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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

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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In defence of Brand’s trial by media

Published by The i paper (18th September, 2023) It is the details, as always, that are so disturbing. The violence of... Read Full Article

Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth

Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former... Read Full Article

What prisons can teach us about democracy

Published by UnHerd (4th September, 2023) Andrea Albutt has been a dedicated public servant for almost four decades who worked... Read Full Article

The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

Published by The Daily Mail (24th August, 2023) Stephen Brearey, lead consultant in the unit in which Lucy Letby murdered... Read Full Article

Letby inquiry will be same old story

Published by The i paper (21st August, 2023) A nurse killing newborn babies in a hospital is shocking and unpredictable. Lucy Letby seemed... Read Full Article

Public pay the price for corrosive strikes

Published by The i paper (14th August, 2023) There has been little to celebrate in recent political discourse, but one... Read Full Article

A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on

Published by The Times (7th August, 2023) When Franco Basaglia took over a huge asylum in Trieste in 1971, the... Read Full Article

Westminster’s drug policy is put to shame

Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on... Read Full Article

Social care has been unloved and poorly funded for too long

Published by The Times (4th July, 2023) My daughter is lovely. She has learning disabilities and a life-threatening health condition,... Read Full Article

Ruling on Rwanda is a win for decency

Published by The i paper (30th June, 2023) What a fine start to the day. First came a forceful report... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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