Douglas Murray's Blog, page 3

Hate-Crime Creep

Developments on a hateful confrontation in London during Pride Month.

Our Shortsighted Addiction to Shaming and Schadenfreude

Living in a world where non-crimes have the same effect as true crimes is especially deranging.

The Brexit Knot

Britain now faces a great political and constitutional crisis.

Extinction Rebellion Targets London

After the age of monotheism we appear in the West at least to be entering an age of polytheism.

Hate Isn’t Something You’re Against

Whose ideas are we really for?

Michael Tippett’s ‘Timeless Music in Time’

Remembering the late composer’s achievement.

In Praise of Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding campaigns finally offer an answer to the mobs of our day.

The Lie of Portland’s Antifa

There was a time when “anti-fascist” meant what it said. People who opposed fascism called themselves “anti-fascists.” But then the term slipped. The definition of...

The Reality of Sweden’s Migration Problem

The scale of this assault is such that Neuding says that it is time for Swedes to admit that they have a national emergency on their hands.

Strange Claims about Britain’s European Elections

We have entered an era in which (to borrow a phrase from the Irish writer Kevin Myers) the truth becomes "whatever you’re having yourself."