How Johnson (Somehow) Survived: Vote of No Confidence Explained - TLDR News
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After another tough week for the Prime Minister, speculation was rife that Boris Johnson would be ousted by his own Tory MPs in a vote of no confidence. But that never materialised. So in this video, we explain what's happened so far, how he managed to hold onto power and what might happen going forward.
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Apparently Boris was so shit-faced at the parties that he needs an independent investigation to figure out if there were any parties.
lmfao
And if he was there pmsl 😂😂
Not his fault. No one told him the rules!
The issue is one of whether this was to be a work meeting or a social meeting.
Arjan van Daalen
Johnson had such a great time at these parties, he could never remember a thing.
A politician facing consequences for an illegal/immoral/hypocritical action they took? I’m confused why that would that ever happen? Cheers from the United States!
Sounds like Old Joe, what with a crisis on the southern border, chaos & carnage as a result of a botched evacuation from Afghanistan and a failing economy. It was easier to remove Thatcher 30+ years ago and she actually had a pair.... LOL
@@garethbuckeridge6910 As we’re finding out! Trump will go down as the most corrupt and increasingly possible to be the first President in American history to face criminal charges, they is no doubt then he needs to be in court on numerous fronts. Trump should have been crushed. I also believe that should he be sent to prison for charges committed during his Presidency (especially for his role in the insurrection on 1/6, or it’s increasingly possible he could face charges in Georgia for Election Tampering). That his Presidency needs to be nullified and voided to undo a ton of corruption during his Presidency.
Among them include
•Stripping him of his 2016 Election victory and the votes earned in 2020. Have big fat 0’s next to his name in both the electoral college and popular vote totals.
•Officially acknowledging that the Senate Impeachment Votes to not convict him and remove him from office were wrong (especially for the 2nd impeachment). Officially acknowledge that he should have been convicted and removed from office. Also official use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to label him a traitor and ban him from ever running for office for life.
•Strip all laws, executive orders, etc. he signed would be stripped.
All judicial positions (especially the Supreme Court) he appointed would be invalidated and the judges would be forced to leave their positions.
•All of his pardons would be overturned.
•All of the perks a post Presidency would receive would be stripped.
•No Pension
•No official office
•No Secret Service Detail
•He would be banned from having a Presidential Library and Museum.
•No Official Funeral when he dies.
Lets just honest I’m sure you can agree. America has one of the most messed up politics. There are all types of people and that is the problem. Many of them fail to use their common sense. Then the political system is messed up I hardly see any bills getting passed through senate.
@@LolLol-ne9yw I’ve been increasingly in favor of a single house Congress. Abolish the Senate and enlarge the House of Reps. Increase the speed and efficiency of seeing bills passed and greatly reduce gridlock.
Looks like toy have generated a lot of whatabouttery to your question. In answer to your question, nothing will happen. Johnson will probably disappear into a consultancy job or be elevated to the largest and most corrupt unelected upper house on the planet. The House of Lords, where he will live out his days fleecing the public purse and never having to be accountable for his actions and crimes.
Now here's a new entry for the Oxford Dictionary:
To hold a 'Tory Party', is to hold a party which is not allowed but everyone who attends said party claims that they don't know it existed.
Put it in Urban Dictionary.
I thought it was a party where you're only invited if you've got more than 10mill in the bank?
More like a Pfeffel hangover
btw, that's a middle name of BoJo
Here's a new entry for the Oxford Dictionary.
To send ones child to a "Labour Private School"; is to consider that Private Schools are immoral but to also send your own child to one.
It was a work meeting!
Johnson : "Nobody told me the party was against the rules."
Like he had unironically no idea of the rules and limitations he himself put on the country.
Honestly, he himself should be considered as the primary source that would have told him the party was against the rules.
Exactly this, the most shocking of all. Gaslighting the public.
1. "There was no party,"
2. "and if there was, I have been assured it was within the rules"
3. "I'm just as shocked and angry as you are."
4. "It was a work event."
5. "I didn't know parties were against the rules."
@@_____alyptic This Trump entire stick just slowdown to UK level as those in power are still shy about stretching just how far there immune to consequences. While Trump was born in world without consequences for his actions. So what Boris does across months. Trump did in less than one day. Also like Trump is not gaslighting he is just lying. There not questioning your sanity there just blatantly lying with no shame about how absurd there lies are and how quickly abandon one lie for the next until it has tired everyone about his lies and moved on to the next crisis. While facing no consequences for all the shit they done. Turn out the government run on the honor system if you get enough yes man in power. Who knew?
Maybe he didn't have a mirror handy so he couldn't ask himself.
"Ignorantia juris non excusat" i.e. ignorance of the law excuses not.
