Is Putin winning the culture war? Plus, Hitchens vs e-bikes - The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

[@lizargh]

Julie is Brilliant, She does such amazing work. It's great to see her really laughing. She deserves all the joy. More power to her! xxx

[@baltasarnoreno5973]

A Chinese or Russian politician makes a diplomatic visit to a developing country and the developing country gets a new port facility, or 100km of new railways. A US or UK politician makes a diplomatic visit to a developing country and the developing country gets a sermon on LGBTQ rights.

[@daraorourke5798]

Really? I bet that's for domestic consumption. The reality is ' please invest in Blighty we are up the creek in a barbed wire canoe'.

[@violetk4948]

I live in Canada and you are correct. Trudeau is running around telling African leaders to embrace the Pride nonsense. I would agree if people were being tossed off buildings but they aren't....I wonder if this has more to do with funneling money to big pharma.

[@anthonymullen6300]

Of course the Chinese are willing to do that, they will be more than happy to build ports using Chinese construction labour, and use surplus Chinese products, the Chinese will be more than happy to lay hundreds of kilometres are railway lines using Chinese labour and surplus Chinese products the only thing you (the country) have to do is take out a loan from the Chinese.

[@jeffreychongsathien]

You don't know what you're talking about@@anthonymullen6300. The Chinese just know how to do business and build relationships. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmbYq6uMbdqVb80

[@pippip8744]

​@@anthonymullen6300good point, much better to bully and bomb countries than build their economy.

[@jasongauthier8544]

I actually loved the segment with Julie on sourdough. Very entertaining!

[@simonfox6646]

Peter Hitchens is spot on with his observations. We live in Battersea and the river foot path that runs up to Battersea Bridge is buzzing with cyclists and e-scooters most of them powered going far too fast. We the pedestrians are terrified by these idiots who are treating the pathway as a road. Also, the Lime cycles that are just tossed aside, a few weeks ago one had blocked the path over Battersea Bridge and another the entrance to Battersea Park. Every morning I take a walk to the Park and back and avoid using the river path preferring the footpath down west bridge road where there are hardly any bikes to contend with.

[@kilgoretrout413]

👴 🥱

[@pauljohnson6233]

An increasing number of 'westerners' are not westerners.

[@dcgames8575]

So much better when Fred presents the show.

[@allangriffiths9555]

I think Lionel was referring to Russian dissident Yuri Bezmenov. If your viewers are not familiar with him, I urge them to Google the name. Everything he predicted came to pass. He died of a "massive heart attack" aged 53. How unusual!

[@evolassunglasses4673]

But he doesn't talk about The Frankfurt School or how International Capitalism/ Woke Capitalism would fund the Woke ideology. Even Black Lives Matter was funded by Bank of America and PayPal.

[@nataliarevi]

even to explain the colapse of the Western society, they have to blame on the Russians. Get over with your arrogance! Study operation Gladio and many CIA covert operations, then you will see that American's subversion is destroying itself.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

He was spot on...

[@akiva7774]

If young people (and everyone else for that matter) are forever being told that their culture is terrible, their history is terrible and their country is terrible, then the government comes along and asks you to fight, the logical response is: "What the fuck for?"

[@chamberpot969]

Of course, fighting is neither glamorous nor well paid enough in the first place to attract young men. Even worse is the fact that the most recent wars have been illegal or immoral and designed either to fulfill Israeli national war aims in the Middle East on their behalf or to fill the pockets of the (largely) American Military Industrial Complex and Larry Fink at BlackRock. How glorious is it to die for these people? Don't do it I say.

[@jonathandrake8640]

Those are all problems you mentioned above but so is the Left's authoritarian statism we live under dictating all social policy!@@chamberpot969

[@JC1533-g7n]

I love Lionel Shriver - sincerely.

[@seakayak4425]

Lionel and all making great points about our society

[@annabradshaw9902]

Excellent segment thank you. Raises the question of absolutism vs relativism and how the current choice trends have come to play out now. Thank you Freddy and all!

