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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

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

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‘Our faith will be lost if we adopt technology:’ can the Amish resist the modern world?

Published by The Guardian (15th December, 2018) Daniel Weaver does not vote, drive a car, read a paper, listen to... Read Full Article

Adventures in Trumpland

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a... Read Full Article

America’s child brides forced to marry abusers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September 2018) Donna Pollard had only just turned 16 when she stood in... Read Full Article

A true hero for our time

Published by The i paper (27th August, 2018) When John McCain’s family issued a statement on Friday saying the veteran... Read Full Article

Could a murdered student be Trump’s salvation (if Melania stays silent)?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th August, 2018) In the spring of 1973 a smart lawyer advising Richard Nixon... Read Full Article

Why Corbyn is unfit for office

Published by The ipaper (6th August, 2018) Two years ago I had a drink with a friend who runs a... Read Full Article

Hooked on the King of Cocaine

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th August, 2018) As their small plane landed, the passengers were surrounded by two... Read Full Article

Deal or not, North Korea remains a murderous regime

Published by The Times (11th June, 2018) Kang Chol-hwan was sent to one of North Korea’s death camps aged nine... Read Full Article

Leave us alone or arrest me

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th June, 2018) The desperate mother of a boy suffering from severe epilepsy plans to... Read Full Article

How digital dissidents are defying the despots

Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games

Tags

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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