The Rise & Fall of The British Constitution by David Starkey

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[@vickihatley4041]

It's been so fortunate that I found you on Pantheon. It's been a godsend to me enlightened me in different ways Very happy 2 B a member 🦌💙🎄

[@martygahan]

Well done.

[@mickymantle3233]

I have so much respect for David Starkey. He is always right on the button ! If anyone out there deserves a knighthood - this is the man !

[@dpstrial]

I doubt he wants to become part of the establishment.

[@alililley5697]

Hopefully he would turn it down. He deserves recognition, not an empty honour from an empty, parasitical monarchy.

[@Yourweakminds]

Fabulous as always. Thank you Mr Starkey. ❤️

[@MatthewColthup]

Masterful..as ever from Mr Starkey

[@aaugoaa]

Absolutely many of us feel the change, you make it clearer.

[@jimbo4375]

Someone really really needs to call out Starmer's tax free £1 million+ pension act written just for him and him alone. Preferably in the most public way possible.

[@timfallon8226]

That the Tories allowed this and say nothing about it as a political attack only highlights that they are on the same team.

[@carolynb.7455]

Excellent talk. Thank you.

[@jimbo4375]

"Populism used to be called Democracy" 👍

[@NoOne-hq9cp]

Demoncracy mob rule

[@abazely2743]

The same; one is Latin the other Greek.

[@Design_no]

Such a massive shame. I pity the British people who did not ask for this.

[@a.j.b.8658]

May I ask where you are from? 😊🇬🇧

[@Design_no]

​@@a.j.b.8658Oz, but spend a lot of time in the uk.

[@a.j.b.8658]

@Design_no Oh, I love our down under cousins. Please don't let what is happening to us, come to you. *Righteous solidarity* is the answer. Best wishes x

[@colinmartin2921]

In some ways they did - they elected Blair three times.

[@a.j.b.8658]

@colinmartin2921 I voted for that monster in 1997, I was only just old enough to do so. But I did it with the right intentions. I will never vote for either of the main parties ever again. I now believe strongly that the pattern has to be broken, and meritocracy needs to be restored in all things, in our country.

[@anglosaxonbreed]

It's finished Reform must be our next choice. Labour and Tories is finished

[@timfallon8226]

I think you underestimate the stupidity of the voters. Never underestimate how thick the average Brit is.

[@maggieattenborrow6725]

REFORM OUR HOPE IN OUR FUTURE

[@whatnextincomo]

Ben Habib represents real reform. I have lost trust in Farage.

[@tobias1075]

3:34 start

[@ladyflibblesworth7282]

glad to see so many recommending Aristotle these last few months, had to go digging through the storage box in the garage with the old books I used to read as a kid when I had more free time and there they were :) Used to love reading stuff that made grown ups jump a mile! Every time I finished Harry Potter a big thick boring book was perfect....but they weren't boring to me!

[@lizzieswadling3515]

This is David's best lecture ever. So beautifully constructed by such a brilliant mind. Thankyou.

[@presterjohn4123]

Re-reading one of my favourite and funniest books you can ever read, Jaroslav Hasek’s The Good Soldier Schweik. So many words of wisdom and observation. So many parallels with current Western governments. Poor Schweik lived through the overnight collapse of the Austrian Empire that was founded in different forms some 1100 years before by Charlemagne. In the blink of an eye, it was gone. A quote from the book relevant to Starkey’s observation. ‘There was a magnificent legal staff, a mechanism such as is possessed by every state before its political, economic and moral collapse.’

[@Troy-Weight]

Yes - consider even more the Orwellian/Kafkaesque Chinese philosophy of Legalism - and the very rapid collapse of the Empire of the First Emperor

[@thebarronflights]

If it came to it, would the army side with the people?

[@DigitalSuccessors]

I doubt it

[@Pinkdam]

Look at Syria for a potential answer.

[@70AD-user45]

​​@@Pinkdam Comparing the UK with a 3rd world middle eastern state isn't good, unless you're implying the UK is a 3rd world state.

[@barrybarry6592]

That seems to be the direction of travel, all 3rd world countries have very wealthy people. (No rich!)​@@70AD-user45

[@TheEnglishCountryHouse]

Yes they would.

[@colinmartin2921]

Something else? The WEF and the UN, via the traitor Blair.

