From Thatcher to Johnson: what former PMs said when forced to resign
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2022
- Speaking outside Downing Street, Boris Johnson has confirmed he will resign as Conservative party leader after a delegation of cabinet ministers demanded he quit. Here is what his predecessors said when they were forced to resign
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Theresa May seemed to be the only one humbled.
She gave a rather dignified speech.
@@muiresuilgorm3452 She did indeed.
I felt sorry for the poor woman and I've never once voted Tory.
She had atleast a sense of public service for it's own sake...but those people are not exiting and dont last long. Pretty bad reflection on what we really want as a country.
She was the only one that showed she atleast cared.
May should be, she was the worst of the lot
never agreed with the Tories and never agreed with Theresa May but by gosh you can feel she was so saddened in that moment.
Probably because the amount of money and contracts her husband managed to get whilst she was in power.
Theresa May introduced "Hostile Environment policy"
Many that helped to build the UK suddenly got deported
and many died because of the mental shock!!
Boris gave Ukraine 4.6 billion
which should of been given to British taxpayers!!
shameful and disgusting and disgraceful!!!!
You don't have to make excuses for feeling empathy for someone of which you don't politically aline
You are a joker... go back to school!
@@deedee-tc4fh you are being unreasonable!
Cameron’s humming was hilarious
It has my laughing
Do..... Do do....
Right!
He was humming his way out of a shitshow, fair play
He said in his great biography that he was worried that the Number 10 door wouldn't open when he went back
May and June is the worst months for conservatives 🤣
it's the best for the nation .
It's July?
It didnt match
@@Google_Does_Evil_Now
Of course 🤣
It’s round when Tom Riddle cursed the job.
So misleading, Cameron was NOT forced to resign. He was (rightfully) against brexit and chose to resign rather than be a part of it.
He jumped before he was pushed. He would not have been able to stay in power for long and resigned in order to preempt an ouster.
@news channel 0
I wouldn't chose more like walk away and hide because of the outcome he wasn't expecting but was predicted
@@aperson22222 still doesn't mean he was forced to
I think you are taking the word too literally. And I am not English!
When he said some people will be "relieved" he gestured down the street towards the gathering of hundreds of people booing him LOL
It's a few more than those protesters at the Downing St Gates, Daz 😉
Don't forget the "Bye, Bye Boris" song!
@@active85858585 you are a troll.. aren't you?? 🤡 just wonder how to get pay like you... i can boo pm all day! 😉
@@andrewtongue7084 are you at the gate now?
No, Suzy, I finished a shift at my hospital (A & E Dept) an hour ago.
Theresa May had so much more class and passion about leading as PM vs the donkey house Boris turned the Leadership position into
Tell me more about her class and passion while refusing to meet survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
@@redlightmax I said so much more to Boris didn’t say she was perfect
@@redlightmax alright calm down Karen love.
Tories are all the same. They just look after their own selfish interests and their tory doners and the rich and wealthy at the great expense of the rest of us
@@LeviJamesRE OK Karen tory lover
Our great Darwinian system? Did Boris think he was the fittest specimen? 😂😂😂
😂 😂 😂 Lol.
😂
Yes, I'm sure he thinks that, as do all of the British aristocracy.
😂😂🤣
Yeah what a bad expression.
Pretty sure Thatcher, Cameron and May were not FORCED to resign. They simply chose to do so. Thatcher felt disheartened by not beating Heseltine outright in the first round of votes in his leadership bid. Had she gone on, she probably still would have beaten him and remained Prime Minister. Cameron resigned because he simply didn't believe in Brexit (quite right, too) and May had planned to resign even before her deal with the EU was rejected for a third time.
wha? Cameron was forced to resign due to his failure with the brexit referendum. May was forced to resign as she couldn't get her brexit bill passed in any state...
@@kayzlazerbeam007 You didn't read my comment, did you?
What's wrong with Brexit? My wages have gone up since and I'm living quite comfortably, plus were no longer throwing as much tax payer money at Europe 🤷♂️
Thatcher might not have been forced per se but she was very strongly urged by her cabinet, who all went in to No.10 and told her it was over
@@maybenot6075 I didn't say there was anything wrong with Brexit. I voted for it. But it was right of Cameron to resign, as I wouldn't have felt comfortable with a pro-EU Prime Minister leading us through the aftermath of our supposed split from it. So you can imagine how much regard I have for May and Johnson. ;)
Ejecting May was a very bad decision. A full term May would have benifited UK. Unfortunately her term is sandwiched between Cameron's n Johnson's term, worst guys.
