Simon Heffer: From The Great War to Brexit: A Traditionalist View of Britain
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2019
- Simon Heffer is an English historian, journalist, author and political commentator. He has published several biographies and a series of books on the social history of Great Britain from the mid nineteenth century until the end of the First World War. He was appointed professorial research fellow at the University of Buckingham in 2017.
He worked as a columnist for the Daily Mail and since 2015 has had a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph. As a political commentator, Heffer takes a socially and constitutionally conservative position.
Heffer's most recent book is "Staring at God: Britain in the Great War" (ISBN: 9781847948311)
Incomplete Bibliography:
Heffer, Simon, & Charles Moore (editors), A Tory Seer: The Selected Journalism of T.E. Utley, London, 1989, ISBN 0-241-12728-9
Heffer, Simon, Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle, London, 1995.
Heffer, Simon, Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII, London, 1998.
Heffer, Simon, Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell, London, 1998. ISBN 0-297-84286-2
Heffer, Simon, Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England, London, 1999.
Heffer, Simon, Vaughan Williams, London, 2000. ISBN 0-297-64398-3
Heffer, Simon: Strictly English: The correct way to write... and why it matters, London : Rh Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84794-630-0
Heffer, Simon (2013). High minds : the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain. London: RH Books.
Heffer, Simon, Simply English, London : RH Books, 2014.
Heffer, Simon (2017) The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914, Random House, London ISBN 978-1-84794-742-0
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Thank you for these ongoing long-form interviews. The traditional media has all but died in this respect.
Still a pro zionist echo chamber all the same.
This channel gets better with each episode. Recommend Triggernometry channel, as they also do excellent interviews.
SteveBenBob NSDAP Member?
SteveBenBob NSDAP member
I don't understand why, when I hear so many intelligent and informed people like Simon Heffer speaking openly and truthfully, the people who shout loudest and have the most clout are the exact opposite.
Its the far left Marxists socialist communists call them what you like there whole agenda is the destruction of the capitalist system and the downfall of the west to usher in the new world socialist Marxist communist order.
Take the European union for example each EU country supplies ex amount of MEPs to sit in the European parliament but they have no power because the European union is run by the European unelected commission who are socialist Marxist communists thay make up all the rules and regulations in otherwords it's a dictatorship
As the Chinese say 'empty vessels make the loudest noise'.
Perhaps because the liberal left have all the influence in broadcasting media in line with Gramsci's mantra.
Alex Harrington . My mum says that , she's not Chinese though .
Lobbyists don't just pay off politicians but the media too to keep their mouths shut or open depending on the vested interests.
Brilliant guest, brilliant interview.
I’m a conservative but we need politicians as smart and competent has him.
I wish we had more people like Simon Heffer. We would be better off in every way.
I fully agree with you, and every word he spoke here.
I fully agree with you, and every word spoken by Simon Heffer.
Yeah, because of his liberal ideas. Your grandkids will be minorities in there own country and have to become Muslims. Girls will be second class citizens and have to cover themselves up 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 but at least we're not speaking German 🤦🏻♂️
Corbyn therapist You need a therapist
Except there'd be less pork pies at Aldi. Just kidding he's a smart guy.
Hello from America. I’ve been watching several of your shows the last few days. Fantastic guests (Hitchens is my favorite) and enjoy listening to British history, culture, politics, etc., especially from a conservative point of view. Cheers!
as an english traditionalist myself i always appreciate the likes of Simon's calibre.
A joy to hear Simon Heffer , I always enjoy his Sunday Telegraph articles , he is a better man than me I admit, I just cannot respect remainers , I can barely tolerate them.
So, you're walking around and living your life while essentially despising every other person? You do realise, don't you, that many of the people on whom you rely, and many of the people who have been very good to you, are undoubtedly remainers? Either you're slightly insane or you're lying through your teeth in a public forum. I know which one I would bet on.
@@DieFlabbergast I tolerate you, who said anything about despise ? You are the one with insults as always remainer, did you you learn your tolerance in Germany ?
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Not every other person is a remainer. He's being honest; why can't you respect that?
