Boris Johnson's hilarious Olympics 2012 'thank you' speech
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- London Mayor Boris Johnson delivers a fun-packed speech to thank Team GB and London 2012 volunteers. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin.
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The British people are so nice. I love your country's sense of humor and the country is very beautiful, I am an American, who given a chance, would love to live in the UK. I had the good fortune to visit in 1989 and loved every minute during that time. It was the best vacation. Everyone my husband and I met were kind and helpful. I was very impressed by everything in GB. Love your traditions and beauty of your cities and countryside as well. I hope to one day to return to the country that I loved since childhood. The British are the best!!!
armlovesmetal get the fuck out traitor!!! take the entire tea kettle and crumpets with you too!!
***** sound like a bunch of communist sympathizers to me.
Coke AYCE So what I love Great Britain. I also love America. Have you ever traveled there or to any other country for that matter? I am not a traitor to my country because I love another one too.
armlovesmetal i was just kidding lol. y'all need to chill
+armlovesmetal Come back and visit - we're just a few hours away. Maybe you'll meet Boris...or Madonna :)
Boris for PM guys come on, he's a complete legend
Now he is 👌👍💪
Done :)
From MP to London Mayor to foreign minister and now elected as PM in a landslide historic victory. Yes the man is an absolute legend and I'm proud to have voted for him. 🥳
hes a complete idiot
This comment has aged like milk
Boris for PM!
Boris for overlord of the human race!
I have a few questions to ask you about my future.
1) Do I become rich?
2) Do I have kids?
3) How can time travel too?
Boris is PM!
@@austininkosi1494 Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!
iFarqs HE DID IT
Weirdly at the end I actually felt proud to be British. How will the universe go on without him in the future.
Very easily, he has no idea what he is doing at all
Joe Crick He has been the mayor of London since 2008 and got re-elected in 2012 so he clearly "has no idea what he is doing at all" and the citizens of London just voted him back in 2012 for a laugh and to see London whither away because obviously "he has no idea what he is doing at all".......
Lewis Dennis i didn't know i wasn't allowed to have an opinion, i personally think people only vote for him because they find him funny, i'm afraid i find it hard to put faith in someone who said the Olympic stadium was rubbed with rhubarb
Are you alive?
@@Dr.Zubair I was gonna ask the same question lmao
I think Boris would make a funny stand-up comedian.
You simply can't not love Boris Johnson.
RedDeadBret Well, for a time David Cameron didn't. Now he's trying to be his best friend
Boris would win a landslide in a general election.
Weird but true.
+Mark Gable Boris vs Corbyn... I think Boris would win. I'm not sure I trust him as a politician, but you can't deny the man has style. Witness his dismissal of Donald Trump yesterday.
***** I just think Boris appeals to our eccentric tradditions.
@@markgable101 boris did win with a landslide ;)
Boris never fails to make people smile, let's try and keep it on our faces from now on. It's about time we cheered up in this country. :)
Haleluya.
Best PM in British history, the sad thing is people only realise how great some politicians are years after they die .
"Lefty Tosser"
- Boris Johnson
man I love boris johnson. he manages to sound drunk in every interview
Oh Boris you and your mop top hair are legendary. You are pure class
I cant help but smile when I watch this!
VERRRY NICEEEeeee! WE Won Medalls
He's an entertainer, he entertains. Making him a PM makes as much sense as having an actor be US President. Oh, wait...
BRING BACK BORIS
BORIS FOR PM. PROUD TO BE BRITISH!!!! GO GB!!!
Boris should be PM.....with John Prescott as his sidekick.
+DIETRICHCICCONE Could you imagine the fights they'd have? Both are very witty and entertaining, but not sure I'd want to be governed by either!
He is now 😂
Boris would get my vote! Probably the only trustworthy polititian! Tells it how it is!
Boris and Tories for life :)
Wow... what a touching and profound comment.
For gods sake elect Boris as Prime Minister!
What's so great about Boris is he's a daft politician. And he knows and accepts that he is a daft politician. That's why I respect him.
Boris is the physical form of being British!
I'm on a Boris Johnson megathon!
