UK Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- John Oliver discusses the UK elections, who’s running, why people are so upset with the Tories, and the happiest surgeon in all of Lithuania.
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As hard John can be on America and its problems, it's nothing compared to the wrath he has for the people that ruined his country of birth and hurt the people who could least withstand being hurt.
And it's just a Prelude to what's been happening in America
Yeah that country that still has freaking colonies in Africa!!!
@@edwardroche2480
Its actually worse.
Mate, it's basic European behaviour to talk shit about politicians, and nobody fucked up harder than the Tories.
@@AzadHind572 you hit the nail on the head. the UK is a joke, its not a country. Very soon America wont be a country either since we choose to jail one political side and let the other side get away with the exact same "crimes"
The woman that threw the milkshake gave an interview: she didn’t plan it, she just happened to be in the area, heard from the crowd that Farage was coming, and spontaneously went and bought a milkshake just to throw it at him. She’s a hero 😅
She needs a statue in her honor put up somewhere.
buying a milkshake just to throw at someone is planning it tho lol
they should put her on the money
Time to start franchising the “Tar & Feathers” kiosks, worldwide.
Indian Elections, American Elections and now the UK Elections. What a year for John to be on a roll.
not a good track record since he has already been proven wrong about one election out of one election that took place, 100% strike rate, at being wrong.
And german elections, which are looking even weireder.
almost half the world has elections this year
Dont forget the france election and the iran elections
@@anahill2366 The combined populations of the USA, the UK and India IS half of the world.
I hate politicians that complain about spending on programs that aren't working, when the biggest reason they're not working is that they're being undermined by policy and underfunded.
They know exactly what they're doing. They know that they are the reason it's not working and they are proud of it. If that doesn't make you want to riot, I don't know what will.
EXACTLY! They break it and say, "Look! This is broken and we cannot continue funding this broken thing." Conservative bullshit is the same on every continent.
@@cbpd89 GOP and murdoch helped cancel the FICA payroll tax hike by getting 666,000 FICA pensioners to refuse vaccines and die from Covid after CDC told them 80% of Covid deaths are 65 and older. Tucker told them it was a hoax, and he was facing a FICA payroll tax hike. SD killed 107 per 100k from Covid. VT lost 10 per 100k. Australia with 26 million lost 10,000 to Covid. FL with 22 million killed 87,000+, 80% of whom were entitlement moochers. Eugenics of your neighbors is what the pro-life party does.
Yeah we should donate infinite amounts of money so every nonbinary 'they' like in this video can get free housing and 7+ free medications while they don't contribute to society. Your requests are insane. We can't support everyone with free money from the infinite pot of cash.
That is LITERALLY the Conservative playbook:
1. Point at a functional government program and declare it fundamentally broken, useless, wasteful, or -- ideally -- all three.
2. Proceed to systematically dismantle the program through underfunding, understaffing, and privatization of critical functions.
3. When the program falls apart, shout loudly that you TOLD everyone the program was fundamentally broken, useless, and/or wasteful.
Cruelty, greed, and gaslighting are all Conservatives know how to do. Anyone voting for Conservatives are fools.
Besides all the shit Nigel Farage has gotten recently, I also think we need to take a moment to appreciate the time a guy called into a show he was on and said "something happened to him" that made the caller support Nigel's political views.. He perfectly baited Nigel into asking him what had happened and he replied he was kicked in the head by a horse.
That's god-level trolling, brilliant ...
Beautiful. :D
Epic, had a hearty laugh… made my day! 😂😂😂😂
This is one of my favourites
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UK is a Christian democracy with it's official religion Christianity and has 25 reserved seats for their church of England. How come the world of global democracy overlook this theocractic mixtured democracy of such a powerful country. No other democracies in the world be it USA or India or France has official religion. It doesn't matter conservative or labor wins, why no one changes this theocractic model
That person having to sell their cutlery for medication is outrageous, you could sense the genuine anger in John's voice. People keep saying the UK healthcare system shouldn't turn into America's, but it seems it already has.
Actually, the US health system seems to be working much better. Sorry, I misspoke: Meant to say, actually GoFundMe seems to be working much better. :-/
Practically. I've heard from other sources that people felt like the Tories were trying to move towards privatizing Healthcare, so, yeah, make it like America's.
Just FYI: John was using “they/them” pronouns for that person.
pretty sure that person was not a woman, but yes
@@waytoobiased Her condition was heartbreaking to say the least. Poor lady.
"Keep calm and carry on" was never published widely during WWII, the government found most Britons thought of the posters like it as patronizing propaganda, they knew the stakes. The remaining posters sat in backrooms before being rediscovered in the 2000s and becoming popular because now we love being patronized to.
...whilst making a fortune off it 😅
As far as I know those posters were only meant to be put up during an active invasion.
I've haven't heard the patronising line before.
I think it’s less due to the love of patronizing and more that it became a fitting catchphrase for an increasingly insane time to be alive.
I think it’s more a sense of humorous pseudo-nostalgia
Justice, Healthcare and Education should never be privatized.
Emergency and Crisis Care as well. The point of a government is to provide services to their citizens. That is what our taxes are SUPPOSED to pay for.
And oceans.
Rwll that to Trump
you misspelled privatiSed, mate
Nothing public should ever be privatized.