[@zeddeka]

Fruit cake

[@Daniel-k8v7i]

English or "British" Constitution. Watch Graham Moore expert in the English Constitution - I would like to see a debate between Mr Moore and Dr. Starkey. The English Constitution is the solution!!!

[@Geokinkladze]

Who does he propose creates this constitution and how is it changed in the future?

[@RawPower-69]

There is no such thing as a British Constitution, and Britain is only about 300 years old. The ENGLISH created the world famous Constitution, and they already did it over the past 1000 years. It changes through due process.

[@RawPower-69]

There is also nothing to debate. This shit already happened and we already went to war over it about 8 fucking times.

[@jonathanwarrenberg9260]

There is no British Constitution, the Acts of Union preserved the English and Scottish Constitutions. This is why many in the British Establishment claim that we do not have a constitution. The Bill of Rights is The English Bill of rights, the Scots have the Claim of Rights and the Declaration of Arbroath, there are many more constitutional documents but they are not British, Britain is a union of Nations, possibly the first Soviet style union.

[@Geokinkladze]

British constitution in a nutshell: "Parliament can make any law it wishes, no parliament can bind a future parliament". The parliament is British and makes British laws.

[@LucienCanon]

Brilliant work as always, David Starkey

[@DigitalSuccessors]

There are two Authors who spring to mind as having stated why Civil Society with reference to its source authority is desirable and why and how it becomes a thing detested.. which is where we are now. Thomas Paine and his Rights of Man and Pope Leo with his rerum novarum.

[@DigitalSuccessors]

"For the Nuclear Family is at least equal to the State, we say at least equal as being A Priori and Antecedent to the State it is a proper association from which all other valid associations emanate"...

[@januarysson5633]

@@DigitalSuccessors What is this a quote from? Rerum Novarum?

[@DigitalSuccessors]

@januarysson5633 yes, but I reworded it slightly as I didn't recall it verbatim... very well worth reading

[@DigitalSuccessors]

Section titled: capital and labour

[@vickihatley4041]

Thank the Lord been waiting w/ bated breath 4 days though Sun would never get here I so love 2 listen/ watch 2 your videos that's why on Sun I listen to all of them once again, you're amazing. You're a national treasure. I had not say enough nice things about you. I've always loved history / easp & U give it 2 me every week Bless & Keep U During this Holiday season 🦌💙🎄🌟

[@lorrainedanville799]

What happened to the ENGLISH Constitution?

[@jonathanwarrenberg9260]

It is still there, the British Establishment ignore and deny and subvert it. It limits Parliament and ensures the rights of the people, that is why they hate The English Constitution. read the English Bill of rights and you will see why it is denied.

[@TheBridge-Q]

" British Constitution "....i thought it was English???

[@christopherpetergoodman8994]

Superb analysis. Full of insights. He is wrong about religion (because of his latent libertarianism) but he loves England and its political history. No wonder the Left hate him.

[@kate2create738]

This was a very insightful breakdown of where the British constitution is at right now. It seems bureaucracy and unelected groups has infected much of the western nations that many countries are going to need to do mass reforms, in the US thankfully it seems like Trump has been able to understand this problem and why he enacted DOGE to get Elon and Vivek to straighten out this mess. As an American this is what really won me over with Trump, as much as people loathe and mock him, I gave him 100 days in office to prove himself but what made me understood he was genuine was gutted out all of the regulations that build up for decades. Can only imagine if the Brits were able to get someone in to do the same but with these laws that have actually hindered British society. Your analysis is as if you were a doctor discovering a diagnosis, a likely cause to all of the issues the Brits are facing, and lists criteria’s that should rectify the situation. This is why as much as it seems bleak to the Brits, as an American I always try to study as much British history as possible (you are one of my favorites to learn from) however I know there is a unique quality in the Brits that always manages to come out on top no matter what obstacle they face. What is pivotal is whether the Brits know this today, and the reality is too many are disparaged to even bother to look into their history and heritage. So this video is hopefully a good first step to laying out what is the identity of the Brits. We Americans over here too have gone through our own identity crisis, a lot of countries don’t comprehend that even we too have our own doubts, even as the world superpower. Admittedly we’re still trying to figure it out, perhaps we’ll know better in the next 4 years, however the Brits I think are in their own identity crisis as a former empire. Many with this presentation, it could be the first step for the Brits to rediscover what it means to be a Brit. To be Welsh, Irish, Scottish, or English. While the world looks to us Americans as “leader of the free world” or “the beacon of hope,” truly think it is a severe misjudgment to not give any recognition to the Brits because so much of the western ideals that have promoted a society of cohesion, growth, and individual rights stems from the British culture. The world needs a more reassured United Kingdom, as I’d personally say the symbolism of hope belongs to the British. If I had to made a comparison, it seems like the world sees us Americans as the lighthouse there as a guide to ward away from the dangerous rocks and help voyages make safe passage to land. To me, I’d say the British, especially the English, are the fire that lights the lighthouse. The Judeo-Christian value is the fuel, yet it is the Brits who are that spark of light. Perhaps it’s a little romanticized, yet you can take out the lighthouse and there can still be a fire to ward off vessels from danger. And if we brought it the other way around, an empty lighthouse is useless. It’s time for the Brits to regain their sense of self.