@@_____alyptic Considering this man without shame, compassion or honour, made the rules and told them himself to the nation...his claim that he did not know the rules is pretty blatant - outrageous infact.
we live in such a buggered timeline that I can imagine him surviving this and somehow lumbering on
Like an out of control war elephant stamping on the Tory Party
A boring dystopia
Just shows he’s arrogant and lacks any honour. In any walk of life you would be expected to step down after this level of scandal
This feels light compared to the constant slew of scandals that are happening to countries east of Germany.
Poland for example constantly has the government breaching the constitution, corruption, active demonization of entire demographics of people and threatening us with Polexit, but they keep getting away with it, with a ton of support from the Poles, no less.
Russia, I don't think I have to explain.
The longer he lasts, the more votes they are gonna lose in the next election. Let's keep him in!!!!
Yes, I was told that robbing banks was wrong, but nobody told me that robbing this particular bank was wrong and I apologise for robbing this bank so let's just carry on as if nothing happened.
"I know I told everyone not to rob banks, but nobody told ME not to rob THIS bank in particular!"
I didn't go anywhere near a bank, and if i did the mask, shotgun, swag bag and 'Money or Your Life' comments by someone who could have been me but wasn't to the Cashier were purely for theatre.
"And by the way..everyone in the general public is allowed to rob banks now "
"I was told that Private Schools were wrong, but nobody told me that sending *my* child to a Private School was wrong...."
More like "I'm sorry that all the people with deposits at the bank are upset I robbed it"
He's got stuff on people. The old school tie networking, alone, doesn't account for someone so extra-ordinarily incompetent and scandal-prone, himself, getting where he has.
Well, probably, but don't underestimate the power of useful idiots.
I mean, he came up through the media from a wealthy background with ties to plenty of wealthy and influential people through his days at Oxford, including David Cameron. The guy was head-boy at Eton, he’s been prepped for priviledge and notoriety since he was born. Then, remember that he’s always been a populist figure when it comes to politics with all the gaffs and stuff which improved his recognisability and his public image, AND he is politically aligned with the current agenda of the Tory party. Make no mistake, this guy is Prime Minister because of his role in Brexit. PLUS anything else behind the scenes which we don’t know about. The goal was get Brexit through at any cost, limit migration, introduce more free-markets into the economy etc. Boris Johnson was a good face for the party who could lull people into comfortably slipping into a neoliberal immoral regime. NOW, he’s a great fall-guy. They’re still hoping he’ll claw back his public image though. He is the most recognisable man in British politics, hands-down, except perhaps Tony Blair.
If you imagined it it must be true
From what some people behind the scenes have said about how Boris is behind closed doors, he's ruthless and single minded. He isn't the buffoon he portrays in public.
He’s in Rupert murdoch’s pocket. Murdoch has more clout
the funny thing is that Wakeford backed a private members bill to initate a by-election everytime an mp crosses the floor
Doesn't this further prove it was something done based on morals and not a career move?
who know's he could've been blackmailed
@@garrywilling3711 Could have become an independent MP I guess. Probably guarenteed to lose seat at next election in which case, so stick with the Party system.
@@blackbaron0 Yeah, Wakefield is not Labour, like he doesn't 'swing' that way (hoho) - he either wants to stuff it to his party out of spite or keep his seat for a career.
@@garrywilling3711 just pointing out an odd coincidence
I think recently we have seen the streak in Johnson that has been much commented on by those who know him. Everyone knows he's a liar, but I don't think everyone appreciates how ruthless he is when serving his own interest. Under the fake jollity is a merciless tyrannical bully.
An incompetent tyrannical bully. Only a matter of time before he overplay his hand.
On sky news apparently Sue Gray has found the email from Cummings to Johnson about he should not go to the party, so Cummings was telling the truth.
Lies work best when they have an element of truth. Boris says he didn't read it. It's perfectly believable given the chaos that ensued from covid
@@captainbuggernut9565 yes Johnson is very slack looking into the details in fact very lazy, although the evidence found by this Sue Gray is supposed to be quite damming
@@captainbuggernut9565 So it's gone from "nobody told me" to "I wasn't aware I was told".
@@captainbuggernut9565 You can not see if the email has been opened (even from the senders) ?
@@captainbuggernut9565 His secretary would have read it and SHOULD have brought it to his attention. Either way there is no excuse for this.
When you're Prime Minister, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
Maybe it's what you know about who you know. What happened to the rest of Cameron's pig?
@@MattOGormanSmith Cameron’s pig has her own show and theme park that Boris is so fond of.
Solid signing for Labour in the transfer window
David Davis quoting Leo Amery quoting Cromwell and the Scottish Tories asking him to resign are both hard things to walk back so I don't see him staying.
Never underestimate a narssasist ability to double down
BoJo's survival is due to nothing more then his Ego-driven Narcissistic Personality. That's it!!
It's a huge asset when you're trying to become political leader as well as trying to stay one.
He’s not survived yet. This party scandal is far from over.
