Dr David Starkey on the history of slavery and reparations with Mark Steyn | Full interview

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[@leddywood]

Brilliant. This is why history is so important and always the first casualty of cultural revolutions. This clip should have millions of views.

[@BobMonty99]

And what about the slavery going on as we speak today in places like Libya thanks to Barry Obama and Hillary Clinton ?

[@richardgoodley7845]

If only

[@testudohorsfieldii7052]

As if, GB news doesn't have millions of viewers.

[@ladydove5895]

@Lardy...As a Jamaican I totally agree. Especially by the few Jamaicans making empty noise. This is indeed brilliant 👏🏽 GBN!!!

[@washingtongarden4078]

Why is it always white guys qualified to explained slavery 😂😂😂😂

[@robertanderson6786]

I am an englishman through to my core... i love my country and especially its history. If that's considered unpopular thought today...then so be it.

[@PeterPete]

Yes I was born in England and utterly ashamed to be British, let alone English!!! I'm surrounded by miserable and downtrodden people!!

[@robertanderson6786]

@@PeterPete thank goodness none of that 'misery' has affected your outlook friend

[@PeterPete]

@@robertanderson6786 the misery within British people is suffocating. Clearly you don't want to recognise it. You're the type of person who pretends it doesn't exist!!! It won't be long before you're in a care home and then you will realise how much misery is around!!

[@robertanderson6786]

@@PeterPete the subject matter concerned history... kindly keep your toxic views within the company you choose to keep. Who made you spokesperson for the entire nation?

[@PeterPete]

@@robertanderson6786 Wasn't it you who posted a comment about being proud of being british?? That has nothing to do with history! Pride is one of the 7 deadly sins or didn't you know. You want to drop your pride mate otherwise when you do get in that care home you'll soon realise it was a waste of time being proud to be British! In other words, let me remind you of this truth - you are living in a country that cares more for money and less for people like me or you! Greed and selfishness is nothing to be proud of at all!

[@winstonsmith8240]

The older I get the more I like David Starkey. A mine of information.

[@off__world8668]

Never apologise Never give a yard Hold the line 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@PeterPete]

sure but in so doing one never realises one's faults and you end up being a very lonely person! I always hold my hand up when I get things wrong and that makes me feel very good. It actually annoys some people I'm sure. Pity organisations like Councils, Government, Police etc didn't do the same all the time!

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

@@PeterPete No mate. "Hold my hands up" is all well and good if you and I are having a discussion. But you have to realise who we are dealing with here when it comes to the censorious progressive left. The fact is you NEVER apologise to them for anything. All, and I mean ALL they care about is POWER. By any means necessary as their literal slogan says - and they will lie, cheat, smear, defame and cry victim with ZERO scruples if it achieves that power. When you apologise to them, all you do is hand them your own knife to stab you with. It's that simple. I used to be a moderate conservative and it is the fact that the kind of people I used to be are thoughtful, open minded, self reflective and humble, that is the reason we keep LOSING and the left keep GAINING GROUND everywhere. I am now on the radical dissident right as a result of supporting that hiding to nothing for years. What is simply needed is to, as Jonothan Bowden put it, CLEAR THEM OUT.

[@moc7323]

👏👏👏👏

[@lesterjohnston8888]

Yes yes and yes, well done to you

[@washingtongarden4078]

Thats way your country is been taking over

[@grahamemmett]

Dr Starkey’s reply was brilliant and will educate people with historical context

[@boywonder6659]

Starkey is brilliant. If I had 1% of his historical knowledge I’d be dangerous.

[@adrianfisher3349]

There are people with less than that and they created the 1619 project. Narrative over facts and truth at all costs 🤣

[@washingtongarden4078]

dont mean anything thou

[@forthfarean]

I am descended from slaves , many English are. My ancestors barely owned a decent suit let alone slaves. I thought the Islamic world was the most prolific slave owners and traders.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

My ancestors were sent from Devon into slavery on a Barbados sugar plantation in 1685. Many Irish were sent there too before 1665.

[@forthfarean]

@@stephfoxwell4620 Yes. It wasn’t called slavery of course,it was a form of bonded servitude. These people were often treated very badly .As Cobbet pointed out in the early 19th century, many of the English rural poor were often worse off than slaves , they at times had no or little food , bad accommodation and work from sunrise to sunset. Most slaves on the plantations had regular food ,accommodation and clothing . The millions of pounds spent on freeing the slaves could have been spent on the British people , there was many things that needed funding. This is what most anti slavery compensation people were saying at the time, ‘look to our own people’. But the working people were overwhelmingly in favour of the compensation bill even though most could not vote for it. Yet the left wing blacks still find an excuse to carp about it.

