@@lingolarker9318 it a digression not a development . Us adults need to fight for the children . Look at the damage were causing them, fight for what’s right for them . To live free and happy
Why? Why would something which has been proven to stop the spread of a deadly virus be seen as abusive, by adults or children to whom it was explained, and who could understand the science? Would you rather children be forced to take the vaccination? Masks are only temporary, until adult vaccinations kick in immunity, and are only worn in classrooms where social distancing would be difficult, not outside. They are also only for older kids. The child abuse accusation is very ignorant.
@@sams8680 It's not abusive to me, but definitely ineffective and therefore unnecessary, simples. If it hasnt worked for a year, why would it tomorrow?
@@alancameron6937 ''Peter is right, it's pointless complaining ,'' Well, its certainly taken him a long time to come to that conclusion, after all, he's spent his entire working career propagating insincere detritus. Expect his next appearance to include smoking a joint and promoting same sex marriages.
To see schoolchildren in facel masks is for me a step too far.... A llne has been crossed...... Whoever is responsible for this needs to face prosecution. Now.
Research the science. From all the screams of child abuse on this thread, you'd think that our children were being caned with a birch branch, or made to stand in the corner with a dunce's hat. Oh wait, that did happen, didn't it. It's a cloth mask for cryin' out loud, with pictures of bunnies on it.
He has fought against this tyranny for a year, was one of the first to oppose it in the media, if more people had joined him in opposing we wouldnt be in a position to have vaccine passports to travel but sadly it wasnt so. Peter realising that he will have to have the vaccine to travel abroad to see his family isnt capitulation, its common sense.
@@kil93 There are hundreds of thousands that are publicly going against the narrative, there are law cases being raised against governments worldwide, the party is just starting, and he's chickened out pathetically. Maybe you are unaware of this if you only watch mainstream gutter press collaborators like TalkMurdoch or BBC. He was controlled opposition from the start, and made the comments when he did in a desperate attempt by the vax cultists to save the narrative as the house of cards is about to collapse.
@@Randy1-2-3 There may well be hundreds of thousands opposed to it but its not enough to actually make any difference. Peter has realised this. 'Controlled opposition' hahahaha. Do you guys realise the damage you've done to legitimate opposition against the lockdowns ? Youve done more to enable vaccine passports than Peter taking the vaccine has. You make lockdown opponents look like cranks
@@kil93 I'm criticising him as he has done exactly what you say of others criticising him, and that is legitimising covid passports, which is precisely what he has done and precisely what I am criticising him for. I can see you're another one of those 77th brigade covid cultist bed wetters, so I'm not going to waste any more time in listening to your double speak, you've wound your own argument in knots as it is.
If you're willing to put children through wearing face masks all day, what else are you willing to do to them if ordered to? I'm highly suspicious of anyone in support or going along with this, if you're a parent you're not fit to be one, if you're a teacher then I would never leave my child in your care. Disgraceful!
it is indeed the adults wearing the masks in primary and lower, not the kids. In secondary kids wear masks in class and corridors only. This is for the first few weeks as a precaution. Why is this all so difficult for people to process without thinking the world is about to end? I feel like I'm babysitting adults.
Why not because he's had the vaccine? That doesn't make sense. He's never been particularly anti- vaccine his main concern has been the civil liberties issue.
@@jonoessex I think Peter Hitchens clearly understands the connection and how it will ultimately erode civil liberties all round If you read his article he clearly says he took the vaccine and all it cost him was his freedom. You could say it was a casual or tongue in cheek comment but it underlines where civil liberties are going in this country unless people stand up for them.
@@davidreed9671 ''Peter would never break the law'' Probably not, but he certainly isn't averse to breaking his proclaimed principles. Monsieur le Hitchens has as much credibility as a £4 note.
In fairness Peter Hitchens was anti lockdown not anti vaccine so there's no hypocrisy about what he's done it's his own personal choice which is his right.
It's because of what he stood for, the alternate view, being a public figure he is a leader whether he thinks so or not and as such he should of lead by example.
Peter, you wriggled out of the question very unconvincingly . You didn't think the vaccine was worth having , you didn't say why you caved in and had it.
@@leefairfield7537 . Calling the Vaccine hesitant loonies is a disgusting slur on people who like to research and make up their own minds whether they need to inject themselves with something that is still in the trial phase.
