Peter Hitchens: The UK Is A Doomed Society For Young People

[@tarmachan1]

Nice to see an interviewer just ask questions and not push an agenda.

[@ShoutoutukOrg]

tarmachan1 Thanks!

[@thegaycatholic4739]

Yesss! The amount of times I've seen progressives being interviewed (not talking about Hitchens) and the interviewer speaks down to them, dismisses them, cuts them off before their even halfway through their first sentence and outright scorns at them is so sickening. It's nice to see an actual neutral, un-bias interviewer.

[@thegaycatholic4739]

+SirTedFairyspear2 particularly the the one who interviewed Jill Stein who clearly only had her on BBC in order to tarnish her

[@Icem4n84]

tarmachan1 You should watch the Rubin Report. Dave Rubin is a great interviewer.

[@Robin____]

You asked questions regarding Trump as if any American president could make any changes? The American people voted for Trump because he was against the establishment! Hillary Clinton represents the establishment who are the deep state, the military/security industrial complex, the CIA, the neocons, the Israel lobby, the banks and the multi-national corporations that control American government! There is no such thing as an American government that represents its citizens. Trump promised to fight against global corporatism and the deep state that is destroying America. The American media is controlled by the deep state which is why they supported Hillary who works for the multi national corporations and the global elite. Trump was demonised by all American media because he wanted to help the average American and bring America back onto its feet. Now trump, like Obama has broken all of his promises and he is working for the deep state. Why? Because the Deep State in America is too powerful! Trump did not realise what he was getting himself into! you should know that Kennedy and other former presidents of America warned about the insidious power of the military industrial complex and the corporate elite behind American government. And Kennedy was assassinated by the deep state. American presidents are just puppets! Do I have to remind you that democracy and civil liberty is dead in the United States. Ever since 9/11, legislations like the Patriot and the Homegrown acts were passed that eviscerated the American constitution and civil liberties. Any American today can be incarcerated indefinitely and without trial on suspicion! After the signing of the NDAA by Obama, anyone in America and around the world, including insouciant Americans can be assassinated by the American president and without recourse to a trial. Did you know that? And three Americans have already been assassinated by the president. And did you know that? America is in full decline and is already a police state. Try reading articles by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts who was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. He is one of the most distinguished or the most distinguished Americans who knows what is going on around the world and in America since he is an expert on politics and the economy. www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/07/01/refuse-to-celebrate-july-4th-militarism/

[@robbielawson4828]

"No country for young men" Good jobs are thin on the ground, good pensions are a thing of the past, housing is becoming unaffordable. Add in crippling debt, foreign ownership and overpopulation.

[@pienmash7495]

What do you mean: "OVERpopulation"? There's tons of room, vast swathes of lush countryside we haven't developed on yet. It's only crowded in the cities and towns because we need to spread out again but there's plenty room! We'll need more roads and infrastructure of course. And we'll need more doctors and nurses and schools, and to build it all we're going to need more builders. And to feed everybody we're going to need to import food now.

[@1faustus]

Was that satire? Yes. There's countryside we have not built on.That does not mean that it's a good idea to concrete it over. Much of that countryside is unsuitable for building on. We are already building on flood plains; witness the annual flooding in areas where people find it increasingly difficult to get insurance. Our cities our already ever spreading and villages and towns throughout the south east are choked with housing estates and traffic. The green space between is being eroded, our wildlife declining, the quality of life for all impacted. The green belt was conceived by people who understood that building is not a good end in itself and quality of life for all demands a balance of many things. You want to import more food grown on other peoples' countryside making us ever more dependent on their politics and the vagaries of supply in a world where population is rapidly increasing and food a strategic resource. Lets just continue using our own land for food production instead of using it to house unlimited numbers of arrivals from failed third world societies. Let's value and increase our food industries, not destroy them. Lets protect our native species and habitats not endlessly turn them into housing estates.

[@shivrajb640]

Blame the capitalist class, constantly making the workers work more for less money. Pissing away our money and making us, the rest of society, pay for it. Importing cheap labour to drive down wages, whilst drumming up racial hatred; a divided population is easier to manage than one that's united. Which is why thather passed her vicious trade union bill.