I really enjoyed that. Mr Heffer was very interesting and Peter, as usual, allowed him to talk unlike the over or underpaid, depending on your gender apparently, squabbling brats at the BBC who want to give their opinions and not listen to those of their guest. .
You've obviously never listened to Mr O Brien....the man who wrote how to be right about everything......no guessing who he is referring to
The Main Stream Media now is just one long episode of Loose Women
I love this programme, Always intelligent rational people, they should project it onto the walls of parliament so the members can pick up a few tips!
Good idea Dave...
The bbc used to broadcast such intelligent interviews now it's down to ppl like P Whittle on RUclips.
David Roberts: no amount of evidence will persuade someone who has a financial interest in not listening.
I have been a fan of Simon Heffer since he called David Cameron a PR spiv. Perfectly sums up modern Conservatives.
Cameron shone in the dark.
My Gran passed away recently and the cultural change was quite profound as she looked after her elderly mother in her day but had to rely on nurses as both parents were in full time work.
We would visit her of course but couldn't be there a round the clock like it was in the 1950s or 1960s
Superb interview, thank you.
Well done Peter. I think this is the best interview you've done so far. Simon Heffer was an inspired choice of guest and I found it to be a very interesting way to spend 35 minutes. Bravo.
This is my favorite channel on RUclips, intelligent discussion that is always polite. These are values that we seem to have lost in so many areas of life. Simon is perfectly correct in his statements regarding social media, the it seems most times to be an unfortunate mixture of narcissism and puerility. I was impressed enough by Simon's points of view to now go and buy his book Like The Roman. It is a rare pleasure these days to listen to someone of intelligence, expounding his viewpoint in a way that is easy to understand and polite as well.
Thank you for a very interesting and informative discussion. I would like to say I admire you Simon Heffer for speaking about how Democracy was fought for by young men and women.
It makes me sick that Jo Swinson can stand up and just dismiss Democracy so easily when the blood of young men and women of the age she is now seeped into the earth fighting for it. She should be shamed not voted for.
It will be interesting the forthcoming election to see how many votes they receive. i have been inundated with Swinson Lib Dem post more so than any other party.
Jo Swinson .... should be shamed not voted for. Well said.
Thank you. That was a very relaxing conversation.
This better than any programme on the MSM.
Thankyou to you both.
Great stuff Thankyou
I’ve been waiting for this, Simon Heffer , yes bring in the big guns 💪
Johnson is like Trump. It is too bad that the people of Britain and America have to turn to such flawed figures, because so few politicians are capable of standing against a corrupt elite.
Another excellent interview. Please do get Simon back. Would be great to hear some more insight from him. Thanks Peter.
This channel is a gem.
Thank you for this: I am an American and I had to look up Gladstonian liberal.
Liberal Democrat. Someone very liberal with our democracy! Very interesting guest. Hope he is invited to a second discussion. This one was too short.
There has been no intelligent rebuttal from the LibDems as to why the referendum result should not stand. Even the party leader offers banalities when the question is raised. No intellectual or democratic rationale, it isn't even a refusal to accept the legitimacy of referenda as a whole. It's simply the notion that some ideas are not for the general public to have an opinion on. No surprise to hear such hubris at Cambridge High Table but shocking when MPs are dismissive of the plebiscite.
Hi
It depends on what you want from intelligent rebuttal. There is a clear argument over the legitimacy of the referendum. Had the terms of the referendum been established pre referendum then it would have been legitimate. The scottish referendum act established how an independence win would be carried out and by what majority was required. The issues were discussed pre voting. Brexit did not have that effort put into it.
As a general rule we only use direct democracy as confirmatory votes or to establish the peoples opinion.
So that's my attempt at an intellectual rebuttal.
@@stevenjones9639 The referendum was entirely legitimate, a similar vote took the UK into the Common Market. There were no sub-clauses in 1975 asking whether a yes vote included federalism, a single currency, Maastricht and Lisbon. It was In or Out, not a philosophical treatise on what the term out meant, and especially not whether it included remaining in. Those were retrospective propositions based on the fiction of a "hard" or "soft" Brexit.
