@@chriswilliamson7694 Obviously not. What's your point? That you think Hitchens is a great guy with spot on beliefs, like God and the death penalty? Come on Chris, he's a walking canker. Don't be like him. His brother was ok, but he's not.
@@maxdamagusbroski Just pointing it out to @gripm4040. I'm not sure I listened to all of Peter Hitchens - he sometimes talks bollocks, in among the sensible stuff. He believes in god, for god's sake. He thinks Corbyn has idiotic views, conveniently forgetting that in his youth he was well to the left of Corbyn.
Some truth right there but for me he'll always be in his brothers shadow, now he was truly a free thinker & a powerful unafraid one at that & was able to back up all his claims with hard evidence & threw in a dose of positivity for got measure, Peter lacks the same skill!
@@adeosinowo3197 absolute rubbish. You’ve clearly never read anything by him, or heard him speak outside of this clip. Why anyone comes online to demonstrate their ignorance baffles me.
@@meandshe735 you seem easily baffled & appear very ignorant to the tosh he serves up regularly for the DM & at the to this the fact that although well loved by his late brother, its well documented that they had very different political & religious views to the point where the late sibling couldnt defend the younger ones misguided uninformed & socially dangerous opinions!
Peter hitchens, if your reading this, everybody can see you bow to nobody. You care about the truth. You care about us. Nobody else does. And it shows. Your the only person that isn't scared of something. I know writing this isn't much consolation, but I thank you from the depths of my soul.
Peter got precisely one minute for his first answer. One minute. From now on, instead of saying "hold on a minute", I shall say "Hold on a Peter Hitchens"
He’s not just an MP, he’s the Labour chairman who ran the party’s election campaign. If the chairman can break his promise, what hope is there for democracy
The thing about sport is that it's the new religion for many millions of people, billions worldwide. And since it has developed into a religion it is now necessary to keep politics out of it - a separation of church and state.
I'm an American and a big PH fan. I know that Peter views everything thru a political lens and to an extent I do as well. However I do take exception when he says America is not and never was our friend. That's simply not true. Speaking for the average American in the 20th century we always felt a close bond with Brits. We made fun of you sure..you talk funny but we love how it sounds..you drive on the wrong side of the road...but when an American kids around with someone they do it because he likes you and respects you. Sure we had our differences in the 18th century but I suspect there were many middle class brits living at that time that wished they too could be so bold as to tell George III to stuff it ..and be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor and be equal in the sight of God. No Peter you are wrong there are still lots of people in America that stand by Great Britain even as we watch each of our country's decay. Friends remain friends. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
Mike Kotowski I couldn't agree with you more Mike. Your country is our greatest friend and ally and long may that continue. It's one of the very few times i have to disagree with Peter Hitchens opinion as I could listen to this highly intelligent man for hours. His brother, sadly no longer with us, was the same. As for accents being funny I come from Newcastle and you probably wouldn't understand a word i said lol, but I'm sure you can understand this, yours is a great country and I will always look upon your people as my friends. 🇺🇲🇬🇧👍
@@home2624 ...one of my favorite tv shows for many seasons in the early to mid 90's was a British comedy called "Are You Being Served". Oh man my wife & I loved that show...so stinkin' funny. Consider your hand shook in friendship "mate". Haha. Happy New Year and God Bless! .
@@rapturebound197 Haha thankyou "buddy". They're still showing repeats of "Are You Being Served" here. The earliest American comedy I ever saw as a child was "The Lucy Show". I know that makes me ancient but Lucille Ball was a genius. I used to laugh till i cried and I still laugh now when I watch her on You Tube. It's a great privilege to shake your hand from across the pond. Happy New Year indeed to you and America. God bless you and your family Mike and thanks for the reply.
What Hitchens is referring to American foreign policy that was very much neutral until forced into both World Wars,Americans demand that lease/lend was paid in full and how the US stabbed Britain in the back over Suez in 56..Go learn some American history.
