In short
Part 2 of Finn vs. History’s Idi Amin series. It covers how Amin’s rise was enabled by Western anti-communism and Middle East geopolitics, his early international visits (Israel, then London), and the consolidation of his rule through purges, mass killings, and a secret police. It also details the 1972 expulsion of Uganda’s South Asian community (“Jews of Africa”) and the brutality of his detention and torture regime.
Guests
Horatio Gould (co-host/guest). The episode also features recurring hosts/characters (Finn vs. History team), with frequent comedic asides.
Key claims
Edward Heath recognized Amin as a bulwark against communism. Israel supported Amin as a buffer against Arab states. Amin promised not to nationalize British-owned industries, then carried out genocidal violence. By early 1972, Amin’s forces killed thousands of soldiers and opponents; later, they murdered hundreds to thousands of supporters of Milton Obote. Amin’s State Research Bureau abducted people and used extreme torture; public executions were broadcast. In 1972 Amin ordered South Asians to leave within 90 days, with 60 pounds/200 kilos baggage limits.
Notable examples
Amin’s shopping spree in London; purges of Acholi/Langi tribes; bayoneting 36 senior soldiers after “training”; alleged severed-head freezer taunt; bodies clogging a Lake Victoria hydroelectric dam; expulsion of ~80,000 South Asians; Amin’s “I have a dream… you should all f*ck off” speech.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOSetting the Scene: Amin in Power
1:38 to 2:31
Discussion on Idi Amin's rise to power and relationships with world leaders.
“You eat the poo-poo or pay for the petrage?”
Amin's Political Maneuvering
2:31 to 3:38
Exploring Amin's strategies to maintain power amidst chaos.
Amin's Shopping Spree in London
3:38 to 4:50
Amin's humorous shopping habits during his visit to London.
“You know, if that's all Israel wanted, that'd be fine, wouldn't it?”
Amin's Domestic Issues
4:50 to 6:32
Insights into the challenges facing Amin's regime at home.
“So at one point, I think there was a, I think every week there was a plane left open for him at Heathrow that they just load up with like suits, whiskey, you know, caviar, whatever.”
The Brutal Purge
6:32 to 7:12
Detailing Amin's violent actions against his enemies and political rivals.
“I mean, that's a great branding for fiber.”
Amin's Methods of Control
7:12 to 9:59
Discussion on Amin's brutal methods of maintaining his rule over Uganda.
“We don't know if anyone's hit the country.”
Amin's Methods of Control
10:02 to 12:23
Discussion on Amin's brutal methods of maintaining his rule over Uganda.
“Now, I've been trying to protect myself online.”
The Aftermath of Amin's Rule
12:23 to 14:00
Exploring the consequences of Amin's regime and his violent legacy.
“I feel if I'd just arrived, that would be pretty harrowing.”
Light Banter and Thank You's
14:00 to 14:32
The hosts engage in playful banter and humorously discuss gratitude.
Amin's Atrocities Begin
14:32 to 15:34
Discussion begins on the violent actions of Idi Amin's regime against his opponents.
“Idi Amin's men murder hundreds of Abote supporters.”
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Political Context of 1971
15:34 to 16:53
The hosts humorously contextualize the political climate of 1971 in relation to notable US presidents.
“We haven't really talked about Jimmy Carter but I do want to get onto Jimmy Carter but I would reckon it's between the biggest and smallest knobs ever to be.”
Amin's Secret Police
16:53 to 18:22
The discussion shifts to Idi Amin's establishment of a secret police force and its operations.
“He's got probably the most small dick actual energy.”
Torture Methods Under Amin
18:22 to 21:00
A deep dive into the horrendous torture methods employed by Amin's regime.
“He's asking them, and what do you do for a living?”
Salt and Its Deadly Effects
21:00 to 23:10
The hosts engage in a macabre discussion about salt consumption and its lethal consequences.
“My one's going to be your one and the hammer.”
Exercise and Torture
23:10 to 25:35
A comedic exploration of the absurdity of torture methods as they relate to exercise.
“There's 146 grams of salt, which is not that much, is it?”
Amin's Quotes and Personality
25:35 to 28:00
Discussion on Idi Amin's personality and his infamous quotes regarding freedom of speech.
“Is there not one country that the Vatican City deadlift?”
Idi Amin's Quotes on Freedom of Speech
28:00 to 29:20
Explore Idi Amin's controversial views on freedom of speech and consequence culture.
“If this goes to shit, you could go, you can.”
The Titles of Idi Amin
29:20 to 31:00
Delve into the absurdly grand titles and self-perception of Idi Amin.
“That's one thing you can't, he's not lying about.”
Idi Amin's Personality and Humor
31:00 to 32:30
Discuss the humorous aspects of Amin's personality and his love for music.
“You've got two black power salutes down there.”
Idi Amin's Musical Pursuits and Boxing
33:27 to 35:30
Examine Amin's awkward musical talents and his boxing endeavors.
“Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu is now streaming on Disney+.”
Amin's Admiration for Hitler
35:30 to 37:20
Explore Amin's controversial admiration for Adolf Hitler and its implications.
“Yes, because I can name several places in Scotland where they would treat you like that Yeah, but has Idi Amin ever been to Scotland?”
The Expulsion of Asians from Uganda
37:20 to 42:00
Discuss Amin's brutal expulsion of Asians and the socio-political climate in Uganda.
“At some point he says, basically he meets Gaddafi and Gaddafi is like, I hate Israel and that lot.”
The Ugandan Asian Diaspora
42:00 to 44:21
Discussing the success and history of the Ugandan Asian community.
Priti Patel and Politicians
44:21 to 48:08
A humorous analysis of Priti Patel and her political context.
“Also, Charlie XCX's mum is a Ugandan Asian.”
Idi Amin's Marriages and Polygamy
48:08 to 50:43
Exploring Idi Amin's polygamous relationships and their implications.
“Let's get to what he does to his second wife.”
The Tragedy of a Botched Abortion
50:43 to 54:25
Details surrounding the death of Amin's second wife and its aftermath.
“He's taking polyamorous men's girlfriends.”
Cannibalism Claims and Cultural Commentary
54:25 to 56:00
Discussing rumors of cannibalism associated with Idi Amin and cultural critiques.
“He claims, quote, I have eaten human meat.”
Jon Snow's Controversial Encounter with Idi Amin
56:00 to 58:18
Explore Jon Snow's bizarre claims about his potential confrontation with Idi Amin.
“on several occasions he told me quite proudly they had eaten the organs or flesh of his human victims.”
The Expulsion of Indians from Uganda
58:18 to 59:18
Learn about Idi Amin's expulsion of the Indian population and its economic impact.
“I went for a curry last night and this morning I kicked out every Ugandan-Asian I found.”
The Consequences of Amin's Policies
59:18 to 1:00:13
Discuss the broader implications of Amin's actions on Uganda's economy and society.
