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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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Trump is debasing democracy the world over

Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was... Read Full Article

Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh

Published by The ipaper (10th July 2017) Some Iraqi troops started celebrating the defeat of Isis in Mosul even as... Read Full Article

Death throes of the caliphate

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th July, 2017) The scenes of destruction were simply apocalyptic. Every street pockmarked by... Read Full Article

‘Sunshine Policy’ is simply appeasement of horror

Published by CapX (11th May, 2017) The Sunshine Policy of engagement between the two Koreas ran for a decade until... Read Full Article

Britain’s silence over Saudi Arabia’s abuses is shameful

Published by The Times (5th May, 2017) Last month a 29-year-old woman named Mariam al-Oteibi attempted to flee her abusive... Read Full Article

Inside Kim’s camps of death

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th April, 2017) Lim Hye-jin still shivers at the memory of two brothers who... Read Full Article

Capitalism makes people taller. Just look at South Korea

Published by CapX (26th April, 2017) The spring sun shone and cherry blossom fluttered down to the delight of locals... Read Full Article

North Korea’s idea of Britain? David Beckham and The Queen

Published by The Spectator (20 April, 2017) Korean Notebook When I arrived in Seoul, I joked to my editor that... Read Full Article

I fear for the future when the world’s fate hangs on these two mavericks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) Outside my window in one of the world’s most advanced cities,... Read Full Article

Thousands slaughtered at nuclear test site

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) A North Korean defector claims thousands of political prisoners have been... 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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