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Politics / United States / World

If the Tories follow Trump, they will be haunted by regret

Published by The i paper (22nd July, 2024) Ronald Reagan is routinely hailed on the right as one of the greatest Republican presidents in United States history for […]

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Politics

What’s the point of the Lib Dems?

Published by The i paper (22nd April, 2024) The vote in Parliament last week to impose the world’s toughest smoking ban was a perfect symbol for the state […]

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Politics

May was the best PM of a bad lot

Published by The i paper (11th March, 2024) Theresa May has announced she is leaving the political stage at the next election while polls indicate that the party […]

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Politics

Sunak’s Brexit coalition has collapsed

Published by The i paper (8th May, 2023) It is almost possible to feel sorry for Rishi Sunak. He is like the nerdy teenager whose party span wildly […]

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Economics

How the UK sacrificed its car industry

Published by UnHerd (15th February, 2023) Will Britain, as Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt have both promised, really turn into the “next Silicon Valley”? It is bold talk. […]

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Politics

Brexit revolution devours its children

Published by The i paper (November 28th, 2022) The Tories are floundering in the polls, their brand scarred by serial incompetence. So perhaps they should have looked a […]

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Arts / Music

Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure

Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most definitely one, relentlessly churning out hits and stars […]

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Politics

An egomaniac who poisoned our politics

Published by The i paper (8th July, 2022) There is delicious irony that Boris Johnson, a man so deluded that he saw himself as the second coming of […]

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Europe / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

Boris Johnson is rescuing his own career when helping Ukraine

Published by The i paper (11th April, 2022) Vladimir Putin’s bungled invasion has failed to capture Ukraine and oust its elected government, despite the horrors unleashed, while also […]

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Politics

Shape-shifter Frost does a flit

Published by The i paper (20th December, 2021) The departure of Lord Frost is good news for Britain but very bad news for Boris Johnson. The Brexit minister’s decision […]

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Feature / Politics

If you thought Brexit was fraught…

Published by The i paper (10th May, 2021) One of many curiosities about last week’s elections was the unusual success of incumbents. Historically, such events have been a […]

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Arts / Covid19

Don’t ignore the country’s cash cow

Published by The i paper (15th February, 2021) It is easy to forget London used to be a city in perpetual crisis, a symbol of national decline in […]

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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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