S11 E11: Opioid Settlements, Rishi Sunak & Eurovision: 5/12/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • John Oliver discusses how state and local governments in the US are spending opioid settlements, a new deportation plan in the UK, and, of course, his favorite contestant at Eurovision.
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  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE Před 24 dny +1457

    We are united again, my non-HBO Max friends!

    • @hanifarroisimukhlis5989
      @hanifarroisimukhlis5989 Před 24 dny +34

      HBO, what's that?
      - Max CEO

    • @re57k
      @re57k Před 24 dny +16

      I legit thought this was one of their S1 uploads, until I noticed that the cityscape background behind John was the latest one.
      I'm non-American so I sometimes just forget when they air their shows.

    • @santishorts
      @santishorts Před 24 dny +22

      I actually have Max, but episodes of Last Week Tonight take like a full week to show up maybe because they need to subtitle them or something. Either way, I love getting to see these in full, just as they come out and LEGALLY.

    • @t45tt4tr
      @t45tt4tr Před 24 dny +3

      Ain't your friend, pal

    • @ingridakerblom7577
      @ingridakerblom7577 Před 24 dny

      Never HBO max!!!

  • @sylvamori166
    @sylvamori166 Před 24 dny +207

    The finnish song didn't win, we placed 19th out of 25 finalists. But we'd rather be legends than winners anyway. Also the short haired singer is a voice actor in finnish version of paw patrol and originally agreed to only do a demo, they were supposed to find another singer by the time of our national selection. It takes giant balls to go from "I'll just do the demo" to "I'll sing live in front of a giant audience in the biggest music festival of Europe" in a matter of months.

    • @enanefy
      @enanefy Před 21 dnem +4

      or giant check ;)

    • @emmettbrown3463
      @emmettbrown3463 Před 21 dnem +4

      @@enanefy latter would still require the former

    • @enanefy
      @enanefy Před 21 dnem +2

      @@emmettbrown3463for such song and perfomance, yes

    • @hemulek
      @hemulek Před 18 dny +3

      Hey! I still remember Lordi, they were unbelievable!

    • @ggsay1687
      @ggsay1687 Před 10 dny +2

      I't reminded me the Sabbaton singer, he had to fill up the singer role until they find new singer, he was on keyboard at first. But they never found new singer.

  • @ingridakerblom7577
    @ingridakerblom7577 Před 24 dny +660

    Windows 95 man literally destroyes the stage with those pyro pants... the swedes had it covered in LED screens & the pyro destroyed the screens 😅
    He was a true headache for the production team.

    • @seppejosten219
      @seppejosten219 Před 24 dny +80

      He was the absolute best. He should have won. Never have lauged so hard at eurovision

    • @happosade
      @happosade Před 24 dny +53

      Fun fact, the pyros were done by Finnish company. Coincidence, or revenge?

    • @netter11
      @netter11 Před 24 dny +33

      @@happosade we (the finns) hate sweden, so i would say it was coincidence but seeing what it did... they doubled their efforts to make it "accidental"

    • @Auroth_DI
      @Auroth_DI Před 24 dny +33

      @@netter11But we love you? 😢

    • @netter11
      @netter11 Před 24 dny +58

      @@Auroth_DI we love you too as one loves a brother they hate/love, but dont tell anyone i said that or my finnish citizenship is revoked

  • @nadiahassan5307
    @nadiahassan5307 Před 24 dny +788

    The thing I never get over is why nobody from the Sackler family is in jail. Like if you insist on jailing the addict, jail the freaking pusher.

    • @hanifarroisimukhlis5989
      @hanifarroisimukhlis5989 Před 24 dny

      They got money big enough to -bribe- lobby Clarence Thomas.

    • @delancyj67
      @delancyj67 Před 24 dny +122

      It's easier to jail the poor whether guilty or innocent than the rich no matter how guilty.

    • @cokesquirrel
      @cokesquirrel Před 24 dny +27

      Not to be sarcastic
      And not to be a jerk
      But come on
      Do I really need to say more than Amazing lawyers and billionaires
      Come on haven't you learned by now Jail is for the poor
      Remember I'm not Remember I'm not criticizing you I'm not criticizing poor people
      I'm just giving my opinion from what I've seen the past 50 years

    • @anomalocaris2593
      @anomalocaris2593 Před 24 dny +2

      Do you really want to put bunch of rich Karen's in jail? The lawsuit legal proceedings alone will outweigh the settlement

    • @bobshea6523
      @bobshea6523 Před 24 dny +13

      Rich addicts don't go to jail.

  • @ninepurrcat
    @ninepurrcat Před 24 dny +178

    I didn’t think Finland could outdo themselves for the 2023 Eurovision, but they proved us all wrong!🔥

    • @zeizei8475
      @zeizei8475 Před 23 dny +12

      🤣 We have plans for the next year

    • @fjooyou
      @fjooyou Před 23 dny +5

      Their only win was a metal band who were in monster costumes in 2006, you could argue they haven't outdone that since

    • @tomaszp2027
      @tomaszp2027 Před 23 dny +21

      @@fjooyou ah, Lordi was great, but you could argue that Käärijä's 2nd place success was even greater.
      (And yes, I'm still salty about that jury vote)

    • @hashfors
      @hashfors Před 21 dnem

      @@zeizei8475having fun with that yle-app are we 😂

    • @CybershamanX
      @CybershamanX Před 21 dnem

      Why the Windows logo had to be blurred is beyond me. Oh, wait. Freaking archaic copyright laws, right? 🙄

  • @tapio_m6861
    @tapio_m6861 Před 24 dny +519

    Win95man didn’t actually win in the traditional sense, but in the "they won our hearts" sense they definitely did. Definitely had the most fun on stage. Made me proud to be a Finn.

