He was brilliant. I'm an avid listener of theirs and your podcast

Great? Acting as a mouthpiece for the BBC?

@@bubbajones6907 He was representing himself and his own views. How is that acting as a mouthpiece for the BBC?

He looked like a future PM... comics are also great wartime leaders apparently, so I'm sure he'll do a good job when Russia arrives.

The thing about Russians is that there is a demand in this country for Putin and people like him, so don't count on Putin losing power.

BOOM! He owned the WOKE morons....

KK was a hot knife through butter. Fantastic pragmatism.

They’ll not let him back on shit BBC show

@@Tad1945 Oh they will, he’s box office

@@PeteCourtier Did you see the standing ovation in the UN when they saw Zelensky's video call? It reminded me of those films where the people in charge have no intention of helping, but celebrate the bravery of the people who are going to die - something like Armageddon. KK knows exactly what is going to happen - Putin will take as much as he can, then negotiate a peace

He is speaking out loud what we used to take as common sense twenty or thirty yrs ago but somehow became too toxic or politically incorrect to say anymore I'm saying this as a millennial

@@vinniechan agreed, though I'm developing an allergy to "as a" - everytime we use it it reinforces divisions - as a person of colour, as a englishman, as a trans. Your statement is just as correct regardless of whether you're a millenial or not ;)

he’s not that smart, as there is a lot more to what started this war, it’s not as black an white as russia just invading ukraine

He was awful here. You think because he tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!" that he's not espousing capitulation and appeasement?

He was awful here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

Agree ,Kisin Konstantins "hard truth ", is at its core ,a Neville Chamberlain method of rewarding Putin for his aggression.@@sheilamacdougal4874

@@sheilamacdougal4874Rubbish… are you a bot?

@@Primus54 Yeah, I'm a bot, so I never make mistakes. And what are you, a dumb troll? Then maybe fa cough.

Why do you live at home with your parents?

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t I was visiting them. I like to pop in and c them from time to time. They’re getting on.

@@pconhispc2759 Ridiculous behaviour. Let it go.

@Top Lobster I haven't seen them for 12 years. I have no need to waste my time with trivial matters. Baby birds dont return to the nest once they can catch worms for themselves.

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Do you look in the toilet before you flush to see them wriggling?

Depends on the comedian.

When the king can no longer tolerate his jester the tyrant is nigh

Jesters had a higher role than too entertain the king. If comedians and musicians are having to speak up you know something going deeply wrong.

I heard a saying once that resonates ‘in a Kings court, only the jester can tell the truth’ - think that’s Stephen Fry not sure

Hi, yeh I mean some not all. We predominantly communicate via technology and comments with strangers on topics where I feel nuance is lost and we have to make our point in the least amount of words possible and include disclaimers to appease any ambiguity. I’m not ve ey good at this 😅

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

@@sheilamacdougal4874Rubbish.

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

​@@sheilamacdougal4874N9 like the Polish people in WW2 he being realistic. You can only stand for so long against a giant. Capitulation means giving up, that's not what he said. Negotiation are not capitulations

@@HFFCANADA You can delude yourself all you like. In the first place, the only thing, quite obviously, that would be "negotiated" is how much of Ukrainian sovereign land that the Russian dictatorship seized by force they get to keep. And since the stronger party, on your own admission, would effectively dictate terms, quite obviously again, the "negotiations" would be as unequal as the war. But the main way you delude yourself is with your analogy to Poland. Kissin's treacherous view is that first the democracies must abandon Ukraine, and stop arming them, effectively forcing them to capitulate, excuse me, "negotiate". That would render Ukraine even worse off than Poland in 1939. But that's Kissin's preference, the critical betrayal he urges with utterly zero argument. There is no reason in the world, whether moral or real politik, to reduce Ukraine to that helpless state, which is why Kissin didn't dare attempt to provide any.

Thank you Konstantine. You spoke for me and my family here in the UK. Ffs go into Parliment I would vote for you in a heart beat.