[@philiphudgens4726]

Most e-bikes around my way are ridden by under-14s with total impunity...on pavements at 10-15mph - still, keeps the pensioners on their toes. Our police are just utterly useless - not only with this but real crimes too.

[@robertcook2572]

Pensioners on their bloody mobility scooters are more reckless and aggressive and far more numerous than e-bike riding children, in my experience

[@alanrobertson9790]

Maybe a solution would be for e-bikes to be limited to the same speeds that fit people on bicycles can achieve. With a similarity of effective performance there should be fewer conflicts.

[@alanrobertson9790]

@@robertcook2572 To be honest I don't see "Pensioners on their bloody mobility scooters" being a problem on pavements or town centres. Pensioners usually have more consideration for what other people need to do than children. I was on an e-bike on the Monsal trail disused railway, my only time, and it was always the children who don't know that people drive on the left that caused problems. Children are completely clueless when it comes to traffic discipline. Understandable but lets not pretend otherwise.

[@robertcook2572]

@@alanrobertson9790 My experience differs from yours

[@alanrobertson9790]

@@robertcook2572 Its highly improbable that pensioners, many of whom have years of driving experience and frail disposition would be comparable to untrained children who are much fitter. I can only say your claimed experience does not fit with the widely known facts relating to the two groups. And that is being polite!

[@pedazodetorpedo]

That bread segway was unexpectedly hilarious

[@jasonmcmullan7283]

This from Lionel👌 "The weird embrace of not just a mental illness itself but an eagerness to have a diagnosis of some sort, and the competition over effectively who's weaker. Which is what the whole victimhood thing is about". I'd add psychological conditions as well. The ADHD epidemic is a case in point.

[@Zenhumanist]

Give one example in your own life.

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@Zenhumanist 'Biological men posing as women have too much influence over affairs in the West, for example, in women's sports and the language employed in the health services.' 'Your point is invalid unless you can give an example from your own life.'

[@Sue-t3h]

Mostly I would think it gives them power

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@Sue-t3h Yes, because the most immoral thing in the modern world is to be better than someone else in something because it means that on the hierarchy pyramid you're 'oppressing' someone. Down at the bottom, as the victim of victims, you're morally superior because you're not oppressing anyone, only being oppressed in every conceivable manner imaginable.

[@JD83000]

I've been begrudgingly peddling my bicycle for years. How dare these bloody kids have engines on their bikes! 😂

[@sue.F]

Lionel is correct, woke is a too cutesy word to describe the malaise that is infecting the Anglo-sphere.

[@Zidana123]

The best term is "Intersectionality" That's what they call themselves

[@Zenhumanist]

What? Inflation? Low wages? House prices? Rent? She's a distraction agent.

[@fraserhayes4]

GK Chesterton said: 'If people stop believing in God they won't believe in nothing, they'll believe in anything.'

[@iliyakuryakin4671]

Not only did Freddy make some bread, he had a shave, combed his hair and put his tie on properly. Well done Freddy!

[@robertramsay5963]

Yes, he has discovered the hair brush and the effect of its use is most remarkable.

[@baltasarnoreno5973]

He should interview Julie Bindel more often. And perhaps next time he can bring some of his home brew beer for them to sip.

[@SB-yq8uo]

What a range of topics. From the fall of the west to sour dough 🙂

[@ruthirwin8222]

Correct about net zero, it seems only the rich want this, most ordinary people are trying to keep the lights on....and i dont like sourdough..if thats allowed lol

[@sisiphas]

A great program. Varied, smart, well argued. Thank you as ever for my waking early on a Friday morning and being set up for the day. (I live in Oz.)

[@jae2686]

I consider myself informed, but I haven’t heard from the very sensible and erudite Mr Henderson. Along with Lionel Shriver, a very excellent and profound piece, even if it is quite depressing.

[@t5kcannon1]

It is probably not a good idea to pass judgement on one's own knowledge of what is going on.

[@michaelgibson7466]

Lionel Schriver is spot on.

[@Libertariun]

She always is.

[@Stopcolonizinglebanon]

This is the core comversation that should be had everywhere.