[@catwoman7462]

@@forthfarean Slaves were treated better than the poor in the UK because slaves had a value, whereas the poor in Britain had no value, and there were always plenty more to replace them when they died.

[@forthfarean]

@@catwoman7462 That’s not strictly true. Everyone in Britain had the same rights and the protection of the law, although some laws were weighted heavily in favour of landowners. The problem was if a slump or individual misfortune struck then severe hardship could follow. There were good and bad times but the rural poor, the labourer ,earned very little and had nothing to fall back on except the Parish poor laws. The labourers circumstances deteriorated after enclosures . Before then most of the rural population had varying degrees of individual land ownership or use. Until the end of the 18th century a lot of the land was still owned and farmed in the strip system. The people also had rights to use of common land. The system was not very efficient really but the rural poor had more access to the way the land was used. Slaves were expensive so the vast majority took care of their ‘investment’ . Also of course plantation owners were not all the same ,some were more kind and considerate than others. The idea of having slaves was to put them to work ,not kill them . It was a cruel institution, an ancient one and probably a consequence of little or no technology. The industrial revolution brought machinery which was more reliable and subsequently cheaper in the long run bringing increased production. In Britain much of the ruling class and the people were becoming more aware of the situation of slaves and organisations formed to abolish it . The government put pressure on the colonies where slavery was in practice but an act of parliament abolishing the institution settled it . It took about 30 years to completely abolish it and 20 million pounds ,a huge amount of money raised by issuing bonds. It took 150 years to pay off by British taxpayers.

[@forthfarean]

@freebeerfordworkers A lot of criminals were transported to America ,Australia instead of being executed. Most were kept as captive workers and yes conditions were ,or could be ,cruel. The Whites were not suited to work in the plantations in the West Indies or the Deep South of US and were not productive. Black slaves imported from parts of Africa could stand the climate and work better. These people were in the main already slaves in their homeland . The Muslim people and the African tribes were the main suppliers of these unfortunate people. The idea of stopping slavery was novel and revolutionary ,it had been a part of the human societies for ever. Yet Britain already was thinking ahead of the age ,inventing all sorts of machinery for rural and urban use, and the ideas of the rights of man were spreading .As more people were informed of the situation of slaves by increased communication outrage started to build . When the organised groups started to get to work with serious campaigning the days of slavery were numbered as far as Britain’s colonies were concerned.

[@petiadavis3427]

Just love love love David Starkie, what a brilliant mind

[@GodsCosmicBollock]

You clearly love him so much you can't spell his name.

[@borderlord]

Mark Steyn on British current affairs telly has been a Brilliant thing!

[@markbanner6473]

Imagine being as good at History as Starkey you could kick the butts of many posters across youtube time and time again. lol And this Steyn guy isn't half bad himself.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Glasgow council want to cancel statues of Gladstone and Peel !! Two champions if freedom who campaigned against slavery.

[@13thcentury]

He has tried to counter the WokenStaffel, but they simply cancel him

[@markbanner6473]

@@13thcentury Well they do. BBC SN etc You're right.

[@anthonydilugi4672]

Oh let's all rejoice that the biggest bigots and most extensive i.peralisyuc reach undid itself. How stupidly hilarious.

[@MyMagical1]

Everyday is a learning day. Thank you Dr Starkey. Excellent. 👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧☺️

[@ConsultancymarketingCoUk]

Great to listen to two professionals talking about a subject with such knowledge and clarity.

[@washingtongarden4078]

These two guys are desperately trying to hold onto white power! They only tell the story from the conquerors not from the conquered and we know their is always to sides to a story.

[@ConsultancymarketingCoUk]

@@washingtongarden4078 😂😂😂😂awesome mate 😂😂😂

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

I remember this gentleman: he was defending freedom of speech in UK regardless of threats of violence from religious fundamentalist a few years ago. I takes courage to do that in UK these days…

[@Banglish123]

How about trying to end modern slavery in Qatar? Thousands of south Asians have died in the brutal conditions imposed on them by their Muslim brothers in the Arabian peninsula in the pursuit of vanity via The Football World Cup.

[@francismadden8561]

I'm hoping most will boycott the live event. Absolute disgrace that international games would be played where so much blood was spilled, lives lost.