You're telling me leaving a union based on free trade between countries would make it harder to trade with those countries? Color me shocked
LOL.
The only country ever to impose economic sanctions on itself.
the brexit should be a textbook example regarding why „swarm intelligence“ is super not a thing with direct voting
@@atlas956 perfect example of the public doesn't always know what's best for the greater good and it's even worse when the 'expert politicians ' are just as ignorant
Who could have seen that coming
Dude literally said 'badhoevedorp', a dutch village with less than 15k residents. Purely for his alliteration joke. MY MAN!
Is it really a village if there's only 15k people? My hometown had 15k people and also a university
@@Lucywin97 yeah it's a village. in the netherlands cities only become cities when they've acquired 'stadsrechten' (city privileges) and so population size doesn't have much to do with it. for example, the hague technically never acquired these privileges, but there's also teeny tiny towns that did acquire them and are thus considered cities.
If he said Bilthoven, I would have had a stroke. 😂
The randomness was the joke
I don't see the problem, though. They can still drive their tea to Boston and have a party there...
Was searching for Tractors 🚜 and ended up watching this show for 5 years 😂 don’t tell my dad
As an American, I came to watch this after just watching the debate thinking to myself "Maybe we're not the only ones that are f*cked." 1. It's reassuring to see we're not alone. 2. Everything about the way this video was written and produced was phenomenal. Well done!!
Sometimes it seems to me that the USA is where they perfect the fuckups and cruelties, and after that it’s eagerly copied by conservatives elsewhere… so no, the USA is definitely not the only place
check out the guys that run Canada and France.
100 Billion a year for no more free travel and trade in the EU. Great call Britain.
But they have 300 million more for the NHS /s ... or something along the lines, according to farages campaign promises... Such a milkshakeable muppet
Speaking as a Brit with strong ties to Europe, it's gutwrenching. The disruption, the heartache, the paperwork... oh god the paperwork...
Thanks to the fking Tories AGAIN.
Britain in practice put economic sanctions on itself, the first country in history to do so!
To be fair, there was a way to go about it that would have been less of an issue. Trade would always take a pretty big hit, but it would have been more manageable.
All it would have taken was action and responsibility.
Instead, they waited like 5 years to green light impact reports, then ignored their recommendations and did nothing. Then they triggered the article that gave a hard "We're out date" and continued to do nothing and ignoring reports of what needed to happen to mitigate the damage. It wasn't until the last like 4 months before the Brexit date that they actually started scrambling to look like they were doing something to prevent the complete fucking of the UK. They still barely did anything.
But if they had taken their time before starting the exit process, did thorough studies and took preparatory actions, they could have come out of Brexit in decent standing, as opposed to laughingstock hemorrhaging GDP growth.
Remember in the London 2012 Olympics ceremony when there was a whole segment paying tribute to the NHS? It seems the UK said “thank you NHS we love you!” and then spent the next decade absolutely decimating it.
I used to re-watch the 2012 Opening Ceremony every few years but I just can’t face it now. 2012 felt like such a positive thing, as if the UK had grabbed the chance to really show its best side. The ceremony was such a high point, an unapologetically British celebration of our past and present, full of wit, inventiveness and open-minded good humour.
It just breaks my heart to think how not long after that we swerved completely in the other direction into petty-minded exceptionalism, jealousy and petulance.
What an opportunity wasted.
As regards the NHS, the cuts have been a false economy. We are left with crumbling hospital infrastructure which will cost far more to replace now than if pre-2010 spending had been maintained. The economic damage caused by people being unable to work while they wait for treatment runs into billions and the extended wait means those people are less likely to return to work when finally treated. Cuts to social care mean that many people spend longer in hospital than they need to, which is vastly more expensive than the missing social care would have been.
Austerity has caused untold misery and has been a total failure in terms of bringing down the national debt, the thing it was supposedly designed to do.
I’m not wildly excited at the prospect of Labour taking over but surely, surely they can’t be any worse?
@@GorgeDawes
I agree with you, but also my heart always sinks when I see anyone use the phrase “surely it can’t get any worse”
i have recently seen something that noted doctors and nurses make around 40k a year in the uk and most leaving med school are now getting jobs in australia and the usa
I´m from Mexico and had the chance to study my Masters in the Uk in 2011-2012. Actually if you look for a video of the olympic torch in Bath you can see me with a friend running behind the torch in the crowd. Felt amazing to just experience all that in my 20's, and actually I did use the NHS while there. The USA being the only foreign country I´ve ever visited before, I thought I would be bankrupt for a throat infection, but to my surprise I ended up paying just 7 pounds for medication and that was it. It really shocked me to see how things went so shortly after I came back to my country.
@@GorgeDawes: Austerity has never, and will never work as it it always applied currently: against those already suffering. The ONLY way to make it work is to apply it to those who can afford to lose billions, because they have billions to lose. From those with greatest ability, to those with greatest need, comrades!
I'd love to go inside the mind of Boris when he told that father that the Press wasn't there. Because that is such a mind boggling response that it goes from insane to comedic, I'd have burst into raucous laughter at that if I was there. How the hell did he think that was something that made any sense?