The Remain campaign has tried to thwart the result with every increasing circles of absurdity and chutzpah, from the advisory nature of referenda to foreign involvement and legal challenges. The Liberal Democrats - eternal opportunists that they are - saw votes in an undemocratic power grab. From a party who stood on a ticket to abandon higher education fees to one who supported a virtual threefold increase, expedient revisionism is unremarkable behaviour. Had the same fudges and gerrymandering been adopted for a leave vote in the Scottish referendum, there'd have been civil disobedience.
That's easy to answer, the majority of the Lieberal party have their snouts in the EU trough, like Jo Swineslime, her husband received 3.5 million euros from the EU. They have no reason to stop brexit apart from for their own selfish gain. They are so entitled they don't believe the normal people deserve to get in the way of their EU hand outs.
@@mickk8519 The problem is a political class who from school debating societies, via their PPE degree and party fast-tracking, have spent their entire life aiming to be in charge of everyone else. The idea that political decision making may not be their exclusive right, makes their head explode. Or in Jo Swinson's case wave her arms about, pull angry expressions and go into complete denial. She's the Violet Elizabeth Bott of the Liberal Democratic Party.
That's one of the strange aspects of this affair. Brexiteers, Johnson eg, can make an impassioned argument about the opportunities of being out, but I've yet to hear a Remainer extol the virtues of staying in and the golden future that awaits us as members of the EU. All they do is keep their heads down, doggedly trying to overturn the result, while all the time pretending not to. If pushed, they might mutter something about there not having been a war for 70 years (not an argument I accept), but that's about it. It's very hard to work out why they care so much.
Absolutely marvellously informed man and superb to hear someone speaking with absolute clarity about the disgrace of government in this country
Professor Heffer thank you so very much for your truefulness and honesty. I too am a traditionalist and proud. I will endeavour to read some if not all of your publications.
Another fascinating conversation. Thank you Peter. These interviews never fail to educate and inform.
Another excellent interview, fascinating stuff. I love how the interview is allowed to flow and isn't marred by constant interruptions from the interviewer. There is a lot to be said for listening to what someone has to say in depth.
Mr Heffer's biography of Enoch Powell is worth reading. Immensely detailed and well written it is a fitting tribute to the most profound and original political thinker of the 20th century.
Clear and to the point on each topic - it is obvious why Simon Heffer isn't a politician.
Really enjoy these on RUclips and the podcasts! Please keep up the good work.
Enjoyable. Thank you.
I always enjoy Peter's interviews - Simon Heffer is very informative and honest. I think people just want a Government they can trust and who is for the good of the Nation - not sure we can trust Boris after this interview.
Black Dog. Boris is the worst candidate - except all the others!
I'm in the middle of reading Heffer's work 'The Age of Decadence'. Most impressive. Well done, Mr. Heffer.
I love this podcast.
Interviewing is similar to driving. The good drivers, you notice they are good. The excellent drivers, you forget you're being driven.
Another fascinating guest. I'd love to hear more from him.
Thank you!
Sadly we have no alternative to Boris Johnson. Who does Simon feel is an honourable Tory leader in waiting? Jeremy Corbyn was hardly mentioned neither was Joe Swinson and the threat they pose to the UK. Respect the man, but Gladstonian liberals are few and far between in 2019 Britain.
I'm warming to Boris. I like the fact he goes after people who espouse nonsense. He's also a clear Britaphile and I can't understand someone voting in a man like Corbyn who clearly despises everything Britain is and has been. I hope we get more than the current 120 days to judge him on.
The reason I didn't mention Corbyn Swinton and the rest of them he didn't want to spoil a good intelligent
Didn't get a chance to finish
@@realMaverickBuckley Agreed and Simon Heffer isn't standing either as a Tory or a Gladstonian Liberal ! Jeremy Corbyn is a clear and present danger; he is a hard left socialist/ communist and he would relish dismantling all most of us hold dear. Boris Johnson in my thinking is the ''best of a bad lot'' and he's head and shoulders better than Swinson or of course Corbyn. No contest.
