Melanie, I'm a Christian from South Carolina. Throughout the interview, I found myself repeating, "That's it! Well said. Exactly!" Thank you for being a courageous, intelligent, and principled person of genuine character, wrapped in a lovely manner of communicating. You are a godsend. All the best.

@Juulmand1

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from a Christian in communist California. Very well said.

@jamesportrais3946

Жыл бұрын

Truth doesn't have an "anti-truth". There is truth that frankly never changes, only perhaps our perception of it, and lies that can change at the whim of the teller. Like you Stan, I find it refreshing to hear the truth and clearly it clangs like a bell in the wilderness of msm miasma.

@sabejreid2072

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic we love the USA 🇺🇸

@loveydub

Жыл бұрын

I, too, am a Christian from SC, and these two are a couple of racists.

@markmcnicholas9475

Жыл бұрын

Stan Eby, just need to agree with you. Melanie Philips has soothed my intellect in a world of madness for years, in her newspaper columns and books. Good to learn she’s heard in South Carolina.

This woman has been a great journalist and a warrior for truth for many decades. What a pleasure to listen to her clear-sightedness. Thanks for inviting her.

@jamesportrais3946

Жыл бұрын

Laser sharp and nobodies fool; much respect.

@judithvickery1584

Жыл бұрын

She was treated abominably where she worked for that British newspaper.

@PanzerBuyer

Жыл бұрын

If she somehow got on CNN the cameras would melt. She's very based.

@dragonflydreamer7658

Жыл бұрын

Let me see so Bad Russia who I care nothing about has a country a big one and the ussa and the west has thousands of bases hundreds of country's nato and then they say hey we want your one tenth of the world land mass or we will destroy the whole world with nuks. this is your future learn to love it... THREADS

@chrisclassical7

Жыл бұрын

what is truth, definitely not something you will hear from a politician.

I live in France. Last year I was invited to the annual village meal. I'm the only Englishman in the village but many neighbours came to me and commiserated about the Queen's passing. Three of the local women actually cried. They understand that the late Queen stood for something and her passing marked an unwelcome change in this world.

@jhb1493

Жыл бұрын

Same here in Canada. We have the same head of state as the UK, so the Queen was here as well - but her importance to many people was greater than being a figurehead or someone to put on stamps and cash. She stood for something bigger than the institution of Monarchy, something bigger than government itself. She came from an era where Class distinctions still existed, and could form a person to put duty first and self second. We have lost that entirely. Now we live in a world where only money seems to matter, and the only interests people are encouraged to pursue are selfish ones.

@scottbrown7415

Жыл бұрын

"Heavy is the head that wears the Crown" is a true statement.

@elgee6202

Жыл бұрын

@@jhb1493, I've often wondered how the 14 other Realms view the monarchy. Don't you see them as a British, therefore foreign, Royal Family with no real connection to Canada?

@devroombagchus7460

Жыл бұрын

The French are very polite to foreigners who live in their village, especially when they still show signs of medieval thinking. It’s a bit like pampering a small child.😊

@user-ng5ei5rg6c

Жыл бұрын

@@devroombagchus7460 Merci for this enlightened response! 😂

The age of unreason so clearly explained. Thank you Melanie. This age is no accident. This is spiritual warfare. It is such a blessing to hear you speak of what is my experience of life at present. God bless you Melanie. I shall watch this again and again and share it with those people whom I hope will receive it. Wonderful that I came across this. Amen.

@Juulmand1

Жыл бұрын

Well said, indeed. Greetings from California.

@tomsmith2181

Жыл бұрын

"The coronation was a deeply religious ceremony yet we live in a post religious society". This line sums up the entire problem of Britain today. You cannot detach Christianity from a culture that was formed out of nothing but Christianity.

@Juulmand1

Жыл бұрын

@@tomsmith2181 Very good words.

This is such an important conversation “ let him who has ears to hear….” Thank you both.

Melanie Phillips is an excellent writer. I loved her book "All Must Have Prizes" from the late 1990s about the dumbing down of education in the UK. She's a national treasure ! This was a great discussion with John Anderson, I think Melanie is right to be concerned about King Charles and his belief in global government. She articulates so well what many decent people are thinking.

I wish such interviews were required watching for all sixth form students in schools in the UK. Keep telling it as it is, Melanie: you're a heroine!

I agree with every word Melanie Phillips has uttered. I am considered unhinged, when expressing those views.

