Rory Stewart reads out 1982 Eton letter about Boris Johnson’s ‘gross failure’
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- Boris Johnson's perceived lack of commitment to academia as a schoolboy was highlighted in a letter from Eton College to his father, Stanley, in 1982 and read to the public on Thursday night by his one-time leadership rival Rory Stewart.
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At the Royal Albert Hall event, Stewart joked that the letter from the prime minister's former housemaster constituted his resignation from the Conservative party, which he announced formally on Friday morning, saying he planned to run for London mayor. The audience seemed to delight in the letter, which says the schoolboy had adopted a 'disgracefully cavalier' attitude to his classical studies and 'sometimes seems affronted when criticised'
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Got to be insane, Rory for leadership? In public lavatory, maybe.
That will be a problem for Boris. Or it should be. Rory Stewart has now openly challenging Boris in the big GAME of political Chess.
@@Seerwealth I don’t know what you are insinuating, but whatever it is, I would prefer an honest man who would put the country first as P.M.
What would your preference be ?
@@johnlewis9745 Stewart’s idea of putting the country first is ceding all sovereign control to a cabal of foreign, corrupt, unaccountable bureaucrats!
Ooooooooolo
Despite his laziness and complacency, he was eventually awarded a second class degree at Oxford… and was “deeply unhappy” that he did not get the “first” that he felt he was entitled to. And later of course, he was given a job with The Times through his family connections, from which he was promptly sacked for dishonesty. Who would’ve thought it?
Ideal material for the role he has finally acquired.
And people still voted him for the top job!
"Entitled" is the key word...
This has aged depressingly well
Hasn't it just, Peter...
I think the thing here is that even if you didn’t know Rory Stewart was referring to Johnson, you would still recognise the traits described as the ones very much embedded in his character.
As a Liberal Democrat, I would love to see Rory Stewart back in politics.
He has integrity and, with Johnson in charge, there's a desperate shortage of that in Government.
I totally agree.
I totally agree too.
or merely as a human being
You should hear the most recent emergency podcast from TRIP. He talks about how the electorate like to vote for centrist parties- but something is wrong with the Lib Dem’s- in such a way that Con or Lab take the centre ground on election day.
@@PHDiaz-vv7yo No - the problem is the electoral system.
Yup, that is Mr Johnson all right. Even as far back as that there were those who had already figured him out.
Shame people hadn't figured him out back in 2016 though.
@@bradavon Yes, too few had figured him out by 2016. I think they could have but were too lazy to really research his record. Then there were those who find charisma more important than actual actions. Both reasons are very bad in a democracy. People think voting is a right. It is but it is also a responsibility to do all you can to get the right information before making the decision on whom to vote for. In a democracy the ultimate power lies with the people which also means the ultimate responsibility. Perhaps this needs to be taught at schools as well as how to research a candidate.
And his "friends" (people like him don't have friends, they have a list of useful fools like Patel, Dorries etc) still voted for him.
Say goodbye to "Ole Blighty", here comes New Blighted.
It does not matter what your political views are. If you have an ounce of wisdom you have to regard BJ as absolutely unfit for public office.
Your comment is more relevant than ever now. 👍
Exactly!!
Please, NOT BJ. If we start to use BoJoke ALL the time it will get back to him and deflated his amazingly large, worthless ego very fast.
@@Demun1649 No, it won't.
@@julezpanda14 How so?
"Boris sometimes seems affronted when criticized for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility" - Head Master, Eton college (a headmaster also proficient in fortune telling).
I believe it was his House Master writing the letter.
Where so many other headmasters and teachers are ever so lacking
There seem to be quite a few Old Etonians of that type, but it is a common feature of "public" schools that they breed snobbery, self entitlement and political bigotry.
You seem to be somewhat bigoted yourself. Where did you find the time to do so much research into every public school and their pupils?
@@thewizardssleeve119 The validity of his statement is dependent on his sampling size. Perhaps he only used this government as his sample.
Regardless of the sample's size, it seems most unfortunate for our country, that those with these particular characteristics finish up governing the country.
@@thewizardssleeve119 you must of course be a product of the public school system yourself.
Rory Stewart...a fine example of the failings
@roymichaeldeanable Nonsense. Intelligent well read, compassionate and open minded. Everything a well rounded and well educated person should be. Johnson otoh, yuk.
No surprise for some of us ! Hear this and learn from it all those that were foolish enough to be deceived by the pretender. This man is TWICE the man Boris could ever be.