“It's not like we were doing much better, to be honest.”
The Consequences of Amin's Policies
1:01:42 to 1:02:09
Discuss the broader implications of Amin's actions on Uganda's economy and society.
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Transcript
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1:27Welcome back, listeners, to Finn vs. History. It's part two of the Idi Amin series. I'm joined by Horatio Gould. Why are you gay? Why are you not on the Patreon? This is... Why you no pay? Why you no pay? Why you no pay? Why you no pay? Are you gay? Are you gay? Only gay no pay. You eat the poo-poo or pay for the petrage? We're into part two. Big Daddy's in power. Yeah. I'm wearing my hat to a slant. This is a cool dictator. Is it? Yeah. So this is what... Steve Buscemi. Yes. With the skateboard as a dictator. Yeah. So a dictator, his main thing is to attempt to get with the youth. uh idiamine's first the first person the first world reader world reader the first world reader the first world reader to recognize idiamine gonna be a big episode for asians this the first world leader to recognize idiamine is none other than our old friend friend of the pod my goat himself my goat british prime minister edward heath yes pour one out for ted go on he doesn't see women but he sees Idi Amin yes you're a man I can get on with you're a massive man I could see all of you imagine Heath and Amin in loincloths wrestling and all that wouldn't that be nice I think it'd be more Idi would be cradling Heath because Heath was essentially well he's like a baby potentially Heath eat the poo poo potentially behind doors he might eat the poo poo are we saying eat the poo poo is now a slur for being gay yeah right okay no I know but are we calling Edward Heath and eat the poo poo yeah right okay fine we are Ted Heath he's one of the first world leaders to recognize amin because sees idi amin as a bulwark against communism because milton abote not milton jones had been leaning left and idi amin has snatched power from him and he's now in control of uganda and amin promises first off that he will not nationalize the british-owned industries and the british officials they think they can control him but this is the same pattern in every single one of these we've done pretty much right it's like decolonization madman gets put in state by the west because they think he's going to stop communism ends up genociding his own people it's the same in every single which is still better than communism so it's win-win Israel supports Amin's rise to power
3:51these days Israel wants a friendly African nation to buffer against the Arab countries in North Africa of a friendly African nation. It does sound like a great place. El Lode. You know, if that's all Israel wanted, that'd be fine, wouldn't it? Yeah. But actually, Uganda was originally going to be Israel. Did you know that? Yes, we talked about that, yeah. There was a moment where they were like, let's make a protectorate for the Jews in Uganda. What could have been? Africa core would be very different. I feel that there would have been another mess. You think they make a mess wherever they go?
4:23No. Is that what you're saying? It's not what I'm saying. Sounds like that's what you're saying. I'm just saying, just seeing that region's pretty spicy, is it? It is quite spicy. I don't think it would be a peaceful gated community for Israel. No, you probably have people with blue hair saying free Kenya, but whatever. Anyway, Amin's first state visit is to Israel. And this is, again, this is pre his love affair with Gaddafi. Colonel Gaddafi is not this hot on Israel. Just call him the colonel. The colonel. Colonel of our hearts. after Israel Idi Amin flies unannounced to London to meet the queen only he knows that he's going to meet the queen he arrives hello dear where is the queen where is your queen he tells her that his visit is a pretext for a shopping spree because he fucking loves going shopping Idi Amin be shopping yeah he claims London Oxford Street you know Marble Arch he does it all he claims London is the only place he could find size 14 shoes.
5:23So at one point, I think there was a, I think every week there was a plane left open for him at Heathrow that they just load up with like suits, whiskey, you know, caviar, whatever. He's a shopaholic. He's a shopaholic. It's like, it's basically. I've got a bit of a problem with shop. I'm a bit of an online shopper. Are you? I just become a bit of a problem. I can't stop. You know, because I live with Paddy and Paddy says that he needs to get at least 30 sponsored ads before he'd buy that. it needs to break them down right i can do it first time i want that yeah just straight away straight away so i'm pretty susceptible it's quite uh you're quite womanly in that regard my wife my god and bb does never shops so she's kind of the bloke in that right situation and i'm always so she's she's got to fold up your cardboard yes and all your internet that's what i do and i take my stress out by folding up the cardboard in the recycling bin aggressively i have a little i I take a little knife out there and I stab my cardboard like that.
6:18And I'm fine. I don't need therapy. I've got my little knife and my cardboard. My wife insists on buying things. Anyway, it's all crap as well. Yeah. Needless. I'm a sucker. What are you buying then? Just all sorts of things. Clothes. I bought fiber powder recently. Fiber powder? It's like fiber supplements. Need a poo poo. Need a poo poo. Need a poo poo. Need a poo poo powder. I mean, that's a great branding for fiber. Need a poo-poo? Need a poo-poo? Eat a powder. Get the guy who did eat the poo-poo. Let him have like a memified career resurgence similar to Why Are You a Gay Man? So he goes to Israel.
6:58Now, he then goes shopping. Idi Amin be shopping. At home, however, he's not quite as jolly as he's making it seem. Problems at home. Problems at home. Idi Amin's got problems at home. Maybe the shopping is covering up for the fact that he's got a lot going on at home. The country has fallen down the stairs. We don't know if anyone's hit the country. The country's answered the door with two black eyes and they're saying they fell down the stairs. And I'm taking that at face value. Amin reappoints himself commander of the army, but it must be stressed that the military coup he's just done, that's not really the army.
7:32It's like a few thousand people in the army. Do a cuckoo.
7:38Do the cuckoo. Yeah, he didn't mean do the cuckoo. so it's only really like his mates in the army that are actually taking control sounds like a fucking what a time i mean it's basically a whatsapp thread's gone fuck it let's run the country and then they're now like oh shit this isn't even the main army whatsapp thread this is a thread that we joined to complain about the other guys in the army uh so now they have to uh clean house yeah which they do fairly robustly right it's end of tenancy clean yeah deep clean we're deep clean in the army otherwise known as a purge yeah he extinguishes any opposing voice political or military and his former health minister henry kiemba later said even amin does not know how many people he's ordered to be executed the country is littered with bodies so uh he purges what the members of the army who belong to the achuli and langi tribes he just lines them up he shoots them supposedly he visits the morgue at night to taunt his dead enemies which seems like rubbing it in tough on crime tough on the causes of crime opens the morgue i mean it seems slightly like nelson i don't know why you're doing that yeah he's a he's a cartoon bully yes yeah he is um he orders 36 senior soldiers to come to a special training and then when they get there he just bayonets them to death that's quite funny though that is quite funny yeah it's a you know no no special training it's a yeah it's a pullback and reveal special training yeah um because i wouldn't be expecting that so no he invites others to meetings locks the doors and throws grenades in.