Exactly he didnt take vaccine because he thought he might die it was because he wanted to jet off to see family and he gave in. Anybody who takes vaccines because they just want to see family or get back to normal isnt worth bothering with imo. My mom is 81 and hasnt had it and she is more risk of dying than Peter is and much older. Nobody should take vaccines for wrong reasons and nobody should take one unless you risk of serious illness or dying is high. More kids die of flu than this, many my age doesnt take flu vaccine and the disk of dying is higher neither are we forced to have vaccines and are free to travel everywhere. You weigh up the risks and if the risks low you dont have it, dont know a single flu case in my family or friends. I am sure I had this virus in 2019 and I have health issues and I am not dead! I definitely wouldnt have a vaccine for the cough I had just take personal responsibility and stay inside for two weeks to stop any spread. Weirdly my mom got it and she is well now no worse a slight cold.
But where would you go? Europe is largely a green, woke dystopia, Australia and New Zealand are similarly descended into left-wing censorious hell-holes, Canada is a basket case, and the US is tragically headed into something approaching civil war.
Exactly err I think he took a vaccine he never agreed taking because he wanted to visit family! Thats hardly tsking a vaccine because your risk of dying us high. People should never take vaccines if they were never at risk if dying that means Peter is an idiot!
@@markduffy9475 Why ? He was never opposed to vaccines and he is completely right that opposition to lockdowns have failed. If more people opposed this at the start like Peter did, we wouldn't be in this position. Sadly, not enough did.
@@bobjames6622 Why ? He was never opposed to vaccines. He was also one of if not the first people in thr media to oppose lockdowns which he fought against for close to a year. Sadly not enough people opposed it with him to make a difference
@@kil93 he publicly capitulated re taking a vaccine, he can't even travel at the moment. Hot on the heels Sumption embraces covid passports, coincidence? I think not
When will it be safe to sit on a park bench ? I've been planning a bench sitting expedition for some weeks now but will only do so if and when it's safe !!
Do what I did......buy a bench from a garden centre, put it in the living room and sit on it to your hearts content! The police will never suspect anything
So you say no my child isn't wearing one. Ask them to provide proof of claim that it's necessary at that age. Stop complaining whining and waiting for permission. Stand up and stop being so spineless and led.
Whats he hypocritical about ? He never opposed vaccines and its perfectly obvious lockdown sceptics have lost the battle by the fact we've been in lockdown for the past year with majority public support.i wish that wasnt so but its completely true
@@pauls2876 Against, but his opposition did nothing to prevent the coercion (due to not enough people opposing the measures). So now were in a situation where for people to travel abroad to see close they will sadly need vaccine passports. Peter recognizing this isnt capitulation, its recognising the unfortunate reality of the situation.
@@kil93 I'm sure a few, even it's just a few, saw it as capitulating... including me. If he was truly principled and pushed back against government coercion, regardless of what the majority did, then he would have had my continued respect. Whether he needs my respect or not might not be relevant, but he's lost it either way.
Of coarse he is a hypocrit he took a vaccine for no logical reason whatsoever so yes he took it for wrong reason, his risk of dying is lower than sn 80 year old but those even took it as they were scared to step outside as media scared them. Even people with vaccines are scared to step outside so in other words they have took if for no reason!
Gatekeepers like Hitchens will never say what should be done to actively oppose these policies, he just passes judgement and blame without offering any solutions. If this guy is one of the leading voices opposing lockdown then it will go on forever
@@kil93 No but he was pro civil liberties. Taking a vaccine, that he stated he did not want to take but will because he doesn't want to be inconvenienced when traveling makes him without credibility in my eyes. Peter Hitchens is a professional contrarian.
@@Andrew-ri5qo He specifically stated in the article that he wishes it wasnt so that he had to take the vaccine to travel to see his family,but sadly lockdown opposition has had so little effect that this is now the position we are in. Peter was one of the first to oppose this and he fought against it tooth and nail for nearly a year, doing more than, i dare say, you or any of the other commentators on here have done. The fact he has the sense to realise he and lockdown opponents have failed is to be applauded not denounced as a hypocrite.
Peter Hitchens doesn't look well here and I don't blame him for staying off Twitter for a while. He still has plenty of loyal followers whilst the rest of the followers who have turned because Hitchens took the vaccine need to grow up. He is one of the journalists that has stuck firm on his antilock down policies and deserves a lot of respect for that alone .
Well no, a leader and let's make no mistake he is a leader since we have practically zero public figures anti-narrative, has a responsibility to encourage their followers to do the right thing.
