This is kinda borrowed from another comment by Tech Geek: Boris is smart but wants people to think that he is dumb Trump is dumb but wants people to think that he is smart
People think Johnson is clever because he reels off quotes in Latin and Greek. I studied Latin too. I can also quote Kafka in the original German. That does not mean I am clever. I think I am average intelligence but with a good memory of my A level studies. Somehow, Brits have developed a phobia of learning languages and revere those who are multilingual as intellectual giants. It's absurd
Neil070 I get your point though I wasn’t referring to his knowledge of foreign languages, I was more referring to his strategy when dealing with the media (at least, prior to becoming PM)
Oliver's description of Johnson includes that he has no consistency in his principles. Then you leftists compare Graham in the same fashion. Graham has been incredibly steadfast in his "principles", almost never changing his stance on any issue throughout his career, unlike the modern day American Left wing leaders. Are there any Conservatives that you would not slander as far Right?
@@markmention966 Lindsey's been consistent? You mean like when he said, "My party has gone nuts.. Donald Trump doesn't have the temperament to be Commander-in-Chief." And now is his lapdog. Or like when he said Trump "better leave Jeff Sessions where he is." And now, doesn't seem to be bothered by how Trump treated Sessions. Or like him saying how much he valued JohncCain, then sucking up to Trump after Trump has repeatedly besmirched McCain after death. Or like when he was demanding they impeach Bill Clinton to "cleanse the office, and restore dignity to the presidency," but now is all for the worst, most immoral president in the history of our country. But that's interesting that you think he's stuck to his principles. You should probably go to South Carolina and tell some of them. Seeing as how in March, outside of his office in Columbia, SC, protestors gathered, literally spelling "Release the Mueller Report" in flip-flops one the ground! The official hashtags were for "Graham to stop #Flip-flopping and #ReleasetheMuelerReport." Since at the time it was being delayed. They actually brought a ton of flip-flops to the protest! Maybe you can tell them how Lindsey has stuck to his values. Sorry to wreck your fantasy about Ol Lindsey.
Hillary and Bill pocketed $150 million from the Russians after the Uranium One Deal but OMG Trump talked to the Russians?! It's not hard to figure out who was actually on the take but the left remains focused on Trump instead of Hillary or Obama. You remember Hillary don't you. She tossed a 12 girl under the legal bus to get a rapist off the hook. Hillary in her own words and laughing about getting a rapist off. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cCDzRtZLUkc.html Bill Clinton said "he knew nothing of his “terrible crimes” since they only met “briefly” on two occasions." "Clinton's press secretary Angel Ureña said Monday that Clinton had traveled four times in total with the alleged child sex trafficker, and "Supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail, traveled on every leg of every trip.” According to court docs Clinton went 6 times. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bill-clinton-stonewalls-on-flights-with-child-sex-offender-epstein Trump banned Epstein for life from his club. Take a clue. nypost.com/2019/07/09/trump-barred-jeffrey-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-over-sex-assault-court-docs/ Trump has declared bankruptcy 6 times and has over 500 startups. That's 98.8% success rating and that' far from being incompetent. Try some facts for once.
Classic! Colbert: like Boris Johnson is a Trump clone Oliver: to say he's a failed clone of Trump is excellent, because it's an insult to both of them somehow"
Yeah except it is COMPLETELY untrue .. but why would that concern a lame-headed bleater like you? Oliver: "Here is a person I want you not to like and here's another person I want you not to like" You: (clapping like trained seal) Oh! YES! Arf arf arf! So clever John! You so clever! arf arf arf!
I love seeing John Oliver laugh because he’s just so cute and I feel like most of the time he’s talking at me he’s somewhere between vaguely concerned and deeply distressed.
Here in Britain we have two contenders to be prime minister, but the public have no vote. Its like having Mitch McConnel versus Linsey Graham and only having Republican party members voting.
As a life long anglophile, my heart truly breaks as I watch this Brexit madness unfold... I cannot begin to imagine how normal, rational British people must feel seeing Boris the Clown as their next PM. Horrifying. But this too shall pass, and then UK will recover - you have been through worse than this, it just needs both action and patience.
@@aranyanifox4375 It's a pity so many of my fellow bits cannot see the damage being done to our country with the racist, anti immigration, isolationist stance of our government. We have had relative peace in Europe since the EU was formed and it is folly to exit now. As in the US they are pandering to the baser instincts of some of the population. As a 70yr old man it won't affect me for much of my lifetime but I silently cry when I think of my children's and grandchildren future.