[@heatproofedwrens]

Your nation is the most powerful of the Western world. So long as the USA is not compromised, there is hope. That is even if my nation crumbles into dust.

[@kate2create738]

@ We will do our part to restore our country, to recenter the meaning of our country. It may perhaps be the most powerful nation in the west, sadly it has been recklessly used to serve selfish desires, and it is a key component why many Americans are seeking to fix our country. This the most we can do is to encourage the fighting spirits in our closest allies to regain their country. One thing to note about the British culture is there is a powerful fighting spirit within. Hence when studying British history, there is a pattern of when all hope seems lost, the Brits manage to face their challenge with courage and determination, a quality I like to think we Americans have inherited from. One of the best traits of the Brits is this unmatched stoicism, the understanding of nature and facing it head on, it inspires reassurance which provides clarity. To lose this island, it would break the west, and in turn I dare say many Americans might fall into disparagement. We might be a blimp in the British’ history that likely is why a lot of Brits don’t recognize that they themselves are more powerful than they give themselves the credit. There is power within the Brits because they are the ones who carry real influence, it might be soft, especially compared to us Americans. And while every idiot likes to act as if the Brits are following the command of the Americans, which reassured Brits have a very different mindset to us Americans, the Brits hold more sway than given credit. The Brits are the ONLY influence that is subtly noted in influencing Americans that different eras are called different names: The Special Relationship, The British Invasion, etc. We are a nation of immigrants around the world, and it is ONLY the Brits that have managed to be endeared enough to be seen with warmth for influencing our culture. So I say, do what you can to turn back the tide, before your nation “turns to dust,” cause it’s not the United Kingdom’s time to fall, but to rise. Been trying to let any Brit know who has felt their own doubts and discouragement that a lot of us Americans know you can do it. Our country might be used as a beacon of hope, but I see your country as the strength of faith, and I have faith in the Brits.

[@heatproofedwrens]

@kate2create738 Thank you for that, it is appreciated.

[@RawPower-69]

There is no such thing as a British constitution. Stop spreading misinformation. The constitution is ENGLISH and was created long before the British Union.

[@nugegz]

Where’s the clergy ....Where’s the military officers speaking out....

[@Bigwilkdaddy]

There is no incentive to do so

[@michaelolver7684]

Most of them are gripped by the woke mind virus

[@sjenner76]

There’s this casual elision between the UK and the U.S. which I think needs address. For while the latter was closely patterned on the Rights of Englishmen and English Common Law, there are some significant structural and legal differences that mean similar sounding concepts mresult in different outcomes. For example, the U.S. has an independent judiciary and the rule of law as essential components. However, the courts in the U.S. have long held the political as their general limitation. For example, the internal operations of Congress are essentially outside of judicial purview. Thus, while proroguing is not a concept within the U.S. system, nonetheless, it is unlikely that a U.S. court would deem it a question subject to judicial review under the principle of the separation of powers as applied within the U.S. framework. In the UK, we have not balance, but the supplanting of the legislative (i.e., the political) with the judicial and the administrative. And while that is not entirely with at least some echo in the U.S., it nonetheless places the UK on a different footing, and facing some very different and deeply structural challenges.

[@BillSikes.]

Arguably the greatest historian of the last century, The Rt Hon Dr. Sir David Starkey KG GCB KT MBE CBE OBE

[@viewer3091]

I suggest that a lot of what is going on in Western Countries is because ~ ~ Indigenous People are having very small families or indeed no families at all !

[@DeniseBond-cc9ce]

Women too busy cosying up to the imports

[@januarysson5633]

@@DeniseBond-cc9ce To show how anti-racist they are and get some online cred.

