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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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Don’t blame the bureaucrats. Blame the boss

Published by The i paper (23rd April, 2018) Theresa May presents herself as a decent person. She talks of fairness... Read Full Article

Legalisation is the only way to stop this drugs carnage

Published by The Times (18th April, 2018) Perhaps our blinkered politicians might try to join the dots. The price of... Read Full Article

Children need help, not demonising

Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of... Read Full Article

Populist revolt in Italy leaves young at risk of measles

Published by The Times (6th March, 2018) If there is one clear message from the Italian election, it is the... Read Full Article

A lesson on universities for the government

Published by The Sun (20th February, 2018) Theresa May’s review into university funding, announced yesterday after much briefing, should be... Read Full Article

Keeping medical cannabis from children is callous and foolish

Published by The Guardian (19th February, 2018) The first medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have opened their doors over the... Read Full Article

Water wars as day zero looms

Published by Mail on Sunday (18th February, 2018) The vista could hardly be more barren or forbidding – a parched... Read Full Article

A world without Down’s Syndrome children?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th February, 2018) Watching Erica Gaarn-Larsen playing with her six-year-old son Philip in their... Read Full Article

A broken prison system – but Scotland pushes for reform

Published by The i paper (29th January, 2018) Two years ago, in those far off days before the Brexit debacle,... Read Full Article

Ten practical remedies for the ailing NHS

Published by CapX (26th January, 2018) I went to hospital earlier this week for a small but troubling skin condition.... 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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