Douglas Murray wins ‘substantial’ damages after Observer column error

An Observer writer inaccurately claimed comments made by Murray in 2023 had referred to the 2024 riots

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Guardian News and Media has agreed to pay Spectator associate editor Douglas Murray “substantial” damages to settle a libel claim.

The claim related to an Observer column from August in which writer Kenan Malik claimed that, during an interview, Murray had spoken in favour of the UK’s far-right summer riots.

In fact, the interview to which Malik referred had occurred several months before the riots.

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