Yeah, because of his liberal ideas. Our grandkids will be minorities in there own country and have to become Muslims. Girls will be second class citizens and have to cover themselves up but at least we're not speaking German 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you, gentlemen, for an intelligent and interesting conversation.
Thanks for Uploading.
Splendid interview. Well done, both.
Simon Heffer is a wonderful writer and speaker. He is a raconteur - even if he would never say it of himself. Intelligent and considered conversationalist on a wide range of subjects. He serves to highlight what much of today's brainwashed youth and the Momentum yobbery are missing.
Heffer is a gatekeeper and by the look of him is ready for market!
Er don't all "remainers" whom Heffer so respects so much, wish to overturn the referendum result by fair means or foul? We had the vote, we voted to leave?
No, not all. I'm a Brexiteer, in a small family of Remainers. Some were angry with me, to the point (almost) of physical violence and fully support overturning democracy. They are anti democrats, even though they see themselves on the side of the angels. My niece voted Remain, but told me some time back, that in the event of another referendum, she would vote Leave, as that had been the democratic decision. There are Remainers who accept the will of the people and Remoaners, who, with the aid of Parliament, the establishment and MSM, will do anything to overturn democracy.
@@deborahrobertson8606 In which case, the type of MP with whom Heffer has some kind of love in - Grieve, Gauke & Co ++ - would have stayed quiet and just got on representing their constitutents but still holding to extreme pro-EU sentiments privately.. Much like other MPs do who haven't always agreed with other divisive changes in legislation but who accept the arrow of 'progress' and stay in position. ++ who became fan boys of the MSM in the same way that political has-been Tony Blair has every pro-EU utterance put on the front pages.
@@deborahrobertson8606 Your niece isn't the only one, Deb
Excellent interview. Simon Heffer's historical and political knowledge is profoundly interesting. Thank you.
Absolutely fantastic content. Truly, if the British people could have a cabinet made up of the people you have on this show the public and Crown I am sure would be mightily pleased!!!
Hopeless nes is how we feel about Brexit we that voted for it
Cheer up man, The die has been cast.
Absolutely fascinating.
Keep up the good work Peter my friend .
Simon Heffer...another great orator. Such a good choice, Mr Whittle. I have subscribed 😊
Fascinating discussion. Thank you for having such interesting guests on your programme.
Awesome. Excellent interview Simon Heffer. Brilliant content. Well said. My sister 61 will vote Conservative party she thinks that Conservative party will win this important 2019 British general election. My grandfather was British soldier in the British Army in 1940 Dunkirk France.
Excellent interview as always. Thank you Peter Whittle and Simon Heffer.
Thank you for the parting sentiment on remembrance. It is the same thought I've had many times that, but for their sacrifice, we would be living in a less free society that our younger generations have not been taught to appreciate.
thanks simon much appreciated
Fantastic. He appears quite aware of, but untouched by, the social bloodletting & fascination with shallow, dramatic (new) class warfare (maybe it's already a cultural revolution).I feel transported back in time in terms of sensibilities, and yet also given a vision of a way forward without any ungainly tricks.
Glad to see he is still writing and will go and have a peek at his latest book.
Brilliant informative and interesting.
The fact that Asquith was initially against female suffrage may have been connected with the fact that he knew a lot of educated women of the type who may have opposed it. Women were excused certain responsibilities that came with the right to vote.
Some wanted the right but not the responsibilities.
Listening in Japan while having breakfast. Simon makes a good point about immigration, I can work in Japan because i have the qualifications they need and because all the paperwork is correct, I could not just turn up at a port of entry and insist I be let in the country it's my human rights....
Robert Loades it’s lunacy
Robert Loades much respect to your comment and the Japanese people......any great nation that equally respects its own people and future will apply the similar expectations of all migrants. To be clear, migrants certainly add value when meeting essential skills shortages, so long as they are not disproportionately burdensome to State funded institutions (e.g. welfare, judiciary, healthcare, education etc).
That was really interesting. Thanks.
that has to be the most british academic man i've ever seen that wasn't a character in a movie … based on all the british schoolmasters i've seen in movies
Music to my ears what a statesmanesque common sense and humility
First time I've comes across this guy. Quite an interesting man.