[@faza553]

Exceptional Slavery 9min kzbin.info/www/bejne/nabVp3-KntaNaas

[@Banglish123]

@@BinkySocks and talking of the Phillipines whatever your view on drugs is I'm pretty sure getting shot by your neighbours with govt approval isn't included.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

This is all blah blah blah to the progressive leftists. They know it full well. They don't care.

[@kwhufc5769]

Careful.. not allowed to mention the Arab slave trade. It's like not mentioning a certain war to the Germans 🤔

[@sithemperorpalpatine870]

I demand that the city of Rome pay reparations to victims of the roman empire. What about the Mongolian empire? The empire of Japan? Russian empire? The Egyptian slavers? How far do we go back? The rabbit hole is extremely deep.

[@popatyourecords]

The Black Barbery coast slavers whom traveled to west coast of Ireland and the coast of cornwall in search of blue eyed maidens whom fetched more money read a book call white gold

[@susanjackett9268]

Almost every civilisation used slaves. And today with globalisation, even more .

[@winstonsmith8240]

Who killed all off all of the neanderthals, and homo erectus? I think something should be done about it.

[@tonygreen6185]

The European Jewish people are probably the most deserving of reparations ....makes me sick to hear of slave descendant whingeing when put in context Whingeing idiots looking for a free lunch.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Actually I think we should be awarding thanks to the black slave traders who gave British merchants such favourable prices back in the day.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

We gave them reparations. We gave them Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Antigua, Tobago, Guyana Montserrat....

[@PeterPete]

They were never ours to give!!!!

[@huudielbo728]

@@PeterPete They were after we killed off their population.

[@leebennett1821]

Your Right Blacks have no more Right to them Whites

[@pbysome]

@@PeterPete no they where inhabited by the Caribes who where driven into the sea by the.....emancipated African slaves.

[@PeterPete]

@@pbysome but the brits were in charge of those countries and it was them who brought Africans over?

[@yousoufkirkwood6289]

Well said, GB news.

[@chrismac2234]

I'm proud, very proud of Britain's role in the slave trade. We commited our power and wealth to end a trade that no one else wanted to stop. Hapsburgian :Austrian royal ruling family

[@hurstmitchell6392]

I am happy to pay reparations as long as all Jamaicans living in U.K. return to Jamaica. This new independent country will need all the talent pool they can find.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Including the 800 in our prisons.

[@Sam-gw5pl]

@@stephfoxwell4620 yes indeed

[@PeterPete]

Many UK Jamaican descendants were born in this country so they have every right to remain. If the Brits hadn't have usurped Jamaica in the first place then maybe there wouldn't be any Jamaicans living here!!! You reap what you sow in life!!!!

[@christinalayzelle832]

All benefits paid to anyone of Jamaican descent should be deducted from any reparations given to Jamaica, that way they will probably owe us money.

[@skadiwarrior2053]

Decolonisation!

[@paulwilson7622]

As he said he "was sorry" he should have added that he was unbelievably happy that Britain to stop right across the Atlantic as well as the world & ended thousands of years of the world's slavery by each race

[@catwoman7462]

Slavery hasn't ended. There are more slaves now than ever before, and you can guarantee that those people demanding money from us will be fully partaking of products which are the result of slavery.

[@Freddy-sp5wq]

??????

[@testudohorsfieldii7052]

Yeah we didn't do any of that.

[@ladydove5895]

GBNews, thank you!...thank you!.....thank you! This is more than rich information, it's wealthy knowledge to impart to us. As a Jamaican, while full independence is not a bad thing, I think the state the economy is presently in now is not the time. I also said the same thing about becoming Haiti with the corrupt politicians who are trying to avoid oversight from the privy counsel. Many Jamaicans don't even realized that because they are too influenced by these politicians and American wokeness!

[@catwoman7462]

I've been doing my family tree research, and can definitely say that I'm not descended from slave owners, and most of the population of the UK will be the same as me.

[@dogsenseforu301]

💯 - ancestors of subjects in UK haven't been slaves (most are descended from serfs/disposable factory workers/child workers etc). The corporations ruled UK back in the day and corporations rule the world today - mostly US and China. Today there are more slaves than were traded during height of slave trade - Libya has open slave markets today.

[@catwoman7462]

@@dogsenseforu301 I know, and the hypocrisy is shocking. People who constantly bang on about 'the slave trade' only refer to a tiny portion of historical slavery, and don't give a rat's backside about slaves today. In fact they probably happily buy things made by slaves.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

What would it matter if you were? No-one living was a slave and no-one living was a slave owner.

