Ian Birrell

Ian Birrell writes a weekly column for i. He is a former deputy editor of the Independent and an award-winning foreign correspondent. He was awarded Health Journalist of the year in the 2018 Press Awards and was highly commended in the feature writing category.

The US is about to become more dangerous

In the absence of a landslide, which seems unlikely, things could get messy whichever side is victorious

Us election dispatch

‘It all hinges on Pennsylvania’ – in the only swing state that matters, tensions run high

Big Read

Why San Francisco is Kamala Harris's Achilles heel

Article thumbnail: FILE - Olivia Troye, second from the left, and Anthony Scaramucci, left, speak to reporters in the spin room before the presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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

Interview

Russia poised to seize Georgia after election, warns former president

Wake up - we are at war with Russia

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

Assisted dying would hurl a grenade at the floundering NHS

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

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