Ex-aide to Boris Johnson becomes youngest ever peer in the Lords

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • Charlotte Owen, 30, has taken her seat as the youngest member of the House of Lords, despite criticism over her lack of professional experience.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 115

  • @steveparker8065
    @steveparker8065 Рік тому +121

    'Special advisor' to Boris... Must have been very special...

  • @ijg4427
    @ijg4427 Рік тому +44

    House of Lords should be abolished as is unelected
    As for her, she should never have been nominated by Bpris
    One wonders why but the truth will never emerge

    • @jamesparkinmusic
      @jamesparkinmusic Рік тому

      Assuming you would rather the Lords be elected (?), would that not create a situation like in US where (for example) tories could hold power in both commons and Lords?

  • @Sdakouls3
    @Sdakouls3 Рік тому +77

    Not content of making a mockery of the Commons, Boris makes a mockery of the Lords too.

  • @Bungle-UK
    @Bungle-UK Рік тому +42

    Her knees must be worn out after all the ‘work’ she has done

  • @DB-ft5gl
    @DB-ft5gl Рік тому +14

    All that's wrong with this not so Great Britain anymore right there. Absolute joke .

  • @Magneticvortex-kk4gb
    @Magneticvortex-kk4gb Рік тому +41

    she's smirking like a giggly undergraduate receiving her diploma.

    • @Blashmack
      @Blashmack Рік тому +2

      Because it is a little ridiculous with all the costumes, clothes and speeches they have to do.

    • @Magneticvortex-kk4gb
      @Magneticvortex-kk4gb Рік тому +1

      @@Blashmack graduation?

    • @mistag3860
      @mistag3860 Рік тому +2

      yet no-one else is even faintly amused.

  • @splintercast8092
    @splintercast8092 Рік тому +24

    Poor girl. The things she had to endure to get to where she is now. I really don't want to even think about it.

  • @race9359
    @race9359 Рік тому +11

    This is totally disgusting. She gets to vote on laws that we have to live by. She wasn’t voted for and barely has any experience of anything

  • @annawildsville
    @annawildsville Рік тому +24

    The only member of the house of lords that you ask "is your dad in?" when she comes to the door.

    • @PortlandMan
      @PortlandMan Рік тому

      Mate she's 30 not 13 give it a rest

    • @annawildsville
      @annawildsville Рік тому +1

      @@PortlandMan For a member of the House of Lords, it may as well be 13.

  • @davidhogan-o3x
    @davidhogan-o3x Рік тому +12

    WHAT A F*****g insult to all peoples in these isles !!!

  • @nthnmonkey
    @nthnmonkey Рік тому +64

    £332 a day plus expenses for signing in /attending each day.
    Not half bad.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 Рік тому +2

      *signing in/‘attending’

    • @Ronariverah
      @Ronariverah Рік тому +3

      Better than most jobs

    • @fangs9595
      @fangs9595 Рік тому +8

      And her job could be done entirely on her back

    • @user-gp6cc8jj6d
      @user-gp6cc8jj6d Рік тому +3

      What a racket it is

    • @MrRobertFarr
      @MrRobertFarr Рік тому +1

      Yes, I was thinking something similar . As a younger person she might have the energy to attend and of course central London is full of men . She could make a fortune if she wanted to ! Well done her ! 😊

  • @cameron9563
    @cameron9563 Рік тому +33

    The circus just gets funnier. Enjoy it folks! We’re paying for it!

  • @ericatkinson9285
    @ericatkinson9285 Рік тому +12

    What did she have to do to get that

  • @billyponsonby
    @billyponsonby Рік тому +12

    Obscene cronyism

  • @susanb4816
    @susanb4816 Рік тому +8

    Like amy coney barrett an embarrassment to the institution she is appointed to

  • @SuzanneO707
    @SuzanneO707 Рік тому +20

    Smirking , Alderley Edge. One of the few Tory strongholds in the North of England. Home of the well off and the I'm all right Jacks and Jill's, for the most part. Great achievement love. Most of Manchester not impressed.

