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Inside Reform: it is worse than I feared
Immigration / Politics

Inside Reform: it is worse than I feared

Published by The i Paper (8th September, 2025)

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Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?
Politics

Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?

Published by The i Paper (1st September, 2025)

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Immigration / Politics

Farage is selling poison to a seething electorate

Published by The i Paper (27th August, 2025)

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Crime / Politics / Race

The hypocrisy of Lucy Connolly’s defenders

Published by The i Paper (25th August, 2025)

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Health / Politics

Private healthcare tax is populist nonsense

Published by The i paper (6th August, 2025)

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Crime / Immigration / Politics

London is far from finished

Published by The i paper (28th July, 2025)

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Changing leaders won’t help the Tories
Politics

Changing leaders won’t help the Tories

Published by The i paper (26th May, 2025)

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Politics

Reform is about to be put under the microscope

Published by The i paper (5th May, 2025) Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform UK, has been busy in the media boasting about his party’s success in the […]

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Canada / Politics / United States

Trump is shattering the political right

Published by The i paper (31st March, 2025) There is not much to celebrate looking around the world today, seeing the continuing bloodshed in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan through […]

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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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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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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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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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