It feels contentious for me to weigh in, but here are my thoughts: 1. Sunak - fairly boring, but it's also timeless, simple and somehow kind of modern too 2. Johnson - I don't love it, but it's inoffensive and feels like the lectern you'd get by default if you forgot to choose one from the catalogue 3 - Cameron - I think it was probably good at the time, but it feels pretty dated now. The shade of wood & the curves feel very early 2000s at this point 4 - May - It's just too skinny, it worries me 5 - Truss - Some people seem to like it, but I think it's just way too complex for a lectern. It's kind of distracting and not in a fun way, just an ugly way (sorry to everyone who likes it)
1. Truss: it's a really elegant design 2. Sunak: plain, but still has a lot of character 3. Johnson: Sturdy and robust, a good lectern 4. Cameron: meh, does the job 5. May: wtf is that skinny boi
When has "list every prime minister" ever been a history exam question? Plus some are disputed by scholors as to whether they actually held the office or not so there's not really a right answer.
Then there was Cameron, I remember him because he tanked the pound. Then followed May, who I remember because she tanked the pound. I think it was Johnson next, yes that's right, he was known for tanking the pound. Oh and then there's the one everyone forgets, Truss, famous for tanking the pound.
Sounds like you are talking about liberals but ok. The biggest difference I notice from your argument is that the liberals would use the skulls and parts of aborted fetuses
Yea, the lectern sponsorship with the government is odd. Who makes them? Is it a private company? Do they make lecterns for other things? What happens to the old lecterns?
@@wile123456 And how much notice do they get before an incoming pm's choice has to get to downing street for their first speech? Are they all already there? Does Downing St have a secret underground warehouse of lecterns in waiting?
@@wile123456 i read somewhere that they are paid for by the party itself, so in this case it would be the conservative party. No idea what happens to the old ones though
1 - Rishi. Simple but quite nice. It looks well-balanced. 2 - Cameron. His lectern looks hilariously like a cartoon villain's! But at least it's interesting as well as seeming like a serious design. Joined 2 - Boris. It just... kinda suits him... idk. 3. Theresa. I very much agree that it looks flimsy and awfully unbalanced. Last- Liz. It's interesting, to be sure! But it looks like someone had too much fun on an art project, rather than it being a serious design for a lectern. Edit: Ayy revisited this to see anyone else's thoughts and noticed TLDR seems to mostly agree (except for putting Johnson and Cameron in separate ranks)!
Bearing in mind the last few months how did the last 2 get done so quick and unexpectedly ? Is there a random room at number 10 with a bunch of them just waiting to be used
Johnson’s lectern is definitely my favorite. Cameron’s looks good too. That thing Truss had looks like something a student made in shop class- interesting but it doesn’t evoke the steady seriousness that a top-tier national leader needs to project at those messaging moments. Do the PMs pick them from a catalog of design patterns or do they just get whatever’s next? I’ve never even noticed that they were different- great info!
I think the Best looking lecturn is the Truss's one, but I love the design of the new Prime Minister's as well. The one used by Cameron is, for me, the third best and the fourth is Johnson's. May's seems for me kind of weird and unstable and so I rank it fifth.
None of them are all that impressive but I think I like Sunak’s best. A timeless style, no bells and whistles, but still has enough detail that it’s not boring. Also the most practical.
Ngl, I’m a big truss lectern enjoyer. The 3 dimensional aesthetic. The sleek, modern, curvy, almost top heavy, gravity-defying main body. The twisting geometric complexity- a thousand little cubes slotted together with the greatest of precision. The sheer number of hours put into this thing, you can really tell this was made with pride. Not only a highly commendable lectern, but a sheer feat of human ingenuity. 11/10
If I were to have a lectern, it'd have a large, blocky, rectangular pillar of wood as the support. With a simple carved brick design, like a castle pillar.
