Peter Hitchens: the case against Labour and Keir Starmer | SpectatorTV

Keir Starmer has launched Labour's manifesto in Manchester promising to put 'wealth creation' at the heart of his priorities. Peter Hitchens believes that despite years of campaigning against Conservative power, a Labour government is the worst possible scenario for Britain. Peter makes his case to Fraser Nelson on Spectator TV.

Chapters
00:00:00 | The threat posed by a Starmer-led government
00:05:04 | The similarities between Blair's and Starmer's Labour
00:13:30 | Could strategic voting prevent a Labour majority?
00:20:03 | What role could Nigel Farage play in a reborn Conservative Party?

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[SpectatorTV]

Can Nigel Farage and Reform UK play a significant role in reshaping the UK's political landscape through a reborn Conservative Party?

[ubergeraldine]

Well a month on it seems Hitchens was right. Starmer has a bad agenda.

[holygroove]

I think a lot of people have this man wrong. He's not really conservative, centrist, or left. He's an honest critic within the political sphere and an advocate for thought - he says at the end, polls aren't always correct and vote for what you think is right. He doesn't always say things that I agree with, but it's good to hear someone who has his own mind on things, whether they be agreeable or not so agreeable.

[johnholmes]

The attack on pension funds is the biggest crime in British history

[ohyesitsme]

As much as I don't like Peter Hitchens I have to accept that he is right on this point of Starmers labour.

[Alessandra-ykyk]

STAMMER PREFERS "DAVOS TO WESTMINSTER"!
A WEF SLAVE. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

[Captain_Scarlet_SIG]

One month later and Peter Hitchens could be considered a political Prophet.

[design]

We all know the case, Peter. That doesn't make the Tories any more electable. Both parties are an abomination.

[gravityhamster]

I remember just before Blair was voted in (I was 12) by father warned me how bad it would be if labour got in. He was right we had an Illegal war mass immigration crippling dept and the selling of are gold reserves at the cheapest possible price. Not to mention the criminal justice bill which eroded are freedoms.

[PeaceProsperity-dvhs]

Time to start visibly backing Reform Peter.

[alicelander]

I would trust Corbyn words more than Starmers tenfold

[sabejreid]

Vote AGAINST LABOR - AGREE - VOTING REFORM

[rickyb]

This guy is spot on and totally correct, you nail it Peter.

[Peter-ovxh]

Isn't Fraser Nelson the one who told Swedish TV that you can run sky-high immigration levels and can do so without public opposition provided you give the impression that you're limiting immigration?

[rcard]

I like PH but sometimes I suspect he likes to be on the losing side, it means you can always shout "I told you so" when things fall out of fashion. He's wanted to destroy the Tories since 2010, now it's actually on the verge of reality he seems to think a vote for the Reform is too risky because it'll give a green light to Labour.

[beep_boop_beep]

Peter Hitchens in one sentence - "Everyone is blind except me".

[danielmason]

Whether you agree with what Hitchens is saying here or not, the Blairite, Fraser Nelson, is simply incapable of comprehending the warning being issued, because he - other than some minor bones of contention - simply cannot see any issue with Blairism.
The same applies to essentially all of the corporate media gatekeepers in this country, who have done very nicely thank you out of Blairism, and are entirely detached from the damage it has done under both Labour and the Tories over the past 30 odd years.

[daryl]

Have to hand it to Hitchens, Starmer has turned out to be a lot worse than Corbyn. The UK is starting to realise it messed up voting him in.

[noobsaibot]

This didn't age well for the deluded and naive interviewer.

[sidensvans]

With 54 years as a Labour supporter . Starmer . No, never .