Articles

External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications

The Telegraph
26 August 2020

The BBC’s Proms posturing suggests a corporation with a death wish

This annual music event has become an opportunity for the national broadcaster to show just how divorced from public opinion it really is

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The Telegraph
22 August 2020

Biden’s view of the US is dangerously naive

The Democrats can’t lead America into the light if they’re unable to condemn the Left-wing street violence rocking US cities

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The Spectator
22 August 2020

The Foreign Office has lost the plot in the Middle East

We’re behind the times when it comes to dealing with Iran and Israel

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The Telegraph
21 August 2020

Didn’t we vote for a Conservative Government?

There is still time for Boris Johnson to return to the principles that will save the country from calamity

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UnHerd
21 August 2020

Leon Trotsky’s disturbing afterlife

Eighty years after he died, why does the the murderous communist hero retain such allure?

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The Sun
15 August 2020

Is Boris Johnson basically Jeremy Corbyn in disguise? Let’s compare their policies

Of course we all have memories of Jeremy Corbyn losing the December ballot. And the Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran still isn’t our Foreign Secretary. So Corbyn must have lost. But to look at some doings of Boris Johnson’s Tory Government there is reason to doubt it.

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The Telegraph
15 August 2020

British universities have become indoctrination camps. A reckoning is long overdue

The Covid-induced demise of our third-rate institutions is no loss to higher education

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The Spectator
15 August 2020

When everything is ‘racist’, nothing is

Hearing that Dawn Butler MP had been pulled over by the Metropolitan police, I briefly hoped the taxpayer might get back the whirlpool bath she charged us on her parliamentary expenses.

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UnHerd
14 August 2020

Ben & Jerry’s pitiful ‘wokescreen’

The ice cream maker’s attempt to shame the Home Secretary on Twitter didn’t go according to plan

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The Sun
9 August 2020

There’s no such thing as a free 50% off lunch

The Government only has money because it collects it from us in taxation. When it bribes or encourages us, with schemes like ‘Eat Out to Help Out’, it’s easy to lose sight of that fact.

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The Telegraph
8 August 2020

Traditional school standards stand the test

Katharine Birbalsingh and her inspirational school stand as a powerful riposte to the woke ideologues’ vision of education

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The Telegraph
7 August 2020

What future do we have if the woke warriors destroy our past?

The modern presumption that we can stand in perfect judgment over history is both malevolent and unfair

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