Yeah he has.
yep as always this is the UK easy to get away with this stuff - its just becoming the norm.
He will never resign, he will need to be forced out, but I so nor expect they will not do that yet, not before the local elections in May because that will saddle a new leader with a humiliating defeat. They'll choose somebody after that and talk up a 'clean slate' and the need to give the new leader a fair chance.
I suspect that they cannot wait until May. His authority and mandate is already destroyed.
That's how I see it at the moment. Let him take the blame for everything up until then, with the likely disasterous May elections acting as a proper catalyst for being booted out. Also could be handy for members of the Cabinet having Johnson in such a position (forgive the double entendre) as he might be more willing to give on some things. I'm sure there are more than just Mr Johnson who has Machiavelli as part of their resume.
I'd still like to think the UK has an advantage over the US over this by not electing the head of Government. And once Johnson has gone, he has no chance of coming back - unlike Mr Trump.
Here's hoping that reality still exists, at least in the UK.
Boris is going to win the next General Election, kiddies.
@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda lol, best joke of the week.
Why can't you understand that he's mortally wounded, he'll go now or later this year. But he'll definitely go.
@@nickbarton3191 They're all morally bankrupt, so that isn't a factor.
Boris is the least objectional option. He will fight and win the next General Election.
surly he cant carry on as PM of the country if the public have no respect left for him
I don’t know, PM’s do have a knack for clinging on to the bitter end.
He will prove you soo wrong
The kind of person who would do the moral thing and resign once they have so thoroughly eroded the trust of the public, parliament and their own party, wouldn’t have held parties in the first place. Hence the shameless performance.
Why not ? Biden is lost the election but he won't leave
@@SimplyVanis In terms of long-term strategy it might be good if he manages to cling onto the next election, cause that pretty much guarantees and labour win. But the amount of damage that would be done in the meantime as Boris is forced to submit to every insane whim of his right-wing backbenchers in order to cling on would be pretty bad for the country
As an American, I'd like to thank whoever decided to film what goes on in the House of Commons. It's way more entertaining and more transparent than what's going on here.
There are TV channels that broadcast every second in Commons without ads.
I respectfully disagrees. As a half British, living in uk, half American. The trump era was out of this world, insane! Tragic, painful but sometimes hilarious to watch if not worrying. Now sadly it is our turn. As your closest cousins, we didnt want you to stand on the embarrassment stage alone... so we decided like the bunch of twits we must be, elected Boris as the follow up act. 😫 still he stands a little in the shade. Boris just doesn't have the glamor factor. Lol. If it wasnt for people dying, trump and Boris would be very funny.
@Francis Ayala
Don't you watch C-Span?
That would be BBC Parliament on iPlayer
@@IkeOkerekeNews ah, C-SPAN. Not only does it provide hours and hours of Senate and House coverage, but they also have a channel on American History and interviews of public officials. It’s the unsung hero of national television. I even watched the Capitol Insurrection on there.
the fact he has lasted as long as he has is a disgrace. The system doesn't work when someone like Boris just can't be gotten rid of
americans know that all too well
Whether he stays or goes is largely irrelevant, as the damage is already done. Mitigating further damage is contingent on whether a more competent replacement can be found with the Tory ranks, which surely is the sticking point at the moment!
The biggest problem is that when someone is feeling threaten, they tent to act more populist than usual
By this do you mean the damage to the Tories has happened regardless of whether Johnson stays or goes? Because I entirely disagree - Sunak could very easily take over and frame Johnson's antics as not reflective of the Conservatives. He could also sack Johnson's biggest supporters (e.g. Patel) from cabinet and make a pretty strong case that the party was back on track. Either way, the country has been so anti-Labour recently that it's hard to believe that Partygate will seriously effect the next election
They are a load of fascists ,puppets of the wholly unelected deep state.
@@oreilly1237878 the deep state isn't real, the Tories definitely are pushing facist like policy's though
@@matheusd.rodrigues429 Ah yes, "populist", nothing other than a derogatory term for a democrat used by those for whom democracy has returned an inconvenient result.
Thanks for the video. Interesting topic, as usual.
However, I noticed that based on the title you decided on I understood from the start that he has already survived the no confidence vote. The title should have been: "How Johnson could Survive: Vote of No Confidence Explained".
In choosing the current title you sent an incorrect message of "the vote of no confidence has happened" when in actuality it has not.
Hopefully you see what I mean. Keep up the good work! 😄
Ignorance or.. inability to distinguish a work event from a party are our two alternative explanations? That's reassuring about UK leadership!
Is that the same excuse he gave for cheating on his wife?
I wish the USA was having arguments over garden parties instead of “can democracy survive a cult of personality?”
You know they said that the 1922 Committee wasn't formed in 1922, but I had no idea it was the 1992 Committee instead XD. Love your work btw the TLDR Team!
