Ian Birrell
@ianbirrell
Foreign correspondent, columnist, campaigner, co-founder Africa Express, citizen of the world and a bit more besides…
Why bother to read a piece by someone who does not understand that social care involves so much more than elderly care?
We reported a leak outside our house to Thames Water about a month ago and it’s still not been sorted…
Another day, another leader, another prime minister promises to deliver change and a new politics...
A three-year plan might be more realistic than talking about a ten-year mission. And this would still be very optimistic, given the dismal state of the post-Brexit political system in our country
What a scumbag - not just to put down Zelensky but to use 'special needs child' as an insult, which demeans millions of American citizens who deserve so much better. A perfect match for his repulsive president
Disgusting abuse of people with learning disabilities, exposure, outrage, review, promises to learn lessons. The shameful cycle continues. But nothing ever changes because Westminster, Whitehall, NHS chiefs and commissioners simply do not care. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gv…
The Conservatives gave Rupert Lowe a seat on one of the most influential HoC Committees. bbc.co.uk/news/article... When asked why this week, Kemi Badenoch said she backed people who wanted to deliver 'a conservative agenda'
Badenoch - the culture warrior who sneers at carers - wants to remove protection for people with disabilities by removing the requirement for public bodies to eliminate discrimination and advance equality for them.
Another far-right agitator trying to stir up trouble on our streets and inflame tensions
This is so grotesque: a proven victim of sexual abuse being targeted by the state on behalf of her attacker
So a disgraced MP - sacked from the government for digging dirt on journalists - claims to be acting nobly when attempting to spark an unnecessary by-election & unnecessary mayoral election in revenge. Labour is behaving like the deposed Tories at their worst as they play these dismal games
Typical: no mention of social care in this resignation letter by the health and social care secretary, making huge play of his claimed achievements in the NHS
Interesting days re Covid origin investigations; CIA whistleblower claims Fauci orchestrated cover-up; his former top aide David Morens is arrested for concealing data; key gain-of-fuction researcher Ralph Baric 'retires' after government moves to debar funding due to his 'pattern of deception'
Very serious allegations - Farage (& Johnson) need to be questioned at every opportunity and by anyone claiming to be a journalist over Harborne’s cash.
The defeated old dictator is looking to escape his catastrophe… ….but Schroder is his patsy who has been feasting off the Kremlin’s cash for years
‘We can see those signs of renewal everywhere that we are standing’ says Kemi Badenoch
Populist grifters to the right.... ....and populist charlatans to the left British Politics, 2026
Repulsive policy from a repulsive man given prominence by a repulsive party. The core message is DO NOT VOTE REFORM Ever…
Just in case anyone doubted the wisdom of staying out of Trump’s war…Blair, shameless architect of a catastrophic invasion of Iraq, is saying Britain should have backed another calamitous Middle Eastern misadventure
Trump had corroded the UK-US alliance and been extremely unhelpful to both the UK and Europe by assisting Putin, demanding terrain and inciting the far-right. Additionally, Israel and the US have launched a war with no clear aims.