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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End this gutter debate about Britain’s immigration policy

Published in The Guardian (November 30th, 2013) It’s been a depressing week for British politics as it takes another sordid... Read Full Article

Tories would do well to read those deleted speeches

Published in The Guardian (November 15th, 2013) Lynton Crosby, the hard-nosed Australian strategist being paid £500,ooo to ensure the Conservatives... Read Full Article

Remembrance Day remains as relevant as ever. Just don’t tell me to wear a poppy

Published in The Guardian (November 10th, 2013) Just as I was about to go in front of the cameras on... Read Full Article

North Korea is treated like a joke – but the realities are deadly serious

Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2013) Kim Song-ju sought to escape the living hell of North Korea, but after... Read Full Article

I know just the man to put the police’s house in order: Andrew Mitchell

Published in The Guardian (October 23rd, 2013) A few months ago David Davis told me that if the police did... Read Full Article

The suburbs are changing – and so must the Tories

Published in The Guardian (October 2nd, 2013) It is hard to think of a more suburban constituency than Mole Valley... Read Full Article

Miliband has given Cameron a golden opportunity

Published in The Guardian (September 26th, 2013) There is consensus on one thing about Ed Miliband’s party conference speech: he... Read Full Article

We must end this UN ‘paralysis’ over Syria

Published in The Guardian (September 9th, 2013) One thing was clear from the diplomatic disaster of the G20 summit in... Read Full Article

A year on from the Paralympics, people with disabilities still face prejudice and abuse

Published in The Guardian (August 28th, 2013) When Don goes out, he faces frequent hostility. Despite living in a picture... Read Full Article

Forget the nostalgia for British Rail – our trains are better than ever

Published in The Guardian (August 16th, 2013) There is a weary predictability to the political choreography. Once again, it’s revealed,... Read Full Article

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