[@cbrace]

Here in flat Amsterdam eBikes are all the rage, including the heavy so-called "fat-bikes" which are effectively self-propelled and are more like an electric scooter than a bicycle. I also see way too many young people on eBikes, for whom they are clearly status symbols. They should be licensed, but aren't. The whole situation is infuriating.

[@seakayak4425]

Don't know about Holland but in the UK a throttle e bike does need the same legal compliance as a moped and cannot be used on cycle paths

[@azar1354]

First, Peter Hitchens didn't have any menaingful arguement against e-bikes. "e-bikes are not bikes". Well, obviously. "e-bikes should not be in bicycle lanes". Then were should they go? They're not cars either. Answer to your point ... Amsterdam is a special case really. Some parts of the city are extremely dense (population per sq km). The Dutch have kept it a functioning city with their amazing engineering and urban planning capabilities. Licensing the e-bikes, I don't think would solve the problem. Who is going to police that?

[@azar1354]

@@seakayak4425 In the Netherlands, e-bikes with a maximum speed of 25 km/h and a motor power of up to 250W are considered bicycles and do not require a license.

[@seakayak4425]

@@azar1354 Same here in the UK and I think the present legislation is good but perhaps the law needs to catch up on on types and hacked e bikes

[@lynnehayward7309]

​@@seakayak4425but the police are doing nothing about the illegal ones.

[@ostevoostevo1592]

Lionel's bookshelf looks in danger of collapse...

[@notlimey]

Loved the sourdough 'piece'

[@harryaarrestad583]

For once I’m 100% behind Hitch , regulate these motorised bikes .

[@TheMagicLemur]

Peter comes over a lot better on here than his article. As a cyclist who thinks e-bikes are a good idea, I was inclined to disagree. But he has a point about the dangerous and illegal speeding by some e-bikes. As he says: the Police should be far better at enforcing cycling rules (esp in Oxford) for the benefit of law-abiding cyclists and pedestrians.

[@CountProsper]

The logic of the Putin discussion is that we should support him. Why not?

[@Io-Io-Io]

He offered team work with the US-led West from the very start- but was constantly rejected and snubbed. Big mistake

[@harryaarrestad583]

We need to talk about Lionel ❤️ .

[@eugeniachapar]

Freddy G is the best! And he can even make bread👏👏😊 L Shriver’s slot, so interesting, mind blowing 👏👏

[@pg-fd4wf]

I worry about Lionel’s bookshelves

[@catherinemaddux241]

I absolutely love Julie Bindall. She does very important work, she’s a great writer, and she’s hilarious!

[@njd2342]

And lest we forget, the batteries can explode and set fire to your apartment, you and your flat mates. Ban 'em like the French did with e_scooters. Truly awful things.

[@janegardener1662]

Does Julie Bindel not have a toaster? I never eat sourdough bread untoasted because its flavor and texture improve immensely when toasted.

[@acerrubrum5749]

❤Julie❤

[@MrsShoplifter]

I had no idea Brits were so considerate of their fellow human beings! 😉Here (Belgium) many people DO subject their follow humans to their (two-way) conversations everywhere!!! Not only their conversations but also their music, their rings-and-dings-and bleeps-and various ringtones... and all of it at high volume... it drives me absolutely mental!

[@ladysarcastro8101]

Most where I live wear headphones. Not exactly helpful when you try to warn them about a dog, wheelchair, etc. I'll be so relieved to move

[@zeno2501]

Lionel Shriver is wrong about religion.

[@jeffdeering7839]

Bread ! Best segment ever 👍🙂

[@carolinewalker3106]

Peter and Julie all in one episode , fantastic !

[@fraserbailey6347]

Lionel is very acute as always, and reflects a lot of what I have been thinking and saying for some years now.

[@alanbrown214]

In Canada, we can’t always make it from our log cabin to the trading post to get yeast. Sourdough goes well with pickled toes.

[@AbAb-th5qe]

You gotta ask who is funding these decadent groups?

[@julianshepherd2038]

Big business funds the Tories, and rich people that want to pay less tax.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@julianshepherd2038big biz funds both ConLab and Woke ideology. Even Black Lives Matter was funded by Bank of America and PayPal.

