A pity we don’t have Freddy as the principal interviewer on the BBC or ITV. He would get much more out of his subjects than the aggressive, biased, self-centred “holding politicians to account” interviewers we have currently.
It was interesting to have Frost’s analysis so clearly laid out.
Justin Clark
1 year ago
Freddie is a great interviewer and Lord Frost’s positioning of Thatcher back then and relevance now was very interesting.
Carol Moore
1 year ago
Very interesting. Freddie is an excellent interviewer.
M. M.
1 year ago
David Frost stated, “I think that the very deracinated globalisation that we’ve seen in recent years, in which there was a lot of offshoring, … was also a problem. … If you’re in favour of free markets, that doesn’t mean you need to be in favour of every barrier disappearing and big companies being able to do what they like. It’s finding the right point on the spectrum.”
The solution is clear. Restrict free trade to only trade with Western countries.
Such trade would ensure that the Britons are competing against only economies that have similar costs for labor, environmental protection, consumer protection, etc.
There would still be trade between Great Britain and non-Western countries, but such trade would be wrapped in high tariffs in order to protect the standard of living of the British working class.
Protecting the standard of living means raising barriers to goods, services, and immigration from non-Western countries. Open borders for such goods, services, and (legal or illegal) immigration hurt the working class of Western countries.
The United States is a good example of the hurt. Its European-American working class actually suffered a decline in lifespan during the past 3 decades of free trade. Offshoring robbed the European-Americans of jobs, and an oversupply of Hispanic aliens lowered the wages of the remaining jobs. The European-Americans responded by drowning in drug addiction and despair.
Restricting trade to just western nations would be hugely damaging to the likes of Africa. These countries need trade, not handouts, to help them flourish.
I’d rather trade with Africa than with the protectionist EU.
Please explain why ‘Hispanic’ is not of European origin… either the people you are referring to are of Native American (indian) origin or they are of Spanish or Portuguese origin. In case you didn’t know both Spain and Portugal are in Europe.
A surplus of labour drives wages down ONLY when employers take a mean-spirited advantage of the situation. Workers have never and will never drive down their own wages: only greedy employers and their puppet governments (failing to set minimum wage rates) will do that. The other is just victim blaming
David McKee
1 year ago
Will history judge Boris more kindly? Well, his most significant legacy is getting Brexit done. That was a spectacular political success. But then, so was getting Hitler’s signature on a document at Munich.
It all depends if Brexit turns out to be a good idea or not. The Remainers, with their infallible crystal balls, are convinced that it isn’t. Those of us who are not blessed with crystal balls will have to wait two or three decades until we know for sure.
It all depends. It depends if the EU turns out to be an over-bureaucratic nightmare that ignores democracy and leaves more and more people frustrated and impoverished. It depends on whether we can make the most of Brexit (and which, so far, we haven’t.)
(I am amused by the overenthusiastic delicacy of the Unherd software. B**l, in this context, refers to a small, spherical object, not a playground insult!)
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Nicky French
1 year ago
Good interview seems to be the classic problem with Brexit. Lord frost seems to not want any major changes whereas even me as a remainer can see that people voted for a change. Personally I view this as a more protectionist state with low immigration and self sufficiency at its core
injected 0
1 year ago
Every time your interview subjects start an answer with “So,…” you should extract one of their toenails.
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Liam O'Mahony
1 year ago
It seemed every question Freddie asked was somehow the wrong question and certainly, every answer from Frost was a kind of “Yeah, but…” in that it isn’t quite this and it isn’t quite that: others factors must be accounted for and in the end we’re as wise as we were at the start.. a wishy-washy smorgasbord of quasi Thatcherite thinking but not quite solitions: and with a generous sprinkling of contradictions thrown in. Freddie just couldn’t seem to pin him down on any important issue..
A pity we don’t have Freddy as the principal interviewer on the BBC or ITV. He would get much more out of his subjects than the aggressive, biased, self-centred “holding politicians to account” interviewers we have currently.
It was interesting to have Frost’s analysis so clearly laid out.
Freddie is a great interviewer and Lord Frost’s positioning of Thatcher back then and relevance now was very interesting.
Very interesting. Freddie is an excellent interviewer.
David Frost stated, “I think that the very deracinated globalisation that we’ve seen in recent years, in which there was a lot of offshoring, … was also a problem. … If you’re in favour of free markets, that doesn’t mean you need to be in favour of every barrier disappearing and big companies being able to do what they like. It’s finding the right point on the spectrum.”
The solution is clear. Restrict free trade to only trade with Western countries.
Such trade would ensure that the Britons are competing against only economies that have similar costs for labor, environmental protection, consumer protection, etc.
There would still be trade between Great Britain and non-Western countries, but such trade would be wrapped in high tariffs in order to protect the standard of living of the British working class.
Protecting the standard of living means raising barriers to goods, services, and immigration from non-Western countries. Open borders for such goods, services, and (legal or illegal) immigration hurt the working class of Western countries.
The United States is a good example of the hurt. Its European-American working class actually suffered a decline in lifespan during the past 3 decades of free trade. Offshoring robbed the European-Americans of jobs, and an oversupply of Hispanic aliens lowered the wages of the remaining jobs. The European-Americans responded by drowning in drug addiction and despair.
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In other words – join the EU!
What a good idea!
Restricting trade to just western nations would be hugely damaging to the likes of Africa. These countries need trade, not handouts, to help them flourish.
I’d rather trade with Africa than with the protectionist EU.
Yes of course: so much easier to exploit: and who cares if the goods replace English made goods.. you’re a Tory alright and no mistake!
Please explain why ‘Hispanic’ is not of European origin… either the people you are referring to are of Native American (indian) origin or they are of Spanish or Portuguese origin. In case you didn’t know both Spain and Portugal are in Europe.
A surplus of labour drives wages down ONLY when employers take a mean-spirited advantage of the situation. Workers have never and will never drive down their own wages: only greedy employers and their puppet governments (failing to set minimum wage rates) will do that. The other is just victim blaming
Will history judge Boris more kindly? Well, his most significant legacy is getting Brexit done. That was a spectacular political success. But then, so was getting Hitler’s signature on a document at Munich.
It all depends if Brexit turns out to be a good idea or not. The Remainers, with their infallible crystal balls, are convinced that it isn’t. Those of us who are not blessed with crystal balls will have to wait two or three decades until we know for sure.
It all depends. It depends if the EU turns out to be an over-bureaucratic nightmare that ignores democracy and leaves more and more people frustrated and impoverished. It depends on whether we can make the most of Brexit (and which, so far, we haven’t.)
(I am amused by the overenthusiastic delicacy of the Unherd software. B**l, in this context, refers to a small, spherical object, not a playground insult!)
Good interview seems to be the classic problem with Brexit. Lord frost seems to not want any major changes whereas even me as a remainer can see that people voted for a change. Personally I view this as a more protectionist state with low immigration and self sufficiency at its core
Every time your interview subjects start an answer with “So,…” you should extract one of their toenails.
It seemed every question Freddie asked was somehow the wrong question and certainly, every answer from Frost was a kind of “Yeah, but…” in that it isn’t quite this and it isn’t quite that: others factors must be accounted for and in the end we’re as wise as we were at the start.. a wishy-washy smorgasbord of quasi Thatcherite thinking but not quite solitions: and with a generous sprinkling of contradictions thrown in. Freddie just couldn’t seem to pin him down on any important issue..
I hope you will be even-handed and give as much time to someone who supports Risshi Sunak
I certainly will: I’m looking forward to it!