@@davidsimpson9647 ..couldn't resist the snide comment eh David. I guess thats how its done now in the 21st century. "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism." ~ Will Durant
I was breathless with laughter from 6:50. That Labour MP wasn't even listening, couldn't answer any question or give any metric and the entire audience was just ridiculing him. Hilarious. Like a drunk NPC
Jan Duke the people in this audience and many others are professional audience participators. This is what they do, they put their names down for all these audience type programmes. You get to see the same faces again and again.
No question time audiences are picked at random apart from the front two rows which are regulars and tend to be involved in the fringes of the political establishment. They are dispersed evenly.
In general I'd say that we need more of Peter Hitchens on TV, more than anything we absolutely need more debate type shows on TV and different opinions must be given airtime
Watch the comment at 4:08 Many people in the audience clap loudly because they definitely support him And then we see a shot of all the luvvies on the panel - they're dumbfounded! They're so shocked to hear that their own people actually want the politicians to but this country first!
8:00 Labour representative says Labour is committed to fulfilling the will of the British people by leaving the EU. This was 2017. From a 2019 perspective we know that he was lying or an idiot.
was on holiday with my family recently and my uncle Brian repeatedly rhymed off, to the point of absurdity, that same Groucho Marx quote. imagine my joy when Peter said it on question time
Every single damn thing Hitchens said, I loved. First time I have ever agreed with a politician on EVERY single point. Respect, Mr Hitch.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Typical Hitchens: party that agrees with many of the things he advocates (AFD) comes along and he castigates them. He's like a man who knows the problem, knows the solution but wishes to keep his hands clean and his conscience untroubled.
Exactly! He's always talking about the Conservative party not being conservative any more yet he virtue signals against the AfD and wants to stay in the customs unions aka Soft Brexit, whilst joking at the Labour Party about them having no principles. Very disappointed with Hitchens.
TubeTheWorld Exactly He does this repeatedly. He once said in response to AFD saying border guards should be able to open fire on illegal attempts at entering the country "If that's what it takes to save Europe then it's better we're not saved". This is a man who wholeheartedly supported the British empire. Does he think we kept that intact with warm words and cups of tea?
That's Peter Hitchens' shtick though. He's very articulate about what he doesn't like - but he'll never come out in favour of anything unless it's 100% 1950s Christian England. I like him and his politics a lot, but he's too unforgiving of the practical realities on the ground, and of natural human flaws. Like his position on the Brexit referendum... doesn't support it because it didn't have a major parliamentary party behind it. Never mind the incredible act of self-determination and democracy that it represented. Journalistically it's pretty smart - because the less you can be pinned down, the less burdened you are, and the more balanced your opinions appear. I have to say when he lays into the Conservative party it makes me laugh- but you would never see an Owen Jones doing the same to the Labour party.
Peter Hitchens was on iTV this morning , I was really interested what he had to say, he was shouted down by Piers and Susanna , I had never heard who Peter was , UK is a shamble about the stare of affairs the debt is so high education etc , I will try to get his book in spite if Piers and Susanna
If we stay in the Single Market and leave the Customs Union as Peter Hitchens suggested this will be deeply disadvantageous to the EU because we will be able to buy goods at the international market value and won't have to buy goods at inflated protected EU prices. They won't go for it.
I remember watching Hitchens the day after the EU referendum and he had the biggest smile I have ever seen on him. He was talking about free trade and all the great things Brexit would bring and now he is talking about a soft Brexit and talking down British manufactoring which still does exist. He always talks about having a real Conservative party in politics and yet denigrates any party that comes along with true conservative values and policies like the AfD in Germany, who have only been labelled as far-right by the same press that regard anything right of Corbyn as far-right.
I cannot stand Dimbleby. He has the Charlie Rose habit of breaking in with unhelpful badgering just before a point is about to be made. Abrasive and dumb.
Glad he pointed out what a constitutional disaster the brexit referendum was. It was ludicrous to hold a referendum proposing a policy that the vast majority of the 2016 parliament disagreed with. It pitted a divided electorate against the legislature - a catastrophe.
I'm surprised the BBC still invites the great Peter Hitchens on this show. Normally, the interesting, non-PC panellists are avoided i.e. David Starky, Douglas Murray, Digby Jones, Nigel Farage, Katie Hopkins etc... Surely its time Dimbleby retired.