I'm pretty sure every single TLFR video has at least one typeo in it, it's almost a tradition at this point. I'd be sad if they started proof-watching the videos and fixed them now.
Classic TLDR moment
@@Isanion for sure. Gotta have a type somehwere in there
The 1992 Committee, better known as the EU...
That's because it's not 1992. But 1923.
The report CANT be damaging, because Boris Johnson has to put his signature of approval on the report. Surely people understand the implications of this?
You’d think.
Johnson will find an easy high paying job just like every other ex pm. Looking forward to another decade of high inflation, high taxes and fake promises.
Blame voters or people who don’t vote
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller so blame everyone?
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller If voters and non-voters are to blame..... then perhaps it's the system itself that is to blame?
@@NuggetOG not everyone is to blame. Some people did voted for people who don’t lie, cheat, and steal. They didn’t vote conservative.
@@SSJfraz yes, need proportional representation
I don't like the fact he's forcing us to wait for a bogus enquiry. I don't want to wait, I want the results published now so we can deal with pressing issues we face as a country.
How can the results be published before the enquiry?
Flux capacitor?
@@danielwebb8402 We already have evidence proving he was there, that he was warned not to set it up ect. They are stalling for time at the expense of the tax payer
The Tory ministers have gravely underestimated how difficult it will be to remove Boris Johnson.
I don't think Johnson will go quietly. I think he will pull every foul trick in the book, short of insurrection, to keep his position. He strikes me as someone who would rather take the entire Tory party down with him than ever admit genuine fault for his government's mistakes.
We can only hope...
Its always been difficult to remove a sitting conservative party leader unless they themselves have decided to go, but given the situation its still surprises me that Johnson hasn't decided to just fall on his sword yet as his reputation is pretty much unsalvageable by this point. From the perspective of most conservative MPs, they are probably torn between the fact that if Johnson does go, it would mean an election needs to be held sooner to solidify the position of whoever replaces him as PM. While if he stays, then they would theoretically have a bit longer to turn around their abysmal polling situation, (more of a vain hope with him still there though).
That's what dangerous destructive people do once they are in power.
@@zaleost you're right, but i think they also just don't care. they don't see what they've done as wrong and the conservative party, at least as it is now, will never own up to any sort of mistake. i honestly did believe they'd get rid of him soon as, sort of like a scapegoat so they could take ctrl of the narrative, but i think there are other factors at play (like you said, but there also must be something deeper; something personal) i guess its just tyranny of the majority. i mean, did thatcher ever admit any wrongdoing? at least she had the decency to die i guess
I told you he ain't backing down. His first move as PM was literally get the party in line and kick out a bunch of members who didn't support him.
I understand that the long-awaited Sue Gray report is handed to Boris Johnson personally. In previous inquiries (the investigations into Priti Patel's bullying claims comes to mind), the PM can report all, some or none of whatever is contained in the document. In the case of Ms Patel, he sat on the findings for six months before deciding to ignore whatever recommendations were made. My questions is basically "what is to stop Boris doing exactly the same with this inquiry?" It is after all, a report from the Civil Service designed to provide factual information on which the PM is able to ignore should he wish? Can anyone through any light on this please? This is my first post, so please be kind! Regards Kevin
This is true, but the opposition and his own backbenchers are going to keep going on about it until he releases the findings, especially given that his response to everything so far has been 'lets wait for the report'. In addition, apparently the met police is also waiting for the findings of the report before deciding whether to investigate, so I think it'll probably be a bit harder for him to sit on it this time
I am sure that Sue Gray is being whipped as we speak not just by clown bojo but by all who attended booze parties during lockdown, not to find anything at all. And the last thing the police will like to look at would be a detailed report naming each officer on duty guarding said Parties. Instead I assume we will see another scandal later this year to cover up the current one.
Could Boris please reserve his resignation until after Covid restrictions are lifted? I, for one, would not like to miss the opportunity to party on the occasion.
Did eventually Bo carry out inquiries if he attended the party in his own house? Imagine that he wasn't told if it was safe having a party after ordering the whole country not to dare having Xmas party 🤣🤣
I suspect Johnson is being tolerated merely so the entire blame for Brexit falls on hiss shoulders and his successor will thus get an easier ride when the time comes. Johnson will go when there can be no doubt of the Brexit outcome.
This. I bet they'll tar him with all the bad outcomes from Brexit and Covid, then dump him about 10-12 months before the next GE. Get that leadership bounce in the polls when they need it most.
Thats so plausible it might actually be true.
Ha. Give the current streak of bad press, I do wonder how much such a strategy would actually work. By not removing him now, they're already tarnishing themselves and setting up a precedent in the public's minds. If they remove him later, most people are going to ask "what took them so long?"
Even then we're assuming that the Conservative backbench is one unified group and not split into at least three separate, easy to manipulate factions, or that there will be some kind of big reveal on the damages of Brexit and it won't be a slow-burn affair that doesn't get talked about publicly.