He's sort of like Trump, thinking that if he just says something with conviction, people have an obligation to believe him, even in the face of obvious reality. Unfortunately, the people who like both of these men are intellectually lazy and gullible, and their fans totally fall for anything they say simply because they say it.
why do you assume he thinks ? He just thinks: I need to quickly try to deflect and fails because he tried to come up with a quick response.
It’s called a bald faced lie. They’re strange because it’s when people lie even when they know everyone around them knows they’re lying
I look at this, and then I look at how Canada might elect a Conservative government next year, and I think of how much damage they will do in copying all that has failed in both Britain and the US, and I weep.
Don’t cry, FIGHT.
Stagnation is bad for any democracy and another term for the Liberals might mean that, so it's not all bad, like for example the housing crisis in Canada, the liberals aren't really fixing it and maybe if they feel more threatened they might go for more radical top down solutions, which are needed for housing
@@goose9515 If it was the old Progressive Conservatives I might agree with you, but alas the current CPC is very much following the Republican playbook of failed policies that will do far more harm than simply prevent stagnation.
The cost of food and housing in Canada and I'm reaping for you now.
😂😂😂😂 the liberal propaganda has pulled the wool over you
So basically the Conservative Party made the UK into the USA when it comes to health care. I would riot
Yep. And it was 100% intentional.
somehow even worse.
it is still far far from the US health system. The NHS needs vast reform, the NHS is a juggernaut of public spending. Improving it is not a matter of throwing more money at it. There are systematic flaws to the model. There is a reason even the labour party are not claiming to increase nhs spending by alot, because they no thats not the issue. The problem with the health system is everyone is incredibly defensive about it. It is a political posion pill to even suggest that the NHS in inefficient. People will reference 'nurse sally' so on , and how they work super hard. But it not them who are causing the issues, its the insane beuroracy and fluff staff they employ. The NHS is one of the largest employers in the world, the whole thing needs to be refocused.
Also worse than Texas in energy, last I heard. Don't think they ever did anything to address that, but could always be wrong
It fng sucks that the Tories have made the NSA so bad, that Americans opposed to a national healthcare system, point to Britain as evidence of its failure.
Never in all these years would I ever imagine John Oliver stating my little town Badhoevedorp on national television in America
Is this the first time you've ever heard Badhoevedorp pronounced in not Dutch?
Wild times ahead! Go nuts and dance naked by the side of the road!!! 😁
I was mostly surprised he wasn't far off the mark in pronunciation!
Not equally surprising, but I'm still pleasantly surprised as well, being a student in Bologna
Wait, are you saying there are actually people living on the interchange Badhoevedorp? Crazy!
Its outrageous for person having to sell their cutlery and tv for medication while the UK government spent $200 million on Queen Elizabeth II funeral.
tough to compare a queen whos existence brought stacks of billions into the country, with someone relying on government aid!
I'll say it every time: their is no problem with enough money, their is a problem with what they want to spent it on.
I am against royalty but the British Royals are actually gaining profits for the country.
What's outrageous is that that person leeched off the rest of society for YEARS and we're just expected to infinitely foot the bill, paying for her retirement until she dies.
@@far2ez what is your solution for people born with health issues ? Please do tell.
I think we're ignoring the really important issue here: we need to make Knott's Berry Farm increase their seat size so all Shaqs can be included!
They make us fat with their jelly and jam and have tiny seats in their rides. That's just pure sadism.
"Sunak The Wet: A man who literally doesn't have the sense to come in from the rain."
Way to stick the landing, John. Perfect way to end the show and end the cruel Tory regime.
Why house of lords has reserved seats for Churches? Is this even a democracy where the office religion is Christianity? This clearly makes the country's constitution to do favoratism for one belief which is no way a reflection of democracy rather theocracy. And that is none other than UK
Reporter: "Sir, your suit is getting wet!"
Sunak: "That's okay, I can buy a new one."
Honestly, I was expecting Fatboy Slim playing the violin...
@lenkacfk7155 That is absolutely the only acceptable alternate ending! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It's not going to end the cruel Tory regime, it's just going to switch it from the Blue Tory bastards to the New Red Tory regime which has promised to continue most of the worst of the Blue Tory's policies, including austerity.
Starmer is far to the right of center.
Tbh the David Cameron pig thing should be brought up in every single exposé about the British government because it’s amazing
Wasn't that a black mirror episode?
@@Pattyobrien3 That was both a black mirror episode and a real actual thing that happened! Notable differences: in black mirror, the pig is alive, and in black mirror, he is PM at the time of doing it. Neither of those was true for Cameron. 🤢
@@Windrunner007 Maybe he's done both
It should be part of the UK flag.
So I have a question: what was public first? The black mirror episode or the fact that cameron put his Weiner into a pig?
A diamond amongst gemstones. John Oliver's pieces are top notch but this one is a masterclass, in relevance, clarity, tragedy, comedy, morals, and urgency. You feel his lifeblood went into this one. GOAT.
Coming to the comments to see all 15k inhabitants of Badhoevedorp celebrate getting a shout out.
Timestamp?
I never understood how strong the UK use of the word "shambles" is. I always underappreciated its severity. Shambolic.
anime has ruined. i hear shambles and i immediately think “Room.”
The OED word of the year in 2012 was Omnishambles, used by Peter Capaldi's character in the Thick of It. He played a PR/media advisor to government officials, so it's very apt
It’s a proper shambles
@@AzadHind572If you want your point to be seriously considered, please stop spamming it on every thread.
