it time to legalise cannabis, asks former Met chief?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st October, 2018) Former Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called on the Government... Read Full Article

Bedlam is still with us in Britain

Published by The i paper (8th October, 2018) Bethany is 17 years old. She is a girl who likes Bob... Read Full Article

Why does Britain care so little for its sick, disabled and elderly citizens?

Published by The Daily Mail (26th September, 2018) My daughter Iona had a seizure at 5am yesterday. Her eyes rolled,... Read Full Article

Whoops – there go the railways, says Westminster’s answer to Mr Bean

Published by The Guardian (20th September, 2018) Imagine you were running a business and one of your senior managers left... 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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