The woman who wanted to throw out the human rights act and who was responsible for the Windrush deportations would never have benefited the UK. The fact that she could have even got into such a position of power like that shows how morally bankrupt the Cons are in the UK.
LoL, you’re joking right? Biden is a more capable leader than she was 😂
@@clemo86v24 let's not go that far
@@clemo86v24 naaah that’s too much, let’s be reasonable 😅
May was the worst PM in my life, and that includes the buffoon Ted Heath.
Tony Blair last PMQ: whole house including opposition standing ovation
David Cameron last PMQ: all opposition clapped
Teresa May last PMQ: some opposition clapped
Boris Johnson last PMQ: nobody on opposition clapped
Who cares if your opposition claps. They re still your opposition
@@junior523 It's about respect.
@@coonalisa230 your opposition respecting you doesn't mean they still aren't out to get you.
Liz Truss last PMQ: (crickets)
To be fair, everyone thought she might last at least another week.
Last 3 Prime Ministers have resigned 😬
unlike Putin and Xi Jinping.
Democracy’s biggest weakness
all Tory too...
democracy's greatest asset
@@lifeisneverthesame910 Boris tried to Dismiss parliament indefinitely to secure his power as prime minister forever. There's no difference between him and the other two it's just Vladimir and xi do in front of peoples faces.
Though non-British, but a wholehearted lover and adorer of England (Britain), May's tears have broken my heart. 0:50 A moment to be remembered throughout history.
Really? None of these prime ministers gave their all to the job, despite what they claim in their goodbye speeches. If May had shown tears of compassion for the people in the country who were struggling from her government's policies then she might have been a better PM and still leader today.
Easy tiger
@@amandahunter4034 Nah, May’s entire problem was she was trying to solve Brexit. Which is impossible.
Johnson got around it by signing something and pretending Brexit was solved.
@@fenhen 💯 💯
No pity for a country that has pillaged the world.
In July 7th, a Prime Minister leaves office.
Then in July 8th, another Prime Minister leaves the entire world.
Is this your way of saying Boris Johnson went back to his homeplanet?
@@ricegrain1809 Well, pretty much then 😂
On July 9th, another Prime Minister agrees to leave office (Ranil Wickremesinghe). I know the two you are talking about are Boris Johnson and Shinzo Abe.
@@limzhihang5830 Ranil Wickremesinghe is President of Sri Lanka buddy
@@va2347 Ranil Wickremesinghe is the PRIME MINISTER. Check the facts before commenting, yes Wickremesinghe is the president, but only after my comment was posted, and he is only the acting president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa (its Rajapaksa who was the official president) fled Sri Lanka and appointed Ranil as acting president on July 13th during his absence from the nation. Rajapaksa then officially resigned as president the following day, July 14th. Wickremesinghe, provided that he is the prime minister, automatically ascended to become acting president, then remained as acting president.
Cameron once said that he thought Boris Johnson would make a great Prime Minister. Something else he was wrong about.
@Kevin S he did come across as being surprised but recovered quickly so your assessment was on the money
Who are you? 🤡 have you got a job and pay taxes ?
@@suzy5166 Who are you🤡
I’m American, David had the most clean resign
No one care what you think!
Yes
Yes, and Americans have zero sense when it comes to politics. After all, you had leaders like Trump and Bush
I'm not a native speaker and my question is: why do native speakers rarely use the superlative correctly?
We were taught to say : the cleanest and not the most clean. Yet, it looks like no one cares about this rule.
@@f.h.54 'The cleanest' is more correct than 'the most clean', but neither are grammatically incorrect. You could say that cleanest is the most clean most clean...
What’s up with the UK summer?
The British PM changes so fast these days...
Can’t you feel the mood drop when an image of thatcher comes up
Nope
Yes
A new Doctor Who, a new James Bond to be announced, now a new Prime Minister this year , all comes in three's.
hmm .. which of those 3 to look forward to the most. Sadly ... the Prime Minister for i am not British .. and British politics have provided better entertainment than Doctor Who lately.
1:40 Mr Blair, invading Iraq in an illegal illegitimate war was never in the interest of Britain 🇬🇧 and you knew that for a fact! Politicians never lie..