@Sharon Washington He 's nowhere near "twice Boris" and it is only, in my view, the surging level of socialism in Scotland that forces this guy to distance himself from the Crime Minister, but Rory is less than half of Starmer and less than a thousand of Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn would have stopped the massive fuel price profiteering and he would have put a stop to supermarkets' greedy price increases. Rory is part of the problem not the solution because he is, at heart, an adherant to the crazy capitalist neoliberal nonsense which drives us ever deeper into inequality, unsustainability, pollution, and all the other madness that is ruining our planet
Trice the man.
He was a looser an behaved like a spoiled brat
@@CZcams-are-Tory-Toilet-Crud A hundred fold!!
@@petermills542 not to the tory electorate, maybe more suited to!... add your own preference.
This letter to Stanley Johnson has been in circulation for some time now. Had it been my son it would never had seen the light of day for fear of embarrassment. By making this letter public it seems Stanley has a very low opinion of his own flesh and blood. Perhaps Stanley's opinion is the correct one.
Would have been burned
We all KNOW it is.
stanley campaigned for remain is all i know, must have been annoyed by boris campaigning for leave just to get into No10... or maybe he just say the funny side who knows
@@milesblack1830 and now Stanley has gained French Citizenship .
Stanley seems to have always taken the view that his son is a joke; and has done little to correct his behaviour and attitudes. Sadly the joke is on the electorate of the UK that voted for Brexit and then compounded that stupidity by voting him to be Prime Minister.
The “greasy piglet “ was laying the groundwork even then it seems.Rory Stewart the rarest of breeds an honourable politician
Honourable? 🤦♂️ Look up his voting record! Not nice reading. Just a more polished sociopath with a velvet glove. Entirely nasty bit of work. Another product of Eton.
As a politician you don’t progress by being honest. Johnson and Stewart prove the point.
It seems Boris, the jerk with the smirk, Johnson hasn’t changed.
Right, I’m reporting you for hate rhetoric. If you can’t manage to use the internet without spreading hate, don’t use it at all.
@@bnap3221 Boris the jerk with the smirk still hasn’t changed. He is worse than ever now.
How bad he must have been for a letter like this to have been written!
This is why I joined the Bullingdon Boys. There I could do anything I wanted, which has inspired my role as PM.
A lie - just like your "MA"
You need to resign 😂😋
The Bullingdon Club generally pay for damage they cause. Boris’s drunken rampage in No ten is being paid for in lives lost from his mismanagement of the covid pandemic and by the taxpayer in croneyism and an unnecessary and badly negotiated exit from the EU
what a Dosser !
the true gravity of what johnson actually means when he spouts: "lesson learned"
"lesson learned", "humbled", "apologise", "accepts full responsibility". And BoJoke means? 'sometimes seems affronted when criticised'. And is still laughing at everyone in Britain as he spreads more Trump-like hate across the country.
No change in his attitude from then.
Aristotle once said, “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.”
Took a while but Johnson then & Johnson now so disgustingly similar
Feels entitled fails to do the required work
Love 💕 Rory Stewart. Regular listener to his podcast with Alistair Campbell. Highly recommend
Well he hasn't changed has he?
Boris from college is the same Boris we know and hate today.
Hate? Boris is one of the most popular politicians mate.
@@bnap3221 oh he is very popular, yea that's why in every trip that he has done there were protests and people telling him to go away. If you don't remember he even refuse to attend a press conference with the PM of Luxembourg because of protesters. Very popular and loved politician indeed.
LordOfApples Yes, very popular. Glad you finally realised the facts.
This perfectly encapsulates Johnson’s personality.
Because of everything that has happened up to now, I can't laugh at this as I'm too depressed.
Amazing! Says it all!
And that same headmaster is supposed to have said Johnson would never make PM!
The headmaster didn’t think there would be so many gullible people in the country.
And he was right !!
now now boys... play nicely....
Boris's headmaster had him pegged long before his own party did.
Most amusing, spot on regarding BLo Jo but, just one question...
Was it contempt / vindictiveness or simply being oblivious to the utter misery of those who suffered (and continue to suffer), as a result, ( I honestly don't know which is worse), that allowed him to vote 47 times to cut welfare benefits, and 11 times to cut housing benefits?
One should be quite careful with statistics like these. Firstly, often bills do more than just one thing. Secondly, party discipline exists. Thirdly, there's finite money and infinite causes - prioritisation is key, not simply saying "yes" to every nice thing.
DoctorPC ? Take your skeleton fluffing elsewhere.
@@doctorpc1531 the school report shows he cannot prioritise^^
@@pakelly99 You (As an electorate) can't expect to vote an MP based on the party that supports him (as you most definetely do)...and then expect the elected MP to go into Westminster and somehow not follow the Party lines .
@@Thanos1908 If he’s such a nice chap then why is he a Tory? Is it automatic that your attendance at a privileged private school like Eton means you must be a Tory?