[@forthfarean]

The English rarely actually owned the slaves. Some wealthy people had shares in plantations or sugar importing or companies that traded in exotic merchandise including slaves, a few owned plantations but didn’t live in the West Indies,so had no contact with slaves or any transactions involving them. The English people in general knew little about slaves and most people never even thought about where goods came from no more than we do about sweated labour in the East etc .

[@forthfarean]

@@dogsenseforu301 A lot of people misunderstand the industrialisation of Britain. Although factory work was hard ,by our standards, thousands of people left the land to work in the factories because the pay was better and the work actually lighter. This was why the countryside was depopulated. Children worked in the factories but they also worked on the land from a very early age. Often parents ignored the acts limiting child labour because they wanted the extra money the children earned. The various factory acts and inspectors got better conditions quite quickly overall. The arrival of industrial capitalism was a new economic force ,never seen before anywhere. It had massive advantages but drawbacks too. It took time to regulate the conditions of labour. But on the land pay was very low and hours sunrise to sunset. Society ,people ,priorities ,expectations ,necessities of life .world views were very different 200-300 years ago. Comparisons can only be made with other life experiences of that time,not our time. Britain was in the forefront of most modern technologies and societal development. In just over 100 years Britain was changed from a rural economy to an industrial economy . That is some achievement, especially as there was no prior examples to follow, no experiences to learn from. It was new,raw and very energetic.

[@13thcentury]

The WokenStaffel are trying to rewrite history. Basically.

[@steveforster9764]

Been a Northumbrian born Canadian I want reparations from the Roman's the Anglo-Saxons the Jutes the Swedish the Norwegians the Danes the Normans

[@barbaradyson6951]

Steve Forster. Agree. People should look up White Slave Trade.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

I'm from Devon. We want reparations from Algeria and Morocco.

[@alicedowntherabbithole4]

Still in Northumbria. I demand reparations too!

[@francesbrown5116]

And the Danes been watching the last kingdom lol

[@elainekerslake6865]

Cheques in the post. Don't spend it all at once.

[@welshcelt9406]

We have Slavery right now the P&0 have put Slaves on there boats, the pay £1.20 Slavery alive and kicking.

[@janicebillington2633]

@Kim Filby but they get everything all found, meaning everything necessary for life, room and board.

[@anthonyreed480]

@Kim Filby There are literal slaves today ("no pay at all at all" as you say lol) in China, Africa, and the Middle East.

[@DS9TREK]

Where do you get the £1.20 figure from? P&O told Parliament they're paying £5.15 per hour

[@Waywind420]

To demand innocent people today pay for other people who have never been victimized is not only unfathomably greedy, but it also constitutes making the first group of people slaves to generate expendable wealth required to actually fund reparations.

[@despair3437]

Certainly a paradox into which society has been brought

[@streaky81]

Reparations over my dead body, and I'm not being hyperbolic. Not a penny is owed, and you're welcome. We need to have a long discussion about monarchy when the queen dies.

[@Xfranman]

But not with her.

[@sedekiman]

Why?

[@derickjude7188]

We need to uphold what no other country has, you mean.

[@johnlong123long]

Starkey.. a legend.

[@chrissaltaur1254]

We never talk about the brutality of black Africans towards other Africans. How tribes in Africa murdered each other and how later, rather than killing other tribes, they sold their captured fellow Africans to the Europeans, including the British. Many Europeans didn't wish to take the risk of going into the African interior and either being killed by the natives, eaten by dangerous animals or killed by disease. Black Africans have enslaved other black Africans as have the Arabs who were involved in slavery.

[@washingtongarden4078]

Who told you that?

[@chrissaltaur1254]

@@washingtongarden4078 The truth of slavery isn't just what you've been told, black Africans enslaved their African brothers.

[@washingtongarden4078]

@@chrissaltaur1254 What the British committed is the worst in modern history. Not only did they enslaved, what about genocide of Indians in America, the rape of India, the exploiting of Africa and the list goes on! You need to stop believing black wrongs is the same as whites in modern history, that why white folks are hated around the world!

[@chrissaltaur1254]

@@washingtongarden4078 You're the one who seemingly has a problem. Sounds like you have an unhealthy hatred towards white folk whilst living and benefitting from living in a white country. I was presenting a historical balance accompanied by facts. Yes, what happened in the past was indeed unsavoury but those were tough times. Little white English boys were hanged for stealing apples and brutality was equally served through the class system, you had white slavery in the UK. Racism is all around thexworld and isn't just the preserve of white people as you might ignorantly believe. Black, brown, oriental etc people can equally be as racist and as dangerous as white folk.