We told them not to tell our child to wear a mask, because it's not healthy (as well as being a completely ineffective defence against a disease that doesn't affect children). Treating the children the way they are, masks, bubbles, staying away from school etc. It's all child abuse!
No he isn't..... there are many people like Lord Sumption who are even more eloquent and outspoken but who dont get the platform that Peter Hitchens does.
People moaning about Peter taking the vaccine. It's not vaccine Vs non-vaccine - it's about personal circumstance. If I was over 50 and had all the kids I wanted I would get it too! It's about the passports and I hope Peter will campaign about those!
The notion that getting out of lockdown is about 'playing the game,' doing as you're told, or generally doing tricks to please your masters is sick when it should be about moving out of the virus crisis stage, which we have done so already.
People don't recognise what is going on because the steps are so small that firstly they are difficult to see. Secondly it is very difficult to give a rational argument against any step without extrapolating where it might lead to. Arguments like that are easily dismissed.
So a Monarchy keeps a Govt not becoming autocratic. Open your eyes Peter. Have you heard of Boris? The Monarchy is failing because of the present mess.
Fish seabass ''Today in the supermarket even though I knew wearing a mask was utterly pointless to stop a virus I did it to protect myself from frightened people.'' Do you possess enough of a command of the English language to understand how utterly inane your assertion is.
@@peterchurch2412 it makes me the kind of person who was shouted at and called a murderer in a supermarket for not wearing a mask, it makes me the kind of person that realise that people have been deeply traumatised by the media and unscrupulous dictorial government that is pushing a drug trial on its population, threatening them with vaccine passports. People are unpredictable and deeply unconscious. That's why.
I think at the end of the day Hitchens is a journalist and a media figure and isn't actually immune from the pressure someone like that faces from their own colleagues. He's probably not actually used to this level of being cancelled because he's always pretty much kept to the party lines. He was never going to last as a true contrarian. You need to be able to be the only one in the room who thinks something and then go to sleep easy, and feel confident that right or wrong, you made the best choice with the information you had. I don't think Hitch has that kind of balls.
Oddly, the more extreme Republicans in Northern Ireland think that the IRA surrendered to the British, as opposed to Peter's view that the British surrendered to the IRA. The loyalists think that they lost the game despite the fact that Northern Ireland stayed in the United Kingdom.
Because people projected onto Hitchens their own fantasies and conspiracies. Hitchens as you say has been making the same points from the outset - namely on proportion, liberty, and scrutiny of the executive. He never opposed vaccines and he always rejected claims this was all a plan. He has always chalked it up to panic, incompetence and the chickens coming home to roost following a long move away from liberty in the UK.
Hi guys I bet Peter is glad he has had the jab but he still has to wear his muzzle in the limited shops that are open, no holidays this year even if you have had the jab ..there is definitely another agenda going on here ...
Where were people like Douglas Murray and Charles Moore when these lockdowns were imposed? I am really disappointed in their failure to address the issue - at least Peter Hitchins has tried to make legitimate points whereas the other two ‘influencers’ seem to have taken a rather cowardly stance
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Face masks on children should be classed as child abuse!
I think it’s appalling. Thoroughly distressing to see such a development.
@@lingolarker9318 it a digression not a development . Us adults need to fight for the children . Look at the damage were causing them, fight for what’s right for them . To live free and happy
Brits have embraced serfdom. Any dissent from people like us will be shouted down in a sea of smears and threats to our jobs.
Why? Why would something which has been proven to stop the spread of a deadly virus be seen as abusive, by adults or children to whom it was explained, and who could understand the science? Would you rather children be forced to take the vaccination? Masks are only temporary, until adult vaccinations kick in immunity, and are only worn in classrooms where social distancing would be difficult, not outside. They are also only for older kids. The child abuse accusation is very ignorant.
@@sams8680
It's not abusive to me, but definitely ineffective and therefore unnecessary, simples. If it hasnt worked for a year, why would it tomorrow?
Dr,vernon books on the dangers of the jab and masks is worth reading.😆😆😆
They may as well just give in and wear their mask if they want their freedom; right Peter?
Peter is right, it's pointless complaining , unless we have an electable political party that will oppose this madness we're screwed,
@@alancameron6937 he's also controlled opposition
@@alancameron6937 My body & my choice :)
@@alancameron6937
''Peter is right, it's pointless complaining ,''
Well, its certainly taken him a long time to come to that conclusion, after all, he's spent his entire working career propagating insincere detritus. Expect his next appearance to include smoking a joint and promoting same sex marriages.
