2025-04-14
David Starkey hits upon one of the more elusive aspects of what it means to be English. But we need to work our way up to it ...
"I didn't realise what the Blair Revolution had done ..."
" What we should be talking about is restoration"
" ... the abstractions of so-called 'political philosophy' are the disaster ... "
"The foundation of our values isn't 'democracy' ... it is real people performing real acts, in real time ..."
" ... every revolution depends upon the rebels getting possession of London ... "
" the Magna Carta is very quickly declared illegal by the Pope "
" ... do we not realise this? This is the great difference between English Law and Roman Law - every criminal who is not noble in Roman Law is tortured into a confession ... "
This is not an idle attempt to resurrect a past utopia. It''s a grounded analysis of our British identity and how it came about.
And how we might revive a new restoration on the original principles, suitable for our current post-Blair times.
"We should stop this absurd infatuation with novelty ... "
... watch to the end for the ultimate punch-line 😎.
(61 minutes)
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