+homer blair I don't know. Corbyn and a lot of his supporters are in their 60s.

+Ed O'Meara True, but that's mainly because we old farts are wise enough to see that he's right on most issues. It's just his views on Trident, N.A.T.O and immigration that bother me.

Cynical Brit He probably won't get his way on either Trident or NATO - although I do agree NATO as a whole probably shouldn't exist given that it isn't the Cold War anymore. Also, there seems no circumstances when British nukes would seem useful.

Ed O'Meara Can I take it from that that you also believe that we should leave N.A.T.O, and scrap Trident? Presumably, thus entrusting the defence of these septic isles to what little remains of our own armed forces.

***** Not to mention the fact that in war zones where they can't interfere militarily they offer help to the civilian population with food, shelter, blankets, medical supplies, etc. We can't even begin to guess how many tens of thousands of lives NATO's peacekeeping troops have saved over the years.

+Andrew Curry He likely did during the course of this highly edited cut. He would have no answers.

google Peter Hitchins and Russell Brand. Not only does Rus hand Pete his ass but he does it with humour.

+James Orlando Russell Brand is a highly intellectual person. Very well educated. You don't have to agree with all of his views (I don't) but he has it spot on about the class system in this country and why voting is futile.

+James Orlando No he isn't, like I wrote, I don't agree with all of his views.He admits he has a privileged lifestyle, that, after a pretty crap upbringing (no excuses, many more have had worse) could have screwed with his head but at least he acknowledges his shortcomings.He has turned to 'God' whatever that is, a sense of belonging? He rambles sometimes but I take on board his anti capitalism stance, it only favours the rich.They are the people that don't want change as they are wallowing in wealth.Brand says he wants change and wants to change.He's done pretty well so far. Will he stick to his principles? I know not, but I will continue to listen.He may fall by the wayside and end up like all the rest, talk the talk but do sod all.I'm prepared to give him the benefit, he's certainly no worse than the fookers that control us at the moment.

Haha the mention of Russel Brand... I'm not even going to bother with this. Goodbye.

Nearly everything he says ages well.

Don’t you mean Albanian or Urdu?

8 years later and it looks to be more like Arabic

I think some of you misunderstood what he meant. It's not about Chinese immigrants. The UK is basically owned by the Chinese. China owns about 25% of UK debt, and then there is the power of Chinese companie (i.e. the Chinese state).

@@AH-te5gs £25?! Wow!

*its

Brilliant and true!

I see nothing about this Orwellian dystopia that is even remotely good. I cannot even understand why the liberal-left want to put themselves (and everyone else) into subservience to the mighty state? it's sheer lunacy.

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@@m_tron99 Grammar prefect?

+Robbie Bennett On nothing? Even nationalisation of the railways?

Yeah and energy, my mistake on that one. Kinda missing the overall flavour of my comment though - people that disagree should talk more and in a pleasant manner!

Robbie Bennett I know. I only replied like that to evince the hyperbole of your original statement.

*Evidence Hopefully soon you'll have better things to do then ask if there's actually anything I agree with Peter Hitchens on. It's a less effective comment that gets the point across less if I say 'I don't agree with Peter Hitchens on anything except railway and energy nationalisation but...' My point was and still is, it's great to see people who don't agree having a reasonable discussion/interview and that it's possible to appreciate a person you profoundly disagree with on pretty much everything.

+Robbie Bennett Evince, you complete and utter cretin. It means to reveal the presence of.

+Philip Robinson just the same as me. Is it because I'm approaching 50 though? Not sure. I was once like Owen but now see through it. Hitchens understands the deeper history so much better.

+Philip Robinson The UK is done. Watch as the 3rd world now takes over.

+pigknickers Its because you are now in your "age of wisdom" something that is not recognized in the UK - or is, but is denigrated by those in power.

+Philip Robinson HAve you looked on a map to see how small a country the UK is? It is not important on the scale of the world. The British Empire was, but that was always going to be a temporary phase. Most of the problems the UK has are caused by global phenomenon that affect all countries. When Brittania ruled the waves, Brittania could affect global phenomenon. But that was always going to end. It's obvious if you look at the map and compare size and numbers of China or America to Britain. Britain now is not significantly more powerful than Luxemburg. The only power the UK has is that it has the backing of the financial elite, as long as london remains the capitol of financial crime of the world, as long as London keeps fighting for it's tax shelters for the world's rich.

+melanieenmats Yes the UK is small and we no longer have an empire, however the geographical area is not related to importance. eg Greenland. I think our problems are partly international, but I would say its because the "Establishment" has once more taken control. It always used to be in control, (eg only country squires had the vote in WW1) but then lost its power after WW2. You are right, London and the elite have taken over, and the socialist comprehensive schools, have put a stop to social mobility, such that our government is now dominated by the privately educated, with fake fraudulent "mail order" MA degrees from Ox-bridge. So how have the establishment regained power? Well the loony left did not help, neither did the corrupt Blairites, which have persuaded the electorate through the rigged undemocratic system, to return to the establishment. So we are now about to witness an era of the loony right, with the establishment in power, the dominance of the super rich, the dumbing down of education for the prols and "the working class can kiss my arse"

Your sentence structure confirms your statement.

