His thoughts here on Ukraine-Russia were eerily prescient.

8:10 lol not even 3 months later that non threatening nation that couldn't find you on a map would use chemical weapons on your soil, Mr Hitchens.

Eerily prescient about eastward expansion and Ukraine.

Well youre right about Merkel....hugely over rated....and sometimes stupid !!

16:46 rofl „what makes you miserable is being ludicrously optimistic and ill-informed“

I've been looking for this interview for a couple of years now. I remember the very quotable final point he raised and have been looking for it ever since!

May the ship lapped and varnished tentacles of the Trumpet Queen sing that holy song, until the mountains of the gong people surrenders it's frozen bounty.

BBC,,, could be a bit more transparent-honest!!

Fucking hate his whistling

So intelligent & articulate, I love listening to Peter Hitchens

2 years on we’re in the thick of a global pandemic and a historical economic collapse. I can smell the civil unrest bubbling up.

13:34 Angela Merkel has always put EU elites above Germany and its people

You forgot one thing: Scottish Independence!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!! END LONDON RULE!!!!!!

you dont control europe with an army, you buy the armies of europe, then control it. PESCO mode on

Russia is paranoid because it is run by a small corrupt group who rig the elections and siphon off money from the state. Paranoia follows from the nature of the state, the last thing they want is freedom of speech and free elections. The EU is a threat to them. Hitchin’s arguments about Russia are odd.

The predecessors of the EU were not created to allow Germany to dominate, they were created to create political and economic ties to avoid future wars. The fact that Germany dominates is true, but it is much bigger than the other countries. The EU is a giant socialist project where senior EU politicians are trying to consolidate and increase their power. Hitchens has a very partial view.

Alyosha

I admire the honest realism of mr. Hitchens. I think we do live in an age of pessimism which I consider to be healthy in comparison to the over the top optimism of 90's and early 2000's when everybody in the political sphere were about "end of history" globalism.

All this talk is irrelevant, europe as a whole is declining rapidly, in the very near future the world will be dominated by asian nations

Yup this is what both remainers and brexiters need to realize the EU and even UK are mainly run by USA and its interest.

Why would peter do an interview with a channel with 150 subscribers? I mean good on you for getting him but what a coup!

Everest doesn't dominate political landscape

Proven wrong mr British intelligence asset

I'm 3 years off being a millennial and I find it simply astonishing at the state of politics in this country.. the fact that this man has ever been demonised in any way for having 'sensible' views amazes me to this day. I'm guessing that my peers will gradually grow conservative as they age but right now I would say that pretty much 99% of the people I know think its fashionable to lean left and spout views they've never even thought about. Pointless rant right here.

We’ve left, when did that happen 😂

This guy is truly a blessing to all skeptical of the bullshit Russiagate.

This is pathetic they should fire this loser ASAP

Hitchens dropping those black pills about Britain 😭

Who composed your theme tune. I love it. Would love to use that composer.

This woman is incredibly ignorant. The idea that democracy increases with a proportional representation system is utter bollocks. MPs are unaccountable to their constitutencies, and far more easy to manipulate from the party command, completely severing contact between voter and voted. It means local issues will never get political attention, and that high corruption will be much more efficiently leveraged from a single point of control. Trust me, I come from one of these "sensible countrues".

If you are the biggest economic power in Europe you bound to have a say.Britain did the damage all by itself by allowing industries to be destroyed.You can go on forever why but it did happen.

"A lot of news is melodrama..." - when it is not simply lies!

Can't really disagree with any of that but was slightly baffled by his rather blasé dismissal of Merkel's Asylpolitik as if it were a simple mistake or an under estimation of the potential numbers involved-she remained leader of the CDU until only a few day ago and remains Chancellor until 2020.

Excellent definition of pessimism by Peter Hitchens. I'll have to use it myself, when I'm called a pessimist.