Otherwise, I will unfortunately have to report you.
@@searchingfororionI'm sorry but "or else I'll report you" is a hilariously low-stakes threat 😂
I am a Brit living in America. Watching John Oliver telling the Tories to get stuffed on the 4th of July in a rain storm is the most patriotic I've ever felt.
Joking aside, it's really scary for me watching this episode. I think it's a fairly big sign of how bad it is that when he was talking about the situation the laughter completely died off. It really has been that bad. But worse, austerity and brexit kinda broke something in the UK. We had a society that looked after our own, no matter how down they were there was help for them. The Tories took that away, while blaming the people who needed the help the most as benefit scammers.
How the degenerate House of Thatcher sucked dry the bones of a crumbling empire. With a brief interlude by Tony Bliar and his Third Way of fucking people over.
Sounds like the USA
Tbh I don't think it's the politics that did this damage to society. You can observe this in the complete western world, society is falling apart with rapid pace...
Well, politics make it worse, but I think it's a combination of sozial media sped up with corona...
Yes, the commonalities are clear.
@@SunnyAquamarine2Apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Wishing a wave of good changes to the UK and its people.
🇰🇪 Do a story about Kenya 🇰🇪
- Corruption within all 3 arms of the government
- Recent extra-judicial killings (covering up what happened in Githurai and Rongai)
- Rogue cops
- Kenyans on twitter and more
Injekt
Don't forget the eyewatering, exploitative taxation. All the tax money is lining the elite's pockets. All this is causing mass civil unrest.
Yes he should.
I’d like to see that as well.
Now now now!!!
I remember a head of lettuce lasted longer than Liz Truss in office. I was heartbroken to see someone selling off everything they owned to try and get a wheelchair and still didn't have
enough. Absolutely gut-wrenching to see a government do something like that to its people.
If you open your eyes, remove the bias, it’s obvious that the communists have planned this from the beginning. March towards neofeudalism you fools
As an American, it never becomes okay, but it stops standing out after a while.
admittedly, my gut hurts after the laughter.
@@12x2richteras an American, what? Like we are any better. I just watched local free clinics across America shut down, the Feds have given states a set rate for food assistance in 2008 and states are not allowed to use their taxation towards feeding their citizens through these programs. The limited money available does not increase with overwhelming, yet still fabricated, inflation but still manages to give the social workers in charge of these programs 15% annual pay raises just to decrease the qualifiers for said programs.
I don’t even want to get started on our healthcare where a wheel chair in Britain cost 340£ but somehow cost Americans 2400$.
@@Seigensi You ever feel sad when someone has to watch their parents die, slowly, painfully, and think that person didn't deserve it? I don't think anyone'll feel that way about you.
To run down a previously rich country this much in just about 10 years is quite impressive.
GB is still rich! It remains as the 6th largest economy in the world!
The GB people are the ones being screwed.
religion and royalty drag anyone down the stupidity shitter.
The power of Conservatives in office. Look at America. Between Trump and the dry fart that is Biden, this country is in trouble if a Republican gets in this election cycle. We need taxes on the rich and programs to elevate the poor out of poverty, stimulate growth, and get people motivated. The rich getting richer has never, ever, never in history ever, not even once, ever, turned into a successful nation. Every nation with a wealthy elite class quickly collapses thereafter.
Well they've done a great job lining their pockets, and the pockets of their investors so the welfare of the population was a small price to pay.
UK is number 6 of the top 25 economies in the world. That's 6 out of 195.
"Actually no press here" says Johnson - to the press. - That's how Johnson works. - And the public is taking it...
I'm South African and pretty much unaffected by most of the topics that John addresses every week, but damn I love this show. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Same man, same. Then exact issues he’s talking about may not affect me directly but I think the ideas behind them are still interesting and make me think about our own fucked government. Plus John is just fucking hilarious
Let's talk about the South African health system shall we? There is NONE! Meanwhile Jo'burg remains the hijack Capital of the world whilst Cyril (a US Billionaire by any standards) keeps getting a government paycheck. Meanwhile Zuma's planning his come back and the ANC keeps winning the rural vote.. Cape Town and the Western Cape are planning CapeXit.. What did I miss mfokethu?
I still remember the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics that featured an entire choreographed celebration of the NHS. Britons were so proud of their socialized healthcare system that they made it a centerpiece of the goddamn Olympics.
What the Tories did to the country is straight-up unconscionable. It's wild that it's taken this long for them to get kicked out.
‘Socialised healthcare’ is a very weird American expression for it
Populism is easy to sell.
People voted for them.
Democracy.
You get the government you deserve.
@@davecorry7723Politicians are known for their honesty and completing projects, and such, they promise before being elected.
We should give them sainthood.
Voters are not smart
All that mess started with Reagan and Thatcher. Since then lobbyists are more important than the people.
That part. 🎯
More like *billionaires* who _absolutely_ don't pay their taxes (ahem Panama papers).
The easiest way for rich people to get richer is to steal money from the poor.
What's absolutely insane is those of us who were alive in the 80s remember how so many people worshipped Reagan as the best president ever. Because stuff. As a child, it was strange to see, because buildings were closing, jobs were being lost all over, and America was starting to look like a forgotten cardboard city, stuffed in a dusty attic corner, decomposing, but THINGS WERE GREAT! It was a total disconnect from reality.
Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex. In his farewell speech leaving office. In 1961.
Enter Kennedy. Fellow commenter mentions “panama papers”. And both parties have been in cahoots, this entire time. You can trust that a Native American like me, will not trust the government. (Or religious groups) They are running things the exact opposite of what the constitution (& Bible) says. Both sides.
I still watch the Boris Johnson episodes 😂😂😂
Well that’s why this show wins so many Emmy’s. Brilliant.
The epidemic of punching down to punish the few who abuse healthcare and social benefits just keeps spreading. That video of the person who had to sell their FORKS was absolutely heartbreaking. People who are lucky enough to not know someone with a disability can turn a blind eye to what these cuts do. Society fails when we cannot provide for those who need it the most.
Very well said 👏🏻
@@katieswenson3426
I love that a dog emoji is responding to a cat emoji, and now I-a bird emoji (Black-and-yellow Broadbill) am responding to you. I think this might be the quintessential distillation of the phrase “That’s so meta.”
@@maryrosekent8223
What is this world coming to 😕
No one abuses the system as much as the wealthy at least in the US but I imagine it's the same all over.
@@maryrosekent8223: I don’t think you know what an emoji is.
"The greatest blunder ever made by a British prime minister."
Sunak: hold my non-existent umbrella.
W
The speaker that blairing (pun intended) Things Can Only Get Better had an umbrella... and the PM doesn't lol
Eh. Soggy boi doesn't really rise to the level of mop-headed pandemic denier; Russian Roulette: EU edition; or "peace in our time."
He doesn't have an umbrella because someone really is holding it for him.
UK is a Christian democracy with it's official religion Christianity and has 25 reserved seats for their church of England. How come the world of global democracy overlook this theocractic mixtured democracy of such a powerful country. No other democracies in the world be it USA or India or France has official religion. It doesn't matter conservative or labor wins, why no one changes this theocractic model
I hope John Oliver never retires! One of the best shows out there, and I just love that bit of British-ness that he can't shake even if he wanted to. He's always on point, and manages to sprinkle even the most dire topics with a bit of fun. ❤
Wow. I did not know all this. What an education and what a great episode, John. 👏👏
"it's a pretty bad sign when you're standing in front of a pretty bad sign"
I still remember back in the day when this was on the news all outlets were saying her government is literally "falling apart"
Favorite line of this whole episode! 🤣
Did that sign just tell her to “f off”?
UK elections, WHERE IS THE LETTUCE!?
#DimLizzie went back to her Yankee capitalist funders
I'm so sad they didn't show the lettuce. It was definitely one of the most iconic things to happen in the last 5 years of Tory rule
Lettuce not be too Hastur there...
@@AzadHind572 because it doesn't really affect anything and their entire system is built on respect for tradition and momentum. Much less than other countries like Germany that have explicitly Christian political parties.
@@AzadHind572 I agree that it ought to be changed. But it is not like the Church or Christianity has an enormous influence on politics. Especially when compared to the USA. Those seats are in the House of Lords, which has multiple other problems with how their members are selected too.
The Prime Minister isn't a Christian either, he's Hindu. So on policy it is not fully Christian-dominated either.
I would say the UK is a theocracy, a democracy, and a monarchy, but is bad at doing all of the things. Which I think is the case because at its heart, the UK is and has been for hundreds of years, an aristocracy.
Wow, I didn't think in my wildest dreams that John Oliver would mention the city that I live in - Badhoevedorp, in an episode! 😂
20:23 BADHOEVEDORP? Hahahahahaha! Incredible John, never change
Extremely British looking man explaining the extremely British event that is currently taking place in an extremely British accent, ending the segment in an extremely British rainstorm. I mean, what more do you ask?
That he make factual statements and not sound like yet another biased shill. I know, that is a big ask, considering his 500 viewers are braindead drones anyway.
Only way it could be a more British is if it was being told by a badger named Reginald
@kodacres7820
Well? Go on then...
Tell us all about the non-factuals.
@@terri6854I'm that person is making stuff up as we speak.
The cuts to the UK's NHS is making the NHS function more like the US's healthcare system. That is not good.
You spelled Canada wrong.
As planned I'm sure, with the idea of getting the public behind how badly it's doing. And the only thing that will save it is privatizing it.
Same thing the right wants in the US, with Social Security and the mail.
Worse thing is labour started it so nothing is going to change. Labour were the ones to introduce private buissness into the NHS
@@steveminecraft6353 They are also the party that started the NHS in the first place.
@@fizzyridertooThe labour party is very different now the private finance initiative was a tory policy which labour introduced in the late 90s
😝 I had a Brit for a boss. 4 July came around and I asked what he was doing over the long weekend. I immediately took it back and said “Oh that’s right. That was a bad day for Britain” He laughed and said “ha ha very funny. You’re fired!” I showed up for work after the holiday and carried on. 😝
John’s impression of an Englishman delivering bad news at 1:52 is genuinely impressive. I particularly liked how he used humor as a coping mechanism. It almost seemed real.
There is a huge irony in the fact that this clip cannot be watched in the UK without a USA VPN.
@@soup-bowl oh wow....really? That's terrible...
What? On TH-cam??
cant stop the signal Mal....
