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  • Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
  • John Oliver explains how Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has succeeded - not despite his bumbling persona, but often because of it.
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Комментарии • 14 тыс.

  • @tekbarrier
    @tekbarrier 4 года назад +6257

    Boris Johnson: calculated buffoonery
    Donald Trump: authentic buffoonery

    • @otogun3324
      @otogun3324 4 года назад +90

      It's scary how real that is.

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 4 года назад +150

      We, that is to say I, have the best buffoons... not only that, I dare say we have the only real buffoons, and of course I would know, being the best and biggest buffoon in the world, some people say the universe...

    • @tekbarrier
      @tekbarrier 4 года назад +43

      Hazukichan X my buffooneries are yuuuge

    • @zagd-ochirshugarsuren1133
      @zagd-ochirshugarsuren1133 4 года назад +5

      one is PM of UK other one is president of USA. me and you just comment write and read nobody lol

    • @VArsovski10
      @VArsovski10 4 года назад +37

      Don't blame the buffoons, blame the others beforehand that made those buffoons look like a viable option

  • @freedomm
    @freedomm 4 года назад +3578

    That trick with the google bus searches is scary genius. I almost respect him for it.

    • @freedomm
      @freedomm 4 года назад +54

      1111Pel Nope. Racism, prejudice and mass murder doesn’t take brains.

    • @MisterL2_yt
      @MisterL2_yt 4 года назад +24

      Yeah that was really smart... how did someone figure that out xd

    • @Boomerrage32
      @Boomerrage32 4 года назад +36

      Didn't really work though. If I google it, I still get hits about the NHS funding bus.

    • @jackobora3193
      @jackobora3193 4 года назад +80

      It's putting a talent to work to get out of things. A wiser man would apply the talent to avoid getting into them in the first place.

    • @LemonChick
      @LemonChick 4 года назад +11

      Except it was not Boris but Cummings who was the person responsible for the infamous bus.

  • @alexandrebaptista1549
    @alexandrebaptista1549 Год назад +1142

    Who's watching it today as Boris Johnson resigns as PM?

    • @isabelarojo386
      @isabelarojo386 Год назад +10

      sup

    • @noahsterben5666
      @noahsterben5666 Год назад +8

      Hate I missed that

    • @ccdaly2561
      @ccdaly2561 Год назад

      I'm about two weeks late but I'm so happy for the UK. Y'all might get another asshole, but at least that one is gone.

    • @davidbanner7804
      @davidbanner7804 Год назад +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @gaberobison680
      @gaberobison680 Год назад +4

      YES

  • @Granty707
    @Granty707 Год назад +890

    Can we please get a new segment on Boris now that he's completely fucked it

  • @murkywaterz7663
    @murkywaterz7663 3 года назад +3800

    Boris Johnson is the real life persona of the "Jar Jar Binks is a Sith lord" theory

    • @williamlaker7686
      @williamlaker7686 3 года назад +96

      This is to perfect

    • @randomuser1249
      @randomuser1249 2 года назад +25

      That theory had some merit I watched an hour long video on its not true but funny and there are a lot of coincidences.

    • @NathanDavisVideos
      @NathanDavisVideos 2 года назад +7

      What... Were you watching an episode of Mat Pat's "Film Theory" or something like that?

    • @randomuser1249
      @randomuser1249 2 года назад +1

      @@NathanDavisVideos I don’t remember

    • @glastea5591
      @glastea5591 2 года назад +4

      @@randomuser1249 It was but George ended up changing it.

  • @HokiePitcher22
    @HokiePitcher22 4 года назад +5774

    If it really is true that Boris purposely made up the "I design buses" story to change his search results for more favorable stories, that is one of the smartest, most calculated strategies for media manipulation i have ever seen. And that is the only compliment I will ever give him.

    • @CaughtRedHanged
      @CaughtRedHanged 4 года назад +169

      Well you should probably complement him on his gut reaction to which consulting advice he should listen to. Because it is for a fact not his idea, he just know intuitively that it could work. And if not, he doesn't mind. His approach is trial and error down the deep end. Nothing is too embarrassing or opportunistic looking, as long as it fulfills his main goal. To be on top with the minimal amount of effort, having everyone double guessing you because you have figured out how to trigger biases and preconceptions that work nearly mechanically.

    • @HokiePitcher22
      @HokiePitcher22 4 года назад +92

      @@CaughtRedHanged thank you for the word salad.

    • @domzbu
      @domzbu 4 года назад +5

      Stonking Tory majority, ho ho ho! and nobody cares what you think and comment on RUclips!

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 4 года назад +24

      HokiePitcher22 - He’s a clever fellow. I can believe he would make up a silly answer to a stupid question.

    • @HokiePitcher22
      @HokiePitcher22 4 года назад +60

      @@domzbu "nobody cares what you think and comment on RUclips"....except you apparently. Being that you commented. Hmm.

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 2 года назад +1103

    We need a John Oliver update on Boris… boozy parties at no 10, breaking lockdown rules etc. He’s far from a bumbling fool, he is a self serving endlessly ambitious toff who has contempt for the British public and has painted himself as a « man of the people ». This old Etonian couldnt be further from that.

    • @nickdoughty518
      @nickdoughty518 2 года назад +38

      Living in England at the moment is what I imagine taking Class A hallucinatory drugs is like.

    • @zigowl1193
      @zigowl1193 2 года назад +29

      @@nickdoughty518 you are not wrong. I feel like I live in a Monty Python film.

    • @protopigeon
      @protopigeon 2 года назад +17

      @@nickdoughty518 If only it were that much fun

    • @mastertrams
      @mastertrams 2 года назад +12

      @@nickdoughty518 Personally, I've never taken any such hallucinatory drugs, but having spoken to a few people who have, usually you hallucinate something sort of edging towards being pleasant or not outright threatening to your life. Living in England is not that sort of hallucination, though I really wish it was just that.

    • @christineegan465
      @christineegan465 2 года назад +4

      They're back on the air this weekend.

  • @LOLERXP
    @LOLERXP 2 года назад +545

    My favorite Boris Johnson moment is when he unironically quoted Pericles' propaganda speeches about Athenian democracy in a public debate with an ancient historian.

    • @subliminaljuggernaut7278
      @subliminaljuggernaut7278 2 года назад +102

      she (the historian) wasnt that old.

    • @LOLERXP
      @LOLERXP 2 года назад +39

      @@subliminaljuggernaut7278 lmao good one

    • @Adam-ut1dh
      @Adam-ut1dh 2 года назад +15

      Assuming that's Pericles' funeral oration, that's one of the most famous speeches in history and not at all weird...

    • @andreas.bottanova3056
      @andreas.bottanova3056 2 года назад +23

      Yeah, and remember, Prof. Mary Beard, the ancient historian, has won the debate🙂

    • @weareallbornmad410
      @weareallbornmad410 Год назад +1

      @@Adam-ut1dh Did you enjoy Eton? Because I definitely enjoyed getting a PhD, and yet, I never heard the one-of-the-most-famous- in-the-world speech "Pericles' funeral oration."

  • @bananawal8215
    @bananawal8215 4 года назад +6919

    Y'all should have elected Lord Buckethead while you still had the chance

    • @vermont6260
      @vermont6260 4 года назад +284

      ALL HAIL LORD BUCKETHEAD
      LONG MAY HE REIGN

    • @TheParadoxGamer1
      @TheParadoxGamer1 4 года назад +168

      ALL HAIL BUCKETHEAD
      ALL HAIL BUCKETHEAD
      ALL HAIL BUCKETHEAD

    • @henrywalsh
      @henrywalsh 4 года назад +203

      Lord Buckethead called it - "And it will be a shitshow."

