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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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  • 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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Delivered from hell to the cauldron of Kos

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2015) Helen and Mustafa got married almost a year ago – and... Read Full Article

No minister – our billions in foreign aid make it more likely migrants come here

Published by The Daily Mail (11th August, 2015) With every passing day, it becomes harder to have confidence in the... Read Full Article

The inconvenient truth about migrants

Published by The Independent (10th August, 2015) Halima was from Yarmouk, a suburb of Damascus besieged by both Syrian government... Read Full Article

Slowly but surely, the West is coming down from the hallucinatory war on drugs

Published by The Independent (27th July, 2015) The stench of hypocrisy has long hung over the drugs debate. Politicians joke... Read Full Article

Voyage of the damned

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across... Read Full Article

The war on drugs is stupid and counter-productive

Published by The Spectator (16th July, 2015) Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano (Allen Lane) & Dreamland: The True Story... Read Full Article

The political response to Europe’s migration crisis has been shameful

Published by The Independent (22nd June, 2015) A few days ago I was sitting in Athens with an official from... Read Full Article

Horror for a senior detective

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) During 28 years as a detective, Phil Gormley thought he had... Read Full Article

Crime chiefs warn 750,000 British men may be attracted to children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) Up to 750,000 men living in Britain may have an interest... Read Full Article

Why a trick of the mind can make you blind

Published by The Daily Mail (18th June, 2015) It’s All In Your Head by Suzanne O’Sullivan (Chalto & Windus) Life was good... 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

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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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