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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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This life-saver merits respect and research

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) Even after 25 years, I hate seeing the seizures. The look... Read Full Article

Sister-in-law of Home Office Minister who banned cannabis oil confesses: I have used it too, so make it legal

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th June, 2018) The sister-in-law of Nick Hurd, the Home Office Minister who last... Read Full Article

Leave us alone or arrest me

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th June, 2018) The desperate mother of a boy suffering from severe epilepsy plans to... Read Full Article

The NHS is a victim of success

Published by The i paper (4th June, 2018) Today Jeremy Hunt became the longest-serving health secretary since the creation of the... Read Full Article

Myth of the British countryside

Published by The i paper (28th May, 2018) For all his faults on Brexit and that disastrous leadership bid, Michael... Read Full Article

When will politicians quit the war on drugs?

Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality.... Read Full Article

Dead pigs expose horrors behind gourmet Parma ham

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th May, 2018) First came the smell, an acrid stench of ammonia clinging to... Read Full Article

So many deaths by indifference

Published by The i paper (7th May, 2018) On Friday morning, as the nation woke up to local election results,... Read Full Article

The forgotten health scandal

Published by The i paper (30th April, 2018) In the United States they call it ‘the haemophilia holocaust’ after use... Read Full Article

Slaying dragons: the stifling British green belt

Published by UnHerd (24th April, 2018) Oxford is a beautiful place, famous for its university and fine medieval buildings. But... 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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