    • @commissarkitty3553
      @commissarkitty3553 4 года назад +91

      America: Trump
      Britan: Trump light.

    • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
      @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 4 года назад +67

      I'm a Vermin Supreme man myself, but I feel LBH would make a fine ally in these trying times

  • @colincraigo5793
    @colincraigo5793 4 года назад +1542

    “Presenting his lack of preparation so charmingly, that you actually doubt he is unprepared. But he is.”
    Everyone and myself in College...

    • @cristianluna5568
      @cristianluna5568 4 года назад +8

      Everyone in education.lol

    • @cristianluna5568
      @cristianluna5568 4 года назад +18

      Including the teachers and administrator's

    • @stevencooper787
      @stevencooper787 4 года назад +5

      @@cristianluna5568 the instructor's what? If you're going to correct other people, do try and get it right yourself!

    • @dankit2548
      @dankit2548 4 года назад +11

      But he is actually unprepared... he has a completely practiced routine to appear foolish and unprepared. The man is scary.

    • @avigutierrez8948
      @avigutierrez8948 4 года назад +1

      Same here but only difference really haven’t study as much🤷‍♂️.

  • @khylerbane4523
    @khylerbane4523 3 года назад +430

    The Queen saying "Deez Nutz" to every prime minister since Churchill, with not context as to why, is something I never knew I needed so much.
    ...I wish is was actually true.

    • @hawz
      @hawz 2 года назад +37

      We don’t have any hard evidence that it isn’t true…

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 2 года назад +9

      @@hawz Actually we do know what the qqueen told Johnsson. She asked him why he even wanted the job.

    • @muffintube379
      @muffintube379 10 дней назад

      It is

  • @Charlie_Crown
    @Charlie_Crown 3 года назад +145

    Got to be said, John Oliver definitely nails it here, like a fox in Kent

    • @puffles5187
      @puffles5187 8 месяцев назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mitchkettles5242
    @mitchkettles5242 4 года назад +4024

    Getting distracted by tea?? That may be the most English thing I've ever seen

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 4 года назад +75

      Isn't it though? The panacea for all English ills.

    • @anthonyzullo
      @anthonyzullo 4 года назад +50

      Doesnt happen to americand, we throw that shit on the water lmao

    • @Steelburgh
      @Steelburgh 4 года назад +73

      @@anthonyzullo Sadly, we get distracted by Twitter. Don't even have to take the time to boil and steep it.

    • @yuutokasane3332
      @yuutokasane3332 4 года назад +13

      Anthony Brown would you like beer good sir? It’s free.

    • @NabilTouchie
      @NabilTouchie 4 года назад +21

      Chavez did it on venezuelan journalists offering them coffee... damn... Boris Johnson is a genius

  • @timchavez552
    @timchavez552 4 года назад +2594

    "They love me over there."
    "No they don't."

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 4 года назад +11

      Yeah British people live their parents, and that's it, and even then as long as they never have to admit to it.

    • @TheRavensOmen
      @TheRavensOmen 4 года назад +17

      Actually, the people John refers to only know Trump through the narrative filter of "left-stream media", so of course those misinformed cretins would hate him as they do. What they don't realize is that what they hate is merely a portrayal, a caricature insidiously created for that very purpose.

    • @peterdine6601
      @peterdine6601 4 года назад +120

      @@TheRavensOmen bruh, we see the things he says and the policies he ennacts. That's our problem with him. And our media is pretty centrist, bordering on right-wing and in the pocket of the Conservative Party.

    • @TheRavensOmen
      @TheRavensOmen 4 года назад +1

      @@peterdine6601 lol Normally, a patently absurd comment such as yours I would assume is just someone taking the mickey. Ya know, a bit of trolling to allay the boredom. But when the very first word is "bruh", well, let's just say that what always follows is certainly going to be a "bruh" level of commentary. It means you're not just joking.....you actually believe what you're saying. Our media is bordering on right-wing? In the pocket of the conservative party? The fact that you believe that is pure comedy gold! So, if you can make insanely absurd comments in front of a live audience, and maintain a straight face, you might want to pursue a career in stand-up 😆🤣

    • @peterdine6601
      @peterdine6601 4 года назад +41

      @@TheRavensOmen bruh is no worse than taking the mickey. And perhaps you haven't heard about the connections between Laura Kunesberg of the BBC and Boris Johnson?

  • @agbooladaniel7773
    @agbooladaniel7773 2 года назад +196

    Watching this in mid January 2022, just helps to shed light to what is happening now with Boris's leadership of the Tory party. John Oliver was so right about the many failings of a clownish PM.

  • @gspendlove
    @gspendlove Год назад +105

    Well, now Boris has got plenty of time on his hands to keep on painting wonderful buses.

  • @laurencelikestopgun
    @laurencelikestopgun 4 года назад +9280

    Somewhere in Moscow, Putin is sitting in his bathtub wondering how it went so right

    • @majinvegeta7381
      @majinvegeta7381 4 года назад +315

      FACTS

    • @Glornak
      @Glornak 4 года назад +587

      I imagine him sitting on the can looking at world news on his phone and giving a single solitary "hehe" every time an a**hole gets elected into power or misuses their power. Immediately returning to his usual half scowl.

    • @LemonadepieX
      @LemonadepieX 4 года назад +79

      A bathtub filled with the blood of his enemies.

    • @glorious_help
      @glorious_help 4 года назад +99

      花ちゃん that doesn’t mean isolation, it means building nationalism

    • @aninfinitelyvixxedvip6
      @aninfinitelyvixxedvip6 4 года назад +48

      @@betos-08 of course, what better then making them turn against each other? What you said and Alexander Rdzen said are both right. He is doing both.

  • @jasondworkin6597
    @jasondworkin6597 4 года назад +2828

    “One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly was so-but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence, the act. He preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    • @Skittenmeow
      @Skittenmeow 4 года назад +64

      Perfect!!

    • @Ironclad404
      @Ironclad404 4 года назад +109

      I immediately thought of this. If anything the books taught me, is I can always go mad and save my sanity for later.

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter 4 года назад +37

      So Boris is the real life Zaphod? Good to know!

    • @magicalsuperp5848
      @magicalsuperp5848 4 года назад +26

      Spot on, at least we know now where he gets it from!

    • @dunngyllite7883
      @dunngyllite7883 4 года назад +13

      Plus it looks like this BoJo is heading straight to a "Desaster Area" gig - - coincidence?

  • @kdmb212
    @kdmb212 Год назад +53

    Just back here enjoying this after Boris has resigned.

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 Год назад

      At least UK's Trump had the class and good sense to resign quietly without leaving behind a attempted governmental coup with a cadre of toffee-nosed lackeys covering up his high crimes and misdemeanors.

    • @nahlaahmani6739
      @nahlaahmani6739 Год назад

      Me too!

  • @sirsplintfastthepungent1373
    @sirsplintfastthepungent1373 Год назад +66

    First the Guidestones fell, then Boris Johnson.
    No one person should wield this much power.

    • @goldholz
      @goldholz Год назад +11

      John Oliver is no mear mortal. He is a god. HE IS OUR NEW OVERLORD! PRAIS HIM!

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE Год назад +5

      @@goldholz Praise be! Praise be!

    • @goldholz
      @goldholz Год назад +9

      @@ArcturusOTE yes PRAIS THE ONLY REVERENT OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL EXEMPTION!

