Articles

External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications

The Spectator
16 April 2026

Trump’s goals in Iran have always been clear

The bombing of the Revolutionary government in Iran is drawing comparisons with the war in Iraq. But the comparisons are with the wrong war.

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The New York Post
9 April 2026

We must crush Iran now so it can’t come back and spread terror

It is too early to know whether the latest ceasefire will hold. But it is early enough to know that it should not. Not if America is going to achieve any of its objectives in the region.

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The Spectator
8 April 2026

The rise and fall of Tariq Ramadan

There has been so much news of late that stories which might once have caused a splash have sailed by all but unnoticed. One in particular seems worthy of bringing into a greater light, not least because it has been almost entirely ignored by the English-language media.

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x.com
2 April 2026

World leaders should be grateful the US is doing what’s necessary in Iran

President Trump’s address to the nation reasserted a fundamental truth: The world’s foremost sponsor of terror — the Iranian Revolutionary Government — should never be allowed nuclear weapons…

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The Spectator
2 April 2026

Can the chaps in chaps smash fascism?

I have spent a small portion of my time lately wondering what I would do if I thought communists were about to take over our country. At the more civil end of things, I could see myself going on an anti-communist protest, though I would shrink away if I noticed that my fellow marchers were […]

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The New York Post
26 March 2026

We all need to take steps to break the social media addiction

Do you find social media addictive? If so then, you might be up for a multi-million dollar pay-out.

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The Spectator
25 March 2026

How to brainwash the British public

During the Cold War I am fairly certain that films, TV dramas and other popular entertainment did not remain silent on the threat posed by the Soviets. In fact my memory from those times was that popular culture was filled with Russian baddies, drunken homosexualist double–agents and great western super-heroes who were intent on taking […]

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The New York Post
20 March 2026

Douglas Murray: Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump

In politics, it is often the people who you think have your back who end up stabbing you there.

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The Spectator
18 March 2026

The latest Guardian attack on Nigel Farage is desperate stuff

Some years ago I was approached by someone from a platform called ‘Cameo’. Not all Spectator readers will have heard of this platform, and I hadn’t either. As a result I listened to their pitch with the same amount of scepticism I might reserve for an email addressed to me as ‘Dear Beloved’…

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The New York Post
12 March 2026

Trump’s decision to fight Iran is historic — but he needs to finish the job

This job can’t be left half-finished.

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The Spectator
11 March 2026

Why is the ‘gay press’ so cowardly on Iran?

Sometimes the obvious is so obvious that people forget to state it. So let me observe one small footnote among recent obvious things. Earlier this month, Donald Trump killed the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and most of the senior leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary government in Iran.

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The Spectator
6 March 2026

If only Britain was as important as Iran thinks we are

The Prime Minister speaks as though he is a man of far greater significance than he is.

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