I feel like i've seen him somewhere

Yeah he's the guy who ran the Politics UK youtube channel which was once called the Rightist. Hmm...

...and doesn't challenge any of David's known, right wing views, so we just wallow in a very one-sided view of things.

peter burry: Time for you to move on and grow up Peter....Corbyn never did He still wears his "ban the bomb" badge

@@johnryan5506 Is it really that obvious to you John? It most certainly is to me. Corbyn and those of his mindset are clearly still in denial. This former lifelong Voter for the team in the red corner did the unthinkable. Voted Tory. I was not alone. One of the "Many" who voted in their millions and was pleased to do so unlike the "few". Corbyn and those of his mindset and unrealistic bovine excrement values still appear determined not to get the message of June 2016 and December 2019. Boris did but, even he took his time..

Robert Napnap Thank you. We need friends in these turbulent times.

I am in Asheville, North Carolina. I concur.

Thank you kind Sir

Thanks for the support, but we the British working tax payers detest being called "Subjects"......it was only recently that our masters had to start calling us "Citizens". It is one of the very few things that the EU ever did for us. We still have to put up with unelected Parasites who ride around in carriages and Limos laughing at us while they "rifle through our pockets" even the state run TV takes a huge wedge.

@Will Savage His name is Steve Edginton. He has a KZfaq channel called Politics UK, but hasn't done any videos for ages.

@@benisrood I prefer Cretinous Marxist

@@crocusinmaymay2835 @Benjamin Rood @Jennifer Lawrence did you really come on here just to laugh at people and think up insulting names? Sad beyond belief.......

Alan Rodger What are you whining about? David Starkey said that. You would know this if you watched the video.

@@UKAlanR It's a quote from the video, Alan. No need to inquire about my mood, I'm fine thanks.

Ehh... You do know what channel this is, yes? Starkey isn't here to be challenged, he's here to make 'Little Englanders' feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

@@SMlFFY85 Had to 'edit' that simple comment, eh Smiffy? Lol.

@peter burry Better than lying about everything ... and being for communism.

@@SMlFFY85 It doesn't need Mr, Starkey to make us feel all warm & fuzzy, we already do, as we've now consigned the likes of you to the dustbin where you belong..........

peter burry bigotry? Didn’t see any in this interview

It would be a slaughter

Apsolutely. Ploddy idiops the lot. Unlike you.

Browsing Da Webs 😂 Great comment!

He has been on BBC Question time a few times.

@Browsing Da Webs Starkey is a small-minded bigot. "All bad ideas come from France" ... what ignorance.

I find those bits a bit hysterical tbh. But his analysis of Cameron's government is very thought providing.

*provoking. Stupid predictive text

@peter burry I agree.

Allen Beever I dont

@peter burry , Propaganda for what exactly? In case you missed it, Corbyn and Jo -my husband received millions from the EU for his business - Swineson LOST by a mile, and the Cons now have a majority government. Do try to keep up. Have you had your head 'burry-ed' in the sand lately?

Such a brilliant observation. Made me laugh out loud.

@historypoliticsbb Who are you?

@@yetidh9 it's probably a thick lefty being all superior!

@stew mc I bet we lead in food banks ,opened entirely for propaganda purposes by left -wingers pretending that under the wicked Tories Britain is a victorian hell-hole full of hungry people .I bet they do wonders for the obesity epidemic

@@vulgarresponse7080 there, there diddums, don't hurt yourself...

Boris, you are absolutely right. David Starkey deserves our utmost respect; his origins are humble, his achievements are huge and the man knows how to think, how to analyse. There isn't a breath of arrogance in him, the man is gold. Merry Christmas! 🎆🍾🥂

Indeed, a 'spade's a spade'

Init😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I've been listening to him on youtube for a while now. Deep intelligence and knowledge. A knowledge of history well beyond my own. A voice informed by the English soul. Nails rogues and charlatans to the masts that hold their own petards they will never see themselves. A delight to listen to.

Nomadski He is my new hero too .

He’s brilliant isn’t he.

I always admired his deep knowledge of the Tudors.... but his stance on Brexit, Parliament and the Law has raised his profile considerably. I'm definitely a huge fan of his.

Niether could I articulate like this man. He fully represents my views and beliefs.

lol

@@tonypeck5507 Lol what...? Explain please...

@@glennmoreland6457 "tony" can't explain. Be fair ... never mock the afflicted.

@Paulie People who use this "lol" line are very often using it to feign "laughter" which is designed to have you believe they aren't upset about something that's been said .... and to detract from their inability to make an intelligent comment. Very transparent.