  • @johngleason1776
    @johngleason1776 4 года назад +480

    That clip of Johnson giving tea to the reporters was diabolical, but it’s also a great illustration of how a cult of personality works

    • @apexepicplays1016
      @apexepicplays1016 4 года назад +5

      Actually quite funny tbh

    • @chumark54
      @chumark54 4 года назад +7

      Indeed. I keep on shouting: "Just ask him! Ask him the damn question!"

    • @apexepicplays1016
      @apexepicplays1016 4 года назад +4

      @@lucasqwert1 even with context, its actully hilarious

    • @hammersbaseball11
      @hammersbaseball11 4 года назад +13

      Yeah man it's a sort of evil genius type. He knows how to manipulate the situation into his control

    • @jasondiend4248
      @jasondiend4248 4 года назад +4

      People like to see the dope but god this man is smart. I have respect Johnson because of it. He is so fucking evil you can tell. Agree with his politics or not this man can spin and that is fucking scary.

  • @juniorchief5989
    @juniorchief5989 4 года назад +605

    You know none of this would of happened if you guys had elected lord buckethead

    • @leelicayan2180
      @leelicayan2180 4 года назад +16

      Praise Lord Buckethead

    • @MrPrussianjester
      @MrPrussianjester 4 года назад +22

      Can you imagine lord buckethead shaking hands with the queen?

    • @Jacob-ht7im
      @Jacob-ht7im 4 года назад +5

      This comment is severely underrated! I completely agree, put Buckethead in charge and things will be ok.

    • @S1ronin
      @S1ronin 4 года назад +3

      I'm a big fan of his stance on negotiating.

    • @PauloGarcia-sp5ws
      @PauloGarcia-sp5ws 4 года назад +1

      @@MrPrussianjester I would cry

  • @user-nw8vn7rn2q
    @user-nw8vn7rn2q Год назад +34

    Coming back to this in July 2022 when he's resigned kicking and screaming just to feel vindicated

  • @epicmewtwo8274
    @epicmewtwo8274 2 года назад +142

    I've been watching Last Week Tonight episodes about Trump to laugh at the old times and be grateful that things are slightly better but watching this one is making me wish we went back to simpler times because everything is just getting worse all the time with Boris. Living in the UK is endless misery with this guy in power.
    EDIT: AHAHAHAHAHA WE'RE FREE
    EDIT 2: I WAS WRONG WE'RE NEVER FREE

    • @stayforthepeelpronpls4774
      @stayforthepeelpronpls4774 2 года назад +7

      John needs to come back to Boris with all the shit and partygate going on rn

    • @UltimaPowers
      @UltimaPowers Год назад +5

      Yeah sure feels like we're free and didn't trade one Tory lizard for another...

    • @epicmewtwo8274
      @epicmewtwo8274 Год назад +1

      @@UltimaPowers I'll admit that yeah I was wrong. We are never free. It's still a cycle of misery.

    • @UltimaPowers
      @UltimaPowers Год назад +1

      @@epicmewtwo8274 Hey, don't sweat it, at least for that brief instant you felt a charge of hope. Try to regain that feeling and hold on to it cos holy shit after 12 years of these actually evil cunts I can't even remember what that was like.

    • @greenie15
      @greenie15 Год назад +4

      I'm sorry but the updates are so funny (dark humor funny, but still)

  • @misterthegeoff9767
    @misterthegeoff9767 4 года назад +4125

    On behalf of the UK to the rest of the world I want to apologise for providing the answer to the question "What if Donald Trump were to become self aware?"

    • @darthknightwingphoenix2081
      @darthknightwingphoenix2081 4 года назад +118

      Mister The Geoff apology accepted. So, how do we get these idiots to leave us alone? Any ideas?

    • @misterthegeoff9767
      @misterthegeoff9767 4 года назад +86

      @@darthknightwingphoenix2081 Search me, I've been trying to find an answer to that since he was mayor of London.

    • @amysommerfield2069
      @amysommerfield2069 4 года назад +42

      I always thought that the education in England was superior to the US. Now I see how wrong I was. How very, very, wrong I was.

    • @csweezey18
      @csweezey18 4 года назад +19

      @@amysommerfield2069 I'm pretty sure they're both equally sh*tty.

    • @bjpe8228
      @bjpe8228 4 года назад +43

      @@amysommerfield2069 Apparently the English schools just teach you to better disguise your idiocy

  • @nathanseper8738
    @nathanseper8738 4 года назад +3218

    Boris Johnson feels like a Monty Python character who appeared in the real world.

    • @Imightneverusethis
      @Imightneverusethis 4 года назад +82

      You mean the dead parrot? Yeah, I can somewhat see the resemblance.

    • @nathanseper8738
      @nathanseper8738 4 года назад +72

      I expect him to bellow "help, help I'm being repressed" without irony at the Brexit negotiations. @@Imightneverusethis

    • @Thannak
      @Thannak 4 года назад +46

      The whole world is like that anymore. Somewhere there is an SNL sketch happening, and the rest of the world has to live in the universe that makes the jokes work.

    • @frocco7125
      @frocco7125 4 года назад +8

      THIS.

    • @nathanseper8738
      @nathanseper8738 4 года назад +37

      The real world can feel that way. The great satirist Tom Lehrer once quipped,"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." @@Thannak

  • @thestonedabbot9551
    @thestonedabbot9551 2 года назад +96

    "They could turn (Tripoli) into the next Dubai. All they have to do is clear the dead bodies away, and we'll be right there."
    - 2009, when asked about Libya's post-war tourist industry
    "Nanny is confiscating their toys. It is like one of those vast Indian programmes of compulsory vasectomy. It is as if the state had decided to round up all the model train sets or the stamp collections, an operation causing immense distress to thousands of innocent enthusiasts, and just about as pointless.(...) An entire pasttime will have been exterminated."
    - 1997, on the outlawing of handguns after a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland which killed 16 children
    "The modern British male is useless. If he is blue collar, he is likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless, and perhaps claiming to suffer from low self-esteem brought on by unemployment.”
    - 1995, on the British working class
    "It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies. They say (Tony Blair) is shortly off to the Congo. No doubt the AK47s will fall silent, and the pangas will stop their hacking of human flesh, and their tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down his big white British taxpayer-funded bird.”
    - 2002, on then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to The Congo
    "I feel that all the money has been spaffed up a wall."
    - 2019, on an expansion of child sex trafficking investigations within the UK govt. "Spaf" being a London slang for ejaculate

    • @averongodoffire8098
      @averongodoffire8098 2 года назад +24

      By the gods, the classism is oozing like molasses

    • @saasproductions3053
      @saasproductions3053 Год назад +15

      Fuck me. Seeing all these quotes being from a person who is currently the PM of the UK is horrifying and despicable.

    • @andrewburgemeister6684
      @andrewburgemeister6684 Год назад

      @@averongodoffire8098 well he was an Eton twat, he actually did a gap year at Geelong Grammar in Australia near where I live, thank god we got rid of him!

  • @Jim54_
    @Jim54_ Год назад +604

    To those who voted for him and were surprised and appalled by his actions, you have not been paying attention!
    If you vote for clowns, expect a circus

    • @HowToChangeName
      @HowToChangeName Год назад +41

      Hey, thats insult to actual clown at least they still react to crisis properly

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno Год назад

      This. He was an abject person and became an abject prime minister. Anyone surprised shouldn’t have a vote.

    • @huanlecongquoc957
      @huanlecongquoc957 Год назад +13

      @@HowToChangeName fax

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Год назад +2

      Ah, but you're dealing with United Kingdom/the British, here; what would you expect?!