Yes and let’s add the narcissistic self righteous people in my country.

to be fair, Bridget Kendall (the one who had met Putin) seemed like the real deal too. Just those two would've been fine with me.

I thought they all seemed pretty reasonable. Except for maybe the Scottish woman who seems to want Scotland to be incinerated.

They don't understand as they have not lived the experience nor have they heard it from those who have the concept of a world war is so foreign to these fattened on the teat of peace and prosperity they have no slue nor do they care to think about the fact

He conveniently ignored the fact that fascist militias are operating alongside the official Ukrainian army and have been doing so for years. Go and look at the Vice channel video from 2016 about them. NATO and the American government are also responsible for this situation. Ukrainian leaders are just puppets. Pawns in their game. He's lying when he says Russian people do not value life. Disgusting liar. I've been to Russia several times and worked there and know that not to be true

"Konstantin is so good because he is probably the one person on the panel who genuinely doesn’t care what people think of him." Exactly! Well said. Politicians and the like just spout off emotional talking points that they think we want to hear. Then rinse and repeat. Nothing with any real substance to it or that would back them in a political corner. Best to stay vague as possible yet sound emotional by yelling meaningless vapid platitudes.

@@nickgoesvestmode he talks alot of garbage too. He conveniently ignored the fact that right now, and for years previously that fascist militias are operating alongside the Ukrainian army. Go and look at the Vice channel video from 2016 about them. Ukraine unfortunately has a long history of fascism. Research the massacres they committed in Poland during WW2. Fascist militias fought alongside the Nazis then, jumped ship to fight alongside the French resistance then fought against their own. A neutral Ukraine is the only solution to this

@@paintsilj I don't know enough about the fascist militias to comment, but you seem to have misunderstood Konstantin's meaning when he said that Russian people do not value life. He was not talking about the average person on the street - the individuals you met during your visits - he was talking about the establishment. And he was talking about the broad values and philosophies that underpin Russian culture with regard to things like individuality, personal expression and liberty - the way in which such values differ between the USSR and, say, the US or UK. You are confusing the individual with the collective. They are not the same. I respect that you feel strongly about this, but it is important that you calm your ire enough to understand what is being said.

@@raceyjaseyAP50 there is no ussr and Russians do value individuality whilst having a strong sense of community

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

Same here in the USA. No wonder Putin and Xi are not afraid

It all starts in school. Producing nothing but indoctrinated children who vote for incompetent politicians disguised in a camouflage of being kind, good and for the people.

Democracy. Throws up all kinds of people who shouldn't be in power.

The Scottish MP is a typical lefty that lives in a fantasy world . If the reality of war hit her she would soon realise the taste of the shit coming out of her mouth.

They get into power the same way as almost every other politician - by lies and deceit. The SNP have lost a huge number of members by their change of direction over independence. This QT was a pattern for the future - they need to get panellists on who are committed to their subjects and are knowledgeable.

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

Yeah. I think there's a strong argument to be made that nuclear weapons should not exist. But they do. And we're not going to get rid of them through unilateral disarmament.

@JJerem Riiiiiiiiigghhtt 🤔

@@iAmTheSquidThing unbelivable! - that now, of all times, the SNP lady spouts on unilateral dissarmiment - providing a very strong argument against Scottish indipendance if ever there was one

Why would you find that reassuring? 🤔🤔 It's not as if any one of those people is in a position to determine how they should be used or not... If the last two years has proven anything, it's that line from Men in Black, that while people individually can be intelligent and decent, in a crowd, collectively, people can be absolute morons... If you take reassurance from the behavior of the mindless mob, you are just a rudderless ship on a stormy ocean: 'Drop anchor' and fortify your emotional and intellectual foundations to not need the guidance or approval of the crowd 🙏🙏👍👍

@@TimParker-Chambers its just reassuring that the crowd wasn't buying into a false reality. Nuclear bombs exist, and any conversation about unilateral disarmament is not based in reality. I don't look for the "mob" to inform me. And I'm aware of how dangerous a "mob" can be, that's why its reassuring to see a crowd that at least can see reality. I also don't look to men in black for my moral or ethical guidance.