[@ThomasBoyd-t7g]

Awesome. Could told you that politically. Appreciate your work. Support STV voting system for House of commons UK general election. Full PR voting system. Hopefully leads something better for United Kingdom.

[@Pinkdam]

More importantly, I think, the 'secrecy of the bullet' could be removed making things open and verifiable for the public; then it could be established in Parliament to disempower the party whips.

[@Bigwilkdaddy]

Calling it British and not English sums up the problem we are in. This universalising and inclusive mindset is destructive.

[@petersmith5915]

It was the english constitution but when britain was created in 1707, it became the british constitution, it was also the constitution of british colonies like in america n canada etc, imo.

[@davidcarver368]

Great lecture

[@helterweigates5300]

‘’The rule of the Blob, by the Blob, for the Blob.’’ A perfect summary of where we are.

[@DonnaAylesbury-l4j]

M E G A Make England great again

[@barrybarry6592]

Far too late

[@januarysson5633]

That could only happen if England withdrew from the United Kingdom.

[@tensevo]

Make democracy elected again

[@barrybarry6592]

@@tensevo Democracy is only of value if representative, then with elected members answerable to the people. What the country has is a mono party system, despite loud voices calling for change. They all have the same masters with the same outcome. All colonial empires go the same way eventually, that is inescapable.

[@tensevo]

@@barrybarry6592 it's nothing to do with colonial empire, it's politicians selling out the country to global, yes unelected and self appointed, dictators, or lawyers doing the bidding of mega-corps in the name of marxism, aka communism.

[@philipgrandidge5411]

A brilliant historian-nuff said

[@electraruby]

To give the judiciary ultimate power is terrifying as it has become utterly corrupt.

[@SONofTHC]

The JEWdicary system The JEWry Small hats, we're all their slaves! They are the chosen ones! Treachery and treason has seen us collapse from the inside aswell as from without. it ain't islam that's the threat. That's a red heron!

[@woden20]

More Peaceful protesting that'll show'em. Like they didn't know you wouldn't like it........

[@DigitalSuccessors]

The irony is the people are served under the Royal Law, the Persons of the body Politic become the servants... remember the Oath Charles took folks... remember your Bible KJV 1611.

[@RogerPayne-t5r]

"Left" in Latin: "Sinistr-" (gender dependent) meaning unlucky, inauspicious" of bad or evil ,intent".

[@reddeadbret4218]

Vote Reform, and rise again.

[@JohnnyMac196544]

Our politicians answer to an unseen power

[@tzazosghost8256]

It is 'ours', which in the old tounge is "sue-va", which is "swaff" in English.

[@nioengland]

Wokies are the Sea's that Erode the Patience of the Masses.. The Distant Moons too far away to Notice the Finer parts of great British Life

[@danielrobertson8774]

There is a confusion coming out of London, almost misleading itself in terms of a few administrative groups, that London is not the capital of the UK but a ruling entity. Good grief laws and courts cases have taken place to stop new mines, power stations and even factories from been opened. It might not be a problem, if the system was successful and employment fulfilling but it's not. Look at the debt both government and private.

[@victorydaydeepstate]

"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel." ~ Vladimir Lenin

[@AxelFreeDog-ob9fg]

I think the best person to sum this up. Was me right now listen. We are the consumers. We consume. Them. Far and wide yay days. But now we are being consumed.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Yours Faithfully.

[@donalfoley2412]

Please excuse this post. Ignore it if you will. It is a challenge rather than a complaint or an encomium: If you are a conservative, what do you want to conserve? The old rights of the old kings? The old/new, gradually accumulating rights of the poor as they were in the 17th century? The new, illegitimate rights of the Barons who betrayed those kings and then persecuted the poor in a new and horrible way (the Glorious Revolution)? The family? Your honoured speaker has boasted again and again about how little the ‘tradition’ that he admires respects the family. It is true that that revolution the results of which he wants to conserve was anti-family, not just in as much as it attacked (without good reason) the royal family, but, on top of that, that it set in to deprive the poorest families of their most basic rights, well established in custom and common law. The crazy acceleration of the (clearly unlawful) enclosures is one of the best examples. The most cursory read of The Deserted Village, the works of Jonathan Swift, or of Samuel Johnson will give an idea of the petty tyranny that those victorious barons imposed. Need I mention the penal laws in Ireland? I very much appreciate the need to conserve good things, but is it not true that what Burke and many people much more venal than he wanted to conserve was the result of an inexcusable revolt of the barons which drove out the legitimate king and left the poor with less protection against those same barons than they had ever had before? Maybe there was some excuse facing the horrors of the French Revolution, but what Burke decided to conserve was the latest result of the latest revolt in the British Isles, not an ancient tradition or an immemorial reign. May I ask what it is that conservatives in England, Britain or the UK really mean to conserve? If I hear what it is I may join you, for what it’s worth. OK, that’s my tirade. Than you for reading, if you did. I very much appreciate your lectures and talks, so, thanks for that, and please keep going.