[@chrissaltaur1254]

You are talking with little fact and knowledge. The British were not the worse and your words and ignorance is testimony to this.

[@Horizon344]

Slavery has been endemic in mankind since it first walked the earth, including African on African. It hasn't been an issue in England for centuries now. Stop dancing to the Trotskyist's tune & talk about something more interesting.

[@michaelhuggins8513]

Slavery was abolished because the British government agreed to pay out the biggest compensation payout in the history of the world to which was only payed off in 2015. You are correct on Haiti and French history doesn’t get away as they need to own up to their past also.

[@lesleyb5591]

I have a question. Are you saying that up until 2015 descendants of slave owners were still receiving regular payments from the British government as compensation for their ancestors losing their "property" after the abolition of slavery?*

[@stevewhite2245]

@@lesleyb5591 No. The British government did 2 things. First they tasked the Royal Navy with hunting down all slaves ships any where they could find them, free the slaves and sink the ships. Secondly they paid slave owners at the time for the freedom of their slaves. That debt, and its interest was finally paid off in 2015. The money was borrowed from Banks at the time it was paid. People throughout the world castigate Britain as if we were the only nation dealing with slaves. But what other country did what Britain did in ending slavery? No one, no one ever gives Britain credit for that.... we only ever get countries and people like Jamaica does in demanding reparations.

[@michaelhuggins8513]

@@stevewhite2245 you are 💯 correct on what you have stated. The navy was not only there to stop illegal slavery but were there to protect the British ships travelling into the Caribbean with indentured labour from Asia. These ships were under attack from the French and Belgium and also the British government wanted to undermine those other countries to reduce their financial growth out of slavery which is why so many Caribbean island speak English. Many Caribbeans have great respect for the monarchy and in most house hold you will find photos of the Queen being centre place. Unfortunately with the way it’s being reported it doesn’t give the historical facts. In short when slavery was ended, it was by way of compensation to the slave owners and not the slaves. The now ex slaves formed unions to agree a fair wage but the land owners would not have this so a new system was introduced call Indentured labour. Most of the people who worked under this system were mostly from Asia and were offered a contact for a number of years and at the end of the contact they would receive land. Indentured workers did not realise that they were basically slaves under another name and for the ex slaves they now were not employed because they wanted union rights and also received no land which has had an effect right up to today which is where the call for reparations comes from. Now everyone know that no money in compensation or reparations will ever be paid but what people really want is an official acknowledgement of the damage that was done and should never happen again. No one is asking for history to be rewritten as all the facts and details of the profits from slavery can be found in the British Archives which were written in great detail by British people who were the best at documenting everything. I know it also seems that only the British are getting hammered about this period of history but this is incorrect, many would release this just by studying French history. Unfortunately when people talk of slavery they only tend to think of people taken against their will and forced into manual labour, it was much more than this, it was rape of men women and children, it was murder, it was amputations, it was killing of babies and so much more. There is a saying “we should never forget”

[@lesleyb5591]

Just another thought. Did the British government agree to compensate the slave owners for the loss of their "property" because it was the only way they could get enough M.Ps to back the abolition bill? Is this an example of the fact that in the real world you sometimes have to compromise? Or "make a deal with the devil" to put it more bluntly

[@bladerunner9646]

I LIKE DAVID STARKEY SO MUCH I PURCHASED A BOXSET OF HIS DVD'S. ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

[@stevenrichardson1843]

This won't make it's way into the mainstream but it should. Thanks guys.

[@jeanetteberwick2434]

Thankyou for this enlightenment on slavery etc why is this unrecognised in todays society 😑 better to sweap it under the carpet eh thankyou ❤🕊🕊🕊🙏🙏🙏

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

This opening comment is absolutely correct. Well said Mark Steyn.

[@VABee59]

THERE HAS TO BE A POINT WHEN WE PUT DOWN OUR “FOOTS” AND SAY… YOU WERE NOT A SLAVE AND WE NEVER OWNED ONE. SO STOP. WE NEED TO JUST STAY STRONG AND UNTIL THIS STOPS. THEY JUST WANT MONEY.

[@pbysome]

I agree but surely it's "feet"

[@derickjude7188]

@@pbysome LOL.

[@MaverickSeventySeven]

Excellent!! Very informative!