Probably against electoral bias rules to broadcast that in the UK until after the election!
Yep, I have a VPN.
I love that John Oliver does a British accent despite having a British accent
I'm convinced that there are places in the UK where you can go 10km to the next village over and need a translator. Some British accents are freaking wild
"A British accent" is such an American perspective. He briefly dropped into...was it Scouse?
He puts on a specific posh accent. There’s more than one. Same way Jon Stewart puts on a Noo Joisey accent and a Jewish American accent despite being a Jewish American from New Jersey. Or others put on over-the-top “darn tootin’” ‘Murrican accents despite being American.
@@sinocte This. There are FAR too many ways to sound British.
@@rvcxno you don’t understand. The world only has two accents. The one you use which is normal and ones you don’t use which are weird. This is a weird human quirk
22:02 I moved to England for a few years starting in 1985. The big news story at the time was a little boy who needed heart surgery but the NHS wouldn’t move up his surgery date because it was already scheduled and could not be changed.
Doctors and nurses said they would volunteer their time to get the surgery done as soon as possible because the kid was likely not going to make it to the scheduled date.
The NHS refused to allow it and the kid died.
After living in the UK for five years, I couldn’t see the value in the NHS. My status allowed access to NHS medical care and for simple procedures it was ok. But even the Brits I worked with didn’t think the system worked well for the large tax they had to pay. It’s not as free as people think.
You should make this video available in the UK.
Americans looking at a dull political candidate like "ooooh yeah, gimmy some of that"
Biden isn't dull enough?
“I’ll have what he’s having”
@@desperadox7565 yes, and conservative, like Biden. But you don't have to fear that he will die at any moment.
Better than what we've got
Hahaha our first debate is tonight and I was watching this for a palate cleanse. I'd love someone boring.
I swear, that clip of Ed Davey doing an interview on the cup ride is something straight out of a Monty Python sketch.
Thanks for the video!
🎉 Thank you, I needed this.
Not going to lie, as a fellow Brit in America this did hit me pretty hard with both rage and homesickness
also, how long has it been since you heard someone say "numpty" out loud? that was the oddest pang of nostalgia for me
As an American who lived in Britain (Wales to be precise) and had dreams of getting permanent residency before the pandemic destroyed my chances, idk which country depresses me more. Now I'm just bopping from country to country unwilling to return to the shit show I came from and unable to reside in the one I thought of as a home. Which has also become a shit show. 😢😢😢
@@almishti I'm a Brit that has lived in America for 22 years now and I'm getting the frick out while I still can. Nowhere is perfect but the UK is at least civilised and safe. Final destination will probably be France.
@@fizzyridertoo agreed, as bad as it is the UK is *still* better than the US. I liked living in a country where I never had to worry about anyone pulling a gun or randomly shooting at me. Which happened to me in America a number of times. I might still be able to find a way back to Wales, but it's unclear how.
@@fizzyridertoo bon chance to you wherever you wind up.
It's been a pleasure to watch John grow from the akward Daily Show correspondent to the absolute powerhouse of journalism and late night programming. The only person left on TV who will actually do a deep dive on subjects, come back with the facts, and dare someone to sue him for the truth. This is the kind of free speech that America was designed to protect.
he has a kick-ass team as well❤
@zizinnnn Indeed, he does
"change" in small font on the background is perfectly summing up UK as a whole; they know they have to but they don't want to embrace it, the least possible the better 😂 😂
This was the most resounding ads for John Deere tractors I've ever seen. I hope it was actually sponsored.
21:37 That man hand was shaking with fury. Lord knows how much he's holding back from socking Johnson right there and then. All I know is I'm not that strong.
I know for certain that I also don't have the strength to restrain myself like that father was; he was filled with the anger only a good father can feel and not clocking that jackass when, in all do reality, he had the right to do so, is some *SERIOUS* will power.
I salute that for his unbelievable amount of will power *not* to punch him; that is a man with real strength. 07
@@tommyfox854 fr O7 to the man. I wish his child is better now.
@AzadHind572 Does that make any difference? India has BJP solely due to hindu nationalism and USA's GOP is literally allowing teaching of biblical theories of origin of species instead of evolution theory in states like Florida (delete this bloody state already).
Religion in UK might be intrinsic to the country but any strongman willing enough can hyperfocus the biggest minority anyway, be it caste, religion, race or whatever.
It's the same reason as why america has the 2nd ammendment, India still has reservation based on minority status instead of income.
@@zeta0590 Oh I sincerely hope they are; I think I would actually cry if his child didn't get better. Which, believe me, I know is seriously weird to shed tears over someone I don't know; but considering just how royally the Tories fucked up The UK. . I think it *might* be justified, or something.
@tommyfox854 It's fine to be emotional for random strangers. As someone who is not very emotive but still feels deep empathy, I am very jealous lol.
"Only one in five people say that he...indeed has a personality"
Lmao, sounds like she is very much on the side that seriously doubts he has one.
Greatest ending to a show since the time he set 2020 on fire
the milkshake video of the guy was funny tho LOL
Farm girl here and hearing John lust after a tractor made my heart grow 3 sizes before breakfast! (One learns to be cautious when using a search containing the word plow.)
Oh please, what could go wrong when googling "I need a machine to plow my garden real good"?!