I gave up the licence years ago. Today I've vowed never to read bbc news online again.

Of course the Sun produced it - this is a right wing historian who throughout his career has peddled far right views which have been heavily derided by most current historians. Arrogant and supercilious - his day surely passed in the 50's!

@@meltodd5634 - Far right??? 😂😂

Agreed this is Starkey at his best

So you haven't read any of his stuff! Thought not .... same old!

mel Todd can you give a single quote of a "far right" view he has?

Gary Lake god, you really are a dullard aren’t you?

Ch1z3 S3v3nty 5 I would not know, as the word ‘dullard’ is not in my vocabulary range, which probably explains why I am in awe of Starkey Would you care to educate me please?

@@garylake8654 He is not worth replying to Mr Lake!

Adam Smith This is weird, your name appears to have changed, are you a chameleon?

Starkey has always been really good at hitting the central point of any matter. The left hate him because he exposes the gaping holes in their arguments.

david edbrooke-coffin how clever you are to know so much my dear!

@david edbrooke-coffin You should know that this is the channel of the interviewer - the Sun - and that these are also made for their benefit. Pointing out to THEM that "we know what you are doing" is a valid thing to do.

Yeah if you say so. Starkey isn't in the same league as Scharmer, Beard and Ramirez

@@dantaylor7344 LOL! They are all toeing the line of the Liberal elite (yawn). Starkey isn't and it is most illuminating.

@Daniel Clark Clark No! Don't take my word for it! JEs do some research! Just like the UK electorate should have before 12/12/19

Amen Kevster and Napoleon! Lets hope they elect Thornberry as the new Leader!

Yeah, But Can't I Help Them Make More Mistakes?

YES, YES you can! pay the 3 quid to join the labour party and then vote for Thornberry. That's what the left did to get Corbyn in.

Agree. That was Labour's mistake in agreeing to a Brexit General Election.

@Donald Mackay i think they might smell a rat LOL Lady Nugee/Thornberry and Abbott are my dream team! a right pair of win doubles!

Using a laser to cut through crap seems like overkill.

@Qwfwq66 you must be tired after the election defeat and now replying to everyone's comments on here :)

@Qwfwq66 I bet you stopped reading books like Corbin after spot the dog.

He talks about arrogance and self-righteousness. He should have a long hard look in the mirror (with a small m)

@Qwfwq66 A bit like the bible . The catholic church for example , I think a case in point.I was going to totally dismiss you as a troll but would like your understanding of facts written before you became woke.History is under attack and lessons never learned by the righteous among us.

i thought that was absolutly brilliant :)

I've been a Labour voter all my life until this year and I couldn't stop laughing as well they have become the laughing stock of the world 2020 is coming Brexit finally done and Trump re-elected happy New Year every one 😁😁😁

I think it is called Introspection. In the current case, it could be more appropriately called ‘Navel gazing’

"Reflection"... Bovine Excrement of the finest quality. Clearly those using that term are in denial.

The man who has just been run over by a train 'reflecting' on his new predicament

he is a auck arse to his personal ambition, he has no integrity.

Tim Hill + Well said Tim

and YET a bigot in the process!

Wonderfull enlightening exposition of contemporary politics by David Starkey made enjoyable by the interviewer who did not rudely interrupt the flow as does Andrew Marrx and other arrogent fellow travelers on MSM.

Respect for changing you views.

I will never understand anyone who votes according to their socioeconomic background or geographic location or both. Its empty headed.

L Wil1 Ah a corbynista!

Yes because you've been brainwashed into thinking against your own self interest. It's tragic to see.

That's the way to interview Starkey. Get a half or even only a third of your question out and let him roll for 10 minutes.

Agree and agree. "Courtesy and space" - very apt. Politics is usually complex and nuanced. The hectoring, impatience and outright rudeness of BBC interviewers rarely produces insight into policy and values. Thank goodness for YT.

This fellow is often good

The Sun is getting more thoughtful these days.

Because he is agreeing with the murdoch agenda. Of course he isn’t challenged

Compulsory*

@@trakamtv5398 Ideally, compulsive too.

@@stumbling Compulsive as in irresistible.

@Rubber Ring Compulsory as in necessary. Compulsive as in highly desirable.

@Rubber Ring Interesting. I didn't want to say compulsory because that sounds like some unavoidable obligation. I wanted to say this is so good it is totally desirable

So true friend and I'm scots

Scotland will be bankrupt without English taxes bailing Scotland out with the Barnet formula.

@Joe McCaffery there was no McCrone report as Mccrone has stayed himself in the Scots man last week look it up

The irony

@Joe McCaffery The North Sea gas is all gone pal. It was never a very big reserve and besides we need to be moving away from fossil fuels not gambling the future on it.