He didn't run rings around them because he is a comedian he is a political observer with his own extremely popular KZfaq channel. He ran rings around them in that capacity. Sorry most comedian's are pc turds nowadays.

@@luciusesox1luckysox570 True, but I think you'll find Konstantin is also a comedian, one with a very biting wit. The real point I was making is that they underestimated him when choosing the guests and were completely outclassed.

@@luciusesox1luckysox570 I can only name two Urainians and both of them are comedians Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Konstantin Kisin, both of whom I highly respect. You're right about a lot of comedians but perhaps there is something in comedy that fits a good politician. I can certainly think of a lot of politicians who I feel don't deserve much respect and they're not funny either.

KK's manly parts are alive and well. Despite the last 2.5 years of British Propaganda.

I'm just surprised he was this gentle. Because when KK gets his feathers up, his Russian temperament is utterly merciless.

They usually are.. times haven't changed all that much.

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

Ricky Gervais is another case in point. Listen to your satirists people

A good comedian is always smarter than his public

@@goodtimes1890 Standard YT comments sycophancy.

he has a good brain talks the truth

There is very little free speech remaining in the West.

We don't have free speech here. That woman was talking about how Russia can't hide information from their citizens thanks to the internet, but our leaders are doing a great job of doing just that here. Any dissent from the narrative on social media is suppressed, there's no real journalism at all, they all follow the same narrative, it makes me sick that they pretend we have free speech and a free press.

@@fiizzy3884 could not agree more. Thank you.

Only Elon Musk believes in "freedom of speech". Any news and views not consistent with our government's narrative has indeed been heavily sanctioned...e.g. banning of RT, banning of MPs and student bodies voicing opinions against NATO, etc

We have freedom of speech in the sense that we have the freedom to criticise the government. The trouble with a free society is that it assumes its own freedom after a while and takes for granted its ancient liberties. When its citizens remember their history poorly- or worse, are encouraged to learn it in a distorted form- the people at the top start wondering whether we really need these freedoms anymore. Hopefully, with our patience being tested to the limit with the pandemic we will see some pushback.

He’s starting to take himself too seriously.

@@lesserspottedmugwump.363 I see what you mean but I think here it's justified.

@@lesserspottedmugwump.363 How seriously is "too seriously" when you have relatives in the firing line, as Konstantin does?

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

Always

It takes a comedian to show what Leadership is.

I always thought most politicians were comedians. I didn't realise what an insult to comedians that was

That's because a comedian gets to speak like this without it affecting their day job. It's ironic that most politicians do them themselves in some ways by refusing to speak the truths we all know. It costs them a lot of respect.

It really shows the sad state of affairs we're in, doesn't it?

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

No kidding

Yeah I normally avoid BBC politics shows like the plague.

I'm an Aussie that crossed class boundaries - impoverished working class to secure middle class. Imo, these Westerners think that everybody thinks like them, wants what they want etc. KK brings a refreshing approach - not every society is the same with people with the same values. I saw this personally teaching Arabic background kids. Two gangs fought, a boy was killed. Revenge and honour overroad everything. This included mothers, sisters and girlfriends supporting the "honour" trail. These were basically good people, by "gang" I mean normal young male behaviour bonded together. Just normal kind of scuffles, but making a bad decision around knives. Basically good teenage boys make bad decisions sometimes. If they're lucky they live to learn from it. Not usually illegal e.g. not drugs, stealing etc. (1990s) Reminded me a lot of my mother's working class people who sent money back to support the IRA inthe Troubles in Ireland. Sometimes even mothers seeing their sons die for a cause is worth it. Think Australians WW1! I don't agree but then I've never been in that position and my "backs never been against the wall" as the expression goes.