I actually like Theresa May’s podium as it’s very no frills. If I were PM I’d opt to go podiumless, and either pace around with a mic comedian style or drag out a comfy chair and fake fireplace and have a chat (neither would go over well, but I’d love to poke fun of how the press conferences are sort of up themselves)
I’d have a dragon that breathes real fire from a secret button to strike fear into the hearts of the paparazzi and burn any of them that asks ridiculous questions
I like the last three on the list for the three most recent prime ministers. Boris's is satisfyingly chunky. The twisted sculpture Jenga block 1. Looks amazing I wish it stuck around more but it was way more satisfyingly politic that it didn't. And the new ones practical nested 3D design looks fantastic and appeals to one of my favorite artistic sensibilities.
Each one says so much about each of them: 1. Truss - crazy but stylish 2. Sunak - so on brand it hurts 3. Johnson - very modern gammon 4. May - too practical, not surprising from someone who considered running through a field of wheat is the wildest thing she has done 5. Cameron - trying to hard to be relevant
Truss never disappoints giving us happy moments, either be her strong yet low IQ rhetoric or her dazzling yet fragile podium. I’m sure he spent more time designing or choosing it from an array of choices that she actually needed it. 😂
Sunak's lectern I think is just a temporary one that reuses Truss' base and top. These take some 2-3 weeks to make, and there's not been enough time with the rushed voting.
@@artyb27 Yeah I know. It's just funny to imagine this to be the first step of a descent into increasingly madder videos, like 'rating the first word of each Conservative Prime Minister's first speech'
1. Johnson: the slight angle makes it kind of elegant 2. Sunak: Boring like it was taken straight out of a lecture hall, but still good design 3. Truss: Very bold, but distracting 4. Cameron: The curves and light colour look very much like late 90'S early 2000's furniture to me 5. May: Looks like it is about to break off
1. Truss - it's literally doing a U Turn, couldn't be more suited to her 2. Cameron - smooth lines, good design 3. Sunak - Standard but fresh 4. Johnson - looks firm, mahogany and overly British, perfectly Boris 5. May - spindly and like it would crack if she leaned on it.
No! Her lectern was ugly, I would much prefer Sunak, Cameron's or even Bojo, her lectern just looks too goofy, probably won first prize in a science class though, however... WHEN HAS BRITIAN EVER BEEN ABOUT SCIENCE???
It feels contentious for me to weigh in, but here are my thoughts:
1. Sunak - fairly boring, but it's also timeless, simple and somehow kind of modern too
2. Johnson - I don't love it, but it's inoffensive and feels like the lectern you'd get by default if you forgot to choose one from the catalogue
3 - Cameron - I think it was probably good at the time, but it feels pretty dated now. The shade of wood & the curves feel very early 2000s at this point
4 - May - It's just too skinny, it worries me
5 - Truss - Some people seem to like it, but I think it's just way too complex for a lectern. It's kind of distracting and not in a fun way, just an ugly way (sorry to everyone who likes it)
this is the correct answer
truss has the best one
but i think it was to distract from what she was saying
I agree with this. Sunak’s one is my favourite
I assume they get to pick from a list of options?
The person who made Truss' lecturn probably spent more time making it than she did using it
Lmao
Damn.
Which means she barely even used it in 49 days when she was even in office lol 🤣
In hintsight we know that a staple of letucce cradels would have done it.
Brutal
Whoever made Truss's must've had incredible foresight, seeing as it's perpetually turning
It's as twisted as her views on economics.
And looks like a Jenga tower
@@crazyrobots6565 better than Starmer's 🤷
it looks like a jenga tower - the game where you keep pushing your luck until the whole thing collapses. that perfectly describes Liz's government
@@benjamin9120 no liz has put the country even further into economic turmoil than if we had no leader
Lecterns are a product I can really stand behind.
This made my day lol 😆
Incredible
I'd like to drink a beer with you
300 iq comment right there
Comon lets get this guy 690 likes
all the prime ministers are just librarian villagers with extra power
Where the mending books at tho
@@maddycheeze yeah the economy could for sure use that enchantment
Huh.
