Top 10 Ridiculous Reasons Why British Politicians Resigned

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Top 10 Ridiculous Reasons Why British Politicians Resigned

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Some people just aren't suited to public office. For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Ridiculous Reasons Why British Politicians Resigned. Featuring resignations from Boris Johnson, Jeremy Thorpe, Tim Farron, and many more. Let us know in the comments which political resignation YOU find the most shocking.
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@andrewjones575 2 жыл бұрын

Boris can now devote more time to having affairs.

@MonteCristoAUS 2 жыл бұрын

How could you not include Harold McMillan? He resigned as PM when he was told he was terminally ill, and it turned out the doctors got it wrong

@jonpotter9510 2 жыл бұрын

That feels a bit harsh to call it ridiculous, seeing as it was only wrong in retrospect. Resigning for believed terminal illness is perfectly reasonable.

@cabba4585 2 жыл бұрын

Resigning for a terminal illness is not ridiculous..yes the diagnosis was wrong but at the time he resign for that reason which is 100% understandable.

@andrewjones575 2 жыл бұрын

That's a myth. He wanted to retire & knew his prostate problem was benign. He pretended to be more ill that he was as a means of retiring without being criticised for doing so,

@CashelOConnolly 10 ай бұрын

That’s B.S! He resigned because of the Profumo scandal

@andrewjones575 2 жыл бұрын

Why did Tim Farron choose to run for Lib Dem leader, when he knew that the party's LGBT-related policies conflict with his own beliefs?

@cynthiabrent6479 2 жыл бұрын

That's just like the GOP types here in the USA.

@Mulbert 2 жыл бұрын

OMG once I saw someone on twitter saying that the whole anti LGBT stuff was a "weird hill to die on" and he replied "Do you know who else died on a hill? Jesus" or words to that effect and it's hands down the most cringy thing I've heard a politician say (which is quite a feat!)

@CA-ee1et 2 жыл бұрын

I actually feel sympathy for Farron. He made it clear he accepted the Lib Dems LGBT policies and that he had no interest in imposing his personal beliefs on society. That was not good enough for some people who seemed to think if he got anywhere near power he would launch some sort of anti-gay pogrom. However I have less sympathy for him obfuscating on whether he thought it was a sin.

@andrewjones575 2 жыл бұрын

@@CA-ee1et He didn't agree with party policy in regard to LGBT issues. He pretended to be fine with it. He shouldn't have run for leader.

@serathaevistille995 2 жыл бұрын

@@CA-ee1et I like how people were harsh on him for that, but then the Conservatives still won a massive majority in the 2019 election despite their ridiculous policy making and priorities. Like the porn ban which included female ejaculation. I will never get over the pathetic nature of that, I don't even know how it ended up as a thing.

@scl190 2 жыл бұрын

Funny how the significant majority are Conservative

@davidlance5310 2 жыл бұрын

Boris hasn’t technically resigned. He’s using the excuse as “caretaker” to do a sit in protest

@geoffreycodnett6570 2 жыл бұрын

There's no leader of the party holding a majority in the Commons. It's quite normal for there to be continued duty of Prime Minister until the new leader takes up the position. An alternative would be to have the Deputy PM take over, however that post is given by the PM and has no real constitutional power.

@TheMoonRover 2 жыл бұрын

He's resigned as leader of the Conservative party, just not yet as Prime Minister.

@CA-ee1et 2 жыл бұрын

No more than Theresa May when she resigned in 2019 or Tony Blair in 2007.

@davidlance5310 2 жыл бұрын

@@CA-ee1et The only replacement that can be worse than him is Gove as the 4 remaining contenders replacing him can only equal themselves as bad as him. Compared to his predecessors, Boris has had the tabloids supporting him nearly his whole career. It’ll be easy for them to slightly unbiased to whoever would replace him because they’re minorities

@HarryHayfield 2 жыл бұрын

None of these reasons are "ridiculous", If you want a ridiculous UK resignation, how about a member of the Government resigning from that Government for being late to a statement he was giving in the House of Lords?

@cynthiabrent6479 2 жыл бұрын

Lambton's scandal reminded me of what happened to one Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner. Not getting into all the details, it involved a prositute, a hotel room, and a then federal prosecutor who eventually became a most hated governor of the state of New Jersey, and hard core Trump supporter Chris Christie.

@anthonysteel6877 2 жыл бұрын

Johnson hasn't actually resigned,the party told him he was no longer an electoral asset and it was time to go but he's still in No. 10 and seething with rage.

@Apocalypse21187 2 жыл бұрын

He has resigned as PM, at one point it look like he wasn't going to, but apparently you've missed the press conference when he announced he's officially resigned and he'll stay in office till a replacement is found and the resulting leadership race now underway.

