David Starkey vs. Laurie Penny - full video
Channel: 01192265
Date: 2012-06-25

Journalist Laurie Penny and historian David Starkey go head-to-head at the Sunday Times Festival of Education on Saturday 23th June, 2012. Penny called Starkey a "racist" and a "bigot" after he claimed a child exploitation ring who groomed white girls for sex had values "that were entrenched in foothills of the Punjab." Starkey responded, glass of wine in hand, by aggressively accusing Penny of demanding a large fee for appearing at an event before poking his finger in her face and criticizing her public school education.