@@maddycheeze they're useless they sell curse of vanishing book! but they don't have curse of binding .
Librarian villagers with extra power 😭😭😭
Truss one must have a good resale value as it was only used twice
lol
Ouch 😂
Damnnb
At the rate the UK is going the next pm will have 4 milk crates stacked up.
Milk is too expensive, how about just a pile of peasants?
😂
Damn 😂😂
😂😂😂
Qhahha
1. Truss: it's a really elegant design
2. Sunak: plain, but still has a lot of character
3. Johnson: Sturdy and robust, a good lectern
4. Cameron: meh, does the job
5. May: wtf is that skinny boi
Ditto, and the comment on May’s made me laugh.
Agreed 100%
Agreed
I read that in Boris’ voice and it makes it better!
I'd swap the first 2 but agreed on the rest
Looks like Truss put way more thought into her lectern than anything else.
Her lectern is an accurate reflection of how she has no stance or belief and will do anything for fame and attention
Shame she didn't put any thought into running the country though
History students in the future having an absolute breakdown trying to remember all the prime ministers for their exam
As an Australian you get used to it, we had a PM for 8 days once
When has "list every prime minister" ever been a history exam question? Plus some are disputed by scholors as to whether they actually held the office or not so there's not really a right answer.
How about answering “who was pm when queen elizabeth died?”
Then there was Cameron, I remember him because he tanked the pound.
Then followed May, who I remember because she tanked the pound.
I think it was Johnson next, yes that's right, he was known for tanking the pound.
Oh and then there's the one everyone forgets, Truss, famous for tanking the pound.
@@Thomas-rk4rl “oh what did you do over the week?” “ yeah nothing much, just became PM for the week”.
They should've made truss' out of lettuces. it still would've lasted longer than she did
nah, a rubiks cube one would be less confusing than her policies
@@diamondgamingstudiousmrdgs a Rubik's cube is not very confusing though
stolen joke
That one sure wouldn't have lettuce down like Truss did.
Get it? Lettuce? Let us?
...alright I'mma head out
Chunky chips !!
All those conservative PMs and not one of them went for the obvious pillar of human skulls.
Very good😂
Would have been too accurate. Plus then they'd have to remove them from the pit
Sounds like you are talking about liberals but ok. The biggest difference I notice from your argument is that the liberals would use the skulls and parts of aborted fetuses
Yes, hilarious, funny
That was Thatcher’s lectern 😂😂😂
Imagine being the guy who made Liz Truss' lectern. 💀💀
Who knew the lecturn business waa so lucrative these days
They probably sold off a hospital to fund it.
At the rate they need new ones..
only with Torries
Business is boomin
@@romainsavioz5466 u like labor?
Truss' lectern probably took more time to make than Truss' government took to be unmade. It is cool looking, though.
Yea, the lectern sponsorship with the government is odd. Who makes them? Is it a private company? Do they make lecterns for other things? What happens to the old lecterns?
@@wile123456 And how much notice do they get before an incoming pm's choice has to get to downing street for their first speech? Are they all already there? Does Downing St have a secret underground warehouse of lecterns in waiting?
@@wile123456 i read somewhere that they are paid for by the party itself, so in this case it would be the conservative party. No idea what happens to the old ones though
@@petermahfouz180 given how little they care about the environment throwing them out is the simplest and most likely answer
@@wile123456seems like an item that could be resold but more likely left in storage and forgotten about until the space is needed for something else
My heart goes out to the carpenter who made Truss' lectern. Your work deserved more time in the spotlight
We shouldn't forget the truely deserving and publicly elected Prime Minister of UK who could never made it to the office i.e "LETTUCE"
1 - Rishi. Simple but quite nice. It looks well-balanced.
2 - Cameron. His lectern looks hilariously like a cartoon villain's! But at least it's interesting as well as seeming like a serious design.
