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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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Democracy dies in darkness

Published by The i paper (29th October, 2024) Olivia Troye is a lifelong Republican who worked as a counter-terrorism adviser... Read Full Article

The African village mining Bitcoin

Published by UnHerd (5th January, 2024) Bondo is a scattered cluster of villages in a remote region of Malawi near... Read Full Article

Why Finnish children see through fake news

Published by The i paper (25th May, 2023) Darja Rekani clearly remembers the day in primary school when a teacher... Read Full Article

Lineker has exposed the depth of culture wars

Published by The i paper (13th March, 2023) I have been in Ukraine, reporting on a nation fighting for its... Read Full Article

It’s official: Covid can be linked to lab leaks

Published by The i paper (6th March, 2023) You have to admit it is one hell of a coincidence. Out... Read Full Article

Shackled by the chairman’s secrets

Published by The i paper (12th February, 2023) The case of the banker, the BBC and the prime minister’s big... Read Full Article

Why we should all pray China does not invade Taiwan

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th August, 2022) The fertile fields surrounding Tainan, the former capital of Taiwan famed... Read Full Article

Could digitisation help revive the NHS?

Published by The i paper (22nd August, 2022) I went to Tallinn earlier this month to report on Estonia’s remarkable... Read Full Article

Is this the way to stop Britain being strangled by red tape?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th August, 2022) Across the world, there is deep disenchantment with governments, whether they... Read Full Article

Our age of false prophets

Published by The i paper (8th August, 2022) Nine days after Donald Trump was ousted from the White House by... 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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