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Politics

Voters do not know who to believe

Published by The i paper (11th November, 2019) How can you tell if a politician is lying? Simple: see if their lips are moving. This is one of […]

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Politics

Tories should revive the Big Society (but not tell anyone)

Published by The i paper (1st October, 2018) As the Tories gather for their annual conference, they are in dismal shape – angry, divided and struggling to deliver […]

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Europe / Politics / Russia

Corbyn’s failure of leadership

Published by The Daily Mail (15 March, 2018) Every now and then, there are times in politics when the world explodes into confrontation and a leader is defined […]

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Politics

Spare no sympathy for the Labour moderates

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2018) The contrast could not have been more striking. First up on The Andrew Marr Show was French president Emmanuel Macron, […]

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Housing / Policy / Politics / Transport

The profit motive can protect the public

Published by The Daily Telegraph (20th June, 2017) A few years back I boarded a flight from Djibouti to Somaliland. The Russian-made plane was five decades old. As […]

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Politics

Corbyn’s reshuffle shambles made Labour’s divisions even worse

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (11th January, 2016) Shortly after the appointment of Seumas Milne as Labour’s director of communications last year, he was overheard 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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