So not for a while then.
As "no doubt of brexit outcome" to you means "shown to be bad" rather than "Every prediction apart from fall in Sterling shown, factually, to not even be within an order of magnitude of being correct so far. But that's not a Brexit outcome. Because I believe the negative future predictions will be right NEXT time. Honest guv."
He should do the (sort of bit not very) dignified thing and resign. When has Boris ever been dignified though?! 🤦🏻♀️
"I didn't knew the party was against the rules" feels like: "I didn't knew I was supposed to stop when the traffic light went red"
Not knowing the law doesn't escuse a person from breaking it.
Just shows how undemocratic this country has become.
He survived because nobody wants to take over at the helm of a rapidly sinking ship
"In Lizz we Truss"
Realy? Guys i knew the situation was dire in the UK but i wasn't aware that you collectivley went full bonkers.
Holy goat.
I truly believe that Boris is too stubborn to ever resign. I think the vote would be the only way for him to loose his premiership
Hey he just spend £50.000 from his donors on number 10, plus the £30.000 they get from tax payers. He wants another 2 years worth out of that wallpaper. So ya know, priority!
IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO GO, if there is an ounce of self respect in the country.
Agreed, but this is politics.
Yeah we need an actual conservative not this wet noodle with his tax rises, pro-NHS garbage, lockdowns, woke bs and being told how to run the country by his wife.
@@stickman6217 lmao no true scotmans if you dont think this government is conservative, you’re fucking insane and need to stop watching gb news.
@@QueenJneeuQ do you think tax rises are conservative?...
@@stickman6217 conservatives always tax poor people, have you been living under a rock? They cut taxes for wealthy people only…
As one door shuts another one slams your face
“So love, many votes were against PM May?”
“FUCK OFF”
When you're in a leadership position saying "nobody told me" is passing the buck 101.
The last resort/nuclear option is the Queen giving a once in a life time decision to dismiss Boris without consultation.
This could never happen as the queen must never ever interfere in politics , the monarch is there for purely ceremonial duties only , it's written in our constitution, which begs the question, what's the point in having a head of state if they don't have any power whatsoever?
His constituents could also petition to recall him as an MP. That wouldn't automatically remove him as PM but it would cramp his style.
@@roddychristodoulou9111 Constitution? What constitution?
@@roddychristodoulou9111 we don’t have a constitution.
@@g0801215 some say we have an uncodified one, but I think the Queen not getting involved jn politics is more convention than legislation
Some of your graphics show 1992 when talking about the 1922 committee???
1:55 for reference. These guys pump out so much content I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just a typo that got overlooked.
Do all these politicians know we have seen pictures of the parties? Like even if the investigation comes back saying the PM did nothing wrong, WE HAVE SEEN THE EVIDENCE.
Honestly, if he survives this, the Conservatives can do whatever they want, with no consequences.
Boris will survive this. Issue is that no one actually hates him specifically… people hate the Tory party with Johnson as their face, he actually softens their image.
"In the name of God, go!"
That would have been an extremely cutting and offensive quote to Boris.
I bet that comment stayed with him given its historical context.
His idol is Churchill, to be compared to Neville Chamberlin would have been so insulting 🤣
He apparently didn't know the quote. Bullshit as usual.
@@20storiesunder I bet the quote is in the book Boris wrote about Churchill.
@@DW-dd4iw I believe Hislop has claimed the book was ghost written.
@@DW-dd4iw 100%
If they weren't scared of it and so confident to ignore social distancing rules then this is just more evidence it doesn't exist.
Never liked him since he was mayor of London 🤮 he needs to leave with the little dignity he has left
That interview snippet from Rishi Sunak was *so* revealing. He couldn't answer the "do you support the Prime Minister?" question, because both "yes" and "no" answers could, for different reasons, jeopardise his chances of taking over the job. So he just got up and left.
Yeah Alex,and I wonder how many also noticed the laser-like "death ray"stare and the body language of his "amazon" body guard[?] as she hustled him out of the firing line at break neck speed ? ? [So you see,it was indeed a really Very-"Rish[k]i" moment for him---poor wee soul !]
He'll go eventually, it'll just take longer than most people here think/hope.
Remember how long Theresa May soldiered on for? I think we're in for a repeat...
She won the no confidence vote in December 2018, and she resigned in May 2019 if I remember correctly
Edit: they said this in the video
@@TomJohnson67 Quite. Five months. And Johnson seems to be more the "you'll have to drag me out kicking and screaming" type than the sort who goes willingly when he knows it's the right thing to do.
@@alexpotts6520 I feel like he would want to resign
@@1mol831 If I were him, in his position, I would want to resign, disappear from public view for a bit, and re-emerge as a lucrative after-dinner speaker or something.
But that's not the sort of man Boris Johnson is. He's a man who as a child expressed the desire that when he grew up he wanted to be "world king".
