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United States / World

The battle for America’s soul will continue long after this election

Published by The i paper (2nd November, 2020) The United States is a nation in denial. On one side, Trump fans are convinced their disruptive hero is going […]

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United States / World

Anarchy in the USA

Published by The Mail on Sunday (25th October, 2020) John Jackson was relaxing at home a fortnight ago after a day’s work in his cafe when he received […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Politics / Sweden

Trust: the missing ingredient in our pandemic response

Published by The i paper (14th September, 2020) Boris Johnson hailed ‘a new dawn’ for Britain after winning an election based on the slogan that he would get […]

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China / Covid19 / United States / World

Where is Wuhan virus researcher who was named as Patient Zero?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd August, 2020) The US government’s leading health research body has raised a series of bombshell concerns over the origins of the […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden

How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care

Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]

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Arts / Books / United States / World

Tantrums of a tyrant

Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality of Donald Trump’s presence in the White House. […]

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Policy / Race / United States / World

These demonstrators might look like mindless thugs, but fascism can exploit divisions

Published by The i paper (15th June, 2020) Three years ago I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had found itself caught in the midst of a national struggle […]

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Drugs / Mexico / Policy / World

Mexico’s futile war on drugs

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2020) The early morning raids were carefully calibrated. Teams of heavily-armed agents donned protective gear in the darkness, then struck at homes in […]

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United States / World

Where the American dream goes to die

Published by UnHerd (2nd March, 2020) For a few years at the start of this century, Juan Nevarez tasted the American dream. Having moved a few miles across […]

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United States / World

An English lesson for the Democrats

Published by The i paper (3rd February, 2020) Rashida Tlaib is one of ‘The Squad’, a quartet of first-term, female Democrats in the House of Representatives that has […]

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China / Economics / United States / World

Capitalism needs more heroes

Published by UnHerd (23rd August, 2019) There is a rumour doing the rounds on social media that Rupert Hogg, Rwho resigned as chief executive of Cathay Pacific airline last […]

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Politics

Nothing is fixed in politics, as both the Tories and their Republican cousins prove

Published by The i paper (22nd July 2019) As a Republican President spews out racist bile against four ethnic minority women Democrats, it is easy to forget the transformation of […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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