#095 - David Starkey - Why Britain is Broken and How We Recover Liberty

Historian David Starkey returns to The Peter McCormack Show for a blistering historical analysis of why modern Britain is broken. Starkey unleashes on the 'neophilia' of the Blair years, the catastrophe of incorporating universal human rights into English law, and the failure of modern conservatism to defend the nation's unique heritage.

Drawing a line from the French Revolution to today, he contrasts the organic, bottom-up wisdom of English individualism with the top-down, bureaucratic model of continental Europe. This is a lesson in the ideas that underpin true liberty, the importance of historical continuity, and the urgent need to recover the values that once made Britain exceptional.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:09 - Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France
00:03:01 - Historical Continuity
00:08:35 - The Problem of Legitimacy
00:11:15 - Blair's Neophilia
00:13:32 - Brexit and English Exceptionalism
00:18:45 - France as England's Worst Friend
00:21:25 - Fumbling the Opportunity of Brexit
00:24:00 - The State Is Not a Charity
00:31:25 - A Free Society Over a Closed One
00:34:05 - Old Aristocracy vs. New Nepo Babies
00:38:35 - The American Rebellion, Not Revolution
00:41:20 - The Dangers of Universal Human Rights
00:48:50 - Politics Without Ideas
00:56:35 - The Problem of Democracy
00:58:28 - Individualism, Freedom, and Prosperity
01:00:53 - The Framework for Individualism
01:02:05 - Property Rights
01:03:10 - Closing Thoughts

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