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Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish
Covid19 / Policy / Politics

Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2025) Five years ago, as our country reeled under the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific interventions of Patrick Vallance made him a […]

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‘There was a real conspiracy among very powerful scientists. The cover-up was morally repugnant’
Covid19

‘There was a real conspiracy among very powerful scientists. The cover-up was morally repugnant’

Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2025) Soon after the start of the pandemic, as Covid-19 spread its trail of death and devastation around the planet, I came […]

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Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says ‘father of the virus’ Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China
Covid19

Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says ‘father of the virus’ Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th March, 2025) Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when the pandemic erupted, has […]

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‘Do we need nuclear arms and conscription?’ How some Canadians now fear a US invasion
Canada / United States

‘Do we need nuclear arms and conscription?’ How some Canadians now fear a US invasion

Published by The i paper (13th March, 2025) The comedian Robin Williams used to say that Canadians were the kindest people in the world but had the misfortune to […]

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Africa / Aid / Politics / Rwanda

Starmer should tell the truth about foreign aid

Published by The i paper (9th March, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer has had a good few days, displaying adroitness as he sought to navigate an upended global order in […]

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Welcome to the Divided States of America
United States

Welcome to the Divided States of America

Published by The i paper (5th March, 2025) It does not take long to find the United States fissures exposed by their President. Outside a supermarket, an elderly […]

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Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

The darkness behind White House horror show

Published by The i paper (2nd March, 2025) One of Donald Trump’s first actions upon his restoration was to put a bronze bust of Sir Winston Churchill back on […]

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Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

Ukraine is the defining issue of our age

Published by The i paper (24th February, 2025) Three years ago, I woke to the thunderous dawn sounds of missiles striking Kyiv. I found my colleague Kate on […]

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Germany / Russia / Ukraine / United States

We are living in Orwellian times

Published by The i paper (17th February, 2025) When scores of cars parked in German streets from Berlin to Bavaria began being sabotaged with expanding construction foam sprayed […]

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Politics

Sneering politicians, laughing at their voters

Published by The i paper (10th February, 2025) The sacking of a little-known Labour MP from the Government will merit barely even a footnote in the history books. […]

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The death of my beautiful daughter
Disability / Feature / Health

The death of my beautiful daughter

Published by The Daily Mail (February 8th, 2025) My daughter Iona was born 32 years ago. She arrived at home, in such a rush to enter the world […]

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Books / Media / Technology

The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man

Published by The Spectator (8th February, 2025) Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates (Allen Lane) Shortly before Bill Gates’s seventh birthday in 1962, his parents stuffed their […]

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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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