@@alexpotts6520 it’s a lot of pressure to continue on, it’s not that anyone is going to put him in prison if he resigns, he probably has enough money to retire. But I guess he’s the kind that doesn’t like to admit losing.
Johnson's main defense strategy seems to rely on Sue Gray's inquiry. Since Boris is a very skilled politician (i.e. good at deception/ manipulation) I assume that means he knows something about Sue Gray's inquiry that we don't. I assume that he either knows that Sue Gray will go easy on him, or he (or allies) will somehow manipulate Sue Gray to go easy on him, or he has a strategy for how to craft arguments in response to the outcomes of the inquiry. There's a good chance that having an Inquiry where most of it is reported directly to the PM could be faulty in this case. Beware of them trying to tell a story of why what he did was bad, but not bad enough to warrant resignation.
Any of those that received the email who didn't attend should go for not speaking out. Those that went should go for not following the rules and those that didn't attend or receive an invite should go on the basis they are meant to be the voice of the people but instead they are protecting their pals.
damn, he really survived that lol
He’ll likely go if the local elections in May go badly for the Tories.
if?
@@matthewsemple tory voters are a gullible bunch as we have seen. dont count on it. also dont bet against labour shooting themselves in the foot as usual
@@kanedNunable Believe any politician and you will regret it. Sadly I don't see a better system out there. Benign Monarchy would work better probably, but how do you guarentee or even define Benign. Any good Government will always have to deal with and get through tough choices. No sign of any of that from Mr Johnson. Let's face it, what tough choices has he even really had to face? He can't even remember where his trousers are most of the time.
"who never leaks"
ah yes, aging gracefully.
Johnson will never resign. He is shameless. The Tories won't vote him out because they are too self interested in their own careers to risk losing them. So most likely we will just have to wait until the general public will be allowed to have their say and even then who knows what would happen.
Sacking a politician because of hypocrisy? How do you ever elect anyone over there? I'm just saying.....
If a sacking does occur it should probably be about how he's running the country on a whole
If Johnson was in a Predator movie, he'd be the idiot loudmouth from the beginning that should be the first to die, but the director wanted to subvert that trope and survives till the end after a series of mind-baffling and "suspension of disbelief"-breaking events taht killed everyone around him.
I was thinking the same! Boris has some strong plot armour.
You know the saying: "the difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense".
You should be a lot more critical of Johnson regarding his position of not having been informed about the illegality of the parties. Not being aware, or pretending not to be, of the most important issue that his government was managing at the time, is itself more than enough reason to sack him. Not having been at the SAGE meeting when this subject was analyzed is also reason enough to sack him. Not having a general idea of the number of expected lives that might have been saved with the lockdown, and the expected cost to the economy, is also enough reason to sack him.
Sue Gray's investigation & report won't draw any conclusions. The PM will decide that he is not to blame, ignore the report while at the same time persuading the public to move on.
I've said it before and I'll say it again
Boris doesn't care. This makes him invulnerable to criticism.
Johnson retains his job for two reasons: First, many of his colleagues share his contempt for the electorate. They think he can tough it out. Since so many people are disenchanted, not just by him, but by the whole apparatus and process of government, they may be right. If he won't go, and his party won't force him, there's nothing the electorate can do to make him go, short of insurrection.
Second, they're counting on him to be the pre-election fall-guy for brexit. If they get rid of him now, there's too much time for his replacement to be the "big dog" as it becomes clear that hard brexit is an unsalvageable disaster. Not just Johnson's fault, but his whole party's fault.
And the bullshit continues for another election cycle...
It can only be "clear" in the distant future not now.
@@Genevasplaytime Hello Mr Rees-Mogg. Maybe some of us can see what's in front of us.
I did say "as it becomes clear", the process is continuing, but some of saw what was coming back in 2016.
No body knows everything, typical mafioso……
It's amazing how people can't put two figures together. If there were 20-35 letters and 20 pork pie plotters (only 11 of them submitted early before Gray) that still only gets you to 40-55. So very unlikely the threshold is going to be reached.
It's very simple. Always refuse to resign.
but the damage is done he is done even the no confidence vote not happen
I love these videos, this is how I get my news.
left wing propaganda pumped down our throats :D
I watch this left stuff and right news.
Stunning that he can stand there and say "Nobody told me that it [the party] was against the rules." If he, as prime minister, needs that explaining to him, then he is inept. He can't really have it both ways.
3:20 Ignorance is never a valid defence for any crime. If you scam someone and say you didn't know it was illegal to scam someone you're still going to prison.
I presume Sue Gray will find Keith Starmer guilty even if she wasn't supposed to be investigating him
100% you should just lean into the typo hype. Run a little competition every video to 'find the typo'. We know it doesn't effect the strength of the story, and by leaning into it, you could almost build this light hearted credibility. Make the reward like a voucher for free shipping on your store, or something similarly trivial.