@mikedowning4869

Жыл бұрын

I used to hate her but now find that I too agree with virtually everything she is saying 😅

@metgirl5429

Жыл бұрын

@@mikedowning4869 ditto

@JK-dg4md

Жыл бұрын

She is also a lock down and vaccine fascist

@MDCDiGiPiCs

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikedowning4869 seems to happen as we get older.

@call_in_sick

Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree with everything she says. But. She expresses her ideas very well. I have a lot of respect for her.

Prof. Thomas Sowell covers "slavery" very deeply, and should be read by all that want an honest view of it.

@thesilkpainter

Жыл бұрын

Thanks...I'll have a look. I always appreciate book recommendations 👍

@gianfrancobenetti-longhini8192

Жыл бұрын

@@thesilkpainter I was sad that I did not discover him many many years ago. I lived from the age of 10, for 31 years between Tanganyika and South Africa where I got my degree, after which I became interested in Economics while working in many countries, and eventually came across this Afro-American professor that covers many fields. Any thinker will appreciate his texts.

@howardshroot

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq2Eucyjh9adXdo.html Professor Thomas Sowell explains slavery in this link.

@kwc1138

Жыл бұрын

Everyone currently wants to be a victim. You have “so called” Irish Americans claiming their ancestors were slaves as well which is insulting to the real slaves from the past. They may have been indentured servants, but that applied to all poor European immigrants who needed passage they could not afford.

@tonkabeancat1117

Жыл бұрын

Prof. Sowell is a giant among thinkers. I’m so sad that he’s in his 90s and I hope he can keep contributing for yet more years.

This woman is brilliantly truthful and brave. Thanks for this. People need to stand up against this evil and idiocy.

At about 8:00, Melanie speaks of the way the nation of America is hurt when a President is or does something dreadful, the way the people are hurt in our identity-that is what I’ve been feeling! I feel that there are so many of us who care about our communities and the world community…and I want to cry out to them, “This is not who we are! Not what we wanted to be!” I love her words about the monarchy, the “old Britain”. How often in my long life I wanted to live in Britain and become a citizen because of these old values…the ones I learned from C.S. Lewis and from Tolkien….not as the popular fantasy romances, but because of the great values and ideals embodied in their philosophies. These men and others like them intentionally used their writings to combat the nihilism and hopelessness around the wreckage of the World Wars and bring courage and hope back to our minds. The servant-leadership and hopefulness of the Queen, as you said, and her unswerving loyalty to her people, were similarly significant. Thank you, John and Melanie, for this encouraging conversation. And thank you, Britain and the entire UK, for your own idealism and example. I know I’m not expressing this the best, but thank you nonetheless.

@lydiamalone1859

Жыл бұрын

That is such a naive view. The only thing the queen was about was the survival of Monarchy. She went along with a lot of evil! She also raised horrible children.

Ms Philips puts her finger on the point... an eloquent, succinct, powerful exposition and I am pleased to see her welcome support of Israel.

@sheilaoneil18

Жыл бұрын

I agree. She gives the best explanation of the Israel situation I have ever heard. TRUTH just so clearly spoken.

@harrying882

Жыл бұрын

What a mighty woman she is, we all love her here in soho W1

@kathleenstafford2947

Жыл бұрын

😊

@dragonflydreamer7658

Жыл бұрын

Let me see so Bad Russia who I care nothing about has a country a big one and the ussa and the west has thousands of bases hundreds of country's nato and then they say hey we want your one tenth of the world land mass or we will destroy the whole world with nuks. this is your future learn to love it... THREADS

@bradleyhoughton2610

Жыл бұрын

​@@sheilaoneil18Qa 3

Thank you Melanie, everything you have said is absolutely true and makes sense. As you said there are no leaders who have the courage to stand up to reason, to morality. I am so sad to see what has happened to Britain, it is changing so quickly, that we the normal people are left flabasted about the critical culture wars etc. Thank you for your input.

Melanie should be Prime Minister of Britain. Plain and simple. ❤ She is a gem! Such a brilliant role model. Her energy is amazing.

@Juulmand1

Жыл бұрын

She should be King Charles’ first minister because we cannot have Margaret Thatcher back.

@FizzVizard

Жыл бұрын

​@@Juulmand1 Yes, her and Peter Hitchens are the sort of people who should be running out country.

@davidhookway514

Жыл бұрын

Indeed she should. Only one thing! A great part of our population with various name tags, wouldn't like it at all.

