Steve's a polite and well mannered interviewer. One of the very best out there as he always allows his guests to answer his questions without any interruption! He also comes over as a real journalist without bias and a hidden agenda!! .... What a delight and breath of fresh air the BBC could learn a great deal from!!! Ths is the quality of journalism and decency we all in Britain want and admire!! Take note SUN and thanks!!

@g0rd0nfreeman

4 жыл бұрын

Nigel Maund here here.

@Nikki-lm4lt

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I could have listened to them talk about Churchill for alot longer too!

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

It makes me keep faith in proper journalism. Not many about these days.

This kid is turning into a helluva interviewer!

@otismohammed5555

2 жыл бұрын

I realize Im quite randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to stream new tv shows online ?

Churchill must be turning in his grave!

@thegamingmachine9316

4 жыл бұрын

Haha how is Boris taken seriously

@yggdrasilltree7782

4 жыл бұрын

Churchill didn't win the The Charlemagne Prize for nothing mate.. He knew this was going to happen. Churchill was the biggest shill this country has ever seen. Hail Mosley.

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

Churchill was good for that period of conflict decades ago last century but not suitable for any decade era after that period.

@ozza187

4 жыл бұрын

*rolling in his grave*

@waristheraputic

4 жыл бұрын

​@@yggdrasilltree7782 Mosely? The worst pretender to a fascist since Mussolini? Ahahaha, my my extremist standards sure have fallen dramatically, another sign of how delirious you all are.

What a fantastic interview, really interesting Andrew Roberts is a national treasure.....! :o))

@KimPhilby203

2 жыл бұрын

National Treasure 😅 Your easily led

Comparing W Churchill with Boris are you having a laugh.? Are you saying that because they both ate all the pies?

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

And drunk all the whiskey...

@shaunclark425

4 жыл бұрын

Scott - YOUR ANOTHER IDIOT PARROTING IDIOCY AND HAVENT THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING..

4 жыл бұрын

No because of their abundant manes!

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

@Scott Mamby Scott has his tin hat on, hip hip hooray. Oh Scott has his tin foil hat on and he's coming out to play.

Compared to Churchill ay? Hmmmmm, well as a history fellow there are some lovely discrepancies I can't leave. Did Boris ever serve in the armed forces? Get captured as a Prisoner of war? Write a column for a newspaper whilst reporting from a war zone? Come home to enter a career in politics and become first lord of the Admiralty? Switch party when he didn't feel he fit, only to change back despite all his subsequent critics? Has Boris denounced the ambitions of men like Putin because of being sick of the establishment appeasing a dictator? For all his criticism, Churchill spent all his life in the cross hairs, be it from weapons or from words. What has Boris done? Hidden behind his status, squatted in the foreign office, led the leave referendum only to drop out to avoid any hard work, to then sweep in at the end like a saviour. The 2 are incomparable in my eyes, and to even pretend to hold them on the same level is an insult not only to Churchill as a man, but to his legacy as a whole.

@shaunclark425

4 жыл бұрын

NO - BOTH STOOD UP TO STOP THEIR COUNTRY BEING INVADED

@extendocats8533

4 жыл бұрын

@@shaunclark425 Britain is currently not being invaded...

@Foodforconsciousnessvlog

4 жыл бұрын

Yawn

@tobywenman4769

4 жыл бұрын

This is possibly the most coherent and we'll thought out comment I've ever seen under the sun

@spectre2635

4 жыл бұрын

@@shaunclark425 lol

I absolutely love this series of long form interviews Steven has been doing. Keep up the great work!

"Let us so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire were to last a thousand years, men will still say 'this was their finest hour'." Still gives me goosebumps. Churchill was right... About everything. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

even by the sun's standards this is embarrassing

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

Well the sun is owned by a far reiche minded publisher and much is jo doubt tainted as the case has been since after the coalition.

@irarelyupload6930

4 жыл бұрын

Lol thats REALLY saying something then

@DontStopJaime

4 жыл бұрын

Sun standards? you think they have standards?!