_Also boosts engagement on videos as people won't scroll to the comments when they get bored._
This is incredible! Especially following the story of blackmail and coercion. Our system has been shown for the complete and utter sham that it is!
It's really not that bad, the overwhelming majority still live healthy, happy and safe lives, especially compared to any time in history or in mlst other countries. Yeah there's issues but this basically has no major impact on the country. FYI I also want him gone bit that's becuase he's a terrible conservative.
@Stick Man You realise that's a ridiculous thing to say. We have a relatively decent quality of life compared to a lot of other countries (a lot of which are dictatorships, unstable, desperately poor etc) and compared to post war era and Victorian era therefore we should maintain the status quo and shut up about the things that are wrong. We don't have a better quality of life than Denmark. No major impact?! Not that bad?! That's a opinion of privilege. Tell that to those who have to live on increasingly shrinking and ever threatened disability benefits. I only want him to resign on principle, pragmatically I'm happy with him being in place and shining a light on who the Tories really are destroying their public image and showing how broken the system is.
@@bittersweet7145 pretty much anyone in the west is in a position of privilege. It's an extremely small minority here that live in absolute poverty. It baffles me that people can't see just how incredible the modern system is, there's literally thousands of miles of infrastructure just to carry your shit away... Yes there's issues but slow steady progress is needed to fix them, not radical change that stands to destroy the 99% of society that works. Interesting you look to Denmark as some golden society, have you ever lived or worked there? Cos let me tell you they are extremely homogeneous and pretty anti immigration, I spent 4 years working there, so if you like those ideas then I'm right behind you in becoming more like Denmark.
Just because this channel and main stream media were calling for his resignation does not mean it will happen. There is more to politics than the current media cycle
I think the "somehow" in the title should be changed to "somewhat". While he is still PM, he has lost so much respect within his own party, from his former supporters and from the public in general. Also he has lost so much credibility with the public he probably couldn't impose new covid restrictions if he wanted to.
And he seems to be in luck since he likely will not have to after the omnicron wave. People are already talking about covid being endemic.
The UK society will continue to regress and get worse with these clowns at the top 🤡
The fact that so many Tory MPs keep deferring to the Sue Grey report should be clear evidence that they know something and that is that Grey's report, while minimally criticising Johnson for some lapses of judgement, will in fact exhonorate him overall. It's rather like the Muller report on Trump, the difference here is that the Muller report was spun by William Barr whereas the Grey report will be spun by Boris himself.
Thanks TLDR News!
'I had no idea that these parties were against the rules that the government I lead implemented.'
'I don't know what's going on; I'm just in charge.'
Does anyone want a political comic of BJ doing limbo over and under all of his controversies?
Sure
What does it take to make Kier Starmer look good? A Prime Minister whose only defence is "Sue Gray".
'MP rarely survive such a vote of no confidence' The dutch PM Mark Rutte would like a word with you.
Hi TLDR team, thanks for your wonderful work. There's an error in your slide, *1992 Committee* instead of *1922 Committee*
This is an extremely interesting list of bad leadership traits from Vince Molinaro's "The Leadership Contract Field Guide": (how many does Johnson tick?)
"Based on all my conversations, here are the most common themes that emerged from all
the stories people shared about their experiences with mediocre leaders and bad bosses:
1. Inept. These leaders simply don’t have the right instincts for leadership. They make
bad (and even stupid) decisions that leave a trail of disaster behind. The worst ones
are those who are incompetent but think they are great. No one can understand how
these people were ever able to be put into a leadership role in the first place.
2. Cowards. They do not have the stomach for leadership. They always take the easy
way out. They avoid difficult things. They don’t take a stand, and they don’t have a
backbone.
3. Lack of initiative. They don’t act. They’re lazy and don’t work hard. They look for
the easy way out of any situation. They deflect responsibility or they always play
under the radar, never to be seen or heard.
4. Immature. Even though they are adults, they typically act like temperamental
toddlers. They have the emotional maturity of a two-year-old: When they don’t
get their way, they have temper tantrums. They can’t handle any feedback; they
become defensive and react with drama.
5. Selfish. They are only in it for themselves, taking as much as they can along the way.
They have a huge sense of entitlement. They don’t seem to care about the company
they lead, the employees, or the customers. It’s always about “ME, ME, ME!”
6. Blame others. When things go wrong, the finger always points at someone else.
They never personally acknowledge their role or contribution if anything goes wrong.
7. Highly insecure. They lack confidence for the job, and this drives everything about
who they are and what they do. They don’t trust others. They surround themselves
with weak or incompetent people. They stir the pot on teams by engaging in gossip.
They, in turn, create teams that are insecure.
8. Uncivil. They regularly and routinely mistreat, disrespect, and insult others. They
frequently “tear a strip off” their direct reports-often in public. They are bullies.
