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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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  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

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Why turn away these people that we need so badly?

Published in The Independent (September 10th, 2008) Sonia trained as a nurse in Nairobi before coming to Britain a decade... Read Full Article

The hell I share with David Cameron

Published in The Spectator (October 22nd, 2005) My daughter suffered two seizures the other night. One was shortly after midnight,... Read Full Article

Set us free to pay

Published in The Spectator (May 11th, 2002) During the phoney war before the last general election I attended a lunch... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

Tags

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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