To see schoolchildren in facel masks is for me a step too far....
A llne has been crossed......
Whoever is responsible for this needs to face prosecution.
Now.
Research Reiner Fullmich.
Research the science. From all the screams of child abuse on this thread, you'd think that our children were being caned with a birch branch, or made to stand in the corner with a dunce's hat. Oh wait, that did happen, didn't it. It's a cloth mask for cryin' out loud, with pictures of bunnies on it.
Howabout lambasting 'moral pressure' of vaccination propaganda allowing foreign travel Hitchens?
He has fought against this tyranny for a year, was one of the first to oppose it in the media, if more people had joined him in opposing we wouldnt be in a position to have vaccine passports to travel but sadly it wasnt so. Peter realising that he will have to have the vaccine to travel abroad to see his family isnt capitulation, its common sense.
@@kil93 There are hundreds of thousands that are publicly going against the narrative, there are law cases being raised against governments worldwide, the party is just starting, and he's chickened out pathetically. Maybe you are unaware of this if you only watch mainstream gutter press collaborators like TalkMurdoch or BBC.
He was controlled opposition from the start, and made the comments when he did in a desperate attempt by the vax cultists to save the narrative as the house of cards is about to collapse.
@@Randy1-2-3 There may well be hundreds of thousands opposed to it but its not enough to actually make any difference. Peter has realised this.
'Controlled opposition' hahahaha. Do you guys realise the damage you've done to legitimate opposition against the lockdowns ? Youve done more to enable vaccine passports than Peter taking the vaccine has. You make lockdown opponents look like cranks
He can't fly at the moment anyway! Furthermore why did he publicly disclose it in a surrender declaration?
FAKE
@@kil93 I'm criticising him as he has done exactly what you say of others criticising him, and that is legitimising covid passports, which is precisely what he has done and precisely what I am criticising him for.
I can see you're another one of those 77th brigade covid cultist bed wetters, so I'm not going to waste any more time in listening to your double speak, you've wound your own argument in knots as it is.
But Hitchens, just do as you're told. We lost remember.
Hitchens is looking a bit peaky since having the jab don’t ya think
HE ACTUALLY IS
@@GasFinger1 😂
Definitely
Yea he doesn’t look well.
Perhaps due to the abuse he's received since saying he's had it and given his reasons !
It’s just pure control nothing else
Oh grow up
Love the Hitchens talks please keep them going 👍👍
Your Views are no longer Viable You sold out. Hitchens Get Off
Rodney is an appropriate name for you
A hypocrite views are meaningless, I can't be bothered to listen today.
@@karlhawkes im sure hes devastated
@@CMEAGAIN well if talk radio listeners turn off, then yeah he lose some income he's popular because he is a man of integrity, alas no more.
@lee armstrong I bet you're Matt hancocks number one fan.
If you're willing to put children through wearing face masks all day, what else are you willing to do to them if ordered to? I'm highly suspicious of anyone in support or going along with this, if you're a parent you're not fit to be one, if you're a teacher then I would never leave my child in your care. Disgraceful!
Where does the NSPCC stand on this?
No muzzles for kids, full stop. Leave the kids alone.
If an adult wants to wear one, don't force me.
Hey maskers!! leave those kids alone..
@@magfan77 The Verve, The masks don't work they just make you worse i wanna see your face again. :)
@@chrisorourke2749 Genius, we ought to petition Mr Ashcroft to re-record that song with your lyrics.
it is indeed the adults wearing the masks in primary and lower, not the kids. In secondary kids wear masks in class and corridors only. This is for the first few weeks as a precaution. Why is this all so difficult for people to process without thinking the world is about to end?
I feel like I'm babysitting adults.
@@chrisorourke2749 so true. 😂 Frankie says De’mask...
No respect now for this man! Losing respect for Talk Radio for having him on too!
After folding like a cheap suite on the vaccine issue....hitchens has lost all credibility
Not interested in what Peter has to say anymore - he has discredited himself recently
How, why, what did he say?
You mean having the jab it's freedom of choice pal
I think that’s unfair - he’s found and been ground down
Ohhh. Silly man
@@firstknight6057 . True but the problem comes in coming on social media and promoting it, especially making out that it's 'inevitable'. BS!