It's gone thanks to free market corporate capitalism. Murdoch and Thatcher nailed the coffin.

We're still here aren't we? Stand Up and Speak for your country! If we stand together we can fix it. Crecy. Agincourt. Trafalgar. Rourkes Drift. The skies over Kent. When we are in our darkest hour, we are at our finest. STAND!

Peter Cruz Peter Hitchens is a intelligent man who knows his facts and his country including its history

How's it gone mate?

***** Europe, I can't say more than that to the internet at large.

+LemonZeppelin you're lucky. i want out

+LemonZeppelin only rats desert a sinking ship, patriots stay and fight to the end!

darren s Then I shall be a prosperous rat.

darren s there is nothing patriotic about retardation and there never was. what the papers convinced you to take on is not the rest of the country's sense of nation.

Indeed my friend :)

VOX CLAMANS IN DESERTO

Agreed. 4 years later

@@pulchralutetia Sine dubio

It's not about utopia it's about the business of preservation and innovation. Leftist can't get their heads round it. They think it would be heaven on earth if the west collapsed in the face of the USSR.

If you seriously believe this then you really don't deserve to have a vote.

Same, please don't vote Kaon

If you've got time could you elaborate on how you define "Leftist", please? I consider myself vaguely left-wing but I have to disagree with the idea that the USSR was a good thing at all, bar perhaps an incentive for western governments to implement social welfare programs to avoid their own revolutions.

Jonathan Slater Since the rise of the extreme SJWs the left has been branded as a crazy feeling based cult. It is obviously false, these people are a vocal minority. The sensible lefts failure to call out these lunatics & ringfence them as the right does with neonazis has created a false image that this is what the left is like. Many right wingers instead of engaging their brains prefer to paint with a broad brush & instantly dismiss someone's opinion, cause well you know pinko this commie that, but then many on the left are also guilty of this labelling all right wingers as goose stepping nutjobs.

+Alistair Wessex we all miss Christopher

***** well, braindead jesus freaks like you don't

Morality Official Yes because pictures were available 1000 years ago

He was an ass.

+Carbon Based Life Form He was good at debating on atheism v religion but he supported the Iraq war, Zionism and US/UK imperialism.

He should not interview anyone. He is a piss-poor, partisan, emotional reporter with a skewed sense of reality.

Now that I would pay good money to see & Milo Yiannopoulis even Tommy Robinson. I think it would be safe to say they wouldn't be cosy little chit chats.

Mostica Icelandic - Thats precisely why id want to see him speak with Douglas.

+Mostica Icelandic Which is exactly why he should speak to Douglas - he would destroy him.

hahaha true. oh lord....

Indubitably

And Peter's right as well.

Inhumanity? I wouldn’t stay inhumanity, he’s wrong thiugh

Absolutely.

PD Watts theres a quote that says that democracy is the system that guarantees that were not ruled better than we deserve, I’m not saying its a bad system but it does specifically what this quote says.

Most of those politicians are from a party that he is supportive of, though...

It doesn't help that the country is full of batshit thick needy sorts.

Yes the political class. The banksters courtiers

have

+David Kirwan he would have had he asked Hitchens on his opinion regarding homosexuality

He had it in him alright.

Should have got Douglas Murray 😂

+Bollog Nyessy Because he has a virtue that's rare these days: honesty. If he believes something, he will articulate it. It's entirely possible to disagree with some or most of his views and still find him intriguing and worthy of respect. Think of yourself as Saladin and him as Richard the Lionheart.

+Bollog Nyessy Because he is a of a dying breed of people who understand the true nature of responsibility.

+Vulpes Inculta Thank you. Since when did it become fashionable of the left to hate all those who don't agree with them?

Vulpes Inculta it was a rhetorical question, but thanks anyway.

Scuba Sausage who really understands the true nature of responsibility though? you're basically saying he's got the free will vs determinism debate all worked out. don't be daft.

+Brian Mosse #Fireworks

+João Manuel Gomes Paul Eisen

+Brian Mosse ......'Talk to Mark Steyn'........................Show some pity man. Steyn would slaughter him.

Ade Falcon The best part of that would be the hilarious one liners he would deliver ...

+Ade Falcon Steyn is nothing special, intellectually- he's a generic right-winger. He also, amusingly (unintentionally) tried to defend his crony and convicted felon Conrad Black, and of course being a right-wing crackpot has a fetish with criticising Muslims.

+Drew Mac Agreed. Didn't Moses have 3k people killed directly after receiving the 10 commandments, one of which saying "don't kill people"? You'd have thought that story would end with God saying "tut tut, failed at the first hurdle, Moses. Should've had me do it. I've got diplomatic immunity or somesuch" before setting him on fire with a bic lighter (which God would be able to sort out, being God and all that). I fear I may be rambling.

