David Starkey – a mediaeval mindset

David Starkey, the historian, an expert on the Tudors of 16th Century England, holds views on race which are equally stuck back in the ignorant past. Students and staff at Cambridge University have been campaigning for years to get him dropped for his racist views and his latest outburst saying there are “so many damn blacks” in Britain and Africa on a right-wing online discussion forum could see his honorary fellowship removed.
For years he’s been a regular contributor to The