Washington Post – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:08:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Washington Post – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 ‘Never seen before’: How Katrina set off an education revolution https://ianbirrell.com/never-seen-before-how-katrina-set-off-an-education-revolution/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:02:53 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7221 Argentina’s much-mocked Milei might just get the last laugh https://ianbirrell.com/argentinas-much-mocked-javier-milei-might-just-get-the-last-laugh/ Mon, 05 May 2025 14:50:42 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=6395 The latest ‘Partygate’ revelations may prove too much even for the great escapologist Boris Johnson https://ianbirrell.com/the-latest-partygate-revelations-may-prove-too-much-even-for-the-great-escapologist-boris-johnson/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:05:12 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5602 Labour has a choice: the centre or the abyss https://ianbirrell.com/labour-has-a-choice-the-centre-or-the-abyss/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:06:55 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4851 The Hong Kong protesters are scared but resolute even as a crackdown by China may loom https://ianbirrell.com/the-hong-kong-protesters-are-scared-but-resolute-even-as-a-crackdown-by-china-may-loom/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:34:21 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4734 Jeremy Hunt shows the depressing state of the Conservative Party https://ianbirrell.com/jeremy-hunt-shows-the-depressing-state-of-the-conservative-party/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:13:56 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4704 Trump is terrible – but the sabotage of Brexit will outlast him https://ianbirrell.com/trump-is-terrible-but-the-sabotage-of-brexit-will-outlast-him/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:05:41 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4541