"England, Scotland, the other ones..." If I'd been foolish enough to be drinking tea while watching this, I would've spit it all over my keyboard at that line.
🎯🎯🎯 '... I've agreed that the process of selecting a new Leader should begin soon & end sometime after I've been Prime Minister longer than Theresa May.' 🏆👏👏👏👏👏
The herd instinct was the phrase that I noticed. A deliberate and mean spirited slight. The thing is: he's not wrong - once Sunak and Javid went within minutes of each other and a few of the more ambitious types had unnailed their colours, it became a chaotic rout: a herd of panicking sheep scrambling for the safety of the back benches. They could have gone at any time in the last 6 months but it was this, of all the many scandals, that they chose to finally discover their principles. Pathetic. But at least it's the beginning of the end for Johnson, if not for the Tory party.
But what I would say to Johnson, is that why were so many of his cabinet and ministers resigning? They resigned because they no longer wanted to be associated with him or his government. He sees the effect, but is totally blinkered to the cause. Him. He is delusional.
You must be a mind reader Matt! I'm sure this was the internal monologue while Johnson was at the lectern. This is so much more insightful than all the punditry
I think you've accurately captured the humility, warmth and sincerity behind the PMs words today. I'm simply touched (but in a different way from sitting next to Pincher).
Not as much as your going to be. Under new leadership. Of course if there's a GE. Then Britain could be pulled back from the brink of being Completely Ostracized by the world. 🇮🇪🇪🇺
Matt's talent for voicing that which is between the lines is second to none. Must be the most underrated contemporary satirist in the UK, I don't know why there isn't a bigger audience. Gold Matt, thanks. Also, I hear that one of your main sources of inspiration is being forced out to pasture, something to do with the herd. I hope your next focus is has rich pickings, while being maybe a little less deleterious on the health of the nation.
Utterly brilliant as always, as well as being unerringly accurate. It was one of the worst speeches I had ever heard from a departing PM, and sadly I have sat through a fair few of them thanks to people not voting for a party whose leader ate a bacon sandwich in a weird way...
No it wasn't a resignation speech. It was a delay-resignation speech. He never mention the word "resign" or "resignation". Just a promise to go in due time. In the mean time he stills want to be the PM for as long as possible.
Well done Matt - your analysis of the speech and then the rendition of the real truth hidden in it is worthy of an Oscar - really great stuff. As usual it will help me get through the day with an ear to ear grin!
Back in May 2010, the then London Mayor ran a column in the Telegraph where he lambasted Labour PM Gordon Brown for "holing himself" inside Downing Street. Mr Johnson compared him to an “illegal settler in the Sinai desert” that had “lashed himself to a radiator”. He proceeded to blast the "zombie Labour government", adding: "Isn't there someone - the Queen's Private Secretary, the nice policeman on the door of No.10 - whose job it is to tell him that the game is up!
Matt, your ability to turn out such well crafted sketches so quickly is simply amazing. Always laser focused on the taget, I really appreciate your work.
You have an insider at No. Ten, or have you bugged Larry's collar, to be able to get the drafts of Johnson's speech from his waste bin. Thank you Matt.
Matt, you're so good at getting the tone and phrasing right on these. What went wrong? I mean, I *almost* felt sorry for you so you clearly had too much contrition! 😁 But seriously, bravo yet again. 👏
Perfection Matt!!!!! Best satirist out there, havent heard the haunted pencil talk about this yet, I am sure though that you will have plenty more gaffs to cover, as he has only said he is resigning!!!!
You'll still always be the snotty little student from 2 pints. In a positive way. your performance and depiction of a typical student at the time was top notch.
You are the British equivalent to Randy Rainbow. Just without the singing and dancing, of course. 😉 You’ve both me made laugh out loud on the darkest of days x
Dude dedicated his whole time fighting Putin. He never knew his political career is at stake. He can go to Ukraine and become the vice president to the comedian.
I like the “I want to thank people like I’ve just won an Oscar…” glad I wasn’t the only one who found that weird. “I’d like to thank the family I know & those I don’t” 😂 brilliant!