9:11I mean, it is quite a funny way of doing it. It's quite a clown card. That's what I mean. It's like, you know, you're comparing this to like the Stalinist purges. But you know the bangers, the things you throw on the ground, the snapping things. Yeah. It's like that. Stink bombs. No, no. You know what I'm talking about. They're like little bits of flip. Firecrackers. It's like that. It's a bit fun, but instead it's grenades and they die. Yeah, in a locked room. It's not the same. Well, that's simulating that. He's just doing it for real. Right. Yes, that's true. So by early 1972, he's killed around 5 ,000 soldiers.
9:42So he's taken revenge on the people who tried to stop the coup. Anyone he thinks is still loyal to a Bote, who is in... A Bote was coming back from Singapore on a plane and then heard Amin was in charge and just diverts the plane to Tanzania and just sort of rocks up there. So he's living in Tanzania. This episode of Finversus History is brought to you by our dear friends at Surfshark. Now, I've been trying to protect myself online. I've been putting condoms over my laptop. I've been mashing up contraceptive pills and putting it in the HDMI port. I've broken my laptop. Yeah. But. Turns out. What?
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13:003D dartboard. I mean, maybe if I was sober... 180. I feel if I'd just arrived, that would be pretty harrowing. Four or five wines deep, the head comes out. I think it's just... After dinner. Before dessert. Before dessert. Yeah. You've had your main... I think when you're but too settled in, I just don't think you're open with it. Not with the nibbles, Iddy. Okay? it's a bit of strong with the nibbles yeah what is it John? you know with Pistorius where I could only I can really imagine Pistorius shooting his wife through the door of my toilet that I showed my brother you have a lack of empathy when it comes to the toilet you can't imagine another toilet so in the Pistorius patron episode you said that you imagine he did it in your toilet I can only picture it there I always have and this one I can imagine it I used to live in a warehouse with a massive lamp and we had a big freezer and I can only really imagine this in my old in the warehouse like Iddy Armin in my warehouse is it like a chest freezer yes you could put a body in the freezer you could definitely fit a head in there right probably more similar we had a big lamp and I can imagine Iddy in there right that's all right thank you no worries I think you should start saying thank you after your interjections more as if you've well thank you like a folk singer when he's just done a song thank you thank you that was new that was new that was new when I was trying thank you so this interjections call if you could actually title them before you do it as well.
14:24This one's called Another Pooh Story. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks very much. So in early 72, Idi Amin's men murder hundreds of Abote supporters. Again, Abote supporter sounds like a slur on the Tanzanian border. 20 ,000 of them then flee into Tanzania. The bloodbath is so extensive that bodies clog a hydroelectric dam on Lake Victoria faster than crocodiles could eat them. Okay. He loves sending people, feeding them to the crocs. Yeah. That's his thing. Yeah, it's cartoon. It is a cartoon. It's not the Falkirk wheel, Charlie. Why do you get the Falkirk wheel? I don't know. I could just imagine all the bodies on the Falkirk wheel.
15:07I'm in a different place to you guys in this episode. Yeah. Clearly. I'm at mine or in Scotland. We're in Uganda. To be fair, we haven't placed... I mean, where this country's going, the Falkirk wheel will probably be clogged with bodies. Right. we haven't placed this which is maybe why Charlie's can't get a grip yeah we're in 1971 in Uganda would you like to place 1971 for us 1971 so that is that is after LBJ and his big knob got sworn into office which was the biggest knob an American president has ever had has been in office and has left and it's before the smallest knob I would say in American office Jimmy Carter and his cardigans.
15:51We haven't really talked about Jimmy Carter but I do want to get onto Jimmy Carter but I would reckon it's between the biggest and smallest knobs ever to be. Well he was a peanut farmer which sounds like a slur for someone who's more than a He wore cardigans. Fucking peanut farmer. Can we try and find out Jimmy, so that's Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday. I bet I, man his, no one's knob has been smaller than Jimmy Carter on his 100th birthday. Yeah, the video Jimmy Carter enjoying his 100th birthday. I don't think he's enjoying anything. Yeah, but can we just try and find out if we get a sense of how Yeah, can we get a sense of the size of the knob?
16:18I would look Christ that he right now he's the size of LBJ's knob being wheeled out LBJ's knob is in a wheelchair looking at an air display for his 100th birthday he was approximately 5 '9 and half inches tall 5 '9 5 okay a history of severe recurring hemorrhoids don't know if that means anything that caused incapacitation in 1978 wow so he could not do his presidential duties because he had piles yeah now I've had piles for months and I've been podcasting fine right so he clearly i mean this man was probably the worst there's something else going on yeah but i'd say that between the conjecturally biggest and smallest knob in the post-war u.s presidency yes i'm sure beforehand it's like i think jefferson was packing to shit but yes uh johnson big hog carter peanut farmer edie amin takes place in between those two um what do we think do we think nixon had a big knob um i mean the way he acted implies that he didn't it feels like he was always insecure.
17:20Small dick energy. He's got probably the most small dick actual energy. Yes. But I think it's because, do you know what, whereas Jimmy had a tiny knob, I think Nixon had an aspirational knob. So it was like aspirational working class. It's like on the edge of two classes. That's where the insecurity comes from, right? Yeah. So he's on the edge between two... His middle name was Milhouse. And I know it's after the fact, but it's impossible to think of someone called Milhouse having an absolute schlong. Our nine inch long. The biggest slong to be in the White House is obviously Michelle Obama. Of course.
17:54He's got my knowledge. Errol Musk, Elon Musk's dad, has broken the case that the biggest dick ever to inhabit the White House belongs to Michelle Obama. He's got a nine inch long. He's just obvious. He's got my knowledge. Don't you know? Fucking leg down there. Now, atrocities that Amin starts, the clever thing that Amin does, which I suppose is what the film tries to show, is that his atrocities are kind of happening in the countryside. they're away from the center escape to the country it is a sort of escape to the country um country file yes he's a country chris packham chris packham uganda is very different yes chris is um you're just trying to make country that's what i do whenever country file country i'm like what i don't know i don't know control that guy's a country file i'm going into a rural supermarket car parks no he's a statutory country file i think yeah yeah yeah anyway uh now he didn't mean sets up his own secret police uh i got a lot of time for this can you find some pictures charlie of the state research bureau that's what i mean it's a secret police so you want to be secretive yeah you want to go under the radar you're sort of like a you're like a u-boat really yes and he gets them all to wear leather jackets hawaiian shirts and aviators similar to the tonton similar to papadoc's secret police yeah only in africa would you get guys walking around in sort of pointless contestant shirts leather jackets they look like they're on a quiz show Just like Alexander Armstrong.