  • @lonniei1606
    @lonniei1606 Рік тому +10

    Got to laugh really. If there was ever any dislike for this body its just gone through the roof. The lords will be gone in her time as she will remain the focus of utter distaste for the lords. Well done. Enjoy the cash while you can

  • @PanglossDr
    @PanglossDr Рік тому +18

    With a bit of luck she will have one of the shortest durations in the Lords when Labour restructures the Lords after the GE and she gets thrown out.

    • @alan6056
      @alan6056 Рік тому

      Wait till you see there list ,,sir lady isssard and friends ,there's a few in waiting,.most female,,

    • @smalrast
      @smalrast Рік тому

      She will still get the money.

  • @Ifyourewrongillletyouknow
    @Ifyourewrongillletyouknow Рік тому +4

    She 100% dropped her knickers and opend her legs to get that. 😂

  • @michaelnannestad7399
    @michaelnannestad7399 Рік тому +9

    Love the disproving faces of the old dears on the benches behind the legal bloke;-)
    Well, one has no doubt that the special services of this young fillie were enthusiastically fullfilled for King, Country & of course,❤Boris!-)

  • @crazyrossstrat
    @crazyrossstrat Рік тому +14

    Anyone know what she did to earn this?

    • @philliphudson9092
      @philliphudson9092 Рік тому +8

      Mmmmmm,I wonder !

    • @tomd5678
      @tomd5678 Рік тому +5

      I have to say..... I'd expect some in return. Lets hope that a donation was made to the clinic too

  • @Michael28472
    @Michael28472 Рік тому +13

    Absolute joke

  • @Yas_AMD
    @Yas_AMD Рік тому +9

    She's not even fit

  • @NaaahBruv
    @NaaahBruv Рік тому +6

    He certainly has a type, doesn't he?

  • @user-zz9xg2ps4t
    @user-zz9xg2ps4t Рік тому +11

    Emulating his dear friend Vlad Putin... Boris does so enjoy the occasional Special Advisor Operation.

  • @tomd5678
    @tomd5678 Рік тому +6

    A blond lady. Who'da thunked it. Nice bit on nodding at the start of the video

  • @snowyowel7961
    @snowyowel7961 Рік тому +2

    The house of Lords is full of dead wood.
    Do not try to silence the young.
    The future is theirs.

    • @PortlandMan
      @PortlandMan Рік тому

      Well said, 30 is the prime of life and will always be superior to these 70+ year old corpses.

  • @Kuricang31
    @Kuricang31 Рік тому +3

    "Boris Johnson's 29 year old illegitimate daught...i mean former advisor.."

  • @David-le7jy
    @David-le7jy Рік тому +6

    Yah, it was amazeballs, almost as spiffing when Papa bought me a pony.

  • @tomd5678
    @tomd5678 Рік тому +4

    Lady Marie of Stoopes

  • @chrisgibson7591
    @chrisgibson7591 Рік тому +3

    I can see why

  • @SarahRickard
    @SarahRickard Рік тому +3

    I see no one is happy about this - maybe they should put it to the public first?!

  • @teggyegg
    @teggyegg Рік тому +6

    cynical timeline: starts talking to tabloids in a few weeks, releases a book in a year, goes on im a celebrity get me out of here in two years, then loose women and other panel shows until 2030, end phase is having a few interview clips in channel 5 documentaries

  • @HoroshyParen
    @HoroshyParen Рік тому +3

    how is that a democracy when the house of lords still exists?! 😂😂😂

  • @haydenharris3059
    @haydenharris3059 Рік тому +2

    Oh Please

  • @andyaim4764
    @andyaim4764 Рік тому +2

    The smug grin on her face and a brass neck. Those peers that earned theirs, what must they be thinking…. I do hope the “services” she rendered to Blobby Johnson was worth it.

  • @1son8043
    @1son8043 Рік тому +3

    At least she's got half a chance of staying awake, we need a public vote on getting rid of this bunch.

  • @applepie8772
    @applepie8772 Рік тому +1

    Utterly ridiculous.

  • @catalinacurio
    @catalinacurio Рік тому +9

    Absolutely disagree with this nonsense!!!

  • @johnbarlow4572
    @johnbarlow4572 Рік тому +3

    I see a Monica lewinsky thing here . In other words Boris bonked her

  • @jamiebrotherston2241
    @jamiebrotherston2241 Рік тому +6

    Ah the old baroness trick. Welcome to England in the year of our Lord 1768.