9. Need to be liked. They want to be your best friend and confuse the need to be liked
with the need to be respected. They agree with everyone and everything. They avoid
conflict or any confrontation. They never make an unpopular decision.
10. Make excuses. There is always a reason why something didn’t work, and that reason
never includes them. They never truly own the outcome of any situation.
Just writing this list makes me sick to my stomach. But that’s how mediocre leaders
and bad bosses make us feel. They demotivate, demoralize, and deflate your ambitions.
They stifle your motivation. They can eliminate any desire to contribute in meaningful
ways to your organization. The really bad bosses and truly mediocre ones demonstrate
many of the items on this list. That’s what makes them so ineffective"
bojo probably ticks all the boxes on the next 10 themes as well
4 what else someone response when accused of wrong thing? Attack back? That book is so bigot.
Hopefully even BoJo's last and strongest defence will fail: taking his wig off.
And give it a plate of milk!
@@glazierblue573 Hmmm...so you think it's alive, like T****'s one in Spitting Image?
Never thought of that possibility...
@@notroll1279 😂 spitting image... that explains it. I thought they were just good at hiding those cameras in number 10.
He will never resign; he doesn't have the self-awareness to realise what he should do.
An absolute gift that keeps on gifting.
I am more than Positive he will survive this. People just don’t understand how incredibly scrappy and clever Boris is, despite the outward look of sleaze and idiocy.
As long as he holds on until the report is announced, which will most likely be altered to make it seem as though it does exonerate him, he’ll still be Leader by spring.
Nothing can happen to politicians, honestly.
After what trump did anything is possible.
And everything will go unpunishable.
this went on before trump, liberals just like to remember trump as some sort of catastrophic evil because otherwise they have to admit their system wasn't actually that great before
The American system in general is built around the president having quite a substantial amount of power, and many American presidents, especially more recently, have had questionable leadership capabilities. Trump was, however, clearly one of the most extreme and therefore most damaging examples.
@@afgor1088 not a liberal not even usan, and out of touch comment. The system was and is shit from te beginning of the US no arguing here, and trump was the pinicle of bad leadership
06:00 I love the Jacob Rees-Mogg reference there. Well done :D
He was never going to go. He has no shame whatsoever. He didn't survive, he just didn't give a shit.
I still have issues with the "working man's party" being led by a knight of the realm.
So a successful person shouldn’t run Labour?
Keir Starmer is son of a toolmaker and a nurse, who did well in school and went on to be a barrister. He primarily worked on human rights cases including the MClibel case in which he defended two activists being sued by McD. He was also vehemently anti-iraq war and tried to publicise the legal case against it.
I don't see why his success should hold him back, especially considering he has consistently chosen to be on the right side.
well, no matter what party you're in - once you win the elections you will form the "Queens government" (even if you are the "Abolish the monarchy" party....)....it's that simle!
@@lindaslavutar3655 No sane person would even vote Labour
@@johndouglas5712 cmon John bro
I wish people would stop talking about breaking "the Rules"...it was the LAW at the time.
Silly prole, laws are for poor people!
After being exposed as a liar during the Brexit campaign, the politicians and the British public voted to answer his duplicity with an overwhelming vote of support. So why are they blaming someone who is just being true to his character? They should be blaming themselves.
Bojo won't care , if he survives the vote, he'll just carry on. he does not have any decency or any notion of shame. if you think otherwise, then you are a fool. ;)
The big question is:
Who will replace him? If that can't be properly answered then he can't be replaced. No matter how bad things are for him.
Plenty of people waiting in the wings - Truss and Sunak for a start - but none of them want to be seen to be waving the knife, so for the moment they support him. Also, they may want to keep Johnson in place so that he takes the full blame for any bad stuff: there might be more to come in the next few days. Sunak certainly knew about all the parties as he lives next door to Number 10, but so far, has kept quiet.
TLDR I absolutely love your videos on confusing policy and legislation from an unbiased perspective. I appreciate it videos on the 24hour news cycle, I want to also point out the minutiae of tory drama feels like a lot? I loved the video on explaining the housing shortage for instance, and it would be fascinating to see more explanatory videos on wider issues in the UK. For instance the increase of small boats. If these are already being made at the moment, and I'm just missing them. Please do point me in the right direction! It just feels like a lot of thumbnails with bojo and seeing him this much in my sub box makes my skin crawl 😅
They're not unbiased. When have you ever seen a TLDR hitpiece on Starmer or Horse Face?
when cummings sent the e/mail he WAS the main adviser so johnson would have read it because it came from cummings..HE DID READ IT because it came from his chief of staff ( come on people ) think it through ...
Oh no, karma backfires on a conservative for violating rules or acceptable behaviour. Yet he gangs together with with other conservatives, who value their own party over showing responsibilty or virtue.
Seriously, this is why people are depressed about politics.