19:42He's asking them, and what do you do for a living? And where do you do that? Nevin doesn't smile. I mean, yeah, ironically, they're wearing Milton Jones tops. He's ironic. So Milton Jones would not have run Uganda. He could have been a member of the secret police. Anyway, so they are responsible for these mass arrests and disappearance. Victims bundled into the boot of a car, never seen again. Prisons get so overcrowded that they start using underground storerooms for the overflow. Now, the torture methods... Yeah, it was quite rich for my blood, actually, some of these torture methods. Some of these torture methods are...
20:21They put Pol Pot to shame. Yeah. And it's about a similar time, is it? Yeah, it is a similar time. It's not a great era for torture, or it's a very good era for torture. They might have used some Pol Pot in the torture methods, though. Yes, they might have. So the State Research Bureau, in the Hawaiian shirts, I want you to remember that while I'm reading out this list, it's all happening to you in a Hawaiian shirt, which is maybe even worse. I think it might be. Might be worse. The last thing you can remember is seeing the colourful patterns of the... Yeah, it's like... Aloha. Yeah, Aloha. They don't have the flower necklaces.
20:51No, they don't have a lele. That would be taking the piss. It's like, by all means, like, you know... Yeah, electrocute my balls. Electrocute my balls. Don't fucking do it in a lele. That's taking the piss. So they pour boiling water over them. Sam Allardyce, 442. Fuck off. Human tea. They'd get people... put the kettle on put the kettle on human tea maybe they call it that that's a bit of fun yeah they would get prisoners to fight to the death with hammers no that's not a great one that's um i mean yeah yeah i mean if i guess if you can get past the the ethics and you get past the ethics uh i guess there's a spectator element i guess it's got diy pokemon maybe i'll pick up because what i would do if i was a torturer so i'm a sick fuck this is not me but if I was getting past it, it would maybe pass the time better if I could like, it's like playing dice with the guy across from you.
21:44My one's going to be your one and the hammer. You put money on it. Gamify it. Yes, well, they clearly gamify it. They would force, forced consumption of salt until death by dehydration. I'd hate that. I would absolutely hate that. Going the same way as a slug, not for me. Not for me. Eating just like spoonfuls of salt until you die. how many how much salt is that charlie can you find out i made the most banging carbonara the other day i don't think that's right and right it was full of salt it was there was so much salt in it that i had to have uh i couldn't finish it and i had to sit in the shower like i don't know how good that carbonara sounds like one of the worst carbonara's ever been that feels like there's too much salt no there was too much but it was like the perfect carbon if you have to go in the shower like you've just been traumatized i had to sit on the floor like were you fully closed rocking back like a boy girl yeah if you if you if you have to eat a carbonara and then have like a post-rape shower, it wasn't a good carbonara.
22:39But other than the amount of salt, it was so banging. Well, it wasn't, was it? It nearly was. A lethal dose of table salt is roughly 0.5 to 1 gram per kilo of body weight. That's salt poisoning. So let's see how much it would take to kill Idi Amin. Well, yeah, Idi Amin was 127 kilograms at his peak. Now, how much was Gemma Collins at her peak? How much salt? Is that like a Ford Fiesta full of salt? I reckon she's... Is that, you know... She's riding it, though. She's on the line. She's riding a bag of salt. So Gemma Collins at her pomp. 23 stone, so 146 kilograms. Right, so what's that? 14 kilograms of salt?
23:17No, it's one gram per kilogram. It's one gram per kilogram. There's 146 grams of salt, which is not that much, is it? It's not that much. It's probably about as much as you put in a carbonara. But one spoonful of salt would fuck you up. So it's about a quarter of a puppy. why is that your measurement so hang on so jama collins who i think you told us weighs five seven year olds yeah it would take a what a quarter of a quarter of a puppy to kill you to kill a quarter of a puppy of salt so it's not much at all pretty lethal well not if you weigh five seven year olds it's not that much actually is it a quarter of a puppy
23:58how have you changed species i mean you could have you could have even used a different age human and you've changed species you know we've got our bearings with the seven-year-olds just about just about okay jemma collins is five seven-year-olds edia means four right but it takes a quarter of a puppy to kill jemma collins how much of a puppy does it take to kill just a normal sized man probably probably basically not a puppy if it's not even a puppy it's not a unit of measurement is it if it's a quarter of a puppy so 400 grams so it would be about a third of a flat in Bristol after I left uni, the guy who'd been in my room before me had kept chinchillas, like three chinchillas.
24:41He was like free bleeding. No, three chinchillas. Oh, sorry. And they weren't loose. There was cages with hay and stuff. You were trying this like, you know, gentle parenting. Yeah, no, no. No, it just, the smell never went. Did you like it? No, I didn't like it. No, you bring a girl back and be like, have you been on a farm? No, it's two chinchillas. The guy before me had chinchillas. Anyway, I digress. Clamps and weights applied to testicles. I hate that. And then you'd have to like squat. You'd do... Well, we did some similar weight when we did a circuit session. I did not make you put kettlebells on your balls.
25:17Felt like you did. You just couldn't lift a kettlebell. You implied it. Sorry? You implied it. I didn't... No, you read into it too much. This is what your PT's making you do, right? It's forced hopping with bricks tied to genitals. That's Ugandan deadlift. Have you noticed? If you put a country's name in front of an exercise, it's automatically worse. It doesn't matter what word it is. Is there not one country that the Vatican City deadlift? No, that's a pedo thing, surely. Yeah. Canadian deadlift? Oh, yeah, that would be what that would be. New Zealand deadlift? Well, that's just not going to the gym, isn't it?
25:50Canadian deadlift. Yeah, you'd have to hop with bricks tied to your genitals. Oh, fuck me. That sounds bad. And then they'd have electrodes applied to women's nipples. and that sounds quite sexy. Yeah. I think some of the women might be enjoying that. Yeah, I think that's a separate thing. I think that's a separate... I don't think that was part of his... I think the researcher just put that in. Let's just leave Idi Amin's private life out of this. Crucially, he lets a few prisoners escape every time so that survivors could... Because that's the thing they say, isn't it? You go, it's better than...
26:17You want to let them live because then they can tell everyone that it's really bad in there. Yeah, you need a witness. Yeah. They've got to be doing Ugandan deadlifts in there. Yeah, what's the point of doing it if it's not on Instagram? Exactly. Exactly. So they have public executions and they show them on TV. Well, there's not a lot of other TV being made. I don't think it's got a huge media industry. Let's tag it on. Is there? Yeah. Did you just hit yourself on the face of the microphone?
26:42I guess in Ugandan TV, it's Ugandan Question Time, which is, why are you gay? Was that David Dibbleby? That's a public shooting. And then it's, which is the news. I mean, I'm enjoying it. I mean, I'm watching it. I'm watching it here on my phone every night. You don't need many channels if it's just that. If it's just that. It's just gold. I'm three channels. Fuck it. Idi Amin had a great thing for quotes. And now we'll get to this when we get to Mugabe. He's probably the king of quotes. Have you seen that clip of the radio hosts where they're like, if you are ugly, you are ugly. Men do not walk around with x-rays looking for your inner beauty.
