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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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Republicans must learn from the Tories – don’t wage war on your own nation

Published by the i paper (16th October, 2016) A few days ago I bumped into someone who knows Donald Trump.... Read Full Article

Cannabis: the medical case for reform

Published by the i paper (11th September, 2016) Joe Quinn is an unlikely cannabis campaigner. For a start, he is... Read Full Article

Priming the pot

Published by Volte Face (9th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat as a police officer, patrolling some... Read Full Article

British cop who became America’s cannabis king

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2016) During almost five years on the beat, patrolling some of the... Read Full Article

‘How could our country lie to us so completely?’

Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2016) One day, when he was 25 years old, Park Sang-hak was strolling around... Read Full Article

Revealed: terror training base Israel claims was built by British aid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2016) A training base built by an Islamist terrorist group behind suicide... Read Full Article

New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent

Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the... Read Full Article

British reporter arrested by ‘torture’ police funded by UK

Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2016) An elderly British journalist investigating corruption in Bangladesh has been arrested... Read Full Article

Standing in the blood of vengeance… against a coup beaten by FaceTime

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th July, 2016) It was an astonishing call to arms, made from an iPhone... Read Full Article

Muhammad Ali’s politics shaped the world

Published by the ipaper (6th June, 2016) There has been debate recently over whether tennis player Serena Williams is 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

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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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