[@Isleofskye]

All 100% true Shivraj but having been in Industry for over 45 years and witnessed the obscene Trade Union abuses in The London Docks and The London Print in Fleet Street that if EITHER side gain an imbalance of power they WILL AND DO ABUSE IT !!! In the Print the bosses had no control over who they should employ with their money ! The Printers would sign off at Midnight as Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse and become a Cab Driver ( in work time ! ) for 6 hours and sign back in at 6.00am and GET PAID by The Newspaper as well ! I often saw 6 Men do the job that 2 could easily do ! lol

[@shivrajb640]

+Isleofskye Of course these abuses occur and they are wrong. But the amount of money they steal is far greatly exceeded by the amount that the bankers have squandered from us. Who gave thatcher permission to sell off our gas, ship building industries, rail, rolls royce etc? A lot of the Thatcherites who were in favour of selling of our industry then became board members and directors of the companies, once privatised. At the end of the day, it's the worker who loses out.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

Listening to this in 2023, Peter’s very prescient observations and predictions about the UK in decline have sadly come true.

[@harrisongrant1066]

I’m 20 and live in the Boston in Lincolnshire, UK. I’m the only person out of all of the friends I have that would even consider spending 10 minutes to formulate a rational political outlook. The multimedia propaganda machine is churning out mind numbing, ridiculous new trends, phases and updates to keep us distracted from the actually reality of things. People need to spend more time in their own minds, not trying to escape them.

[@peterkilbridge6523]

Well said, Sir! 👍

[@samr8603]

It is not the government"s fault that technology has enabled logical and free thinking laziness for the masses. It is human nature unfortunately. However, the education that is taught and the useless things we learn while at school that do not prepare us for adulthood is the fault of the government's whichever party is in power.

[@neilirvine7129]

There's no content to this statement.

[@harrisongrant1066]

@@neilirvine7129 bruh the comment is nearly 5 years old 😂

[@novitrix9671]

​@@neilirvine7129there is. The content is the advocacy of independent contemplation. Baseless smear reply.

[@adhithyasodhi3203]

Utterly boggling how rapidly they have descended from empire to subjugation

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

You mean the USA?

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

Happens to every great country or empire that's past its peak.

[@aakinboy5773]

@@smokingcrab2290 Not all of us Crab, not by a long way!

[@Thomasianwood]

There was a different society back in the history books and now there is the present where you need to do your own learning and understandings of the current situations because now everyone is so mislead by Instagram memes pages and false accusations

[@True_Heretic]

Empires subjugate by their very nature. What comes around goes around.

[@xianchang1011]

"Politics is Show Business for ugly people" - Peter Hitchens

[@crono420]

This video has aged like fine wine. I'm 20 years old and more than anything, I want to leave this god awful depraved country!

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

Peter is absolutely right. Britain is circling the drain. Everyone I know wants to get out.

[@fionagregory8078]

Not to move to USA though. That would be awful living there.

[@johnmc3862]

Thats very convenient for him at his age.

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

@@johnmc3862 Really? Why?

[@drmontague6475]

The working class have only themselves to blame. You fuckers are prepared to fight tooth n nail to protect capitalism so you can fuckin dam well take the consequences

[@deadinthebed963]

I would if i could maybe later

[@neonskyline1]

Well said Peter, in a nutshell, after53 years in England i had enough, it's fooked, guess where we moved to... Poland, what a fabulous country with a fabulous economy, where everything is done for everybody, and anybody can be anybody the want to be

[@Gruntol5]

But isn't that from money from the EU and UK in particular? As their life improves, ours in UK gets worse. So it is in Ireland, which has benefitted from UK money.

[@neonskyline1]

@@Gruntol5 you mean that money germany stole from Poland and murdered thousands of people ? Britain has always been a shit hole, i lived there, has nowt to do with the EU, it's been raped by the rich, plus its self sufficient

[@brutusoftroy2810]

Everything looks right wing when you're over on the far left.

[@donaldderp1602]

David Cameron is a lefty? Hahahahahaa

[@JapanJohnny2012]

brutus - and vice versa.

[@stuartbritton7408]

@@donaldderp1602 he's what he has to be to become successful. Like Blair and Major. Never sincere or real. A fake, a man who plays by the rules of popularity.

[@LolLol-ch7sl]

@@donaldderp1602 he is a bland, boring and non-describe politician. He doesn't care about Christianity, the rule of law, race, gender roles, the family and so on.

[@fallingsky1984]

Lol and the opposite is just same

[@samdavepollard]

However bad things get, we'll always have Peter to cheer us up ...

[@OakSapRising]

Or give us an existential crisis...

[@chronometer9931]

I'd rather know the truth than be cheered up...

[@VincentRE79]

+Daniel I wonder what he was like as a child?

[@simonelof2129]

RECONQUISTA!

[@ggff3761]

Sam Dave Pollard by telling us how bad thinness have got

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

4:10 "when I worked on the Daily Express in the days that it was a Newspaper" Pure class!

[@-The-Darkside]

It was set up as a propaganda paper, it has never changed.

