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External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
Imagine what Enoch Powell might have said
The great John O’Sullivan has a story about Enoch Powell which he keeps promising to put into print. Since he still hasn’t done so, I will risk repeating it here. It occurred during a conversation some years after the Rivers of Blood speech. A group of conservatives were talking, and Powell was among them. At
After the Gaza cease-fire, what will these faux revolutionaries protest? Some ideas
Now that President Trump has managed to get a cease-fire in Gaza, what are all those wannabe revolutionaries here at home going to do now?
The pathology of politics
Researchers from Imperial College London this week released an analysis of the health of voters in the UK. In a publication associated with British Medical Journal, the experts claimed to have found that people who vote for Reform are disproportionately sick.
Trump’s historic peace deal brings joy and relief — but it comes with a bitterly high cost
That deal was a bitter one for Israelis to swallow. But they did swallow it — in order to get their young man home.
The increasing fear felt by Britain’s Jews
If you walked down the Strand in London on Tuesday this week you would have been greeted by hundreds of people outside King’s College London. The gathering was organised by students from KCL, the London School of Economics and University College London. They chanted ‘Intifada, intifada’ and ‘Long live the intifada’.
The mainstreaming of leftist violence
There it was. The same people who had been telling Americans for the past decade that ‘silence’ in the face of violence is ‘complicity,’
The War Israel Won—and the One the West Is Losing
Two years after October 7, Israel has defeated its enemies. The West is still surrendering to them.
Conservatives, be careful about wishing for a Zohran Mamdani win
Be careful what you wish for. I am referring to some Republicans who are starting to see a silver lining in the socialist’s mayoral run.
The Murray Test for TV drama
Slow Horses has an outstanding cast. But its plotlines and characters have tended to follow all the modern commandments.
Democrats are driving young men to kill ‘Nazis’ who aren’t Nazis
If words do have an effect, then why are so many people in positions of power so incredibly careless with the words they use?
First they came for the Jews…
It was moving to watch Keir Starmer announce this week, from a corridor in Downing Street, that his government has decided to recognise a state of Palestine. Starmer took this bold action at the same time as his French, Canadian and Australian counterparts.
Living in the Gray Zone of Political Violence
The American Left has a long history of celebrating or excusing purveyors of mayhem.