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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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Boris Johnston’s descent into gutter politics

Published by the i paper (18th September, 2017) You may have forgotten Andrea Leadsom. She was the woman who nearly... Read Full Article

Trump is debasing democracy the world over

Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was... Read Full Article

How – through the news – we see our planet

Published by UnHerd (24th July, 2017) Over the past three weeks, my work has taken me to three countries on... Read Full Article

Who’s laughing now? The BBC should not promote aid

Published by CapX (24th March, 2017) So here we go again: Red Nose Day has arrived with japes, high jinks... Read Full Article

Print your own body parts

Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he... Read Full Article

A tyrant’s charter

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) Journalism can be a dangerous job. In many places on our... Read Full Article

The gagging of justice

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2016) A ‘very wealthy’ businessman has won a legal injunction to stop... Read Full Article

The Tories meddle with the BBC at their peril

Published by The Guardian (11th May, 2016) What is the government cooking up for the BBC? According to winners at... Read Full Article

Lunacy! What planet are they on?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th April, 2016) African nations that have received billions of pounds in British aid... Read Full Article

Say goodbye to your private life

Published by The ipaper and The Independent (11th April, 2106) Five years ago I heard a software billionaire speak at... 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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