You guys could have just caved and agreed to reduce immigration, but you didn't because you don't care about your countrymen or their opinions and now you have brexit. This mess is on you lot not farrage or boris.
aah, right, and the reason is the lack of democracy in the EU you'd think that the irony would get through to the xenophobes, but then, they do have thick skulls
That's because he is. Liverpool Football Club is the GREATEST!!!! football club in the world. This coming from the biggest Liverpool fan on this side of the Atlantic. YNWA.
I like Stephen Colbert as well. Just FYI, both Stephen Colbert and John Oliver were correspondents on The Daily Show when Jon Stewart was the host, before Trevor Noah. So they have worked together and have known each other for a few years.
Unlike the orange land walrus Boris is a very well educated and from an upper middle class family , Born in NY , he is eligible for election to president of USA
@@BigBadLoneWolf Boris is not eligible to be President of the USA. He potentially could be in the future but he needs to live in the US for 7 years(i think the Constitution requires 7 years, may be a little more)
I'm a liberal - but of the view that freedom of speech should be for all, not just those conforming to liberal dogma - & he even makes me vomit with his left-wing bias. The Alan Partridge of comedy, failed comic in the UK & somehow got the US gig?! I bet he wakes up in a cold sweat with imposter syndrome every night.
Trump is an actual moron, whereas Boris is a witty, intelligent man with an excellent education, but utterly devoid of any moral considerations, whenever his own ambitions are threatened to be thwarted. He is a lying bastard. A pity, he'll lead Britain into Desaster, but at least the Britons will crash down into the chasm laughing. As one conservative voter put it succinctly: Hunt would be the more competent PM, but Boris is more fun. Enjoy!
@South Jersey Bear a person who support someone who cannot even spell hamburger or coverage properly has no business calling other moron Unless you would confess yourself to be worse than an absolute moron of course
@graham buckley you are mistaken, the 70% number is the TURNOUT (amount of brits voting compared to the population). The actual results were 51.9% leave and 48.1% remain. So very very close knit, and had the british population known more about the consequences of leaving together with the lies that Boris Johnson spouted both during and even 20 YEARS before the vote actually happened. It would have completely changed the results toward a more substantial remain amount. Read your sources correctly before you try to and convince people of shite that you have clearly no idea about in the first place.
But we in Britain can vote him out just as fast, if he calls a General election which I think he will, we dont vote for a leader in the UK we vote for a political party.
Alison Smith The awful thing is that right now, Labour aren’t much better, if at all. So what’s the alternative? Gah, politics is depressing as hell right now.
@@Cailus3542 Totally right, it's depressing, and God help us if swivel eyed Farage ever enters Parliament, we might as well all just give up with his evil sidekick Widdecombe and his band of merry little Englanders.
Alison Smith If Farage or his ilk ever enter government, the country is well and truly doomed. Short of an intervention by Prince Charles when he becomes King, we might as well say farewell to what was once a great nation.
@@Cailus3542 The thought of it is like some kind of nightmare, a bunch of gammons in charge is truly frightening with their casual racist behaviour and bigotry a throw back to what they hanker for , 1950s Britain.
It's pretty hard to tell when someone is telling a joke when they're not being funny. Seems like the producer held up the 'clap' sign more often than the 'laugh' sign, something that will be corrected when Oliver is back on his own show.
The first time I ever saw or heard about Boris Johnson was on a rerun of Top Gear. I got the impression that the man could do nothing but talk straight out of his ass. And when you get that impression from an interview conducted by Jeremy Clarkson, it doesn't bode well.
I remember that episode when Jeremy Clarkson suggested to Buffoon Boris that perhaps he was hiding a shrewd political brain behind an outward persona of a blithering idiot. Johnson replied that perhaps he was a blithering idiot hiding behind a facade of a blithering idiot. First and only time I have ever agreed with that upper-class, in-bred moron.
@@aidanhegarty2688 Oh Sweetie never mind but let me help you ... 'In bred'? Oh fuck off ...He is not 'upper class' by any stretch. He only got to Eton by means of a Kings Scholarship and then to Oxford after winning another scholarship because of his exam results. he is incredibly intelligent, well read and has earned his rewards by hard graft. Life gave this man nothing. He earned his education and degree by being the best. Looks like you let your red Leftie Socialism slip into view a bit ...