Farage, Murray Starkey do not appear on question time?...what hard drugs do you do?, QT panels are dominated by right wing voices occasionally balanced by some soft left opinion...
The trouble is that he always thinks he is the most intelligent person in the room, with the best opinions, and is quite prepared to interrupt anyone who disagrees with him
Hitchens may well be one of the cleverest people to grace this panel. The main reason why i've come up with statement is because he has learn't the art of "IGNORINGDIMBLEBYSCONSTANTINTERRUPTION"...an ancient art form which recognises that Dimbleby doesn't seem to recognise his own over-inflated self importance and lack of understanding of the FACT that this is a Political Discussion Show...and he is a PRESENTER. I swear to god Hitchens never actually looks Dimbleby in the eye ONCE!!!!.....nuff said.
We need debt, only twice since 1692 have we had a balanced budget. Debt is our pensions. So we try to balance the budget to ensure we protect our children, we had debt from our descendants. If we pursue this lunacy we may reduce debt but we leave a crumbling infrastructure and public services so we our children will have to borrow loads to sort it out.
I think you'll find that the UK doesn't produce much to sell so we can never balance the books. All our great industries have gone over the years. Who now talks about this ? No one. Also, without these jobs you have an economy running on low wage jobs. If people have no money to purchase things then it has a huge knock-on effect with shops.
Basil II, we are not at 90% it's about 50% there is debt on the books that is not debt. 400 billion that the government created is not debt, how can money that is created by oneself be debt to oneself. The whole austerity mantra is a pure evil lie. Private wealth Sat in banks doing nothing is the real dead weight. The richest 1% pay 25% of all tax, that's sickening. If wealth distribution was fairer, maybe us at the lower end would contribute more in tax as we would earn more. We need our government to invest massively in our infrastructure. It will if we do reduce our debt. The Tories go on about burdening our children with debt. Imagine you leave your kids your home, but you have never made improvements, they will have a home but will need thousands to renovate it. Similarly we could leave our children with small national debt, but would have to borrow trillions to repair the crumbling infrastructure we would leave them.
Pro ton the government raises money by borrowing against future tax revenue, it sells gilted bonds to investors like you, me, a business or a pension fund and pays interest on this bond until it is cashed in a predetermined point, ie a 10 year, or 25 year bond. So all the money the government borrows increases their debt and ongoing interest liabilities. Currently at about 70billion a year in interest. The total debt is nearly 2trillion, our GDP is 3 trillion. The only way to avoid bankrupcy is to grow GDP in the long term. Excessive taxes reduce GDP and even tax revenue itself. Excessive government borrowing creates an excess of money supply and results in inflation. Private borrowing doesnt because businesses create goods and services to the value of their loans. This is the conundrum conservatives are in, the voters, generally dont understand economics so vote for the party telling them what they want to hear whist believeing online conspiracy theories about bankers.
Most of the moral decline Peter Hitchens like to complain about (instant gratification, consumerism, drugs, etc. etc.) , came as a result of unregulated market economy. Yet he is the first one to support deregulation. He thinks the source of this 'moral decline' has to do with secularism, yet the most religious country in the developed world, the US, has these problems even more than more secular societies in the past and the present.
it all comes down to who has the right to print money. thats should be thright of the govt. the bank should be put under control directly of the british govt
Rick Oneill there's not much to do where I am nightime but watch the RUclips or thai soaps.They haven't heard of full moon parties in this neck of the woods.
It always amazes me that when people talk about political parties that are NOT left, they refer to them as "far right"!!! Politics, as we know, comes in all shapes and sizes, as well as political flavours/colours. The fact that any political party is not left, makes them immediately "far" right, is frankly laughable and is born of cliché and "buzzword" chatter.
Hitchens is spot on. The conservatives are not much different from the Labour party, and the conservatism here is not true conservatism. Hitchens is, so is Mogg.
Free trade is a nonsense. Every nation should do its damndest to be self sufficient, and if they can, trade with their surpluses to purchase their needs.
I love listening to Peter Hitchens, he is very politically intelligent. I just wish that 99.9 per cent of the British public were just as politically intelligent. Many of whom are posting on here. The British largely are a nation of sheep who believe what they read in the right wing press.