[@johnmarsh2078]

Perhaps Jamaica would like to repay the foreign aid and debt management we the British taxpayers have donated since its independance in 1962?All the relevant commonwealth countries have been compensated for the sins of the 18th century slavers by aid and investment. Why am I not whingeing about North Africa and the Barbary Pirates or Italy and the Roman Empire. In the 18th century my ancestors were Lake District tennant farmers. How did they benefit from slavery? I refuse to apologise for I am not guilty! Fancy Jamaica promoting its people as victims and losers. Perhaps the government is deflecting attention from corruption and the high crime rate?

[@forthfarean]

The Muslims always get a free ride . I wonder why?

[@johnmarsh2078]

@@forthfarean Because it's racist if they don't. I always cringe that lefty feminists and gay rights "activists", liberals and "democrats" actually go to bat for the followers of a a religion that supresses and enslaves women, murders homosexuals and is barbarously theocratic and cruel. And these idiots say, "All cultures are equal and deserve respect!" Well, they aren't and they don't.

[@sequoiapark4506]

Look at the Jamiacas murder rate when the English were in control. Look at it since.

[@johnmarsh2078]

@@sequoiapark4506 This victimhood angle and compensation for wrongs committed by the few three hundred years ago provides a wonderful smokescreen for dodging criticism about poor and ineffective not to mention corrupt government.

[@sequoiapark4506]

@@johnmarsh2078 You are absolutely right, John. By the way, my laptop wasnt plugged in and the screen was going dim as I wrote. I couldn't see properly. I dont want you to think that I cant spell Jamaica!🙂

[@cavendish009]

This is so interesting - I had no idea of so much that David Starkey is telling us in this interview. We LOVE to self-flagellate ourselves in Britain !! for no reason !

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

The notion that Britain dispensed with its empire gracefully has been around for many years and needs someone like Dr Starkey to keep reminding everyone.

[@johannabarry6325]

Excellent. Very illuminating.

[@sharonalbanese8084]

Spot on David starkey. The younger royals need to realise it is better to say nothing.

[@washingtongarden4078]

Yeah, don't admit to our sins

[@mjh5437]

Too many are forgetting the old saying "Never complain,never explain"

[@bonnielucas153]

Maybe people will remember that Elizabeth said " recollections may vary" in regards to her halfwit red- haired grandson and his odious spouse

[@randykirkland3927]

Let’s watch as Jamaica falls deeper into third world obscurity…..

[@catwoman7462]

They'll be taken over by China with their "inward investment" which is financial takeover by another name.

[@PeterPete]

I'd want to wish them good luck; a fresh start, new beginnings!! They are indepedent and capable of making their own decisions. Anyone would think you'd be envious if they left the Commonwealth.

[@tturtle1659]

@@PeterPete of course they are, but I doubt they would bother looking into what has been happening in African countries which have taken the Chinese potion. But at least that would mean that they will no longer be the West's responsibility.

[@PeterPete]

@@tturtle1659 I couldn't care less what the Jamaicans do, whether they seek patronage with China or not, so what big deal if they do, can't be any worse than the Brits!!! It's entirely up to them as a free nation. They might get a better deal with China charging Brits extra money for sugar that was once 'theirs'!!

[@christinalayzelle832]

@@PeterPete You and your 'friend in your head' are obviously not British.

[@yazl8419]

A brilliant discussion by two great minds on a controversial and highly misrepresented issue! I Miss Mark Steyn!

[@doloresradumski1708]

Excellent, Well said!

[@lennymclean.]

Well said Dr Starkey

[@eebeegee8325]

Go Dave! What a national treasure!

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

People that never owned slaves should never apologise to people who were never slaves

[@mikedee1771]

Dr. Starkey with the facts cutting through the myths

[@nascar0509]

We are being insulted and taken for mugs by race grifters, money is the root of all evil.

[@paularobert8208]

We need more David Starkey! Intelligence is the only thing which can pull us out of the morass we currently inhabit.

[@dorothysimpson7040]

It is intelligence, without empathy or integrity, that has engineered this "morass".

[@paularobert8208]

@@dorothysimpson7040 Intelligence is a tool which can be variously used. As always, the skill of the engineer determines the outcome. I feel confident in David Starkey's guidance.

[@peterg463]

I don't know how many times I have to remind people of the slavery that occurred 75-80 years ago - within living memory. The Germans enslaved whole swathes of peoples ranging from Jews, Russians, Homosexuals, Gypsy's and Roma's and who benefited: the likes of Volkswagen, Porche, Mercedes, Dr Oetker and Siemens to name bu a few. And boy, did they benefit as can be seen from the size of these company's and their value.

[@lindark28]

Well said david Starkey,👏👏👏

[@marionreynolds7080]

Thanks for this Mark and David.

