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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! 13:01 - Sep 18 with 4042 viewsmidastouch

He's not holding back! Sometimes seen him get a bit agitated on Question Time but never seen him this brassed off before!


Read the comments and you will see his views have gone down rather well with over 6.2k thumbs up and less than 100 thumbs down at the time of writing.

Here is one comment for example:
Dragon Energy
3 days ago
Starkey is utterly ON FIRE here. Demolishes one historical myth after another. An utter tour de force.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 13:09 - Sep 18 with 3308 viewsDarth_Koont

Feck Spiked.

They are the the hitmen of the "elite".

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:00 - Sep 18 with 3181 viewsRyorry

Flippin Nora - an hour's listen?! zero chance of that for me, any chance of a summary?

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:01 - Sep 18 with 3176 viewsfooters

David Starkey taking on 'the elite'. Lol wut.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:18 - Sep 18 with 3125 viewsJonBlue

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:01 - Sep 18 by footers

David Starkey taking on 'the elite'. Lol wut.


His dad was a factory foreman and his mum a cleaner, I wouldn't call that traditional elite. The accent was adopted to fit in when he went to Cambridge.

I've not listened to what he has been saying so am not passing any judgement on it but do suggest you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:21 - Sep 18 with 3106 viewsfooters

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:18 - Sep 18 by JonBlue

His dad was a factory foreman and his mum a cleaner, I wouldn't call that traditional elite. The accent was adopted to fit in when he went to Cambridge.

I've not listened to what he has been saying so am not passing any judgement on it but do suggest you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.


As it's published on Spiked I think it's probably safe to say it's drivel, whatever it is.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:24 - Sep 18 with 3095 viewsSwansea_Blue

I always thought he was better when he teamed up with Hutch.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:30 - Sep 18 with 3059 viewsSwansea_Blue

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:21 - Sep 18 by footers

As it's published on Spiked I think it's probably safe to say it's drivel, whatever it is.


I got as far as O’Neil saying he was going to be joined on stage soon by the “legendary Rod Liddle”. So that’s 14 seconds I’ll never get back.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:31 - Sep 18 with 3057 viewsSpruceMoose

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:30 - Sep 18 by Swansea_Blue

I got as far as O’Neil saying he was going to be joined on stage soon by the “legendary Rod Liddle”. So that’s 14 seconds I’ll never get back.


Who was next after him? The intellectual colossus that is Richard Littlejohn?

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:41 - Sep 18 with 3040 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:01 - Sep 18 by footers

David Starkey taking on 'the elite'. Lol wut.


Wikipedia:
David Robert Starkey CBE, FSA, FRHistS (born 3 January 1945) is an English constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter. Born the only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambridge through a scholarship.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:46 - Sep 18 with 3017 viewsfooters

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:41 - Sep 18 by midastouch

Wikipedia:
David Robert Starkey CBE, FSA, FRHistS (born 3 January 1945) is an English constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter. Born the only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambridge through a scholarship.


Very cool, thank you.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:49 - Sep 18 with 3011 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:00 - Sep 18 by Ryorry

Flippin Nora - an hour's listen?! zero chance of that for me, any chance of a summary?


Here is the video summary: "Historian and broadcaster David Starkey discusses Brexit, parliament’s anti-democratic history, and the elites’ ‘absolute contempt’ for the people."
Have a quick read through the video comments and you'll see a lot of support for what he had to say.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:20 - Sep 18 with 2944 viewsSwansea_Blue

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 14:49 - Sep 18 by midastouch

Here is the video summary: "Historian and broadcaster David Starkey discusses Brexit, parliament’s anti-democratic history, and the elites’ ‘absolute contempt’ for the people."
Have a quick read through the video comments and you'll see a lot of support for what he had to say.