[@MaxPlankton]

Extremely interesting, Dr Starkey did not appear to understand Sir Roger. Was there ever a debate? Looking.

[@markawbolton]

我真的被 You Tube 在评论部分“修剪草坪”的行为所困扰，尤其是与以色列有关的部分。这纯粹是政治性的。这些线程被大量破坏以至于变得毫无意义。每个人都喜欢使用委婉语和有线拼写来摆脱机器人（（（包括我）））。我最近开始用非英语语言（例如芬兰语或越南语）发表完整评论。它们很容易右键单击翻译。这将是一种抗议，并且可能会让机器人陷入困境。或者它可能完全绕过它们，我似乎对人们不理解我在做什么以及我在做什么没有任何问题。 also illegitimi non carborundum ... Peace ...

[@LS-xs7sg]

Classical liberalism and the English constitution is a wonderful indigenous way of doing things. But the moment there are significant numbers of foreign settlers in the jurisdiction it becomes unsustainable

[@wstevenson4913]

Wee Starkey waffling on again

[@Nathan-vq9ch]

Bring back Mastermind

[@stevenfarrall3942]

I am NOT disenchanted. I am incensed.

[@raymondwarth2359]

The UK needs a real Bill of Rights. I was told they have one but it looks like they were wrong.

[@anngills7757]

It's been stamped out by Blair and his ilk by handing over decision making to the Supreme Court and taking power away from Parliament. This means any decisions made by our government which the SC doesn't agree with is classified as illegal. Our original Bill of Rights has been replaced by the Human Rights law which represents the minority over the majority and is a product of the European Union.

[@tensevo]

We don't deserve Starkey or Murray but here we are.... Rule by the elected Parliament, yes, I thought that's how it was, I think most ppl are going ape off they knew half of this. Very dark. It's medieval.

[@alanbatten5548]

Once again i beg to disagree. It seems to me the extended family existed quite well down the social hierarchy. Just as very small example I refer to my own family history. Rumours from my father born in 1912 suggest that for perhaps five, and certainly 3 generations 13 cousins married 13 cousins. In those generations daughters were adopted by relatives and so That my Grandmother was an adopted Norris and renamed 'Thompson'. The earliest photo of her is as a 3 or 4 year old child in a wedding photo in which there were some 100 or more extended family members. Two world wars, successive women's liberation movements and equal rights in the workplace led to the job being more important than the home. Social handouts further destroyed the family unit. The place of the father in the marriage and family was further diminished s feminism became LBGT plus whatever that is. Women no longer wanted children. The English family is not an embryonic nuclear family, it is the dissolving parts of what was the English Village and vanished nuclear family within the ghost of the English Village.

[@maggieattenborrow6725]

Why have we waited so long to hear the information David Starkey has just given us? What we thought might have been a romp through the ages became invaluable truths about our wonderful (or was wonderful!!!) Country. The trials and tribulations we have been through since Magna Carta up until the Blaire Years; and since then the dismantling of the Democracy we thought was ours to keep; finishing up in the wilderness bought about by her own!!!! It is a long lecture, but one I am eager to share. Historians are valuable beyond their weight; for through them we can see where things go wrong, and through them we are offered a glimmer of hope. Thank you David, (enjoyed maybe the wrong word, but I'm sure you know what I mean,) glad if listed to the very end.

[@Avidcomp]

Our problems will not be solved with public education. One of the first acts would be to close the department of education and allow teachers t teach and move them all over to a competitive private system along with practically everything else, except the courts, the military and the police.

[@shatbad2960]

Not accepting evolutionary theory will limit your understanding of the mess we now find ourselves in.

[@markramsey161]

You sould join forces with farage and shepherd this county back to how it should be. Im sick of hearing "you can't say that"

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

If we got the Conservative Charter, a written constitution shouldn't be too much of a strain.

