Michael Murphy
@michaelmurph_y
Journalist ✍️@Telegraph @NationalPost @Spectator Views own.
🇮🇪 Ireland’s anti-immigration backlash has spiralled into country-wide unrest. Watch my @Telegraph documentary👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/1…
“The English began to hate” — a line from one of Kipling’s more jingoistic ballads — emblazoned on a flag held by protesters outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, which is set to house hundreds of asylum seekers.
NEW: Demonstrators outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf — due to house hundreds of asylum seekers — chant “paedophile protectors” and “communist scum” at Stand Up To Racism counter protestors.
'He's kind of like yesterday's man.' Daily Telegraph columnist Michael Murphy assesses how much of an impact the Conservative Party shadow cabinet reshuffle will have, including James Cleverly's return to the frontbench. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: gbnews.com/support
When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it
#EuropeProtects #DSAProtects #DemocracyNotAlgoracy
#EuropeProtects #DSAProtects #DemocracyNotAlgoracy
Probably one of the most prophetic paragraphs of the twentieth century - from Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)
Stumbled on this old clip of David Starkey being rude to everybody else on the Question Time panel - and the audience - including a young Rachel Reeves. It may help to brighten your day.
"communism always gained power by force and never by persuasion, not only because it was inherently unpersuasive but also because persuasion and dialogue implicitly acknowledge the autonomy of the individual." newcriterion.com/article/the-re…