Hitchens' Half Hour | 13/06/2022

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  • Mike and acclaimed columnist Peter Hitchens discuss the day's biggest political stories, including the Rwanda deportation flights, the impending heatwave and the cost-of-living crisis.
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  • @seanpidduck
    @seanpidduck 2 роки тому +46

    The only 20 mins of TalkTV I watch every week lol

    • @dariusdoodoo
      @dariusdoodoo 2 роки тому +5

      Mike Graham is a bit gormless but his instincts are right. He also deserves credit for giving airtime for broadcasters who BBC / ITV / C4 / Sky won’t.

    • @philcooper279
      @philcooper279 2 роки тому +1

      Get rid of the BBC, problem solved.

  • @neilrmartin1984
    @neilrmartin1984 2 роки тому +10

    The important thing is that we all understand that the economic downturn and cost of living crisis is absolutely nothing to do with Brexit

    • @ElmugreTV
      @ElmugreTV 2 роки тому

      Yes, beleive that lie!

  • @CaratacusAD
    @CaratacusAD 2 роки тому +23

    You can easily find out who these illegal immigrants are and where they come from despite passports and documents being destroyed. Just record them speaking covertly , especially when they are amongst themselves and not being interviewed. Process through an AI voice algorithm and it will tell you exactly the language and regional dialect of where they are from. Then you can process them accordingly.

    • @davidbrown3231
      @davidbrown3231 2 роки тому

      interesting idea, A DNA test would also probably provide their origin. Yet they are arriving without any documentation so its near impossible to deport them to their presumed country of birth.

    • @CaratacusAD
      @CaratacusAD 2 роки тому +1

      @@davidbrown3231 A combination of my idea + DNA and contacting the suspected country should work. But you need the will and balls to do it :) severely lacking. All I know is they aren't from the UK and they are entering illegally, so zero rights.

  • @EmpiricalMind
    @EmpiricalMind 2 роки тому +19

    Make Mr Hitchens PM that would sort the country out.

    • @tanseygreen
      @tanseygreen 2 роки тому +1

      Sod off he'd ban cannabis

    • @EmpiricalMind
      @EmpiricalMind 2 роки тому +2

      @@tanseygreen It is banned, seriously though, the state the counties in, and heading towards, that's a price worth paying, the reality is there's more chance of Blair becoming PM.

    • @matthewjames5621
      @matthewjames5621 2 роки тому

      He would throw Ukraine to the wolves. No thank you.

    • @EmpiricalMind
      @EmpiricalMind 2 роки тому +3

      @@matthewjames5621 Why do you care about the Ukraine? you are never going to find a PM that you agree with on every single policy, all you can hope for is we get someone that genuinely puts the country and the indigenous first, good luck finding that in the Tory or Labour Party.

    • @matthewjames5621
      @matthewjames5621 2 роки тому +1

      @@EmpiricalMind it's just "Ukraine", turnip. Because they are a brave European people. And if they fail, Europe isn't safe. We escaped the jackboot of the EU, but you want Ukraine to fall to the Soviets (which is what they are)? What an arse.

  • @adamtapas5584
    @adamtapas5584 2 роки тому +21

    Here in Sweden the public transport comes and goes when the time table says it will. It feels like going to a third world country when I go back to the UK. Everything is old and looks like it's falling apart in London. Stockholm is frankly much more modern and clean and organised. I can hardly believe it when I go home. It's like going back in time.
    Of course we didn't ruin our economy here so that helps. People here are not worried about the economy or wars or inflation or food shortages or energy shortages. Stockholm is one of the most sustainable cities on the planet and the people are comparatively wealthy. We never had a lock down, I've never been asked to put on a mask. Everything has continued as normal here. On the other hand, in Sweden they all had digital Id's and digital currency and banking and digital everything else already before this went down. Maybe there was no need to do it here :/ but they didn't push the tea hard here. They just gave "advice" that people should drink the tea. People didn't want the tea though. They don't like being told what to do here. They are actually very conservative here dispite what one might believe. They own a lot of guns for example. They own a lot of guns and they don't like being told what to do. I'm not gonna argue with them. I love their strong values and culture. It's good and it's Christian in it's essence. Just like ours used to be :(

    • @francesbrown5116
      @francesbrown5116 2 роки тому +1

      The Netherlands transport s the same on time .

    • @smartco1586
      @smartco1586 2 роки тому +2

      How are things in Malmo?

    • @tennysonfordblackbird2087
      @tennysonfordblackbird2087 2 роки тому +1

      Interesting news from Stockholm .

    • @CaptainGrimes1
      @CaptainGrimes1 2 роки тому

      Sweden, Christian?? How many rapes have there been in Malmo today?

