You keep quoting Jeremy Paxman - why should we believe a non-historian TV commentator and quiz-master?

But Jim, both this week and last week it was YOU who first posted about his programme!
I just used quotes to show that you were being dishonest about its message.

I did quote some of his views before the programme aired, giving this reason (26th Jan)

"It is true that in the tiny pond that is Mudcat, I am a lone voice, shouted down by people who have not read any recent historical work.
In the real world, intelligent, informed people exemplified by Jeremy Paxman, know what I know."