Of course there’ll be support in the comments, it’s Spiked. Nobody goes there unless they want a booster for their PC gone mad inoculation . It’s somewhat of a partisan audience. About as representative as undertaking a survey into the popularity of ITFC at Portman Road.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:25 - Sep 18 with 2931 viewsBluedandy

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:20 - Sep 18 by Swansea_Blue

Of course there’ll be support in the comments, it’s Spiked. Nobody goes there unless they want a booster for their PC gone mad inoculation . It’s somewhat of a partisan audience. About as representative as undertaking a survey into the popularity of ITFC at Portman Road.


Stay inside the echo chamber. Makes life so much easier.

And anyway, what does David Starkey know about the history of our constitution and its relevance to Brexit.
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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:33 - Sep 18 with 2919 viewsWeWereZombies

This is the same David Starkey who made a documentary about Sutton Hoo pronouncing the name of the river Deben the same way that the first two syllables of the town Debenham are pronounced. Yep, someone who really researches his subject before he launches into it. I bet the cameraman and soundman were working hard to suppress the laughter that day.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:51 - Sep 18 with 2883 viewsSwansea_Blue

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:25 - Sep 18 by Bluedandy

Stay inside the echo chamber. Makes life so much easier.

And anyway, what does David Starkey know about the history of our constitution and its relevance to Brexit.


Have you listened to the interview?

On Dominic Grieve - “he’s a lying deceiving sh1t from start to finish...and an oiled sh1t - look at that awful greasy hairdo”. With Brendan ‘racism is just bantz’ O’Neill chuckling in the background.

How does that add anything positive to a discussion around constitutional history and Brexit?

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:17 - Sep 18 with 2840 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:33 - Sep 18 by WeWereZombies

This is the same David Starkey who made a documentary about Sutton Hoo pronouncing the name of the river Deben the same way that the first two syllables of the town Debenham are pronounced. Yep, someone who really researches his subject before he launches into it. I bet the cameraman and soundman were working hard to suppress the laughter that day.


Clearly Starkey isn't flavour of the month on here. But then it's not necessarily a bad thing to have detractors is it? Makes me think of this poem by Charles Mackay.

No Enemies

You have no enemies, you say?
Alas! my friend, the boast is poor;
He who has mingled in the fray
Of duty, that the brave endure,
Must have made foes! If you have none,
Small is the work that you have done.
You've hit no traitor on the hip,
You've dashed no cup from perjured lip,
You've never turned the wrong to right,
You've been a coward in the fight.
---------

I'm sure Starkey has a lot more detractors than any of us here on the TWTD message board. And that's commensurate with his more distinguished achievements in life. Let's take a look at his catalogue of books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Starkey/e/B000APUKL4

For a boy who went to grammar school I'd say he turned out very well indeed.

If the best you can do is pick fault of his pronunciation of the river Deben then that makes you seem to be somewhat of a nitpicker. Why be so negative and pick fault on a person that has done very well in his life from relatively humble beginnings? If my son was David Starkey I'd be very proud of him indeed. He's achieved a lot more in his life than I ever have or will.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:18 - Sep 18 with 2839 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:51 - Sep 18 by Swansea_Blue

Have you listened to the interview?

On Dominic Grieve - “he’s a lying deceiving sh1t from start to finish...and an oiled sh1t - look at that awful greasy hairdo”. With Brendan ‘racism is just bantz’ O’Neill chuckling in the background.

How does that add anything positive to a discussion around constitutional history and Brexit?


I found it hilarious.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:34 - Sep 18 with 2803 viewsWeWereZombies

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:17 - Sep 18 by midastouch

Clearly Starkey isn't flavour of the month on here. But then it's not necessarily a bad thing to have detractors is it? Makes me think of this poem by Charles Mackay.

No Enemies

You have no enemies, you say?
Alas! my friend, the boast is poor;
He who has mingled in the fray
Of duty, that the brave endure,
Must have made foes! If you have none,
Small is the work that you have done.
You've hit no traitor on the hip,
You've dashed no cup from perjured lip,
You've never turned the wrong to right,
You've been a coward in the fight.
---------

I'm sure Starkey has a lot more detractors than any of us here on the TWTD message board. And that's commensurate with his more distinguished achievements in life. Let's take a look at his catalogue of books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Starkey/e/B000APUKL4

For a boy who went to grammar school I'd say he turned out very well indeed.