    • @adamtapas5584
      @adamtapas5584 2 роки тому

      @@smartco1586 A lot quieter than the BBC or ch4 would have you believe. Do you really trust anything they tell us on the mainstream any more? Seems like things turn out more like the opposite of what they say. I've been to Malmö once for 2 nights and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I've lived in the UK for 19 years in London and Glasgow where I saw plenty. I've lived in Stockholm for 20 years and I know where I would rather be. Just my opinion ;) good luck and God bless

  • @graylouch8419
    @graylouch8419 2 роки тому +7

    If there is one instance of a murderer linked to maijaouana, there are 1000's of links to Alcohol. Grow up!

    • @frankie3041
      @frankie3041 2 роки тому

      Now do mentally unhinged mass murder / massacres.

  • @hellalive8973
    @hellalive8973 2 роки тому +8

    I’m not convinced Boris believes in borders tbh. The government has been absolutely woeful at dealing with. Immigration. They’ve just picked up where Blair and Brown left off.

  • @granvillestout2681
    @granvillestout2681 2 роки тому +11

    Will we get back the 100 million we gave to Rwanda to 'process' these refugees?

    • @johnday6392
      @johnday6392 2 роки тому +5

      Yes, of course we will. I also believe that the Earth is flat and that pigs can fly!

  • @castelodeossos3947
    @castelodeossos3947 2 роки тому +6

    '... to call himself the representative of the poor, on 224,000 a year is a little bit ironic' (16:51). Talk about George Orwell. It isn't in the least bit ironic, it's hypocritical.

  • @TheSuperTrickey
    @TheSuperTrickey 2 роки тому +26

    Great conversation. I would have been very interested to hear the wonderful late Christopher Hitchens' views on this world today.

    • @dom4034
      @dom4034 2 роки тому

      I think as soon as he found out Alexander Johnson was PM, he would jump back into that grave of his...and on finding out Joe Biden was president, would ask to be waterboard again.

    • @tanseygreen
      @tanseygreen 2 роки тому +3

      Christopher warned us about this 18 years ago

    • @SagaciousFrank
      @SagaciousFrank 2 роки тому

      I wouldn't, his older brother supported causes that have led to the problems we now face. He was a pretentious buffoon.

    • @englishoak5173
      @englishoak5173 2 роки тому

      Lol, yeah let's see what Mr individualist neocon warmonger has to say.

  • @tanseygreen
    @tanseygreen 2 роки тому +6

    The UK government will help anyone except the people of the UK

  • @benjaminjames5157
    @benjaminjames5157 2 роки тому +16

    I’m thinking Peter Hitchens for PM with dictatorial powers. Show of hands 🙌?

    • @angusdesire
      @angusdesire 2 роки тому +1

      Yep!

    • @LEEJEROME1
      @LEEJEROME1 2 роки тому

      You want a dictatorship?

    • @DaBIONICLEFan
      @DaBIONICLEFan 2 роки тому

      Hitchens is (rightly) pro-small government. He wouldn't want dictatorial powers.

    • @smartco1586
      @smartco1586 2 роки тому

      I'm backing Sir Desmond Swayne.

    • @nirmalsandhu5256
      @nirmalsandhu5256 2 роки тому

      The man only writes and crticizes hed be lost faced with getting his hands dirty.

  • @darrellfarnsworth2714
    @darrellfarnsworth2714 2 роки тому +9

    The last couple of years of Mike Graham and Peter Hitchens discussions have become so excellent to listen to and Hitchens is nailing it recently on all channels 😀

  • @matt94alexander32
    @matt94alexander32 2 роки тому +14

    I’d have no issue with the Rwanda policy if it actually worked. They’re Illegal immigrants not refugees. My issue is that it’s just for show to get Liberal-Lefties clutching their pearls and Right-Wingers beating their chests.

    • @nirmalsandhu5256
      @nirmalsandhu5256 2 роки тому

      How do you know they are illegal?

    • @matt94alexander32
      @matt94alexander32 2 роки тому

      @@nirmalsandhu5256 Because they don’t arrive through legal channels and are not refugees fleeing a warzone in the Ukraine, Yemen or Syria. Pakistanis and Sudanese people aren’t at war.

    • @neilrmartin1984
      @neilrmartin1984 2 роки тому +1

      @@matt94alexander32 there are no legal channels for asylum seekers. They don't have to be fleeing a war zone - there are refugees escaping political persecution. Moreover, we seem to have a serious labour shortage so let's welcome them in and allow them to work

    • @Itscominghome2.4
      @Itscominghome2.4 2 роки тому +1

      @@neilrmartin1984 No.... let's not. Plenty of dossers we can put to work. We are MORE than capable of looking after ourselves, if the right measures are taken. I know its hard to comprehend.

    • @matt94alexander32
      @matt94alexander32 2 роки тому +1

      @@neilrmartin1984 Imagine thinking that net migration at over 500,000 per annum is still not enough. We used to make do with less than 50,000.

