Ian Birrell


Ian Birrell is a British journalist and former speechwriter to Prime Minister David Cameron. He has been a columnist at several newspapers including the i and UnHerd. From 1998 to 2010, Birrell was deputy editor-in-chief of The Independent.
He has reported for British newspapers from Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and others.

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Birrell has a daughter, Iona, who is severely epileptic.