Tibor Fischer

Accusations of racism have lost all meaning

Like medieval tests for witchcraft, you’re damned either way, says Douglas Murray, since anyone who denies being a racist is automatically considered one

Douglas Murray. Credit: Rob DeMartin

  • The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason

    Douglas Murray

    Harper Collins, pp. 360, £20

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