That thought must occur to all.

@@sixmagpies All except Horsepin!!

It's not, repeat not Marxism. Owen Jones' philosophy is simple: Those at the top of the wealth ladder should pay more to ensure those who work day-in, day-out to keep their system alive can avoid desperation and drudgery. But, hey, carry on telling yourself that no-one who likes that can read a book.

Well, if Corbyn does read, he certainly didn't take urgent action regarding the report on abused kiddies in his Islington constituency. He was given this report years ago and what did he do? Nowt. He's a cowardly hypocrite bleating on about helping folk, when he wouldn't even lift a finger to protect and help the most vulnerable in his constituency, on his own doorstep... Shows where his true loyalties lay

Nerdgirl Owen Jones can READ ?!!

Thay will not be electable until thay get shut of momentum. People in the north respect the union Jack not a Palestinian flag.

That better sums up Justin Trudeau. Corbyn is a student activist who never grew up.

Yes, one with two E grade A levels! What an achievement!

I heard someone describe him as "the oldest president of the National Union of Students"

True, but then is Boris "the permanent Bullingdon Club member " ?

Thanks mate for being on are side, God bless you

You must be one of the new successful immigrant Brits 😂 welcome to the family! 🇬🇧👍

@@InfernoJimmy83 I am supportive as I believe in equal access/opportunities but not dictatorial equal outcome. Everyone should have equal playing field to succeed irrespective of background, creed, gender etc. Britain is a very fair and great country. British people are in general kind, generous and accepting.

kenneth wong if that’s your belief mate, you should join the conservatives as a member, that’s a core Tory value right there. 👍

@@InfernoJimmy83 I do vote conservative but you do not have to be conservative to believe in people should be treated on their merit and not by identity

Force India... the BBC has become a monster ....all the fellow travellers who love it there should be sacked.

I have always preferred Simon Scharma as a TV historian or the lovely Mary Beard. Maybe the reason David Starkey no longer appears on the BBC is that there are better historians available now! I would never watch him again now I'm aware of his hateful political views

@@johnhooper7040Mary Beard is so full of bull .Goes on about how the Roman Empire was so multi-racial .Yes but not really multi-cultural (or only within strict limits) Because if you didn't sacrifice to the Emperor then Ad Leones! If only we were similarly ruthless here and now

@@johnhooper7040 what drivel. Only intellectual pygmies disregard well-articulated points made by individuals based on their political views. As for him being "hateful" - snowflake hysteria. Where? How? To whom?

@@alanosband8085 So what are you saying exactly? That you think empire building is "good" / morally defensible and should be encouraged in society? And that you want current empire builders to be more ruthless in their domination and subjection of the myriad peoples and cultures continually developing around the world, including yourself? You believe mono-cultures are the way forward? If you answer yes to any of these questions, than we should engage in some arguments.

In America that is known as a hot take or killer bars.

Marx wasn't French. But apart from him...

DieFlabbergast Marxist Socialism was born out of 1840’s France

@@DieFlabbergast and Hitler wasn't German...

That's a bit harsh. England was funded by the French, after all.

@steve gale Can you give some examples of where aid is an alternate to 'boots on the ground'?

So foreign was designed to stop the English/ anyone taking over the word basically is that what ur saying? Im genually intereated?

*Foreign aid sorry

@steve gale In theory maybe, but have you examples of where UK aid has really done this? Actually prevented regime issues where the only other solution would have been British military intervention? What were the British Interests at stake in each case? Sorry, to push for actual examples, but without them,m it just sounds like a mixture of wishful thinking on one hand, and 'paying to not feel bad' due to the usual christian altruism problem we are burdened with, on the other.

@@salty1ify its used to pay off governments so the military bases we control in the area are "protected". It stops warlords getting a foot hold which would cause more issues than its worth. By paying them aid, it stops the uk getting there hands dirty as such as the governments thats getting the aid look out for there best interest (our money). The last thing you want is a bunch of militants storming a base. The aid we give isnt really aid at all in the sense it isnt helping the poor, rather the opposite it makes the poor worse off as the governments take the aid for granted so dont improve job opportunities ect. Whats kinda what we want.. The guy above wants examples clearly the governments never going to say hey we give iran £xxxx so it can buy weapons but it will say it give aid. If you look at what countries aids giving too you will see we increase aid in areas we have interests in for example israel, aid is used so we dont upset Palestine.

Churchill apparently said it about the Americans... but it fits the bill here.