I supported rory or would have if i was a tory
How sad that this letter didnt surprise me
So relevant in 2022 🤔
BJ is a caricature of an Etonian and therefore the ideal head for a party which is itself a caricature of British politics.
It all belongs in the past when Britainia thought it ruled the waves.
I like that a lot. Words simply written often convey the deepest truths.
What is a non-caricatured Etonian?
And now it waives the rules!
Chickens are coming home to roost now aren't they?!
Rory why ever were you a Tory
because he's a real Tory, he's very conservative in the traditional sense of the word
I agree, he seems to have escaped the usual operations undertaken by a human being upon becoming a Tory.
Complete removal of the heart and brain.
@@eddiehitler3139 LMFAO, Rory Stewart a traditional conservative..what have you been smoking?! He's a One Nation Tory from the Church of David Cameron at best, a lib dem who fell in with the wrong crowd.
@@kgatlw9134 you obviously have no clue what he's about
would a david cameron subsidise lake district sheep farmers just to preserve local tradition?
@@eddiehitler3139 Appeasing sheep farmers in a constituency like Rory's is called self preservation not practicing traditional conservatism, he wouldn't do that if he was MP for a London constituency. Rory was part of Cameron's intake of new MPs during Cameron's deliberate move AWAY from traditional conservatism to 'modernise' (neo-liberalise) a party which had lost 3 elections on the trot.
If we have to have Tories in power can we have 1 like Rory please?
He warned us.
No surprises here about BoJo.. Except - I was a bit surprised that Rory would agree to read this to the crowd . Then I briefly thought what would have happened if the situation was reverse. Well, that made it very clear for me. BoJo would not only have read a similar letter about Rory with glee - he would have added quite a few fabrications of his own to the letter. - So, yes, let people know that BoJo is a trumpian narcissist, who has not and will never change.
The poshest mic drop in recent times. Hats off Rory.
Show this to all the daily mail readers
They'll call him a legend and a rebel. They love ignorant bigots and bullies.
Boris still lives up to the tune . " See you next Tuesday" . Even so he is a dangerous man undermining what is decent and honourable . We need a change . Change is gonna come ?
Very relevant right now.
Willem Dafoe for mayor? Couldn't hurt.
Fantastic!
What about the Eton post it note Shakespeare farce. He complained till he got the leading role. He couldn't be bothered to learn his lines as he felt he didn't need to. So he stuck post it notes with his lines around the stage. He made an absolute mess of it all and bombed it for everyone one else. Ended very unpopular.
Of course, no parallels there!
What a shame that the teacher had his personality down to a tee and yet the British public loved him and agreed he was exceptional and was not subject to the obligations required of others. People get what they deserve when they voted for him in their droves.
On another point I love Rory and the fact he consistently shows up Boris for the person he really is. 👏
Only some of the British public loved him. Totally agree about Rory (and the teacher).
Brilliant! Excellent speaking voice.
Nah, that definitely doesn't sound like our Dear Leader... Not at all. Not even slightly. Not one iota. Not even one crumb of similarity.
Where is Rory now ?
As a deeply conflicted lifetime Tory voter (whenever I waiver in my determination not to vote again for the conservatives), I just have to think of Boris and then I let out a sigh and realise it’s impossible to vote for a party that elected him in full knowledge he is rotten to the core. Rory on the other hand is brilliant!
I just found out that he wasn't joking about that letter doubling as his notice of resignation.
Many people in London encouraged him.
Twice.
Were can I vote?
I would love to have been a fly on the wall as Stanley opened and read the letter for the first time... I don't think I'd have hung around in the same room.
This is really scraping the barrel.
Has the UK hit in morals and dignity bottom of rusty barrel? With RORY and company?
No ! This is literally nothing. Consider what could be written about Boris Johnson today. The mind boggles.
Supporting Johnson as PM is scraping the barrel.
Eton trifles.
Eton mess.
I would love to know what they wrote about Stewart .
Rory is up his own ….
Boris Johnson personified: but the rules don't really apply to me.😖☹
We will tell that one to the police officers who next try to speak to you, then possibly the judge.
It's all an old boys club
Tell us what happened a few months later.
No change there then.
Boris hasn't changed in 40 years!
actually he has become more brazen emboldened by the lame attitude of his Cronies and the lazy, uninformed attitude of the Public.
Many schoolmasters can predict the probable future awaiting their pupils. None, it seems, with greater accuracy and perspicacity than Johnson's former Head. An amusing and revealing letter.
Is this real? I'm surprised it's being made public.
At the same time, it describes Boris Johnson exactly.
Quite something to dig out.
