{"id":1,"date":"2026-08-04T12:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:33:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/?page_id=1","title":{"rendered":"Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darren Murphy is a freelance political consultant, based in Birmingham, England. His work focuses on solving complicated challenges that require a combination of strategic, policy, and organisational response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darren&#8217;s academic studies address issues of strategic leadership, trust and distrust, particularly in the fields of conflict resolution, civil conflict and peace processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darren is a regular media commentator on British politics, government and society.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information contact: <a href=\"mailto:darren@darrenmurphy.uk\">darren@darrenmurphy.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Murphy is a freelance political consultant, based in Birmingham, England. His work focuses on solving complicated challenges that require a combination of strategic, policy, and organisational response. Darren&#8217;s academic studies address issues of strategic leadership, trust and distrust, particularly in the fields of conflict resolution, civil conflict and peace processes. Darren is a regular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283424206,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Phmslw-1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/283424206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenmurphy.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}