205. The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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205. The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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2 жыл бұрын

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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@jstanc18 Жыл бұрын

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

@tarquinbullocks1703 10 ай бұрын

I was really hoping that bit was going to carry on....

@Borsfrancis 5 ай бұрын

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

@mugluvin3300 4 ай бұрын

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

@PFWoody488 6 ай бұрын

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

@iancarr8682 9 ай бұрын

The 'Toad of Toadhall' extract is inspired.

@AndreaHarper-nt4mt Жыл бұрын

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!

@hilaryc8648 6 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@KKTR3 6 ай бұрын

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.

@garethjones6880 11 ай бұрын

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

@KKTR3 6 ай бұрын

You mean Gordon

@DrSosig 5 ай бұрын

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

@simongleaden2864 5 ай бұрын

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!

@lakedistrict9450 6 ай бұрын

Top punditry. Didn’t imagine Truss😂

@airingcupboard 5 ай бұрын

Or how short her time would be.

@johnbarnesNnaptown 2 жыл бұрын

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

@fastpublish 5 ай бұрын

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

@Supergforce777 2 жыл бұрын

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

@josephromance3908 2 ай бұрын

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

@neenaj365 2 ай бұрын

It is Sunak😅

@MichaelDembinski 4 ай бұрын

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."

@SteveRose-iq1cs 3 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

truss should have listened to this

@jonathanport5002 7 ай бұрын

If only you had guessed. Reality defeats all

@waynedoucette1492 2 ай бұрын

One word Brexit.

@KKTR3 6 ай бұрын

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

@poundshopcicero3089 4 ай бұрын

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.