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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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Why Danny Boyle’s rose-tinted homage to the NHS was so damaging

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 30th, 2012) The reviews are in, and the near-unanimous verdict on Danny Boyle’s... Read Full Article

Now we must welcome the best and brightest

Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go.... Read Full Article

More people? We should be celebrating

Published in The Independent (July 16th, 2012) So the population has shot up since the start of the century, yesterday’s... Read Full Article

Can David Cameron unleash his inner Maoism?

Published in The Guardian (June 29th, 2012) The headlines are clear: the nasty party is back in business. After David... Read Full Article

Labour’s cowardice on immigration is sickening

Published in The Independent (June 21st, 2012) Cyrus Kabiru should have been in Edinburgh next week. He has been picked... Read Full Article

The Tories are becoming the ‘nasty party’ on immigration

Published in The Guardian (June 11th, 2012) The manifesto commitment could hardly have been clearer: the Conservatives were going to... Read Full Article

Our national sport shares our national blindness

Published in The Independent (June 6th, 2012) Surely even the grumpiest republican struggled to begrudge the community spirit of these... Read Full Article

Don’t mock ‘hug a hoodie’. It was, and still is, the right message

Published in The Guardian (June 1st, 2012) Like so many famous political phrases, David Cameron never actually said that anyone... Read Full Article

Britain’s visa system: a V-sign to visitors

Published in The Guardian (May 15th, 2012) So this is the year Britain throws open its arms and welcomes the... Read Full Article

Can the Met ever end the culture of racism?

Published in the London Evening Standard (April 10th, 2012) The first time Victor Adebowale visited London was as a teenager... 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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