1chish - Life gave him nothing? I think he had a bit of a head start compared to most of us but otherwise you’re quite correct. Many Labour politicians had a more privileged background than Boris, but they hide it.
@@1chish Intelligence never ever stands the remotest of chances when bound up in the same mind with unbridled ambition and unfettered arrogance. Here is the crux of the problem. Johnson is so utterly devoid of anything remotely resembling a moral centre that reasonable people can never be sure as to what extend his academic awards were the result of cheating.
@@hooked4lifeca We are all entitled to our opinions and you have just aired yours. But sadly of course you don't just air an opinion you paddle a lie by inference when you write: "reasonable people can never be sure as to what extend his academic awards were the result of cheating" No facts to support it just a cowardly inference. Suffice to say I think you are wrong and a liar Oh by the way when did you stop beating up your wife?
Americans just don't get that picture of the Liverpool fan with the Champions League trophy, happiest they'll ever be hope they bottle the league this year mup
As I brit living in Canada I am glad I got out before the Moron Gas was sprayed over the country. Brexit and Boris? What has happened there to send people totally bonkers?
hawk paul the rejection of post war neoliberalism. There is a quote from the American president movie That says people thrust for leader ship and when they lack leadership ship they will drink the sand. When liberal parties go right on economics for 50 years it often brings rise to radical elements. They can be populist like Bernie Sanders communist like Lennon was or in today’s case Fascists who pedal the concept of immigrants being the cause of all your problems. The centrist laugh when parties of western democracy need to wake up and move to the left and they need to move to the left yesterday.
Seán O'Nilbud said the idiot who somehow mathematically thinks a leftist government will magically have the 1% pay for everything. Yes, we can assume you’re a fucking genius
Trump and Johnson are not the same. Trump was born into a privileged existence in Queens, while Johnson was born into a privileged existence in Manhattan.
My dads a fan of Messi so he was cheering for Barcelona. He loves John Oliver. But as soon as John Oliver mentioned Liverpools win he's like "I hate that John Oliver guy" 😂
I m pretty sure Colbert knows, but hosts very often ask questions because the audience doesnt know. I m pretty sure most Americans know very little or next to nothing about football ( the one you play with your feet)
Cut. That’s a wrap. It will never get any better. Im burning my iPad and never looking again. Genius! U got to write comedy with a mind like that. Thanks for the great laugh today. U rule the day dear sir
The best people stay well clear of the cesspool of contemporary political life. Don’t argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
"The best people stay well clear of the cesspool of contemporary political life." ^ Charles Dickens said almost the same thing about American politics after visiting the US in 1842. He said it repelled the best people and attracted the worst.
The traditional proper cut has pant legs that perfectly match the length of the legs while standing, so that they don't bunch up at the ankles and almost float right above them. This means that they will hike that far up when you sit down. If they were any longer, they would bunch up at the ankles and would not be proper.
ok just putting aside the subect of the emission for one second to focus on this : John Oliver and Stephen Colbert are absolutely funny and hilarious in their respective shows. but together it's a f***ing combo. i was laughing so hard at some part I fell from my chair.
@@declancairns2083 55% voted no to independence because that would mean leaving EU too nice of you to assume that the resolution to the Irish situation will be completely uncontroversial though
@@666Tomato666 Making the assumption that the reason 10% of people voted no simply because of the eu is silly. Theres no way to prove that unless there was another vote and the answer was yes this time but we were told this was a once in a generation vote so the result must be respected (And ireland doesnt reslly have anything to do with this conversation does it)
Funny how they talk about how horrible Trump and (especially) Borris Johnson are, but they cannot state any factual information about either one. Hmmm...
@John Trevorson Britain will still exist just without Scotland. As for independence - you will regret it big time, as just like Brexit you have no idea of the ramifications. E.g currency - your own or the pound? If the pound then your whole economy will be determined by the bank of England. If your own then it will be as worth as much as the Zimbabwean dollar!
I remember when Johnson was Mayor of London and was a guest on Letterman. Letterman asked if his career could lead to Prime Minuster. Johnson said that he would have to return to Parliament, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to do that. Then, he would have to run for Leader of the Tories, and he thought there were too many traditionalists to vote for him. I seem to remember that Johnson was somewhat popular in the U.S., because he didn't mince words. George W. Bush and Barack Obama were both rather diplomatic and unwilling to show any anger or even annoyance with opponents.
