Douglas Murray

I am considering sticking on a pair of prosthetic breasts and applying for a job at Oxford University. The Spectator paying what it does, all of us columnists must have a side-hustle of sorts. Perhaps this could be mine. The thought is inspired by the emergence into the news of Matt Rattley, a lecturer in biochemistry at St Hilda's College, Oxford. I know it is unkind to attack people for their looks, so allow me to describe Rattley's appearance in as neutral a manner as possible. Rattley is clearly a man – or to put it in the language of our time, he is someone who was 'assigned male at birth'. Which is to say that after the moment of birth one of those cruel NHS nurses who are so stretched for time dangled him upside down, jiggled him about a bit and said: 'Sod it, Doreen, let's just put "boy" again.' ✍️ Douglas Murray Article | spectator.com/article/would-… | @DouglasKMurray

Douglas Murray says the alliance between Western progressives and Islamists has one fatal flaw: the Islamists will shoot you first. He points to Iran in 1979, when leftists, trade unionists and communists helped Ayatollah Khomeini overthrow the Shah – only to be massacred and hanged once the Islamic regime took power. Watch in full | youtu.be/-SjngLTd1Ec @DouglasKMurray @michaelgove

In the second part of Michael Gove's conversation with Douglas Murray, they discuss the rise of antisemitism, the Left's obsession with Palestine and the unlikely alliance between Islamists and the radical Left. What does the future hold for Israel – and would replacing Netanyahu really change anything? They also turn to the things that make Western civilisation worth defending, from Britain's great cathedrals to classical music and literature. Despite the challenges facing the West, can it be saved even at the 13th hour? Listen | spectator.com/podcast/dougla… | @michaelgove @DouglasKMurray

Douglas Murray asks why thousands of migrants are still crossing the Channel in small boats and staying in taxpayer funded hotels. Can Britain learn from countries like Australia, Japan and Saudi Arabia how to control its borders? Watch in full | youtu.be/5NFXPs4Maos @DouglasKMurray | @michaelgove

Douglas Murray argues that the political leaders of Europe and Britain have decided we should commit suicide through mass immigration, warning that no society can remain recognisable with such a change in the rate of its population. Watch in full | youtu.be/5NFXPs4Maos @DouglasKMurray @michaelgove

On this week's Quite Right podcast: As the embers fade from last week's unrest in France, could Britain be heading for a similar fate? In the first of a two-part interview, Michael Gove is joined by author and Spectator columnist Douglas Murray to discuss the future of Western civilisation. Douglas argues that decades of mass migration and failed integration have left Britain facing the prospect of civil conflict, warning that violent extremists could one day 'take this country by force'. Listen | spectator.com/podcast/dougla… | @michaelgove @DouglasKMurray

'If you import the third world, you import the third world’s problems.' Douglas Murray warns that nothing effective is being done to tackle Britain's small boat migrants, who he notes are 'almost always young 'men'. Watch in full | youtu.be/5NFXPs4Maos @DouglasKMurray @michaelgove