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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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The not-so-strange death of The Independent

Published by CapX (12th February, 2016) When The Independent launched in 1986, I was working on a weekly newspaper in... Read Full Article

The tax-avoiding Facebook mogul and an act of charity that reeks of hypocrisy

Published by The Daily Mail (3rd December, 2015) Once, it was enough to put a notice in the newspaper when... Read Full Article

Don’t just pay glib respects. Pay your taxes to protect us

Published by The Sun (20th November, 2015) It did not take long for the world’s technology giants to react when... Read Full Article

Social media and a very modern murder

Published by The Daily Telegraph (28th August, 2015) The images are calculated, chilling and instantly iconic. They open with a... Read Full Article

Infuriating and self-righteous, but we’d miss the BBC

Published by The Independent (13th July, 2015) Five months ago the House of Commons Culture Committee issued an important report... Read Full Article

Britain is winning the star wars

Published by CapX (7th May, 2015) What more could a chancellor have wanted on the eve of an election? No... Read Full Article

Goodbye Hollywood, hello Watford

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th July, 2014) There was a sprinkling of rain as 250 specially invited guests... Read Full Article

Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria

Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more... Read Full Article

Why battle to save sickly shops on the high street when we need homes?

Published in The Guardian (17th January, 2014) It has become a January ritual: the nation’s retailers reporting one after another... Read Full Article

Time for BBC to ditch the red noses

Published in the Daily Mail (December 9th, 2013) From the moment Comic Relief was launched in a Sudanese refugee camp... 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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