I think Margaret thatcher said it better 'never underestimate the common sense of the British people '

Maybe he did. I don't know of it, but what exactly is your point? One might think you were suggesting something.....just not clear what that is

No. Hitler said 'Where's my other ball?'

Ivor Biggun Its in the Free Trade Hall

I'm British, and I love him too. I hope Bojo puts him in the government

Huge knowledge, commonsense and speaks the truth. A rare quality

Is their an American equivalent, a kind of celebrity constitutional scholar?

@@jamesgorman5692 ted Cruz probably. His knowledge of and understanding the spirit the founder. Howard Schultz who taught Cruz as well as Obama.

@@jamespriest7328 I do like to watch Ted when there's an in-depth interview or panel, he's much more relatable than most.

And you’re basing that statement on what?

@@adamsmith307 well he's more intelligent than Jeremy Corbyn!

@@adamsmith307 Prove that he isn't........

RoadKillzine So true! 👍

@@vulgarresponse7080 that means nothing and isn't hard. For a professor though he's not bright.

Yeah but i already did what this man is talking about, hes like the echo of a fart. I was right there.. i know happened and why. I think we should listen to the man that makes photonic molecules next so we can fire bolts of murderous light at the dark arts and triumph once again.

Starkey's insights and analysis are very helpful. You are lucky to have this man's commentaries. Wonderful common sense and understanding. Aust and NZ politics and society can also learn from him. Just delightful. Adrian Pagett

As a US conservative, I could listen to him all day! 😃 Have enjoyed watching the 2019 election coverage.

@@danieldietsche2954 the similarities between the 2019 and the 2016 election coverage has been uncanny 🤣 Especially in the amount of leftist tears produced 😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭

@Paulie , yeah that bit about Corbyn and his gap year mentality really struck home with me too. Describes the man perfectly.

Apply to come here, friend.

Cheers bro God bless

@@forearthbelow kissy kissy

horst wessel -thankyou

As a French, I also do admire British politics. After having watched thousands of parliamentary proceedings of the House of Commons, I find it hard to recognise any other political formation that performs the legislation with such delicacy.

mogznwaz *Takes a bow 🇬🇧

I congratulate you for this victory... progressivism/leftism/liberalism are a cancer.

@Scott Walker Oh yes, it's Boris who's the totalitarian, not the left who like nothing more than to screech and bully and whine when something doesn't go their way, try to overturn democratic votes, who think they are 'good' and everyone else is 'bad', who are trying to dismantle freedom of speech even when that speech is objectively scientifically true. Yeeeaaah riiiight...

@peter burry What are you smoking???

@peter burry It began decades ago and authoritarians like Corbyn would only make it worse. Good thing he was too incompetent to get into power.

Awesome insight and ability to communicate - The Sun should have the professor on speed dial and, like this, let him have the time and free reign he deserves. Incidentally: great questioning (state interesting facts and draw out interesting responses); and the production was understated and absolutely spot on. I got the feeling that the professor was actually enjoying himself and felt relaxed enough to give of his best.

Dragon Energy is it any wonder all leftie commentators (Owen Jones ETC) detest him??

Agreed very well done surprisingly!

Dragon Energy you reactionary ethno nationalists crack me up - and you accuse the left of living in echo chambers? You are in a minority just like those despise!

​@@adamsmith307 The fact that you are playing the game of everyone who disagrees with party opinion = reactionary and phobist outs you as being in an echo chamber. Supporting the EU is literally supporting an institution that is neo-colonialist and for the nationalism of Europe which is the stated goal of the EU, the creation of a new identity of "European" by the benefit of rich and powerful. You are a wilful puppet.

don't see anywhere preventing that culture? do you include being the 2nd biggest arms dealer in the world as that culture?

@@TheDominicProject Im not sure you understand what a culture is.

And that's what Labour can't get into their heads around.

@@douglasgreen437 funny at school u teach kids to share and treat others like you wish to be treated, pretty contraversial right. Personally I think being proud of or straight up ignoring our countries role in the murder of innocents is not a great cultural norm to have. Having morals= cuckery good2know

@@TheDominicProject Are you for real!!! At our local Durham miners gala folk aren't allowed to wave our flag.. yet plenty of terrorist regime ones fluttering around.. That's the primary sign of our history and culture

Me too.... Pure magic 🤣😂😁

And pr**k , ha ha, i fell off my chair.

Bang on

I didn't even know that The Sun produced videos like this - I will certainly be subscribing.

@Qwfwq66 The phoney, hollowed-out labour party deserve to be laughed at, and mocked out of existence. Filled with preening sanctimonious poseurs, they are a disgrace to this country.