[@stevenfarrall3942]

To get the 'tory' conservative party onside you have to get them to abandon their punk Keynesianism.

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

I should do my own lectures, what do you think? Yours modestly, Georges. PS. I'm an old f**t too. That's my campaign slogan.

[@ph8077]

Oh, YT has censored my comment...I'm shocked!

[@glennsunman9859]

😊

[@tensevo]

The sick joke is how this was all done by deception. Not by being upfront with ppl, that's how you get big trouble. Ppl are livid.

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

Yeah, and we're still stuck with Norman overlords. The Monarchy has its uses, but the rest?

[@ThomasBoyd-t7g]

Scrap Scottish parliament Devolution. You no arguments from about it.

[@jamessones4044]

Our country is rubbish because we have no people in power with the love for this country exhibited by Starkey. I

[@taztaz6539]

OUR CONSTITUTION IS NOT BRITISH IT IS ENGLISH - wake the tuk up

[@donalfoley2412]

It is English, but is one to which the Scottish agreed and in which the different customs and rights of Scotland are recognized, as from the Act of Union.

[@user-rs5gp1dh8u]

The Scottish did not agree to have the english constitution enforced on them. As by the treaty of union not the acts.

[@barrymccall2482]

Conservative Kabuki Theatre! 😄

[@gnupf]

I do not believe in whinging. The question now is how to make the electorate aware of this and how to run a campaign founded on these convictions.

[@tensevo]

I don't know anybody who actually thinks that parliament has less power than international lawyers. Power should only bewith elected reps of the ppl. So that gov serves the ppl, not the other way around. I see now, human rights aha equality was all a trojsn horse for unelected unofficials to take dictator level power.

[@irtnyc]

These comments appear to be mostly from fake people, troll accounts from overseas.

[@RawPower-69]

Like the government that runs them.

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

Moreso the Judeo-Greek. Why do the Jews always get left out? Don't forget the Seleucid empire. The Romans were administrators and engineers. Good, but not original.

[@petersmith5915]

It was the romans who colonised us made us christian gave us latin n roman systems like the courts, the greeks inspired the reformation n the british empire, the english constitution, individualism n democracy, those are the big 2 who influenced britain, hes talking specifically about what made our country different to the rest, other cultures like in europe n jews have had some influence but nothing that made us different to other countries like the romans n greeks, most of britains culture for the last 2000 years traces back to those 2 ancient cultures, brits were ONLY taught about christianity so that was all they knew, then came the renaissance n they learned about ancient greece, it inspired the reformation n even english literature, shakespeare etc, imo.

[@PalaceofPlacentia]

more like the strange death of Europe

[@RawPower-69]

, USA, Canada, Australia, South America, etc.

[@mrcyberfish1]

🤠

[@ROMANS3-25KJV]

Only Jesus Christ saves from hell. Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV). We have redemption through His blood (Ephesians 1:7 KJV). Water baptism DOESN'T save us (1 Corinthians 1:17 KJV). We are saved by grace through faith, not our works (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV).

[@keithhutchins8966]

I wonder how we coped before the arbitrary year zero when were guided by nature. Those outside of the Roman empire were regarded as the Barbarians, but were they ? I further wonder how the great monuments of Stonehenge, Avebury and many others were designed and built. In Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria and all around the world, even in "recently discovered countries" like Australia & America, there are many fantastic examples of cohesive societies creating buildings, architecture. science and artworks much of which we cannot re-create with our "advanced" engineering skills today. Having seen WHAT, we now have to ask the other four questions HOW, WHO, WHEN & perhaps most importantly, WHY ? Your thoughts ?

[@ljones2087]

humanity is 300,000 years old, human civilisation (officially) is 12000 years or so... Christianity dates back about 3000 years.

[@keithhutchins8966]

@@ljones2087 Sorry, how does that work ? How can Christianity precede the arbitrary year zero or are you claiming the concept existed but it only acquired the name at that zero point ? We have always had "religion " as a people control method since the amalgamation of small tribal groups but there are those who don't wish to acknowledge it.

[@Filming-and-Stuff]

“Douglas Murray a disciple”?😂😂😂 GTFOH!!!!

[@tensevo]

Who is writing the law? Oh the wef, well that's demonic.