[@SBCBears]

I suspect they're government sponsored, e.g. uni students or on the dole one way or another.

[@aerogray2500]

Lionel nailed it. In fact I'd go a stage further - I find myself hoping Russia win. Not because I'm against The Ukraine, but rather I see (ironically), Eastern Europe as the savior of our Christian, democratic culture.

[@Luke-mr4ew]

Scruton saw that in Eastern Europe long before the rest of us do now. But Russia is not part of that heritage. Russia remains its own blend of messianic authoritarianism

[@Farhaad-ll3qn]

Russia doesn't have anything authentic to present to the world. Anything good that came out of Russia was either before the revolution or early years after the revolution.

[@billturner6564]

But Russia is no Christian country..... where do you get your insane lies from ??? Is it because the KGB officer who occupies the role of Head of the central FSB office of spying is waring a Bishops robes ??? That's right since Stalin allowed the church to come back in to existence in the 50s every prest in Russia has been a KGB officer 😅all seminary schools are KGB academy's and still ar Metropo Kerril head of the Russian orthodox church today is a major General in the FSB and before that was a Colonel in the KGB Very Christian to have forced interrogation technics learned by prests and all your confessions are sent to the government security services 😅 Your projecting fro. A position of absolut ignorance.... Russia has the highest number of Abortions in the world the highest HIV the Highest Heroine addiction the highest alcohol addiction the lowest life expectancy lower than Chad of Somalia lower than anywhere 2/3 d of the population have nothing left after buying food 1/5th don't have money for food Russia has the highest income iniquity in the world... Russia now has the highest murder rate in the world This is the shit whole you want to hold up as Christian?? What Bible do you read?

[@awuma]

Unfortunately, you are dead wrong, simply because the Putinists (i.e. Putin, Orban, Erdogan, Kaczyński and other minor imitators) are simply exploiting the "culture war" to gain and keep power while destroying democracy as we know it. As for Russia winning, you obviously know nothing about rapacious Russian imperialism, deeply embedded in Russian culture. Your use of the term "The Ukraine" betrays your identification with the centuries-old imperial Russian project,

[@helenn6061]

The Ukraine/Russia situation is straight up regional sectarianism. Ukraine tried to outlaw Russian culture and language, then fight with the ethnic Russians over it. The ethnic Russians fought back. Why I actively withhold any support of Ukraine is because I see the USA has a future intention to use the Ukraine as a launch base to invade Siberia if the oil and gas reserves there become accessible due to thawing permafrost. Europe must not be destroyed like they'd destroyed the Middle East. We can see the permanent state doesn't even like American citizens

[@S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor]

My thanks. Carry on! -Seb!

[@lynnehayward7309]

Short of reading every comment, listening to the e-bike debate (and recent deaths caused by 2 boys), why is no-one mentioning the difference between legal pedalled e-bikes with speed limitations, and electric motorbikes that are whizzing around illegally and riders should be followed by the police?

[@anonnemo2504]

E-bikes and e-scooters are a real and growing menace. Mr. Hitchen won the debate hands town with sane, rational argument. His opponent, though polite and personable, was also a master of irrelevant analogy. Despite the seriousness of the issue, I found the debate quite entertaining, especially the analogies.

[@Belfreyite]

Menace; "a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger" That about sums up every vehicle capable of exceeding the UK national speed limit, particularly the plethora of sports cars and the vain fools that drive them.

[@mataform]

I am a country woman. I hate hunting. I went on a drag hunt where trails are left by very fit runners. It's terrifying and exciting and the hounds love it and no animal gets torn to pieces. My Mother was actually bloodied as a girl hunting on her first hunt, where they cut off the tail of the fox and put blood on the newcomer. I mean god almighty! Repellent. Meanwhile the people who shoot on the land nearby raise the pheasants, who become used to humans and don't really want to fly, although the beaters frighten them, and get shot with very little chance of survival. Clay pigen shooting should be enough for this sport i my opinion.. The amount of birds that dont get eaten is shocking and the amount of people who not only cannot shoot well or ride well when hunting is a disgrace. I believe in culling the deer but not by corporate workers out on a bonding jolly but by professionals. Please don't try and push the argument of abbattoirs because that is a different story and after all the demand for meat would not result in people going out to shoot cows and pigs and sheep in great numbers rather than send them to those grim places. What needs to be addressed is the lack of stunning now in abattoirs because of moslem and jewish ideology. Why we allow people who do not share our cultural attitudes to get away with this horror is just another show of cowardice on our part. End of sermon!