It was in its intrest, if it wasn't they wouldn't have done it (not defending the invasion In any way, but unfortunately Britain decided to take advantage of the situation)
Ok, literally the media and every other politician who voted for the war including members of parliament today voted for it. So all politicians and the media lie, what's new?
@@kenji7174 it was done to please gulf states, Sadaam was planning to attack Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He did the same in 1991 except in 1991 Bush Sr bluntly said the truth that it was done to protect Arab allies which cost him the 1992 election so in 2003 Bush Jr lied about WMDs and Blair went along with it.
While may’s one was clearly the most emotional one and thatcher’s one is the most dignified one and the other ones well they were okay this is just my opinion .
It shocks me to say this but Tony Blaire came off as sincere.
Blairs was decent too
David Cameron situation was different
@K F Pfft
1:34 Tony Blair has the best resignation speech i heard.
When u commit crime against humanity, u need a best speech to save ur reputation. Still criminal, not sure who is worse Putin or him.
After having killed more than a million Iraqis
Camerons Do dooo do do do is hillarious🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I see nothing but a catwalk of failures.
Funny, thought I was watching the Baftas- very convincing indeed. 🤣 🤣
Ok, but no one’s gonna talk about Margaret Thatcher‘s confidence in her 20 second speech 😂😂😂.
"Globalist adviser and speech giver for hire. Hedge funds and investment banks very welcome. Competitive rates."
Boris has always been an amoral guy, and it was obvious from the start that an amoral Prime Minister would lead an amoral government. He even wanted to make it easier for politicians to get away with unacceptable behaviour.
To me he appeared like he was a joker, I just don’t understand how he became a prime minister in such a great country.
Maybe a whole load of English people will agree that you love the Union Jack flag the St George flag and story's behind those too and what they represent I always love these flags the design of the flags and the places of England too and will be on top of the list for me and will always remain First Class.
And the people of England will come although I may only refer too North Yorkshire people as been second class and would give anything too be knowing the Southerners
@@petma5551 u r not great
Cameron was worse - he hated this country and its people. Giving nuclear power stations to China is an act of treason and he should be in the gallows for it.
Cameron: "I was absolutely clear about MY belief that he country was stronger, safer and better off inside the European Union." No, you were not clear, not until the last 2 weeks when you finally panicked, THAT was your problem.
You can add the most recent one up there to
las intenciones son buenas pero las acciones hablan mas que 1000 palabras, farewell PM Boris Jhonson!
Guardian tried to erase Gordon Brown?
Brown lost, as did Major.
Down goes Big Dog! Down goes Big Dog!
Where’s truss
I WAS THERE WHEN BORIS RESIGNED, Was the day after my 18th birthday (like a week ago) but yeah everyone was booing at him and the iconic “bye bye” boris Johnson song
Are you a lib?
@@alexm.8544 Anyone with a shred of morality will be happy to see such an immoral man gone
@@alexm.8544 I’m not really to into politics but I’d be more conservative than anything else, I hate labour because they sold all of the NHS’s assets off for a “quick influx of cash” they have no clue how to run a government and they should never be in power again
Update for Truss please. Or maybe you should wait for Sunak to resign in a few months.
I can confirm Boris, no-one is disappointed to see you leave. 👋👋
Not complete. Where is Gordon Brown? 🤷🏽♂️
He lost an election he wasn't forced to resign
He didn't resign. He lost the general election to Cameron
He lost
You also didn't say anything about John Major.
@@georgeiii2998 John Major also lost the election
Get ready to make another vid lol
Called it
Bro replies to himself
I don't understand- how can they have a transition without an attempted coup?
Because we, the British, do not take kindly to Treason.
@@twyscape So you say- yet Boris picked up the Kremlin's Brexit ball and ran with it. Some might say better late than never on this personal exit- but the damage is already done.
@mavigogun Put. The tinfoil. Down.
Because we are not a third world country old chap.
"A leader equally commited" I'm not sure I want an equally committed leader Boris the Russian Man
Now that is a bunch of people who no1 will miss!
I don’t know why. But somehow when I quite see or hear Tony Blair speaking, there is this feeling of Robert Mugabe bursting his heart out against him. Anyway!
Student driver: settles in
Driving instructor: Now show me all the parts of the interior of a car you should know. Where are the brakes?
Student, points: 0:29
"and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed" ...doesn't sound like anyone's disappointed but him by the looks of it
Kinda wanted johnson to end it on a high note by saying "now I'm off down job centre" 😂
Thanks to the Guardian for this collection.
