Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 2013, an tura Murphy zuwa mukamin Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Shadow don Ci Gaban Kasa da Kasa a cikin "tsabtace Blairites" ta Ed Miliband. Rashin jin dadinsa game da shawarar shugaban kungiyar kwadago na adawa da aikin soja a Siriya na iya taimakawa wajen yin hakan. Ya bayyana cewa ya amince ya dauki rawar gani a cikin Better Together don ci gaba da Scotland a Birtaniya. Murphy ya fada wa wani shirin rediyo a watan Oktoba na 2013 cewa ya kamata sojoji mata su iya yin aiki a cikin rawar soja. A watan Maris na shekarar 2014, Murphy ya soki FIFA game da gudanar da gasar.
Kofin Duniya na 2022 a Qatar, yana ambaton "yanayin aiki na kasa da na mutum" da ya gani lokacin da ya ziyarci sansanonin ma'aikata don filayen wasan Qatar.