@DontStopJaime

4 жыл бұрын

​@Rad Derry thats implying that they have ever been above that.

@DontStopJaime

4 жыл бұрын

@Rad Derry you are giving them more credit than they deserve

This is just propaganda nonsense.

@irarelyupload6930

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is the sun

@gw7624

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great rebuke.

@EPICFAILKING1

4 жыл бұрын

The sun and this young lad, yes, this man who has followed the man's life and dedicated his own life for years to comprise this book - no.

@hannahanderson3191

4 жыл бұрын

Video Watcher y

@EPICFAILKING1

4 жыл бұрын

@@hannahanderson3191 y what? XD

Delightful conversation. Gave me more knowledge in less than one hour than umptythousand laps of all the clocks in Clocktown. Thank you both.

Steven, great interview. Keep choosing your interview subjects like you are doing. You have the highest calibre of interview guests of any major British media outlet!

He hasnt served his time yet- come back in 10yrs . Pointless

@forearthbelow

4 жыл бұрын

WAY TOO SOON to do a comparison

@jwadaow

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah wait to make your video after it's irrelevant FFS!

@saltservice4024

4 жыл бұрын

It's debatable to whether Churchill *at the time* was viewed as a good peace-time leader. It's uncontested that he was a great war-time leader. Comparing Churchill to Boris is just a pure waste of time.

How can you compare some of the great accomplishments of Churchill to the innane bumblings of Boris Johnson? Laughable!

@robbyron769

4 жыл бұрын

Not laughable- Boris is no longer a bumbler- get up to date unless you are A Boris hater??!!

@jimsaunders6896

4 жыл бұрын

@@robbyron769 I admired Boris as Mayor of London but his behaviour throughout his life does not make him a fit for PM. Nicholas Soames, Churchill's own Grandson, was kicked out of the Tory party for failing to support Boris. This also makes him extremely unfit to be compared to Churchill.

@TheOneLichemperor

4 жыл бұрын

​@@jimsaunders6896 This is the sentiment that most people I have spoken to on the subject appear to share. He was fine as London Mayor - great, even - but absolutely unfit for government. But then he wasn't put there to be a good PM; but rather to win over the populists and their followers.

@jimsaunders6896

4 жыл бұрын

@Rad Derry Not gunna pretend I know the ins and outs of Churchill's career, but I find it genuinely insulting to the memory of this country that you'd ask what the man achieved. Peace. To name but one small facet of one of, if not the, greatest Prime Ministers of all time. Next time you (or Boris) lead a country through a global conflict to victory in the face of almost certain defeat, let me know...

@peterbreis5407

4 жыл бұрын

@@robbyron769 Boris has stopped bumbling? When did that happen? Did I miss something?

Churchill and his Tory party would've hated what the Conservative party has become in 2020.

An Andrew Roberts interview? Yes, please! The Storm of War is also a must read just FYI.

@y3puGnxg

4 жыл бұрын

A storm of war is nothing but a collection of anti german hatred ordered neatly and presented in a liquid flow

looks like David Cameron in 15 years lol

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

😅🤣😅🤣

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

They, in that party are souless and wish for slavery, which I will say they have created their two tier social system since the latter end of the coalition through to now. Hundreds of thousands o more people will be killed indirectly again as they had last decade under the Tories

@danny1884

4 жыл бұрын

5 years lol

@Farweasel

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-qg1jb8rw8e Show us a Politician who is not 'souless' and we'll show you a very rare creature. Time and again British MPs of all aprties have proved themselves, corrupt, venal and utterly untrustworthy. You might - if you stretch definitions - argue all are abit keen on slavery,,,,,, Its just the form it takes which differs. None, for instance, seem all that keen on free speach - unless its speach which they support.

@muzt4181

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

When Churchill spoke of the "we stand alone" he obviously meant we the British Empire.

Comment section in a nutshell: Boris bad. Sun propaganda. Right-wing conspiracy.