Joined 2 - Boris. It just... kinda suits him... idk.
3. Theresa. I very much agree that it looks flimsy and awfully unbalanced.
Last- Liz. It's interesting, to be sure! But it looks like someone had too much fun on an art project, rather than it being a serious design for a lectern.
Edit: Ayy revisited this to see anyone else's thoughts and noticed TLDR seems to mostly agree (except for putting Johnson and Cameron in separate ranks)!
Mofo hasn’t even been in for a week 😂
I'd honestly put Theresas as last. I can't handle how skinny that is. Terrible design. Truss' cluttered lectern is still better imo
i would literally just have a solid block, nobody’s allowed to see my legs
Make me legs like my gender, cannot be seen nor described
@@T13GUY
In that case, my legs are crooked, broken, almost fluid-like, and probably amputated by now
@@mymo_in_Bb AMPUTATE MY GENDER
Came for podiums stayed for the roasts 💀💀💀
I didn't know this was a thing, but this is so cute! What a fun, artistic tradition!
At the taxpayers expense!
@@SarahRickard Normally they used to last slightly longer lol
Cute?? 😅😅
Remember guys, we’ve now had four prime ministers in a row that we haven’t voted for 🎉
Johnson won a general election, quite famously a landslide. I hate the Tories but like, don't lie.
And you are proud of your Democracy 😂😂
now you guys have a WEF stoog ruling over you. we love democracy!
Boris won his election in 2019. We've only had 2 in a row that weren't elected by the wider public since then. Truss and Sunak.
What?
Sunak’s looks like he definitely got his in a flat pack and needed to assemble it himself 😂
Yes ,by ikea ..🙄
Its good buisness..😅
Bearing in mind the last few months how did the last 2 get done so quick and unexpectedly ? Is there a random room at number 10 with a bunch of them just waiting to be used
Each prime minister is given both a wand and lecturn of the same wood type
Still, none of them performed any magic.
The carpenter must be exhausted from working overtime the last couple years xD
1. Truss
2. Sunak
3. BoJo
4. Cameron
5. May
Literally what was she THINKING
I would like one made of perspex.
Also, I love a prime minister joke. Good job 👍
“What would your lectern look like?” Probably just a log.
Truss for uniqueness, Cameron now feels nostalgic as does May, as for Johnson it has pandemic vibes, and Sunak time will tell
Truss reflects that fact that it was all about appearances for her.
I wasn't sure about Sunak but now that I've seen his lectern I trust him that much more
Rofl 🤣
It's full of Rectangle shaped Dents.
Same
@@xLionsxxSmithyx dents?
There's something rather obscene about a PM twice as rich as the monarch.
I actually like Truss' lectern tbh, has a lot of design and it probably took longer than Truss' time in government
Johnson’s lectern is definitely my favorite. Cameron’s looks good too. That thing Truss had looks like something a student made in shop class- interesting but it doesn’t evoke the steady seriousness that a top-tier national leader needs to project at those messaging moments. Do the PMs pick them from a catalog of design patterns or do they just get whatever’s next? I’ve never even noticed that they were different- great info!
You've just made me want to be PM so I can have H.R Geiger inspired lecturn.
With Scorn having come out, I can confidently say “Don’t.”
The Bar is set so low these days you might have a solid chance of that happening.
@@xLionsxxSmithyx Good. Hopefully my lecturn adequately foreshadows my rise from PM to super villan.
@@serban031 With Scorn having come out, I can confidently say "Do!"
Can it spew a fountain of blood at the end of every speech?
Truss's lectern being basically an impossible Jenga game is just perfect.
I think the Best looking lecturn is the Truss's one, but I love the design of the new Prime Minister's as well. The one used by Cameron is, for me, the third best and the fourth is Johnson's. May's seems for me kind of weird and unstable and so I rank it fifth.
I want one as cool as the one Dumbledore stood in front of during the beginning and ending year feasts.
