Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
How to lose an election
They have deprived themselves of one of the most important opportunities that elections give people – which is not just the opportunity to get your way, but the opportunity to learn why you didn’t.
Black Lives Matter is just another racket
Some believe the Black Lives Matter movement presents a false reality and a false solution to enrich themselves.
By raping innocents Putin’s forces prove they are animals – West must treat them like the criminals they are
The world is witnessing what Russian forces have done to Ukraine as troops withdraw
How should Prince William respond to questions about slavery?
Prince William simply demonstrated that giving a speech apologising for the slave trade puts no ghosts to bed. It only reawakens them, attracting along the way the sort of people who like seeing ghosts.
Scrutonian selections
A review of Against the Tide by Roger Scruton.
We’re all stuck picking up after this Biden dud
“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up,” President Barack Obama once reportedly said of Joe Biden. But even Obama might be surprised at how close this ability of Biden’s has already come to bringing the world to disaster.
Two years ago we clapped for carers – now we’d boo the NHS over its appalling waiting lists and obsession with wokery
When the NHS needed the support of the public we gave it
The day I nearly brought RT down
The host began shouting insults at me. So I started saying ‘Babble’ at him every time he spoke. This did not make him calm down.
Not even a real war can stop America from obsessing over ridiculous cultural conflicts
According to the researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory, the Ukraine crisis “briefly put America’s culture war in perspective.”
The world is finally waking up to the lunacy of the US Democratic Party’s leaders
The sheer weirdness of much of the American political class – specifically leading Democrat Nancy Pelosi – warrants close examination
The West has rediscovered its purpose
oland has been transformed from a European pariah into a humanitarian superpower.
No, the West isn’t so decadent that we would refuse to fight and die for our countries
When people lament the lack of wartime heroes in peacetime, they forget the elementary fact that it is wartime that makes wartime heroes