Former MI6 Officer, Christopher Steele | Full Q&A | Oxford Union 

Oxford has shown a lack of integrity and ignorance

Isn't this guy the center of Russiagate?

I can't believe giving a guy legitimacy who created a "dossier" based on 1 person with little to no corroboration.

I thought the dossier was proved to be fake. Whats this guy talking about, it's as if he doesnt know it was a fake sourced dossier.

The only question I would have, is "How the fuck are you not in prison?"

I trust the opinions of this man as much as I trust his dirty dossier..

In this world it doesn't matter how clever you are, it matters how able you are to discern truth from lies.

So much for the Oxford Union as a great debating chamber.

People should know that sending the jets wasn't even Poland's idea, it was Josep Borrell (the EU foreign policy chief) who came up with the whole thing on 28th feb (you can confirm it easily from whatever source you trust). Poland has responded perfectly in this messy situation as a member of NATO.

Omg, they're asking an MI6 to give answers, truthful answers? Rotflmao.

wait, people are still listening to this guy? Asking this guy about disinformation is exquisite irony.

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the entire globe has lost much hard-fought ground in the war for human rights. the appetite amongst the elite for unrivaled dictatorships across the globe has never been so insatiable. never before in history has corporate interests been so completely able to stifle any whisper of resistance to their whim or their will. we are, as a whole, standing on the last inch of liberty bequeathed to us, as a legacy, by the sacrifices of the greatest generation of our times.

Its hard to believe that this man is on any public platform after being so discredited and exposed recently .

Wow… what’s next, a lecture by Gislane Maxwell?? 😂🤣😂 Did you pay him in golden showers? 🤣😂🤡

Its amazing how people havent woken up to the lack of integrity of this man even after he has been exposed . So sad to see that .

The Oxford Union invited Pinocchio? I'm negatively impressed!

I am from the USA, and I would first like to say how much I enjoy this channel, The Oxford Society, and th very insightful, but very controled way you all discuss these matters with your guests. Here in the US, debate has truly died. Instead it has degenerated into intransigence, with both sides of our political system resorting to name calling and other personal attacks, rather than trying to work together and resolve a particular issue. Its utterly childish. I am 56, I worked in the intelligence side of federal law enforcement for 22 years, and since the second Bush administration, we basically have not had a truly functioning government and it's gotten worse not better. Almost as soon a Obama was elected, the two political parties threw away reason, and intellectual discussion on issues, and adopted a childish stance of disagreeing, and not working together simply over political affiliation. The Republicans would not cooperate with the Democrats and vice versa, no matter how critical the issue. The same happened under the Trump administration and continues under the current Biden administration. Through these last three administrations true democracy and real debate has virtually died. Neither side will work with the other. And based on my background I have often considered the idea that this situation has been engineered by foreign governments hostile to Western, and particularly, American democracy and ideologies. Western democratic governments , by virtue of needing to stand for elections on a regular basis, tend to focus on short term, while the world's dictatorships like Russia, China and others do not have to worry about re-election, so they can focus on very long term plans. And I firmly believe the dictatorships have been, long term, doing their level best to disrupt western democratic nation's political systems and processes and also western alliances. What keeps democracy, in any country, alive is debate and a willingness to compromise. No solution to a problem is ever perfect, but in the past, different political parties were willing to sit at the table, and focus on the needs of the population and forge a working functional government and working solutions. To make matters worse, for myriad reasons, the people of the world's democracies have forgotten that at their very core, the world's dictatorships want to see democracy fail and will do whatever it takes to make that happen. Putin's invasion of the free, independent, sovereign, and democratic nation of Ukraine, has been galvanizing for the democracies, it has woken them from their reveries, and made them realize if democracy as a thriving political system is going to survive, it's time to put aside childish and petty ideas and work together. And for those apologists out there for countries like Iran , North Korea and others, the world is seriously concerned about a world superpower pushing the nuclear button, there is no possible way that Iran or North Korea should ever have any nuclear capabilities whatsoever. Just imagine what would happen if they do have nuclear capabilities. Keep up the great videos on this channel, you give me hope that democracy can still work in the modern age.