[@blackgrape2758]

Dr Starkey brilliant as ever

[@leemackie8434]

I love 💕 David 👏👏👏🇦🇺💗💕

[@todbob6229]

Well said Mr Starkey, MSM! Take note and listen.

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

As Mauritania, oh so slowly, abolishes slavery, who is paying whom what? Why do those in the Anglosphere who are so very vexed over slavery hundreds of years ago, have nothing to say about slavery in Mauritania?

[@kitfrew9983]

They won't, it's not relevant to they're grievances

[@bigtex4058]

Mr. Starkey was headed toward a career as a physicist before discovering a love of history. He plainly brings that scientific rigor of thought to his discussions of history and politics.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Love Mark Steyn's suits - a very well dressed bloke. Always wears a tie.

[@lulabellegnostic8402]

The reason for so much trouble around the world-particularly africa- is the failure of france, belgium, holland and germany to liberate their colonies. Particularly france, who have managed to get the UN to involve UK armed forces in their W african colonial war. And, typically, the french have now run away.

[@jennywren8937]

Until WW2 it was quite normal for young women to be 'put into service'. My mother b1910 attended a Mission school in Crockleford Heath, Ardleigh, Essex, where only two teachers educated the whole school. She left school at the age of 14 and worked mainly for military families, taking charge of their children at the age of 17 and given only one afternoon off each month. Fortunately my grandmother worked from home as a tailoress because my mother had provide her own uniforms which were sometimes changed three times daily. We were so proud of her Suffolk accent, her brilliant mind and ability to answer questions on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, her knowledge of musiic, handicrafts and ability to surf the Internet at the age of 100 years. Slavery did not prevent her from achieving so much in her life or dampening her enthusiasm for learning until she passed in her 103rd year.

[@Unborn-Stillborn]

Interesting that the presenter put Irish into the mix of what the brits have done around the world ... although Ireland was made part of Briton it was achieved completely against the will of the Irish ... when I travelled around Ireland many years ago I was shocked at the many mass graves, historical murder sites, destroyed towns, villages and cities all at the hands of the English. The Irish never accepted English rule so I find it surprising that this presenter included Ireland into the British atrocities abroad mix. Although in fairness to the presenter many English ive met don't even know the extent of the atrocities in Ireland carried out by the English ...

[@vacation_generation]

Great feature. Brilliant expert guest.

[@KRUGE67]

They just want money, why should they cash for someone else `s suffering ?

[@benjaminmitchell5345]

Fascinating

[@rickydaley3347]

The elite people British ! Treat our own people the same as slaves! Press ganged into the army/navy. Where if they didn't do exactly as told they would be flogged, whipped,the gunners daughter. even hung.. What about CHILD ABUSE!!! As young as 9 years old, drummer boys in front line of fire beating the drum or carrying the gun powder under live fire, if you remember history it was the likes of zulus capturing other tribes, either to kill, sacrifice, take as THEY WANTED rape, or sell as slaves! They did it to their own! As so did ours!!!

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Abolition of Slavery led to a huge surge in child labour. Five year olds down coal mines, seven year olds in cotton mills, nine year old girls in factories.

[@rickydaley3347]

@@stephfoxwell4620 yep! No ones apologises to any of our kind for any of this! Some of the most dangerous of jobs going. All those kids killed or maimed, in work house full of poverty, disease, while they who run them are filthy rich!

[@PeterPete]

What an unhappy bunch of people the Brits are and they're still treating the people like s**t!! As an example, wait until you get into a care home and have to be cared for by black Africans earning the lowest incomes in society!!! Still you could always give them a cheap clap for what they do!!!

[@joanthewad7510]

You’ve left out the children in mines, factories and agriculture who were slaves in all but name

[@kelvinjutemills]

Can listen to DS for ages.!! Clever, clever man.!! Anyway, NOBODY should be apologising for slavery in Britain. No reparations anywhere.!! Instead, give them a history lesson...FREE, and send them off rejoicing with their new-found knowledge.!!!

[@dantemarotta356]

Perhaps Europeans can ask for reparations from Turkey or North African nations who took European slaves in the millions ?