@@jamielondon6436 I say something like that almost weekly! That’s how I learned to clear my history😉
thanks, I was frustrated that my apparently innocent brain couldn't come up with how he searched tractor and got porn.
Haha, I got to know the word watching "the last kingdom" and found it hilarious :)
@@jamiefrontiera1671 corn was my first thought ! cornhub 😭
I cannot begin to fathom how Sunak and the tories keep one upping himself in terms of sheer mistakes at every turn. They are the human equivalent of a cartoon character constantly stepping on the same rake.
And yet, they were allowed to occupy the driver's seat for 14 years - which is frankly insanity..
The Bart, The Bart
Why house of lords has reserved seats for Churches? Is this even a democracy where the office religion is Christianity? This clearly makes the country's constitution to do favoratism for one belief which is no way a reflection of democracy rather theocracy. And that is none other than UK
Just apply the American creed = "Ug very, very rich so that make Ug very, very smart". Assholes.
They're Bored Aristocrats. They have no idea what they're doing and don't care because they simply assume they'll be in power forever.
Love that hyper dramatic end 😂😂😂😂
18:35 my soul left my body 😂😂😂
Holding back tears watching that story about the disabled person.
I hear you. I tried to hold back, but failed.
Me too.
Since John consistently used the pronouns "they/them" when talking about them, I don't think they consider themself a woman.
@@scarlettptheoriginal Good call - I missed that.
Same - failed utterly at the stairs.
"If anything it understated my position" delivered with that dead serious tone after hearing that string of insults is one of the greatest sentences I ever heard.
I love to see u talk about kenya's traveling president and the recent demonstrations...
All eyes on Kenya
The kindness here is so inspiring. Blessings to everyone!
"The press isn't here." WTF, what was the plan behind that response?
Plan and Boris don't go together. One quote John missed which Boris hasn't denied and has several witness to. During a covid meeting " LET THE BODIES PILE HIGH" he said in reaction to the second lockdown being proposed.
Boris is the kind of bastard who lies reflexively, attempting to bend reality to his desire. Truth, integrity, common decency, these principles of civilised life mean nothing to that pillock.
'Do I look like a guy with a plan?'
The perfect response to that would be: you must have your head up your ass if you can't see the press is here.
blame it on tibor
“The greatest blunder of ever made by a British prime minister” is a wild phrase, considering that fucking appeasement of Adolf Hitler is included on that list.
Appeasing Hitler wouldn’t even make the top 20 now
@@barnabusdoyle4930 they got their Hitler at home to appease now
@barnabusdoyle4930 That's only because, these days, a lot of dumb a$ses are on Hitler's side.
Indeed. Truly someone who had his mind wiped and forgot both Chamberlain and Thatcher ever existed
But at least they aren't speaking german...
The way my partner was not paying attention to the piece at all until 17:46. I've never been more convinced that Britain can't possibly be a real place.
You went out with a splash.. love it. Thank you I watched the US debate earlier and this was the feel good I needed
OMG I wish our election cycle was only 6 weeks in the US. I feel like we never get a break here!
Marjorie Taylor-Green 2028!
@@sevenprovincesFor Jail!
I know! Here, it lasts well over a year and part of the struggle is reminding people that an election is happening and the day that it’s happening
@@sevenprovincesnope.
@@elricofmelnibone425 Hopefully before 2028.
I read an article on how the UK basically destroyed half of its local libraries for and it filled me with such rage. Truly a lack of appreciation the services they provide.
Thanks a lot from New Zealand! 🇳🇿
The dedication and hard work really pay off in these videos.
Thank you Stage Managers, Film Editors, Writers, and John for a spectacular presentation of British politics that will someday be taught about in higher education using this 29-minute video.
Ah, yes Western Normie, failing to mention the only left-wing Party in the UK, the Workers Party, and Propping up the Pro-Genocide Neoconservative Kier Starmer who just purged the Labour Party off of all its Left Wing Leaders and MPs including Jeremy Corbin, (with the help of Israel and the US)...as the only alternative for you shitlib Normies...
....Truly "a spectacular presentation of British Politics"....no way a dude sitting in Modi's India could've done a better job. The Rest of Humanity can't really expect anything else from you Westerners. 👏 *slow claps* 👏
Ah, yes Western Normie, failing to mention the only left-wing Party in the UK, the Workers Party, and Propping up the Pro-Genocide Neoconservative Kier Starmer who just purged the Labour Party off of all its Left Wing Leaders and MPs including Jeremy Corbin, (with the help of Israel and the US ofcourse)...as the only alternative for you Normies...
...Is truly a Spectacular job for a "highly educational" video that surely isn't Deep State Propaganda. No way a random dude sitting in Modi's India could have given a better and more informative presentation that didn't border on cringe. 👏 *slow claps* 👏
Edit : And Thank the @TH-cam Gods for Auto-Censoring comments. What depths would have the West fallen to if they hadn't implemented that feature to address "Misinformation"...
Once again, I wish HBO would upload the whole show. John calling out the hypocrisy of mandating the display of the ten commandments while calling for pride flags to be burned is worth highlighting.
They do, I can watch it
They do upload the whole show in this channel. You can go and find it.