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

I can't say I paid much attention to it in the past - just the occasional headline about princes Diana conspiracy theories and extreme weather predictions - brexit seems to have given them a bone to tug on.. I do find their current anti union stance a giggle - Express journalists havent had a payrise in 10 years and their union are in talks with management to try to get one .... at the same time as management are forcing them to write anti union articles ..... priceless

[@-The-Darkside]

5ynthesizerpatel go on the wiki page, complete with Links, lord Beaverbrook former owner said in a royal commission (which I assume you know what that is) it was set up "purely for the purpose of making propaganda" it never stopped.

[@JHarder1000]

I nw how he feels . I grew up in Detroit when The News and The Free Press whre still newspaprs.

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

​@@JHarder1000 - he's making a rather wry joke at the expense of his former employer Over the last few years the daily Express has gone from a rather dull, if slightly idoyncratic, conservative newspaper to a cross between Info Wars and The National Enquirer

[@MrZakatista]

Meanwhile, just gets worse.

[@proanimator.]

Great video and audio quality. Thanks for this

[@ShoutoutukOrg]

Thanks! Many more to come! :)

[@martin11334]

audio could do with some boosting imo, but truly down to how peter talks tbf

[@blickluke]

Shout Out UK he's lying. you need to audio boost anything with Hitchens in it. He's always horrendously inaudible.

[@blickluke]

Shout Out UK he's lying. you need to audio boost anything with Hitchens in it. He's always horrendously inaudible.

[@DieFlabbergast]

I would see an ear specialist if I were you. Hitchens's speech is a model of clarity, unlike 90 percent of people who appear on British television these days. It's your fault if you can't understand Received Pronunciation, not his.

[@JohnBedson]

"Most people, most of the time, don't know what they are talking about." Peter you are correct in my opinion. Well said.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Peter Hitchens is excellent, and this is *by far* your most popular video for a reason. Get him on again!

[@craigmullen9046]

And 6 years on its got progressively worse. And i see no end to it!!!

[@malicant123]

"Most people, most of the time, in my experience, don’t have any idea what they’re talking about…" This is worthy of a tattoo.

[@fallingsky1984]

Yes add more the shallow wisedom of tattoo phrases ppl mark themselves with lol

[@Bayomeer]

Tattoos are degenerate.

[@deadinthebed963]

John cleese said a similar thing

[@jhb6991esrep]

Agree with some of what he says, disagree with other things, but always an interesting man to listen to

[@RedDotInABlueState91]

God bless him and his late brother.

[@woodybuzzday8534]

A clever man! We could do with more like him.

[@Rayblondie]

Peter is a very precious commodity for Britain. He is not light but sometimes you need the seriousness to get to the bottom of real problems. I am sure he lightens up in his down time.

[@ItiShruti]

the fact that he forecasted this 6 years ago ... !!!!!! is mind boggling

[@littleones-yeahh]

why do you think that? its obvious how bad it was going to get from around 2003

[@JamesMcCullochIA]

Peter implicitly speaks out for ethnic brits every day. what a legend.

[@DenchGlover377]

James McCulloch allow yourself

[@shrekdank3473]

TrainInVain why would he?

[@hugolindum7728]

He speaks for the First Nation People.

[@winmine0327]

yikes, imagine his reply if he found this comment

[@fionagregory8078]

@Dino Carlucci he can afford not to. Actually, there are not many immigrants on my estate. Just a few who remain quiet.

[@Rightturnclyde78]

The UK has had it end of

[@jonah9861]

The British, the worshippers of the NHS.

[@joewwright92]

Great interview

[@ShoutoutukOrg]

Thanks! Many more to come :)

[@benson0509]

Should've asked where he'd encourage people to emigrate to, as most western countries are in the same boat.

[@dylanbrady9925]

NoName My aim is Japan, been learning japanese and learning about their culture for the past 7 years. Conservative, nationalist, isolationist, capitalist and a constitutional monarchy.

[@WillandTony]

good luck getting into japan, as you said, ISOLATIONIST. They don't want you.

[@dylanbrady9925]

***** 15000 immigrants a year, I'll try my best

[@WillandTony]

Dylan Brady You've just got to have a shit tone of human capital i guess. Something which is almost impossible if you're under 30

[@dylanbrady9925]

***** this is true, bit of a life ambition of mine however

[@Alan-ou2id]

Damn this guy was so right

[@russellroberts1271]

Love the Hitch, this bit had me chuckling: "The idea that the Conservative Party (because it calls itself the Conservative Party) is a conservative body is ridiculous. The Conservative Party is an organisation for attaining office for the sons gentlemen. It would guillotine the Queen in Trafalgar Square with marching bands playing if it thought that would get it into office. It has no other function, it doesn't have any politics. It's current politics, because its learned to fit in, are roughly the politics of equality and diversity, of political correctness (which is a term I dislike but for which I can find no substitute) of hostility towards national sovereignty. Or the standard package of post 1960s self-righteous belief which has replaced Christianity amongst thinking people in most advanced countries."