    • @mkpetersen1607
      @mkpetersen1607 Před 24 dny +24

      I looked it up and was disappointed to see how much he "didn't win" 😭😭

    • @Songfugel
      @Songfugel Před 24 dny +8

      Yeah, Sara Siipola could have won, but Windows95Man was simply more fun

    • @lauri9061
      @lauri9061 Před 24 dny +35

      ​@@SongfugelShe may have not even made it into the final. Good song but boring and way too similar to like half the other entries.

    • @tapio_m6861
      @tapio_m6861 Před 24 dny +41

      @@Songfugel I think the show has evolved into something where winning actually doesn't really matter, it's all about embracing the silliness. USA tried to replicate Eurovision a few years ago but they didn't understand that the geniusness of it all is on how stupid it all is. It's three hours of barely listenable songs each country is forcing the rest to listen. Full of local quirks. And in the end someone wins and gets to host this spectacle next year.
      Once in a blue moon someone comes there with a song that survives past the event. Usually they don't, not even if they win.

    • @diipadaik
      @diipadaik Před 24 dny +1

      He made me the opposite of proud.

  • @coosoorlog
    @coosoorlog Před 24 dny +301

    didn't watch eurovision but I count the john oliver endorsement as the victory over any other kind of victory. Go Finland!

    • @emuli1
      @emuli1 Před 24 dny +10

      Cheers, from Finland 😂🙈

    • @suakeli
      @suakeli Před 24 dny +30

      Thanks! Our serious contenders would have lost anyway, so might as well lose in a hilarious way. Windows95man understood the assignment: it's not about winning, it's about being entertaining.

    • @emuli1
      @emuli1 Před 24 dny +2

      @@suakeli 😂👍

    • @Enkabard
      @Enkabard Před 24 dny

      shame we can talk about Eurovision, but John Oliver would never talk about Muslims demanding Germany be transformed into a Caliphate every day in public protests now, i guess that's not interesting topic

    • @stupidfanboyph
      @stupidfanboyph Před 22 dny +4

      For me John was a year too late tho lol would love to see him chant "Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha"

  • @f3s3n
    @f3s3n Před 24 dny +494

    Microsoft better be paying Widows 95 Man to appear in their ads. LOL

    • @Songfugel
      @Songfugel Před 24 dny

      They couldn't, at least before (it is banned in Eurovision), also Windows95 isn't a MS trademark anymore. That being said, Microsoft has given its ok and full support on their official channel to him, ever since the UMK (first qualification) started. Too bad the dum-dums at Eurovision forced the Windows95Man to censor the windows95 logo, even though it is a discontinued product and has no copyright/trademark issues anymore

    • @Rosterized
      @Rosterized Před 24 dny +54

      people were actually asking if its even ok for them to use microsofts name like that before they qualified but then microsoft finland came with the statement basically saying "go ahead". Like its literally free advertising =D

    • @AammaK
      @AammaK Před 24 dny +29

      @@Rosterized Not only that, but EBU doesn't allow trade marks. So it wasn't only about if Windows would be allowing it, but also if he could even use the name in the contest. EBU decided the name can stay since he's been performing as a DJ with the artist name for years. But the branding had to be removed, so the logos were printed with a blurr to the final state clothing and such.

    • @Pehmokettu
      @Pehmokettu Před 24 dny +29

      Microsoft Finland has had parties for their staff where Windows95Man had done DJ gigs.

    • @Lxx00Jxx00
      @Lxx00Jxx00 Před 24 dny

      they'll do that to try make people forget about the hideous layouts they can't stop doing

  • @SaSok898
    @SaSok898 Před 24 dny +135

    I am from Finland and I approve sending Windows95Man to eurovison

    • @Qloke
      @Qloke Před 23 dny +4

      I am from Finland and I approve your approval.

    • @lenaannis8787
      @lenaannis8787 Před 22 dny +1

      @@Qloke I am fm Greece and i approve that you approve the other Fin approval. Guys there is no way to explain Eurovision to Americans Its like explain that Africa is a continent not a country

    • @the_jojoshow
      @the_jojoshow Před 22 dny

      Same

  • @yummystudios9859
    @yummystudios9859 Před 24 dny +34

    I wana see windows95man performing in last week tonight 😂

  • @delancyj67
    @delancyj67 Před 24 dny +506

    I'm so old I can remember when the Indians and Pakistanis were the people the English wanted to deport.

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe Před 24 dny +23

      Back when Beatles was together.

