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Ian Birrell

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Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy

Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy
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iNews

Ian Birrell

Trump is selling out Ukraine before our eyes

Trump is selling out Ukraine before our eyes
16.02.2025 4

iNews

Ian Birrell

Books / The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man

Books /					 													 						The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man
11.02.2025 10

The Spectator

Ian Birrell

Books / The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man

Books /					 													 						The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man
11.02.2025 2

The Spectator

Ian Birrell

Andrew Gwynne's messages prove it - politicians are laughing at us

Andrew Gwynne's messages prove it - politicians are laughing at us
10.02.2025 10

iNews

Ian Birrell

Trump’s reaction to the deadly aviation disaster was uniquely sinister

02.02.2025 2

iNews

Ian Birrell

CIA joins growing support for Covid 'lab leak' theory – but the real story is in Germany

27.01.2025 10

iNews

Ian Birrell

The one critic Elon Musk can't counter: his daughter

26.01.2025 10

iNews

Ian Birrell

There's only one way we can stop young men lurching to the hard right

19.01.2025 6

iNews

Ian Birrell

Trump's bullying of Canada, Panama and Greenland plays right into despots' hands

12.01.2025 3

iNews

Ian Birrell

Labour is ideologically confused on health and education

Sir Keir Starmer came to power pledging to bring order and stability to government after 14 dismal years of Conservative rule, trading on his...

08.01.2025 2

iNews

Ian Birrell

Rachel Reeves' attempt to charm China is utterly shameful

A few days before Christmas, a Chinese ship started its engines in the freezing waters between Denmark and Sweden and sailed off, leaving a global...

06.01.2025 20

iNews

Ian Birrell

Joe Biden let us all down in 2024

When Joe Biden took office as president of the United States, he insisted he was driven to run for the White House by the noble desire to preserve...

22.12.2024 5

iNews

Ian Birrell

Porn's reckoning is coming. Gisèle Pélicot's case will make sure of it

It was just another ordinary November day in the life of an ordinary retired couple in an ordinary village in France as they chatted over breakfast...

15.12.2024 6

iNews

Ian Birrell

Assad's fall is a cause for celebration, though more chaos may come

Thirteen years ago, seven boys sat around in school swigging soft drinks after a game of football while television reports showed the uprisings...

09.12.2024 4

iNews

Ian Birrell

How can those in favour of assisted dying claim to be compassionate and progressive?

The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed as a display of Parliament at its best. The discussion was dignified,...

05.12.2024 10

iNews

Ian Birrell

Unleashing state-sanctioned killing in healthcare is not ‘progressive’

This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to one of the most consequential laws this century when MPs hold a free vote on a...

24.11.2024 6

iNews

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The US is about to become more dangerous – whoever wins

Four years ago, I was talking to voters in West Virginia when I met a young black woman called Brittney. Since polls showed an 85 per cent lead for...

03.11.2024 1

iNews

Ian Birrell

Democracy dies in darkness – but also in broad daylight through appeasement and cowardice

Olivia Troye is a lifelong Republican who worked as a counter-terrorism adviser in Donald Trump’s administration. She resigned shortly before the...

29.10.2024 10

iNews

Ian Birrell

Wake up - we are at war with Russia

The image is one for the history books: four ageing white men, sitting stiffly in their suits beneath a Picasso portrait of a perplexed-looking...

20.10.2024 4

iNews

Ian Birrell

Kemi Badenoch's autism comments prove how arrogant and heartless the Tories are

If you want to understand why the Conservatives are in such dire straits, consider social care. This is a significant issue for the country when...

13.10.2024 20

iNews

Ian Birrell

Assisted dying would hurl a grenade at the floundering NHS

Last year, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater spoke passionately in a parliamentary debate on mental health care, complaining about lack of support for...

06.10.2024 1

iNews

Ian Birrell

Boris Johnson's support of Covid lab leak theory is significant

Boris Johnson is publishing his memoir, timed to coincide with the Conservative Party conference, in his usual attention-seeking manner and written...

29.09.2024 2

iNews

Ian Birrell

Now is the time for Starmer to finally explain why he is in power

Last year Rachel Reeves accepted a gift valued at £330 to attend a concert from the Betting and Gaming Council. This is not unusual: the...

22.09.2024 2

iNews

Ian Birrell

Why do we keep falling for Putin’s hollow threats and sabre-rattling?

Vladimir Putin is a dismal leader of his country, overseeing a catastrophic military misadventure after crushing his people’s freedoms and...

16.09.2024 2

iNews

Ian Birrell

The Tory leadership campaign proves just how arrogant the party has become

Wendy Morton is one of those rare beasts: a Conservative MP who survived at the hands of voters in July. Yet she backed Boris Johnson for leader,...

02.09.2024 3

iNews

Ian Birrell

Germany faces a struggle for its soul

It seems almost strange that it is less than three years since Angela Merkel retired from leading Germany and Europe. The first female chancellor...

26.08.2024 20

iNews

Ian Birrell

The Kursk offensive shreds Putin’s attempts to portray himself as Peter the Great

In September 2021, as Russian military forces built up on Ukraine’s border before their full-scale invasion, Vladimir Putin spoke to students in...

18.08.2024 3

iNews

Ian Birrell

Disinformation, irresponsible politicians and broken trust set light to these riots

So the first crisis of Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street turns out to be a summer rampage of terror and thuggery stoked by the far-right....

04.08.2024 1

iNews

Ian Birrell