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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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Philandering policemen, secret courts, and this insidious threat to our faith in justice

Published in The Daily Mail (November 20th, 2012) With his long hair, his sinewy body honed by daring feats of... Read Full Article

Tory retreat on climate change is senseless

Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2012) The year after David Cameron became Tory party leader, he did something party... Read Full Article

Polls, policing and a poor public service

Published in The Independent (October 24th, 2012) Are you excited over the prospect of voting next month for your local... Read Full Article

Killing kindness with red tape

Published in The Independent (October 9th, 2012) Kenny’s life in not easy. He is blind, unable to speak, needs help... Read Full Article

The tough-on-crime Texan judge closing down jails

Published in The Observer (September 30th, 2012) The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in... Read Full Article

Could Chris Grayling be the ultimate Tory moderniser?

Published in The Independent (September 22nd, 2012) So here we go again: an apparently hardline new justice minister throwing red... Read Full Article

Prejudice in the NHS is killing people with disabilities

Published in The Guardian (September 15th, 2012) Imagine it was your son or daughter, your brother or sister, your mother... Read Full Article

The housing crisis: a nightmare caused by our sanctified suburban dreams

Published in The Guardian (August 21st, 2012) Another day, another housing report. This time it is Policy Exchange, the prime... Read Full Article

A golden hour laden with significance for Britain

Published in the London Evening Standard (6th August, 2012) Wow! What an exhausting weekend it has been for us armchair... Read Full Article

The night that set back NHS reform by years

Published in The Daily Mail (August 4th, 2012) The rest of the world may have been perplexed, but it was... 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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