[@bernardcapaldi4051]

It is apparently a fact that Portugal took more than 6,000,000 slaves from Africa to South America so I think this makethem the biggest slave trading nation. The majority of these slaves was sold were sold by African Tribal Chiefs to Afrfican Slave Traders from whom the slaves were purchased mainly by white slave owners but also by coloured slave owners particularly in the East

[@lesgriffiths8523]

Superb video. And what was not discussed about Jamaica was why, after 400 years. Jamaica has now decided to remove the Queen as Head of State. It certainly has nothing to do with a desire for" freedom", nor ' independence". It is China. The Jamaicans will now join the sorry band of nations who have expressed a willingness to forgo their sovereignty...and there membership of the Commonwealth...and port assets...........for Chinese money. Kingston has condemned the country to a life of economic serfdom for the Chinese. They will regret their decision in time. Les Griffiths

[@jstewart3799]

The Christians like Wilberforce helped abolished slavery. William will NEVER say that because he worships the god of this world.

[@kopynd1]

mark is a class presenter, watch him now since rt news has been taking off air

[@hollyylloh515]

The past is so called for a reason 🤔

[@Rearmostbean]

The west.must apologize for human rights violations a century and a half ago, but China much of Asia and Africa continue those same traditions and shall not mention it

[@declancarroll1799]

An excellent conversation

[@joelang6126]

When the descendants of the Vikings and Rome pay up then we can think about it.

[@2sepgorillas]

Who was it who sold African slaves to the slavers in the first place...?

[@rustyshackelford8769]

You can never pay them enough. The demand for reparations will never end.

[@kitfrew9983]

Correct it will go on and on and on and on, they're a on the racist bandwagon now against whitey do you better suck it up or invent a country like Israel and plank them all on it, see how they do, see how many would leave this country the supposedly hate.

[@christinewilkinson2424]

I think David Starkey is wonderful, I could listen to him all day. Mark is good too. David should be an historical advisor to William and Kate for their tours. Prince Charles of Woke is sadly a lost cause.

[@jeremysmith-hi1cz]

John Starkey a guiding light in a world full of nonsense.

[@beverleybutler7685]

David starkey👍💯

[@tfSmudge]

Well said sir, history is history, however brutal 🤔👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽#ReformUK #TheReclaimParty #HeritagePartyUK #GoWokeGoBroke #WokeIsTheVirus 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dawnemile4974]

People who should be authorative seem afraid to speak up and defend themselves because of fear of being called names and being cancelled.

[@kitfrew9983]

Whi cares its time we spoke up as British citizens against the bullshit.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting

[@mazg4707]

really informative and talking about how information was destroyed

[@paulmuaddib3470]

The Royal navys West African Squadron 🇬🇧👍🏼

[@tomservo75]

That is a VERY interesting take on the difference between the Queen's restrictions on foreign soil vs. those of her children, I had no idea. It doesn't make much sense to me, but then again neither does monarchy itself :) Incidentally I'm still waiting for the U.S. Democratic Party to apologize for slavery and segregation.

[@goodyeoman4534]

Anyone who feels shame for crimes committed in a different era by people who had nothing to do with them is a complete mug and deserves bottomless contempt.

[@kevingrant7098]

Of course you like him he gives you what you want to hear just like Nigel Farage

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@kevingrant7098 Have you ever heard of a Straw Man, Kev?

[@Heretic-007]

Will any blacks apologize for selling fellow blacks into slavery

[@deedeepuffs951]

After all the comments on here, I think its best Jamaica remove all ties with UK, in fact all countries in the commonwealth should do it and get on with their own destinies.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I agree 100% and then we can be rid of this incessant mewling about historic oppression.

[@lostintranslation1957]

He can't be that sorrowful otherwise he would give up being a royal and not spend the money he steals from Tax payers let alone what slavery their family was involved in the past. Only a handful of people are bothered by slavery in the UK. Or around the world in fact. Ukraine is the highest slavery country in the world, more so than the Arabic countries at present.

[@simonroguska3260]

"To whom should we apologise?" "Mmmmm. Well I suppose ,.just the people of the Caribbean generally." "And to whom do we pay reparations?" "I'll text the account details right now!"

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Sure. And it will all be settled and we won't have to hear another word about it, right? We both know that doing the things you say would make absolutely no difference whatsoever.

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

Would love to see a Mark Stein vs James Obrien debate

[@chadbrick67]

history of slavery black people owning black slaves. they don't want to talk about that though

[@chrisbailey5731]

So long as there is a monarchy there will be slavery, so long as we allow ourselves to be governed, there will be slavery. Rebel. Resist. Refuse. Down with the Monarchy and down with Government. We don't need any of them.

[@shaunsmith8071]

Slavery still goes on today, in Africa and India, just for starters.

[@dawnemile4974]

Decolonizatuon should be deAmericanization because this is the problem in the world today.