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 5 месяцев назад +3

      That applies to this Country more than it does to the UK. because at least the British people at least got rid of Johnson. whereas we can't seem to get rid of Trump no matter how we try? and now we have a never ending circus.

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 4 года назад +726

    "the howling chasm of a space where a soul should be"
    The writers on this show are gooooooood lol

    • @mycenia
      @mycenia 4 года назад +1

      @Neil Mo I think it's meant to be, "the howling chasm, of a space where..." But the nuance is lost in the delivery.

    • @Froozone4
      @Froozone4 4 года назад +3

      The canvas comparison with the French cuisine was pretty neat too :D

    • @pyrotechnick420
      @pyrotechnick420 4 года назад +10

      @Neil Mo Neil, you must be fun at parties lol

    • @briangoudy7225
      @briangoudy7225 4 года назад

      @@pyrotechnick420 That's rich coming from the moron who thinks that was a good joke. Enjoy four more years of Trump bitch boy.

    • @mudkitz
      @mudkitz 4 года назад +1

      Pretty sure they're describing me in the mornings

  • @Pseudynom
    @Pseudynom 4 года назад +292

    "They like me over there."
    "No they don't!"
    True story!

    • @michaelt.5672
      @michaelt.5672 4 года назад +16

      It's amazing that he didn't catch on to the fact that calling Johnson the british Trump is an insult.
      But then, how could he?

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 4 года назад +4

      @@michaelt.5672 Britain Trump... get it right :)

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 4 года назад +4

      So trump ignored the blimp baby and many protesters..twice?

    • @sapphael.
      @sapphael. 4 года назад

      England sees Trump as an absolute joke and Boris becoming prime minister is an embarrassment

    • @dynamicsolution8166
      @dynamicsolution8166 4 года назад

      @@sapphael. of course you do...you're also dumb enough to get your news ( and form a political opinion) from a comedian!!!

  • @fyngolnoldor4891
    @fyngolnoldor4891 2 года назад +80

    I'm watching this in 2021 and it's extremely accurate as to the character of Boris Johnson. This topic badly needs revisiting soon by John Oliver.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 2 года назад +1

      Maybe about the time when Boris is ousted from office.

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 2 года назад

      Certainly soon, I hope!

    • @DeadFishTheKing
      @DeadFishTheKing Год назад

      Now would be an excellent time, since his government is currently imploding

    • @dmrenterprizes4101
      @dmrenterprizes4101 Год назад +2

      July 2022: how about now?

  • @normairisrivera3764
    @normairisrivera3764 3 года назад +7

    I’ve never been more attracted to Jon Oliver than when he’s reciting the lyrics to “My neck, My back” in that stuffy accent!!

    • @jonaswalker3526
      @jonaswalker3526 2 года назад +1

      That’s very through he do have a stuffy accent

  • @anjayl
    @anjayl 4 года назад +5400

    Do you know what's in 5 C ?
    - Johnson : No
    - Trump : Wonderful things, so many wonderful things, so many I can't... I wouldn't have time... in fact, and this is true, I wrote the 5 C

    • @gabby4558
      @gabby4558 4 года назад +532

      That's actually terrifyingly accurate

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 4 года назад +267

      Not knowing is terrible. Not knowing and pretending to know is always worse.

    • @gabby4558
      @gabby4558 4 года назад +138

      @@kylestubbs8867 I'd say not knowing and not caring about that is even worse

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 4 года назад +47

      @@gabby4558 Point taken.

    • @IncoherentRampage
      @IncoherentRampage 4 года назад +109

      I'm both impressed and saddened by how accurate that sounds...

  • @samfilmkid
    @samfilmkid 4 года назад +927

    Even for an Englishman, that was some pretty aggressive tea offering he did at @14:30.

    • @aTaintedRose
      @aTaintedRose 4 года назад +6

      Right?

    • @CaesarsLegion1
      @CaesarsLegion1 4 года назад +16

      @Alt Fit My kind of tea offering

    • @_badger_9902
      @_badger_9902 4 года назад +1

      @Alt Fit that's a lot of supplements in the tea. Maybe too much

    • @sth02
      @sth02 4 года назад +1

      @@_badger_9902 yeah. Not enough vitamins, though.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud 4 года назад

      No True Englishman will refuse that! :-)

  • @cucumberbarfi9229
    @cucumberbarfi9229 Год назад +31

    Well then… this aged well; Boris lost both his Chancellor and Health Secretary within 10 minutes of each other just yesterday due to the continuation of his lying habit throughout his premiership. Things are not looking good for him…

    • @DeadFishTheKing
      @DeadFishTheKing Год назад +6

      As well as 29 other MPs, what a beautiful mass resignation

    • @goldholz
      @goldholz Год назад +7

      @@DeadFishTheKing and he now resigns himself!

  • @m3llo8an4t0s
    @m3llo8an4t0s Год назад +9

    Just revisiting this piece in light of recent events

  • @gregturkington6330
    @gregturkington6330 3 года назад +3422

    “He now has 99 days to come up with a deal”
    Laughs in Nov 2020

    • @danielnarevich7579
      @danielnarevich7579 3 года назад +136

      He could have got a deal if he showed Brussels some of those famous buses

    • @blaster915
      @blaster915 3 года назад +13

      @@danielnarevich7579 lol

    • @chlcrk
      @chlcrk 3 года назад +74

      @Light Myst As a British person, sure. We agreed a deal under Johnson in September last year, which on closer inspection was a slightly edited version of the unpopular one Theresa May previously agreed with Europe. But because it had his seal of approval, and even though he personally previously voted against May's deal twice in Parliament, it was used to win an election last December and was passed in January, so Britain left then. But the deal included a transition rather than an immediate exit and a mandate to spend 2020 negotiating the actual future relationship or else the full no deal experience with all the shit that is promised happening by default on Jan 1st 2021, and the UK has spent the whole time being stubborn on a few particular issues to the point where talks have essentially gone nowhere since July. This was conveniently after Johnson and his government rejected the chance to extend talks and the exit transition by two years. So we're now 5 weeks from no deal after negotiations that have gone nowhere for months, and there's also no guarantee any deal will even pass Parliament given our terrible handling of coronavirus means his party are now openly fighting each other. This is to say nothing of the UK government introducing a law seemingly designed to just annoy the EU and undermine the deal we already had, and they're insisting on keeping it even after incoming President Biden publicly said this law shouldn't be a thing
      I could add a lot more besides but tl;dr, we basically signed a deal that deferred most of the problems by a year but its all still in a mess, just without the safety net and after coronavirus has all the problems worse. Its not good

    • @DerickTheHeroV2
      @DerickTheHeroV2 3 года назад +11

      @@chlcrk Thank you for the in depth explanation.
      I think the sky may hurt when it falls. It may benefit you to prepare yourself, perhaps invest in essential goods. Just saying, and I understand that may not be possible.

    • @thatthingisaid5766
      @thatthingisaid5766 3 года назад +31

      @@chlcrk On top of all of THAT, the EU refused to budge on fishing legislation, so we played a risky game of chicken that somehow paid off a few weeks ago and Brussels basically said "Okay, you win, we'll give in on this and a couple of other issues".
      So what did we do? Ignored them, and continued to not engage with negotiations.
      Part of me believe that our government has been purposefully bodging the negotiations with the intention of ending up with a No Deal Brexit. The EU would be publicly blamed for not giving us a fair deal by Johnson, and a radical solution will be sought to bolster our economy. Cue the outright privatisation of the NHS. In an extra bonus move, throw in tax breaks for massive corporations so that they can move in to fill the gaps left by our decimated small businesses post-covid, and we are well on our way to becoming the United States B-Team.