@a9302c Not everywere, it's not up for me for example
they upload the full show as well, but it's geo-locked so you'll need a vpn to watch it
On TH-cam I watched a segment like this podcast, then I do a little scrolling and usually find the whole show, and that also works for the Bill Maher show. You can't Define some people by the country, they are Universal citizens
Could not leave the screen.. guy is unbelievable. Since I am Romanian/therefore European, I was saddened by both Brexit and the state of affairs of UK. There still are a lot of my conationals there...
I wasn't even in 10 mins and this was already an amazing feast of jokes and puns
ok, now I so want to watch Biden and Trump debate in spinning tea cups
Trump would spew some pathetic excuse why he couldn't show
@@AuguurAs he’d be spewing.
That would go perfectly with my opinion of both of them. At least in England, there seem to be more viable choices for their next leader.
Yes!
@@joesterling4299meh... Atleast choices that are still of sound mind and body, and likely to survive the next term. Not sure if that already meets the threshold of viable leader... But it meets the threshold of something
It's hard to overstate how much of a treasure John Oliver is.
...to keep the universe balanced, where there is a twitlike Nigel Farage on one side there must be a John Oliver on the other 😂
John Oliver is a snarky twat. Even when he has good takes, it's hard to not pull against him because of his knowitall attitude. He could do with a large dose of grace and humility.
fake jewellry?
You are 100% correct in your comment.
@@pepegalego Gemology is not your forte.
Great sense of humor and timing by that Lithuanian doctor😂
On a lighter note; it was fun to hear the small town I am moving out of next week being mentioned in the show. 😂
i just think of what john said to colbert about liz truss and the queen 'the queen looked at liz truss and said you know what i don't want to do this anymore and died' LOL
Trevor Noah said of Liz Truss “the woman that sent the Queen to meet Jesus” I think about that more than I should.
my favourite joke about that was the tweet that was like:
"People named liz in charge of the united kingdom:
Monday: 1
Tuesday: 2
Wednesday: 2
Thursday: 1
Friday: 1"
@@AriellaLilien Maybe it's because I'm not British or maybe it's because I'm too tired right now, but I don't get it.
@@crazyluigi6664 Liz Truss became PM on Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday. Wednesday September 7 2022 was the only full day when both were in their roles, but the joke is close enough
@@mrZanZibar777 Oh! I got you now!
I love that surgeon's comedic timing. Impeccable!
The UK teen, the legend 😂😂😂
The spinning cups bit is how I imagined any regular workday at the UK parliament
Lithuanian here, we're not sure why the Tony Soprano statue is here either, but it is huge, it's in our capital's central train station and there's a pretty cool bar beside it. People from New Jersey are more than welcome.
As someone originally from New Jersey, I had never thought about visiting Lithuania before, but now I am actually curious to. Hopefully I'll get out there sometime!
Fuggitaboutit@@MrBeachbum313
"If you build it, they will come."
That may be the warmest welcome anyone from New Jersey has ever received
You've never actually met people from New Jersey have you??
It always amazes me how the British are on a whole different level of swearing than we are in the States. It's a gift to hear any British person curse.
So true
Nah, we're just used to it. I've surprised a Brit with my swearing just the same. You really do get a culture shock when you hear different swears. I've gotten pretty inoculated to British swears so they're as bland to me as American swears.
It’s not just a British thing. In most European countries “swear words” is a way to enhance the dialogue and using words like (or equivalent to) cunt in a conversation with friends and family is not weird or unusual.
I think why Americans react to it is because of religion. Even non-believers in America is still brought up in a mindset, both in life and on tv, that swearing is bad and something you avoid, if not always then at least around your parents and family.
Generally in Europe even families likes to make fun of and take the piss of each other.
I think it is more than cursing, they are at a higher level when it comes to insults.
I took a screenshot of the list, I liked that part so much. Plan to incorporate them into my vocab… 😁
It’s rare to see John having quite this much fun with a topic! I laughed so many times this episode!
True, it feels he and the writers one feeling very relaxed. It's been a long time.
Believe it or not, I actually had John Oliver: Tractor F***er on my bingo card for this year.
I highly recommend Britmonkey's "Britain is a Dump" video essay for a more in-depth look at the damage the Conservatives/Brexit caused.
Why house of lords has reserved seats for Churches? Is this even a democracy where the office religion is Christianity? This clearly makes the country's constitution to do favoratism for one belief which is no way a reflection of democracy rather theocracy. And that is none other than one of the powerful state in the world UK who pretends as if it's a democracy while it's constitution clearly alienating atheists and other non Christians by doing the favoratism
Nice to see the original comment. A bot stole it and got four times the likes
I wonder if you'd consider it a compliment that a spam bot copied your post and got triple the likes.
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Did it? Whatever. At least people got the recommendation 👍
Congrats on finding me then.
When John showed us the English Curse Words I couldn't wait til he brought them back up! Thank You John, you never disappoint.
In case you were wondering, "fuckletoes" is the odd one out. The rest are very real and well established.
@@fizzyridertoo Fuckletoes was the one that I thought was made up. There were only two others I hadn't heard (numpty and dicksplash, both of which sounded real, especially numpty, to me).
@@bulshock1221numpty is an idiot. I wasn’t 100% sure about dicksplash though.
@@fizzyridertoothank you so much! I scrolled all the way down just to find out
I want to troll that ending scene so bad, but it was too perfect
Fantastic job on this one.