  • @ivanconnolly7332
    @ivanconnolly7332 Рік тому +3

    His temporary "suckretary" ,she filled in for maternity leave?

  • @6haybay
    @6haybay Рік тому +3

    It's a lot like what I went through when I became a freemason....

  • @MichaelBennett1
    @MichaelBennett1 Рік тому +7

    People spend a lifetime in public service to be honoured with a seat there…

  • @jossratcliffe8908
    @jossratcliffe8908 Рік тому +3

    I want to c what’s under the red cloak .

  • @Scitch-et4vk
    @Scitch-et4vk Рік тому +2

    SNOB !

  • @harashigomari1690
    @harashigomari1690 Рік тому +4

    Yeah right

  • @stevphenrose7820
    @stevphenrose7820 Рік тому +3

    Is it true that this woman is Johnson’s daughter?

  • @katarn999
    @katarn999 Рік тому +9

    Hilarious...

  • @jamesunsworth8468
    @jamesunsworth8468 Рік тому +1

    We really need to get rid of these leeches.

  • @ascgazz
    @ascgazz Рік тому +2

    DISGUSTING.
    Why?

  • @jonathanroger4705
    @jonathanroger4705 Рік тому +1

    Sick.

  • @equalitypeace1695
    @equalitypeace1695 Рік тому +1

    Making a laughing stock of our parliament

  • @nsaratts6374
    @nsaratts6374 Рік тому +2

    Polly Toynbee is a Norman toff.

  • @GrandpaVince
    @GrandpaVince Рік тому +6

    She even looks a bit like Boris karloff.

  • @chrisstrider
    @chrisstrider Рік тому +5

    Barbie Baroness
    ……only in Alderney Edge

  • @merseyviking
    @merseyviking Рік тому +3

    That's a while lot of not impressed faces there!

  • @justsayen2024
    @justsayen2024 Рік тому +1

    The longest job she held only lasted for months what does that say

  • @humanitech
    @humanitech Рік тому +2

    Bit of a joke really

  • @travaller1
    @travaller1 Рік тому +2

    2023????????????????????????????????

  • @merseyviking
    @merseyviking Рік тому +1

    The "Inbetweeners" comments from the Tories seem notably absent.

  • @davidpearn2484
    @davidpearn2484 Рік тому +1

    Look at the faces behind they are fuming deep down

  • @NeilCWCampbell
    @NeilCWCampbell Рік тому +1

    Boris's daughter lover

  • @SarahRickard
    @SarahRickard Рік тому

    How else do these rats survive unless they stitch the public up

  • @iamdmc
    @iamdmc Рік тому +2

    Monica Lewinsky

  • @WillScarlet1991
    @WillScarlet1991 Рік тому +1

    Is her arm super-glued to her waist?

  • @mattnoel2447
    @mattnoel2447 Рік тому +2

    This is the most boring cosplay I've ever seen.

  • @patrickcunniff5936
    @patrickcunniff5936 Рік тому +1

    A democracy?

  • @MrDylanofIslington
    @MrDylanofIslington Рік тому +2

    Giving a gong to his fluffer 😂 or chief hair ruffler😂. Not as bad as the KGB agents son i guess. Boris enablers hang your heads in shame..The state of this country...

  • @SK-vg3mw
    @SK-vg3mw Рік тому +4

    Some comments here though, must be left by the truly “honourable” representatives of our society.. 🤢

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell Рік тому

      Which particular bit of this appointment are you defending be specific 🤣

  • @danarose6314
    @danarose6314 Рік тому

    How low can you go?

  • @MrDylanofIslington
    @MrDylanofIslington Рік тому +1

    Can't we get Boris' mate from the KGB to take her out??

  • @QuantumWalnut
    @QuantumWalnut Рік тому

    One of the few times where lifelong Imposter Syndrome is warranted.

  • @glyndavies
    @glyndavies Рік тому

    Is the lady behind her at 1:20 chewing a wasp?

  • @eliteintelectual.9948
    @eliteintelectual.9948 Рік тому

    Is this 21 century or 17 century? 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @AH-ll9js
    @AH-ll9js Рік тому +2

    🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @deadmouse1454
    @deadmouse1454 Рік тому +2

    House of lords should be renamed House of unelected privilege.