  • @Ma55ey
    @Ma55ey 2 роки тому +3

    Love watching Mike flip flopping all over the place when he suddenly realises that he's on the wrong side of Peters argument.....

  • @scurrilousmullock5365
    @scurrilousmullock5365 2 роки тому +5

    It was ok for the MPs to have a two thousand pound pay rise, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

  • @megalodon6108
    @megalodon6108 2 роки тому +3

    mr hitchens makes good points but the vast majority of violent crime involves alcohol, not cannabis.

    • @jacksmith3095
      @jacksmith3095 2 роки тому

      Specifically mass shootings and terrorism is the type of crime I believe he is referring to. I agree with you on alcohol; we have a very serious problem with alcohol in this country.

  • @milesanddizzy
    @milesanddizzy 2 роки тому +4

    While I agree with Hitchens on a lot of points, marijuana has less to do with these terrible tragedies than kids being medicated on antidepressant medication. These antidepressants have been linked to both suicidal and homicidal impulses, and those are the drugs that should be severely restricted and much more closely prescribed.

    • @graemecreegan6749
      @graemecreegan6749 2 роки тому +2

      Well if that’s true there will be plenty of evidence to refute mr Hitchens argument and put his mind at ease. I wonder where it is and why he has not been able to find it 🤔

  • @eugenemurray2940
    @eugenemurray2940 2 роки тому

    In Summer
    I use Fahrenheit
    100°F means it's hot.
    In Winter
    I use Celcius..
    0°C is freezing..
    100km/h is meaningless
    100mph? NOW WE'RE TALKING!

  • @davidjma7226
    @davidjma7226 2 роки тому +2

    Would the lawyers complain if they were being sent to Switzerland? Or Romania? I doubt it.....

  • @33wanwan
    @33wanwan 2 роки тому +4

    Afghan revolution. Haha good one

    • @martingonzalez2850
      @martingonzalez2850 2 роки тому

      Which one. Our evil NWO one, or the Afghan, Islamic, mad religious one?

  • @earlcollins9310
    @earlcollins9310 2 роки тому +1

    Not only the courts , the parliament is full of actives !! Labour will condemn any deportation arrangements? Regardless of the individual concerned.

    • @davidbrown3231
      @davidbrown3231 2 роки тому

      Starmer as PM will be another Blair with wide open borders in order to change that is demographically deconstruct the nation.

  • @thecarpetman7687
    @thecarpetman7687 2 роки тому

    Hitchens 20 minutes is always good however Mike Graham reminds me of a wood grub and about the same intelligence level. Sorry to any wood grubs out there who feel offended

  • @bernadetteknight6273
    @bernadetteknight6273 2 роки тому +1

    MY Favorite! & Look forward to half hour of each week! PETER HITCHENS!

  • @jamestestarossa7870
    @jamestestarossa7870 2 роки тому +2

    I do wish Peter would not talk quieter towards the end of his sentences, im at work and have to turn the radio right up to hear only to then get Mike blasting through the speakers lol

  • @SwissCheese112
    @SwissCheese112 2 роки тому +2

    Give Hitchens more time.

  • @hilaryraftery3628
    @hilaryraftery3628 2 роки тому +1

    Deny them any social benefits such as free money free housing free medical free legal and they will turn tail and run

  • @ethmac1
    @ethmac1 2 роки тому

    Hitchens is correct on 99% of what he says, but his ideas on weed are simply ludicrious

  • @jrushen4235
    @jrushen4235 2 роки тому

    Impartiality, I don't think you can have that anymore...

  • @steadfastandyx4947
    @steadfastandyx4947 2 роки тому +1

    Yes it is a state of affairs. An prolonged disaster.

  • @tudorjohn7424
    @tudorjohn7424 2 роки тому +4

    AT LAST COMMON SENSE

  • @MrBrianNZ
    @MrBrianNZ 2 роки тому

    I see what you did ! Tut .. the other Hitchens not THE Hitchens

  • @siobhanmcgregor2557
    @siobhanmcgregor2557 2 роки тому

    My new bizarre older man crush

  • @tennysonfordblackbird2087
    @tennysonfordblackbird2087 2 роки тому +1

    Peter explains the crazy world we live in .

  • @jackominty3633
    @jackominty3633 2 роки тому +1

    Essential viewing, every week.

  • @bluntlaser
    @bluntlaser 2 роки тому

    I notice Peter didn't mention alcohol once

  • @CaptainGrimes1
    @CaptainGrimes1 2 роки тому

    How do we get our country back then? How to stop and reverse this revolution?

  • @danielmoncaster3216
    @danielmoncaster3216 2 роки тому +2

    First

    • @BristolMatt
      @BristolMatt 2 роки тому

      Congratulations. No one like you Daniel.