    • @Denek_23
      @Denek_23 Před 24 dny

      and Im sorry if Im wrong, but those politicians in the clip, look like children of those Pakistanis and Indians

    • @cesarmadero05
      @cesarmadero05 Před 24 dny +11

      Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech and the National Front

    • @doggytheanarchist7876
      @doggytheanarchist7876 Před 24 dny +3

      It's painful to look at.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom Před 24 dny

      me too

  • @saiyasha848
    @saiyasha848 Před 24 dny +78

    Did love the ESC segment. Windows95Man is a treausure

  • @amandalong220
    @amandalong220 Před 23 dny +22

    I expected nothing less from Finland in Eurovision. They always come to party! lol

  • @DrunkenHotei
    @DrunkenHotei Před 24 dny +53

    As a former heroin addict, I can assure you that I would almost certainly be dead if I didn't have easy access to clean needles and other parts of my "kit" regularly thanks to a harm-reduction center. I have also personally saved the lives of two people who had overdosed and stopped breathing since I was given Narcan at that same facility, so that's at least two and likely three lives I can say were save *_directly_* as a result of harm-reduction facilities.
    Also, the idea that one would be less-likely to still use without access to clean gear is so absurd to anyone with an ounce of experience being an addict.

    • @feha92
      @feha92 Před 7 dny +1

      out of curiosity - I am neither from america nor am I a lawyer so I prolly got the wrong impression, but - does the lawsuits saying that the defendants can no longer get sued for those past things they just got sued for mean that non-government parties can't sue them either? Such as private persons who wants their _own_ reparations. Or class-actions for many private persons?
      And if so, I assume that means the government has explicitly made it such that they have taken over the responsibility for those things? So if a private person or a class action wants reparations, then it is now the government they should sue instead? Because I think that's the only way one can handle absolution of responsibility - transfer it through a transitive property to the one absolving said responsibility from the first owner.

  • @Edikzord
    @Edikzord Před 24 dny +241

    "Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who immigrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s." Give this man a plane to Rwanda!

    • @mochan8447
      @mochan8447 Před 24 dny +15

      Along with Cruella and Priti

    • @dreaminginjapan
      @dreaminginjapan Před 23 dny +17

      Yes!!!👏🏻 I was just thinking they all immigrated and yet they’re trying to block other people who are in far more dire situations!??!? Mind blowing!!

    • @TheBurrito4321
      @TheBurrito4321 Před 23 dny +8

      ​@@dreaminginjapanthe difference is people that are illegally entering!

    • @s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js
      @s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js Před 23 dny

      Yeah some people care about the law and some people think it's more a suggestion than a rule. That's why America is on the verge of a civil war​@@TheBurrito4321

    • @pushista9322
      @pushista9322 Před 23 dny +2

      Modern politics is a puppet show, he's not the one making decisions

  • @fiorellify1212
    @fiorellify1212 Před 24 dny +35

    That was the most respectful Esc depiction from the "outside"

  • @SwimmingInSunlight
    @SwimmingInSunlight Před 24 dny +408

    Finland getting the deserved spotlight 🩳🇫🇮
    Torille!

    • @PennyAfNorberg
      @PennyAfNorberg Před 24 dny +3

      A year late...

    • @oldmanramblingatclouds
      @oldmanramblingatclouds Před 24 dny +40

      Suomi mainittu, Torilla tavataan!
      (And that's 80% of the Finnish I know. The other 20% is 'Perkele')

    • @High-LordHarza
      @High-LordHarza Před 24 dny +27

      I am not bothered that we didn't win, we shoulda won last year but looking at the mess that was this year I am glad we didn't. Windows95man was great though, true master of the stage, also the singer with him was very good. Many other artists did a 90s to early 2000s retro thing too, and SO many good artists this year, so many artists to listen to afterwards.

    • @lordotro
      @lordotro Před 24 dny +5

      Torille

    • @ingridakerblom7577
      @ingridakerblom7577 Před 24 dny +7

      I'm gonna hide in my sauna until it's safe 😅

  • @janko6608
    @janko6608 Před 24 dny +95

    Win95Man is nicely balancing the Suomi brand of silent shy introverts. Greetings from Finland. "torille"

    • @ThineBenleagh
      @ThineBenleagh Před 24 dny +11

      This is what hides behind the shell of an introvert.

    • @caIyps0
      @caIyps0 Před 22 dny +6

      just like with Käärijä last year! it seems that Finland is finally hatching out of its (denim) shell and showing that being a Finn is not just brooding around and having depression. while a Finn might be reserved and introverted at first, once you get to know them, you'll have a good time :D

    • @studiorestard
      @studiorestard Před 21 dnem

      Torille! ❤

  • @eliamagrinelli517
    @eliamagrinelli517 Před 24 dny +120

    "but sadly we got to turn to something much less fun to talk about
    the UK"
    peak

    • @wangsengsin2527
      @wangsengsin2527 Před 24 dny +5

      To be fair Eurovision this year wasn’t very fun to talk about either

    • @justinakilik
      @justinakilik Před 24 dny +9

      I thought he was gonna say that UK got zero points from public yet again

    • @wangsengsin2527
      @wangsengsin2527 Před 24 dny +10

      @@justinakilik what do you mean, its always fun seeing the UK get zero points every year

    • @Phoca_Vitulina
      @Phoca_Vitulina Před 21 dnem +1

      @@wangsengsin2527 lol XD this year was my first time watching. do they always get 0 points from the audience, or has it just been ever since brexit?