[@thejdogcool]

What a beautifully spoken paragraph. Many people, given weeks to edit and re-edit, couldn't even write this beautifully.

[@aldershot5100]

Trouble is for his type is they don't realise their brand of Conservative party wouldn't get elected. He is as much totalitarian on the Right as he was on the Left.I think he might be mildly psychotic

[@momotheelder7124]

His opening one minute explanation of the success of Trump is spot on. I've never heard it explained so succinctly.

[@Moondoggy1941]

Yes I agree as well, spot on.

[@SvendleBerries]

There are many things about this interview I like, but the thing I liked most is that, for once, the interviewer actually let the interviewee say his piece uninterrupted. Thats a rare thing in this day and age, sad as that is.

[@etiennedelaunois1737]

So it is now 2024 and I have to say that his views of decline of the UK are far from being accurate. It is worst than what he predicted...😢

[@BigMan-cp4pi]

Well he was right about inflation. Also this video becomes more relevant every year or so that i come back to it.

[@BritishBoy1971]

Peter talks a hell of a lot of sense and obviously has the background knowledge to back up what he says and believes. Good on him!

[@AntAdam1]

The UK is a doomed society for young people. But as we know through personal experience, young people are always right and cannot be argued with. They seem to want a doomed society but it won't be doomed in their young, simplistic, inexperienced eyes. Experience is everything and until it's gained, they won't know until they get there, unfortunately. We live and learn, sometimes the hard way. As a former young person, I was stubborn, I was clear with my views and opinions, I could be difficult. Today, I have been around the block a few times and can say I understand why I was like that, I understand why my views were the way they were. I was young, I hadn't seen enough, I hadn't lived enough, been in control of my own life for long enough. The world through young eyes is so fresh and new, the issues, problems of the world are seemingly so superficial and to them, should and could be easily rectified. It's wonderfully sweet and meaningful but sadly unrealistic. They'll get to know that as times goes by.

[@kertamo6721]

Truth spoken.

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

Trouble is we live in different times than you did when you were young. Now, if we want to get any type of job, we can't just leave school and go around all these potential job places, show our faces and make a good impression. Now, its "go online" or find the money to do a really condescending NVQ or some other half baked buzz word qualification. Because, on that application form, if that buzz word isn't there, it doesn't matter how intelligent or willing you are, they won't have met you first so they only have the dull black and white of your application form to go on. As a result, in larger companies, mates sort out mates. The old saying of "it's who you know that counts". If you're perfectly qualified, an internal friend of friend will get in before you every time. And I have a degree in English Literature and Language. So naturally, most people would assume I should be a teacher. But where am I going to get £9000 for PGCE? I can't save money as living independently means I break even every month, which in turn means I can't afford driving lessons let alone a car. Which limits my options even further. I've been in this cycle for years now and at the age of 27, are you honestly going to dismiss me by saying "you're not trying hard enough?". Jog on! Another thing is that I think you seriously underestimate how knowledgeable young people are. Lack of experience is inescapable through lack of being alive long enough yes. But we are generation internet. We are tech savvy and more linked into the world and its goings ons than you ever were at our age. As a result, we become activists; we grow an understanding of our country's politics and our place in the world BECAUSE we are so fearful of our future. Not having a dig at you - just trying to give you some up to date context so you may better balance your arguments in such a way that people who don't know you don't sneer and laugh at you.

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

It is incredibly insulting to be referred to as being ignorant to the ways of the world when we see the older generation dooming us with a vote for Brexit and their only backup line is regurgitated arbitrary quotes from the BBC like "Take back control".

[@greenwoodorganics4681]

Nick Banks I'm 22. If you think the vote for Brexit doomed us you're definitely ignorant to the ways of the world lol.

[@rocky76dude7]

Not for too ten per centers .

[@MrCharrrles]

I know he's talking about the UK here but I think what he's saying applies to many western countries

[@noondayaxeman4668]

Yep Australia is the same. And the pandemic is bringing it all home to roost. Societies with no strength and back bone are easily fear porned into believing anything.

[@Warp75]

The English are jellyfish zero backbone. Pathetic really

[@nevermind824]

I've thought about emigrating. But where is there a country in the world which is still conservative and free market? Where can we go?

[@tmckiernan32]

nevermind824 Texas

[@umbreon9158]

Straya.

[@TylerDurdan241]

Israel.........

[@southlondon86]

nevermind824 Pacific Islands.