@Qwfwq66 He's right though we need a new opposition party Labour is failing the majority Which is why they lost

@Qwfwq66 Keep that up mate it'll go down well

Young stooge, I think you mean

Alan Rodger unlike BBC journalists

An interviewer is supposed to question and challenge the person being interviewed this young man did neither, he was absolutely useless. I understand he is connected to right-wing organisations so he was probably chosen for that reason.

Honnestly!

Brian Poulter hello I hope this is the way forward in interviews. You should let the person speak, you might not agree but that's your choice.

👌👌👌👌👌👌👏👏

Wow I would love it

Vernon Bogdanor too

Yes and what a warped view of our History, Religion, the Monarchy, Liberalism, Conservatism and the World you would get. He is of the 19th Century (hence his adoration of Disraeli) NOT the 21st sadly.

Worth paying tuition fees for. Our country used to be filled with these kind of great minds and professors - until the left forced them out in favour of diversity and those that believe in "social justice".

He is a Tory. Full stop.

@@peace-now So what? He is still insightful

@@BionicNinja123 He is stating the obvious. Any fool can suck up to the victors.

He is a moderately intelligent man but no giant. He got his job because there were so few people studying history to PhD level when he was young, not because he is the greatest historical mind alive [Dr Yuval, author of Sapiens, which you should read, is far greater than Starkey in terms of his intellectual achievements, Starkey does not even come close]. Besides, is he only an intellectual giant because you know he favours the tories? What you are doing, is not appreciating intelligence in all its forms, but appreciating people who simply support what you personally think. There are many historians at Oxford and Cambridge who would strongly reprimand Starkey for this unhistorical and unprofessional attempt to historicise the election, but would you call them intelligent for providing an alternative and equally valid view of the past? I would put a bet on it that you would not -people only seem to like sycophants and arse lickers these days, anyone who attempts to give you an alternative no doubt is cast aside in your mind as thick and naive.

S G H Ah! An anonymous person on the internet criticising a man much cleverer than himself. It's you sir, who comes across as the jester. Not Mr. Starkey.

Ohhhh spicy have we got a outcome?🤔👆

@steve gale it's only slander if it's untrue.

Can l have a go to prove it lol ?

She betrayed her voter's who voted leave buy not voteing out when it was put before her ?

Hey bro whats all the anger about lol ? It's Thursday tomorrow . 😆

Being principled in this case is the same as people who "only vote Labour, no matter what".

Kunga Zopa There is no way of telling must run into hundreds of billions perhaps even more.

Monetarily who knows, but dividing the country, they did that with leftist lies.

£lots

At least a billion pounds for every month of extension.

I don't know...but chuck them in the Tower and I'll call it quits.

What utter rubbish that is - modern political philosophy emerged from France. Also, they got rid of their royals and became a republic...meantime here we are with the paedophile sympathisers, Charles and Saville; Mountbatten and pre pubescent boys, Andrew and Epstein. Also, Corbyn opened dialogue with the IRA, ultimately how the GFA came about. I am not a fan of Corbyn or Labour and I do enjoy listening to Starkey but he is not immune to his own clear bias and petty jealousies and discrimination

@@bobsmith5441 Utter rubbish about Corbyn somehow facilitating the GFA, there are a lot of other names involved in this process including David Trimble, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Jerry Adams and many more but nowhere can I find any reference to Corbyn having opened dialogue with the IRA, in fact nobody had heard of him until a couple of years ago. Provide one link to back up this preposterous claim. Otherwise stop rewriting history a la Stalin as EU supporters are wont to do. No doubt you believe that the EU ended war in Europe and brought about the end of fascism in the PIGS countries and the end of Communism in the east. But I agree with your initial points, particularly about the British establishment being infested with paedophiles.

@@simonh6371 Apologies, all I meant by that was Corbyn facilitated opening dialogue in much the same way as those (as named by yourself) who brought about the GFA. Meaning...opening dialogue does not equal fraternising or agreeing with the terrorist actions but attempting to understand them. The instruments of the GFA underwent the same process. The IRA were trying to rid Ireland of a foreign power much like Brexiteers wanting their autonomy and freedom. Most of the poorest regions on the island of Ireland are in NI.

Bob Smith Locke was French?

@@bobsmith5441 modern political philosophy emerged from France. Exactly why bad ideas come from France. Same thing with post modernism as well... ugh.

all political careers end in failure. So much for Starkey's profound aphorism

@@scinformation7229 that would be the modern version of requisition for treason i think...modern equivalent to torture on the rack would be doxxing and leftie pirahna outrage mobs.

