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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

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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Donald Trump’s shock tactics on North Korea might just work

Published by The Guardian (3rd April, 2017) Song Byeok used to paint propaganda pictures for North Korea’s dictators. But when... Read Full Article

Even populist politicians need to build bridges

Published by The i paper (20th February, 2017) Donald Trump can be accused of many things, but certainly not lack... Read Full Article

Dangerous delusions of The Donald

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th February, 2017) How much has Russia’s malevolent President Vladimir Putin influenced Donald Trump?... Read Full Article

The real cost of ‘Global Britain’

Published by The i paper (30th January, 2017) It is two decades since a newly-elected Labour government, riding a wave... Read Full Article

The new dawn of old nationalism

Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2017) On Friday morning, as the world prepared to see a former reality... Read Full Article

The Fright House

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th November, 2016) IT HAS been a busy week for the Trump dy­nasty, holed... Read Full Article

Is Reagan a role model for Trump?

Published by the i paper (14th November, 2016) For three decades Ronald Reagan’s shadow has loomed large over the Republicans,... Read Full Article

The wall of hate

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by... Read Full Article

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

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Recent Articles

  • 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
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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