Luke Harding the proven liar. No evidence at all for his claims. The fact that this dolt has a pot to piss in shows how shit the guardian got many moons ago. The book stood up well? 😂😂 Gtfo here. I'll believe the NSA employees who said if the Russians had hacked the emails the NSA would have the proof no questions. They collect everything that happens online. This is a deep state propaganda hit piece to cover up Hillary's ills. I'm left in politics a progressive I have no love for Trump. Seth rich was murdered for the leaks. More fucking evidence for that than this bullshit.

True trade only not political union.

Germany is a vassal to the US.. how many US troops in Germanium 50'000? ... they lost WW2 funded by the Yanks to take out the Russians.. Hitler Fucked up... Peter is scratching at his deceiving face not even a minute into the interview... What a load of toss

Hitchens is Right, Britain and Russia fought a World War as allies against Nazi Germany and somehow or other we become enemies? How did it get to the poor relationship we have now? Very sad.

A very learned Brain, Christian upbringing, good thinker, and communicator..

It’s in the Blood.. running through their veins..stoicism Germanic leadership. Ordered race. Our culture is dying, and Merkel has thrown a Spanner in the works🤢

Hitchens is intelligent and I am sure he knows . Who and what is the real power behind the thrones.

Pessimism is a good way to stay cheerful. At least until the boot comes in.

Great interview, thanks for sharing

Peter keeps me sane.

Hitchens answers every question with "i have no idea", then proceeds to answer

I agree with much of what PH says but there are some aspects of his views which undermine his whole rather fatalist outlook somewhat. The first of these is the underpinnings of Germany's "inevitable" position in Europe. Germany's population may be big but it was was also declining fast. There is no reason for any of the political establishments in other country's around Europe to simply allow Germany to dictate the continent's European immigration policy......unless they were conducting the same illegal covert policy in their own backyards. There is nothing "inevitable" at all about Germany's position just a weakness and lack of fight a vision within the other nation's political leaderships to combat it. That lack of leadership is a direct result of their being no democracies in Europe upon which an energetic response might arise. Another aspect of this is he might well have "nothing against people wanting to improve their lives" but its just as egregiously illegal for governments (and parliaments) to encourage and facilitate their entry into places like the UK as it for them to wage their dirty wars abroad. Peter has to try to come to terms with the fact that we are SUPPOSED to be a democracy (and by Christ our people have expended enough blood to demand the right to secure such a future from its political overlords) and the bare minimum for a functioning democracy is for its membership to control absolutely who is allowed to join it (for that membership is also SUPPOSED, in a democracy, to determine its political future). Given that's not the case these "migrants" are ALL here illegally. I'm not just talking about the ones who have come in the last decade or those here by virtue of EU policy but ALL those (and their descendants) who are here by virtue of illegal immigrations policies imposed by successive Westminster parliaments since 1945. There is not the minutest democratic legitimacy for any of it....but PH steadfastly refuses to point that particular fact out. Its one thing to complain of what it has done to country's like the UK but its quite another to call it outright for what it is, an egregiously criminal act amounting to an act of HIGH TREASON. Until he says those words I have no time for his complaints about it. Without facing that reality its no wonder he is fatalistic. Without facing that reality we are sure to be right back where we were as a nation (indeed a continent) as we were centuries ago.

No country in Europe could possible consider taking on Russia , even together they would lose any confrontation !! Only France has W.M.D capability ? So they are relying on America and NATO !! But Trump will not support them and Putin knows it !! So expansion is a no go , get us out and we will be fine , Russia doesn't have any interest in us or our country militarily , So why should we be concerned about the European expansion plans, our biggest battle is with the lefties and the establishment in the UK , they will eventually cause another world wide war

I think we have World Peace within grasp. Social Media is breaking down so many barriers.

I live in Germany and agree with Mr Hitchins,Germany is trying to rule the EU again . The sooner people of the EU see this the better. ( Realise this).

Our elite upper-class are summoning a civil war within Britain. They think they can treat Brits in the same fashion that they enslave children in Africa & Asia to construct their iphones. They cannot, we won't even accept this for a short while.