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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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  • The secret messages behind the lab leak cover-up
  • Starmer needs to change his tune
  • A new threat to American democracy

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The war is not over

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th November, 2020) The mood outside the Philadelphia counting centre was ebullient, with balloons,... Read Full Article

The casual corrosion of democracy

Published by UnHerd ((5th November, 2020) Shortly before 10pm yesterday, I was wandering along the boarded up streets of Washington... Read Full Article

What’s the mood in Trumpland?

Published by UnHerd (3rd November, 2020) One thing was certain as I stood outside the courthouse in Lewisburg chatting to... Read Full Article

The battle for America’s soul will continue long after this election

Published by The i paper (2nd November, 2020) The United States is a nation in denial. On one side, Trump... Read Full Article

Anarchy in the USA

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th October, 2020) John Jackson was relaxing at home a fortnight ago after a... Read Full Article

Where is Wuhan virus researcher who was named as Patient Zero?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd August, 2020) The US government’s leading health research body has raised a series... Read Full Article

Tantrums of a tyrant

Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality... Read Full Article

These demonstrators might look like mindless thugs, but fascism can exploit divisions

Published by The i paper (15th June, 2020) Three years ago I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had found itself... Read Full Article

The Republican Party’s descent into darkness

Published by UnHerd (4th June, 2020) On April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King gave a speech at the Mason Temple... Read Full Article

Where the American dream goes to die

Published by UnHerd (2nd March, 2020) For a few years at the start of this century, Juan Nevarez tasted the... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’
  • New evidence that Beijing hid truth about Covid origin and possible leak from Wuhan lab
  • The secret messages behind the lab leak cover-up
  • Starmer needs to change his tune
  • A new threat to American democracy

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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 Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia Rwanda social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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