💯 agreed

As a foreigner living in China, I understand the idea that eventually the population will wake up and see reality for what it is is just Western polyannaish thinking. The first thing to understand about totalitarian societies is not that information is limited, which of course it is, but that critical reasoning abilities are repressed, so that even if the people had access to information that contradicts state propaganda, they simply wouldn't know how to process it. It's like expecting children to stand up and take charge. They're kept in an arrested state of development, so that the leaders can get away with every crime and every lie they want without the slightest backlash.

@@zootsoot2006 as a native Brit, you describe England. The differences between them would typically be in the definitions of hard and soft power.

@@deathrides4756 As dumb as many people in the UK are, you only have to turn on UK TV nowadays to see that, they still have a scintilla of reasoning powers and will certainly stand up for themselves if they feel the government is oppressing them. That's another big difference, we can separate out the government from the country, because in democratic societies governments change so often. Not true is authoritarian societies, where to be against the government is to be against your 'motherland'.

He doesn't support Putin, communism or the war against Ukraine so at best he's what's called a liberal, that is, a devil's advocate, who gives token pushback but otherwise more or less supports the mainstream position.

He was atrocious here. He tries to pre-empt criticism by protesting "This is not appeasement!", since that is precisely what he's espousing: capitulation and appeasement.

So agree but what to do

@@londonhodnet4079 start your own pharmaceutical company and buy them back...

Me too, first thing I did was start sending it around!

Certainly not for the usual moronic SNP take. Always, always the stupidest person/people in the room.

@@joba4848 I agree - this may be an unpopular opinion but i think nicola sturgeon usually comes across fairly reasonable and well spoken, same with salmond back in the day; i wouldn't call either of them stupid. Every single other SNP politician however....it's fair to say they don't stand for or know much about anything bar dogmatic support for scottish independence

@@mikeyteee95 she’s proposing to spend £300,000 cutting the bottoms of doors off in primary schools because of the plague. She’s a moron.

Since well before I cancelled my TV licence, I stopped watching "Question Time". I wish more edited highlights, containing things worth listening to on this programme, were more generally available. I would exclude from that description, of course, the inane ramblings of the SNP spokeswoman. I thought the audience applause for one of Mr. Kisin's answers was well deserved, by the way.

You can say that again, it's been unwatchable for a long time.

For the love of God, while there are still madMEN like Putin in the world, do not let your fate be decided or your life defended by women politicians spouting platitudes about how the world should work. The real world has never worked that way and never will.

@@Lincjones09 Women seem ill equipped for the realities of world leadership. Look at the mess Merkel's created, the authoritarian idiocy of Ardern and Sturgeon. Women have a place but it's not in leadership roles, their famous 'empathy' is best saved for children and looking after their families.

@@mesolithicman164 ; Mrs Thatcher?

@@lindalaw5466 She's the exception. And is generally hated by other women.

Unpopular, but unfortunately true. The rise of feminist women in positions of power and influence, underpins all of the 'Woke' nonsense being inflicted on the western world at present. Their levels of incompetence and lack of rational judgement is sometimes truly staggering.... @@mesolithicman164

KK was in almost 100% agreement with these woke politicians, and denied the genocide. You never thought to ask why the BBC brought KK on the show? He obviously agreed to push their line. KK is deliberately deceiving people.

I can't wait for it to one day come to light that this is two corrupt governments at war. Ukraine's government is no saint. The money-laundering alone proves this. Unfortunately the Ukrainian and Russian people are caught in the middle of corruption.

KK is clever and a brilliant comedian, but so biased and misinformed. I don't know where to begin.

@@mitskofitzgerald2361 By providing examples relevant to this conversation. What exactly is he misinformed about?

@@mitskofitzgerald2361 You don't know where to begin? Well that's easy, just don't start. You're welcome.

Konstantin is well informed. He makes mistakes like everyone else but he handles every topic and delivers brilliantly.

True. The language did originate here so that does somewhat count in their favour ;)

@@rosebud040686 No, there is no favor where it originates. Many things originate somewhere but is improved upon elsewhere.

