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Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray is Associate Director of the Henry Jackson Society. His most recent book, The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam will be published on 4 May.

How many fourth-rate academics are first-rate bigots?

Douglas Murray 19 April 2018 16:31

A couple of weeks ago I wrote two pieces about a very rum collection of ‘academics’ who had written to The…

The Guardian letter defending Jeremy Corbyn is a sham

Douglas Murray 4 April 2018 18:36

Yesterday I wrote about a letter that was in the Guardian on Monday defending Jeremy Corbyn from accusations of anti-Semitism.…

The truth about the ‘senior academics’ defending Corbyn

Douglas Murray 3 April 2018 18:02

The Guardian has published a letter headlined ‘Stop Jeremy Corbyn’s trial by media over antisemitism.’  The paper explains: ‘More than…

Why can’t we speak plainly about migrant crime?

Douglas Murray 29 March 2018 12:27

On Wednesday, two striking events happened in France. The first was that the President of the Republic led the nation’s…

Why do politicians refuse to tell it how it is on immigration?

Douglas Murray 25 March 2018 9:00

One of the presumptions of democracy is that leaders listen to the public. But as poll after poll in Europe…

Britain’s flawed definition of extremism is storing up trouble

Douglas Murray 21 March 2018 15:15

Is Allah gay? The eventuality – as Jeeves might say – would seem to be a remote one. If such…

My Rod Liddle nightmare

Douglas Murray 17 March 2018 9:00

I do the overnight from Washington in order to be back for Jewish Book Week. Some months ago the organisers…

The BBC’s shameful silence on the Telford sex scandal

Douglas Murray 12 March 2018 19:07

Last month, I wrote here about the BBC and ‘grooming gangs’. In particular, I speculated that it was unlikely that having…

What the suspected poisoning of Sergei Skripal tells us about Russia

Douglas Murray 6 March 2018 8:58

We live in a strange era when it comes to Russia. On the one hand there are people who seem…

The BBC’s coverage of Ben Bradley’s apology to Corbyn is fascinating

Douglas Murray 27 February 2018 10:26

The story about Jeremy Corbyn’s contacts with a member of Czech intelligence in the 1980s has not been treated with…

Is it really homophobic to ask whether two men can make a baby?

Douglas Murray 18 February 2018 9:17

When I saw the photo of Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black holding a photo of an ultrasound, and all…

Will the BBC go back to ignoring grooming gangs?

Douglas Murray 4 February 2018 11:41

The future of modern Britain looks set to be an unusually complicated affair. Take just one piece of news that…

It’s easy to predict where the Cathy Newman backlash will lead

Douglas Murray 21 January 2018 17:16

Last week I wrote in this space about Cathy Newman’s catastrophic interview with the Canadian academic Jordan Peterson. Since then…

Watch: Cathy Newman’s catastrophic interview with Jordan Peterson

Douglas Murray 17 January 2018 12:01

In the magazine this week I have written a piece about the Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson. He has been in…

If Dawn Butler can’t forgive Toby Young, can she forgive herself?

Douglas Murray 12 January 2018 19:20

I am fascinated as well as appalled by the new morality being created in our country. Last night, Dawn Butler…

My ‘person of the year’? Theresa May

Douglas Murray 29 December 2017 9:30

The newspapers are full of end-of-year round ups, photographic highlights of the year and so on. And I thought I…

The consequence of this new sexual counter-revolution? No sex at all

Douglas Murray 25 December 2017 10:00

We’re closing 2017 by republishing our twelve most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 7: Douglas Murray on the sexual counter-revolution:…

Sadiq Khan should tell Trump the truth about multicultural London

Douglas Murray 12 December 2017 18:31

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, likes to make a stand. Specifically he likes to present himself (and the city…

Are racist chants now acceptable on the British left?

Douglas Murray 10 December 2017 10:50

On Friday the Guardian columnist and Corbyn-supporter Owen Jones sent out this Tweet to his followers: https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/939123128374046720 As a video…

In praise of Trevor Phillips, the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s latest target

Douglas Murray 28 November 2017 13:23

One of the nicest things in life is the discovery that one-time enemies are in fact terrific, brave people who…

Beware the modern-day heretic hunters

Douglas Murray 21 November 2017 9:07

One of the most sinister noises in the world is that of dumb officialdom groping around to find some reason…

Where is the outrage at the ‘racist’ campaign against Priti Patel?

Douglas Murray 13 November 2017 21:18

Among the many things that have been puzzling me since Priti Patel’s resignation last week, one stands out. So far as…

Sharia law and the relative mercies of French justice

Douglas Murray 21 October 2017 14:28

For many years, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan, has been one of my closest…

A beginner’s guide to the AfD

Douglas Murray 25 September 2017 16:48

The German public have, as predicted, kept ahold of nurse. But it is the breakthrough of the AfD into the…

Are refugees welcome to plant bombs on our trains?

Douglas Murray 18 September 2017 18:43

It’s all a long time ago now isn’t it?  All of three days since someone put a bomb on a London…

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