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oboogie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:13 am

satnav wrote:

almost human.

Oh yeah?

Lord Brett · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:15 pm

For what it's worth, I think Starkey's game plan is to wing up on the lecture tour/Fox News curcuit in America. As Niall Ferguson and Andrew Roberts discovered, there's always room for another pompous right wing historian in America telling them they are right.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7339

Lord Brett wrote:

For what it's worth, I think Starkey's game plan is to wing up on the lecture tour/Fox News curcuit in America. As Niall Ferguson and Andrew Roberts discovered, there's always room for another pompous right wing historian in America telling them they are right.

You're so right.
Take this piece http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php ... &task=view

He's authored it anonymously, but it's got his pompous linguistic style all through it.
You can't hide that level of arrogance behind a pseudonym (Institute for studies indeed!).

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2839

The Mailites seem to like Starkey:

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I thought Mr Starkey was brilliant and clearly so much better informed and intelligent than the other panel members. Not afraid to use plain language and could not give a monkeys about being politically correct. It was clear to me that some in the audience were just listening to the words rather than what he was saying and are not accustomed to hearing such forthright opinions. The audience at times seemed more interested in trying to take offence at his chocie of words but clearly were not listening to the actual point he was trying to make . During one of his answers the audience were groaning at the use of a few blunt words but when he finished his point they were applauding. He was not racist or prejudiced in any way but just spoke in a way that some find diffcult to listen to. I thought he was great.
- Straight Talking Yorkshireman, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, 2/3/2012 15:49 404

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I love this man's bluntness, he makes some very valid points that so many nowadays are scared to make for fear of offending people. Please carry on Mr Starkey, you speak the truth.
- Matt, Lancashire, 2/3/2012 15:40 364

Read more at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... sion.html#

Althea · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:01 pm

I don't remember many people applauding at Starkey, but at those who went "Oi, you, you're a git" in indirect terms.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:06 pm

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Straight Talking Yorkshireman, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, 2/3/2012 15:49

Yawn. I must Politically Correct Gloucestershireman.

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:12 pm

We warned you about people from Dewsbury.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:56 pm

I nearly made a humorous remark about them having the sense not to vote for Warsi in 2005.

But seeing 13.1% went for the BNP, that probably wasn't for the right reason. Fuckheads.

Is this one of the "we're a dump, but we're voting Tory because we're cunts" constituencies? See also Gloucester and Sittingbourne/Sheppey.

Esqui · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:22 pm

Wuh?

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He (Starkey) has a different perspective. He doesn't cower at political correctness. He adds to diversity. He annoys. I like that.

My MP likes annoying people, who'd have thought

Abernathy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:07 pm

Esqui wrote:

Wuh?

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He (Starkey) has a different perspective. He doesn't cower at political correctness. He adds to diversity. He annoys. I like that.

My MP likes annoying people, who'd have thought

Starkey not an MP.

Esqui · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:21 am

I I know that - that was my MP (Conor Burns) talking about Starkey. If Mr Burns likes annoying people, I can annoy him plenty if he wants

oboogie · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:03 pm

For a much better debate on the week's news I recommend Any Questions R4
Available on listen again here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgvj

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:08 am

I gather a couple of silly questions on this week's edition:

http://www.ybf.org.uk/2012/03/ybf-gradu ... tion-time/

Flat tax and anti-trade unions.

One of them has a blog She admires Peter Bone and Jacob-Rees Mogg.

mattomac · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:11 am

That lot are sniffing around Student Union's I would bet on a policy report based around getting rid of SU's at some point from these cocknuggets.

Big Rob · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:08 am

Question time was a riot.

"Look at me appealing to your biases because I want to get a round of applause".

It should be renamed Demagogue Idol.

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