@@cjp592 well American English is not one of those things unfortunately, but you’re entitled to your opinion

@@rosebud040686 Reading and comprehension isn’t yours obviously. 🤣 I didn’t say English is something USA made better.

Straight to the point

A bit too much makeup. If he’s going to wear it he could of at least done it in style. Lipstick, and knee high pvc boots. Just to take the piss. String vest.

I am a Scot too and the fact that people like her have reached positions of authority ashames me. I am thoroughly a supporter of independence and that will never change. The SNP used to be a sign of hope of our freedom but they have become a joke. They care more about woke quotas that have rendered themselves weak and highly feminised. We have no need to be ruled by fat women who have lived easy lives of luxury, even having anglicised accents, who are bent on making us weak and “nice”. Imagine if we were being shelled, do you really think she would stay and fight? Absolutely not. Scots were once renowned for being ferocious warriors and brave men. That’s who we need as leaders.

@@TrueNativeScot We can (I hope) respectfully disagree about independence, while agreeing that many years of SNP government have led to nothing but a diminished Scotland. I'm very proud to be Scottish, and British. In every sphere they control, health (I work for the NHS), education, industrial development and infrastructure etc, things just get worse while the Scottish Government agonises about personal pronouns.

The latter is a laughable media construction.

Didn't he deny the Ukrainian genocide program?

@@bubbajones6907 programme

@@bubbajones6907 ... and no, he did not deny Holodomor, if that was the question.

@@bubbajones6907 No. He said he had not heard about it from his Russian parents, who live in Eastern Ukraine and that if there was a program he would have likely heard about it from them.

@@andrewheron2399 Yes, that's what I thought. Now we know he's a liar.

I hope his middle name doesn't start with a K...

When you believe the world is populated by those who have mutual respect, rather than those who chose office seeking power and control.

@@RuneRelic exactly. Her reasoning does make sense in a rational world with only "good actors" or at least if the whole world was operating with the same framework as the Western democracies. Sadly, this isn't yet the world we live in. We still live in the world of the "Melian Dialogue".

@@Draclord35 i.e. Utopia. As unrealistic now as when Utopia was written 500 years ago. Also it's wrong to think that the framework of Western democracies is any different or consists of good actors. Explain the invasion of Iraq. The bloody mess created and sustained in Syria for a decade. Etc. etc. As a matter of fact, Bush, Obama and Biden have more blood on their hands than Putin so far - a lot more dead, wounded, and people whose children, parents, spouses, friends and relative have been killed or mutilated.

It would be extremely hard to find a workplace, institution or political party populated only with good actors. Why on earth do some persist in stating that world or regional leaders would be any different when all the evidence points to the contrary?

She knows that an independent Scotland would still be hiding under an English or NATO nuclear umbrella. Even if they left NATO. It's simple geography. Would we just stand by and watch a Russian (or any foreign) occupation of Scotland? Of course not. And the same goes for the Republic of Ireland.

Me too. I only watched it because Konstantin was on. I hoped that he would cause a stir - boy, did he do that from the first syllable. He knows the score

@@Gonzoweb69 same here

SNP 😂

Politicians specialise in blah, KK was a sniper firing bullets of truth.

remember, the BBC were accused of helping win the leave vote because they allowed Nigel on so I wouldn’t hold your breath about getting real people on. We’ll continue to have to use the internet. A bit like some truth seeking Russians it seems ?

10 months on, the capitulation urged by Kisin and carefully engineered by the Kirby-Sullivan-Blinken-Biden-Milley gang who previously designed Obama's appeasement policy is closer to being forced on Ukraine. Kisin joins the elite in Germany, France and the U.S. who have mastered posturing about helping Ukraine while urging truncation of its territory to appease Putin.

His really not. Not much critic of what ukraines been doing here. Playing into the narrative.

@@keithdon3313 what narrative you mean?

@@Dextronaut1 ukraine, Putin evil/bad.. No mention of US Europe actions n corruption in ukraine.