Wow times are changing. Since when did Peter Hitchens receive so much applause on Question Time? This was great.
Matthew Eyre I guess people are finally fed up.
Thats what you get when QT comes to Wolverhampton.
@dfctomm I dunno, I think people are finally waking up to the fact that Peter Hitchens is a bigoted, entitled, chinless, over-privileged pompous twat
@@kimrunic5874 , and you're a really great, progressive, caring, fundamentally moral and right person?
@@chriswilliamson7694 Obviously not. What's your point? That you think Hitchens is a great guy with spot on beliefs, like God and the death penalty? Come on Chris, he's a walking canker. Don't be like him. His brother was ok, but he's not.
These are my principles... and if you don't like it ive got other ones.
Fatray Shah Goes for most politicians of all shades
“These are my principles... and if you don’t like them I’ve got other ones.” What a profoundly true joke.
Pinched from Groucho Marx; it's as old as the hills.
@@edeledeledel5490 True for all that.
@@edeledeledel5490He literally says he is quoting Groucho.
@@maxdamagusbroski Just pointing it out to @gripm4040. I'm not sure I listened to all of Peter Hitchens - he sometimes talks bollocks, in among the sensible stuff. He believes in god, for god's sake. He thinks Corbyn has idiotic views, conveniently forgetting that in his youth he was well to the left of Corbyn.
Peter Hitchens...The only one worth listening to on the panel.
richard tice?
Ye he should work for the samaritans
Only because Christopher is dead.
That hasn’t changed. He’s still one of the people in the public eye that makes sense. We still haven’t got an agreement on Brexit either!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 if he had listened to his brother more he might not be
I love the way Peter says ‘decades’ and the fact that he says it in almost every single interview or media appearance.
Every time I listen to Peter Hitchens, he impresses me more - I wish he would enter politics, he'd get my vote
He did try in 1999
@@MrRedcarpet02 and he knew then that he didn't have a real chance
Really??? 😂😂😂😂
However much I disagree with Peter Hitchens on many things I cant help but like him. He is a free thinker. We need more of those.
Some truth right there but for me he'll always be in his brothers shadow, now he was truly a free thinker & a powerful unafraid one at that & was able to back up all his claims with hard evidence & threw in a dose of positivity for got measure, Peter lacks the same skill!
@@adeosinowo3197 absolute rubbish. You’ve clearly never read anything by him, or heard him speak outside of this clip. Why anyone comes online to demonstrate their ignorance baffles me.
@@meandshe735 you seem easily baffled & appear very ignorant to the tosh he serves up regularly for the DM & at the to this the fact that although well loved by his late brother, its well documented that they had very different political & religious views to the point where the late sibling couldnt defend the younger ones misguided uninformed & socially dangerous opinions!
@@adeosinowo3197 bollocks.
@@meandshe735 i knew you'd reveal your true level sooner or later. Thank you!
"No Second Referendum".....fast forward a couple of years
And how long will the transition period be? As short as necessary, as long as possible... ha, ha, ha
Fast forward another year
Lavery lied through his teeth
I love the way he slags off the Tories.
i love the way he slagged the labour party myself
I love the way he slags off those who need slagging off.
@@MOGGS1942 I agree, there are many that need it
One of his best segments ever I think; sharp as a tack, spot on every point.
Peter always steals the show on question time .Great man.
Peter hitchens, if your reading this, everybody can see you bow to nobody. You care about the truth. You care about us. Nobody else does. And it shows. Your the only person that isn't scared of something. I know writing this isn't much consolation, but I thank you from the depths of my soul.
Peter Hitchens brilliant says it all frank and straight
Peter got precisely one minute for his first answer. One minute. From now on, instead of saying "hold on a minute", I shall say "Hold on a Peter Hitchens"
That Labour MP, 2 years later, has been shown up as a short sighted liar.
He’s not just an MP, he’s the Labour chairman who ran the party’s election campaign. If the chairman can break his promise, what hope is there for democracy
I love to listen to Peter Hitchens.
Peter, thank you for uploading all your appearances.