    • @wangsengsin2527
      @wangsengsin2527 Před 21 dnem

      @@Phoca_Vitulina Brexit played a part, but usually it’s because they send uninspired garbage

  • @lazdial
    @lazdial Před 24 dny +16

    The other singer in Windows95man’s performance is Henri Piispanen who is also the voice actor for the finnish dub of Paw Patrol’s Chase

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... Před 24 dny +78

    I have HBO. But I want to support them to keep posting the full episodes here. That's how important this show is for informing the public about important issues.
    Comedians, not journalists, are the heart and soul of our society.

    • @enzorocha2977
      @enzorocha2977 Před 23 dny +2

      I know what you mean-comedians such as Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, etc. certainly bolster your point-and the context in which you made your statement. But as fun as it is to mock the so-called "journalists" in the mold of Piers Morgan, Tucker Carlson, or any of the talking heads/panelists at Fox (a propaganda network, tbh), it's important to make a distinction and remember the many who've made the ultimate sacrifice trying to bring truth to light with their reporting: Anna Politkovskaya, Jamal Khashoggi, Dalia Marko, etc. Putin infamously has murdered Russian journalists who dare investigate his actions. Add to that list the many more who have died covering war zones. You might not consider them "the heart and soul of our society" because, hey, I'll admit they don't bring as much joy as the entertainers, whom I truly appreciate for what their wit and humor brings into my life, but I cherish a dry but straight, incorruptible, brave journalist doing their job well, too.

  • @missphase8127
    @missphase8127 Před 24 dny +26

    Thank you for uploading entire episodes for the rest of the world, I never knew how the big intro for the show consisted of John banging on the glass table like a toddler for every episode

  • @rob9756
    @rob9756 Před 24 dny +22

    Oliver, you could represent your country at Eurovision this year.

  • @falsuhail
    @falsuhail Před 24 dny +14

    With this coverage, Finland became the true winner of the contest. Manta esiin ja torille!

  • @macjonte
    @macjonte Před 24 dny +24

    Finland has a remarkable talent to find artists with wonderful sarcastic songs and stage shows. Their Eurovision is a gold mine.

    • @Awoken_Remmuz
      @Awoken_Remmuz Před 22 dny +7

      As a Swede I always appreciate Finland adding a bit of spice to Eurovision.

  • @netter11
    @netter11 Před 24 dny +80

    SUOMI MAINITTU!
    TORILLE PERKELE!
    Never thought finland would be mentioned in LWT. Im happy that John Oliver loves this =D ITS SO SILLY, yet its so quintesensal finnish :P

    • @Oliolli3
      @Oliolli3 Před 24 dny +9

      If I'd have had to guess how Finland would be mentioned in LWT it would have been along the lines of "Finland, a country you think of so rarely you didn't even realise that's not Finland, THIS is Finland" with corresponding maps of the Baltic Sea with first Sweden and then Estonia highlighted.

    • @PanfuSerenity
      @PanfuSerenity Před 23 dny +6

      @@Oliolli3 We did get mentioned once before, I think it was like "best overseas destinations to host your lesbian wedding" or something like that?

  • @heywherefrom
    @heywherefrom Před 23 dny +15

    Hello from Japan to all the fans of Windows95Man!

  • @brianferguson7840
    @brianferguson7840 Před 24 dny +153

    So far the British government have only got one man to Rwanda and they paid him £3,000 to go voluntarily. Seven hours after arriving, he jumped on a plane and came straight back 😂😂😂😂

    • @hco4203
      @hco4203 Před 24 dny +14

      source? lmao that's too funny.

    • @gavriloking5637
      @gavriloking5637 Před 24 dny +2

      source

    • @primalconvoy
      @primalconvoy Před 24 dny +2

      Citation needed.

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 Před 24 dny +8

      Dude, if it is a joke, maybe let it clear

    • @Songfugel
      @Songfugel Před 24 dny +12

      Or they could just make an international group effort to start fixing the problems in these countries so people wouldn't need to emigrate away from there as refugees to begin with!
      It would be way more humanitarian and cheaper alternative

  • @MirkaHK
    @MirkaHK Před 24 dny +23

    And that's why we love you in Finland!!!

    • @MirkaHK
      @MirkaHK Před 24 dny +2

      We know a fking star when we see one!!! 😀

  • @tukan9569
    @tukan9569 Před 24 dny +23

    Sunak in this interview reminded me of Robert Arryn from Game of Thrones who also wanted people to fly

  • @jonaseriksson3782
    @jonaseriksson3782 Před 24 dny +18

    I like the episode's description: ".., and of course, his favorite contestant at Eurovision"

  • @shethingsd
    @shethingsd Před 24 dny +67

    Eurovision is the most ridiculously hilarious thing ever and I love it

  • @gamepapa1211
    @gamepapa1211 Před 24 dny +107

    When John mentioned those salesmen descending onto small towns sniffing that sweet settlement money, I imagined them all as The Monorail Guy from The Simpsons. Made my skin crawl, it did.

  • @aghamom
    @aghamom Před 24 dny +21

    For a nation that cares so much about taxation and the national deficit and government spending, a lot of people seem okay with not knowing where their money is spent.

  • @Yenifly
    @Yenifly Před 24 dny +39

    I have been laughing for the past 5 minutes, going over and over the part where John reveals w95man XD

  • @kari-pekkamakkeli9494
    @kari-pekkamakkeli9494 Před 24 dny +24

    Greetings from Finland! First time ever heard anything about that "artist", somehow not surprised at all! 😂 (So proud! 🤪)

  • @thedangerzone9399
    @thedangerzone9399 Před 24 dny +14

    Thank you for the laughs, windows95man is a legend.

