Steven Murphy
About Steven
Steven Murphy’s early life was shaped by the steelworks, shipbuilding yards, and vast chemical production facilities that defined the industrial heartlands of North East England.
Raised in Grangetown on Teesside, he often watched as his father — a hardened Socialist Union member — held meetings at the family home. That environment forged a deep intolerance for peacocking politicians and no-substance politics.
A Brexit supporter and advocate for self-governance, he believes in competition, freedom of choice, and personal independence. He challenges the culture of rights & entitlement, arguing that success must be earned — not granted. Prosperity is not a given, and not all will achieve it.
His convictions are grounded in lived experience, not ideology.
Steven holds an MSc with Distinction in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (FCILT).
These credentials underpin his thinking around Leagile governance — a decentralised hybrid model that blends lean processes with agile responsiveness. Steven advocates for the increased use of technology, including virtual platforms, and explores how they can serve as enablers within government — reducing costs, improving communication, transparency, and engagement with the people.
Steven Murphy is the founder of CHOICE GB and the architect of his version of Earthism — a radical socio-economic framework that challenges and dismantles the arrogance embedded in current societal thinking. Earthism demands a radical reimagining of political engagement and leadership — one grounded in consequence, not illusion.
It calls for systems fit for the 21st century: decentralised, transparent, and accountable to the people they serve.
The United Kingdom presents itself as a model of democratic stability, yet the mechanisms
that govern how power is exercised reveal deep structural weaknesses.
The result is a growing public sense that something fundamental is
being bypassed.
The public sees small boats crossing the Channel,
hotels filled with asylum applicants, overstayers working in the shadows, and political
promises that never materialise. The natural conclusion is that the system is broken because
nobody is doing anything.
The truth is more uncomfortable.
As we have travelled along the evolutionary highway, something strange has happened. We have subconsciously shifted from viewing the Earth and its resources as the things that sustain us, to treating them as a leisure park built for our entertainment.
We have built social and financial systems that prioritise individual gain over ecological balance, ignoring the cascading effects of our actions.
We are living through the exhaustion of old systems. Election cycles repeat, promises pile up, and debt deepens — while the planet buckles under the weight of unchecked population growth and consumption. Politicians recycle tired policies, evading accountability and offering no real alternatives.
Welfare systems should provide survival essentials, not lifestyle or unearned equality living standards. Everyone must contribute economically and financially, no exceptions. This isn’t optional, it’s the cost of participation in a functioning society. A just system demands that everyone pays their share, so the foundations of health, equity, and sustainability can endure. Society must stop tolerating non-contribution, no contribution, no voice.
Who gave a small group of self-appointed “saviours” the power to grant other humans rights is unclear. What is evident, is that this body of law shapes daily debate, and has profoundly altered society. We have handed ourselves entitlements to consume, create waste, and degrade the very systems that sustain life—the Earth.
Socialism promises freedom and equality, yet delivers control and dependency. Legislation piles up, dissent is crushed, and obedience becomes survival. The wealthy are stripped first, then ordinary workers carry the burden as debts spiral and deficits explode.
A modern healthcare system cannot function indefinitely as an ever‑expanding trough of collected taxes. Without competition, without price signals, and without individual choice, the NHS has become a system where demand is infinite, costs are invisible, and responsibility is diluted across the entire population. The result is predictable: spiralling expenditure, rising expectations, and no mechanism to moderate behaviour or improve performance.