Master Brew I really doubt Peter Hitchens is adroit with computers
Looking at playlists on the channel, I don't think Peter would be a Ben Shapiro fan IMO (I doubt he's ever heard of him)
Think you'll find he is. You'll constantly find him posting on Twitter and Facebook, haha
Peter Hitchens telling it like it is as always, the emperor has no clothes.
Peter nailed the problem of the NHS.
I've watched several of these. David Dimbleby can never hold himself back from interrupting Peter Hitchens.
The thing about sport is that it's the new religion for many millions of people, billions worldwide. And since it has developed into a religion it is now necessary to keep politics out of it - a separation of church and state.
54footscray I made a thing about people's obsession with sports. On my channel, it's the trailer at the moment
"separation of church and state." Were not France or America, the church is part of English goveernance.
I'm an American and a big PH fan. I know that Peter views everything thru a political lens and to an extent I do as well. However I do take exception when he says America is not and never was our friend. That's simply not true. Speaking for the average American in the 20th century we always felt a close bond with Brits. We made fun of you sure..you talk funny but we love how it sounds..you drive on the wrong side of the road...but when an American kids around with someone they do it because he likes you and respects you. Sure we had our differences in the 18th century but I suspect there were many middle class brits living at that time that wished they too could be so bold as to tell George III to stuff it ..and be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor and be equal in the sight of God.
No Peter you are wrong there are still lots of people in America that stand by Great Britain even as we watch each of our country's decay. Friends remain friends. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
Mike Kotowski I couldn't agree with you more Mike. Your country is our greatest friend and ally and long may that continue. It's one of the very few times i have to disagree with Peter Hitchens opinion as I could listen to this highly intelligent man for hours. His brother, sadly no longer with us, was the same. As for accents being funny I come from Newcastle and you probably wouldn't understand a word i said lol, but I'm sure you can understand this, yours is a great country and I will always look upon your people as my friends. 🇺🇲🇬🇧👍
@@home2624 ...one of my favorite tv shows for many seasons in the early to mid 90's was a British comedy called "Are You Being Served".
Oh man my wife & I loved that show...so stinkin' funny.
Consider your hand shook in friendship "mate". Haha.
Happy New Year and God Bless!
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@@rapturebound197 Haha thankyou "buddy". They're still showing repeats of "Are You Being Served" here. The earliest American comedy I ever saw as a child was "The Lucy Show". I know that makes me ancient but Lucille Ball was a genius. I used to laugh till i cried and I still laugh now when I watch her on You Tube. It's a great privilege to shake your hand from across the pond. Happy New Year indeed to you and America. God bless you and your family Mike and thanks for the reply.
What Hitchens is referring to American foreign policy that was very much neutral until forced into both World Wars,Americans demand that lease/lend was paid in full and how the US stabbed Britain in the back over Suez in 56..Go learn some American history.
@@davidsimpson9647 ..couldn't resist the snide comment eh David. I guess thats how its done now in the 21st century.
"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism."
~ Will Durant
2:30 he completely nails it, there needs to be a proper choice between the parties otherwise democracy is meaningless
8:48, that was golden
I suggest replacing qt with an hour of clips of dimbleby scratching his arse and counting his money with glee
Or sat on a park bench randomly pointing at passers-by "You there, yes the man with the green jumper"
+BorealisJames Your comment made me snort.
Ditto
Hitchens is so spot on with everything
I was breathless with laughter from 6:50. That Labour MP wasn't even listening, couldn't answer any question or give any metric and the entire audience was just ridiculing him. Hilarious. Like a drunk NPC
She's a comedian all right.
I have just watched another program on Chanel 4 and there a lot of the same people in the audience are they planted there
I applied and on line and heard nothing from them !
Jan Duke the people in this audience and many others are professional audience participators. This is what they do, they put their names down for all these audience type programmes. You get to see the same faces again and again.
Jan Duke what program Jan?
Jan Duke What program?
No question time audiences are picked at random apart from the front two rows which are regulars and tend to be involved in the fringes of the political establishment. They are dispersed evenly.
“These are my principles. And if you don’t like them I’ve got other ones!” Classic Hitch.
