Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
The BBC can no longer claim to be impartial
Is impartiality desirable? Is it even possible? Among journalists and broadcasters of a certain age the answer would still be “yes”. True, it was difficult. Certainly the aspiration often went unachieved. But it was something to aim for, at least.
Whatever happened to ‘publish and be damned’?
The cancelling of James Flynn’s book is another sign that much of the industry has stopped being a place for the free exchange of ideas.
MPs and the outrage game
For three years the UK Parliament has been unable to act on the 2016 referendum result. It was never clear what they were hoping to achieve if they got an extra three days, weeks or months.
The white lies of the gay press
The gay press had a purpose in the 1970s and ‘80s. It even had a purpose in the 1990s. But in the current decade what remains of it is a pointless, shrivelled husk.
James O’Brien and the other VIP child sex abuse lies
Last week I wrote here about James O’Brien of LBC. In particular, I highlighted the platform he gave to the convicted liar and paedophile Carl Beech (aka ‘Nick’).
Vacuous liberal ‘wokeness’ is now beyond parody
Our half-baked obsession with ‘diversity’ is holding us back
Why Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream is dead
Just as minority groups have achieved once-unimaginable levels of equality in America, our society is more divided than ever on the issue of race. In this excerpt from his new book, “The Madness of Crowds,” bestselling author Douglas Murray shows just how crazy the debate has become…
‘Fake news’ is old hat in Northern Ireland
Martin McGuinness apparently ‘fought for equality for everyone’
Women can be as sexual as they like – but heaven help any man who responds
When it comes to relationships between the sexes, confusion reigns. And perhaps it always has. The mysteries of the dating ritual have been a staple theme of comedy and tragedy from the very earliest times until the present.
MPs have decided they know better than the public who voted for Brexit
Although the question on the EU referendum ballot paper in 2016 was a simple ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’, it has become clearer than ever that the political class wanted us to vote one way.
How did Mugabe get away with it?
Though no life is merely a statistic, the most selfish and wicked can occasionally be summed up in one. Here is one fact that does some work in summing up…
The truth about hate speech
As Western societies become more diverse, there is a challenge which they must all face. What are the limits of what people are allowed to say? Are there any limits?