@Juulmand1

Жыл бұрын

@@davidhookway514 The tragedy of modern Britain, what was once the greatest nation in the world (and, with repentance, would be again).

@RalphOK

Жыл бұрын

@regalsmartie No, a strong, confident, rational Anglo-Saxon man should be the Prime Minister of Britain. You're missing what is the problem.

Such a sensible woman and journalist with common sense which is so lacking today in the media. Bravo for her! Great interviewer as well who lets his guest talk.

@susannamarker2582

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine Susanna Reid or Holly Willoughby being this smart ? I cannot.

@derickjude7188

Жыл бұрын

​@@susannamarker2582Those grinning idiots aren't fit to lick Melanie's boots!

Thank you as always, John, for an excellent conversation.

She has a great grasp of social factors at play over the past few decades and before. This is a great interview for anyone to hear.

Such intelligence. If only people could listen and really hear!!

Melanie. I’m part of the silent “majority” and o totally agree with your opinions, based on facts and not ideology. Thank you so much for your clarity and your courage. I hope our leaders listen to you.

@khankrum1

Жыл бұрын

How do you know you are the majority if you are so silent?

@jamesjarrett52

11 ай бұрын

But you are also an idelogue.

I love Melanie, she has such a perfect way with words and her thinking is so precise.

I'm a big fan of Ms Phillips. I enjoy her articles in the Times, on Tuesdays.

I’m from North America, and I’d like to Thank you Melanie for putting into context the plight of Israel in regards to Iran and Palestine. It was in simple terms, and comprehensible..

Melanie Phillips is a fabulous woman . She has a superior intellect and she is very very brave .

It's so strange, i am definitely a democrat (not a liberal or a progressive), but i completely agree that truth is censored and people who speak the truth are oppressed.

@lvnick915

Жыл бұрын

Saying your a Democrat and not a progressive is like saying marijuana doesn’t lead to other drugs.

@moniqueschwarz4618

Жыл бұрын

​@@lvnick915 .

@CheckYourLeaderTV

Жыл бұрын

The US Democratic Party is dead. Destroyed by embracing the radical Left. The same way as the Australian Labor party has been destroyed. You don’t have to be a Republican but you can’t be a Democrat and claim to not be a radical leftist. Simply look at Biden’s policies and administration

@jonathanj.7344

Жыл бұрын

​@@lvnick915 I think we should bring back prohibition.

@dannyarcher6370

Жыл бұрын

@@BonusHole Jury systems are ridiculous. Joe Schmoe is an idiot and should not be given the right to judge his peer.

Melanie Phillips is on to it. Has been for years. May God bless her.

What an incredible conversation. A million thanks to Melanie for saying out loud what we all feel.

Melanie Phillips; utterly brilliant. Run for office. Please. You’d have my vote.

@janeynealballet

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!! I quite agree!! Please consider it, Melanie!!!❤

I would like to mention that Israel was not a beacon of democratic freedom in respect of dealing with covid-19. Instead Sweden was, which I would not have expected at all.

@jittmet7766

Жыл бұрын

A very sad fact.

@bmbutler2

Жыл бұрын

I was so shocked to see Israel line up so fast and by the millions to take that unknown jab (which we know now.). I thought “did you not learn ANYTHING?”

@sanityandlogic1899

8 ай бұрын

Israel didn’t go as bad as US, Canada, GB and AU. The jab was not forced, but very much encouraged. I suspect the Israeli pm trusted Pfizer too much.

@Agapy8888

8 ай бұрын

Terrible situation

Thank you Melanie, exactly my thoughts and understanding of many of the issues discussed. You have made the issues, more clear for me, especially regarding Israel and Palestine. I for one am definitely standing up for my objectionable truth. From Perth, Australia, born in Italy and Christian.

On slavery. I'm white, English, and my ancestors were slaves, They were called serfs, which ammounts to the same thing. They had to work on their lords land. They were not allowed to leave their village, A whipping post in the middle of that village etc. etc. If that's not slavery, i don't know what is!

@bmbutler2

Жыл бұрын

Charles in his book “Harmony” actually wrote about he wished he could be King in a feudal society. People need to wake up to who he truly is.

Thank God that there are still people of this calibre in Britain and the world. Thank- you Melanie

I love Melanie Phillips! Thank you!

I adore Melanie Phillips she has brought so much wisdom into my life.

