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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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Can Zuckerberg control his monster?

Published by UnHerd (19th November, 2018) It seems incredible Facebook is only 14 years old. The firm’s penetration of the... Read Full Article

Cleese’s threat to boycott Britain is beyond satire

Published by The Times (12th July, 2018) It is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between comedians and politicians in... Read Full Article

How digital dissidents are defying the despots

Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended... Read Full Article

Film directors still revel in violence against women

Published by The Times (17th May, 2018) Critics at the Cannes film festival, those hardy souls compelled to endure a... Read Full Article

Putin’s propaganda deserves mockery, not a ban

Published by The Times (20th April, 2018) Have no doubt: RT, the television channel formerly known as Russia Today, is... Read Full Article

The debasing of democracy

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th March, 2018) Back in those far off days before the internet consumed our... Read Full Article

Why you can’t really on the news media to understand Europe

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2018) Which country’s politics are most closely observed after our own in Britain? It’s easy:... Read Full Article

Another abuse of power

Published by The i paper (26th February, 2018) I am a big fan of the BBC. Yes, it can be... Read Full Article

We need an investigation into Russia’s role in the Brexit vote

Published by The i paper (13th November, 2017) Every now and then, observing the strange state of global events, we... Read Full Article

Are smart phones feeding an epidemic of despair?

Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2017) There are few more obvious cries for help than self-harm. The idea... 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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