Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 2013, a kpọgara Murphy n'ọkwa nke Shadow Secretary of State for International Development na "mkpocha nke Blairites" site n'aka Ed Miliband. Obi erughị ala ya na mkpebi onye isi ndị ọrụ ahụ megidere ime ihe agha na Syria nwere ike ịbụ ihe so mee ka ọ gaa. O kwuru na ya ekwenyela na ya ga-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa na mkpọsa Better Together iji mee ka Scotland nọrọ na UK. Murphy kwuru n'ihe ngosi redio n'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2013 na ụmụnwaanyị ndị agha kwesịrị inwe ike ịrụ ọrụ agha. N'ọnwa Machị afọ 2014, Murphy katọrọ Fifa maka njikwa iko mbaụwa nke afọ 2022
na Qatar, na-ekwu maka "ọnọdụ ọrụ na-erughị nke mmadụ" ọ hụrụ mgbe ọ gara n'ogige ndị ọrụ maka ama egwuregwu Qatar.