This guy would be a great PM
A word about the “poppy” and “we would be speaking German now”: I think it hypocrisy that as most British people turned their backs to the values their young men died for in world wars, they still wear the poppy. Its true you don’t speak German now but soon you will be speaking Arabic ( the language of Islam) and remember nobody forced you but you did it voluntarily. When Mr Heffer started writing, words like: sharia, hijab, burqa, halal, haram, kafir, jihad … were not known to him, now they are known to everyone. But I like both the guest and the host
We already speak a form of German.
English is a German dialect.
Englisch ist ein deutscher Dialekt.
Thank you,Mr Heffer.I will now order Enoch Powell's biography.Fascinating to listen to you.
Part of an age of ‘reason’. Everything changes when everything changes..
I question where is the soul in our present politics
18:18 “I’m very much in favour of immigration”. He lost me there. Britain needs an outright halt on all immigration for the next 50 years. Along with a mass deportation program to empty the prisons. Anything else is just not being serious about demographic replacement.
Another engaging interview - thank you so much for posting these interviews - actually giving us the opportunity to listen to informed, intelligent & civilised people addressing the issues of today - is sadly so rare.
Wonderful interview. I love the fact that he claims to be a Gladstonian liberal! Will have to look at Gladstone again. And I respect his assessment of Boris Johnson.
The best 34 minutes of ironing shirts that I've enjoyed in a long while. Thank you
17,000,000 Foreigners in the U.K. How many ADD to the culture?
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Very Interesting wondeful interview.
Watching from 2020
Very interesting interview, and now I've got some more books to add to my to be read list. Thank you.
Prime Minister Asquith was opposed to women's suffrage because he was a Liberal and knew that the vast majority of English women would vote conservative. You will find this in any Comprehensive history of British suffragism.
The Boers were not armed with shotguns. They had Mauser rifles far superior to anything the British had. The British armed with single shot Martini Henry rifles were killed before they were even in range. It was a point in history when determined men armed with rifles could cause massive problems for far superior forces
Encore!
I just realized this channel is like Classic talk show , people allowed to express a thought or two.
On the subject of John Profumo misrepresented according to Simon by the BBC, I can envisage Mandy Rice Davis saying" Well Mr Heffer would say that, would'nt he ".
This was the guy who wrote Like The Roman, the Auto-biography of Enoch Powell.
He ghostwrote Enoch Powell's autobiography?
Only Enoch Powell can write the autobiography of Enoch Powell. If anyone else writes it, it is just a biography.
Heffer wrote the approved biography published a few months after Enoch's death in 1998 & what a cracking read it is too. Powell had always made it clear that he would never write an autobiography stating that "It would be like returning to your own vomit!"
once an Empire,a silver star on the shining sea
Women's Land Army in WW1 was never more than 30,000 strong. The Army had to send nearly 1.5 million wounded men in the Agricultural Labour Corps. Rich women over 30 got the vote in 1918, the Munitionettes, Puithead Lasses and Tram Conductresses got sweet FA
Very insightful talk. I especially like the term Simon used for certain politicians "lobby fodder" and career politicians lacking in principles of civic duty to their own country. Politics has become a circus act of clowns, showmen and ponys led by the nose.
Well, I very nearly did not watch Simon... Something compelled me to listen and i got sucked into the forum/interview... The reason why social media is a grand design is, that I actually learned something from Simon today... So indeed social media is a wonderful tool that actually is furthering society but while having a negative element also, maybe how people behave on social media is actually how and what human beings are all about in reality pretty nasty individuals at times but have a bit of a heart to give sometimes... Remember, we all are but lizards, on a rock, wondering why our feet are burning, and looking frantically for shade to survive... Some seek to get out of reality, some observe and some react, we are all surviving in our own particular way and when death kisses us eventual all that hardship and wealth will be as tears in rain... So what was the purpose of living? To produce offspring and nurture them to a certain age, thats all... The rest is just a bonus to some!
...So the working-classes must be compelled to obey.
Splendid!
Charcoal grey and dark green ensemble is terrific.
