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Fin vs History

“Show us your Sunday Roast, Love!”: Anthony Eden | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

Comedy

4.7995 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Antony Eden, always the bridesmaid, never the bride - but when he did finally get married he pooed himself at the altar. How much is he to blame for Suez,  Britain’s biggest humiliation on the world stage?  The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened.  For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 A Proper Chap 06:50 Lovely Pair of Top Bollocks 14:15 Who is this hot piece of ass? 18:06 Eden and Hitler 22:46 Eden on Gear 26:28 Suez Crisis 33:14 Macmillan the Snake 38:15 James Bond is a Cuck’s Fantasy 41:04 Eden Truss Relegation Battle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Finn versus History.

0:18.6

You join us for part four. In our frolic through the managed decline of the British Empire. Jolly Frolic through Managed Decline. We're on to Anthony Eden. Yes. There he is. I was handsome of all Prime Ministers, probably. Well, I was going to say there's an element of Horatio in terms of Eden. But then... I just complimented myself. myself no but i take it back now he's he was

0:38.6

definitely the best dressed can we get uh anthony eden uh fashion sense yes he was a proper chap yes

0:44.1

uh which is this is we're in the era of the last proper chaps he's the truest gentleman to

0:49.1

definitely look at this yeah he was like uh yeah he was a fashion icon of the day big top hat big coat yeah look at this

0:56.8

yeah lovely stuff i mean his granddad was earl grey who came up with old gray too right

1:01.8

really so that's how fucking grandfathered in he is he's got he's from that fucking tea money he's got

1:07.4

he's got tea money yeah there's old money then there's fucking tea money how people... You know your posh if your granddad's a fucking tea. Yeah. Like, if you're like John Pepperment, you're sorted. You're fucking sorted. He's from the Camelanil Dynasty. The Camelaninus dynasty? That sounds like a Chinese dynasty. It does, yeah. I mean, the Wattsitz dynasty, that's less... That's new money. Yeah, that's new money. That's Gauch. What's its Quaver dynasty. Anthony Eden is, he's known only for the Suez Canal crisis, which has become a synonym for... Yeah.

2:02.5

For... He was only in for two years, and he really fucked it. Probably the biggest fuck up, to be honest. Of any Prime Minister, solo fuck up of any Prime Minister, pretty much. Trussie's got to be up there. Again, another gorgeous Prime Minister. Wait, would you say trust is... Great to look at, but... You've got to save our powder for trust is coming.

2:03.7

I'm coming.

2:04.2

I'm coming.

2:01.7

Thinking of trust. Another gorgeous Prime Minister. Wait, would you say trust is... Great, to look at, but... You've got to save our powder for... Trust is coming.

2:17.7

I'm coming. I'm coming. Thinking of trust. I'm coming. Thinking of trust. I'm saving trust. Would you say trust is bigger fuck up than Suez? No, I'm just saying if, when you're thinking of a prime minister who is like inseparable from a big fuck up. I think that's trust as much as it is Eden But trust no one really knew who she was

2:20.3

Then she became prominent

2:21.1

Then she fucked like inseparable from a big fuck up. Yeah. I think that's trust as much as it is Eden.

2:18.0

But trust is, if trust no one really knew who she was, then she became prominent, then she fucked up. Eden was so experienced. Look, trust was a fucking page three girl that we elected because we were so horny and we got our comeuppance, okay? You cannot. Don't elect Lucy Pinder to run the economy. We're fucking putting Kelly Brook in number 10.

2:35.0

Of course, what do you think is going to happen?

2:36.5

The mortgage market's going to tank. let Lucy Pinder to run the economy. We're fucking putting Kelly Brook in number 10.

2:35.0

Of course,

2:35.3

what do you think is going to happen?

2:36.5

The mortgage market's going to tank. She's too fit. She's not going off going on between the ears. And Eden's fucking hot as well. Eden's a fucking hot piece of ass and you're giving him the keys to number 10. What are you think is going to happen? Of course he's going to fuck it over Suez. you know, trust is a domestic

2:49.4

fuck up, you know, entirely

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