She's an exceptional intellectual with common sense and spiritual message. All with such rationality and clarity that anyone can understand and relate to

Wonderful interview, wonderful comments. Look to the one Leader who IS ‘The Way, The Truth and The Life’ King Jesus. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

What an amazing, great conversation. The best way to start the day. Thanks very much Melanie Phillips.

This conversation was utterly fantastic….brilliant

Brilliant lady!! What an important interview this is. Thank you John Anderson. I'm a NZr who has just discovered your Channel.

Thank you both for this thoughtful conversation, much appreciated

Thank you for this brilliant and absorbing conversation. Melanie Phillips’ ability to minutely analyse and describe our modern predicament is awesome. Her defence of Reason, and the flight from it, would also explain why so many youngsters seem nowadays to be suffering from mental illness, I suspect.

Melanie truly has 'the prophet's eye'....and how few nowadays have this attribute!...

@derickjude7188

Жыл бұрын

Neil Oliver is also very insightful and intelligent. He speaks these truths, and shows how these issues happened historically.

Wonderful conversation and one which invites return. Ms Phillips is a first rate speaker who only ever utters reasoned, truthful discourse. 'Truth has become a right wing concept' - where do we go from that?

I am a big fan of Melanie. She is such a clear and wise thinker. Her voice is so overlooked and I believe at our peril. Please keep speaking Truth into the darkness. It is the only way we will see our way forward.

This is a spectacular interview touching on the deep issues of our time!

I could listen to Melanie for hours 😊

Spot on as usual, Melanie. The world is now run by lunatics…I fear we are too far gone…

"Brittan invented anti slavery!" 💪 Thank you, William Wilberforce, a Christian!

That's why I am proud that Australia is a constitutional monarchy.

Lovely to see Melanie Phillips, have missed her over the years. Bravo!!

Have followed Melanie's writing and opinions for years and she is always balanced and factual. One of the best interviews in recent times. Difficult questions answered with rationality and reason.

Melanie Phillips- why didn’t i know about her? Wisdom and knowledge she has been able to discuss all aspects of every problem and every institution and people and foreign policy issues. She is so right on !

6 minutes in and already hooked. Superb format and brilliant guest

6/12/2023 - thank you so much for putting into words our thoughts! My husband and I are Christians, and live in a blue state. We are so concerned for our grandchildren and the state of our nation! The world is in turmoil and your wisdom was like an island of sanity. I immediately ordered your biography, and read it so I could know my newly found friend better! Thank you John for your brilliant and thoughtful interviews. We appreciate you so much for giving voice to our concerns!!

So absolutely refreshing to hear truth being spoken without apology or hesitancy!!

As a 50-year-old born and bred Catholic Englishman, I found the ceremony extremely beautiful and emotional. I say emotional because I felt like I was mourning, not only the death of possibly the best embodiment of what I deem to be the human embodiment of what is to be British in a Monarch, but also religion, truth and morality because all of those things seem to have been completely remove especially from politics and contemporary British culture. This country is not Great Britain anymore its just England, sadly.

An outstanding guest, awesome eloquence 👏👍👌

She is so articulate! Have always loved listening to her speak

I thank the God of Israel for this Lady. He has used her eloquent insight into the spirit of the age, to warn the world of the impending danger to mankind. Thank you sincerely for the love of your nation, and the nations of the world. Speaking truth to lies, and shouldering the insult. The Lord bless you, and continue to give you His wisdom.

Excellent video thank you 😊🇬🇧

Entirely concur with Melanie.Thank you.

This is truly more appropriate in America than ever before.

Totally agree. ..I look at people like Boris , Rishi, Cameron etc...grim, right?

Finally! Love this lady and this man!

Melanie Phillips, truth warrior.

What did the Queen really have to complain about!?😮

@chronicles8324

Жыл бұрын

having to smile and do her job a few days before she died ? She was meeting a new priminister in front of the cameras the day before she died and she was very ill. She ALWAYS did her duty no matter what. She took her role very seriously, its not quite as simple as americans like to suggest that she lounged around on futons with servants meeting her every need.

I like you Melanie Phillips... you say it as it is.... thank you

Thanks John. We need these frank and open discussions.

This woman is incredible. Please someone put her in charge of this broken world . Excellent interview 👏

Excellent discussion. Thank you both! 🙏🏼❤

"...and now, let's go on to dismember it" (The British values) How very true. Thank you for bringing Melanie Phillips on. Most appreciated!

Love Melanie. Thank God for her clear-sightedness.