We're gonna get you into the prime minister position solely for that purpose
@@waaaterbotttle well everyones getting a turn rn so i doubt itll be hard
@@dim6508 I'm not political but this is kinda true
The one with an owl trying to fly???
@@chihiro549 yup!😁👍
Mine would look like a Chinese dragon spiraling round holding/biting the top of the lectern.
I like the last one the best it just looks neat to me.
None of them are all that impressive but I think I like Sunak’s best. A timeless style, no bells and whistles, but still has enough detail that it’s not boring. Also the most practical.
Aw, I didn't know they were unique to each PM! I really liked Truss' lecturn.
This was something I never noticed before. 😁👍
You did May fkn dirty excluding the Seal! (In her listed pic used for us to decide!)
My favourite is definitely Truss's, how apt that is!
Truss's lectern is likely the only reason this article exists.
Ngl, I’m a big truss lectern enjoyer. The 3 dimensional aesthetic. The sleek, modern, curvy, almost top heavy, gravity-defying main body. The twisting geometric complexity- a thousand little cubes slotted together with the greatest of precision. The sheer number of hours put into this thing, you can really tell this was made with pride. Not only a highly commendable lectern, but a sheer feat of human ingenuity. 11/10
May's like that lvl 1 gear you start out with in video games while Truss's lectern is like that 'legendary' sword that actually does fuck all
These guys need something designed by the Warhammer 40k team. They'll make something the public won't ever forget.
My lectern would be really high so id have to use a crane to slowly lift myself up and down
The most beautiful for me is the one shortest used, that of Mrs Truss.
Truss’ was the neatest, but also seems like it was the most work and therefore wasteful with how briefly she was in office.
Even Truss' lecturn looks like its making a constant U turn!
If I were to have a lectern, it'd have a large, blocky, rectangular pillar of wood as the support. With a simple carved brick design, like a castle pillar.
I actually like Theresa May’s podium as it’s very no frills. If I were PM I’d opt to go podiumless, and either pace around with a mic comedian style or drag out a comfy chair and fake fireplace and have a chat (neither would go over well, but I’d love to poke fun of how the press conferences are sort of up themselves)
Totally agree
I think Sunak's lectern does a great job resembling and representing the need of the country.
Stability & Confidence.
It looks like an Austin Powers prop
And staunch Zionism 🤢
The country needs socialism..
I think he believes that resemblance will make up for the fact he inspires neither in the UK
@@Hashiriya985 considering that socialism isnt exactly a new concept i dont think the uk of all places wogld be the place to perfect it
Naw man, they be like a sonic screwdriver for the doctor 😂
Big lectern is raking in the money lately
I’d have a dragon that breathes real fire from a secret button to strike fear into the hearts of the paparazzi and burn any of them that asks ridiculous questions
And yet none of them chose to have their lecturns made from the tears and human suffering they create so easily.
I don't think you can put documents on a purely metaphysical lectern
She was foreshadowing the plot twist of her quiting after securing the bag.
I like the last three on the list for the three most recent prime ministers. Boris's is satisfyingly chunky. The twisted sculpture Jenga block 1. Looks amazing I wish it stuck around more but it was way more satisfyingly politic that it didn't. And the new ones practical nested 3D design looks fantastic and appeals to one of my favorite artistic sensibilities.
Each one says so much about each of them:
1. Truss - crazy but stylish
2. Sunak - so on brand it hurts
3. Johnson - very modern gammon
4. May - too practical, not surprising from someone who considered running through a field of wheat is the wildest thing she has done
5. Cameron - trying to hard to be relevant
Truss never disappoints giving us happy moments, either be her strong yet low IQ rhetoric or her dazzling yet fragile podium. I’m sure he spent more time designing or choosing it from an array of choices that she actually needed it. 😂
She crashed the British pound almost immediately
Great performance in Brixet Mam
I would have a lectern that entirely covers the front part while I am standing
Just like in a lecture
As an American, it’s a strange thing to see PM’s giving speeches in the open on Downing Street
Sunak's lectern I think is just a temporary one that reuses Truss' base and top. These take some 2-3 weeks to make, and there's not been enough time with the rushed voting.