@britishhedgehog 2 жыл бұрын

David Mellor and Neil Hamilton should be on here

@MM-ep2zq 2 жыл бұрын

The Profumo Scandal not making the list is very surprising. The Minister for War having an affair with Christine Keeler, of whom at the same time she was also knocking off the Soviet Embassy's Naval Attache at the height of the Cold War. They only made a film about it years later starring John Hurt, Ian McKellen and Bridget Fonda.

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

Almost without exception they appear on the 10pm news stating that they have absolutely no intention of resigning whatsoever, before announcing their resignation on the following day’s breakfast news. They must all have some sort of overnight epiphany.

@Staceyatkinson4496 2 жыл бұрын

Puts a whole new meaning to the term "curried eggs" don't it

@michaelobrien9825 2 жыл бұрын

She almost closed the entire British farming industry

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

“I then slipped on the wet cubicle floor, and it was at that moment that a part of my body accidentally entered the body of the man who was kindly trying to help me with my trousers”

@souvikrc4499 Ай бұрын

Ah, Sir Norman Fry in “Little Britain”, and Senator White in “Little Britain USA”

@AtheistOrphan Ай бұрын

@@souvikrc4499 - Correct! I fully expected Rishi Sunak to issue a statement that he accidentally fell into a helicopter at the D-Day commemorations which unexpectedly then flew him back to Britain. And that is why he left early.

@neilburns8869 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but we are still going to have to put up with another Conservative MP as PM for about 8 months until a General Election can organised most likely for May 2023.

@geoffreycodnett6570 2 жыл бұрын

A general election isn't required until 5 years after the last one. Unless acting like a turkeyvoting for early Christmas the election will be held when the government decides provided fixed term Parliament Act is disposed of.

@TheMoonRover 2 жыл бұрын

There isn't an election due until late 2024. That's not to say there won't be one sooner, but there's no particular reason to expect it at this stage.

@thatmarchingarrow 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I'd love it if they did call a general election, the tories know full well they might not survive an early general election with all the scandals and instability at the moment. I think the next general election is likely just gonna be in 2024, 5 years after the last one, which is the maximum.

@BritishRepublicsn 2 жыл бұрын

Considering how unpopular the conservatives are, calling an early election would be government suicide

@kevinbush4300 2 жыл бұрын

7:10... Death by a thousand cuts?? WTF?? The cuts were all self-inflicted!

@itookallthenames 2 жыл бұрын

Bye Bowwis

@julianaylor4351 2 жыл бұрын

You wonder what Larry the cat knows. How many of the parties did he attend? 😆

@neildhan 2 жыл бұрын

Top 2 not-so-ridiculous reasons why I'm toying with resigning from viewing WatchMojoUK: 1. This bloke's voice 2. The other geezer's voice

@julianaylor4351 2 жыл бұрын

John Stonehouse's fake suicide is used as a plot point, seen in the titles of the original version of The Rise And Fall Of Reginald Perrin, written by David Renwick, where Leonard Rossiter is seen enacting a fake suicide, leaving his clothes on a beach. 😁

@GleePotter8468 29 күн бұрын

5:07 damn that's huge

@gilledwards9302 2 жыл бұрын

No mention of Michael Portillo or Johnathon Aitken?

@julianaylor4351 2 жыл бұрын

Portillo lost his seat in 1997 and became a successful television presenter, so does it really matter, what he did as an MP? Aitken had wine thrown over him by Anna Ford the newsreader. 😁

@mosseshaile11 2 жыл бұрын

Why is the reason like treason (spying), corruption, and many others ridiculous?

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 2 жыл бұрын

'Ridiculous' is a very subjective term here

@katyroseable 2 жыл бұрын

I will never understand why the people of the UK keep voting for Conservatives.

@AGMundy 2 жыл бұрын

It's because the opposition is so often useless or living in a dream world (...Jeremy Corbyn). And of course for all its stuffiness, at times the Tories have embraced radical change and have been the only party to have 2 women at their head in Westminster (oops I forgot the forgettable Jo Swinson) - just think the Tories elected Mrs Thatcher as their leader in 1975 - that puts Labour to shame.

@regenthoof8633 2 жыл бұрын

what about John Profumo?

@martincheeseman5809 10 күн бұрын

Boris was the best liar we ever had as prime minister!!!

@erict.watson2460 2 жыл бұрын

Most of Johnson's cabinet?

@julianaylor4351 2 жыл бұрын

There's a really good television drama about the Jeremy Thorpe affair starring Hugh Grant.

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

It’s usually ‘He’s decided he’d like to spend more time with his family’.

