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 the farce of MPs taking second jobs

Published by The i paper (8th November, 2021) Sir John Major was on fiery form interviewed over the weekend by... Read Full Article

Demeaning of democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (3rd November, 2021) How strange it is to reflect that Owen Paterson — a popular... Read Full Article

The hard-right still playing dangerous fantasy politics

Published by The i Paper (19th November, 2018) You have probably forgotten about Owen Paterson, a minor league politician who... Read Full Article

Stand up to the incompetent Brexit bullies

Published by The i paper (11th June, 2018) You might think an outbreak of trade war would make even the... Read Full Article

Tory retreat on climate change is senseless

Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2012) The year after David Cameron became Tory party leader, he did something party... Read Full Article