A Quote by David Starkey

I remain a very reluctant member of the Conservative Party. On the principle that one sort of ought to. Unfortunately, in 21st-century Britain I have no political home whatever. I get very sickened at the conventional right-wing label.

David Starkey

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David Starkey
English - Historian
Born: January 3, 1945

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