[@AndyPoons]

Sine Nomine i see what you are saying particularly as someone who has studied history. i can only hope that you are wrong

[@stefanconradsson]

This interview is a melancholy meditation, of sorts, of the current state of affairs. Thanks!

[@robsawalker]

Don't entirely agree on Peter's opinion on 'why' people voted for Brexit - having spent the month running up to the US election in Nebraska, I was hearing exactly the same arguments which he correctly stated about the US - people were fed up with the way things are being run, and feel they aren't represented by our MPs and political system in general. I was having the same conversations in both countries about both topics.

[@marvinc999]

"people were fed up with the way things are being run, and feel they aren't represented by our MPs and political system in general." Got it in one ! And yes, that DOES also mean failing to represent peoples' 'prejudices' (at least, according to the Lexicon of Modern Liberal Virtues). Take the UK , for example: if a group of Pakistani (Muslim) men gang-raped MY eleven-year-old girl, I'd be pretty upset too - ESPECIALLY if the 'authorities' did bugger-all about it. (A group of 'white' youths raping a Pakistani girl - that WOULD be different) But I'm just a stupid throwback to the days when Western Society had something called 'values'. I should - and probably shall be - exterminated...............;-) Vaya con Dios, my Friend.

[@Isleofskye]

Add to the fact that I NEVER heard a foreign language in London in the 1960's when I grew up in 99% indigenous white England and, evem, London. NOW ? Only TEN PER CENT of London Births lasy tear were to White indigenous Brits. If you see a White person in Inner London away from the centre then chances are they are East European..

[@Isleofskye]

"last year" not lasy tear...it\s 6/00am and dark ! lol

[@Vickytoriahirt1234]

I feel the same. There is very little hope for Britain. Not all countries in Europe are doomed though.

[@ADZ01982]

no hope how

[@YaHozna1]

"....whites are becoming a minority.." They're really not. I'm not saying immigration hasn't caused problems but it's still 80%+ white.

[@ADZ01982]

Sam Cole Well as a political identity there is no such thing as England we are the United Kingdom.Ireland ? they have large and growing Muslim population with there media in full swing of the multi culture ideal. Scotland is the same. Trust me Germany France Netherlands Sweden are as good as lost now far worse than UK . Outbred in generations.

[@Vickytoriahirt1234]

ADZ01982 How can that be? There are political parties standing up against this shit though in those countries. Geert Wilders is leading in the polls in the Netherlands. Le Pen is close to victory in France, etc. There is hope for those countries. Wilders says he's going to deport tons of Muslims. There is still hope in some European countries. There has to be. There is far less backlash against this shit in England I feel.

[@ADZ01982]

Sam Cole we voted brexit ..

[@jessicawhittington2973]

I wish he would do more one on one interviews like this as he comes across as quite an interesting fellow with some really good views on the world..obviously not as charismatic as his late brother but certainly when Peter speaks you listen with great interest!

My respect for this man grows always.

[@1spikelet]

I love this Mans Views on almost everything he says!!!

[@DonkeyKongBMAC]

"Most people, most of the time ...in my experience, have no idea what they are talking about."

[@iainstewart4092]

Don't you think he just looks like Parker from the thunderbirds?

[@samdavepollard]

'Yes, M'Lady'. All he needs is a peaked cap and he'd be a dead ringer.

[@nathansmalle7054]

Ahahahaha!!!!! Nailed it.

[@kevshearer3245]

not really

[@GREECEMJEE]

I’ve been saying that for years!

[@gazatkinson5288]

Best comment I've read all day 🤣

[@Salahmed562]

I think he is right about saying get out while you can , spot on as I am getting out the UK while I can .

[@TheMusicGuru22]

To go where?

[@Salahmed562]

@@TheMusicGuru22 Singapore

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

I haven't seen Britain leave the European Union as yet. Am I all alone in this?

[@brutusoftroy2810]

yes, it's confirmed, you are now at genius level ;)

[@brutusoftroy2810]

***** i think it's only happened once before. We're out in 2 years max

[@NyalBurns]

We still haven’t fucking left and people are voting in the same party that coursed this bloody mess in the first place.

[@fionagregory8078]

it has now

[@Replevideo]

I absolutely agree with Peter's advice to young people, but not necessarily for his reasons. There is one overiding reason why young people should get their qualifications and emigrate ASAP, and that is our housing market. People in other countries don't have to live six to an ex coucil house and pay as much for one room as a whole house should cost. If you eventually hope to get married and have a family, with a nice family house to live in, get out now because that option will no longer be there. Every year we build less than two thirds of the houses needed to accommodate the number of new households, and the effect is therefore cumulative. Our government has no plans to tackle this problem, and no intention of ever having a plan. if you stay you face never being able to buy a house and a life of constantly moving from one short term lease to another, and as rents soar, ending up in a property way too small for your family, eventually probably all having to live in one room.