[@pauldoherty1901]

Enoch was of his generation, David is of his who we all must listen to if we are no to sink into the abyss

[@Troy-Weight]

I make Starkey the most intelligent prominent commentator on the contemporary British scene. Who else would call out Oakeshott for his elitism or Scruton for his daft love of Hegel? His weakness would seem to me a poor grip on the scientific/empiricist dimension of British culture. This comes out in a variety of way. I absolutely agree with putting Pericles front and center - but make it a mistake to pair him with the elitist Aristotle - Democritus is a much better fit. Likewise he seems to root British exceptionalism (in so far as it is exceptional) in an obscure quote from Tacitus about a tribal characteristic of the Saxons. But Pelagius was taking a stand against the continental (platonistic) idealism of Augustine well before the Saxons even arrived. Look deeply enough and Pelagius, Wycliffe and Francis Bacon are all on the same objectivist/empiricist page. Surely that is ultimately a geographical phenomenon? Britain is inescapably at the periphery of Europe, and thus an excellent platform to dispassionately observe, from the outside, the power hungry idealist philosophies of the European core.

[@keithapps]

We don't have a so-called written constitution, so how can it rise or fall?

[@RawPower-69]

Why does a bot comment only have 4 upvotes?

[@golfbulldog]

If Dr Starkey were talking to Rupert Lowe / Ben Habib and people who support them then the solutions put forward in this superb lecture might have some hope of being enacted. Dr Starkey talks about the Glorious Revolution but Conservatives are not, and never will be, a party of Revolution.

[@zeddeka]

That's utterly hilarious. You people claim to speak for Britain and yet you're so utterly out of touch with it.

[@golfbulldog]

@zeddeka anyone using the expression "you people" is generally not a good person... what do you mean by "you people" and which part of the UK do I not understand?

[@fezmancomments]

Too many lightweight adverts have ruined this lecture and discussion. I needed concentration and focus and I got toothpaste and car insurance. Disappointing.

[@barrymccall2482]

When Starkey talks about history, he's ok to listen to... But when he drones on about politics and the evils of liberalism... He becomes annoying!

[@renwickmcneill9522]

U.N.

[@mikerodent3164]

Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Starkers! Wo wooo woo woooh! the "Oakeshott Lectures" !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... and did you *give* her one, Sir? Did you *give* her one? Ah, probably not, yes.

[@gaildurward]

Dear David, I pray to God, that you will return to faith in God Jesus Christ. Bless you David.

[@RobvanderHilst]

Did the highly esteemed and learned Mr. D. Starkey, Esq., arrive at the place of this recording by stagecoach, drawn by no less than four horses, or did he arrive in a luxurious carriage for city traffic, also drawn by four (rather neurotic) horses?

[@SashaUK-tl9nl]

You haven’t understood a word he said, have you? Thanks to people like you, our country is probably finished.

[@70AD-user45]

Have you even bothered to listen to a word he said, or are you more concerned about Dr. Starkey's form of transport? He's talking about Blair's government in '97 starting a process of unelected elites and quangos replacing an elected parliament, and none of it was repealed by the Tories over the last 14 years, because there's a uniparty of Con/Lab in continuous power. But carry on wondering about Dr. Starkey's transportation. No wonder this country is in such a mess.

[@leo1961berlin]

Starkey screams his disapproval of "the law" and lawyers regulating any aspect of our lives. His solution, as in the example of equal pay that he cites in Birmingham, is to let the markets decide. That is a truly great alternative to inspire joy and confidence in the 21st century. There is nothing superior in what the markets do. They are prompted solely by the profit motive: take a look at what all the foreign-owned private water companies have been doing since the early 1990s, ignoring all the rights of the British people to have clean drinking-water. There is nothing democratic about the markets either. What is produced and where and how much is charged for those products is entirely in the hands of very rich individuals (heard of Musk, anyone?) or rich multi-national corporations or very autocratically-ruled countries like China that can dictate to much poorer countries. Why do we have institutions like the WTO? In order to iron out the injustices and inequalities in international trading which would otherwise flourish. And who created institutions like the WTO? Lawyers and sensible politicians, of course. Starkey is so uncompromisingly absolutist in his arguments that he never once stops to consider whether other nations might have got it right rather than the "England" that he clings to like a limpet. The French got rid of their monarchy, the Americans wanted to distance themselves from the whole idea when they devised their own constitution, and most other countries on earth have dispensed with having rule, constitutional or not, exercised by dynasties. Why are they all wrong and, according to Starkey, held back in their development, whereas the great United Kingdom with the tyranny of the English over the other three nations, is a supposedly shining beacon to the rest of the world? There are ideas, David Starkey, and then there are fanciful theories that need to be picked apart. Rigorously.