@@keithdon3313 but what Putin is doing is evil thats obvious. He has caused an incredible amount of suffering on a massive scale.

@@Dextronaut1 you asserting how you feel does not make it true. How about you justify your claim without ignoring the past 30years.. And the precedents set by the west.

I'm suspicious of everyone who makes a living from having an opinion. Especially if you don't have a proper steady job in a newspaper or wherever. Where does he get his money? Who does he hang around with? I just read a suspiciously similar phrase from some "analyst" about Russians having a "different view of the value of human life" (or something along those lines). Are these talking points that are being distributed in certain circles? I hate Putin and I hope he croaks but I don't think he's actually psychopathic and wants to go down in history as the most evil person in existence after causing a nuclear holocaust

And the actual strategy to stop this is to let the Russians kill the Azov neo-nazis, let them broadcast images of their dead bodies on Russian TV and declare it a victory and go home. This is the price Ukraine has to pay for excessive tolerance of the extreme right wing when they're sitting right next to a militaristic chauvinistic country constantly on the brink of economic collapse - how stupid do you have to be?!? (Again, I hate Putin and hope he will go to hell for what he has done, but I'm just being realistic)

@@janisauzins4103 I hear you. I would suggest, however that a man who gets his funding only from his viewers will be far more honest than his counterpart who is beholden to big money donors and advertisers, and in some cases governments. KK has no financial incentive to lie. Although I've been wrong before

@@janisauzins4103 Stop hating on the right-wingers. they didn't cause this problem and they do not hate you. If you truly think they will take photos of dead nazis and call it a day you are sorely mistaken

@@philsheridan7659 They said the same about Saddam Hussein wanting to destroy America with Nuclear Weapons, it turned out to be a pack of lies.

Bc he doesn't need to be elected.

Yes, he was indeed. I have to admit, as someone who gets his information from podcasts and youtubers... well, when he was introduced as a youtuber you could kind of feel a: "oh right, here we go - some unqualified nut job" wafting about in the air ....So seeing him come out looking like one of the most straight talking, pragmatic guests I've seen on a TV panel debate... Yep, that was a moment of validation for the counter-media, if it might be called that. On such an important topic also. Aye, powerful fellow that Konstantin.

Indeed, perfectly pitched.

"he wasn't the same man I met in 2002" What a deluded and self important fool that lady is. Did she plumb the depths of his mind? What a naive statement! If she met Bin Laden in the nineties she'd have trusted him.

also the lady just writes off Putin's actions as irrational

Shows you just how out of touch these ppl are :)

Honest conversations with uninteresting npc’s

The blunt truth he speaks is too much for some, he nearly gave Fiona Bruce a heart attack.

same here - been about 2 years for me too - glad for this clip that focused on KK's - as couldn't have sat through any more from the SNP woman.

He will not be. You will all be pulverized if you keep pushing Putin into a corner, morons.

@@tiberio1352 All that hobbit has done is show us how weak he is. He only has nukes. And he'll be shot by a Russian General before he could give the order you coward!

I haven’t watched QT in two decades or more. After hearing of the debacle when last Charles Moore appeared I thought I was finished with QT. Thank you Konstantin for your sensible comments. If you appear on this show again I will endeavour to watch.

He's a boss. I saw him speaking at the Battle of Ideas. He's a literary boss

Sadly not. Their ears are closed and their minds made up. They will follow the party line until another line comes along and guarantees their space at the trough. They are career politicians.

Same here, stopped my BBC licence tax & watching live TV just over 3 years ago, best thing I did in ages. Yes, maybe they do some good drama, but not enough to keep me watching & there is good stuff elsewhere too. KK was 🤩

Thanks for giving us your background first. Riveting.

I agree.

Fiona Bruce and the other BBC robots react to the truth with the upper class BBC outrage and fluster that only signals a sense of self importance that is completely unjustified made out of a glass house they created. Shatter the narrative they have created and watch the rats flee.

Legacy media is dying. Everybody knows it