[@JapanJohnny2012]

very, very good point. i'm currently living in a nice council flat in a very pleasant seaside suburb of tokyo/yokohama that costs just under a hundred quid a week. they don't take no messing about, though. you have to pay your rent on time, put your rubbish in the right containers on the allocated days and be a good resident. public housing like britain could do with.

[@christophermartin7927]

Absolutely right. Back in the twenties both my grandfathers were able to buy their own homes in London. One was a bus conductor and the other a letter sorter. Times have certainly changed.

[@bodysuitguy]

The only solution is to concrete over the countryside to accommodate 10 million immigrants and their inevitable 30 million off spring.

[@kmfw72]

'When I worked for the Daily Express, when it was a newspaper.' Brilliant.

[@michaelrichardson9458]

Good interview. If only we had more people like Peter around then perhaps we wouldn't be in such a mess.

[@lukemartin8975]

Wouldn't say that it's a doomed society, but it is definitely much, much harder now to earn a decent living in the UK compared to 20 years ago and that doesn't give a lot of people, especially young people, much optimism.

[@digs1223]

We get chased for tax and actually build things to last,it really takes a toll on the profit margin...

[@simply_enchanting1630]

Uk is doomed all the west is I can see civil war! That’s what Germany wants

[@lukasjohnson8385]

Luke Martin Then by your own logic, if it's been declining for twenty years, what's at the end of decline?

[@lukasjohnson8385]

yortzandat Because British folks can't live in minimum wage. Would you send 60 hours a week freezing cold on 7.50? If so people like YOU are helping destroy labour for English folks.

[@lukasjohnson8385]

Digs 1 White Marxists? Are you an SJW?

[@karlcalito5916]

Social catastrophe? Do you think he is referring to civil war without being blunt about it?

[@jayravis]

Brad Phipps

[@nungfish]

jayravis

[@Xios505]

Maximum Overkek

[@nungfish]

Xios505

[@NkoziKulu]

no i think just crushing poverty, and islamic oppresion, civil war sounds more appealing tbh...

[@paulbroderick8438]

Britain should have heeded Enoch Powell way back when.

[@fionagregory8078]

yes exactly! He was a great man.

[@chrisredfield3240]

This Guy is legend, surprised they let him tell things as they are. Tv and radio say the recovery is working and everything is on The up

[@keithsewell8389]

I quit England in 1969 -- no regrets.

[@ElzevereBlock]

Like this man or loathe him, he speaks in such a way that not only are you hanging on every word but you manage to learn something along the way. I know that I personally wouldn't get on with him but I do listen to him whatever the subject. Read his book The Abolition of Britain and like me you will nod in agreement all the way through it.

[@pendlelancashire]

*Excellent educational ensemble.*

[@hardcorebiker15]

peter hitchens only voice I take seriously

[@sratus]

Have you ever heard him say anything positive about anything?

[@rjhtrucking5429]

@@sratus he talks positive in this interview. Wasn't you listening?

[@ArcStormZ]

Great interview and host! Thanks for this!

[@thog8090]

"Young people should emigrate before it's too late"... to where exactly?

[@Grimmm-iv4bi]

The505Guys no thats because western society's are rightly influenced by classical liberalism and believe in the natural inalienable rights of all humans. The point being, these societies accepted for the most part that human liberty is of utmost importance. As the famous saying of locke goes, " life, liberty and property" or the "pursuit of happiness" to to quote Jefferson. They understood what is most important to human flourishing. I doubt you have the commitment to those principles from a totalitarian state like China. Japan on that note also has a heavy influence of authoritarianism. Again, anyone who appreciates freedom of the individual would not aspire there societies to be modelled China!

[@fedyno4reviews]

New Zealand

[@devonseamoor]

Can't you think for yourself and find out what's your favoured country to live? The whole world is at your fingertips, online. You can also live off grid, on the land, or as nomad. In Britain. Like the Roma and the tinkers, earning an income with sharpening knives and repair fences or windows, doors, stonewalls around the garden, etc. etc. We're better off helping each other in order to support each other and local economy. Back to tribal life maybe?

[@alansikes1526]

Somalia.

[@alhiddell6810]

theres nowhere to go, every western country , excpet maybe hungray is filling itself up with the 3rd world

[@nickanstey7895]

The thing about Peter H is that he values the sovereignty of the country he was born.in....a country he wants and wanted to feel.vomfortable in where he could live among like-minded respectful people who value their shared culture. That makes sense. when he see's others mixing things up without regard for his reasonable ideals it makes him sad. He does his best to warn people of the ideals that will be lost if we do not notice the negative changes regarding national sovereignty and personal identity. He is brave enough to stay in the pain of considering these issues..He could spend his time out on.a golf course without giving a fk about the conflicts and negatives he can see will occur for coming generations if they innocently allow everthing to be mixed up by liberal ignorance and naivety. Respect to the man. I think he is saying that we need to heed his warning and work together to look after each other and our families with awareness and respect.

