[Part 3/5] Debate: Peter Hitchens argues 'Great' Britain is a fantasy

The only good speaker on the stage - Peter Hitchens. His 10 minutes flew past. The others dragged. Wit, truth, intelligence and mastery of our language. Poetic, actually. Cheers Peter.

This is what happens when your country is "run" by mediocre graduates with no work/life experience outside of politics, PR, media and journalism.

Oh dear- I am a few years younger than Hitchens, but this resonates so much. Brought up in small town in Scotland, taught to be proud of Scottish shipbuilding and it's contribution to the succcess of Great Britain and the British Empire, proud of our hard working town with its history of whaling, mining, chemical industries. In those days it was scruffy but the streets were swept regularly and if you called the police a constable would be there within minutes. If you were ill you went to the surgery & were seen within an hour. That same town is now 'tidied up', old important buildings are 'heritage' sites. not productive any more, and the town is basically a dormitory town for the nearby city. The heart and soul has gone, along with the shops. And the kids are taught to be ashamed of their past, not proud of it.

They should have given him an extra 50 minutes

"We shall never surrender" became "RUN HIDE TELL"

This "decline" is not only limited to Britain, the rest of Europe (at least the western part) is having the same symptoms.

Higher education in UK is a disgrace, truly is.

What an awful voice at the start lol

Peter's so negative, yet I have to concede that he's right.

He's not wrong. Agree with him completely. Society has had it. We make next to nothing. If we are honest, what can we say we are proud of these days? I'm struggling here.

'An Evening of Light Music and Laughter ' with Peter Hitchens.

Never saw tickets for this. But appreciate literally any PH content. He is simply peerless.

I could listen to Peter Hitchens endlessly, his eloquence is truly a beautiful thing 👏👏👏

I don't need to listen to Peter Hitchin to understand just how far down the slope we have slipped. Just look around at the decaying infrastructure, the scruffy careworn people, the tons of litter that choke every hedgerow, the dirty unkept streets, the foul mouthed tirades that pass for entertainment, the appalling divorce statistics, the junkfood on our plates. What have we got here that resembles the best of mainland europe?

Why is the UK involved in the anti-Chinese AUKUS pact? The Taiwan and Mainland China dispute is an internal Chinese issue and it is not a strategic UK concern which is 5,000 miles away.

From the video description: 'Peter Hitchens argues against the motion, 'There's Not Much Great About Britain,' Peter Hitchens argued FOR the motion. This sloppy incompetence is an example of what Peter was talking about.

I love peter. his brother would be proud. he would disagree with him on so much but would be proud.

Peter Hitchens is a first-class public speaker and debater and it shows, whether you agree with him or not. If only the House of Commons were full of such thoughtful intellects on either side of the House. Imagine what might be achieved.

Britain, as well as most of Western Europe is happily orchestrating its own demise. Europe is rapidly being conquered by invading non European hordes, all the while convinced that this is it is a good thing. It makes me sad to realize it is too late.

What made Britain ‘Great’ was its connection with the Old Testament. The right to property, that even the state could not tax or take away, (Naboth’s reply to king Ahab). The right to jury trial, everyone under the law. The right to “innocent until proven guilty. Life for a life, the justice system. That was what made Great Britain great.