It was Groucho Marx 🙄
In general I'd say that we need more of Peter Hitchens on TV, more than anything we absolutely need more debate type shows on TV and different opinions must be given airtime
7:00 “we believe in the will of the British people”
Well that aged like milk
Peter's expression when he's introduced at the start is hilarious.
The lies from the Labour representative were breathtaking in hindsight. The gall of his treachery.
Watch the comment at 4:08
Many people in the audience clap loudly because they definitely support him
And then we see a shot of all the luvvies on the panel - they're dumbfounded! They're so shocked to hear that their own people actually want the politicians to but this country first!
7:07 Millions of conservative girls around the world blushed at that moment
Hahaha Hitch is a treat
Angus Rhodes why exactly???
anton vanderbatez Because they saw him smile.
Sassy the Sasquatch sayssy sayssy dunt smoke it
anton vanderbatez Fack yeah, wass goin on m8
8:00 Labour representative says Labour is committed to fulfilling the will of the British people by leaving the EU. This was 2017. From a 2019 perspective we know that he was lying or an idiot.
Or both
How right he was
was on holiday with my family recently and my uncle Brian repeatedly rhymed off, to the point of absurdity, that same Groucho Marx quote. imagine my joy when Peter said it on question time
Every single damn thing Hitchens said, I loved. First time I have ever agreed with a politician on EVERY single point. Respect, Mr Hitch.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duke John He’s not a politician
Oh my my, when do you see such a profound speaker who sparks applause with the utterance of only a few initial words?
Not often
Every word spoken is ear like sound sex
Peter Hitchens maintains his title as chief geezer!
7:00 Hilarious this labour chap
😂
The labour party is crystal clear, as clear as a 15 mile thick crystal.
Haha, Peter is awesome. Not difficult to boss such a tepid panel but he really enjoyed this one.
Wicked wicked David Dimbleby
Selfish I'm alright Jack oblivious to what it's like to be working in this country at the very bottom
Great channel, but I wish you'd date the videos in either title or description.
Funny watching the Labour guy say no second referendum
The Labour guy swore: no second referendum!
what do you expect scum party voted for by fools
He is a funny bugger Peter. Often talks a lot of sense but he is such a misanthrope.
Largesse1000 Sometimes.
Largesse1000 Not enough people like that around these days
Rad Derry Anti intellectualism has always seemed to me as one of the most stupid things out there.
I think much of that “misanthropic “ attitude is a persona he puts on. I’ve seen interviews where he is quite genial
@@wj2429 Your pessimist is my misthanthrop.
Typical Hitchens: party that agrees with many of the things he advocates (AFD) comes along and he castigates them.
He's like a man who knows the problem, knows the solution but wishes to keep his hands clean and his conscience untroubled.
Hate to agree with you on that one! A sound observation.
Yeah but he’s not an elected member of Parliament so it’s not his problem it’s up to the elected members of Parliament to sort out the mess.
Exactly! He's always talking about the Conservative party not being conservative any more yet he virtue signals against the AfD and wants to stay in the customs unions aka Soft Brexit, whilst joking at the Labour Party about them having no principles. Very disappointed with Hitchens.
TubeTheWorld
Exactly
He does this repeatedly.
He once said in response to AFD saying border guards should be able to open fire on illegal attempts at entering the country "If that's what it takes to save Europe then it's better we're not saved".
This is a man who wholeheartedly supported the British empire. Does he think we kept that intact with warm words and cups of tea?
That's Peter Hitchens' shtick though. He's very articulate about what he doesn't like - but he'll never come out in favour of anything unless it's 100% 1950s Christian England. I like him and his politics a lot, but he's too unforgiving of the practical realities on the ground, and of natural human flaws. Like his position on the Brexit referendum... doesn't support it because it didn't have a major parliamentary party behind it. Never mind the incredible act of self-determination and democracy that it represented. Journalistically it's pretty smart - because the less you can be pinned down, the less burdened you are, and the more balanced your opinions appear. I have to say when he lays into the Conservative party it makes me laugh- but you would never see an Owen Jones doing the same to the Labour party.