@historypoliticsbb salty

@historypoliticsbb if you're an advocate for the dogmatic Identity Politics pursued by the LP that's fair enough but the electorate roundly rejected it (along with their brexit "policy")

@historypoliticsbb pompous - yes, nonsense - no. I'm no Tory but he's absolutely on the money here and Labour ought not dismiss what he's driving at. The country needs a functioning opposition not esoteric dogmas.

@worker drone Spot on.

Totally agree with you, there are many seasoned interviewers on MSM who could learn a lot from this young man.

I wonder if the Poison Pixie has the brains to take this in. I doubt it!

"Have been" NOT "of been"

@@davidhudson7713 thank you for pointing out my bad grammar.

His underwear?

God Bless America and God save the Queen

@@marcokite Here...HERE...GOOD SIR!

It’s the common sense of the common man. It’s our Anglo Saxon patrimony.

Thankyou 👍

yes

There were no history lessons here, he was giving his own political opinion. It's so sad that no one seems to be able to tell the difference. As a historian from Oxford, I feel I should also point out to you that no one today reads anything Starkey says about the Tudor dynasty, his work is extremely outdated and no longer has anything useful or original to say about the period; he is well known by the public, but that doesn't mean he is particularly respected at Oxford or Cambridge anymore. Be careful you arent just praising people simply because they are saying stuff you want them to say, sometimes you are wrong, everyone has moments they are wrong, and it is important that you pay attention when someone tells you that.

@sgg well please provide a response to the areas which you feel were off the mark...

Sounds as though sombody is slightly bias 😂

@S G H your astute comments will be largely misunderstood. It seems like Starkey is doing more of this kind of low brow stuff now? He talks about democracy without a thought for what is happening in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

@Gareth Broadrick his treatise on democracy. Because he is an esteemed academic it doesn’t mean every word he says is fact.

Just what people want to hear

@@bernardwatts5339 Correction required. Just what the people know from the best evidence available to them. That evidence of their own day to day direct experiences with eyes and ears observation reinforcement. Not what many UK Media and Westminster classes and their expert "official" figures and data collection want us to believe.

@historypoliticsbb Laser sharp accuracy of the kind clueless lefty and their small army of UK media luvvies do not want to hear. There's good reasons why the Party I once held in high esteem were wiped out comprehensively and deservedly so on December 12th. Many reasons in fact millions of them. If the team in Red do not effectively "reflect" ( that word alone is more denial evidence ) sanitise and purge their ranks of the wrong thinkers, the people will again vote to show their widespread disapproval. Blame whatever you like for their well earned dismal results. The blame lies clearly with the likes of Thornberry, McDonnell and yes, Corbyn and all those of that same clueless mindset with harmful and unrealistic manifesto promises. A deep and widespread purge is the only answer. I usually find Starkey's manner something not to be admired. Have done so since the first time I saw him on TV. Wrongly as I based those first impressions on someone unlike myself, who is from a privileged background which is clearly not the case. First impressions can be very misleading. However, the content of what he says is admirably accurate. If the team in the Red Corner chose to ignore Starkey and those who think like he does, then they will go away and prepare for perma-opposition status. My vote is not as some would misleading have you believe, loaned to the Tory party. That thought is typical of those still in denial mode. That is clearly the case unless the team in Red effectively purge their ranks then my vote for the media coined "Nasty" Party will most certainly be permanent. In a nutshell, Boris "Gets it". Corbyn, Thornberry, McDonnell et al clearly are determined to refuse to do so. Thus their self-inflicted fate is both assured and deserved. They ignore and deny the results of the last three Peoples'Votes at their peril.. I fear there are some who will never learn from their mistakes. The current front bench opposition line up clearly excel at failing to learn... unless...

@@T16MGJ a lot of drivel in your post. If you think Johnson gets it you really have been suckered, well done.

​@@petewalsh2286 There again, my "drivel" is of a superior quality to yours. You clearly will never get it. Form a queue of diminishing Corbynistas to try and convince millions we, and not you are wrong. You will fail miserably. For the next time too. Rocket Science it aint although it is to some. No names, no pack drill. One thing is MOST certain, Corbyn and his followers will never get it. Thrice times Corbyn and his followers have been rejected. Stand by for a fourth repeat unless... you must know what needs to be done or should do .. Lack of momentum will be a start. Whatever next. Lots of Tory voters paying their three quid to Corbyn's party of comrades and to vote for him and very pleased to do so. What could have been their motive for doing that? Answers on a postcard. Now tell me that never happened a few years ago. Never mind the width of membership, feel the quality.

I am a black Briton who recently changed to vote Conservative. Actually, I have found a significant number of ethnic minorities discontented with the EU.

