205. The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2022
  • Boris Johnson has resigned.
    In a special episode of The Rest Is History Tom and Dominic dissect the tumultuous last few days in British politics, with references and comparisons to Roman emperors, Margaret Thatcher, and other characters from modern and ancient history.
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Komentáře • 31

  • @jstanc18
    @jstanc18 Před rokem +14

    That reading about the toad was top class. Truly superb writing and Tom's voices added so much to it.

  • @Borsfrancis
    @Borsfrancis Před 3 měsíci +10

    Well done Tom - you predicted Sunak as future PM correctly.

    • @mugluvin3300
      @mugluvin3300 Před 2 měsíci

      I was very impressed when he said that. Good instincts.

  • @PFWoody488
    @PFWoody488 Před 4 měsíci +7

    🤔"I don't think it will be Rishi Sunak. He's very small."😂😂😂

  • @hilaryc8648
    @hilaryc8648 Před 4 měsíci +5

    I’ve never got this Johnson is an ‘entertainer’ business. Early doors many of us found him about as entertaining or charismatic as typhus.

    • @TimesFM4532
      @TimesFM4532 Před 3 měsíci

      Tbf if you want entertainment watch Jimmy Carr don't give a idiot the nuclear codes

  • @AndreaHarper-nt4mt
    @AndreaHarper-nt4mt Před rokem +6

    And the prediction of Rishi Sunak as PM by the end of the year was spot on - but via Liz Truss and a whole lot of drama!

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Incredible win for Bj , he then does everything to please the people that did not vote for him , none of whom will ever warm to him , meanwhile leaving all the people that did vote for him standing in the cold .
    Kicked out by MPs who betrayed the working classes that came out and put them into power, all them manipulated by men behind the stage.

  • @iancarr8682
    @iancarr8682 Před 6 měsíci +3

    The 'Toad of Toadhall' extract is inspired.

  • @garethjones6880
    @garethjones6880 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I’ll never forget when he barricaded himself into number 10 🤣🤣🤣

    • @KKTR3
      @KKTR3 Před 3 měsíci

      You mean Gordon

  • @johnbarnesNnaptown
    @johnbarnesNnaptown Před rokem +3

    Do they flip a coin to see whom has to use the bad microphone?

  • @DrSosig
    @DrSosig Před 3 měsíci

    Even listening to this now, 7 months on it's quite funny to hear these predictions

  • @lakedistrict9450
    @lakedistrict9450 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Top punditry. Didn’t imagine Truss😂

  • @simongleaden2864
    @simongleaden2864 Před 3 měsíci

    Tom was right about Sunak being the PM at the end of the year (2022), but I think he was predicting he'd be the next PM after Johnson. He had no notion of Truss being PM for less time than it takes for a lettuce to rot!

  • @MichaelDembinski
    @MichaelDembinski Před 2 měsíci

    April 2024 comment...
    "Who do you think will be prime minister at the end of this calendar year, Tom?"
    "Rishi Sunak."
    "I don't think it will be Rishi Sunak. He's very very small. He's too short."

  • @fastpublish
    @fastpublish Před 3 měsíci +1

    I think it's called being raised to the level of your own incompetence.

  • @josephromance3908
    @josephromance3908 Před 14 dny

    The comparison of Johnson and Reagan seems downright strange. In part, Reagan was a strong movement conservative.

  • @Supergforce777
    @Supergforce777 Před rokem +3

    The only thing I know about modern uk politics is the picture of Boris on the wire holding the flags and the picture of him next to lord bucket head

  • @neenaj365
    @neenaj365 Před 23 dny

    It is Sunak😅

  • @SteveRose-iq1cs
    @SteveRose-iq1cs Před měsícem

    It’s funny to listen to this in May 2024. The Tories gave us the Toad and then the Lettuce. The Tories should be renamed the Stupid party.

  • @MayorMcC666
    @MayorMcC666 Před 4 měsíci

    truss should have listened to this

  • @jonathanport5002
    @jonathanport5002 Před 4 měsíci +1

    If only you had guessed. Reality defeats all

  • @waynedoucette1492
    @waynedoucette1492 Před 18 dny

    One word Brexit.

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 Před 3 měsíci

    BJ saved democratic rights of the poor people in this country.
    He gave the democratic process credibility again

    • @poundshopcicero3089
      @poundshopcicero3089 Před 2 měsíci

      How can a known lying charlatan give integrity to anything, never mind democracy, when he has none himself. You stay in your echo chamber but the rest of us know you can not polish a turd.