  • @miguelfalix7091
    @miguelfalix7091 Před 24 dny +9

    Watching this show is my Monday morning ritual

  • @PekkaLuokkala
    @PekkaLuokkala Před 24 dny +17

    Unfortunately he didn't won, but thank you for recocnizing us!

  • @NA-wq6qg
    @NA-wq6qg Před 24 dny +8

    John, I wanna express my gratitude to you. I don't just love you as a talk show host but as a human. You are beyond incredible.

  • @Duckkis
    @Duckkis Před 24 dny +10

    Okay, I like this guy, he is great. Thank you for appreciating our Windows95man!

  • @syokanaa9356
    @syokanaa9356 Před 24 dny +61

    Finland mentioned! 🇫🇮

  • @DelPlays
    @DelPlays Před 24 dny +12

    Finland winning Eurovision two years in row!

  • @felipenachmanowicz9393
    @felipenachmanowicz9393 Před 24 dny +14

    Bola Wraps are amazing tools for having people portray penguins in plays, TV or everyday life overall.

  • @PanConQueso001
    @PanConQueso001 Před 24 dny +53

    ok, the cig gag was smooth as fuck, good one Johnny Boy

  • @FrostAndTheForest
    @FrostAndTheForest Před 24 dny +131

    NO RULES! Finland is the happiest country in the world - and here is our proof!!

    • @charleediaven6278
      @charleediaven6278 Před 24 dny

      Finland has rules !

    • @alfa8728
      @alfa8728 Před 24 dny

      fuck finland

    • @Sarmaamy
      @Sarmaamy Před 24 dny +2

      Torille! 🇫🇮

    • @belliwatching
      @belliwatching Před 24 dny +3

      As a recent first time visitor to Finland, what an experience- helps understand your Eurovision entries better too!! I'll be visiting again, armed with my useful vocabulary: laktoositon, kiitos!

    • @FrostAndTheForest
      @FrostAndTheForest Před 24 dny

      @@charleediaven6278 and the one rule is:

  • @mantasa0000
    @mantasa0000 Před 24 dny +21

    Damn...American grifters work so fast, instantly taking advantage of the settlements. I do hope people actually take this seriously since some local governments seem to be so clueless that they're just letting people take the money that was meant for something else openly.

  • @justanaverageguy1351
    @justanaverageguy1351 Před 24 dny +8

    Here in Australia, the Liberal party (equivalent to the British Tories) had a policy of turning away asylum seekers arriving by boat and sending them to Nauru for offshore detention. It was cruel and very expensive, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. However, it stopped the boats.

  • @Ybalrid
    @Ybalrid Před 24 dny +12

    I know this is a joke, and it is off topic. But the Toilet really is the greatest invention in human history. You'd probably be dead from cholera if the mighty toilet was not there.
    We took way too much time as a species to understand that the pooping water and the drinking water should not mix.

    • @Brian-tn4cd
      @Brian-tn4cd Před 24 dny +2

      We actually did learn about it pretty quick... Then forgot or were forced into circumstances where there was no other choice, then we remembered..... Then we forgot, then we remembered and now we have toilets

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher Před 24 dny +49

    How surreal to have a British Prime Minister of Indian ancestry whose way of thinking echoes Reginald Dyer's.
    (The character Edward Fox played in "Gandhi," a.k.a. The Butcher of Amritsar.)

    • @AZ2PM
      @AZ2PM Před 24 dny +2

      They've got great researchers on Last Week Tonight, but all the key criticisms of the Sunak policy don't hold up.
      * That it won't work (9:30) - In Australia, it did work. The conservative Liberal party there had a sudden surge of migrants in boats in the 00s, so they made a deal to deport them to another country. The numbers dropped to almost 0 within weeks.
      The more left leaning Labor party then dropped the deal, and immediately the boat arrivals returned. Thousands again. Many dead by drowning.
      The old policy returned and immediately numbers back to near 0 and hasn't been a significant issue for over a decade as it became bipartisan. (source: BBC "How Australia wrote the 'stop the boats' playbook")
      * That it's too expensive - Based on the above, the reply here (8:30) was valid. While per person its expensive, if like Australia the deterrent works, it should go down to near 0 and save millions of dollars and lives from drowning. Additionally, for every refugee that arrives, on average it takes 3 generations for them to not be an economic burden to their new nations (Economic Assimilation of the “Third Generation”: An Intergenerational Mobility Perspective, Sage Journals). So there is a cost to taking refugees (although personally I feel it's more humane to take them, that is the economic reality and the politicians arguing that are not wrong)
      * Rwanda not being safe (5:43) - It's actually ranked one of the safest countries in the world.
      - 37th safest in the world (one place HIGHER than the UK in 38th) (source: Global Finance Magazine "The aftermath of a global pandemic re-shuffles Global Finance’s ranking of the world’s safest countries.")
      - 6th safest for solo travellers (source: "Rwanda the 6th safest country for solo travellers, new survey finds" Euro News)
      - Safest country in Africa (source: Statista "Safest countries in Africa 2024")
      * Lastly, that they are desperate and fleeing to the UK 'out of necessity' (9:30) - the vast majority come from the middle east and Africa. To get tot he UK, they are passing through many safe nations and regions they could take shelter and file the same refugee claim. But they choose to go to the UK. If they were desperate they would stop off at any one of those other european nations - in fact the UK would be one of the furthest options from both those regions, which is why the UK government are right to have some suspicion.
      I'm very much pro-refugees, but Last Week Tonight mislead the facts here.