Cameron was not forced to resign. He decided to.
Are all the Prime Ministers in UK forced to resign?
No, they just do
Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation! As William Blake rightfully states, "Cruelty has a human heart, and Jealousy a human face, Terror the human form divine, and Secrecy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge".
Excellent
Was there a mosque chant in the background of Boris speech? 😆
Hey; remember when everyone was talking about how much worse this would all be under Corbyn?
Well...where's Truss' one? 🤣
Thank you 😊
Informative. I didn't know Margaret was forced to resign
Hmmmm
Just what is it that all these very different politicians have in common?
If only I could fathom it out.
Certainly says a lot about the Tories. Four Tories to Two Labour politicians needing to resign.
There was 4 to 1 you numpty
You got another one on your list soon ;)
No more conservatives
No more labour.
Out of all four of these delinquents, only Johnson did not shed a crocodile tear. This sums him up really as a person.
Calling Theresa May a delinquent really shows how ignorant you are.
5. Learn to count.
@@georgeiii2998 nah, david cameron doesnt count
In a word, Mario, Sociopath.
Waiting for another season!
David Cameron wasn't forced to resign
If Cameron was the Gang Leader ,Theresa was the Getaway Driver and Boris the lookout Man Who is the Inside Man that Inherits the Prime Ministers Job
Boris would have fallen asleep and they would all be doing serious Porridge
What about John Major and Gordon Brown?
Well. Difficult to rebutt all allegations of Arrogance and Entitlement when the opposing political party PM resignations are classier.
And I am not British.
Who care what you think!🤡
That Margaret seemed she was abit tipsy 😂😂😂😂😂
This "Darwinian System" seems to select the "crazy". Neol Coward was correct "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" in political sense too.
You've missed Gordon Brown & John Major.
They. Did. Not. Resign.
But them's the breaks 😂😂😂😭😭😭
The royal We from.Thatcher says it all. Also Britain became a much worse place after her 11 years in my view.
The numbers says the exact opposite.
At the end of Teresa may speech it sounds like she was gonna burst out in 😭
Cameron's _Doo dooo! Do doo._ has to be the best.
That’s a proper video
James Callaghan 3 years
Gordon brown 3 years
Theresa May 3 years
Boris Johnson 3 years
Them's the breaks~
Anyone for wine and cheese?😂
That's true humanity
What about Gordon Brown?
I thought he would get eggs frone at him as same as Thatcher statue I'm glad he's. Gone he will be singing now it's my party I crie if wont to
Words cannot describe how happy I am boris is gone 😂😂😂
Even happier knowing thatcher is long gone.
I have absolutely no clue about the British Politics so can you please tell why are people happy with Boris Johnson's resignation.
Doesn't mention Gordon Brown
"But thems the breaks"
What about John Major
What about Gordon Brown
They all have one thing in common: lies
May was going to cry,😄
We don't see John Major or Gordon Brown.
Just tory mp's that were forced to resign, doesn't that tell you something
Maybe he was forced out because someone thought he was "Boris Yeltsin" and not Boris Johnson ???
Really? Such an anti-Russian prime minister?
Privatisation was Mrs Thatcher legacy and of course the hunger strikers 🇮🇪 ❤️🙏
Give us the vote on who sits in power seat or scrap the government
I did not witness thatcher I was too small but I think the best and quick resignation was the David Cameron, when he realised he messed up he straight away resigned! I hated Teresa May because of Boris spreading negativity and using Brexit as weapon to get rid of her.
But now I have lots of respect for her!
My 1sf ever vote went to Boris , 2nd Lib Dem and 3rd will be Labour next election.
Then only my gutted soul will find peace ☮️ !
Yes one thing he’s right we are actually all relive that Boris is going
@Shedrach morrison Hello 👍. Nice name 😊
@Shedrach morrison I’m doing great thank you. What about you?…. Yes lovely name very different 😊
Was Thatcher using the Royal 'we'?
I am not british but Tony blair was my favourite , He was very likeable
Both David Cameron And Theresa May Knew It was Downhill From There On....
Poor John Major. He was prime minister for 6 years.. and slightly longer than David Cameron - though the video missed him.
Because it’s a video about Prime Ministers *resigning*, and he didn’t resign. His career as PM was ended by a general election. For the same reason, the video didn’t include a clip of Gordon Brown.
David Cameron wasn’t forced to resign
Gordon Brown did it best.