Ian Birrell is a columnist at The i Paper. He focuses on themes such as medicine and healthcare, government and politics, and world affairs, often exploring topics like elections, public policy, and the intersection of science and society. Ian's work has been featured in notable publications including The Times, The Washington Post, and The Spectator.
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Ian Birrell: This peninsular, laden with history, is not only symbolic of Putin’s bloodstained aggression but also his Achilles Heel
The day after he took over as leader of Crimea 12 years ago, I sat with Sergei Aksyonov amid the splendour of the Russian Theatre in Simferopol for an interview. I had just watched this Moldovan-born chancer – known locally as “Putin’s Puppet”- make...
Operated by ruthless Chinese crime gangs in war-torn Myanmar, they dupe, kidnap, traffic and torture imprisoned 'workers' into stealing tens of billions from online victims around the world...
David Miliband is on manoeuvres. Westminster's lobby stenographers have been busy quoting “friends” on his readiness to serve in the Cabinet if
The choreography has become wearily familiar. The prime minister is entangled in turmoil; the public turns against them; their party panics, and MPs boot them out of power, despite having previously hailed them as national saviours. A successor...
Whatever happens over the next few months, Andy Burnham's government is a major improvement on its predecessor in one significant regard: it has shed the arrogant science minister who was so contemptuous of the public.
Like many others, I was struck by the strange 'coincidence' that Covid erupted in the city with a secretive lab containing the world's biggest repository of bat coronaviruses.
Ian Birrell: Our prison system is a mess, absorbing the consequences of political failures in education, health and social care
When Andy Burnham stood outside Downing Street last week, having achieved his long-held ambition to lead this country, he told us that he was “a circuit breaker for Britain” who would change politics to make it “more about problem-solving than point-...
A supposed sanctuary for vulnerable teenagers and two similar unregistered homes in Kent run by the same company earned almost £1.8million in three years - despite its illegality.
