Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

thursday 20

Ian Birrell

Inside Reform's conference it was worse than I thought

08.09.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?

31.08.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Farage is selling his poisonous brand of populism to a seething electorate

26.08.2025 4

Ian Birrell

The hypocrisy in defending Lucy Connolly

24.08.2025 7

Ian Birrell

Be under no illusion: Trump's betrayal of Ukraine is a shocking tragedy

17.08.2025 9

Ian Birrell

Trump is giving Putin what he wants - now Europe has to make a generation-defining decision

10.08.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Taxing private healthcare is populist nonsense

05.08.2025 4

Ian Birrell

An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong

04.08.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Farage wants you to think London is finished - he couldn't be more wrong

28.07.2025 8

Ian Birrell

I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

24.07.2025 4

Ian Birrell

Trump has become the victim of his own conspiracy theories

20.07.2025 6

Ian Birrell

Bob Vylan and Kneecap have exposed a disturbing truth about our democracy

29.06.2025 9

Ian Birrell

The Middle East conflict could decide Vladimir Putin's fate

23.06.2025 4

Ian Birrell

Be in no doubt about the tragic consequences of assisted dying

23.06.2025 10

Ian Birrell

The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain's SEND crisis

02.06.2025 20

Ian Birrell

The Tories are doomed – whoever is in charge

25.05.2025 4

Ian Birrell

Why does this Government seem to dislike people with disabilities?

19.05.2025 20

Ian Birrell

Putin is toying with Trump - and he's falling for it

11.05.2025 4

Ian Birrell

These are truly perilous times – and the worst could be yet to come

07.05.2025 2

Ian Birrell

Reform is about to be put under the microscope and the strain will start to show

04.05.2025 4

Ian Birrell

History will not be kind to Trump’s shameful sycophants

30.04.2025 4

Ian Birrell

Don't count on Trump's volatility saving Ukraine

27.04.2025 4

Ian Birrell

How British tourists can help to fight back against Trump

21.04.2025 10

Ian Birrell

China and private equity are cannibalising Britain

13.04.2025 7

Ian Birrell

Trump's tariffs mark the end of the most successful economic creed in history

06.04.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Right-wing leaders are regretting supporting Trump

30.03.2025 10

Ian Birrell

One judge could save US democracy from Trump

23.03.2025 60

Ian Birrell

Starmer should tell his party the truth about foreign aid

09.03.2025 10

Ian Birrell

Trump and Zelensky was a horror show, but there was a more disturbing display

02.03.2025 30

Ian Birrell

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

23.02.2025 4

Ian Birrell

Trump is selling out Ukraine before our eyes

16.02.2025 6

Ian Birrell

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

11.02.2025 10

Ian Birrell

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

11.02.2025 10

Ian Birrell

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

10.02.2025 10

Ian Birrell

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

02.02.2025 3

Ian Birrell

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

27.01.2025 10

Ian Birrell

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

26.01.2025 10

Ian Birrell

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

19.01.2025 6

Ian Birrell

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

12.01.2025 3

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 3

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

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

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

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 7

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

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

Ian Birrell

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 5

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

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

Categories

Sources

Popular

Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

Ian Birrell

Inside Reform's conference it was worse than I thought

Ian Birrell

Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?

Ian Birrell

Farage is selling his poisonous brand of populism to a seething electorate

Ian Birrell

The hypocrisy in defending Lucy Connolly

Ian Birrell

Be under no illusion: Trump's betrayal of Ukraine is a shocking tragedy

Ian Birrell

Trump is giving Putin what he wants - now Europe has to make a generation-defining decision

Ian Birrell

Taxing private healthcare is populist nonsense

Ian Birrell

An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong

Ian Birrell

Farage wants you to think London is finished - he couldn't be more wrong

Ian Birrell

I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

Ian Birrell

Trump has become the victim of his own conspiracy theories

Ian Birrell

Bob Vylan and Kneecap have exposed a disturbing truth about our democracy

Ian Birrell

The Middle East conflict could decide Vladimir Putin's fate

Ian Birrell

Be in no doubt about the tragic consequences of assisted dying

Ian Birrell

The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain's SEND crisis

Ian Birrell

The Tories are doomed – whoever is in charge

Ian Birrell

Why does this Government seem to dislike people with disabilities?

Ian Birrell

Putin is toying with Trump - and he's falling for it

Ian Birrell

These are truly perilous times – and the worst could be yet to come

Ian Birrell

Reform is about to be put under the microscope and the strain will start to show

Ian Birrell

History will not be kind to Trump’s shameful sycophants

Ian Birrell

Don't count on Trump's volatility saving Ukraine

Ian Birrell

How British tourists can help to fight back against Trump

Ian Birrell

China and private equity are cannibalising Britain

Ian Birrell

Trump's tariffs mark the end of the most successful economic creed in history

Ian Birrell

Right-wing leaders are regretting supporting Trump

Ian Birrell

One judge could save US democracy from Trump

Ian Birrell

Starmer should tell his party the truth about foreign aid

Ian Birrell

Trump and Zelensky was a horror show, but there was a more disturbing display

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

Trump is selling out Ukraine before our eyes

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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

Ian Birrell

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