I've been following the results of the election of the European Parliament. Alas, a cold chill has gone up my spine and settled there. I'm sorry that Nigel Farrage is running for parliament, but happy that he won't be acting as another lickspittle for Trump. I do always enjoy your videos.

I'm not sure I agree about young Trump voters being persuaded by Hitchens (or people like Peterson or whatever). So many of these young men are radically anti-smart, resisting anyone who seems to be using (or in their opinion misusing) intellect or serious thought. This anti-intellectualism has long been a major strand in American culture--at least in certain regions of the country (including the one where I grew up). Hitchens couldn't--and didn't even try--to hide his brilliance. But maybe you're right that he could have shifted just a few trumpies, enough to swing an election. And at the very least, I personally would have enjoyed his youtube persona very much (even when I disagreed with him).

Have you ever come across The Case for Conservatism by Quintin Hogg (perhaps better know to your Grandparents as Lord Hailsham). It was first written in 1947 and is possibly a reaction to the 1945-51 Labour government. It was published by Penguin as a grey-banded world affairs book. Hogg later revised the book under a different title. I like to think that was because everyone answered the original title with "You Mean There Is One?"

books: 1) fire and fury by michael wolff 2) 1984 by george orwell 3) the communist manifesto by karl marx and friedrich engels 4) and yet by christopher hitchens 5) making a success of brexit and reforming the eu by roger bootle 6) how they broke britain by james o brien 7) britain since 1918 by david marquand 8) the way we live now by anthony trollope 9) ten years to save the west by liz truss

james obrien may be the worst human in the entire country