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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

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • 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

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True animal lovers must recognise the danger of zoos

Published by The i paper (20th March, 2017) A couple of nights ago I was woken by a giraffe. First... Read Full Article

Some say Remainers should stay silent. I don’t agree…

Published by The i Paper (13th March, 2017) The prime minister is poised to lead her people in massed leap... Read Full Article

How do we deal with paedophiles?

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most... Read Full Article

The slippery slope to eugenics

Published by The Daily Mail (1st March, 2017) On the surface, it seems unalloyed good news: a new test for... Read Full Article

Print your own body parts

Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he... Read Full Article

Our prisons shame the country

Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when... Read Full Article

The shameful NHS cover-ups must cease

Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd February, 2017) Joshua Titcombe was just nine days old when he died in 2008.... Read Full Article

Nativism is the new world order

Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that... Read Full Article

The railway children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way... Read Full Article

Britain needs to have a serious conversation about the NHS

Published by the Financial Times (17th December, 2016) It is rare that I agree with Jeremy Corbyn, especially in his outmoded... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • 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

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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