Reeves – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:06:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Reeves – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 The welfare bill is ballooning – and our pathetic politicians are to blame https://ianbirrell.com/the-welfare-bill-is-ballooning-and-our-pathetic-politicians-are-to-blame/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:58:09 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7547 Reeves is flailing – but she is a symbol of a deeper rot in Westminster https://ianbirrell.com/reeves-is-flailing-but-she-is-a-symbol-of-a-deeper-rot-in-westminster/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:47:03 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7531 Private healthcare tax is populist nonsense https://ianbirrell.com/private-healthcare-is-populist-nonsense/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:18:17 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7194 Why isn’t China a pariah state? https://ianbirrell.com/why-isnt-china-a-pariah-state/ Thu, 08 May 2025 10:50:35 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=6405 Starmer needs a mission statement https://ianbirrell.com/starmer-needs-a-mission-statement/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:30:15 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=6350 There is a big difference between 1997 and 2024 for Labour https://ianbirrell.com/the-difference-between-1997-and-2024-for-labour/ Wed, 22 May 2024 15:55:08 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=6240 Westminster’s drug policy is put to shame https://ianbirrell.com/westminsters-drug-policy-is-put-to-shame/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:33:56 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=6081