[@jonathandrake8640]

Carping critics w/their false Gaia gods, the same folk endlessly whining about their fragile sensibilities and why other people should change the way they live because of their feelings...respecting nature, w/o bowing before it NOR the howling tree hugging Leftist mob

[@AchtungEnglander]

If the West is in decline, no one told that to the 100K illegal immigrants that entered the UK so far. I see no one rushing to Chinese or Russian borders.

[@skymanifest8339]

Stop calling them "illegal". They're being shipped in and dispersed around the country on purpose. It's all part of The Plan.

[@Zidana123]

>being unable to enforce your national borders is a sign of strength It's not even the first time I've encountered this kind of doublethink but whenever I see it I find it shocking

[@AchtungEnglander]

Russia and China and North Korea are very strong in enforcing their borders, that is because they have never been tested!!

[@Zidana123]

@@AchtungEnglander Yeah, yeah. I get it. Just keep applying the proper rhetoric and who knows, maybe if you shore it up with a second exclamation mark, it will solve all your problems

[@AchtungEnglander]

Breathing the air of freedom. It's lovely

[@monsieurgrigny]

Freddy's the best. Why doesn't he do it every week?? Answer: because we wouldn't appreciate it when he does.

[@stmatthewsisland5134]

‘A civilisation rarely out-lasts it’s gods’ George Bernard Shaw

[@MrGhostjamas]

I watched the sourdough section first since that's in my wheelhouse - Julie: if the baker wraps the bread in a teacloth after it comes out of the oven, you can get a much softer crust as the bread crust steams within the cloth. I've been making sourdough for 10+ years and agree with a lot of your points about -bad- sourdough bread but like Freddy's, it's possible to make a decent loaf if you don't go to the extremes that a lot of people do. Plus desert loafs like babka made with sourdough can be lovely too. But in saying that, I often make instant yeast breads these days since I do agree people go for sourdough too often.

[@Zidana123]

"if the baker wraps the bread in a teacloth after it comes out of the oven, you can get a much softer crust as the bread crust steams within the cloth." Thank you for writing! I'm gonna try this

[@gerhard7323]

That's the true test when it comes to fighting for your country. The idea is you're fighting for particular values and the preserving of a way of life you truly believe in but might not get to see. If, as figures suggest, many in the West don't see anything worth preserving, let alone worth fighting for, then it tells us all we need to know about the current system as it stands. Even most of those who've championed it and bitched and moaned for years to create it couldn't be arsed to fight for it. Nuff said.

[@merseybeat1963]

And Peter is correct..I really love him.

[@joerogers4510]

Ebikes in the UK are restricted to 15.5 mph, any that aren't restricted require a licence to ride

[@SBCBears]

Legally restricted, but they're not functionally restricted to that speed.

[@kinorspielmann4649]

🫏Eeyore Hitchens: COMPLAIN MOAN GROAN! I've been saying this for years. Nobody listens! Things ain't what they used to be. COMPLAIN MOAN GROAN!

[@Io-Io-Io]

And of course we need to return to our religious heritage. Christianity is undivorceable from our culture, it is deeply interwoven with it. That intelligent people so steadfastly ignore this, is very childish and immature.

