The UK's 'anti-racism ideology' is killing white Britons, journalist tells GB News

The UK's 'anti-racism ideology' is killing white Britons, journalist tells GB News

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Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 12/03/2026

- 20:32

Freelance journalist Michael Murphy sat down with GB News to discuss his theory

Freelance journalist Michael Murphy has argued that anti-racism ideology is causing tangible harm across Britain by paralysing authorities who fear being labelled racist.

Speaking to GB News, Mr Murphy said: "I wrote this piece about the human toll of anti-racism, it's counterintuitive subjects, because we tend to think that racism kills and the anti-racism is an unalloyed good."


He contends that this ideology operates on the assumption that any racial disparities in areas such as arrest rates or psychiatric detentions must stem from racism. This belief, he argues, has transformed police officers, medical professionals and courts into "amateur sociologists" attempting to eliminate statistical imbalances.

Mr Murphy claims the consequences have been fatal, pointing to multiple cases where professionals on the front line have prioritised avoiding accusations of racism over their primary duties of protecting public safety.

Mr Murphy pointed to the case of Valdo Calocane, who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham in 2023, as a prime example of this phenomenon.

An ongoing inquiry has revealed that three years before the killings, Calocane had attempted to break into a neighbour's property and was subsequently held in medical custody. One doctor reportedly favoured sectioning him following his first psychotic episode, during which he exhibited violent and antisocial behaviour.

However, Mr Murphy explained that medical staff had taken into account research showing black individuals are detained at approximately four times the national average rate. Their reasoning, he said, included a desire not to worsen this disparity.

"And so they once again unleashed him onto the public," Mr Murphy stated. Almost immediately after release, Calocane attempted another break-in, causing a woman to leap from a first-floor window and suffer severe spinal injuries.

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Michael Murphy has told GB News that 'anti-racism ideology' is 'killing Britons'

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The Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 provided another stark illustration of Murphy's argument. Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old Libyan, entered the venue during an Ariana Grande concert carrying a rucksack packed with explosives.

Mr Murphy recounted that a security guard had noticed Abedi appeared suspicious but chose not to approach or question him. The reason, according to Mr Murphy, was apprehension about being perceived as racist.

"Shortly after he detonated a bomb that killed 22 people. One person for each year of life that this country gave him in Britain," Mr Murphy said.

He argued that had the guard placed his core responsibility of venue safety above concerns about racism accusations, those 22 lives might have been spared and countless injuries prevented.

Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-KumarIan Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were fatally stabbed by Valdo Calocane in 2023 | PA

The Southport killings case involving Axel Rudakubana demonstrated a similar pattern of missed warning signs, Mr Murphy argued.

The perpetrator had previously been discovered carrying a knife and had displayed violent behaviour towards others.

His head teacher had described him as "sinister" in his student profile, but Mr Murphy said mental health workers at the school had reprimanded her for this characterisation, accusing her of stereotyping a black boy with a knife.

Mr Murphy contended this response was misguided: "The last word in that sentence would be the giveaway that this is not just an ordinary black boy."

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Mr Murphy told GB News that lives 'could have been saved' if those in authority were not fearful of being racist

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He described it as insulting to law-abiding minorities that they were being used as "a human shield for the worst, most depraved criminals in our society."

Rudakubana had been referred to Prevent, the Government's counter-terrorism programme, but officials concluded insufficient evidence existed of ideological motivation to warrant intervention.

Mr Murphy argued the broader problem lies in how institutional racism is now defined, where statistical disparities alone can constitute evidence of racism.

This framework, he said, gives authorities "a blank check" to discipline staff, causing professionals to adopt a precautionary approach rather than risk career-ending accusations.

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