@saltservice4024

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like anti-establishment soup!

Clement Attlee was one of the greatest Prime Ministers we ever had.

@Jino-yl3uk

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@emizerri

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@alexanderthegreat1356

4 жыл бұрын

David Jones agreed. Most unis also voted him as the best.

@internationalrtg5602

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Mamby “Supposed labour shortages” I think the millions of dead young British men after WW2 was a big enough labour shortage to ask people from Britain’s colonies (that had been savagely oppressed for hundreds of years) to come and help to rebuild the country, which indeed they did.

@internationalrtg5602

4 жыл бұрын

andy peers “the globalists” I think I know what that codeword means, and it rhymes with Dews.

I was at university with Andrew. He's being thoroughly dishonest by playing the PC game. He doesn't believe more than half of what he spouts.

@anangrysalad8256

4 жыл бұрын

So journalistic integrity out the window then? Dya reckon thats him or the Sun? I've no idea how much freedom journalists have to choose what they do. It does seem at bit at odds with what his old youtube channel was about.

@ThiccFish

4 жыл бұрын

He defended racial heirarchy, how is he playing the PC game?

@shaunclark425

4 жыл бұрын

..OF COURSE NO ONE MENTIONS THAT NOW THE LIBERAL LEFT THINK THAT BLACKS ARE SUPERIOR AND ARE AT WARE WITH ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHITES OR MEN..

@TheZombielayer

4 жыл бұрын

@@shaunclark425 Did you forget to take your pills today or something?

@theodorefweitzenbaumsr.4061

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThiccFish He didn't defend the idea of racial hierarchy. What are you talking about?

WHAT W.Churchill would turned in his grave hearing of comparing him with this .....

@robbyron769

4 жыл бұрын

Would turn

Churchill wasn't a very good peacetime Leader to be fair. Give him a war, and he was on his A-Game.

@HeronSight

4 жыл бұрын

Except that one time in gallipoli when he was head of the admiralty and the only thing done right was the withdrawal from Turkey.

@JA19

4 жыл бұрын

(As long as the war in question isn't the First World War)

@HeronSight

4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Johnson i didnt know that! I know he was a marine and thus in the navy up to that point

@tobywenman4769

4 жыл бұрын

@@HeronSight to be fair there were a lot of incredibly questionable choices made in ww1. I don't think it's fair to just single out Gallipoli

@HeronSight

4 жыл бұрын

@@tobywenman4769 considering it was churchill's responsibility as navy head I think it's a fair assessment. Not to take away from his achievements as a politician and diplomat in the 40s though.

Highly offensive to the nation to mention Johnson’s name in the same sentence as Winston Churchill

@yggdrasilltree7782

4 жыл бұрын

Winston ChurcShill.. We defeated the wrong enemy, he didn't win the Charlamagne Award for nothing.

The state of British journalism

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

Far too one sided and that side is on the Tories since PM Brown was no longer...

@kljmaq

4 жыл бұрын

^^^ Three tragic Guardian readers above. ^^^

Boris has done nothing.

@succubusgf2847

4 жыл бұрын

....And will do nothing for this country

@HypervoxelRBX

4 жыл бұрын

he got brexit done you dirty liberal

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

And still has done more than you.

Guy was 2 years old when Churchill died and tries to talk like he knew him personally.

@fgpreviews

4 жыл бұрын

He's a historian who's dedicated years of his life learning about Churchill. Why have resentment for the people keeping our proud history alive?

@MonkeyHunch1

4 жыл бұрын

@FloOb You are exactly the problem with alot of people now. Ashamed of what ashamed because you are told to be , Not think for yourself like an intelligent person does!

@fgpreviews

4 жыл бұрын

@FloOb It's astonishing you could be ashamed of Churchill. Sure, he wasn't a gem but the good far outweighed the bad. No one is perfect and I think it's funny people would label him as egotistical when there's the likes of you who seem to think no matter how much good that person did, you're always better.