  • @brianbrush5107
    @brianbrush5107 4 года назад +442

    There's a quote from Cars 2 I feel summarizes Boris(Ironically said by a British Car)
    "They can't tell they're being fooled, cause theyre too busy laughing AT the fool"

    • @TylerBaraby
      @TylerBaraby 4 года назад +7

      They're*

    • @brianbrush5107
      @brianbrush5107 4 года назад +3

      @@TylerBaraby thanks

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 4 года назад +1

      Brian brush is it weird that I know who says that line? Even after not having watched it in years?

    • @seanharry9586
      @seanharry9586 4 года назад +1

      @@ryanjapan3113 no that's just called having a good memory.

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 4 года назад

      Sean Harry thanks

  • @eira5586
    @eira5586 Год назад +6

    Rewatching in light of... recent events

  • @bkxornam
    @bkxornam Год назад +16

    I can't wait for John Oliver to do a web exclusive on BJ's resignation as leader of the conservative party and possibly the prime minister in a few months

  • @alizu3042
    @alizu3042 4 года назад +661

    Wait?! You tell me Boris Johnson is a real politician instead of a character of Little Britain?

    • @joeheey6930
      @joeheey6930 4 года назад +1

      Yes!

    • @victormatavercosa
      @victormatavercosa 4 года назад +9

      @A wut??????

    • @albatros12
      @albatros12 4 года назад +7

      @A
      Time to get a job, kid!

    • @joheyjonsson2825
      @joheyjonsson2825 4 года назад +5

      @A Source? I live in Sweden, and we don't really get British news here, so I'd love to see a variety of sources to read on this, please.

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 4 года назад

      12QWASZXQWERTYUIOP Alright

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123 4 года назад +5426

    Britain aswered the question "If your Friend jumped off a bridge would you?"

    • @goblinwisdom
      @goblinwisdom 4 года назад +72

      Brexit was voted for first... and yes this is going to fuck the UK economy if Brexit actually happens, But, the US economy is debt Laden and defaulting at 2008 levels. Not only does UK have a Brexit deep recession but then the distinct probability of a new global recession which caused the unrest that brought us the emergence of facism. Yay us. Ps tell everyone you love to pay off / down their debts asap.

    • @veanell
      @veanell 4 года назад +73

      I almost feel like we jumped off after. Brexit won before Trump was voted into office. The conservative party of parliament voted Boris in not uk public

    • @Spookstar
      @Spookstar 4 года назад +3

      Jarid Gaming, still waiting on ya.

    • @TheWolfsnack
      @TheWolfsnack 4 года назад +17

      @@goblinwisdom ...and just think what an obviously excellent plan it is to tie the UK economy to that of the US through a massive trade agreement.....sigh

    • @FaeQueenCory
      @FaeQueenCory 4 года назад +10

      And Scotland and (Northern) Ireland said "On second thought: nah" after 1s of thinking ahead.

  • @tristanholderness4223
    @tristanholderness4223 Год назад +5

    the way the government's going now this seems like it could do with a refresher soon

  • @sobzuk
    @sobzuk Год назад +5

    and here we are...

  • @JoseFlores-xc7wu
    @JoseFlores-xc7wu 4 года назад +642

    Boris wearing the bicycle helmet reminds me of the episode of South Park where Cartman is trying to get in the Special Olympics

    • @Chidori8668
      @Chidori8668 4 года назад +15

      You made my day bro

    • @cassuttustshirt4949
      @cassuttustshirt4949 4 года назад +14

      I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that.

    • @tl4460
      @tl4460 4 года назад +3

      Lmao i totally see it

    • @kennethrobinson1316
      @kennethrobinson1316 4 года назад +3

      Omg my mind literally flashed to that too lol lol

    • @00Skyfox
      @00Skyfox 4 года назад +4

      That is an absolutely perfect reference!

  • @opticalmoose8091
    @opticalmoose8091 4 года назад +707

    Boris Johnson: a very literal interpretation of "failing upwards".

    • @Millz194
      @Millz194 4 года назад +8

      Alexandr Yanenko I think the proper way to say it is “falling upwards”, which makes the saying more paradoxical

    • @uwehansen2915
      @uwehansen2915 4 года назад +1

      failing upwards?? he can not go Higher, now ther is only a fall in fornt off him

    • @nielskut2256
      @nielskut2256 4 года назад +1

      Ursula von der Leyen falls into the same category. Just with the difference that I have never met someone that remotely liked her. Everyone hates her and the corrupt shit she has done yet she is president of the EU commission

    • @poolsoup6650
      @poolsoup6650 4 года назад +1

      Adrian M He said failing upwards, but it was probably a typo

    • @Ryan-Fkrepublicnz
      @Ryan-Fkrepublicnz 4 года назад +1

      Actually he started at the top, ultra elite.

  • @sinceritynature202
    @sinceritynature202 Год назад +6

    Funny that this got recommended to me now

  • @kris242
    @kris242 9 месяцев назад +5

    The Road to Mandalay video legit looked like something ripped out of "The Thick Of It" 😂 the Ambassador saying "Probably not a good idea..." looked like he wanted to kill himself in that moment lmfao

  • @fournsevenhzerofive7617
    @fournsevenhzerofive7617 4 года назад +414

    I love the sarcastic headline on the TV when he got stuck on the zip line. “An incredible display of athleticism.” So British!

    • @Babunar
      @Babunar 3 года назад +31

      That’s from CNBC, which is American. British television would rarely use such an enthusiastic chyron.

    • @butterflyKiss604
      @butterflyKiss604 3 года назад +17

      @@Babunar Learn a new word today. Thank you

  • @rileybello4711
    @rileybello4711 4 года назад +2318

    That ping pong speech was weirdly inspiring, and I’m not even British.

    • @fifimsp
      @fifimsp 4 года назад +209

      That’s why he gets away with shit. He’s strangely charming. I agree. I was like. Yeah. Go wife waff. I’m like. Wait a second. Asshole. Lured me in. I think he’s smart and charming but that doesn’t mean he should be a leader.

    • @KushMyCologneee
      @KushMyCologneee 4 года назад +5

      fifi msp No he gets away with shit because of idiots like you who let words like “Wif Waf” distract you from actual important issues.

    • @fifimsp
      @fifimsp 4 года назад +44

      @@KushMyCologneee I said he shouldn't be leader and I was also joking and having fun and responding to Riley Bello. I'm also not British, so yes, I find English "Wiff Waff" hilarious. I agree with you and that he does distract from the important issues. I feel like that's kind of what I was saying. That he is charming enough to deflect. We're not on different sides here.

    • @hugostiglitz9149
      @hugostiglitz9149 4 года назад +15

      He’s a fucking wanker

    • @fifimsp
      @fifimsp 4 года назад +4

      @@hugostiglitz9149 For sure that.

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 9 месяцев назад +3

    The look on Johnny boys face after Boris explains what he likes to do to relax is the best. 😂😂😂

    • @aplant9980
      @aplant9980 Месяц назад

      Time-stamped 2:30 for repeated enjoyment

  • @ianedwards2496
    @ianedwards2496 3 года назад +31

    18 months on and this is still as frighteningly relevant as ever, except he's now offering the electorate 'cups of tea' and they are drinking it.

