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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

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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Why isn’t China a pariah state?

Published by The i paper (8th January, 2025) A few days before Christmas, a Chinese ship started its engines in... Read Full Article

Conspiracy of thieves

Published by The Spectator (27th July, 2024) Autocracy, Inc – The Dictators Who Want To Run The World (Allen Lane)... Read Full Article

Lab leak theory is gaining ground

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about... Read Full Article

A victory for democracy in Taiwan

Published by The i paper (15th January, 2024) Amid so much grim global news, something to celebrate. For the biggest... Read Full Article

Conspiracy of silence betrays our values

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation... Read Full Article

The freedom fighters who dared to take on a communist superpower

Published by The Spectator (6th January, 2024) Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong... Read Full Article

A lesson in life’s fragility

Published by The i paper (26th December, 2023) The artists, booksellers, musicians and writers all knew each other well, so... Read Full Article

How to escape North Korea

Published by UnHerd (21st November, 2023) When Kim Seungeun first visited North Korea, he saw a barren land devastated by... Read Full Article

China’s sinister plot to gain a stranglehold on key global ports

Published by The Daily Mail (21st November, 2023) Earlier this year David Cameron arrived on the tropical island of Sri... Read Full Article

In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne

Published by The Daily Mail (31st August, 2023) Eight years ago George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy
  • A woman of heroic strength and dignity

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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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