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't alive when Disraeli, Peel or Gladstone lived but I still speak with passion whilst telling the history of their trials and tribulations. It's a story of a great orator, something you clearly don't know anything about judging by your absurd comment. Historians try to make history alive so people learn it and therefore humanity do not run the same mistakes as we did in the past.

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

@FloOb You're not old. If you were you would be wise enough to know what these great men did for our country and not be so guillible about old failed socialists whom lust for only power say about them.

While we're talking about Churchill's supposed racism, "Winston" became a very popular name in the West Indies after World War II due to the high esteem he was held in there. Just because he wasn't woke doesn't mean that he was terrible towards them, and they clearly believed so too.

Andrew Roberts is my favourite historian, he's a breath of fresh air in this day and age when the term "Great Man History" is looked down upon, wrongfully. His book on Napoleon is excellent

@shorelineboy

4 жыл бұрын

I think you would be better of reading the famous 5

These series of interviews are excellent. Mr Edginton asks the right questions and allows the interviewee to answer at length. Contrast this to the BBC!

Stephen - you are a brilliant interviewer and should be more widely known. The Sun interviews are wonderful and you give people an opportunity to showcase their expertise in a fascinating way. It is like a throwback to the 60s when TV interviewers were rather gentler and brought people out better. Lovely chats. Well done!

Great interview. The more i see and hear of Steven Edginton the more i like him.He is a fine journalist and interviewer who i am sure has a very bright career ahead of him, maybe even of Churchillian stranded if he plays his cards right.

@AminTheMystic

4 жыл бұрын

Invite all right wingers and ask prepared 'soft' questions. There's trend of it going on.

I am reading Andrew Roberts biography on Winston Churchill, again, its hard to put down. Brilliant read.

didn't Churchill starve the people of India

A wonderful interview bravo!

Churchill and Johnson are nothing alike! For all his faults, Churchill had honour, respect, dignity, intelligence, and style, none of which Johnson has. This man needs to remove his tongue from Boris' arse and get a grip on himself. Even by the S*n's standards this is appalling journalism.

On what pages do the favorite quotes appear?

Churchill saved Europe and it's democratic achievements from actual tyrants. A hero for all mankind. Respect from Brazil!

Cough bengal famine cough.

@gw7624

4 жыл бұрын

Caused by _numerous_ factors you knucklehead.

@Jino-yl3uk

4 жыл бұрын

@@gw7624 the largest of which being the forced exploitation of grain, or did you also not learn about the Irish famine during your rose tinted faux history lessons.

@gw7624

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jino-yl3uk The largest factor was the occupation of Burma. As for the Irish Famine, poor farming practices, particularly the lack of crop rotation, were the leading cause of the famine following the blight. Those are the *facts* - nothing 'rose-tinted' here my dull friend.

@Jino-yl3uk

4 жыл бұрын

@@gw7624 So the forced exportation of Irish Crops by Prime minister peele was a figment of their imagination. Get a first in History then get a PhD and then maybe you'll be qualified to give me a Lecture.

@gw7624

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jino-yl3uk If they're _really_ your credentials, I'd ask for your money back.

Uplifting and balanced. For an "irk" like me, this was history made truly interesting. (OK I'm an engineer). Great stuff!

How disappointing to see such a well respected historian put to use for such a rag like 'The Sun' P.S Get a better agent Andrew!

Two different men from two very different times. Churchill was born into the ruling class of a country that ruled over a quarter of the world.

@catgirltreats

4 жыл бұрын

It was wrong then, it's wrong now

@jwadaow

4 жыл бұрын

@@catgirltreats You are wrong now, you'll be wrong forever.

@michaelgilday

4 жыл бұрын

Boris is directly related to all the past monarchs of Europe and his 8th time Great Grandfather was King George the 2nd.

@Iazzaboyce

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgilday When you say 'directly related' he also had 511 other 8th time Great Grandfathers. The point I was making is it was significant to be born into the British ruling class in the 19th century.

