Peter Hitchens: It's 'frustrating' knowing that everyone else is wrong
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Published 2023-12-15
Author and journalist, @ClarkeMicah says Keir Starmer's “radical” left-wing roots demonstrates the public “aren’t actually interested in actual politics.”
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All Comments (21)
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I have worked in organisations where the people at the top had no connection with the rest of us and were merely time servers, making the most of their privileges and furthering their careers while contributing nothing at all of value. Everyone knew that if they disappeared overnight, the organisation would carry on running exactly the same without them. This is what Britain feels like now.
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Oh it's not discontent in this country it's damn right anger.
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It is not a stretch to say that NO western country right now has anywhere near a representative government that is legitimately, seriously interested in acting on behalf of the interests of the public. Donors win elections these days, not voters.
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Both the Labour and Cons are cheeks of the same backside !
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Politics in the UK are at the bottom of the barrel and are clawing at it to see if it can sink even lower . The worst bunch of Politicians (with a few exceptions ) in the whole of British history . To call them dire and useless is giving them compliments they don't deserve .
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"How do you rate political debate?" "It's pitiful." Understatement at its finest.
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Not only the UK, whole Europe is in a huge mess.
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the establishment has to be discarded so that we at the very least have any chance to prosper
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When I was about 17 I wrote a couple of emails to Peter Hitchens and he replied at length. It was nice of him to take time to engage with a know-it-all teenage boy!
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The government actively reduced old apprenticeships (that worked) and introduced modern apprenticeships that had lower standards and didn’t cover the skills that were found sadly lacking. Their answer was to bring in trained people from other countries. Manufacturing was moved from our country to others.
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Great interview, well done for having him on! Last bit about people not wanting freedom was my 'aha' moment during covid. People value safety and stability over freedom. They only want freedom when a tyrannical dictator/government fail to provide safety. Hence why serfdom existed for millennia and there were very few revolutions.
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All is LOST....I and my family are preparing HEAVILY for seriously terrible times in the near future.
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'' Two Huge Parties which are Corpses lying across the way '' Perfectly put Mr Hitchens.
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Did not expect an interview of this quality from Times Radio but bravo. The only way we dig ourselves out of this abyss is by once again, allowing people to speak.
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As an older person, who works hard, is English, family has been here for over 1,000 years, etc - I am definitely not represented by this country's politicians
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Nice to listen to a thoughtful interview. Why does the BBC no longer do this.
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Its no wonder we have no industry in this country when it is assumed that technical is the opposite of bright.
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Britain faces a revolt. I think that's a bloody understatment, don't you .
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Why is it that the hundreds of ex-Trots turned Conservative cannot believe that other ex-Trots can turn Labour without keeping their previous beliefs?
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The real concerns of the people of the UK are how expensive everything is! How we are being robbed by energy companies! How much are council taxes will increase again this year! How healthcare has been run down over the past 10+ years. How run down our schools are! How often we are provided endless distractions from this in order to discourage anger and resentment of the richest 1% who are squeezing the lifeblood out of the UK for their own personal gain. Does he mention any of this?