Oh no its not Peter there definitely IS NOT an elephant in the room Hitchens again is it..?
This presenter is bored speaking to peter hitchens now
We all are bored with him.
Indeed - all mouth and no trousers as they say - lost credibility in a huge way.
@@soundbeings1 I think you mean all SHIRT and no trousers!!!!
@@soundbeings1 maybe youre right actually - all mouth, i thought it was shirt for some reason!
Peter Hitchens lost all credibility the second he agreed to have the "Vaccine" 😆
Yeah ,sad really, i liked listening to his wisdom ,not so much anymore
Just tuned in to make a comment. I'm not wasting another second listening to Peter Hitchens.
I bet he's devastated
Why not because he's had the vaccine? That doesn't make sense. He's never been particularly anti- vaccine his main concern has been the civil liberties issue.
@@jonoessex I think Peter Hitchens clearly understands the connection and how it will ultimately erode civil liberties all round If you read his article he clearly says he took the vaccine and all it cost him was his freedom. You could say it was a casual or tongue in cheek comment but it underlines where civil liberties are going in this country unless people stand up for them.
u lost ur credibility peter
No he hasn't. What credibility do you have? Never even heard of you!
People have been waiting for Peter Hitchens to join them at anti-lockdown protests, but he never came...
Protests are ineffective. The Iraq war protest was the largest in UK history and it did absolutely nothing.
Poll tax 1990 very effective
Peter would never break the law
@@abacdse fair point
@@davidreed9671 ''Peter would never break the law''
Probably not, but he certainly isn't averse to breaking his proclaimed principles. Monsieur le Hitchens has as much credibility as a £4 note.
In fairness Peter Hitchens was anti lockdown not anti vaccine so there's no hypocrisy about what he's done it's his own personal choice which is his right.
Totally agree. He never said he wouldn’t take the vaccine
It's because of what he stood for, the alternate view, being a public figure he is a leader whether he thinks so or not and as such he should of lead by example.
Peter, you wriggled out of the question very unconvincingly . You didn't think the vaccine was worth having , you didn't say why you caved in and had it.
Yes lets carry on being antivax and look like a bunch of loonies. No wonder the the anti-lockdown voice lost.
@@leefairfield7537 . Calling the Vaccine hesitant loonies is a disgusting slur on people who like to research and make up their own minds whether they need to inject themselves with something that is still in the trial phase.
@@Kotka67 Being vaccine hesitant is not a problem. Going off like taking it is a betrayal makes you look like a loony.
Turncoat ... wouldn't trust this guy as far as I could throw him
Peter took the jab why would anyone listen to him about face masks ?
he did his case a disservice having that jab
Peter can find another opposition to control. He’s revealed himself as wholly untrustworthy on this front. 👋🏿
Peter you were a rock of moral righteousness until you chose to take the Corporate Princes’ unnatural brew.
We truly are in a 1 party state we just dont realise it
Peter's not long for this slot now methinks.
used to take this guy seriously--never again
He's is bell 🔔
He was always demoralising communist agit-prop.
Likewise
Exactly he didnt take vaccine because he thought he might die it was because he wanted to jet off to see family and he gave in. Anybody who takes vaccines because they just want to see family or get back to normal isnt worth bothering with imo. My mom is 81 and hasnt had it and she is more risk of dying than Peter is and much older. Nobody should take vaccines for wrong reasons and nobody should take one unless you risk of serious illness or dying is high. More kids die of flu than this, many my age doesnt take flu vaccine and the disk of dying is higher neither are we forced to have vaccines and are free to travel everywhere. You weigh up the risks and if the risks low you dont have it, dont know a single flu case in my family or friends. I am sure I had this virus in 2019 and I have health issues and I am not dead! I definitely wouldnt have a vaccine for the cough I had just take personal responsibility and stay inside for two weeks to stop any spread. Weirdly my mom got it and she is well now no worse a slight cold.
Makes you wonder if his brother would have given up so easy.
This Country has gone stark raving mad. If I was younger I would seriously consider emigrating.
WHERE ? TO ANOTHER MEDIA BRAINWASHED COUNTRY ?
@@GasFinger1 nope to NZ lol
But where would you go? Europe is largely a green, woke dystopia, Australia and New Zealand are similarly descended into left-wing censorious hell-holes, Canada is a basket case, and the US is tragically headed into something approaching civil war.