[@Subjectno23]

Ebikes. Ive been a keen cyclist now for more than 35 years. 23 years ago I had a car crash and damaged my knee, as a result of this and some poor quality surgery, I now have arthritis in this knee and I've lost a lot of muscle - I used to have a disabled badge. In 2017 I had to give up cycling due to the pain it caused. To make matters worse I moved to a house at the top of a big steep hill, all bike rides ended with this agonising climb. A while.after quitting cycling I became quite miserable, missed the excitement of cycling and obviously lost the health benefits, I started to put on weight and my health in general spiraled downwards. Then I got an ebike, I am now able to ride every other day or so without causing too many problems for my knee, I have lost all the weight I put on and my health in general has improved. The positivity that this bike has brought to my life is immeasurable. Saying they dont give you the health benefits of a normal bike is ridiculous, I can easily hit my max heart rate of 185bpm riding my ebike. Another thing I can do is sustain my fat burn heart rate for longer on an ebike as I dont have to use as much effort (high levels of effort damages my delicate knee) to go up hills. According to my sports watch I burn about 20-30% less calories on my ebike compared to a traditional bike - im clearly making some effort! Yes some people ride ebikes irresponsibly, just like some people ride normal bikes irresponsibly, what do we do, ban.all bikes? The issue is the rider, not the type of bike. This comes down to common decency of the rider, how they have been bought up, educated etc. Peter Hitchens just sounds like a grumpy jealous old man here I'm afraid - he admits to never having even tried an ebike for christ sake! Like Peter Hitchen I used to scoff at ebikes saying it isnt real cycling, then I tried one, ebikes changed my life for the better. My commute to work is 38km in a car/motorbike and takes 30-40minutes depending on traffic. On my ebike, going offroad away from traffic and other people it is only 20.5km and takes 45 minutes. To do this on a normal mountain bike takes 1hr 15 minutes. Rural use of ebikes is different to urban use and should be treated differently rather than the blanket ban people like Peter Hitchens want to see. Respect to Peter for still cycling in his 70's mind, I hope I can do that at his age, probably not if he gets his way.

[@Catonius]

"peddling a powerless bicycle, often uphill." a perfect analogy of Peter's career of speaking sense in world run mad.

[@robertramsay5963]

Freddie wins the bread wars!!

[@keithsewell8389]

Many seniors with wrecked knees highly appreciate their e-bikes as an alternative to immobility.

[@npc-np7dc]

Pedal assist bikes are not a problem and apart from a push uphill and jump start at a traffic light, will not even come close to the top speeds on geared bicycles. The e-bikes in London used mostly by delivery drivers should 100% need licences and be excluded from bike lanes. These are (often shoddily self attached/cnverted) full electric motors and are impossible to predict when cycling alongside.

[@barbaraseymour3437]

Well, I was just going to write that - Putin has a point. And, yes, the U.K. is sick. I live here. Regarding Lionel and her ‘faith’: although she herself gave up the adherence to Presbyterianism her home milieu would have remained and the country’s culture still had a religious ambience. Religions, by providing a moral standard also were providing a civil code even if an individual got bogged down in myth and fairy tale. Rob is right. Sour dough - yes, this woman has had such a limited experience of and to write a whole anti article was quite unfortunate.

[@kitdeh2745]

The FT person seems to miss the point. Peter Hitchens is not suggesting to ban e-bikes just to treat them like any other motorised vehicle.

[@123axel123]

The first discussion has nothing to do with Putin.

[@davidpickard9393]

I hope Lionel,s book shelves are an optical illusion, they look unsafe

[@philipclemoes9458]

Every time someone buys an electric car we are 1 step nearer having power cuts.

[@es6544]

20:00 Just becase she at the age of 8 disliked something, the humanity should dusregard religion???

[@ericbutterfield-zw3iu]

I like Lionel Shriver, Helen Joyce, Heather McDonald, etc. but sometimes it seems like they can’t do an interview segment without disparaging religion.

[@AchtungEnglander]

I went into Halfords last week to get a bike and saw a sign that said ebikes are illegal on public streets and can only be used on private land. So is that sign out of date or am I missing something?

[@seakayak4425]

Probably a pedlec e bike is and has always been legal

[@vatsmith8759]

The sign is simply wrong.

[@hamesparde9888]

Anyone who's ridden an e-bike knows that the motor does most of the work. I'm not even against them, but it's a fact.

[@seakayak4425]

They have power levels, depends how you want to ride them, but that said I really don't care if folks think I'm cheating or such they are great fun

[@hamesparde9888]

@@seakayak4425 I rode one on the lowest power level and it does a hell of a lot. It wasn't modified either.