27:17Was that Mugabe? Yeah, that's Mugabe. Oh, that's great. But Amin has a great thing with quotes. His quotes are this. I love this so much. Is that Mugabe? yeah stop talking about inner beauty men do not walk around with the x-rays to see your inner beauty who is that from i mean i just i just want to i just want to guest on that show i just want to host an african radio show even though i'm white and british i'd love to just you know well maybe if it all goes tips up, you know, Spacey, you know, performing in Cyprus spaces tap dancing in Israel. Maybe you could be doing, I could just be hosting in Africa.
28:01If this goes to shit, you could go, you can. Robert Mugabe school of courts. Um, so these are some of Idi Amin's quotes. You cannot run faster than a bullet. Yes. Uh, there is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech. Which is kind of the kind of ultimate quote. Ultimate quote. On freedom of speech. I want a tea towel with that on it. because it's like freedom of speech is one of the most talked about social issues of our age yes that is sort of like the final quote on it there is no there's no room for maneuver after that yeah you can say what you want but if you say the wrong thing i'm gonna kill you so it's up to you isn't it yeah i mean is that freedom of speech yeah yeah you went to freedom of movement after i've cut your legs off it's consequence culture yes he's a big belief in it's a big believer in consequence culture yeah uh so he's now in terms of his personality we've talked about how he was kind of funny and stuff.
28:53Clearly, he's a funny guy. Sexy. Big Daddy was his name. He calls himself Big Daddy. He's like the nation's father figure. So he drives around without any security. He also claims to have known the exact time and date of his own death. Which he never made public, so we don't know if he was right. I don't know. But he'd be like, I don't need security because I know when I'm going to die and it's not today. So he then quite quickly gives himself a new title, which I will read out in one breath if I can. Ready? his excellency president for life field marshal al hajj dr edy amin dada vc dso mc lord of all beasts of the earth and fishers of the sea and the conqueror of the british empire in africa in general and uganda in particular right i feel phenomenal if you're going to make a really long i don't know if you can have in particular in there no that's so funny he knows exactly what he's doing africa in general uganda in particular i don't know if that can be in your title it's so funny he knows what he's doing yeah sort of uganda which is kind of near zimbabwe but not quite not quite that's in your whole title yeah phenomenal yeah lord of all beasts of the earth and the fishes of the sea and the conqueror of the british empire in africa in general and uganda in particular amazing amazing he gives himself a lord doctorate fuck it i'll take that i want one of those yeah uh he gives himself two military crosses the distinguished service order and the victoria cross which he renames the victorious cross for copyright reasons yeah like when pez does like London Red for Arsenal.
30:17Yeah, yeah. It's a pro-evo Victoria Cross. He's not actually won it. He sees himself as a man of action. He definitely is. He clearly is. That's one thing you can't, he's not lying about. He's a man of action. He gets on with it. Yeah. I mean, you quite often have, you know, you talk to me about how, I don't know if I'm, you know, doing enough or that. Tie some fucking bricks to your nuts and start walking. Yeah, but I don't think that's what he was. No, tie some bricks to someone else's nuts and force them to stop walking. I don't think he was doing that. He's walking around like this. Ugandan deadlifting.
30:47He's got the strongest nuts out of anyone. How would you strengthen your nuts? I don't know if it's a muscle. I don't think you can strengthen them. I don't think there's any muscles in there, right? I'm not an extra on nuts, though. Mine are like two fists.
31:04Yeah. I don't know if mine are... You've got two black power salutes down there. Idi Amin says, quote, I never had any formal education, not even a nursery school certificate. You don't get a certificate for leaving nursery school. but sometimes I know more than PhDs because as a military man, I know how to act. He's got a bit of a point here. I think there's a lot of value put on books but the world is defined by people of action. Yeah. You know, can you type in, this is another African quote, hopefully he's Ugandan, one drunk man's worth three women with PhDs. Type that in. Have you seen this?
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31:36Have you not? I think I have. Okay, here we go. Yeah, yeah. Does he get hit as soon as he says this? So this is basically what I mean saying. one drunk man is more intelligent than three women with PhDs thank you so much thank you so much thank you so much thank you I think he's on their version of Kathy Newman oh that's funny so he has he's a music lover he plays the accordion does he play many songs sorry does he play many songs oh here we go thing is I just you know I just want him to be my dad don't you? yeah yeah he looks like do you imagine having a hug from Idi Amin? imagine the dad jokes from Idi Amin oh I'd love them imagine if your dad was literally Africa Corps Ugandan politician that's your dad and he's hugging you and he's saying but if I am part of that corruption I defend it that's your dad that's great dad stuff go home for the weekend what was it like yeah it was great yeah it's dad got like seven more memes Propel Fitness Water with Gatorade electrolytes, zero sugar and vitamins.
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33:58But he only knew two songs in the accordion. So he would insist on playing all night with a jazz band. and he'd be out of tune with the rest of them. There is nothing... So it's sort of like, what's that album with that guy who's... I guess I should have learned how to play piano. Yeah, where it gets really great jazz musicians and he can't play. That's kind of what Idiomi was doing in his presidential palace. And there is nothing worse than hearing someone try to play the accordion. Yeah. But he knew two songs and he would play them on repeat like for three hours. And he had a house band at his presidential palace called the Suicide Revolutionary Jazz Band, which is pretty fucking sick.
34:33so he also in 1974 at age 46 he organises a rematch against someone who had beaten him in boxing in the 50s and is now the Ugandan national boxing coach his name is Peter Seruwagi and Amin doesn't even get out of his suit and tie walks into the ring and the ring is surrounded by a security team and so Seruwagi just offers no just doesn't even probably put his fists up Amin wins in the second round by technical knockout becomes boxer of the year though Ugandan newspapers yeah big daddy boxer of the year sports personality of the year yeah pretty much it's funny to be dictator and still care about winning sports personality of the year but isn't that classic like dictator moves yeah that seems to be the mindset sports personality of the year but it's like Michael Jordan wanting to win everything even like when you watch the documentary even if he's doing like like fucking trying to chuck a coin in a cup you'll be super competitive yeah it's the winning mentality that's why he's at the top and why you're here as the film site of the film suggests he loves Scotland because he served with the Scottish in the East African King's Rifles and he likes Scotland because apparently they're not racist like the English well wash your mouth out idiot it's the first thing you've done that I've got come on come on come on we show nothing but love and respect for you you never met me yeah I'm not I'm the least racist person I'm the least racist English person there is he says if you go to Scotland you will talk to the people they will welcome you to their house if you go to where there is English they don't want to sit near an African if they see a black man they say he's a monkey or a dog Has he ever been to Scotland?