Well let us help you with that with one of our favourite videos - th-cam.com/video/VDmkGnHOfkk/w-d-xo.html
ODN I enjoyed that very much, thank you!
If boris becomes our pm i might jst shit myself with laughter
How's you're laundry bill?
There's a world of difference between laughed with and laughed at.
Honestly, he makes me laugh whenever I watch videos with him in. x]
OMG BORIS FOR THE PERSIDNET! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine how funny he would be as prime minister
Now he is many don't think so, but I would much rather have him than Corbyn or any EU-lovers.
Would be crazy if this guy became prime minister one day..
a very good education
Boris should have his own TV show.
In fact, Boris is so cool, he should be the next Doctor.
GREAT JOB BRITAIN 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤
Although i dont agree with his politics, Boris is an amazing guy
for some his politics may not be up to scratch but come on. we all love this guy. remember on the zipwire can someone get me a rope but we all just got our phones out LOL
Boris I have never forgotten your visit to Glastonbury and your response correcting Billy Bragg on your joint walkabout when you said of the wicker basket makers "No...No.... this is an example of pure capitalist enterprise at play in a free market environment"
Thank You Boris
What a beast!
If Boris ever runs for PM, I'm leaving Australia and emigrating to GB. Love you, Boris!
And have you
When he's just being himself, you hope one day to share a pint with him, but never follow on a zip line.
you still feel this way?
True there were quite a few above Britain but it was mainly incredibly small countries like the Bahamas/Trinidad and Tobago with 1-2 Gold medals which doesn't really give an accurate reflection however Hungary came away with 8 and I will say they truly done better than us per capita.
But GB came third in the medals table with 29 Golds and that's quite stunning in comparison with the likes of China/US/Russia and other countries in Europe.
legend
I really, really want you to be the actual Boris. That would just make your comment that much more fantastic.
Of course! He's the mayor of London!
epic speach
Back when people liked Boris. I still do.
Very niiiiiiice!
Boris Johnson is no fool,he acts like one but he knows his stuff.I wonder if he ever could be Prime Minister! I think the people behind the scenes did a truly awesome job in making the London Olympics work so well.I think the odd thing might have gone adrift but noting major as it were.RIO has a lot to measure upto but we will have to wait and see.As for the Paralympics it could be intersting especially the wheelchair rugby which looks like it has come from Mad Max.
Legend
Well that's one way of looking at it.
What about the NHS Boris?
:)
For some reason, Boris reminds me of a popular SU president!
And 4 years later he used exactly the same sentiments to win the Brexit vote:
"You proved that when this country puts its mind to do something there is nothing we can't achieve"
As for immigrants we welcome them with open arms, provide health care, education and shelter and for no input from them save the promise of contribution to our diverse society as and when they are settled. I dare say a few hundred thousand people in Syria or Iran or any of the other Muslim nations would love the chance to join our "mistreated" society. This country IS the finest country in the world Do you know why? Because we are TOLERANT, tolerant of people such as yourself.
Boris needs to be mayor of the world XD
No it is my humungous ability to say very nice.
Boris would be a refreshing change from the dross we've had from Tony Blair onwards. He's the best thing to happen to the Tory party in ages and I guarantee a Tory landslide if they ditch Cameron and put him up for 2015 election. True class and a genuine person with it
I, sir, am the real Boris Johnson.
Boris should have his own TV show after he steps down from mayor of London
Grenada actually had the most gold medals per capita.
But that would mean letting Milliband in. The mind boggles.
forget prime minister, he should rule the world!
I would like to see boris and ballotelli do a comedy xD LADS
I really like Boris, but I cant help feeling that he's constantly either drunk or high (or both) - either way he has proved time and time again that he is a great rep for London & the UK
well done, do you want a medal?
Thank Cameron as he's the one that said it. Johnson was the one stuck on the zip-wire :)
Cameron also observed that only Boris could turn that incident into a PR triumph.
Hooray for Wiff Waff!
He was born in the US of A - he could be President!!!!!! Someone needs to raise the 50 squillion Dollars needed to start the campaign.