[@mattball7074]

Feeling the same way about Canada.

[@pendlelancashire]

*Thank you Peter.*

[@thecasualfront7432]

I'm on the left but iv always got time for Peter, I actually prefer him to his late brother

[@rjhtrucking5429]

I found his brother to be very arrogant

[@fionagregory8078]

I liked Christopher because he was an atheist like me and therefore used evidence not belief.

[@habibtalukter5895]

@@rjhtrucking5429 charismatic though

[@PaulRoneClarke]

There's a video with Malcom Muggeridge from almost 50 years ago which said the exact same things. Paraphrasing; "The pound is weak, the deficit is massive, people have no morals any more, the ruling class are idiots, the young are ill educated, the world is in turmoil, get out while you can it's all going to end" (Just checked it's from November December 1966! exactly 50 years ago). What got us out of the rut that we continued in for another decade or more after that through the dark strike ridden 70's - was capitalism. More specifically Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. A nasty, painful dose of capitalism. And it was painful, and it was nasty It was a case of wondering whether the cure was any better than the disease while it went on.

[@daver755]

What got us out was the baby boom. A large cohort of workers coming of age by the 70s. Too old to be a drain on society through education, too young to be a drain via pensions and health. Demographics, as always, is key.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

They were part of the tool set for sure, as was the mechanisation/automation of industry which allowed value to be created much more cheaply (by taking manual labour out of the equation) However they were just the tools and process. The plan to utilise those tools and to implement that process was (sadly because I hate and detest her) probably Thatcher and Reagan. Before they came along the baby boomers looked like turning into a mass generation of disgruntled and under educated time servers.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Lol it might be. The world was always better when you were younger. That's a universal truth. So is getting old though.

[@Isleofskye]

Very true. I am 62 but have been single all my life so not typical as my girlfriends are all in their late 30's but the frustrating thing about getting older is that you know people are making the same mistakes and because they have not experienced the consequences of their errors or beliefs they continue and THEN they change...

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Yup that is what happens

[@franklinnash]

I don't normally agree with Peter Hitchens' opinions, but he is so right when he suggests that it is in young people's best interest to leave the UK. #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide

[@PhillRobinson]

the voice of calm and sensibility .

[@shaunewilliam]

Peter Hitchens, quite simply the most reasoned man in Britain. A real Englishman, the fiber that once made us great. The wisest of the them all in our country. Peter I wish you could be my Primeminister. Even better Peter Hitchens for King! A moral giant, honest,and a man in Christ. God bless you Peter Hitchens.

[@johanweakley2658]

I am a South African and I wish he was my Prime Minister! It is a great tragedy that politics does not attract people of this caliber. In SA it literally attracts the scum of the earth.

[@Madeleinedeburgh-vt6lb]

Enjoyable to listen to Peter Hitchens .....so clear

[@lieshtmeiser5542]

Oddly prescient about the pound and future prospects. He couldnt go into huge detail on the long term economic decline, but the loss of values and beliefs of western civilization is probably at the heart of it. Responsibility, rationality, initiative, etc. Where is it in the UK? UK politics has become shambolic, the tories that as he say sold their soul to anyone who was buying in order to have power, instead of standing for real values and real people (sometimes that means telling people what theyd rather no hear) are a good recent example. And this makes it almost certain that Labor will be elected in at the next election, and they will just re-implement their radical leftist program. So more of the same. Theres really no way out but lots of painful reform.

[@Dan0101010101010]

Im so glad I can hear the voice of another brilliant human being, the Hitchens family have awesome genes.

[@nkarfootTv]

I laughed at the end of Peters explanation to why young people should leave the Uk because I could just imagine Basil Fawlty saying "otherwise alright"?

[@pmfg875]

On the kipper/dead guy episode Basil said “we’re all in the markets together” expressing anger about the eu

[@goa9034]

August 2024 This aged very well

[@kingflixmovies837]

keep up the good work Peter.

[@Witnessmoo]

Boy was he right 7 years later 💀💀💀

[@TheEloquentEye]

Already have my Visa, thanks for confirming that I was right Peter.

[@TheMusicGuru22]

For where?

[@TheEloquentEye]

@@TheMusicGuru22 Australia, although after the way they are doing the covid scam I don’t think I could ever live there again.