+Drew Mac Regarding The Golden Rule of Reciprocity: So, presuming that you wouldn't want to be a victim of violence, you'd never inflict violence on others?

+beingsshepherd Exactly right

+Ian Webster Hitchens responds... hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2013/10/here-we-go-again.html

It's like he never read anything his brother wrote in the last decade... Or at least quietly disagrees, albeit irrationally.

+Cleopatra Anthony What's wrong with that?

+Derek Ryder Well the times are a- changing and have changed a lot since then.

Cleopatra Anthony During the Victorian era, Britain ruled a quarter of the world, so they must have been doing something right. Most of the social change that has occurred since then has been for the worse. Britain has become a shadow of its former self and will be destroyed entirely unless something is done about the immigrant threat. Maybe you could learn a thing or two from the Victorians.

+Derek Ryder If you think stealing and plundering other countries resources is 'something right' then sure Britain was just great:)

Cleopatra Anthony I do think it was something right. Only treacherous, cowardly maggots oppose the glory of the British Empire.

+LeadGames I'd pay to see that! That or a round table discussion between Owen Jones, Jeremy Corbyn, Nigel Farage and Peter Hitchens. One hour, no moderator ;)

+xemy101 There would almost certainly be a fatality. And it would almost certainly be Owen.

+xemy101 Hahaha jesus christ that'd be a show.

+xemy101 And of course no hand selected audience either...... Debate used to be like that on the bbc, impartial and no holds barred, even the 1970's when I first started to take notice of political things. The msm has a permanent brief to shut down genuine debate, as if its a grubby, shameful abberation that must be kept firmly in the closet.

@LeadGames I like your profile picture, which nebula is that?

There's plenty of Conservative figures, he also interviewed Mogg :) There's still a couple out there!

Would you class Trump as neoliberal as well then?

Aw, poor oppressed conservative minority.

+John Christopher Hitchens was a fool who only appealed to small minded people. Peter, on the other hand, is a principled man who says the truth.

+Eoghan Murt I'm even worse. I'm a CH fanboy and an Eminem fanboy, and a Salman Rushdie fanboy. Eminem-Hitch-in-Rushdiie

+Rahul Kemp fuck salman rushdie

There's a difference between talking to people that disagree with you and quite another with people who insult you personally. This interview is civilised and polite. What you're referring to was not and he was well within his right to walk out.

+Lennon6412 Well the tories are pro mass immigration, pro lgbtqiabdbreyhwubdrehwubhj3.12 rights, egalitarian, actively pro multiculturalism.

+Lennon6412 I think he means that they are very socially left wing (pro mass immigration etc), but when it comes to economics they are very right wing

+Lennon6412 Compare the Tories you see today to the Tories you would have seen fifty years ago. Compare the current right-wing of the party to the wing once occupied almost entirely by Enoch Powell, and you will see how drastically the Conservative Party has shifted to the left since the 1960s.

+Lennon6412 Because we live in a welfare state, we have big corporations providing large amounts of jobs, there is strict minimum wage rules, open borders, national debt and deficit, we are shrinking the military budget to pay for the state, they legalised gay marriage. I could go on...

***** You have no understanding of politics..

Better still +Owen Jones has provided a full length video so that folk like me who have no social lives can geek out on a political chats.

+Tom A Hey Tom, we did one with Douglas Carswell - have a look in the playlist.

Owen Jones Yeah, I spoke too soon...egg on the face now, lol. Great work with both the interviews by the way, would like to see more of them.

+Owen Jones yo owen, thought of speaking to some political scientists (and political psychologists)? jonathan haidt would provide some pretty interesting perspectives for the left!

Douglas Murray!!!!!

Mark or Carol Thatcher. Would be interesting to hear what they think of the current state of the UK.

That's because they are speaking English.

eye - a right pair of clever dicks

Yeah

Well, ONE WAS.

6:13

nathan osgood Ah one of the fanboys he spoke of. How sad.

I don't get that. I thought his heart was Gay Marriage opening the way for transgender.

Cameron's Grandfather Emile Levita

+Nyctohylophiliac He said his decisions and opinions have religious underpinnings and give an objective physical diagnosis of addiction

+sithersproductions When consuming large quantities of alcohol, D1 receptors in the dorsomedial striatum (part of the brain important in goal driven behaviours) become more easily excitable. Drugs that partially inhibit the D1 receptors actually reduced the craving for alcohol. If this is the case for alcohol, it's almost certainly the case for other drugs, as we already know they have a big effect on neurotransmitters. This is a relatively new study but read it a couple days ago, pretty interesting: medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-neuron-responsible-alcoholism.html

Greasy Harold Nonsense such a cure for addiction in any case would be willpower snd tell me which disease is cured by willpower

sithersproductions You asked for objective physiological evidence for addiction and I pointed out the neurons in the dorsomedial striatum are affected differently in those who consider themselves alcohol dependent.

sithersproductions You're confused. An addict can stop using, but that doesn't stop them from being an addict.