  • @chrisfloyd7316
    @chrisfloyd7316 4 года назад +1827

    Smart people who paint themselves as idiots have always been dangerous.

    • @mattychristian
      @mattychristian 4 года назад +82

      Chris Floyd the art of war

    • @schunter20
      @schunter20 4 года назад +49

      @Jelly Belly People who paint themselves like fools are just your garden variety self absorbed liar. It has more to do upbringing and innate opportunity. When they have means to burn any bridge with no consequences this creates a scary individual.

    • @SonBrimmer
      @SonBrimmer 4 года назад +39

      Not always though. Some use it to entertain. Comedians frequently employ this technique.

    • @fisherking7798
      @fisherking7798 4 года назад +37

      He's not smart he's an idiot disguised as a moron

    • @tjudawous
      @tjudawous 4 года назад +23

      But who to blame if an idiot paints himself as a smart person and people buy it?

  • @dominicdy727
    @dominicdy727 4 года назад +566

    THE GASPS WHEN HE SAID JEFFRY EPSTEIN

    • @johnanna6047
      @johnanna6047 4 года назад +8

      another person added to clinton body count

    • @eiryuu
      @eiryuu 4 года назад +30

      ^ makes a person wonder how many cartels gangs and underworlder/subterranean types get away with so much sh!t bec of the portions of general public being quite so happy to conspiracy-theory scapegoat the clintons. imagine havoc that could be wreaked by convincing persons who work for law enforcement to notbother looking for real clues bec the real perps couldn't possibly be/have been this local group or any individual/external influence bec it can only be the clintons. lol a break, please. y'think the clintons're the biggest/most dangerous people epstein knew..? xD"

    • @teamvlcn6820
      @teamvlcn6820 4 года назад +2

      Who is Jeffrey Epstein?

    • @fangirlfortheages5940
      @fangirlfortheages5940 4 года назад

      What about the gasps when they noticed the FedEx arrow??

  • @tentoedsloth683
    @tentoedsloth683 Год назад +14

    Who's here after he finally resigned?

  • @violetsteele350
    @violetsteele350 Год назад +6

    Watching this after the news this week is fun (:

  • @taikoboda
    @taikoboda 4 года назад +312

    I think one guy summed it pretty well: Boris Johnson's plan is to be the PM, he does not have a plan for anything afterwards.

    • @nicholasfarrell5981
      @nicholasfarrell5981 4 года назад +22

      Wu Tang sounds like Trump, honestly.

    • @thebestcentaur
      @thebestcentaur 4 года назад +4

      Nicholas Farrell it's exactly like Trump if we look at it like that

    • @johnkelly4943
      @johnkelly4943 4 года назад +3

      He's exactly like Rump, a fucking moron with a mop head. And wearing that bike helmet made him look like Eric Cartman in that special Ed episode! 😆

    • @s13sil80
      @s13sil80 4 года назад +1

      That's pretty much every politician.

  • @tylerkeller8869
    @tylerkeller8869 4 года назад +303

    Oliver absolutely NAILS IT with his impression of Hugh Grant. 😂

    • @juhRave
      @juhRave 4 года назад

      Boring comment.

    • @jalderink
      @jalderink 4 года назад +6

      @@juhRave Yours sure was!

  • @LiveDonkeyDeadLion
    @LiveDonkeyDeadLion 2 года назад +16

    This has aged well

    • @johnchessant3012
      @johnchessant3012 Год назад +2

      bye bye Boris!

    • @LiveDonkeyDeadLion
      @LiveDonkeyDeadLion Год назад +1

      @@johnchessant3012 I can’t wait to see what John says and I really hope someone uploads it here early

  • @Bobanderic
    @Bobanderic Год назад +4

    “Them’s the breaks” -Boris Johnson, cheerio

  • @michelleb5977
    @michelleb5977 4 года назад +427

    Thank goodness you’re back, John Oliver. I’ve missed you these last few weeks.

    • @NennieC123
      @NennieC123 4 года назад +2

      Michelle B 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @SgtKaneGunlock
    @SgtKaneGunlock 4 года назад +140

    to quote Rick and Morty "you can't get mad at a guy with that kind of talent "
    "Dad you Can and have to"

  • @nilsjohnson2636
    @nilsjohnson2636 Год назад +3

    The Hugh Grant part is by far my favorite.

  • @timholdenauthor
    @timholdenauthor Год назад +9

    Rewatching this post his resignation- Oliver’s comments were prescient. Spot on forecasting the reasons for his downfall.

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite 4 года назад +1690

    *Boris Johnson* seems to understand deep down that *playing the court jester will help him outlast any king or queen!*

    • @KVIA01
      @KVIA01 4 года назад +71

      And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown...

    • @prairieN
      @prairieN 4 года назад +29

      Is this why the celts didn't let comedians reproduce?

    • @LordDim1
      @LordDim1 4 года назад +17

      Le Huy-Anh Nonsense, Her Majesty the Queen is immortal

    • @franticranter
      @franticranter 4 года назад +2

      loving the variable bold words

    • @gronk2002
      @gronk2002 3 года назад

      Thats how you keep people alive in CK2

  • @Sorenzo
    @Sorenzo 4 года назад +1833

    For the record, the EU doesn't "ban" products.
    They only "tell products not to contain toxic chemicals."

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 4 года назад +33

      Have you ever had Walker's Prawn Crisps? It isn't pretty.

    • @MS-un8hg
      @MS-un8hg 4 года назад +54

      @@ingriddubbel8468 I think you can only buy them in Great Britain. But I have one question: Why do you eat fucking beans with a red sugar sauce for beakfast??😂😂

    • @sifuculreif6448
      @sifuculreif6448 4 года назад +6

      @@MS-un8hg Ever eat PB&J for breakfast?

    • @sifuculreif6448
      @sifuculreif6448 4 года назад +6

      @@MS-un8hg Probably makes more sense if I tell you those beans usually go on/with toast.

    • @ciaranbrk
      @ciaranbrk 4 года назад +3

      Marcell D'Avis no you can get them in Ireland too i love their salt and vinegar though 😂😂

  • @Ashesofshichilas
    @Ashesofshichilas Год назад +4

    Watching this today is kind of a relief

  • @blakehooper1787
    @blakehooper1787 Год назад +6

    Who's back here after the announcement of his resignation following 50+ protest resignations in the UK government and abandonment by his party?

  • @insertaliashere1379
    @insertaliashere1379 3 года назад +754

    As soon as Boris Johnson said "whiff-whaff" I think I had a chronic heart attack from laughter.

    • @IamRanJos
      @IamRanJos 3 года назад +25

      He's a comedian hence people elected him to be perpetually entertained by reading the news

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 2 года назад +6

      It wasn't that funny.

    • @hidar9973
      @hidar9973 2 года назад +8

      @@Locutus it was very funny actually 😑

    • @Quebecoisegal
      @Quebecoisegal 2 года назад +1

      @@Locutus Agreed, it was absurd.

    • @thisperson5294
      @thisperson5294 2 года назад +1

      He stole it from the BBC show QI.

  • @ChimeraReiax
    @ChimeraReiax 4 года назад +1470

    This dude went from hilarious to horrifying.
    Fast.

    • @batt3ryac1d
      @batt3ryac1d 4 года назад +59

      Right hes some sort psychopath with that crazy manipulation.

    • @RoboJean1994
      @RoboJean1994 4 года назад +52

      @@batt3ryac1d He's a midly more competent version of trump

    • @CaesarsLegion1
      @CaesarsLegion1 4 года назад +8

      It was hilarious the whole way through!

