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Douglas Murray

Author and political commentator

The writer and provocateur on the “great mass derangement” – weaponised victim culture, and why “feelings trump facts” threatens free speech

4th June 2021

Douglas Murray is a provocateur, prolific debater, best-selling author, political commentator, and associate editor of The Spectator.  In this in-depth interview, Douglas decries the “asymmetry of wokeness” – a shift from “reportable, objective truth” to so-called “personal truth” – meaning “feelings trump facts” and a growing propensity to shun voices of disagreement; argues we are witnessing a “great mass derangement” in society – a weaponised “rise of victimhood” and decline of the “British attitude” to tackling problems; and celebrates the “success” of Brexit – and the “democratic opportunities” it has created.

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