36:07Yes, because I can name several places in Scotland where they would treat you like that Yeah, but has Idi Amin ever been to Scotland? No, I don't think so, no Well, that's a man who's never been to Scotland Talking out your fucking arse, Idi He enjoys bagpipes, he makes the Ugandan army wear kilts, sporrans That's a bit of fun And a paramilitary group called the Scottish National Liberation Army ask him for assistance and he says he'll help as long as if they win independence they make him the last the king of scott do they agree do we know i think i think they agree but i don't think they do anything about it i mean you never hear a scottish terrorists yeah i've never heard about the snla william morris snl who's snl this year um so let's get to uh the probably the central part of amin's uh story uh his admiration for adolf hitler ed is known as the black hitler the hitler of africa and as i said i'm now fully erect yeah having read those words i'm throbbing i need to be milked i can't continue as he puts it i mean in any country there must be people who have to die they are sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order uh so in some ways he is he's a hitler apologist for sure well At some point he says, basically he meets Gaddafi and Gaddafi is like, I hate Israel and that lot.
37:31And then Amin at some point, it's after the Munich Olympics massacre. Amin, now I'm sure there were many messages sent to the UN after the Munich Olympics massacre. I don't think many of them were saying, well, Germany's the right place for this to happen because he burnt over 6 million Jews. Hitler and all the German people know that the Israelis are not people working in the interest of the people of the world yeah I mean that sounds like one of our comments it does sound like one of our comments thanks for your Patreon subscription whoever said that he openly admired Hitler saying although people's history reacts to comments yeah you know when they peel off the thing on like Jimmy Kimmel we peel it off although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name will never be forgotten.
38:19Okay. Yeah, I mean, it's not really funny, that one. No, it's not as funny, that one. Just sort of making us realise what we've done. He, yeah, he starts, basically becomes mates with Gaddafi. They met at Nasser's funeral. And bear in mind that, you know, Uganda has been like a British and Israeli ally. And then he meets, why are you laughing at that, Charlie? Did I? he meets he meets gaddafi and then quite quickly gaddafi turns him and he goes do you know what fuck israel yeah fuck a lot of them uh this is not is this in gaddafi's pan-arab or pan-african era it's not pan it's still quite early gaddafi so that's pan-arab right yeah no i don't even think it's that i mean he's it's just because pan-africa comes later because he tries pan-arab for a while and then they reject him and then he goes pan-african the sort of state the military he basically becomes the state under Idi Amin.
39:17And he obviously, he gets big t-shirts with his face on it. Merch? We've done that. Yeah, he gets merch. But it's called like Big Daddy. And it's like sort of a rapper's t-shirt. It's pretty cool. In the way that Hitler gets rid of the Jews, allegedly, adi ameen uh in 1972 decides to uh get rid of all the asians in the country who i believe he describes as the jews of africa yes 32 000 workers have been shipped from india to uganda by britain to build a railway uh they then came to dominate the economy to the extent that the rupee was the official currency in uganda to the 1920 like 90 of business the entire economy is owned by this very small minority yes and he didn't mean goes on the radio one morning in 1972 and says i've had a dream but it's not like martin okay it's the opposite i have a dream why don't you fuck off yeah i've had a dream that blacks and asians cannot live together yeah and you should all fuck off this is my country so this country is one color and that is black yeah um so it's the opposite of martin luther king's dream uh but it's still a dream and you know we must give it the respect it deserves so he says that all south asians uh have been he says that uganda has been milked for too long charlie wakes up there he's the dream is that oh that sounds great it's not that kind of milking the dream is this is what he says the dream is that uganda is a cow and the indians are milking it but not feeding it interesting but it's not charlie getting a massage it's not charlie getting milked through a massage table no yeah he says that all the south asians there's about one percent of the population they have to fuck off it's pol pot vibes yeah you fuck off you've got 90 days to leave and if they don't they would quote find themselves sitting on the fire well we've heard what he does so i can imagine he's a man of his word yeah so 80 000 south asians are in uganda and they are forced to leave uh with they can only take 60 pounds and 200 kilos of baggage and then basically all the shops businesses you know you see footage of Kampala in the 70s it's pretty much but these aren't first generation immigrants they've been here for like a couple generations many of them have never been anywhere else and they all just have to fuck off and because a lot of them have British passports so it's Ugandan ice sort of it basically is Ugandan ice what is it are the citizens on board with this or are they like yeah they love it they love it I mean imagine if someone did that here they're loving it imagine if someone I mean this is essentially yeah there's celebrations in the street we're being forcibly kicked out if we don't leave we'll be killed no no no as in like the one the Ugandans I mean yeah yeah they love it they fucking love it imagine nowadays these days imagine these days Idi Amin is basically the first person to he sees a dream of that TikTok with what London will look like in 2030 do the AI slot and he goes they've got to get out they've got to all get out and he acts on it and they're very interesting immigrant diaspora because this is kind of the first they are the most they're the most successful yeah they're the first post-war the biggest post-war refugee crisis of its time it's still the first the first sort of what you'd say human rights the term human rights starts to get used around i mean's reign because of this sort of thing i guess it's not like a famine or a war where there's a migration of people naturally it's like forcibly very quickly it's fuck off yeah it's a fuck off it's fuck offy you look you look you look at the uh descendants of the ugandan asians uh so ran mandami his family moved to london and moved to new york pretty patel pretty patel the fittest politician there is there is there is get a photo up pretty patel i can't take it yeah she's an attractive woman she's an attractive woman if trust and patel formed a party dads are voting for it go on go on then go on then get with each other it's like Daryl Martin you ever do Daryl Martin used to compare for a just tonic if there were two women sat together they'd be like you lesbians or what off the top it's good gear Charlie Charlie Charlie did you just draw this did you draw that did you just draw a photo of Priti Patel sorry say what you see is she drinking a pint of beer our producer's saying say what you see do you want to say what you see please I don't know what's got me more excited drawing a Priti Patel in a bikini drinking beer pregnant pregnant or the idea is she pregnant or is that a beer belly oh come on come on that's not very nice sorry i'll give my seat up in the tube further well yeah i'd do that whether she pregnant or not i'd say you could sit yeah you can sit right i've got i've got a badge saying priority seat on my forehead yeah here you go love no i'd pretend to be the seat i'll be i'd pretend what's your what i've cut myself with the gray cover the blue print yeah is anyone sitting there no no no but then you have but then what if like a blind guy gets on you like oh fuck oh no oh no um priti patel's parents uh east so why they're so successful they're quite a unique uh diaspora right it's because they're you know how like good triple cooked chips are god she's so attractive what's the what's what's this saying yeah i don't know what the what do you mean what's it saying it's pretty patel with i mean yeah it's it's yeah it's got less of a clear meat like a bank so you know what it's about this one it's not quite clear it'd be quite funny if you went into leicester squares and get your caricature done they just drew that and you're what are you a sexy pregnant drunk prissy patel she's a woman of the people i don't think she's pregnant i think that's just a she's like a man i think she's like a bloke that's like that's like go gun i think it was interesting uh in that kind of the that the end of the last tory government it was pretty patel versus swella braverman who both had the baldest whitest husbands and they're both trying to deport as many people it was like an arms race with which kind of which asian woman with a white husband could deport the most for me so ella braverman not for me looks like wallace from Wallace and Groghage.