If the best you can do is pick fault of his pronunciation of the river Deben then that makes you seem to be somewhat of a nitpicker. Why be so negative and pick fault on a person that has done very well in his life from relatively humble beginnings? If my son was David Starkey I'd be very proud of him indeed. He's achieved a lot more in his life than I ever have or will.


Sorry but getting pronunciation of the place names you are building your story on seems to be a reasonable expectation, and could be indicative of doing poor research. Furthermore, if people rely on experts such as Starkey then mistakes he makes are propagated far more widely than if you or I made them. You could call it sub-standard quality control.

I don't like his approach because he is biased to an unacceptable degree (in my view) and this makes his books and other output less valuable than better historians. There is a reason he is just Dr. David Starkey and not Professor David Starkey (as yet anyway). Life is long but not long enough to waste time on the mediocre so I will carry on reading Mary Beard and William McNeill if you don't mind.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:37 - Sep 18 with 2797 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:34 - Sep 18 by WeWereZombies

Sorry but getting pronunciation of the place names you are building your story on seems to be a reasonable expectation, and could be indicative of doing poor research. Furthermore, if people rely on experts such as Starkey then mistakes he makes are propagated far more widely than if you or I made them. You could call it sub-standard quality control.

I don't like his approach because he is biased to an unacceptable degree (in my view) and this makes his books and other output less valuable than better historians. There is a reason he is just Dr. David Starkey and not Professor David Starkey (as yet anyway). Life is long but not long enough to waste time on the mediocre so I will carry on reading Mary Beard and William McNeill if you don't mind.


Of course I don't mind. Each to their own. Live long and prosper.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:43 - Sep 18 with 2779 viewsActionMan

A summary for those who can't be bothered with the full thing.

[Post edited 18 Sep 2019 16:44]
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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:47 - Sep 18 with 2761 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 16:43 - Sep 18 by ActionMan

A summary for those who can't be bothered with the full thing.

[Post edited 18 Sep 2019 16:44]


I actually found what Starkey had to say a lot more interesting than the host. But cheers for sharing nonetheless.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:17 - Sep 18 with 2709 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 13:09 - Sep 18 by Darth_Koont

Feck Spiked.

They are the the hitmen of the "elite".


I thought it was a more right leaning media outlet. But it seems its original roots are not what I thought. Look under the bonnet and it's quite a muddled picture.

Please see the links below.

Seems they've had some dubious looking donations but then the media is rife with suspect backers from all sides of the political spectrum.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/07/us-billionaires-hard-right
The following extract is from the above link:
"The organisation the Charles Koch Foundation has chosen to fund is at first sight astounding: a US organisation established by an obscure UK-based magazine run by former members of a tiny Trotskyite splinter group. Some of its core contributors still describe themselves as Marxists or Bolsheviks. But the harder you look at it, the more sense the Koch donations appear to make. The name of the magazine is Spiked. It emerged from a group with a comical history of left factionalism. In 1974, the International Socialists split after a dispute over arithmetic in Volume 3 of Das Kapital. One of the new factions formed the Revolutionary Communist Group. In 1976 it split again, and one of the splinters formed the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. It was led by a sociologist at the University of Kent called Frank Furedi. In 1981 it changed its name to the Revolutionary Communist party."

And here:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/11/mainstream-left-silencing-
The following extract from the above link:
"My stance on these issues makes some people in my “tribe” very angry. It is the anger of the pure believer towards the apostate. However, I can find echoes of my populist worldview in one strand of the left — that represented by the Spiked web magazine, which grew out of the ashes of Living Marxism and the Revolutionary Communist party, once known as the libertarian or anti-Stalinist left. Describing their philosophy as radical humanism, they poke and prod at the sacred cows of the left but from a socialist rather than a rightwing populist position. The fact that I enjoy Spiked — although I by no means agree with all of it — feels like dirty little secret. But that’s what the mainstream left specialises in: generating shame."

