Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2013, Murphy akaendeswa kunzvimbo yeShadow Secretary of State for International Development mu "kucheneswa kweBlairites" naEd Miliband. Kusagadzikana kwake nechisarudzo chomutungamiri weLabour chokuramba chiito chemauto muSyria kungave kwakabetsera kufamba kwacho. Akataura kuti akanga abvuma kutora basa rinokosha zvikuru mumushandirapamwe weBetter Together kuti Scotland irambe iri muUnited Kingdom. Murphy akaudza nhepfenyuro muna Gumiguru 2013 kuti varwi vechikadzi vanofanira kukwanisa kushanda muhondo. Muna Kurume 2014, Murphy akatsoropodza FIFA pamusoro pekutungamira kwe
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