Is Boris Really British? | Mock The Week

In other news, Dara shows the panel David Cameron doing a world-first interview on the David Letterman Show. I'm sure they'll be very respectful. #mocktheweek #hughdennis #daraobriain #davidcameron #borisjohnson #andyparsons
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[@onenightblitz]

1:07 dara predicted hugh dennis in bond, but not the soup tupperware

[@abnormalanorak]

Furthermore, BoJo has Turkish ancestry as he is the great-grandson of Ali Kemal Bey, who was at one point the Ottoman Minister of Interior.

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

Explains the expensive wallpaper

[@Master_Petes_Theater]

I had no idea that was part of Boris's ancestry. Interesting! Thanks for the info! 👍 👍

[@thisravenhasflown010]

I find "ancestry" a joke. As if any of it affects the human today except genetic problems😂

[@thewookie6287]

Sounds like BoJo's entire purpose was to undermine the UK... /s

[@jenisedai]

Native Americans had civilized democratic government YEARS before the Brits. Yes, that's also part of American history.

[@rosiefay7283]

0:55 Strange line for Dara to take, given that the Irish are so eager to trot out Irish history when talking to Brits.

[@DomWeasel]

My Irish housemate loves me because just by having the barest knowledge of Irish history; I know more than every other English person she's ever met. She once put on an hour-long documentary about the Easter Rising. We never finished it because she kept pausing it to explain everyone and everything.

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

Had he indeed said "that" he would have been completely wrong.

[@AntiMatter930]

King of the castle king of the castle lalala

[@SimonFrack]

Why is it a postman when it’s Royal Mail? And in America it’s a mailman when it’s the Postal Service. What’s going on!?

[@thomthom6268]

There there, dear. We'll take off the strange white shirt as soon as we get to the romper room. Oh, and it's for the same reason evil is spelled liv... cough...

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Lmao because the UK has been around longer. And America thinks it has to "Americanize" everything into our terrible slang. 😂

[@marvinmeeker5765]

Actually, it’s about humor. Now maybe they already know that letterman is not a postal service title, but they had to cut a corner to make the pun.

[@marvinmeeker5765]

@@thisravenhasflown010Actually, we’re perfectly happy, most of the time, sticking to our own terminology, but you Brits do have a couple of good ones that are worth using.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

@@marvinmeeker5765 lol 👍

[@FreakyRufus]

I’m not entirely sure if Andy was being ironic by using a stereotype of Americans to criticize stereotypes of London and British people.

[@kingleech16]

Also the fact that they were having pea soup London fogs at least as recently as the 60s, which isn’t exactly a century ago. But I guess I’m just a dumb redneck who can’t do math…

[@michaeldowson6988]

Too blond for the Third Reich - is how he's been described.

[@user-jn1ew8rs8r]

why the system must be changed so nobody as dumb as him gets to be prime minister

[@samuelmellars7855]

He's not dumb. He's just very good at _seeming_ dumb. He is however, dishonest to a "t", and that is a bigger problem

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

*american:* This seems like a fun video to watch. We love you really, but your country does have a lot of crazy people and a lot of people do actually believe stereotypes like bad food, bad teeth, we all eat crumpets, we drink warm beer, etc. And nobody can pronounce British city names correctly. You'd think by now, someone might have found that 'shires' are usually pronounced 'sheer' or 'sher' and 'wich'...there's plenty 'wich's' in the us. Enough to know the 'w' is silent. Join me tomorrow for more rants about the us, same time tomorrow.

[@M32Mirach]

England has all the same crazies running amok, plus a King. You all love that guy huh? He does so much for you.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@M32Mirach *1.* Our crazies are nowhere near the level of american crazies. It's top to bottom there. Even judges have been known to lose it. Honestly, things that happen in the us on a daily basis are things that would dominate headlines, force so many resignations, sackings, full inquires and even criminal charges. *2.* I forgot to add the stereotype that we all love the Royal Family. It's strange because americans treat politicians like royalty, especially presidents, whilst we treat royalty like the public servants they actually are and treat our politicians like the scum _they_ are. Politicians in the us get everything but tell ordinary americans that those things are bad. Then there's just how easily and openly they can be bought. Sorry, but the us is off the charts crazy. The UK is a mess too, especially since Brexit and the last government, who were a bunch of psychos and don't seem like they've realised why they were booted out.

[@M32Mirach]

@@Michelle_Schu-blacka oh wow, not gonna read all that crazy shit

[@DomWeasel]

@@M32Mirach For the last seventy years, the British Monarchy has had a higher approval rate in the US than in the UK and every year millions of Americans travel to Britain to gawp at the Royal palaces in awe.

[@DomWeasel]

@@M32Mirach Yes, reading is tricky for those who went through the US educational system.