My Father was in MI6 throughout the Cold War...and he'd turn in his grave at what a weak, pathetic Country we've become.

You got an MI6 agent & yet not a single critical question on Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya??..is this really Oxford!!..

I don't care what their "A" Level grades were .. these kids are gormless.

THE STEELE DOSSIER!!

Why would you interview this criminal liar?? Wow!!

Do people still think this person has any integrity and is a 'reliable source'. What a joke

On behalf of the American people, I wish Christopher Steele would tell this administration to read up on WWI, & PULL BACK!!! It isn't WWII, it's WWI---- stupid loss of life, millions upon milluons lost for one small country.

What a piece of work!

Lot of trolls from St Petersburg in the comments

If you literally just replaced criticism Russia with the west you will be much closer to the truth.

This man used a phony "intelligence report" as political dirt for a paid client. Abysmal.

Wonder where he learned his dossier generation skills?

This guy needs to be questioned under oath. They have been trained to lie, lie and lie!

Isn’t this guy the famous ‘Steele Dossier’s author?

No questions about the Dossier?

In July 2020 Justice Warby from the Queen's Bench Division of the British High Court of Justice ordered Steele to pay damages to Aven and Fridman who Steele claimed had delivered "large amounts of illicit cash" to Vladimir Putin when Putin was deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. Judge Warby said the claim was "demonstrably false" and awarded the damages to compensate "for the loss of autonomy, distress and reputational damage caused by the breaches of duty". The judge stated that Steele's dossier also inaccurately claimed that Aven and Fridman provided foreign policy advice to Putin

"Going forward", used no less than four times by this interviewer. It is inane corporate-speak. Stop it.

Christopher Steele? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Unbelievable our closest and most trusted ally hands out a peerage to a KGB agent’s son.

Christopher Steele, wow this is embarrassing....... Jokeshop

I would have expected a much higher level of debate coming from the Oxford Union! Very, very, very disappointing.

Why doesn't RU-vid post the recording date of it's videos ?!?!?!

11:15 Single source intelligence reports? Would you buy a used dossier from this guy?

Has anyone questioned him on the lies he perpetuated ?

Under investigation in the USA

Give John Durham a call he is looking for you.

Putin is a liar.. Interviewer: You did some work in Afghanistan? No. That was disinformation 🙄

Is this the guy who did that nonsense dossier that turned out to be fiction?

Lovely to see guys together from yt ❤

I believe this lacks 2 types of questions: 1. questions that cannot be asked. 2. questions that cannot be answered..

I didn't watch this, I find him totally discredited. Very glad to read in the comments that I'm not alone in that.

There's some value here but I wouldn't want this guy next to me in a trench. Is this the best the West can present? No, thank goodness. Far from it

I enjoyed this thankyou

Clear and informed presentation, with little prevarication or pretense. Amusing that herds of trumpsheep here are all very triggered...

one of the better oxford union Q&A out there. student moderator was good at prompting further response by Steele. audiences' questions were also reasonable and relevant to the times. Steele gave polished answers as you might expect from someone who had work for MI6 for a long time, but nevertheless is worth listening to.

The question not asked is the current Tory government influenced by Russian money. It's the obvious question not asked. WHY.

In 1975 during Putin's training in the KGB a serious character flaw was flagged: Excessive risk taking as opposed to calculated risk. And was sent to Dresden instead of the more sensitive and important area of East Berlin.

Loved this guy in Spinal Tap.

A tremble that we are reliant on these compromised characters for warning

Some well pitched questions, far better than most questions posed by people who are paid to do so. Some hope there.

One can only speculate as to what Mr. Steele was up to as an Mi6 agent in Russia from 1990 to 1993. How strange it never came up.

Good discussion.

This coward will go down with the rest of the swamp

OxfordUnion, what the hell did you think this would achieve, other than to permanently taint your reputation.

