Douglas Murray - openDemocracy

Bloody Sunday, or the theatre of moral corruption

Throughout 2003 I sat in an air-conditioned room in Westminster, London at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the killings of thirteen civilians and wounding of thirteen others on 30 January

By Douglas Murray

/ 11 May 2005

What al-Zarqawi knows

It's often been said in recent weeks that you can't negotiate with terrorists. Morally that's right: in the case of the Jordanian Abu Musab

By Douglas Murray

/ 29 Sep 2004

Bad seeds in a good war

The pottery barn rule of interventionism (if you break it, you own it) has won some new adherents recently. Even many opposed to the liberation of Iraq agree that those

By Douglas Murray

/ 8 Jun 2004

Thom Gunn: holding back the avalanche

Thom Gunn (1929-2004) The late Graham Chapman used to tell a (probably) true story about visiting the writer J.B. Priestley during his student days. With a group of fellow

By Douglas Murray

/ 5 May 2004

Spains shame

On 14 March 2004, the Spanish people gave al-Qaida its first success at the ballot-box. It is indeed strange that a country which stood so proudly and firmly against giving

By Douglas Murray

/ 18 Mar 2004

The trial of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein has been in the custody of United States forces for three months, yet the nature and timing of any trial is far from clear. His case may at

By Douglas Murray

/ 11 Mar 2004

Hutton  the wrong inquiry

The terms of the Hutton Inquiry set up by the British government in July 2003 in the aftermath of the death of a distinguished biological weapons scientist and inspector were

By Douglas Murray

/ 29 Jan 2004

The fight for good: a reply to K.A.Dilday

I may have seen the same movies as K.A. Dilday; I may even have read the same books as her; but her piece on the third film in The

By Douglas Murray

/ 29 Dec 2003

Translating the word of God: the King James Bible

In her article on openDemocracy, Lost in Translation: the narrowing of the American mind, Kay Dilday gives sufficient examples of the proof, if proof were needed, that Americans do not

By Douglas Murray

/ 29 May 2003

Trusting the enemy

The Good Friday agreement Northern Irelands road map to peace sprang out of the savvy political friendship of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. It seemed in the period of

By Douglas Murray

/ 1 May 2003

A time for pride: in defence of British patriotism

Patriotism is a dirty word to many an embarrassment or a joke. The joke consists of caricature. The embarrassment is more interesting. It is a reflection of the feeling that

By Douglas Murray

/ 8 Apr 2003

Marching to hell

The London march against war of 15 February was impressive but confused, and desperately naïve. It filled the roads with good intentions and we all know where they lead. One

By Douglas Murray

/ 20 Feb 2003