Pete's a sharp dresser
already sounds great
New Culture Forum is exactly the same as Turning Point USA and are conservative lite.
Any ''difficult'' questions in the comments about WW2 are instantly deleted.
Enoch was right ! "rivers of blood"
Very interesting interviews, but the sound design always bugs me. If someone with a more booming voice comes on, you should consider turning down the bass from his audio.
I think you'd be better off with a shotgun mic setup; this means movements of clothing wouldn't be picked up, you'd be less likely to pick up lip smacks & breathing, and the mics would be off camera (plus guests won't have to deal with lapels).
Between July 18 and the end of the war, the French, American and Belgian armies combined captured 196,700 prisoners-of-war and 3,775 guns, while British forces, with a smaller army than the French, engaged the main mass of the German Army and captured 188,700 prisoners and 2,840 guns.
Let me repeat that: the French, American and Belgian armies combined captured 196,700 prisoners-of-war and 3,775 guns, while British forces captured 188,700 prisoners and 2,840 guns.
British forces captured only 8,000 fewer prisoners and 935 less guns than the other allies combined
In other words the British Army took just under 50% of the prisoners and just over 40% of the guns.
The German Army was near mutiny....due to the North Sea Blockade's impact and the resulting decreasing rations & horror tales from their families as the whole of the German nation teetered on the brink of starvation...your stats are meaningless therefore.
Ariel Cohen
So why aren’t the American French and Belgian statistics as impressive as the British? Just because the issues you mentioned may have existed doesn’t mean that the statistics are meaningless. Your whole comment is one long non sequitur.
9:04 That graphic scared me, it just vortexed right out from his tummy!!
Robbie For goodness sake grow up ,this man is really intelligent well informed and fair.
@@iap-ug3oy I'm complaining at the editor, for funs sake.
There is no divided world, just divided sanity!
Mainstream TV follows the soundbite mentality that aims for the ever diminishing - but seemingly important - low attention span audience. As long as they pursue that route, political discourse as mainstream TV delivers it will continue to fade and die out.
interrupted this at 25.24 mins. Yes. Mr. Heffer, but who else is there??
A civilized discussion - pleasant, but when the partcipants largely agree, a civilized discussion is achievable with little difficulty. In short, what’s the point?
Like many have already said this is the way such interviews should be carried out and which in partiicular the BBC gave up doing some time ago !
I think Heffer made some odd statements and failed to acknowledge the psychopathy for War of UK leadership pre WW1, (even the Boer War. Never forget Churchill)
As a Brexiteer a main concern of mine is the inability of mainstream INFLUENTIAL opinion to face at least in public the dangers presented by Race and Islam.
I wish I was a bit younger to see whether any change occurs !
The UK is being genetically sidelined and if you dont believe that go and stand outside any local school where mass coloured immigration has taken place.
If you think it is a good idea then the best solutution would have been for you to go and live in say Africa !
I enjoy this conversation wake up Britain
Myzafer Xhepmeta it won’t - it’s too fucking docile
I had the Lib dem(?) canvasser on my doorstep...I mentioned about the lack of democracy re the referendum...she was Italian,been living here ten years...she said ‘well I couldn’t vote in the brexit referendum’ so I said ok then if I were living in Italy could I vote in their referendum ? She said no...it was then that I shut the door...idiocy of the highest order...
The comment that "the average age at death of a man was 48 in 1909 " needs checking-out; the problem with averages of anything, is that they rarely reflect the typical experience. Infant mortality was much higher in the 18th and 19th centuries - is "48" the average age at death of those who survived infancy, or does it include them, in which case it bears no relationship to the average age at death of the adult population, and is no guide to how many were in receipt of a pension and for how long. Eg - if out of ten children, five died in infancy and five lived to over 70, then the average age at death is around 35 and nobody ever collected a pension. Of how many is that typical ? absolutely none.
I do think Boris has some character, he's coarse, yes, but when he thinks something is right he'll push for it even if everyone attacks him. That's how Trump is. Neither are picture perfect conservatives, but they're both willing to fight for what values they do have, media be damned.