[@TheMusicGuru22]

@@TheEloquentEye Australia will go the same way as western Europe anyway, they're just a bit behind.

[@Jesus-ji8dh]

​@MikeUniformLima90 Same for me it's just such a pain in the arse to actually get residence in the US permanently.

[@nickanstey7895]

..in addition to.my comment below I'd say Thankyou to Peter for valuing the country I too was born in. Respectful, hard working loyal altruistic honest and brave. How about those traditions? They should not be thrown out through disinterest and ignorance. Once erased we will surely feel the pain of increased social disorder. We need to.raise the bar of our own expectations of ourselves and others and both Peter H and his brother both have done their best to impress that upon us.

[@DemonlordHatty]

The Hitchens gene lives on. Fantastic.

[@fionagregory8078]

Yes, I agree with Peter here.

[@KKuurus]

I'd trust Trump and his coarseness than Clinton and Her treasonous behavior.

[@DC-uv3nz]

Trump's coarseness shows he is human, and his willingness to display it against immense pressure shows great strength of character yet a lot of people prefer an insane Satanic warmongering paedophile because she is hell bent on hiding her true feelings.

[@SubArchitectDJ]

All US presidents have negative effects on the rest of the world.

[@liberalmind8680]

Trump said "I'm going to be the best President ever .. by a long way". I can't believe he said that !! And people still voted for him.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@liberalmind8680 Well, he's certainly not the worst president ever. Not even close. The USA is doing very well in most regards right now.

[@southhillfarm2795]

Interesting interview. Not one I would want to share but an honest point of view.

[@nobodynobody3115]

To be honest let's look at the bigger picture here.The whole of human civilization is in terminal decline.

[@jr5993]

But the UK is still one of the worst. Authoritarian elements throughout the country. Overpopulation. Housing prices. Declining culture. Increased crime rates.

[@D97mgtow]

I agree with him and I want out of this country desperately. There is no future and no opportunity here, I just wish someone could tell me where a working class person could emigrate to and build a new life.

[@tintinsmythe5837]

I have to say the same for Canada. The glue that held Canadians together is gone, under Harper and Trudeau mass immigration has destroyed Canadian identity, couple that with the massive debt we are going into and the fall of the Lonnie we are buggered

[@bademoxy]

the Loonie was decoupled from The Gold Standard by Pierre Trudeau . this allowed many socialist programs and a "woke" Francophile cultural nepotism also known as Quebec pandering corruption.

[@avian8338]

He speaks absolutely wonderfully

[@michaelmeadows3326]

Clever man!

[@imgoingonholidaytovietnam3631]

Good advice - since my mother is American, I have until my 25th birthday to decide if I want to be a US citizen, I am 15 now, living in England, but in ten years time I will be in the USA. Not staying round here.

[@Warp75]

I don’t blame you

[@jordanball7364]

great interview!

[@sephritine5481]

Nice to hear a real conversation rather then the rhetoric from both sides

[@Alex-xw4bj]

Why, when you have Peter Hitchens to interview, would you want to talk about American politics?

[@rjhtrucking5429]

Perhaps its for the benefit of Brits living in the state's

[@fionagregory8078]

@@rjhtrucking5429 in the state's what?

[@wiseonwords]

Watching this video in the wake of the summer of riots in Britain in 2024 is truly depressing. Peter Hitchens' predictions about the UK have proven correct.

[@sdstim]

The thing about listening, just listening no need to say you're studying these British quality educated is that you'll realise some real truths if you're clever enough to notice them.

[@theoverthinkingalien224]

The UK is dead. Were it not for my family I could leave tomorrow and never look back.

[@carlomoretti8862]

i left but have fond memories when england was better

[@ededos478]

Don't like Trump as president? Thank Ted Kennedy. We wouldn't need Trump if it weren't for him.

[@williamparker1085]

I figured this out by 1969 and left

[@G0IMB]

With unlimited immigration you will never get a Rainbow Nation: Just Millions of disenfranchised Salafists more at home in Pakistan and Bangladesh. It's not a future many people of an Ethnic Minority background look forward to but that is the way we are heading. As far as Native English go our view does not matter but what can I say?

[@sgordon8123]

Most people don't know what they are talking about. What a refreshing explanation for the hostility out there. I am beginning to believe it.

[@rw8176]

An A1 analyst of reality.

[@Gallyga]

I wish BBC journalists would watch this video. They "impartially" compare Brexit voters to Trump voters all the time.

[@ImK4Os]

Every time i feel down i love to watch soms Peter to pick me up and give me hope

[@rjhtrucking5429]

You're doing it all wrong. First you must take his advice and emigrate. Then you should listen to peter and remind yourself why you emigrated!