    • @krunoslavkovacec1842
      @krunoslavkovacec1842 Před 24 dny

      How surreal to think that the people of the UK should be all cheery and happy with illegals coming to their shores and using their country as an ATM...

    • @sebastianlavallee706
      @sebastianlavallee706 Před 24 dny +7

      @@AZ2PM Wonder why you don't go into details on the criticism of Australia's human rights abuses concerning 'boats'. Or why you suddenly say 'refugees' instead of 'migrants' when you talk about the economic productivity. Or why you insinuate this is the only possible way to prevent people from drowning in the Channel. Or why you simple just leave out the fact that the UK themselves didn't consider Rwanda safe until it got convenient - and funnily enough will force people to stay in Rwanda WHETHER their asylum claim gets accepted or not.
      After all someone 'very much pro-refugees' would never deliberately manipulate facts like that right?
      Afraid I can't call you out without the comment being banned :(

    • @jsper07
      @jsper07 Před 24 dny

      @@AZ2PM There is literally no way you can say you are pro-refugee and write what you wrote. The Australian policy you reference in its first iteration sent refugees and folks seeking asylum to detention centers they built in other countries like Papua New Guinea and the island of Nauru, detention centers that have since faced international condemnation for their harsh treatment of detainees, many of whom were/are children, and for violations of international law. Furthermore, there have been decreases in boats more recently because of how the Australian navy has intervened and threatened violence against boats coming in or even cases of the government paying boats to turn around - both pieces illegal under international law regarding asylum seekers. Is this what you call “success?” People seeking safety being imprisoned, threatened, or paid off?
      There are also flaws with your argument against the show. You name that the show claimed that Rwanda was not safe. The show said that the UK government declared it unsafe and then Sunak’s admin pushed a new policy to declare it a safe haven. How is that the show claiming anything about Rwanda’s level of safety?
      Despite you claiming to be pro-refugee, this really feels like you critiquing the show’s research to justify anti-asylee and anti-refugee viewpoints. I’m truly not sure what you are trying to do here with this argument.

    • @LordSesshaku
      @LordSesshaku Před 24 dny

      If people had listened back then to people asking to stop indian immigration, he wouldn't be in power. Strong argument in favour of stopping islamic refugees entering your lands

  • @1532JJ
    @1532JJ Před 24 dny +79

    Honestly, I think HBO realized how much this was pirated on other streaming channels, so decided to just release the episodes on CZcams and make some serious ad revenue from the views.

    • @user-bg1xx3br9f
      @user-bg1xx3br9f Před 24 dny +13

      It's better this was they will even reach a higher audience

    • @nadiashahanizahassan9460
      @nadiashahanizahassan9460 Před 24 dny +4

      Plus those other channels were always some weird Vietnamese ones that had crappy quality. I am very glad LWT decided to go...nuh uh.

    • @Dragonited
      @Dragonited Před 24 dny +18

      Heard in an interview that John Oliver sort of bought the rights of doing whatever he wants with his own stuff. At least his old stuff.

    • @primalconvoy
      @primalconvoy Před 24 dny +1

      No, it's because it's only released in its entirety in areas where it's not available to buy or stream.

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 Před 24 dny +6

      ​@@primalconvoy not true. Here in Brazil we could watch him on HBO but also now on CZcams
      Maybe they were thinking on the countries without access, but they left it for the whole world

  • @Lucky7th7450
    @Lucky7th7450 Před 24 dny +36

    I just want to let you know that in Japan, Sunak is called "スナク さん” that sounds like Snack san.

    • @rice5817
      @rice5817 Před 24 dny +6

      Although he got as much "rizz" as a molded lunchbox, thus not qualifying to be a snack 😂

    • @marekmaralik155
      @marekmaralik155 Před 24 dny

      In Japan are laws againts imigrants much harsher. Same for Australia...

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 24 dny +20

    RFK Jr's worm had such a terrible experience in his head, that it died.

  • @annikamyren3026
    @annikamyren3026 Před 23 dny +4

    I loved Finlands song ❤ and Croatias 🇸🇪

  • @TheWegeg
    @TheWegeg Před 24 dny +16

    When your immigration plan sounds like it came straight out of a south park episode, maybe it's time to reconsider whether you're fit to rule the country

  • @afrg4230
    @afrg4230 Před 21 dnem +1

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the perfection of his tie knot.

  • @elvara872
    @elvara872 Před 24 dny +7

    50B$ in 18 years is not a lot of money for all these billion dollar companies.

  • @bikkiikun
    @bikkiikun Před 24 dny +81

    How about criminally charging doctors who prescribe opioids when there is a non-opioid medicine available?? You know, like in countries, that do not suffer from this kind of crisis.