Everyone in my politics class would vote for him. And we live in a pretty shitty part. Thats saying something.
no, boris own channel!!!
Maybe he could run for president of the USA since he was born in NYC. Ted Cruz is running but he was born in Canada.
armlovesmetal
I wasn't accusing you - I should have been clearer - I was talking about the nutty Tea Party birthers.
***** Thank you for your clarification. I think these tea party nutbags are insane and a disgrace to say the least. Palin, Bachmann, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, Cruz, Fiorina, the entire Bush family, the DICK called Cheney and many many others are mentally lacking in intelligence.
yes i came to this place to see the GQ syria comments but find only a sanitized version. what else would I expect from this particular generation of history re-writers
Why is your full speech at 2013 GQ awards not available to view so that we can see what you said about Syria's chemical attacks as referenced to by Russel Brand. Is this a protective censorship of cowardice because that's how it appears......just saying, if you care about your image, you might want to address this issue and clear the air :) Just to say, I am otherwise generally a fan of yours, please don't disappoint :)
FUCKING HERO
fuck it seems every video has ads now
How dare you! HOW VERY DARE YOU!
u so mature
I think my only worry with Boris being PM is that it would wear him down, i'd hate to ruin such a splendid character. However, if Boris was PM, firstly think how much fun it would be and secondly, possibly more importantly, he would not take sh!t from anyone and would, in very short shrift, sort out all of UK's problems. You know he would.
look whos talking
he is mighty clever, and a Buffoon that we all love. you must agree we are all sick of the wankers that run this country. what a hoot to have him as Prime Minister
Farage is the Portrait that Boris hides in his attic.
i am sir Boris Linkin
great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies
lol - you're SO right! :)
Can't stand anything to do with politics. I fucking adore Boris though.
think you forgot one........GB lol
Where is Russell Howard when you need him
But you'll happily watch 5 minutes of Boris Johnson gloating about it? Think you need to check your priorities.
It is his hair.
He has to be on constant morphine
WOW, i bet you didn't even watch it. It was amazing and i what is " were shit house" exactly?
we needed Winston Churchill to get through ww2 and we need Boris jonhson to get out of this recession
Boris for prime minister
Get out of my internets!
funny as fuck
boris for prime minister
and boris doesnt?
no
ahhahah yes
I never really quite understood the "medal per capita" statistics and their significance.
Because obviously a larger country has more ability to create top class athletes to win more medals by quantity. Most medals per capita is just a measurement of the ration between medals and population total. Now he doesn't really have it correctly, because GB has a medal to population ratio of 1:957,876, while Grenada, who only got one medal, had a medal ratio of 1:110,821.
So for every medal that GB won, they have almost 958k in population.
In comparison, the US have just over 3 million per medal.
And China has 15.3 million per medal.
I guess what I'm confused about is what is there to be proud of from the interpretation of the "medal per capita" statistics. I should clarify that I have an undergraduate degree in pure mathematics but I only took the most elementary course in statistics so this is a bona fide question about statistics and interpretation thereof. This isn't about nationalism or patriotism. ALSO I find equally confusing is the "total gold medal" / "total medal" statistics and their significance.
It seems to me that one divides the number of medals by population in order to remove any inherent biased/unfair contribution from the sheer population to the medals tally and in hope of gaining a "purer" form of statistics which reveals the strengths/weaknesses of a nation's sporting ability/achievements.
Take diving for example, a country only needs to produce about 5-10 top athletes in the field for a real possibility of gaining a medal. If that country has only a population of 10 people, then it's virtually impossible that all those 10 people are top divers. If the population goes up to say 10,000 - 50,000, then the odds may be marginally better but still very slim. However, when the population reaches say one million, then that country has a pretty good chance of producing 5-10 medal-worthy divers.
From this point onwards, every extra million population probably only improve the chance ever so slightly. When the population reaches say 10 million, any inherent advantage by having extra population is probably gone by this point.
Therefore if two countries win the same number of medals where one has population of 20 million but the other has 100 million people, I'm failing to see any objective quality of the first country revealed by this statistic which justifies the people of the first country to feel proud.