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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Sarkozy

President Bling-Bling has met his Waterloo

Published in The Daily Mail (May 7th, 2012) So the French have got their wish: they have evicted the brash,... Read Full Article

Plodding provincial who stands on brink of the presidency

Published in The Daily Mail (May 4th, 20120) He cut an unlikely figure as he stood in a corridor of... Read Full Article

When rulers are out of touch, voters fall for extremists’ snake-oil solutions

Published in The Daily Mail (April 24th, 2012) However you cut it, Sunday’s presidential election in France was a profoundly... Read Full Article

Sarko is heading for the guillotine

Published in The Daily Mail (April 20th, 2012) The rally bore all the hallmarks of a president on a triumphant... Read Full Article

Massacres, emails, and a modern Marie Antoinette

Published in the Daily Mail (March 15th, 2012) Among a stash of emails that emerged yesterday, apparently sent by the... Read Full Article