If you're culturally assimilated and patriotic then you're British as far as I'm concerned

England yet lives 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Love you brits!

Also the fact that we stomped out communism under Corbyn!

It’s been 3 1/2 years to sort Brexit out but this has just made it sweeter and worth the time

@WhyOWhy I recommend it. London has gone. I moved out to the rural east of England where people are friendly and enjoy the customs and culture of their own country. We have people from all over the world in our little market town, but they are well integrated and are not in such large numbers that they have overwhelmed the native culture.

@WhyOWhy There is SO much potential for the North. They are brilliant people. I live near London. It needs to stop sucking the life out of the rest of the country!

I agree mate, that is exactly the same journey I have followed in the last 3 years.

Your conclusion is spot on, I find your comment refreshing, also democracy only works when the losing side consents to the decision

the Brexit we were told was there for the taking, has been shown to be wrong, but we still have to go ahead as we had a vote. At times it looks like a con!

@@ChristianPatriarchy Stop shouting. Even if you are Brian Blessed

Londinium Armoury conservatives the party that speaks for the common man,labour a party of people feeling themselves to be superior🤷‍♂️all a bit daft isn’t it.

@@petermontgomery8707 where do the conservatives speak for the common man?

pete walsh well certainly,working as a site engineer around the country,on every building site and road project I’ve been on in the last 2 years and usually the hotels and b&bs ive stayed in and the places I’ve eaten in. Conservatives are seen as letting them get on with their lives,labour are seen as patronising and contemptuous and somewhat narcissistic.

@@petermontgomery8707 there's often more sense in those laying pipes in a trench than behind a university lectern... Andy Ch. Eng. MICE

@Blackstone I agree with what the average person wants - a safe and secure nation, etc. but disagree that Blair provided that. In fact, under his minister, the fat, disgusting Barbara Roche who saw the East End of London as being uncomfortably white (though she is white herself, though of the Barbara Lerner Spectre ilk) untold numbers of Eastern Europeans were allowed in unchecked. That is probably how many of the crime networks we have today were established. A safe and secure nation? Not quite.

Johnny Foreigner it wasnt really though

@@carlosmartinez4811 It really isn't 'good' - anyone can see the interviewer just tees up slightly controversial topics so the appalling Starkey can maximise his pitch for a peerage, ladelling praise all over 'Boris' and his latest cause and message.

I laughed out loud when he said that 😀

@@bmccabe1767 Dito.

B McCabe me too! 😂

I think the word "goolies" is having a resurgence in popularity

@@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar I guess it reveals my age-I had no idea it was passe.

@@kipling1957 heh, oh I don't know if it's passé! I've just heard it 2 or 3 times recently. A fine word :)

@@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar How about 'Blighter,' any sign of that coming back ?

@@crocusinmaymay2835 yes, but only if someone with the name Carruthers becomes Prime Minister (and then maybe he can sort the blighters out)

Good point. East Anglia too. In both cases however, the North, having previously been an agrarian economy and society was swiftly transformed by the Industrial Revolution. Their much larger populations were massively changed, gradually became embittered, cynical, coarsened by terrible working conditions on a huge scale prior to employment reforms. Both Tolkien and H.G. Wells observed this kind of dehumanisation in allegory. Northerners' "funny accent" has always been mocked and sneered at by "the South" too. It figures.

@@AntPDC What's your point? That the working class in the South and West are less authentic than those in t'north? And as for 'funny accents', northern accents can be heard all over radio, TV and film; when did you last hear a West Country accent on Radio 4?

@@timwilkinsongs C'mon. I was simply pointing out the sheer magnitude of the problem in terms of very large swathes of "the North". It's not a competition.

Timothy Wilkinson I understand your sentiment however, what people are getting at is the fact that the north west, for example, returns votes from cities with almost a million in population - Greater Manchester and Merseyside represent huge and really significant blocks of votes - the West Country just doesn’t have such a huge impact in terms of voter numbers etc etc... it you’re right other areas are completely ignored... the largest omission surely has been the Welsh, they’ve been completely ignored in all of this... people even argued Welsh independence post Brexit yet they voted leave as well lol...

anyone who is working-class and voted Tory will receive all they deserve and it's started already, the erosion of workers' rights for starters. Wait until Trump gets his grubby paws on the NHS. Working-class Tories must hate their own kids/grandkids.

Parliament doesn’t have the power to give its powers away as those powers don’t belong to Parliament, they belong to the country.

We have more backbone than a t rex.

