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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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Liberating 25 million enslaved North Korean people should be our priority

Published by The ipaper (4th September, 2017) It felt like an earthquake. Tremors rippled out from the underground test zone... Read Full Article

The other deadly hurricane surging across America

Published by UnHerd (1st September, 2017) Last weekend I was in Houston when the hurricane hit. The winds smashed into... Read Full Article

Storms in Texas, clouds over Washington

Published by The ipaper (28th August, 2017) The rain is still coming down hard here in Houston. And soon the... Read Full Article

Harvey storms Texas

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th August, 2017) America was last night braced for ‘catastrophic’ flooding after being hit... Read Full Article

Give thanks for this White House chaos

Published by The ipaper (21st August, 2017) It seems incredible but it has only been seven months since Donald Trump... Read Full Article

Battles remain but progress on gay rights is now global

Published by UnHerd (17th August, 2017) Let’s call him Joe. That is not his real name but he seemed an... Read Full Article

Born in the USSA

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th August, 2017) Savage street fighting had been raging for several hours after far-Right... Read Full Article

How to solve the North Korea crisis

Published by The ipaper (14th August, 2017) It would take just 14 minutes for a missile fired from North Korea... Read Full Article

This reckless man is a danger to the free world

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th August, 2017) Kim Jong-Un is leader of the world’s most repressive nation, the... Read Full Article

Land of the living dead

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th August, 2017) The black jeep had slammed into a parked saloon in a... 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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