@METALFREAK03

4 жыл бұрын

@@Iazzaboyce plus the golden empire of the second Great British Empire. even though I still believe in imperialism. Birtish imperialism. I truly believe the age of empires will come again and Britian will take the whole world this time (not just a 3 quarters of it) and that is when humanity will ascend to space and exploration of many galaxies beyond. Every country under British rule, loved us. This cannot be a coincidence. Adversely, every country that was under British rule has split into 2,3,4,or 5 separate countries since their "independence" apart from USA and Austrailia. Now tell me if that is "better" than being able to work with thy neighbour? Imperialism, Birtish Imperialism IS the greatest. No doubt. It shall rise again. We haven't had our THIRD empire yet like all major empires have done in the past.

Excellent!!

Tremendous interview.

The greatest Englishman who ever lived... I'm sure Bengal has something to say about that.

@lennycam1775

4 жыл бұрын

When it wasnt his fualt but he gets blamed cus he took blame for others

@benbow7

4 жыл бұрын

He was a traitor who betrayed his country for money.

@jakebarnes3054

4 жыл бұрын

@@benbow7 "we stuck the wrong pig", all because they rejected international finance. There are also no heroic qualities to the man, he was an alcoholic, very indulgent and lacked any morals

@lennycam1775

4 жыл бұрын

@@benbow7 how? He was already rich and only become prime minister for the poeple as he was 2nd choice and he couldnt refuse

@jakebarnes3054

4 жыл бұрын

@@lennycam1775 he was groomed by Rothschilds when he was a young man in the navy, took him to parties, paid for his uniforms etc. Due to his friendship with them as time went on he was in debt to them to do favours. After WW1 the only person calling for war with Germany again was Churchill, who was regarded as a warmonger. He would push for war any time he could. While Tommies and Jerries died, he drank champagne. Really respectable.

this Steven Edginton guy has been popping up quite a bit. I think he is actually a great interviewer

Wonderful interview of Britain's leading historian...full and laughs and insights. Is he right about Boris Johnson? History will be the final judge.

Roberts is utterly solid. No wonder the leftie pygmies hate him.

Brilliant!

I was wondering why there was so many left wing views on here then I noticed people hadn’t finished work yet.

@TheOneLichemperor

4 жыл бұрын

What are we supposed to infer from your comment about your own employment status? ;P Joking, of course. ;) Like that stops people these days anyway - they're always within reach of their phone, work or not.

@politicalphilosophy-thegre3894

4 жыл бұрын

"but then I noticed people hadn't finished work yet" Given that the UK unemployment rate is currently 3.6%, there are not likely to be many unemployed people posting to this website. Still less teachers, university lecturers, public sector workers, nurses etc who have some of the longest working hours in the UK.

@boitle

4 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be left wing to think that this is an absurd comparison. What has Boris done to warrant being compared to a wartime president?

I have also said this he talks like him also. I think were in better hands with Boris Than more ppl will care to agree

@mrkostur-corniski200

4 жыл бұрын

But one is british the other isnt his accent is forced the others wasn't one fought in wars the other was a journalists i can see the similarities though

@cjmitz

4 жыл бұрын

I don't care about anyone's views towards Boris politically. But as a human being and besides from the book he wrote himself attempting his own comparison with Churchill, the fact people compare to the two with any natural likeness is sickening. Simply, if there are similarity, Boris took those ideas directly from the man's literature.

You have on all my favorite people

WSC gave GB world wide respect that will last forever,

A minor point. It's good that Mr Roberts pays tribute to the Commonwealth soldiers who stood with Britain and to reiterate the huge courage and loyalty nations like AU NZ & Canada showed to England coming immediately to her defence. However, he is wrong that it was just the Canadians that stood against the threat of a German invasion during and just after the dark days of the Dunkirk evacuation. The 2nd Echelon of New Zealand soldiers was diverted to England to form part of the defence of this island too. They remained here until 1941 when it was thought safe enough for them to leave us and join their fellow Kiwis who had been defending Egypt since Feb 1940. Perhaps too, it may be added that it was a brilliant New Zealand air marshal, Sir Keith Parks who orchestrated the air defence of London and the South East, and that many Kiwis, Australians and Canadians also flew in the Battle of Britain. While it was overwhelmingly the British who made up our early forces the contribution of these Commonwealth soldiers, airmen and sailors was not just significant but given that they were all volunteers it proved the great bond that existed between our nations.