  • @jonathandewberry289
    @jonathandewberry289 2 роки тому

    P. Hitch is the greatest Curmudgeon in the world today. Bless him

  • @stolennikes1939
    @stolennikes1939 2 роки тому

    Elite building a new Community project

  • @Jean42ette
    @Jean42ette 2 роки тому +5

    Trouble is cannabis/marijuana is today far stronger and not what some may remember from past decades.

    • @ionwerks
      @ionwerks 2 роки тому

      It's almost like it would benefit from regulation...

    • @siobhanmcgregor2557
      @siobhanmcgregor2557 2 роки тому +1

      It's a gateway drug

    • @Jean42ette
      @Jean42ette 2 роки тому

      @@siobhanmcgregor2557 Well it is for some. Others taking for medical reasons source carefully.

    • @Jean42ette
      @Jean42ette 2 роки тому +1

      @@ionwerks Trouble is regulation won't take into account use for medical reasons. Gov always over reaches.

    • @megalodon6108
      @megalodon6108 2 роки тому

      @@siobhanmcgregor2557 have you taken it?

  • @siobhanmcgregor2557
    @siobhanmcgregor2557 2 роки тому +1

    I've developed a strange crush on Peter Hitchens ...😻 a sugar daddy FANTASY

  • @stolennikes1939
    @stolennikes1939 2 роки тому

    Big lie

  • @stolennikes1939
    @stolennikes1939 2 роки тому

    Covid is money is it

  • @paulchristiepureblood146
    @paulchristiepureblood146 2 роки тому +4

    No idea what peters problem is with cannabis? I've never known anyone who constantly smokes weed to be violent, ever. Maybe peter is the one that needs to do more research on cannabis and it's effects.

    • @francesbrown5116
      @francesbrown5116 2 роки тому +3

      You havent worked in a youth club .

    • @frankie3041
      @frankie3041 2 роки тому +5

      I’ve personally known someone whose very upper middle class, artsy, hippy parents allowed her to start smoking at 15, developed schizophrenia at 18, and has never worked a day in her life.

    • @megalodon6108
      @megalodon6108 2 роки тому

      @@frankie3041 there is no proof there that the child did not have an underlying health issue and the cannabis brought it to the fore. saying cannabis causes mental illness is too lazy. drinking alcohol at that age will have an affect on the development of the child's brain.

    • @chriscoffee9070
      @chriscoffee9070 2 роки тому

      Agreed, he has a particular bugbear about it but is level headed on just about everything else. In the end there are people who are too unhinged to do anything that unbalances them even more, so shouldn't dabble in any kind of mind altering substance. In much the same way as diabetics should steer clear of Kendal Mint Cake - their specific biology isn't suited to it, so it's dangerous for them, but for the vast majority of the population it's fine.

  • @jjw9641
    @jjw9641 2 роки тому

    A typical P Hitchens conversation: " Noun verb marijuana "

  • @royalirishranger1931
    @royalirishranger1931 2 роки тому +1

    Correct!

  • @dlwf11111
    @dlwf11111 2 роки тому

    Hitchens has so obviously never been around people on weed, they want to do the opposite to anything aggressive, this is why I have to laugh out loud every time he speaks about it 😂 All he’s doing is making certain people feel bad about themselves.
    So has alcohol ever influenced a crime? Should we do an investigation into this too? Or is that too far? Damn I wish I could talk to these two.

    • @stephenglasse9756
      @stephenglasse9756 2 роки тому +3

      The issue isn't so much what they want to do but what they do do. We know the links between alcohol and violence what he wants is the possible link between marijuana and violence and marijuana and mental disorder to be studied

    • @dlwf11111
      @dlwf11111 2 роки тому

      @@stephenglasse9756 As long as it’s not presumed anyone that takes it is a danger, because it really is a tiny percentage of people that have a bad effect with it. If we ban one we should ban them all 🤷🏻‍♂️ none of them are free of any flaws.

    • @stephenglasse9756
      @stephenglasse9756 2 роки тому +1

      @@dlwf11111 maybe 🤔. I wouldn't fight for my daily Guinness to remain legal 😇. I would point out though that a pint of Guinness contains a pint of H20 iron vitamins etc whereas no benefit exists in a spliff.

    • @dlwf11111
      @dlwf11111 2 роки тому

      @@stephenglasse9756 I think both can have their own benefits it’s just not becoming addicted to them

  • @robertallen591
    @robertallen591 2 роки тому

    its like devito in twins his brother was wity sharp and well loved he is like the evil twin all the bad stuff

  • @matthewjames5621
    @matthewjames5621 2 роки тому

    They still wheeling Hitchenov out? Next! Can't stomach the bloke. Vlad loves him.