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:20 - Sep 18 with 2697 viewsDarth_Koont

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:17 - Sep 18 by midastouch

I thought it was a more right leaning media outlet. But it seems its original roots are not what I thought. Look under the bonnet and it's quite a muddled picture.

Please see the links below.

Seems they've had some dubious looking donations but then the media is rife with suspect backers from all sides of the political spectrum.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/07/us-billionaires-hard-right
The following extract is from the above link:
"The organisation the Charles Koch Foundation has chosen to fund is at first sight astounding: a US organisation established by an obscure UK-based magazine run by former members of a tiny Trotskyite splinter group. Some of its core contributors still describe themselves as Marxists or Bolsheviks. But the harder you look at it, the more sense the Koch donations appear to make. The name of the magazine is Spiked. It emerged from a group with a comical history of left factionalism. In 1974, the International Socialists split after a dispute over arithmetic in Volume 3 of Das Kapital. One of the new factions formed the Revolutionary Communist Group. In 1976 it split again, and one of the splinters formed the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. It was led by a sociologist at the University of Kent called Frank Furedi. In 1981 it changed its name to the Revolutionary Communist party."

And here:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/11/mainstream-left-silencing-
The following extract from the above link:
"My stance on these issues makes some people in my “tribe” very angry. It is the anger of the pure believer towards the apostate. However, I can find echoes of my populist worldview in one strand of the left — that represented by the Spiked web magazine, which grew out of the ashes of Living Marxism and the Revolutionary Communist party, once known as the libertarian or anti-Stalinist left. Describing their philosophy as radical humanism, they poke and prod at the sacred cows of the left but from a socialist rather than a rightwing populist position. The fact that I enjoy Spiked — although I by no means agree with all of it — feels like dirty little secret. But that’s what the mainstream left specialises in: generating shame."


I know their background. Their journey is a pretty disturbing one - especially with the nonsense and values they espouse now and the possibility that they haven't even arrived at their destination yet.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:30 - Sep 18 with 2672 viewsbackinbeige

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 15:20 - Sep 18 by Swansea_Blue

Of course there’ll be support in the comments, it’s Spiked. Nobody goes there unless they want a booster for their PC gone mad inoculation . It’s somewhat of a partisan audience. About as representative as undertaking a survey into the popularity of ITFC at Portman Road.


Exactly. I’m not passing comment on what he said (I haven’t watched it), but in general people spend time doing, and watching, what they like. If I have a free evening I don’t set the living room stereo to play hardcore jungle music at 90 million decibels then settle down to eight back to back Harry Potter films, I’d do something I enjoy. I’m not a masochist. That would be a Norwich fan on an Ipswich message board.

Therefore people only watch the stuff they want to watch, stuff they agree with, so the comments section of a website is going to be 99% full of support and agreement. And 1% proverbial Norwich fans.

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David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:36 - Sep 18 with 2663 viewsmidastouch

David Starkey is not a happy bunny! on 17:30 - Sep 18 by backinbeige

Exactly. I’m not passing comment on what he said (I haven’t watched it), but in general people spend time doing, and watching, what they like. If I have a free evening I don’t set the living room stereo to play hardcore jungle music at 90 million decibels then settle down to eight back to back Harry Potter films, I’d do something I enjoy. I’m not a masochist. That would be a Norwich fan on an Ipswich message board.

Therefore people only watch the stuff they want to watch, stuff they agree with, so the comments section of a website is going to be 99% full of support and agreement. And 1% proverbial Norwich fans.


“Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?"
Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?”

― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

Seems I'm putting the wrong bait on the hook with David Starkey around these parts! :-)

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