@@barkingdog.8147 you are correct the only option would be a small pacific island but with no infrastructure it would be going back to caveman days
colombia for the women or somewhere in south americas
Talk Radio you need to drop this guy now
Awww look who it is, Mr Jab.
I didn’t see one kid wearing one just coming out of school seems the novelty as worn off now they’re being forced to wear one.
No masks at all period.....them that want can suit themselves!!!
Peter acquiesce Hitchens
Peter bottled it ... on fighting for our freedom
Shut up Peter (Can't-beat-em-join-em) Hitchens!
Who has he joined ? He was never opposed to the vaccine
Be smart he might be saying he took it just to get rid of some ppl pressuring him
I wouldn't be surprised if Peter doesn't get death threats regularly
Exactly err I think he took a vaccine he never agreed taking because he wanted to visit family! Thats hardly tsking a vaccine because your risk of dying us high. People should never take vaccines if they were never at risk if dying that means Peter is an idiot!
@@MickeyCool30 But it is capitulating to something he believes to be a hoax...
Why are we still wearing bacteria laden rags on our faces?
My friends son has seen two kids faint and one have a seizure because of prolonged mask use. It's only Tuesday.
Peter the 🐑🐑🐑🐑
Next week Hitchens will claim to have lost the battle and be wearing a face mask 24/7.
🤣🤣🤣
This guy is demoralising communist agit-prop at its finest
@@flyingjackcarpentry9394 precisely
Wouldnt be surprised if he did!
But Peter, perhaps they should simply admit defeat and simply wear the masks anyway?
What say you sir?
......
Exactly. Peters all talk & NO ACTION = coward
Folded faster than a deck of cards.
Can't take him seriously anymore. He has capitulated!!
I bet he's heartbroken
@@kil93 Mine is :)
@@markduffy9475 Why ? He was never opposed to vaccines and he is completely right that opposition to lockdowns have failed. If more people opposed this at the start like Peter did, we wouldn't be in this position. Sadly, not enough did.
@@bobjames6622 Why ? He was never opposed to vaccines.
He was also one of if not the first people in thr media to oppose lockdowns which he fought against for close to a year. Sadly not enough people opposed it with him to make a difference
@@kil93 he publicly capitulated re taking a vaccine, he can't even travel at the moment. Hot on the heels Sumption embraces covid passports, coincidence? I think not
The facemasks are part of the behavioural psychology - "Make them wear a uniform to create a sense of unity, unity for our cause".
Hitchens caved and had the vaccine. My respect dropped 50%.
Mine 150%.
Some people are still reluctant to walk past you in the supermarket while even wearing masks, REDICULOUS! When will some people grow up????
Hitchens shouldn’t talk
You can nearly hear a pin drop outside, but sadly most of us haven’t heard the penny drop!
When will it be safe to sit on a park bench ? I've been planning a bench sitting expedition for some weeks now but will only do so if and when it's safe !!
Be careful, there's a deadly raging virus outside with a 99.7% survival rate.
Mr Yorkshire ...
I honestly can't tell if that's parody or propaganda ;-)
Do what I did......buy a bench from a garden centre, put it in the living room and sit on it to your hearts content! The police will never suspect anything
Just do it. Be a devil.
Strong, independent press, did you say? Right...
So you say no my child isn't wearing one. Ask them to provide proof of claim that it's necessary at that age. Stop complaining whining and waiting for permission. Stand up and stop being so spineless and led.
I'm Sorry he got the jab after all the big talk. He has no credibility left as far as I am concerned
My child won't be wearing one! She doesn't care if she's the only one bless her. She plans on blaming me... Bring it on guys...
Many are silently with you. Be brave. Freedom must return sooner or later.
@@raymondcox6063 Thank you for your lovely message xx
The pressure obviously works, Hitchens should know, absolute hypocrite!
Whats he hypocritical about ? He never opposed vaccines and its perfectly obvious lockdown sceptics have lost the battle by the fact we've been in lockdown for the past year with majority public support.i wish that wasnt so but its completely true
@@kil93 Was he for or against coercive government tactics regarding the taking of the vaccine?
@@pauls2876 Against, but his opposition did nothing to prevent the coercion (due to not enough people opposing the measures). So now were in a situation where for people to travel abroad to see close they will sadly need vaccine passports. Peter recognizing this isnt capitulation, its recognising the unfortunate reality of the situation.
@@kil93 I'm sure a few, even it's just a few, saw it as capitulating... including me. If he was truly principled and pushed back against government coercion, regardless of what the majority did, then he would have had my continued respect. Whether he needs my respect or not might not be relevant, but he's lost it either way.