[@hamesparde9888]

@@seakayak4425 I don't care at all if you want to ride one. I'm just pointing out that they give you a lot of assistance.

[@seakayak4425]

@@hamesparde9888 and I'm pointing out that ain't necessarily so also try riding an emtb off road for a couple of hours mark1 human power is very much in the mix. I find I ride further and more often so I reckon it balances out for me

[@robertcook2572]

All you need to do to get an idiot politician to espouse your particular interest is put 'e' in front of it. How about e-country sports?

[@barryday9107]

Who's got the best bookshelf? The better your bookshelf the more valid your opinion!!!

[@Zulanderr]

18:00 thats quite a fascinating study relating to language

[@luketaper9401]

I love the bowed bookcase.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen5467]

Down with this sort of thing!!!!

[@manusha1349]

Peter, Julie and Lionel ❤ I'm in my fantasy echo chamber 😅

[@JONDUCK1]

Lionel Shriver is right as always. But sourdough makes great toast and I am a glutton for it with Marmite or smashed avocado.

[@tomgreene1843]

Hunting/ fishing.shooting /farming.....a fault not prevalent in towns or cities ....wow!

[@sisiphas]

AND, sourdough HAS become an offence. Lovely to see that Freddie can make it properly Only one baker in Melbourne that I have found has his secret. Commonly eating sourdough is like munching an over priced house brick.

[@MrPomdownunder]

Peter Hitchens rode motor-cycles ! I like him more now !

[@JONDUCK1]

Thank you Spectator TV. I have always found Julie Bindel an infuriating writer whom I agree with on a number of issues, but whose blatant misandry has always irritated me. However, on the evidence of this show and her appearance with Douglas Murray discussing Pride, I'm obviously wrong. She seems like a right laugh 😅! And her cheerful acceptance of misandry as the root of her dislike for sourdough actually made me like her more 😊

[@anthonybartlett6924]

this geezer is dancing on the head of a pin to not call joe a crook.

[@Sue-t3h]

My sister-in-law was knocked off her bike by an ebike. She broke her pelvis

[@joanneleeson516]

e-bikes are dangerous. Well done Mr Hitchens.

[@roncarlin3209]

But like e-cigarettes, it's the inhalation of noxious gases that is being prevented.

[@robertcook2572]

​@@roncarlin3209Eh?

[@seakayak4425]

If they are legal they are no more dangerous than a traditional cycle, where Hitchens was right is in inforcment of the law, in France the penalty for hacking them is very hefty we need to follow suit

[@Smelly_Minge]

@@seakayak4425 They go 30-40mph with little effort around towns.. much worse than a traditional bicycle

[@seakayak4425]

@@Smelly_Minge Then it's either an e motorcycle or it's an e bike that's been hacked and as said that's where the law needs to be applied rather than punish all e bikers or perhaps you think because someone speeds in a car all car drivers should be punished

[@advocate1563]

So lovely - Frwddie and his starter culture. There is little more satusfying than kneading bread. Over the years tens of people have been pu ched in dough substitute

[@richardpope2114]

Am I the only one getting getting flash backs to the sauce fest movie starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger called 9 and a half weeks as Freddy feeds Julie a heavily buttered portion of his loaf 😂 joking aside Spectator TV is very good and also good fun in equal measure, keep it up and also if your comments moderator sees any more double entendre in my posts he has my permission to whip it out straight away Regards Richard

[@chrisruss9861]

In Australia a relative was knocked over by an e-bike. The rider did not stop.

[@paultaylor7059]

it is pointless and unhelpful to point at the, admittedly, bizarre causes taken up by younger people nowadays without some attempt to understand what feeds it. we in the UK (and in the US) are a fundamentally conservative in nature but what have the young got to conserve ? The prospect of home ownership, owning a stake in your country and having something to show for hard work, has been greatly diminished as asset ownership has been made ever more attractive for the already rich. If you can see all of your future earnings being drained away into ever higher and more ludicrous rents then you are bound to shun conventional ideas and social norms and find things to rebel against, to differentiate you from your parents attitudes and even provoke those people. Even buying a modest apartment is out of the reach of majority of youngsters - why should they then become our ideals of sensible model citizens ?

