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External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
Douglas Murray: Truth Is on Trial in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and others have pumped out noxious conspiracies about the tragedy for months, writes @DouglasKMurray. Finally, the world is getting to hear more about what actually happened that day in Utah.
What Farage can learn from the anti-Trump playbook
In January this year Dominic Cummings – once of this parish – warned The Spectator’s editor and assistant editor that Whitehall and the establishment parties would ‘stop at nothing’ to prevent Nigel Farage from becoming prime minister.
The confessions of J.D. Vance
There were many reasons why 2016 was a strange year. One of them was the halfhearted effort by people on both sides of the Atlantic to try to understand why voters had voted the ‘wrong’ way in the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election.
What Really Makes ‘Citizen Vigilante’ So Dangerous
The banned film about migrant crime rightly indicts Europe’s elites. But it could stoke intemperate rage along with righteous anger.
Andy Burnham’s worryingly vague vision for Britain
Now that Starmer has reached that end, and indeed the end of that end, the question returns: why did he want it? Why do any of them want it?
Why Britain’s Leaders Forgot How to Lead
Keir Starmer was elected for no reason other than to repudiate the Conservatives. He failed to chart any path forward, like so many of his predecessors, writes Douglas Murray.
How Trump Fell Into the Iranian Trap
The agreement gives billions of dollars to the Iranian regime early on in return for their promise to cease the murderous behavior they have engaged in for decades, writes Douglas Murray.
Why I’m Joining The Free Press
Douglas embodies the best of The Free Press. He’ll be writing in our pages on the biggest issues of the day, every week.
The radical left will regret embracing political violence
What are the circumstances in which it is right to smash up a building? When might one justifiably destroy an artwork? And what are the conditions under which one might splinter someone’s spine with a sledgehammer? Many on the left seem to have satisfied themselves on all these questions.
Are we allowed to feel angry yet?
I get the sense that the political and media class badly miss Katie Hopkins. Back when the reality TV star was still a regular on our screens and in our newspapers, she could be relied upon to be the focus of attention whenever the people in charge didn’t want the public’s attention to be focused […]
The lessons from Henry Nowak’s murder
I wonder how many readers have ever heard of the name Kriss Donald? The young Glaswegian was just 15 years old in 2004 when he was kidnapped by a local gang of Pakistani men.
Rediscover American pride and gratitude on the 250th anniversary
When I first moved to America, I made a determined effort to read up on American history.