[@70AD-user45]

That's not what Dr. Starkey was saying at all. He was saying that since 1997 under Blair, a series of unelected quangos and elites have slowly been replacing the power of an elected parliament, so the UK is no longer governed by politicians that you can get rid of at an election if they're not up to the job. The UK is run by quangos and elites that are not accountable to anyone. They are certainly not accountable to the electorate because you cannot vote them out. In a nutshell, that is Dr.Starkey's thesis. That's why at 1:16:01, the presenter called it "constitutional vandalism", because the constitution has been torn to shreds in favour of unelected elites running the country.

[@70AD-user45]

That's not what Dr. Starkey was saying at all. He was saying that since 1997 under Blair, a series of unelected quangos and elites have slowly been replacing the power of an elected parliament, so the UK is no longer governed by politicians that you can get rid of at an election if they're not up to the job. The UK is run by quangos and elites that are not accountable to anyone. They are certainly not accountable to the electorate because you cannot vote them out. In a nutshell, that is Dr.Starkey's thesis.

[@leo1961berlin]

@ That is only part of what he says. He hates quangos and the OBR - I get that - but his main target are lawyers. That is quite frankly absurd. If you were a woman and were doing the same job as a man but were being paid considerably less, under Starkey’s rule you’d have no recourse to arbitration tribunals or the power of judges to compel others to respect the law. He would allow the market to reign supreme. I’m only thankful that Starkey has zilch power to change things the way they are now. He worships medieval times; I don’t. Let him prattle on as much as he likes. Like Canute, he won’t be able to push back the tides.

[@januarysson5633]

@@leo1961berlin I think Starkey would be in favor of equal pay laws based on sex if that were put in place by parliament which is what you actually have. Starkey is arguing more here about how the laws are made rather than what laws are made. Market absolutism is also a fiction as markets operate through corporations for the most part which creates an artificial legal person which are government created entities and get their powers from government.

[@Geokinkladze]

​@@leo1961berlin"The market" isn't sexist or racist. As you yourself have pointed out it's goal is increased profit, it's mechanism to achieve this is supply and demand. If a person does the same job as another then they will be able to negotiate the same pay. What we now have is a perverse manipulation where workers in a supermarket warehouse are considered the same as workers on the tills. The workers on the tills are paid less than those who work in the warehouse. As women have decided they tend to prefer working on the tills lawyers have decided they are being discriminated against. The women who work in the warehouse are paid the same as the men who work in the warehouse. A man who works on the tills is paid the same as a woman who works on the tills. This is according to market forces. But lawyers have decided this is a form of sexual discrimination.

[@SimonBarrett-ry9cb]

Oh no. Not more from The Decline and Fall of the Starkey Empire. A sad end to a mediaocre career! Batley Barrett Communications.

[@Design_no]

But of course, we all know who you are 😂😂😂😂

[@Yourweakminds]

Can’t wait to hear YOUR lectures / programs / books. North Lindsey College of Technology Scunthorpe doesn’t count!

[@SimonBarrett-ry9cb]

@Yourweakminds As I say he isn't any A.G.P. Taylor. Although he gives the impression he is. He's only fit to lace Taylor's shoes. Beware the Force has power over your weak mind. Reply.

[@70AD-user45]

​@@SimonBarrett-ry9cb Did you even bother to listen to a word he said, or are you a leftie that's here just to mock. The left have trouble even understanding gender and the fact that there's only two, poor fools.

[@Crouchy232323]

This is utter woke nonsense from David

[@Design_no]

Woke? Mate you accusing him of that is hilarious. 😂😂😂

[@MrAdrianOldfield]

lol

[@Wakeywakey-j2b]

Hahahaha...very good.

[@clangerbasher]

@@Design_no If you spend anytime on YT these days you will find a good many comments come from AI bots. The other week I received a rude reply to something I said. Checking back through the comments the same username had made bizarre attacks to a dozen or more comment makers. I think this is one of those.

[@Crouchy232323]

@@clangerbasher yes, an opinion that disagrees with you can only come from a bot. That thinking is extreme wokeness

[@davidcarver368]

Great lecture

[@davidcarver368]

Great lecture