Christopher Steele talks about collusion between members of the Trump campaign and the Russians during the 2016 Presidential campaign with the intention of 'discrediting Hillary Clinton.' I don't wish to get into the controversies over that issue but might it not be the case that Hillary did a pretty good job of discrediting herself? Firstly, her sense of entitlement and secondly, and more importantly, insulting millions of prospective voters, 'basket of deplorables' I seem to remember being the phrase she used. Could one imagine an FDR or Reagan going out of their way to insult voters? Just a thought.

A lot of scholars warned against NATO expanding eastwards. Sweden is a neutral country. Sweden doesn't need to join NATO.

He's utterly discredited after the Laptop no-one wants to discuss.

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Next week’s Oxford Union guest:Jeffry Dohmer, he will be speaking about the merits of a Vegetarian diet.

How can you tell he is lying? His mouth is moving

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Really like the saying "calculated risk".

Why didn’t she ask him about Pissgate?

Wow, it's been a long time I heard the phrase "nothing will change my mind". I guess it's something you hear when you roll in religious circles.

They deserve the consequences of the corrupt world they've created. The problem is...the rest of us DON'T deserve it.

The Ukraine should remain a neutral buffer state after this invasion and should not join the EU and NATO. Nor should it be aligned with Russia, of course. The Ukraine should trade with the whole world on its own terms, attract foreign investment and fight its own endemic corruption levels.

Good talk

Would help if you would put the date of recording into the details.

A Very dishonest Propagandist. He lied as profession all his life so never expected him to say anything different.

I find the hosts for these events don’t ask particularly incisive questions, very run of the mill predictable questions, the attendees ask much better questions.

I never understood the idea that Trump is stooge of Putin. No one was more steadfast in opposing Europe’s bankrolling of Putin via vast energy imports from Russia than Donald Trump. He continuously opposed, (maybe hectored is a better word) Angela Merkel for her utter contempt for NATO commitments. Europe laughed at Trump’s warnings ( half of America laughed too).

Very good CS.

Incredibly disconnected from reality. Blinded by his agency's dogma.

This smooth chap conveniently left out the subject of NATO expansion until the question was posed to him

Avoid it and enjoy your life and family

We simply don't move the floor the way we used to. The crows are wise to the foil. Repeat. The crows are wise to the foil.

Man has no credibility.

I lied a whole bunch in High School and college, and in my first few years working I padded my CV/Resume to an unbelievable level. I primarily try to be truthful nowadays, but I could easily go back to those wicked ways seeing how well this utter charlatan's career has progressed.

What's the name of the interviewer? I'd like to hear more from her

1982 Falkland Islands? Logistic calculations? I'm amazed at level of knowledge and everlasting games of espionage and humour. Serious humour of bringing down those who are primarily posting threats according to intelligence. "Terrifying ..ha-ha..."

When I hear "democracy", I draw my lüger.

This guy has no credibility.

thank you, great guest!

I want to know what the person in the green jumper wanted to ask - this person is so keen! (visible in the wide shot)

Interesting discussion, but one thing totally missing was the role of Energy. Russia as the world's largest oil exporter and supplier of much of western Europe's gas. Even ignoring Russia, and for that matter Belarus, being major suppliers of all sorts of commodities essential for industry and agriculture, I'm afraid this rather major ignored factor is an enormous ace up Putin's sleeve. The west probably has 6 months before this situation becomes untenable for their economies and stagflation, recession and progression to depression becomes irreversible. If Ukraine can't beat off Russia in that time frame and leave Putin in a much weakened state, forcing him to negotiate, then any releases from the finite SPR stockpile will become increasingly ineffective! Once that reserve is gone, things start to get interesting.

I can't wait for your Prince Andrew Q&A. When will that be?

He doesn’t see an immediate solution. That’s not good.

Steele is a liar.

How can any of you possibly take a thing he says seriously. He has been proven to have seeded purchased fake intel for political purposes. Integrity is everything.

How to accidentally recruit the enemy: have an open recruitment drive. Stupid.

This man head is full with messages for people that aren't in that room.

Mi6 siempre estara para salvaguardar la integridad de un pais y la cuidadosa union de paises democraticos