I think most people are reacting to the video title rather than commenting on the context of the interview. You can compare anyone with anyone, listen to what he says and remember it's his opinion. Take everything you hear these days with a pinch of salt and a degree of scepticism. But leave personal attacks out of it and grow up.

SUPERB

If they wave around a copy of the interviewees book it's time to watch something else

I remember when Churchill died in 1965, but don’t remember him as a politician, however listening to my father and grandfather talk about him they both said he was the right person to be the war time Prime Minister , but was useless as a peace time Prime Minister. They also told me and its never mentioned, that Churchill as Prime Minister was running the war effort, but it was Attlee as Deputy Prime Minister who was running the country on the domestic home front. So when the 1945 General Election came it wasn’t such a surprise that Attlee won, but his huge majority was.

Health & Safety regulations means Britain will never see another Churchill, and be WEARY of headlines !! The media like to have you all excited or angry with misleading headlines. The Sun , knows full well Boris has never claimed accolade as Churchill and all we have is two strangers comparing Boris to Churchill ( in their opinions ).

A question. Does Andrew Roberts talk about Operation Unthinkable in the biography?

Boris hasn't done anything yet!!

@user-qg1jb8rw8e

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😅🤣🤣🤣 Are you stupid or have you been hypnotized by the Tories.

Actually, the Gallipoli expedition, in spite of being 'the largest amphibious operation' until D-Day, was seriously undermanned. The force was fewer in number than both Churchill and Hamilton (the Commander of the expedition) thought necessary. They allowed their view to be overborn by those generals, led by Kitchener, who were heavily invested in the European war and thought the Dardanelles expedition was essentially a sideshow and any force sent would be better employed on the Western Front.

Can't wait until the Sun is finally vanquished.

@Sahvi

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Spaniel I wouldn’t wish to be on your level pal

I disagree about Churchill, but this is a great interview.

9:54 to 11:26 all those close brushes with death when Churchill was young -- it almost sounds like time travellers from the future were trying to kill him, but fate kept intervening since Churchill had an important role to play in his later years

Has spilled No Blood, Wet or Tears ?

Comparison /kəmˈparɪs(ə)n/ noun "a consideration or estimate of the *similarities* or *dissimilarities* between two things or people. "

May I ask to have a person on to talk about all the radical things that are happening all over the world in all governments and why this is happening , it is so ott it’s quite unbelievable really I would really like to have an understanding of the situation and thank you if you take time to read this and if you make it happen

Andrew wants to sell books and, like all intellectuals, would like to take part in history in the making. Churchill in 1940 as First Lord of the Admiralty was a disaster during the Norwegian Campaign and, in 1945, being 70 years old and a spent force, he insisted, as many old men do, on standing for PM (when reelected he had another stroke and was totally useless) . Being part of the upper classes, he did NOT understand that the British people wanted "homes fit for heroes" in 1945. Last, had it not been for Hitler, he would have ended in the dustbin of history ( so would have De Gaulle) .

Churchill was an interesting character alright.

A wonderful biography: I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. What would be interesting is a thorough investigation into his relationship with Roosevelt who was far more to the left than he; a man who was surrounded by communists, communist sympathisers (like Harry Hopkins) and fellow travellers. These people had more than a little to do with America's late entry to the war, and America's refusal to send arms to England until the eventual lend-lease breakthrough (which was a pretty hard-nosed policy anyway).

Steven I enjoy your interviews no matter what the subjects Thankyou your gifted

That Neil Warnock hairline tho

Boris is barely a Conservative

@yggdrasilltree7782

4 жыл бұрын

Neither was Churchill.. He was shilling for a certain tribe.