45:28Not for me. Not for me. Priti Patel, gorgeous. Yes, she is. Drop dead gorgeous. Also, Charlie XCX's mum is a Ugandan Asian. Really? Now, I've never listened to her because I'm a straight man in my 30s. Go on, Charlie XCX. Apparently, she's a big deal. I think Charlie XCX is the greatest artist of this generation. Really? I mean that sincerely. It's probably the gayest thing about me. I saw her at Glastonbury and it changed my life. It was meant to fire up the girls and the gays. Too bad it fired me up. Well, I guess I'm going now then. Yeah, I guess I'm going. well brilliant you're watching her go right well she always does this stuff it's like I'm for the gays and the girls sorry Charlie you filed up the wrong you don't know you filed up a straight man from Lewis called Horatio unforeseen unforeseen straights you're meant to give confidence to them you made me more confident than ever yeah I think I think Brat is the greatest album in the last three years for sure wow on the Emily Maitlis pooing watching you poo scale what is the Pretty Patel equivalent of that it's that side eye it's that face You pull yourself and she goes, hmm.
46:31But why is she smart? Because she comes to meet the Pupu. That's where her family, her mum would see that and go eat the Pupu. Interesting. It's kind of like a moving on. It's a development of Bongo Bongo land. She comes from eat the Pupu Pupu land. Eat the Pupu land. Crazy. Bongo Bongo, they drink it in the Congo. But why they're so successful, right? is because they're Heston Blumenthal's triple cooked chips. Can you get it off the screen, please? I can't concentrate. I can't concentrate. Finn. I can't concentrate with a piece of... Finn. Don't make me come and eat the poo. She's called pretty.
47:08Get it off. Get it off. Poo-tell. Pretty poo-tell you can poo. I bet you stay in a poo-tell. Right, come on. When you go to Berlin. Get it off. Get her off. I can't. Get her off. What were you saying about triple cooked chips? I'm saying why they're so successful is because they've been they're a double cooked diaspora right yes so they've had to move twice and start again so they're like I think we'd send them again let's see what happens do you know what I mean you mean like that you know that potato where it's like hundreds of layers no no is it a potato yes what's it called not dauphin wise no it's like single it's like mash no it's not mash it's like a potato that you mash mash like yeah like mash it doesn't fucking matter it doesn't fucking matter it's not mash mash million layer potatoes that's what i'm talking about yeah that's what the ugandan asian diaspora is yeah it's a triple cook chip because they they've had to restart it but also they come here they're all dire of a ceo they're all like diaspora of a ceo but they they um all of them have in uganda they've got businesses but it's like you've basically ejected the entire middle class so they know how to run businesses they know how to start up so they come here and they come to leicester mainly yeah and they they basically just do it again so go ugandan asian let's just get some more famous alumni i mean the class of class of 72 it's unreal it's unreal the class of daniel calia oh really what no he's british ugandan he's british ugandan asian famous british oh yes minalabai brown she writes for the independent uh she's a journalist so i guess that they um education is everything yeah uh and they they're naturally good business little dollar pop-up who's dollar pop-up member of the house of lords yeah so they do smash it absolutely smash it yeah um anyway so he basically the the indians for idemine are the jews for hitler right get rid in the bin but the uh asians nail it they smash it he refers to them as the Jews of Africa, as you've said.
49:22Let's get to what he does to his second wife. So you're on your first right now? Sorry? You're on your first. Yes, my current wife is my first. So this is ahead of you? Yes, this could be ahead of me. If I wear this for too long, who knows what will happen. Idi Amin is a, he embraces polygamy, not polyamory. That's a very clear distinction. Yes, because I think the description of the last king of Scotland describes him as polyamorous leader of Uganda, which is a weird he's not he's not polyamorous he's not in a poly cure no no one has ever been less polyamorous than ediamine ediamine fucks about he's not polyamorous he's not a polyamorous icon because in polyamory all the blokes are sad they are yeah every bloke is sad yeah because they want a girlfriend and they're pretending they're pretending they're okay with i have a joke about this yeah yeah yeah uh ediamine is happy as larry because so yeah this is yeah we should maybe do this as a poster uh the polyamorous man you know his girlfriend's getting railed by 17 guys and then he's saying when's my turn and then the the the poly polygamous man he's brilliant wife if you fuck her you're gonna get i'm gonna play some weights to your balls yeah yeah if you fuck her i'm gonna kill you i'm gonna hack you into pieces fidget a crocodile anyway see you No polyamorous man is doing that.
50:42No. He's taking polyamorous men's girlfriends. If you fuck her, I'm going to come. I'm going to fuck your girlfriend. And if you fuck her, I'm going to feed you to a crocodile. Yeah. Anyway. Real man. He's a real man. Guy's guy. He's not listening to a word of Charlie XCX. No. Fuck off, is what he's saying. Well, I mean, he told her mum to fuck off. So you're right. He'd hate Charlie XCX, actually. But without him, there would be no Charlie XCX. 1972 was the original Brat Summer. Yeah. Yeah, it really is. The Long Road to Brat Summer. He do you mean it's involved in Brat Summer? Without him, we would not have Brat Summer.
51:21Which, by the way, Brat Summer, why it is such a cultural phenomenon and what we look back on, it was kind of when everyone went autistic and antisocial during lockdown. Right. And it was basically why it was such a moment is because it was basically like doing coke, smoking cigarettes. It was kind of like a rage against all the biohacking bollocks. Is that what Brat Summer was? That's what Bratzelman was. I never knew what it meant. No one knew how to hang out because it was just like, no one had socialized for like two years. Right. And then it was just like, yeah, I'm going to smoke fags and be like this.
51:50I'm cool. Yeah. And I do care. And that's the best album of the last three years. Yeah. Right. Okay. It was important, you know, because everyone, remember how boring everyone had got during lockdown for a bit. Yeah. Everyone had just, you know, I mean, you know, just going on their daily exercise, not drinking. Yeah. Biohacking. Fucking the whole of uni freshers was destroyed. Yes, that's true. So it's just like, yeah, I'm going to do coke. So Idi Amin, the long road to Brat Summer, he marries at least six times. How many kids does he have? Could be 60, 35 at least. He has a harem of 30 women.
52:26Despite this, Amin advocates a strict Islamic dress code. He bans mini skirts and he says, I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam. Do you think it's kind of the dream though with kids though? because you're, I mean, you just had a five days with just your two kids, right? Yes, this is sort of the opposite of video, I mean, in many ways. 12 years of slave, five days of father. Yeah, coming to the end of it now. Was that going to be the sequel of 12 years of slave? Freedom, five days of father. Five days of father. One man has to look after his two kids for five days and his parents come and help for two days.