    • @dolganthecute
      @dolganthecute 4 года назад +10

      That was the whole point of this. Perfectly constructed to make you think that, and not balanced at all.

    • @Skittenmeow
      @Skittenmeow 4 года назад +17

      @@CaesarsLegion1 I think he meant Boris

  • @RLyu-ol7uk
    @RLyu-ol7uk Год назад +6

    anyone comes back in 2022 when Boris resigns?

  • @jessamynlockett2603
    @jessamynlockett2603 Год назад +2

    We need an update

  • @JayDee247365
    @JayDee247365 4 года назад +2105

    Boris Johnson looks like if Donald Trump painted a self portrait from memory.

    • @TF2CrunchyFrog
      @TF2CrunchyFrog 4 года назад +82

      Trump would use more gold paint.

    • @rock3tcatU233
      @rock3tcatU233 4 года назад +47

      Or if he was painted while being described over the phone.

    • @eshuorishas9987
      @eshuorishas9987 4 года назад +16

      While on LSD

    • @vivelaresistance3239
      @vivelaresistance3239 4 года назад +8

      6:00: It made me think of Eddie the Eagle.

    • @norabrandt4078
      @norabrandt4078 4 года назад +4

      @@eshuorishas9987 ...And using his left foot to paint with instead of Don Jr.'s hand.

  • @christopherhardesty-crouch1119
    @christopherhardesty-crouch1119 3 года назад +675

    The thing with the tea is scary. He's really good at this.

    • @patrickwannafightaboutit6338
      @patrickwannafightaboutit6338 2 года назад +17

      He's played this game before
      Probably a mastermind at monopoly
      I'm joking of course

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 2 года назад +16

      you want a laugh though go watch the old top gear episode where he's the guest hahah, he does argue for the environment with Clarkson who used to be an anti climate change dick, but that aside he rips on him the entire time & Boris keeps trying this stuff and the audience and Jeremy arent having it

    • @nemo9540
      @nemo9540 Год назад +8

      Yeah and he's very good at running away into fridges to escape journalists too. Oh Britain is so very fucked.

    • @Cathnova
      @Cathnova 6 месяцев назад +1

      it well exposes the narcissistic gameplay, but only to those familiar with it

  • @gaetanopassantino6269
    @gaetanopassantino6269 Год назад +2

    Ladies- this is the man you DO NOT accept a drink from.

  • @flux202
    @flux202 3 года назад +84

    England and Tea are inseparable. Boris literally came out with like 6 cups because he knows they'll love it.

    • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
      @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 2 года назад +3

      True. I'm watching this with my morning tea. I've got my cup, teapot, sugar dish, sugar tongs, milk jug, and a few biscuits, all carefully laid out in front of me.
      I've got enough tea for 3 cups, and it's just me.
      If I was one of those journalists, I'd be asking where the trays were for the other journalists.

    • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
      @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 2 года назад +2

      ^I'm English by the way, if it wasn't obvious.
      Love of tea is stereotypically an English thing, not a British thing. The Scots, Irish and Welsh aren't as into it. The Scots generally go for coffee, Iron Bru, or just start the day flying with a can of lager.
      Geography lesson! See this mistake all the time. Okay, so you've got the 3 individual countries on the main landmass- English, Scotland, and Wales. Together they make up the union of Great Britain.
      Which is then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
      Ireland is a seperate island, so is not part of Britain. It's split in two due to The Troubles in the 80's, which split Ireland into Northern Ireland (still part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland, which is still part of the European Union after the UK's exit vote.

    • @flux202
      @flux202 2 года назад +2

      @@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human what makes my comment worse is that I'm very well versed on UK history and geography, I just had no idea that only English people were the tea lovers. I'm surprised to hear this, its interesting to hear that Scotts love Iron Bru. Thank you for the time you took to educated me though.

    • @ChesterPerry187
      @ChesterPerry187 2 года назад +1

      As someone in Scotland I prefer Irn Bru or heroin.

  • @Bingojingo646
    @Bingojingo646 4 года назад +462

    20:11 - isn't this the same journalist that made Ben Shapiro run away from his interview?!
    This man does prepare for his interviews diligently!! Every country needs such journalists..

    • @sadfwefajhid9243
      @sadfwefajhid9243 4 года назад +18

      Normally he does, but the Shapiro session was not an interview, but rather a political hit-piece that left a lot of people hugely sad about Andrew Neil's conduct during it.
      A lot of people in the UK that have respect for Andrew Neil were quite disappointed, because instead of investigating why Shapiro was popular (the rise in social conservatism that is combating the extremism of the social justice movement), he spent the entire time quoting click-bait articles from 7 years ago. As such the interview had absolutely zero information on the topics it was meant to cover, left Andrew Neil looking incompetent from a journalistic perspective, and Shapiro looking mysterious from a foreign perspective.

    • @honved1
      @honved1 4 года назад +236

      @@sadfwefajhid9243 It didn't leave shapiro looking mysterious, it made him look clueless. He was out of his depth with Andrew o'Neil , he showed shapiro for what he is, a shallow, one trick pony.

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 4 года назад +118

      Meh. Shapiro is not as bright as he lets on. It's just that compared to the other Trumptards in his circle he seems like a genius.

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 4 года назад +7

      He's the British Anderson Cooper.

    • @hlonghi
      @hlonghi 4 года назад +11

      @@LividImp so, you are suggesting he finished high school and was not homeschooled by an actual orangutan? Preposterous.

  • @TOH_Fan
    @TOH_Fan 4 года назад +1608

    Is "taking the tea" the British version of "drinking the koolaid "

    • @ilovecoffeev
      @ilovecoffeev 3 года назад +112

      I like the implications that the tea is poisoned

    • @prashant_kerung_thegim0709
      @prashant_kerung_thegim0709 3 года назад +26

      That's right.

    • @mikewazowski2347
      @mikewazowski2347 3 года назад +15

      "Oh, yeaahhh" "Oh, narrr"

    • @ArcanineEspeon
      @ArcanineEspeon 3 года назад +15

      This comment gave me a new outlook on life.

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +27

      sort of. taking tea with someone has cultural overtones of acceptance- you're sitting down to enjoy a cuppa with them so it doesn't follow you want their head on a pike.
      ferinstance: the prime minister has a routine formal appointment to meet the queen to take tea. if either of them refused to go to that, it'd be pretty serious news.

  • @fionaw2103
    @fionaw2103 Год назад +2

    Yes we do need John Oliver to do more coverage on UK politics! Especially on Boris Johnson.

  • @tarduaslanoglu312
    @tarduaslanoglu312 Год назад +13

    Well well well, his nonchalant attitude to scandals could not save him now. RIP his career 2022.

  • @thunderwazp7653
    @thunderwazp7653 4 года назад +669

    Boris Johnson looks as if a broom made a wish to become a real boy

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 года назад +729

    It's like Ralph Wiggum was sent to a British boarding school, and things just went very, very wrong from there.

    • @WadeWilson-
      @WadeWilson- 4 года назад +15

      "I'm a UNITARD"

    • @briankenney9528
      @briankenney9528 4 года назад +18

      *Boris Johnson becomes pm*
      UK: *chuckles* I'm in danger

    • @coreyjunk4392
      @coreyjunk4392 4 года назад +3

      New Message I say, old chap, I’m helping.

    • @zdwade
      @zdwade 4 года назад

      Ahh butt hurt liberals in the us and UK. Love it.