    • @jmb3608
      @jmb3608 Před 24 dny +12

      No wonder those lobbies are supporting and pushing for Trump’s reelection…

    • @doggytheanarchist7876
      @doggytheanarchist7876 Před 24 dny

      Opioids are not even the villain here, capitalism is. Opioids has its legit uses. And that wouldn't be a problem, hadn't it been for the extreme greed.

    • @MrMartinNeumann
      @MrMartinNeumann Před 24 dny +1

      Name one country that does that (not as a one time thing but as legal practice)

    • @hanifarroisimukhlis5989
      @hanifarroisimukhlis5989 Před 24 dny

      @@gordielaforge42 Actually, it's even more strict in US. It's just the Sacklers and Purdue are a bunch of slippery salesman. Don't blame the doctors, blame the sales.

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 Před 24 dny +7

      ​@@MrMartinNeumann here in Brazil doctors always go for the alternatives.
      We don't need to threaten them with crime tough, since the farma industry is reigned in

  • @papertoyss
    @papertoyss Před 23 dny +2

    Eurovision song contest is the best music show on planet Earth.
    I swear!

  • @user-fl4cb9st2c
    @user-fl4cb9st2c Před 23 dny +1

    I'm neither American nor British but the segments about the UK on this show are usually my favorites. You should do more of that.

  • @peterpodgorski
    @peterpodgorski Před 24 dny +32

    V for Vendetta was a critique, not a blueprint

    • @caIyps0
      @caIyps0 Před 22 dny +1

      i c a n t 😭

    • @Phonixrmf
      @Phonixrmf Před 21 dnem +1

      unless you're planning to do some vendettas... right?

  • @rice5817
    @rice5817 Před 24 dny +15

    Always nice to wake up on Monday morning in Taiwan and get to watch LWT the first thing

  • @TroubledTrooper
    @TroubledTrooper Před 23 dny +1

    Hello non-HBO Max friends. Nice to get the show in full and early here on YT!!

  • @ghanshyamgohel6110
    @ghanshyamgohel6110 Před 23 dny +1

    I want to say thank you to the guy in the comments who recommended Eledator to me. You've been very helpful. Thank you!

  • @Knazy
    @Knazy Před 24 dny +3

    I live in Sweden and it's in our free healthcare to provide clean syringes even to those abusing them, hospitals will have buses that travel to certain places that share clean supplies. I was surprised when I first found out but learning why it made so much sense just as the lady described 25:10

  • @Thunder_Codes
    @Thunder_Codes Před 24 dny +19

    Thank you for brining the UK's slide to fascism to a wider international audience

  • @easternlights3155
    @easternlights3155 Před 24 dny +18

    And here I thought Czechia had to win the award for Most Hypocritically Xenophobic Politician thanks to Tomio Okamura, but clearly I was mistaken. GG, Britain.

    • @Stuff857
      @Stuff857 Před 24 dny +1

      What he do?

    • @easternlights3155
      @easternlights3155 Před 24 dny

      @@Stuff857 He's a second gen Japanese immigrant who's doing his damndest to prevent other immigrants from getting into the country. Ironically, nobody would give a damn about his ethnicity if he weren't such a xenophobic pos.

    • @tomriley1694
      @tomriley1694 Před 23 dny

      @@Stuff857 Japanese guy, who grifts on scaremongering with immigrants. Also used to love immigrants but the liberal schtick didn't actually make him money. (This mf literally steals his party's donations for personal use.)

    • @js-pb2kf
      @js-pb2kf Před 22 dny

      Okamura addressing his audience: Ja nejsem racista!
      His audience: Tomio! Tomio!

    • @adrianaloborec2205
      @adrianaloborec2205 Před 22 dny +1

      That sounds like a Japanese name 😀

  • @tigerrom03
    @tigerrom03 Před 24 dny +14

    Why isn’t the money going to the victims or their families, in cases victims have passed away?

  • @mhyl02
    @mhyl02 Před 24 dny +13

    You shouldn’t flush unused medicine down the toilet, it should be handed in at your local pharmacy to be properly handled and disposed off!

    • @hanifarroisimukhlis5989
      @hanifarroisimukhlis5989 Před 24 dny +2

      i mean, you pooped out medicine too

    • @Phonixrmf
      @Phonixrmf Před 21 dnem

      @@hanifarroisimukhlis5989 I suppose technically it has been properly handled and disposed off

    • @hanifarroisimukhlis5989
      @hanifarroisimukhlis5989 Před 21 dnem +2

      @@Phonixrmf not really, many drugs pass out unchanged, while others got activated with metabolism. Remember back then we used to recover penicilin from urine because it's so expensive?

  • @Ravus_Sapiens
    @Ravus_Sapiens Před 24 dny +4

    Thank you toilets, and thank you John for the 900th episode on the opioid epidemic.

  • @kevinalford
    @kevinalford Před 24 dny +5

    Those bolo things are going to be an awful lot of fun around the ol’ presinct.

  • @maleficent532
    @maleficent532 Před 24 dny +4

    Oh, John I 100% agree toilets are the best invention. I really also enjoy plumbing in general and refridgeration. None of which get the praise they regularly deserve!