Some of the comments here, from a couple of years ago, make for interesting reading now [23.1.22].
Omg. Johnson Britains clone of trump. Lol
Hate speech.
Really not funny. They are trashing thier respective nations
Nancy Wood stop using strong and disrespectful language. It leads to hate and violence. Please use less hateful speech.
Say Sam please difine hatefull and direspectful. Because these two people are champs at using that type of language
Sadly nothing has changed.
Ouch
Worth a re-watch
Stewart looks like the ideal trustworthy member of any party ? someone who who goes digging for ways to discredit his leader is surly an asset. I assume he wants to withdraw from politics or does he intend to join the labour party.
This guy must have committed some seriously heinous acts to be publicly ridiculed like that with loud cheers.
The worst pm ever, how have we come to this. Barb
That letter was sent prophetic . Even when he resigned it was less of an apology for wrongdoing and more the,attitude of ' they don't know what they have done , they will be sorry , can they not see how great a leader I am .' Basically blaming everyonexelse fir his own short comings which is what has been Johnson's MO throughout his life.
The writing was always on the wall...
Not put there by Boris johnson though, he couldn't be arsed or knew how to spell it.
Well,that's Boris to a tee ain't it
yep!
Rory Stewart is no tory if anyone is a liar it's him pretending for his career another Teresa may
deborah hobbins...um...interesting...he's privileged, entitled, white and v wealthy...but not fascistic...what's your definition of "Tory"?!?
What a shame for the Tory party.
He is a Tory as he doesn't believe ideology helps anything and believes actions should be cautious and not to expect immediate and large improvements.
For me highlights the advantage of privilege for, had he not gone to such a posh school with its expectations and historical connections, he’d maybe have struggled to do much
Yes, hasn't he been fired from every 'proper' job he's had?
This seems incredibly petty, and i dont understand how it's legal to publicly read something like this.
Because it is in the public domain with the permission of Martin Hammond the author of the letter, Boris Johnson and Stanley Johnson, the recipient.
There's not much more to say after those telling phrases.
Blimey! He’s changed since he was lead singer with The Faces!
Brilliant
Sigh! Too true, alas.😥
This aged well.
He needs to start movement with the guys from RMT 😻✌️🔥
A real man.
Is the letter true?
If it had been made up, it would probably have been funnier.
Does it really matter?
Yes its true. It was doing the rounds on "Whatsapp" last week.
Always been a Rod Stewart fan. Mum too.
i am european,i would love for the UK to remain, but having said that, brexit needs to happen as soon as possible.....the UK political system,convention and trust is suffering permanent damage, one more year of this mess and politics in the UK will be broken forever.
100% agree
Nope, I don't agree, and I think its a daft idea to be thinking like that. This is ALL our future at stake here. We can't just "give in" and "play nice". The whole "get out of the EU" was rigged in the first place. Working class people were sold down the river just to satisfy the greedy aspirations of those rich people that like to play the stock market. The chaos they have caused was very, very deliberate. You do not need to be a genius to work that one out....
@@JennyPoolton The only people that benefit from brexit are the ultra rich and disaster capitalists.
From a headmaster in a school so steeped in elitism, nepotism and status quo building, that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson's behaviour was so egregious it stood out. That tells of the level of person being developed, which has only been grown so depressingly over the years. I hope in 2023 that we have seen the last of him in politics.
Next up! Boris' letter to Father Christmas ~circa 1971
Summarize the UK in one word.
- Impotent.
Impatient
Incompetent
Insane ?
The conservative party is responsible for the biggest deliberate diplomatic and economic blunder in centuries. The conservative party isn't the entire UK but a very tiny part of it trying to sell the UK down the river as per usual.
@@public.public And the immature drivel of the above class dunce represents what party? Apparently its not the Conservative party!
Why was Boris ever elected in the first place? We wouldn’t have had all the mess he’s created.
Wow
Lol! Mine read' he has alll the intelligence and should do better' Upon which I got a dressing down from my parents and eventually did very well.
At the time of this missive (1982), I was at war in the South Atlantic; one might consider - had he (Johnson) upheld an honest ethos to his future, then perhaps there would be no reason to ridicule this odious, arrogant, pathological liar...
Rory Stewart the same guy who called Boris Johnson A Disgrace
Just look up his voting record? Then judge him you will change your mind about this Eaton man
Wonder what polly thinks?
Polly will probably invite Rory round for dinner. Then they will discuss how the elite from different sides of politics can ensure that the British people do not get the policies that they want, but can be persuaded to want the policies which the elite wish to impose.
teachers are amazingly perceptive of children from a young age
Noblesse oblige. Martin Hammond was his house master, not head master.