    • @briankenney9528
      @briankenney9528 4 года назад +9

      Zdwade: "My cat's breath smells like cat food"

  • @johnomcgillo7
    @johnomcgillo7 Год назад +3

    So much better in retrospect

  • @samthompson2057
    @samthompson2057 Год назад +3

    Prawn Cocktail crisps are delicious and I will tolerate no slander!!!

  • @althea9579
    @althea9579 4 года назад +2286

    “they like me over ther-“
    *no they don’t.*

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 4 года назад +82

      No one likes him anywhere!

    • @hypernorm4802
      @hypernorm4802 4 года назад +39

      althea
      We absolutely don’t

    • @SonRob01
      @SonRob01 4 года назад +10

      Majority of us do we just ain’t vocal about it

    • @SonRob01
      @SonRob01 4 года назад +5

      Jack Bruce I was talking about trump you muppet

    • @jackbruce8309
      @jackbruce8309 4 года назад +9

      @@SonRob01 oh I thought the original comment was about Mr Oliver, lmao can't stand him, trumps great!

  • @PinataFreaks
    @PinataFreaks 4 года назад +357

    I've always found that Boris Johnson sounds, acts and looks like he is a character from Little Britain played by Matt Lucas.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 4 года назад +12

      That's intentional.

    • @PinataFreaks
      @PinataFreaks 4 года назад +5

      @@DaDunge Yes. I also watched this video.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 4 года назад +2

      @@PinataFreaks oh yeah well I didn't learn it from this. I've known it for quite a while.

    • @annettehadley9718
      @annettehadley9718 4 года назад +4

      Good point... but to me... Benny Hill comes to mind !

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh 4 года назад +4

      I wish someone would -play- drown out everything boris says with Yakkity Sax.

  • @robertlarson7224
    @robertlarson7224 Год назад +10

    Now we need a post-resignation Boris episode

  • @starlingnorthcott1681
    @starlingnorthcott1681 3 года назад +6

    John, I just came to say I appreciate your commitment to the Hugh Grant bit. Much respect.

  • @SqeakyToy
    @SqeakyToy 4 года назад +274

    So the only time Boris is sincere is when he's bragging about how he's played everyone.

  • @JakDexx
    @JakDexx 4 года назад +857

    Why is Gary Busey Prime Minister of Great Britain now?

    • @smannee
      @smannee 4 года назад +5

      Jack Dextraze Hahahaha. You sir have the comment of the day.

    • @zurzakne-etra7069
      @zurzakne-etra7069 4 года назад

      that's from seth meyers right?

    • @reillygrimley9542
      @reillygrimley9542 4 года назад

      I didn't even realize Gary Busey was British.

    • @UniteForgetLeftRight
      @UniteForgetLeftRight 4 года назад +6

      Boris to the mirror: HOW AM I DOING TODAY BORIS JOHNSON!?
      Boris's mirror image: YOU'RE DOING GREAT!!
      Boris to the mirror: GOOD THEN I'LL KEEP IT UP.

    • @ariheino327
      @ariheino327 4 года назад +1

      Fat Gary Busey

  • @elizabethlarson9655
    @elizabethlarson9655 Год назад +4

    Well, that turned out worse than even John could predict.

  • @jelaniclinton4234
    @jelaniclinton4234 Год назад +6

    Watching less than 12hrs after his resignation

  • @g0211362
    @g0211362 4 года назад +371

    Hi John can you talk about the recent protest in Hong Kong? More people deserve to know that Hong Kong people are fighting in the frontline of the war of freedom

    • @devodavis6747
      @devodavis6747 4 года назад +48

      @Dirk Hunter umm...
      All Stephn Ng asked John to do was talk. That makes your remark one of the poorest excuses for a burn that I've seen lately.
      I often wonder why trolls do what they/you do. Do you sincerely believe someone will read your pathetic shit and exclaim "Oh my god! I've seen the light thanks to Dirk Diggler here, John Oliver is just a shit talker! From this moment forward, I am going to support stupidity and fascism instead of science and caring!"
      I would find you amusing if you & your red-hatted minions weren't shitting all over the rest of us.

    • @bobvanos5630
      @bobvanos5630 4 года назад +4

      @@devodavis6747 Nice one, from shit talking to fascism. Well done fellow.

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 4 года назад +1

      Stephen Ng
      He would, but I’m sure Pooh bear hold some of the purse strings.

    • @kruler-westoz-nauman3638
      @kruler-westoz-nauman3638 4 года назад +4

      Bit hard for the British to argue in support of Hong Kong seeing as it kinda sorta is a bit of its own shitfuckery that's led to this situation, plus I miss being based there (mumbles) (Stooopid 99 year leases)

    • @tusharip
      @tusharip 4 года назад +2

      He cant his overlords want communism

  • @juanpabloperez5200
    @juanpabloperez5200 4 года назад +78

    I didn’t know John Oliver could deliver a Hugh Grant parody so perfectly

  • @timmanto1022
    @timmanto1022 Год назад +5

    Watching this after he resigned is a delight.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 Год назад +16

    Boris ended up being even more terrible than. John warned us about.

    • @Lythgoemania
      @Lythgoemania Год назад

      Nah if it wouldn't for Covid he would probably have been more politically successful and therefore even worse.

  • @mattolstein2999
    @mattolstein2999 4 года назад +438

    "skipped many workdays to hang out with his best friend, Jeffrey Epstien."
    Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.

    • @sethbishop3306
      @sethbishop3306 4 года назад +4

      Matt Olstein are you referring to President Bill Clinton?

    • @karinbarger9192
      @karinbarger9192 4 года назад +2

      Trump.

    • @myadv6083
      @myadv6083 4 года назад +1

      there's no record of trump on Epstein's sex jet with random women... but there's over 20 flight records with Bill Clinton and Tatiana 🤣

    • @whyamiwastingmytimeonthis
      @whyamiwastingmytimeonthis 4 года назад +4

      @@sethbishop3306 did you even watch the video?

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 4 года назад +1

      Seth Bishop no Boris Johnson

  • @piratejack6577
    @piratejack6577 3 года назад +2092

    “The French looked at a dining table as an opportunity to have dinner, while we looked at a dining table as an opportunity to play ‘wiff-waff’”
    *RULE BRITANNIA*

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +65

      it's a well-dressed racist comment. - he's saying the french are lazy hedonists, we brits are dynamic & competitive.
      should also be noted that trade unions & living standards in france are both much better than in the uk...

    • @hansvangrol2829
      @hansvangrol2829 3 года назад +14

      @@sjs9698 you do realize you are making hij out to be a complete mastermind, correct?

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +34

      @@hansvangrol2829 never underest9imate the enemy. he's a vile man & no doubt wrong about most of what matters, but i don't think him an idiot.

    • @simpleclover8422
      @simpleclover8422 3 года назад +40

      @@sjs9698 Im not a Pro Boris Supporter, but it is not racist, in no way is that comment discriminating on the ground of / or make fun of something due to their race. It is comparing two nationalities and two different countries. Do not misuse these terms as the mass application and constant misuse of them can result in them loosing their meaning and to it becoming twisted and less effective as a term to describe something that is utterly abhorrent...

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 3 года назад +11

      @@simpleclover8422 while i do agree that there's a degree of risk in misusing the term, there's also absolutely no scientific basis for 'race' - so your given definition of racism will struggle to be realistically met.
      also: that there is room for reasonable doubt is precisely why i called it 'well dressed'

  • @jimbobbby
    @jimbobbby Год назад +3

    Fuck me they need to update this.

  • @greymouser8659
    @greymouser8659 2 года назад +3

    The buses have come home to roost