Hitchens making sense who would’ve thought it eh? He’s bang on here!
the only way to watch Question Time!
Peter Hitchens was on iTV this morning , I was really interested what he had to say, he was shouted down by Piers and Susanna , I had never heard who Peter was , UK is a shamble about the stare of affairs the debt is so high education etc , I will try to get his book in spite if Piers and Susanna
There are a couple of points where initially I wouldn't necessarily agree with him but he explains himself very well
Is that your real name ?
Ok I am now convinced by the speed of this upload that you are peter Hitchens
Anglo Saxophone Except Peter despises anonymity.
If he had a RUclips channel, it'd just be "Peter Hitchens."
King Edward "Longshanks" I, Hammer of the Scots, Lord of Wales and King of England No it would be called Lindsaybeg Road
10:44 The way she reacts to that is hilarious.
2:48 Absolutely Spot On!
Peter Hitchens only columnist have got time for
Morality man absolutely crushed it
Peter with a large bucket of ice water 👍
Anyone else hear the whistles when Peter pronounces his S's. Goes straight through me! 😂.. Still rather hear him speak than most of the panel!
I just had one of those moments where you hear something for the first time and then can’t stop hearing it.
If we stay in the Single Market and leave the Customs Union as Peter Hitchens suggested this will be deeply disadvantageous to the EU because we will be able to buy goods at the international market value and won't have to buy goods at inflated protected EU prices. They won't go for it.
QT is just like a game show
"Politics is Show Business for ugly people" - Peter Hitchens
Tell Barack Obama that
I remember watching Hitchens the day after the EU referendum and he had the biggest smile I have ever seen on him. He was talking about free trade and all the great things Brexit would bring and now he is talking about a soft Brexit and talking down British manufactoring which still does exist. He always talks about having a real Conservative party in politics and yet denigrates any party that comes along with true conservative values and policies like the AfD in Germany, who have only been labelled as far-right by the same press that regard anything right of Corbyn as far-right.
Yes times. Up , when Peter hitchens says something the BBC doesn't agree with
He really should be running the country
I think theres a good reason why Politcians become comedians and vice a versa, because there isnt much difference between the 2!
peter hitchens talks the talk that others dare not
Hitchens Time!
Richard Tice has been around for so long.
Hitch-Slaps are a family trait it seems
Peter is the most popular panelist on QT? How times change...
I cannot stand Dimbleby. He has the Charlie Rose habit of breaking in with unhelpful badgering just before a point is about to be made. Abrasive and dumb.
Our world misses the intellect of this Mr Hitchens.
"no second referendum"
He beats the left wing fruit loops every time! HAh hHAhhahah!!!!!
Glad he pointed out what a constitutional disaster the brexit referendum was.
It was ludicrous to hold a referendum proposing a policy that the vast majority of the 2016 parliament disagreed with.
It pitted a divided electorate against the legislature - a catastrophe.
I'm surprised the BBC still invites the great Peter Hitchens on this show. Normally, the interesting, non-PC panellists are avoided i.e. David Starky, Douglas Murray, Digby Jones, Nigel Farage, Katie Hopkins etc... Surely its time Dimbleby retired.
Yeah, Dimbleby has been truly useless for a long time but 'traitor to the country' is a bit harsh.
Farage, Murray Starkey do not appear on question time?...what hard drugs do you do?, QT panels are dominated by right wing voices occasionally balanced by some soft left opinion...
Farage has the most number of appearances (per year) than any guest in the history of Question Time! Clueless.
Why doesn't that drip, Dimbleby SHUT UP! WE CAN ALL HEAR HITCHENS
1:10 football crowd. Probably voting with the same mindset.
Bruh peter be getting hits
The trouble is that he always thinks he is the most intelligent person in the room, with the best opinions, and is quite prepared to interrupt anyone who disagrees with him
Hitchens may well be one of the cleverest people to grace this panel. The main reason why i've come up with statement is because he has learn't the art of "IGNORINGDIMBLEBYSCONSTANTINTERRUPTION"...an ancient art form which recognises that Dimbleby doesn't seem to recognise his own over-inflated self importance and lack of understanding of the FACT that this is a Political Discussion Show...and he is a PRESENTER.
