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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Politicians in thrall to mentality of the mob

Published by The Independent (12th January, 2015) Just over four years ago in the United States there was a firestorm... Read Full Article

Can we face the truth about the NHS?

Published by The Independent (5th January, 2015) Books about brain surgery are not usually best-sellers. But when the newspapers did... Read Full Article

My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others

Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... Read Full Article

Politicians blame immigrants for their own mistakes

Published by The Independent (15th December, 2014) Myths and mantras are swirling around the increasingly-toxic immigration debate as mainstream parties... Read Full Article

A glimpse of grass-roots politics with lessons for all main parties

Published in The Independent (1st December, 2014) A successful politician once told me that when receiving invitations to events, he... Read Full Article

How the Tories are helping Ukip

Published by The Independent (17th November, 2014) First Clacton, now Rochester – the unlikely landmarks of British political history as Ukip... Read Full Article

Miliband has failed to follow the first rule of opposition

Published by The Independent (10th November, 2014) There is a certain choreography parties perform when a leader is in trouble. First... Read Full Article

The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis

Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime... Read Full Article

Our shameful response to the ebola crisis

Published by The Independent (20th October, 2014) I relaxed again this weekend. It was 21 days since I returned from... Read Full Article

We’re heading for a crisis whoever wins the election

Published by The Independent (6th October, 2014) There is something absurd about the Liberal Democrat conference, with all those attacks on... Read Full Article

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