@marcocasario1249 2 жыл бұрын

*Top Economist are saying inflation is 24-25% be ready for the food and gas shortage take your $$ out and make some investments, you've been warned.*

@suzanne7285 2 жыл бұрын

Same here I earn $13,000 a week. GOD bless Charles Schwab, they have been a blessing to my family...

@elijahkoch6360 2 жыл бұрын

I think the Queen summed up politics in Britain and the world very well in the Crown. "A Confederacy of elected quitters. "

@BritishHongkongAlex 2 жыл бұрын

Boris is not real British,indeed he is an american

@EAcapuccino 2 жыл бұрын

Lol We have a troublesome history 🤣🤣 For some1 who's British 🇬🇧 I'm dismayed by all of this!

@peterp40982 Ай бұрын

Have you noticed most of them are tory partie what does that say I wonder

@jamesdraper884 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be pedantic, but it was 3 Tory MPs and 1 Labour (Joan "Look at Your Hands" Ryan) that joined Cringe UK after the initial 7.

@serathaevistille995 2 жыл бұрын

I like how a majority of them were from the last decade/present day. Really goes to show how far down the shitter we are.

@josephkolodziejski6882 Жыл бұрын

More like Brexit causing contradictions because on one hand it's a massive benefit for the country from a politicians viewpoint but also technically undemocratic and a quite hard sell to the average member of society.

@freddytang2128 2 жыл бұрын

Im a Canadian and remember reading BBC few weeks ago about two by elections in UK. The article said the reason by elections were held, is because one tory MP raped a 15 year old boy, and another tory MP watched porn in parliament. I facepalmed so hard

@CA-ee1et 2 жыл бұрын

It could be worse. We could be led by Justin fucking Trudeau.

@jackboughey6048 2 жыл бұрын

Funny how most of these are Tories.

@neilmontgomery8769 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Hancock should be in custody awaiting trial

@BritishHongkongAlex 2 жыл бұрын

Boris was quite okay, he can't still compare with Trump though

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

I so want this narrator to say “He has always ranked highly in my eyes”

@davidfoster8318 2 жыл бұрын

You might have to explain that one?

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidfoster8318 - Ask a grown-up. 😉

@stephenmuirhead1838 2 жыл бұрын

Just like Biggus Dickus, higher than any in Wome.

@davidfoster8318 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm. Don't hear it tbh. But fill your boots.

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidfoster8318 - Stephen Muirhead gets it.

@angr3819 2 жыл бұрын

"when your government becomes a corporation" (profit seeking business - not to represent the people and undoubtedly all countries not only England) on the bridge website. Since Elizabeth I, which I didn't know until yesterday. Via a less censored search engine. Left wing. Right wing. Same vulture in the middle. Seems it always has been since the Romans, when I think about it, but definitely Elizabeth I 😖 I knew that the government UK Ltd was registered as a business at companies house on the 29th June 2005, and that it appears to have been used to asset strip with all departments and buildings being assigned to commercial corporations (such as EDF, Walmart etc) abroad and registered at Dun and Bradstreet USA, not the branch in England. Possibly some are registered in other countries and tax havens. Many have been renamed or are now 'owned' by another corporation, which is owned by another creating layers to make it difficult to find the actual (fraudulent) owners. The government UK Ltd no longer trades and has not produced accounts as legally required to Companies House. Until around four months ago it was owned by Laird James Coutts (same spelling as the royal bank) as sole owner. The name of the owner seems to now be hidden from public view. Around two or three years ago there was an application for strike off from Companies House and 'rumour' it was to be assigned to a the Crown Corporation before that also was assigned again to another. However, due to an objection the strike off was postponed, but the reassignment of the Crown Corporation went ahead. At the moment you can still see the registration at Companies House. Clearly, as all is stolen from us in fraudulent dealings, those who claim ownership apart from the British Public are not the owners at all. We must demand the return of our public Government, departments and buildings. People who are not too old, ill and who have the nous, determination and staying power must handle this whilst ensuring that they are not infiltrated. The second alternative is for enough of the employees and public to refuse to acknowledge their authority and to set up a new public sovereign government for the UK, and for each country in the UK, followed by doing the same with local authorities. Chiefly, taking over the central and other banks or setting up new ones to take business from the is vital. I am doubtful there are enough people who can and will do it. Too many think that bloody revolution is the only way, but all through history such revolutions are also controlled by the so called 'elite' and results in the same or worse rulership. Demanding the return of what is lawfully and rightfully ours, or writing it off and creating anew are the only other alternatives. I am no longer on fart buck etc so if you are please pass it on.

@CA-ee1et 2 жыл бұрын

Wibble wibble.