I swear to god Hitchens never actually looks Dimbleby in the eye ONCE!!!!.....nuff said.
6:10 he was spot on here.
We need debt, only twice since 1692 have we had a balanced budget. Debt is our pensions. So we try to balance the budget to ensure we protect our children, we had debt from our descendants. If we pursue this lunacy we may reduce debt but we leave a crumbling infrastructure and public services so we our children will have to borrow loads to sort it out.
I think you'll find that the UK doesn't produce much to sell so we can never balance the books. All our great industries have gone over the years. Who now talks about this ? No one. Also, without these jobs you have an economy running on low wage jobs. If people have no money to purchase things then it has a huge knock-on effect with shops.
There comes a point when there is no more left to borrow because we aren't paying it off to begin with
pro ton private debt put to good use yes . However public debt for the most part is dead weight.
Basil II, we are not at 90% it's about 50% there is debt on the books that is not debt. 400 billion that the government created is not debt, how can money that is created by oneself be debt to oneself. The whole austerity mantra is a pure evil lie. Private wealth Sat in banks doing nothing is the real dead weight. The richest 1% pay 25% of all tax, that's sickening. If wealth distribution was fairer, maybe us at the lower end would contribute more in tax as we would earn more. We need our government to invest massively in our infrastructure. It will if we do reduce our debt. The Tories go on about burdening our children with debt. Imagine you leave your kids your home, but you have never made improvements, they will have a home but will need thousands to renovate it. Similarly we could leave our children with small national debt, but would have to borrow trillions to repair the crumbling infrastructure we would leave them.
Pro ton the government raises money by borrowing against future tax revenue, it sells gilted bonds to investors like you, me, a business or a pension fund and pays interest on this bond until it is cashed in a predetermined point, ie a 10 year, or 25 year bond. So all the money the government borrows increases their debt and ongoing interest liabilities. Currently at about 70billion a year in interest. The total debt is nearly 2trillion, our GDP is 3 trillion. The only way to avoid bankrupcy is to grow GDP in the long term. Excessive taxes reduce GDP and even tax revenue itself. Excessive government borrowing creates an excess of money supply and results in inflation. Private borrowing doesnt because businesses create goods and services to the value of their loans. This is the conundrum conservatives are in, the voters, generally dont understand economics so vote for the party telling them what they want to hear whist believeing online conspiracy theories about bankers.
Most of the moral decline Peter Hitchens like to complain about (instant gratification, consumerism, drugs, etc. etc.) , came as a result of unregulated market economy. Yet he is the first one to support deregulation. He thinks the source of this 'moral decline' has to do with secularism, yet the most religious country in the developed world, the US, has these problems even more than more secular societies in the past and the present.
it all comes down to who has the right to print money. thats should be thright of the govt. the bank should be put under control directly of the british govt
When was this aired?
54footscray Last night (28/09/2017)
I'm watching this in a small village in Thailand.
Baz theblue Peter Hitchens sure beats the full moon parties, huh?
Rick Oneill there's not much to do where I am nightime but watch the RUclips or thai soaps.They haven't heard of full moon parties in this neck of the woods.
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You forgot 'LIKE".
It always amazes me that when people talk about political parties that are NOT left, they refer to them as "far right"!!! Politics, as we know, comes in all shapes and sizes, as well as political flavours/colours. The fact that any political party is not left, makes them immediately "far" right, is frankly laughable and is born of cliché and "buzzword" chatter.
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Hitchens is spot on. The conservatives are not much different from the Labour party, and the conservatism here is not true conservatism. Hitchens is, so is Mogg.
Another fan of 'The Prisoner'.
12:35 guess what was around the corner........it came here....
Free trade is a nonsense. Every nation should do its damndest to be self sufficient, and if they can, trade with their surpluses to purchase their needs.
8:28 Peter's greatest comment xD
Pause the screen at 10:16 and feel the hate
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I love listening to Peter Hitchens, he is very politically intelligent. I just wish that 99.9 per cent of the British public were just as politically intelligent. Many of whom are posting on here. The British largely are a nation of sheep who believe what they read in the right wing press.