  • @mrviggomartin
    @mrviggomartin Před 24 dny +3

    BolaWrap ,the gadget is a must have😂😂😂christmas wrapping will be so much faster

  • @Awoken_Remmuz
    @Awoken_Remmuz Před 24 dny +12

    Yeah you know Eurovision drew trouble when you get a work email talking about looking for people in masks and call the emergency number if you see anything strange (I work in public transportation for anyone curious)

  • @CssHDmonster
    @CssHDmonster Před 24 dny +10

    why did they censor my boy win95 guy

    • @Elora445
      @Elora445 Před 19 dny

      So people would think he was naked on the scene. I suppose. Also, weird rules about censoring in some countries.

  • @pedro4464
    @pedro4464 Před 24 dny +3

    Not gonna lie, the bola wrap seems pretty cool.

  • @aaronarguijo8293
    @aaronarguijo8293 Před 24 dny +7

    Malcom in the midlle really was something

  • @rubyfoxall1656
    @rubyfoxall1656 Před 24 dny +6

    John Oliver's idea of "potty humor" is to thank toilets

  • @demonac
    @demonac Před 24 dny +9

    27:16 The toilet, simultaneously the greatest - yet ALSO shittiest - invention in human history.

  • @rogerbartley2225
    @rogerbartley2225 Před 24 dny +5

    Those fines will just be passed on to the customer over the next 18 years. They should really pin down the prices of medication before doing something like this. Tobacco just passed the 260 Billion fine they received on to the customer because of course they would, just another business cost!

  • @veevoir
    @veevoir Před 24 dny +5

    If they want to buy those Bolos - they need to first buy the other device, the one that makes suspects move slowly and keep their arms close like seen in those "demonstrations" :D

  • @kani75
    @kani75 Před 24 dny +4

    Those toilet fireworks disturbs me. Things should go into toilet, never come up from it.

  • @ForestRaptor
    @ForestRaptor Před 24 dny +2

    Really got the money's worth from that Fanfare Toilet graphic XD

  • @rovvy221
    @rovvy221 Před 24 dny +14

    imagine being American but have to watch this with VPN :O

    • @wenerjy
      @wenerjy Před 24 dny +5

      I'm American and I flew to Mexico to watch this :)

    • @XaeroDegreaz
      @XaeroDegreaz Před 24 dny +1

      Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Is this how it always is? I typically watch from Korea, but I'm back in The States for a couple weeks. Jumped on the VPN and it worked.
      Does it typically unlock after a day, or so, Stateside?

    • @wenerjy
      @wenerjy Před 24 dny +2

      @@XaeroDegreaz It is region locked for the US until Thursday

    • @justinhamilton8647
      @justinhamilton8647 Před 24 dny +2

      I can’t believe we went from “you’re never getting another clip on here again” to “here, have literally everything” in the span of like a week. i love this show lol

  • @mdrazzad
    @mdrazzad Před 24 dny +9

    I believe this show cut down John Oliver's life expectancy by at least 30 years.
    Seeing him so young in recently uploaded Season 1 shows and old in Season 11 really makes me worried for his health.
    Hope you are keeping well John. Great fan of you. Hope we see you in this great show forever and ever and ever.

  • @s3minisue207
    @s3minisue207 Před 20 dny

    A deluxe package including get back, Let it be and the rooftop performance would definitely be the icing on the cake

  • @Treegona
    @Treegona Před 24 dny +7

    Pretty sure there's more of a story to be found in Eurovision. Like how they told the Irish singer to change her costume because it contained text calling for ceasefire.

  • @aoilpe
    @aoilpe Před 24 dny +3

    Gratulation to Switzerland 🇨🇭 for the win of the ESC…!

  • @bububbg
    @bububbg Před 20 dny +1

    freaking amazing episode

  • @welcometonebalia
    @welcometonebalia Před 23 dny

    Thank you.

  • @muneeb5721
    @muneeb5721 Před 24 dny +27

    El Chapo: In Jail
    Sackler Family: Name on Art Museums!

  • @capricornqueen5262
    @capricornqueen5262 Před 24 dny +22

    Love him, love this show, love from Istanbul

  • @Pappa_66
    @Pappa_66 Před 24 dny +2

    ❤❤❤😂Greetings from Finland🎉🎉. And I am sorry for all of the other topics. 😮😢

  • @muhammadazneel
    @muhammadazneel Před 24 dny +2

    that Joe Camel cigarette sleight of hand is so slick!

  • @Kimble81
    @Kimble81 Před 24 dny +5

    Finland! ❤

  • @Anonymoew
    @Anonymoew Před 24 dny +4

    USA can't seem to stop amazing me.
    It's like watching the preview of the end of the world.

  • @hennarusi9841
    @hennarusi9841 Před 21 dnem +2

    I'm one damn proud Finn right now 😂

  • @SotaSiili
    @SotaSiili Před 24 dny +1

    About the Windows95man. The singer is also doing voice of Chase in the finnish dub of Paw Patrol.

  • @ernstschwaig4667
    @ernstschwaig4667 Před 24 dny +12

    Milton Friedman a Nobel price winner for economics 1976 recommended the legalization of hard drugs in one form or another 30 years ago because the war on drugs had badly failed back than and only got worse since.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 Před 24 dny +4

      For that matter, Milton Friedman also advocated for a form of universal social security, called the Negative Income Tax. I'm not a huge fan of him, but when even Friedman gets one right, things have definitely gone wrong.

  • @JojoDaYoyo
    @JojoDaYoyo Před 24 dny +4

    Banger after banger after banger show