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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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Cutting out the middle men

Published in The Economist (November 6th, 2010) When the workers in the City of London head home each evening, a... Read Full Article

A cap on migrant workers will hurt London’s economy

Published in the London Evening Standard (November 2nd, 2010) David Caldwell arrived in London two years ago from Australia armed... Read Full Article

2,000 dead and still no justice for the victims of Britain’s blood transfusion scandal

Published in the Daily Mail (October 18th, 2010) A few months after his birth, Colin developed a bruise on his... Read Full Article

A whirlwind of hatred against the disabled

Published in The Guardian (October 16th, 2010) The details are sickening. For three days a gang of 18-year-olds tortured a... Read Full Article

The kindest cuts of all

Published in The Guardian (October 1st, 2010) Here is a question for all who believe our public services are sacred.... Read Full Article

The epidemic of hate crimes against the very vulnerable reveals a callousness at the heart of society

Published in the Daily Mail (September 22nd, 2010) David Askew was a kind and trusting man who just wanted to... Read Full Article

Lessons from the flood

Published in The Sunday Telegraph (September 12, 2010) Five years ago, America was struggling to come to terms with the... Read Full Article

It is patients who will end up losing out

Published in The Independent (November 13th, 2009) Nurses are the lifeblood of the health service. Without good people on the... Read Full Article

The health service needs whistleblowers

Published in The Independent (September 9th, 2009) Soon after Alan Milburn became Health minister in 1997, he wrote to employers... Read Full Article

The NHS is flawed. Here’s the evidence…

Published in The Independent (August 28th, 2009) It was the most painful of the emails that I’ve received over the... 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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