Read Mrs’ Phillips “Londonistan” and was greatly impressed by her work. Always a pleasure to listen to her as well.

Well said, Melanie Phillips. Sad that Britain is doomed.

@mwyn5085

Жыл бұрын

As is the USA 😔

Really good interview and conversation.

I find it troubling that our King is so politically active, and, not least, that he is involved with the WEF. This to me prevents him from being able to be 'above the fray'. It is not so much what he does in public as what he does behind the scenes. It could cost him his kingship. Melanie, I want you to know that each morning I spend about 10 minutes praying for Israel and have done so since 2012. I believed it was God who commanded me to do this after reading a book. You have given me some specific 'fodder' to pray about rather than in general terms. If He has told me to pray in this way, I am certain He has commanded others.

@bmbutler2

Жыл бұрын

Well done. More people need to be educated on who Charles really is and how he has sold his soul many times over to the highest bidder.

Melanie Phillips, Camille Paglia - there's not enough of them

@todesque

Жыл бұрын

Arguably the two greatest female minds of our age. One left; one right.

Those who do not let others live will collapse themselves.

What a remarkable woman with such intelligence, clarity and thorough understanding of history and current events, yet with such deep-seated values. Such a fascinating interview. Thank you!

Melanie speaks the truth, which is totally unacceptable to the world. Long may she continue.

Although I was born in the 1950s it was not until later that I realised why our Queen was held in such esteem. For instance even as a Princess ,in wartime there she was seen working at repairs of army vehicles and setting an example to young women at that time how they too could help the war effort , like the land army or despatch riders. As a Queen she upheld relations with leaders abroad. The Royal Family are the custodians of the character of English people.

Excellent conversation.I agree with every word she spoke.

"Britons have an identity based on hundreds of years of history" - make that thousands of years of history.

@thestraightroad305

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say….

@sniwashitu

11 ай бұрын

Britain only existed from the act of assetion 300 years ago.. England existed from athelstan around a 1000 years ago..britannia existed 2000 yrs ago under Rome 🙂

Thankyou so much for your work im so glad that inteligent people are now thinking they might be the problem !! University is the brain drain God bless us all

@patriciajohnson9117

Жыл бұрын

Thank you both for your work. Melanie has lived a life of purpose. I thank God for speaking into her heart and mind. My heart wants to find others to share this with.

With the benefit of a little hindsight. One of the best interviews on KZread right now!

Thank you Melanie for speaking the truth.

A pleasure to listen to this conversation. Thank you.

A wise woman - always great to listen to - thank you

If only Melanie could be PM! So perfectly put. Cannot be said better. There’s a mourning for the passing of a very British culture. Right wing can be simply just old fashioned but precisely TRUE!

I am the child of a British immigrant, who died a proud subject of the Queen, imparting the values, love and lore of her beloved 'tiny island'.(She was mortified by the EU.) As I live an American experience, in the midst of turmoil and exposure of deep corruption, not only within America but worldwide, within all politics and processes, it's little wonder my spirit is shaken. I am blessed to have the British 'pluck' instilled in me, but the 'Yank' in me pulls at me, too. Perception is the name of this world's 'game' and with Truth crashing down on our learned and programmed perceptions, I am grateful to have some of that British 'pluck' to fall back on. Elizabeth II provided the image and a perception that codified and united the will and thoughts of the war-weary British people. Perhaps, when we learn to recognize the structures that mold our perceptions, we'll be more comfortable with seeking out Truth versus accepting the pablum fed to us. Critical thinking was never such an important resource, ergo how very politically incorrect am I. Heaven help us all.

Brilliant woman, great interview.

Its a delight hearing two very insightful and principled people.🙂

I LOVE Melanie Phillips She's a living icon & intellectual.

I'm so glad I lived through the glorious years of decades long past.

The higher you go up the ladder, you find irrational people... It's the results of the theories of deconstruction from French philosophers Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. An age of unreason indeed, and also of emotionalism

Keep going...KEEP YOUR VOICE ALIVE! People with COMMON SENSE totally agree with you, Melanie! Keep banging your DRUM...truth is a mighty weapon!

Listened as I worked... Agree across all points with Melanie Phillips.

Thank you Melanie for giving words where I did not know how I should start talking about these things...

John you are the best. Your interviews are riveting . I could listen to you all day.I learn so much.Keep doing them.

MS Philips is wonderful in her clarity!

Thank you Melanie Phillips.