[@unblessedcoffee1457]

What say you now Peter Hitchens, now you know the pain that regular motorists have been subjected to for years, closing smaller roads, low-traffic neighbourhoods, reducing lanes to accommodate bicycles. Which are so "clean" but no mention of the same old chemicals to make things like brakes, components and tires.

[@Belfreyite]

Close more small roads, Introduce more low-traffic neighborhoods! Yes to all of that if only to fly in the face of entitled "regular motorists" How many more kids, dogs, elderly people, etc are you going to kill and maim before you get the message?

[@tuco1099]

1.09m spot on about hoppy beer, it's revolting

[@5lowburner]

The problem with the Henry Manse and Peter Hitchens exchange is that they’re not talking about the same sort of vehicles. Some e-bikes are bicycles with an assistive motor, others are electric motorcycles. Manse is (apparently) championing the former and Hitchens is certainly criticising the latter.

[@t5kcannon1]

Except for Hitchens making a fool out of himself (nothing new), this episode was good.

[@castelodeossos3947]

Any pedestrian/cyclist will know that Mr Hitchens (himself a cyclist) is spot on about e-bikes.

[@briangable08]

Great show, sourdough bread is great from Aldi, sssh don't tell anyone, if one is on a low carb zero sugar diet for type 2 diabetes the dark rye sourdough is a useful find for me. I do have an ebike but at 79 I'm too frightened to use it around our village due to the narrow roads n speed of traffic, so still on shanks poney and massive 4x4. Lionel Shriver always talks sense and sees the emperor's new clothes for what they are I love her and more like Lionel would encourage me to renew my sun, which I gave up this year

[@pg-fd4wf]

As a spectator subscriber why can’t I get this ad free? There seems to be more and more distracting ads

[@henrybn14ar]

The infection has reached Scandinavia too.

[@alanleaver7487]

If Peter thinks 15 miles per hour on an ebike is dangerous perhaps he needs to walk and keep off his bike poor thing !!

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

I live in Malaysia and returning to the UK with my Malay wife was our escape route if Malaysia went too Islamic. Now, I am very glad I am not living in the UK. I am concerned that Western Liberal Democracy, in particular the Anglosphere, is far closer to collapse than others suggest. We are being undermined from within by our elites who are hell bent on pushing us into another Dark Ages.

[@skymanifest8339]

Has it occurred to you that your rootless Anywhereism lifestyle is part of that undermining process?

[@j.harrison6744]

​@@skymanifest8339This. Moves abroad, goes exotic, goes multicultural, doesn't want to defend his home soil. Then has the nerve to complain about a decline. He has to be a B o o m e r.

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

@@skymanifest8339 I am not rootless. I am English. The reason I live here is because I spent 23 years defending you. My last post with the Gurkhas in Brunei and I married a Malay woman and settled here. This is the longest I have lived anywhere because in defending you I moved on average every 18 months. I keep up with UK politics (obviously) and my home is little England. This is why I fully understand why Immigrants to the UK will not assimilate if there are enough people from that culture speaking their language. Indeed I met someone out here who had cut glass English but told me how great Birmingham was because he could conduct his entire life in Urdu. I fail to see how my living in Malaysia undermines the UK.

[@skymanifest8339]

​@@williamvorkosigan5151When were these isles at risk? You've defended nothing. You spent 23 years being a glorified mercenary, grovelling to a system that wants me replaced.

[@j.harrison6744]

​@williamvorkosigan5151 Thank you for your service, Zogbot. You did a sterling job defending us....not.

[@woodthomas1]

"Fighting for your country is the ultimate in adulthood."? What planet are you people from?

[@catjones2684]

Freddie and the sourdough 😊

[@juliaogara8794]

Discussion with my 26 yr old goes with some of this (part before the hunting etc discussion). He told me that nany if hus peers belithey won't get old. My talking about paying into a private pension promted this.