I think TLDR News is starting to go off the deep end lmao. Just let us know if you're doing OK
It's just a bit of fun.
@@artyb27 Yeah I know. It's just funny to imagine this to be the first step of a descent into increasingly madder videos, like 'rating the first word of each Conservative Prime Minister's first speech'
Well said. Sadly it took me a while to find your comment. A sensible voice in a sea of sheepish mediocrity, judging a piece of furniture by its looks.
@@FuriousImp sorry to burst your bubble - I actually find the lectern ranking extremely amusing. lighten up and have some fun
@@Patashu how much did Larry the downing street cat like each pm
I like Truss' the most. Such a cool design.
I would just have a beer pong table with the crest😂
Sunak’s is definitely top tier!
If I were Prime Minister, I’d have a lectern made of glass to reflect a transparent and open government which I would run.
Meanwhile some poor sod has gotta keep moving it around Downing St for when one has their speeches 🤣🤣
Or "people in glass houses..."
And more expensive when British economy is down.
2nd last looks good
Honestly the last was my favorite looks like some good craftsmanship
1. Johnson: the slight angle makes it kind of elegant
2. Sunak: Boring like it was taken straight out of a lecture hall, but still good design
3. Truss: Very bold, but distracting
4. Cameron: The curves and light colour look very much like late 90'S early 2000's furniture to me
5. May: Looks like it is about to break off
Truss, Sunak , Johnson, May, Cameron
PM Camoron looks like A PM from a TV show
Time for a series of cannonballs stacked on top of each other, or one big ball.
1.Truss
2.Sunak
3.Boris
4.Cameron
5.May
Fun fact, Liz Truss' lectern was the shortest of them all. Not because she was the shortest candidate, but to reflect her time in office.
that doesn’t work well at all 😂
Loved Sunak’s honestly
I never knew this before and now I must know more
Cameron’s tapered waist, Mays flat pack, boris’ borrowed,truss’ form over content, Sunaks coffin
1. Truss - it's literally doing a U Turn, couldn't be more suited to her
2. Cameron - smooth lines, good design
3. Sunak - Standard but fresh
4. Johnson - looks firm, mahogany and overly British, perfectly Boris
5. May - spindly and like it would crack if she leaned on it.
My lecture would be a tensegrity table
My podium would be a old 1915's prohibition whiskey or shine box. Stand on it, "how y'all doin tonight * hiccup*
the only sad thing about Truss being out so soon was that lecturn was cool as heck, i'd want that one if it was me
No!
Her lectern was ugly, I would much prefer Sunak, Cameron's or even Bojo, her lectern just looks too goofy, probably won first prize in a science class though, however... WHEN HAS BRITIAN EVER BEEN ABOUT SCIENCE???
My favourite is the liz truss one 😂
I’d just have a really over the top mic coming in from the left as my lecture 😮
The Lertern for Lizz Truss kinda looks like 'The Marker' from Dead Space
best to worst:
1. Sunak
2. Johnson
3. Cameron
4. Truss
5: May
I think I'd have to go Truss, Sunak, Johnson, Cameron, May
the jenga lecturn reflects her dealing with the economy
ow
Ballots should include a picture of each candidate's future lectern.
I haven't noticed this before.
Best to Worst: Cameron & Truss, Sunak, Boris, May, Brown + Blair’s (bonus).
Even the Tory supporters can't understand simple questions.
Why does Brown's look like a modified office chair?
You should rate Presidential podiums of the last 14 years, too
My lectern would be either a 1:1 replica of a minecraft lectern made from oak wood, or that chain thingy that olds itself up.
Liz put more effort into hers than she did into being PM
Cameron is basically Tony Blair in blue
Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you for not calling it a “podium.” I wish more people would learn the difference.