Of coarse he is a hypocrit he took a vaccine for no logical reason whatsoever so yes he took it for wrong reason, his risk of dying is lower than sn 80 year old but those even took it as they were scared to step outside as media scared them. Even people with vaccines are scared to step outside so in other words they have took if for no reason!
Gatekeepers like Hitchens will never say what should be done to actively oppose these policies, he just passes judgement and blame without offering any solutions. If this guy is one of the leading voices opposing lockdown then it will go on forever
I agree. But then again, he just wants to stay relevant. He has had nothing of value to say for a few years now.
It will go on forever whatever anyone says.
A greater command of the English language I have not yet heard.
Unfortunately hes a hypocrite.
Cannot be bothered to listen to Peter anymore.
But you are here in the comments. Why?
bliar wanted to be queen
So why are we supposed to continue listening to a person who can't even stick to their own convictions. 🤷♂️
@@rusticrye4676
I'm not listening to Peter anymore, I just came here for the comments.
Breaking point of a kitkat
Hitchens grow some.
Peter is irrelevant now. Totally without credibility.
Why ?
@@kil93 Because he capitulated regarding the vaccine.
@@Andrew-ri5qo Why ? He was never opposed to the vaccine
@@kil93 No but he was pro civil liberties. Taking a vaccine, that he stated he did not want to take but will because he doesn't want to be inconvenienced when traveling makes him without credibility in my eyes. Peter Hitchens is a professional contrarian.
@@Andrew-ri5qo He specifically stated in the article that he wishes it wasnt so that he had to take the vaccine to travel to see his family,but sadly lockdown opposition has had so little effect that this is now the position we are in.
Peter was one of the first to oppose this and he fought against it tooth and nail for nearly a year, doing more than, i dare say, you or any of the other commentators on here have done.
The fact he has the sense to realise he and lockdown opponents have failed is to be applauded not denounced as a hypocrite.
Ah, the heartwarming sight of children in face masks! I knew we were building a better world for them.
Peter get lost
The kids in Ireland have been wearing them since September with not one bit of push back.
There's a reason the Brits were here for 800 years.
THEY ALWAYS SAID THE IRISH WERE THICK, THIS PROVES IT.
@@grahamthacker6498 Since your comment contains a comma splice, perhaps you're not the best person to judge intelligence.
I thought the Irish men had fight about them, ffs.
Jabberwocky is back. He has no credibility now.
Peter seems to be slurring his words, he dosnt look very well.
Hitchens has lost my respect
You are fake Peter!
Stand strong folks fight for your rights, don’t be coerced or threatened, just do ya own thing
Peter Hitchens doesn't look well here and I don't blame him for staying off Twitter for a while. He still has plenty of loyal followers whilst the rest of the followers who have turned because Hitchens took the vaccine need to grow up. He is one of the journalists that has stuck firm on his antilock down policies and deserves a lot of respect for that alone .
Well said
Well no, a leader and let's make no mistake he is a leader since we have practically zero public figures anti-narrative, has a responsibility to encourage their followers to do the right thing.
Hes pathetic.
@@caroleanneruncorn4794 Grow up.
I love Peters vocabulary, I could listen to him for hours
We told them not to tell our child to wear a mask, because it's not healthy (as well as being a completely ineffective defence against a disease that doesn't affect children). Treating the children the way they are, masks, bubbles, staying away from school etc. It's all child abuse!
Get this guy off... He's right... But he's controlled opposition
Hitchens is sole voice of reason in this country. I got so much flack for supporting his position from the beginning and continue to get it now.
But like scumpton and farage he is now a turn coat and a hypocrite.
@@karlhawkes because they took the vaccine? Surely that's their choice if it's individual liberty we care about?
No he isn't..... there are many people like Lord Sumption who are even more eloquent and outspoken but who dont get the platform that Peter Hitchens does.
You mean he WAS the sole voice of reason....
@@gordonhamilton727 fair point - the sole voice of reason in the media from the start is a more accurate way of putting it i think
Mike still blubbering on about increasing infection risk to our teachers, go for a run FFS you toad!
Hitchens has lost all credibility. End of chat.
Wow are people still paying him, and is anyone taking any notice of this hypocrite
You sound childish and emotional. Was that your intention?