@robbyron769

4 жыл бұрын

Its very true- I think many people in the North voted for Boris-just like in London which has always been Labour-its called the Boris factor- but it works dont you think Simon?

@johnmandragon4830

4 жыл бұрын

Boris is whatever he has to be that day to win popularity. And you lot voted for him.

@alexanderthegreat1356

4 жыл бұрын

Harlie C nice someone else has brains here

Another interesting and well conducted interview. More of the same please.

I'm reading his book on Napoleon and Wellington right now! Great read! 👌🏾

@emperater

4 жыл бұрын

@Rad Derry combination of things tbh...good generalship from Wellington but a disastrous invasion of Russia just as he was bogged down in a guerilla campaign in Iberia is what did him in I suppose. Hitler made the same mistake by fighting on two fronts.

Shouldn't the Sun be focusing on hounding vulnerable people instead of this stuff?

Possibly the only time I’ve seen both the left and the right outraged by the same content 😂

Did Andrew ever meet Churchill?

I don't think its possible to do a comparison yet, but compared to the damp cloths that we've had as prime ministers recently it is almost understandable that we would draw comparisons the second we get a prime minister that is actually patriotic.

Well BoJo, when you successfully navigate this country through 6 years of World War, then we'll talk comparisons- this is a puff piece at best.

835 cretins thumbed it down!

Intro messed up hairline why

Churchill saw himself as a benevolent British Imperialist.

Churchill helped unite the country, Johnson divided it.

@kljmaq

4 жыл бұрын

^^^ TRIGGERED CORBYNISTA. ^^^

Surely does not state all his mistakes, he was mistaken to think Munich most advantaged Hitler, and popular to keep that view after 1945, and Roberts has no intention to challenge the popular confusion that appeasement was more than just a term in the 1930s, it was a diplomatic term, and a mistake for Churchill to exploit the confusion in 1948, just as it is a mistake by academics generally to perpetuate the myth.

A little early. Let's see in a few years.

I always had a lot of time for Andrew Roberts - until now. To compare the ridiculous caricature that is Boris Johnson with our greatest PM is an insult on a gigantic scale.

So he won the war and lost the empire, bankrupted the country. The countries that lost WW2 are doing better than the UK. I am talking about Japan and Germany.

First comment I've ever posted on a video I did not watch. No need to - comparing Boris Johnson to Churchill is equivalent to comparing William Shakespeare to a Sun headline writer. Enough said.

Boris would have been bedding Mrs Churchill while Winston was fighting the War. Leopards and Spots.

Fascinating information about Churchill BTW.

Churchill was in a class all of his own. Blow Jo comes no where near him.

Churchill said about a politician that the had "the spine of a chocolate Eclair". Was he referring to BOJO from beyond the grave?

@michaelmurphy4545

4 жыл бұрын

That was Teddy Roosevelt, shmuckface.

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmurphy4545 No need to be vulgar putzhead! Churchill said it too, if you can read!

Preferred him in the Hamlet advert.

What did Churchill call the starving Bengalies again? Churchills sided with the Muslim League which resulted in the break-up of India

And the Armenian genocide was just a relocation

Sure, compare him all you like, but the only thing that is similar is the squirt of energy in his sentences. Other than that, there are no similarities at all. Boris Johnson has a LOT to prove and even then, he ain't no Churchill.

@g0rd0nfreeman

4 жыл бұрын

GamingTutor did you even listen to the interview? The question was comparing their characters and principles, not accomplishments. I suppose you just read the salty comments and couldn’t resist joining the low brow mob. Fool.

Sun - take learned, knowledgable interviewers who are attentive (repeated questions) have ease of self and manners. This boy (whatever his age) is too eager, makes one ill at ease and does not KNOW to show due respect to an august elderly biographer and the great subject WC himself.

The youthful interviewer appears inappropriately presumptuous in devoting some 30% of the questions at the beginning wholly to Churchill's "flaws and failings and errors". Makes Edginton - not Churchill - look ridiculous.