52:59But still, it's as bad as slavery. But didn't the dream kind of father role or the, is that you just have like a million kids don't have to look after any of them thing is if you have so many kids with so many different women then you can just homer simpson to the hedge because there's so many women that have a kid of yours you could be looking after any of them yeah no he's probably looking after the kids they don't know yeah yeah where is he oh who knows probably look after the kids he's not he's not clever clever make it more yeah but he has to be with other women yeah what do you mean it can't all be with one woman because if a one woman sees all the kids that you have with her and then can't see you she's going to put two and two together she will because they're sneaky like that uh idiomene's second wife uh in 1974 is found dismembered in the boot of a car belonging to a doctor called peter mbalu mucasa now there are first there are claims she has an affair with him um and there is a rumor that has persisted that says her now her family are to see the body and so what iddy does you know funny guy that he is is he orders his men to sew it back together with the arms and legs switched around and now in reality she died from a blood loss after the doctor performed a legal late-term abortion he panicked and then killed himself yeah um probably probably the worst an abortion could go the doctor kills himself yeah i mean at least the baby's dead i guess did the baby die silver linings well i guess if you're an abortion there is a silver lining yeah um but if if the mum dies and then the guy doing it dies that's three for the i mean that is the baby lives that's a botched abortion fucking hell we've really ruined this not only is the baby alive but the mum's dead and i'm dead that's crazy that's the worst an abortion can ever go are you for or against abortion uh i mean it would be quite fun to be anti-abortion i like bill clinton's line about this book another great line which is that every abortion is a necessary tragedy right uh which is a brilliant way of playing both sides but he was fully erect while you're saying that yeah he's being sucked off at the time he'd say anything but of course he's pro-abortion the amount of times he's fucked secretaries raw yeah of course he has to be now we should probably get to uh the rumors of uh cannibalism right that Amin actively encourages.
55:28He claims, quote, I have eaten human meat. It is very salty, even more salty than leopard meat. That could have been because the person who was making it was being tortured by salt. Yes, if he's eaten the people that have been forced to eat so much salt they die, then that is his own fault. That's probably why they're salty. I wouldn't tar all of us. I wouldn't be that salty. No. No. No. I think lemon juice can often be a replacement for salt if you're trying to cut down. A bit of vinegar. Yeah. Anyway, Anyway, Henry Kiemba, again, the guy who calls him out, says, on several occasions he told me quite proudly they had eaten the organs or flesh of his human victims.
56:04He once said to an advisor, I want your heart. I want to eat your children. To an advisor? Brother. So it's like a spad. Chill out. Yeah. I want to eat your kids. All right, mate. Mate. Now, Jon Snow, Channel 4's Jon Snow, was a teacher in Uganda before he became a Channel 4 newsreader. Yeah. And he interviewed him several times in the 70s. and apparently, I slightly disbelieve this. I completely disbelieve this. Snow flies with him on a presidential jet and he sees Idi Amin asleep with a revolver and Snow says he considers taking the gun and killing him but then decides against it because he feared firing a gun inside an aircraft.
56:42He later expressed regret and said, I should have shot him. That sounds like a story from Jay from The Inbetweeners. It does, yeah. Doesn't it? It's like absolute bollocks. Yeah, so I was there, saw his gun, could have killed him. Didn't. Didn't. Didn't know. Yeah, Jon Snow. I killed him the person who replaced him was a body double but I actually killed the original John it doesn't sound like no I just don't think and it's also like I didn't do it because of the pressurised aircraft you didn't do it because you would have your fucking weights hung to your balls yeah you'd have your skin flayed but he'd be shot straight away yeah because presumably there's other people on the plane yeah imagine if Jon Snow killed Lydia Mean well he wouldn't be Jon Snow would he no he wouldn't be the Jon Snow we know because we know him as the white haired reporter the best news reader there's ever been in my opinion I think Jon Snow was a massive shagger sorry sorry sorry charlie's just typed in i mean the first search on reddit john snow invent eating pussy oh in game of thrones john snow was the first man to go down snow's love life go john snow's love life but channel four yeah i think he is a bit of a shagger his ties he always had great ties yeah he just know he loved it uh he's currently married to dr precious longer affair with a librarian god he's a shagger is he you know oh he's he's a bookworm no he's fucking he's fucking shagging the library you're always at the library john yeah yeah yeah i'm doing a lot of research for this story yeah um so uh john snow does not kill idiamine yeah uh now the central event uh or event eating pussy those are two things we can say for sure but two things he probably lied about yeah yeah i killed he and me and invented you know what not every guy does this i'm actually the first guy to do this you know this imagine saying that when you're going down yeah i was the first person ever to do this and i killed him and i killed i mean um so ediamine by the end of 1972 he has expelled 90 of the indians yeah who had controlled 90 of uganda's economy he has completely eradicated the middle class yeah uh much like after a curry he expelled Indians are gone.
58:48I went for a curry last night and this morning I kicked out every Ugandan-Asian I found. They had three months to leave and all they could take was 200 kilos of baggage. Get out. As a result of this, the economy completely collapses because Ugandans had no experience of running businesses. It's the classic story. Yeah. It happens all over Africa. It's the classic thing. So by 1974, unemployment has risen, there are food shortages and they have run out of fresh water. 1974 is a tough year for everyone. For everyone, yeah. It's a tough year for everyone. It's not like we were doing much better, to be honest.
59:21No, to be fair. And E.D., bless him, does offer to help. He does. He's kicked the Asians out, the economy has collapsed, he's inspired Robert Mugabe's eviction of white farmers. Oh, interesting. So actually there's a lot of bad things about the Asians, the Asian expulsion. The consequences are very bad for whites. In the next episode, Black Hitler, Big Daddy Hitler will step onto the world stage and will have a starring role in a documentary in Cam. Yeah. Now those next, the final two episodes of the Eat the Mean series are already on our Patreon where for two pounds, three pounds a month. Eat the poo poo.
59:59Eat the poo poo. Eat the poo poo. If you want to eat the poo poo poo. Then sign up three pounds a month. Instant access. Like drinking the Kool-Aid. Yes. Eat the poo poo. Eat the poo poo. Then you can sign up three pounds a month. you know that's cheap it's cheap what's three pounds these days what's three pounds these days that's half a coffee half a coffee if you're lucky yeah uh you don't get stabbed on the way there anyway yeah fucking slat assaulted for having a coffee um join the patreon to get instant access and we're doing bonus episodes on the history of cannibalism uh which i can say now will be chewy yeah that'll be a gnarly one yeah and then we're doing a camong and gayo return film review of The Last King of Scotland.
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