People moaning about Peter taking the vaccine. It's not vaccine Vs non-vaccine - it's about personal circumstance. If I was over 50 and had all the kids I wanted I would get it too!
It's about the passports and I hope Peter will campaign about those!
The notion that getting out of lockdown is about 'playing the game,' doing as you're told, or generally doing tricks to please your masters is sick when it should be about moving out of the virus crisis stage, which we have done so already.
Do the teachers have to wear them all day? I have heard reports that they are not doing so.
People don't recognise what is going on because the steps are so small that firstly they are difficult to see. Secondly it is very difficult to give a rational argument against any step without extrapolating where it might lead to. Arguments like that are easily dismissed.
@psingh63 Exactly
Indeed - Mátyás Rákosi 's' Salami slicing'. And what a nice chap he was.
So a Monarchy keeps a Govt not becoming autocratic. Open your eyes Peter. Have you heard of Boris?
The Monarchy is failing because of the present mess.
Today in the supermarket even though I knew wearing a mask was utterly pointless to stop a virus I did it to protect myself from frightened people.
Fish seabass
''Today in the supermarket even though I knew wearing a mask was utterly pointless to stop a virus I did it to protect myself from frightened people.''
Do you possess enough of a command of the English language to understand how utterly inane your assertion is.
@@peterchurch2412 why don't you first explain to me why before I answer
@@MassiveLib Well, if you feel you need to be protected from ''frightened people,'' what sort of person does that make you.
@@peterchurch2412 it makes me the kind of person who was shouted at and called a murderer in a supermarket for not wearing a mask, it makes me the kind of person that realise that people have been deeply traumatised by the media and unscrupulous dictorial government that is pushing a drug trial on its population, threatening them with vaccine passports. People are unpredictable and deeply unconscious. That's why.
That would make me NOT wear one even more. And I DONT. 90% of this country are pathetic and the reason for this continued tyranny.
Look at the data issued by the Office of National Statistics and make your own mind up a to whether or not children and teachers are at risk.
Peter it's all incompetence Hitchens
Peter I surrender Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is my King.
Wan-
Hitchens is reading the future of the monarchy as wrong as his brother read the Iraq war.
Mike’s been through a hedge backwards
Can you please turn the volume up on your uploads? I have a nice ;laptop but it's sooooooooo low! :(
I think at the end of the day Hitchens is a journalist and a media figure and isn't actually immune from the pressure someone like that faces from their own colleagues. He's probably not actually used to this level of being cancelled because he's always pretty much kept to the party lines. He was never going to last as a true contrarian.
You need to be able to be the only one in the room who thinks something and then go to sleep easy, and feel confident that right or wrong, you made the best choice with the information you had. I don't think Hitch has that kind of balls.
For anyone interested in this topic you should read The British Presidency by Michael Foley
Yeh thanks J R Hartley...I mean Michael.
Oddly, the more extreme Republicans in Northern Ireland think that the IRA surrendered to the British, as opposed to Peter's view that the British surrendered to the IRA. The loyalists think that they lost the game despite the fact that Northern Ireland stayed in the United Kingdom.
Why has everyone suddenly developed a problem with Christopher Hitchens? As far as I can tell his position remains the same
Because people projected onto Hitchens their own fantasies and conspiracies. Hitchens as you say has been making the same points from the outset - namely on proportion, liberty, and scrutiny of the executive. He never opposed vaccines and he always rejected claims this was all a plan. He has always chalked it up to panic, incompetence and the chickens coming home to roost following a long move away from liberty in the UK.
...maybe because his name is Peter
I could understand the hostility if he'd opposed the vaccines initially then changed his mind.
@@alexlongman5053 Excellent points Alex. Well said.
My problem with Christopher Hitchens is that he is dead . Can't argue back.
I'm no fan of the monarchy or M&H. These people are very privileged!
Where's the full Mike Graham show, can only find this segment
Hi guys I bet Peter is glad he has had the jab but he still has to wear his muzzle in the limited shops that are open, no holidays this year even if you have had the jab ..there is definitely another agenda going on here ...
The monarchy - is it a break on government excesses - if not - what do they do?
Hitchens opinion is consistent on lockdown - and his insight is valuable regardless of vaccines.
He sold out. He should be quiet.
Where were people like Douglas Murray and Charles Moore when these lockdowns were imposed? I am really disappointed in their failure to address the issue - at least Peter Hitchins has tried to make legitimate points whereas the other two ‘influencers’ seem to have taken a rather cowardly stance