Thanks buddy, we're on our way

Interesting that the 'new' intelligencia, who would seek to shape our culture have such great breadth of vision, with less than one inch of depth. Our profound history as a nation, that has literally shaped the modern world gives us the perspective to understand that these self interested charlatans will ultimately fail in impmementing their agenda. Cultural Marxism, like its revolutionary name sake is already faltering. The red wall, like the Berlin wall has fallen. The unified country that emerges will be the next European power house.

We're a monarchy.

@@jamessparrow8836 We are a country that has destroyed so many nations our heritage is division and poverty throughout the world. Just study some history and you will see what misery the British have brought to so many nations. I would like a Britain based on the Scandinavian model.Not a nation run by emotionally disturbed sociopaths who were consigned to boarding school at the age of 7 and often subject to paedophilia and deprived of parental love! That is why as a nation we are ruled by people totally lacking compassion. You also show signs of paranoia by bringing up the myth of Marxism within the establishment . What a joke just look at the people who control , I wouldn't call the media Marxist with Murdoch , and the other press barons. You appear to be a disciple of the late Senator McCarthy and the madness that overtook 1950 s America . The major problem with the UK is the dumbing down of the nation by the media run by cut throat capitalist! Instead of writing ignorant and paranoid rubbish try studying history and also olitics, Also don't just read British sources because they are bias try to read other countries version of hiistory !

@@alanmarr3323 Well having studied anthropology, theology, philosophy at MA level, in different European vernacular languages, I'll keep my own council. Paranoid? Interesting, your perceived notion of Britain's geopolitical position is not only naive, but displays obvious signs of some kind of dissociative disorder.

@@jamessparrow8836 You describe my notion as dissociative . Examine the makeup of much of the British establishment and my analysis cannot be faulted . The bulk come from a Publc school background . I have an associate who is a psychiatrist who actually wrote a paper on this subject. I cannot reveal it untill I get his permission but what I write was based on his findings . Having studied anthropology you cannot deny the affects of emotional deprivation on a child that occures with these people. Iwould also like you to return to your studie of e destructive power the British have wrought in the world to createthei empire and commercial interests.i

Maybe but he's hardly working class now. I suppose he thinks that by supporting Brexit and this dreadful government he'll earn himself a knighthood!

i COULD LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY

His grammar school background has no doubt contributed to his current success.

Starkey is a class traitor.

@@stephenhardy312 I bet you are going to live in the same postcode all your life

Unfortunately Based Amy is gonna be spending Christmas in prison for calling Anna Sourbelly a traitor (which that fascist witch is).

@@simonbutterfield4860 It should be sourbry in prison, surely there must be a way to criminalise these traitors !

I've been calling them treasonous toads right from the beginning, glad to see that professor Starkey agrees with my position

@@angelakadeer1565 Soubry should be thrown out of the country the poisonous hag

@Stuart Burton I think he is trying to get Starkey to expand, you know,we are not all genius like you.

I think it’s Steven Etchington

If you enjoy shallow low-brow analysis for the easily duped and gullible - you are bang to rights 100% on the nail yourself!

@@bbbf09 Your wet as they come. David starky knows more about the history of parliament and government than you do about balloon animals,dribbling and colouring in He probably farts more knowledge than you could hope to attain in a lifetime

Who is the interviewer?

Qwfwq66 So much salt after the election loss huh?😭😭 It's alright, winters setting in, we'll need it for the roads🤣

Not at all.He was brave to face down the baying crowd of Tories, promoting their 'rich mans Brexit'

David Baggett three cheers for Durham :)

And dug your own graves...

Can't stand her smug obnoxious face thankfully we didn't have to put up with it for long

@@Klown_Show Thank you. It was a big day.

Pidcock is an awful woman, unbelievably self-important and very unhappy with herself, like most lefties.

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I love those pudits.

i study history and political science, it truly does seem that it is the minority of academics making the most noise, the rest patiently bide their time to election day. i would call it the academic dark web; Starkey, Scruton, Penrose, Murray. The left seems to be very noisy although not too successful

@@paulleader7000 Agreed. You can see it among noisy Remainers too - though most Remainers are not like that (as we see from the GE). Being convinced that you're 'on the right side of history' (or, in Starkey's words, 'modern puritans') certainly creates a large confirmation bias effect - and resulting trauma, when you lose. Cumming's blog is very interesting, you can see his ideas underpinning a lot of what Johnson says and does.

jdtv05 are you sure it was a great interview. I admit he is eloquent but he was just left to ramble on unchallenged. Any number of articulate people from any number of varied political persuasions would sound just convincing with a nodding dog as an "interviewer". I'm sure even Robert Mugabe or Assad would come across well in these circumstances