Years ago an Indigenous Australian called Burnum Burnum, rowed up to Dover on the coast of England and declared England on behalf of Australian Aboriginals and planted their flag. Yes, he was in a rowing boat in tribal dress with a spear. He was being satirical.
JJ, Sealand actually _was_ a pirate radio station for a while but it has a much more interesting behind it. Armed invasions and counter-invasions (yes really), treason "trials", hostage situations, international money laundering rings, drug trafficking, The Pirate Bay (yeah, that one) and er... the World Cup of Kung Fu. Have a look at "The Principality of Sealand: Stories of Pirate Radios, Coups d’état, and Helicopter Raids"
I agree. All these types of reactions videos should be out at 3:30pm uk time that way it targets all the kids coming out of school when they get home and then it’s out by 5pm when everyone finishes work. Makes perfect business sense :)
I love how you always find a very obscure theme, that nobody else has picked up on and bring it to the public eye, keep it up, it's always entertaining.
There's a classic British Ealing comedy called 'Passport to Pimlico' about some London residents who set up their own country. The film concentrates on all the unforeseen difficulties this leads to for both sides. It's a fun film and like many Ealing comedies is often shown on the BBC around Christmas. It's worth checking out just for your own enjoyment.
Despite being set in post WW2 bombed out London the film holds up well. Would recommend this too as a realistic and hilarious examination of setting up your own country.
Law graduate here. I do remember a small part of my curriculum on International Law about the country-ness of places - under the Montevideo Convention, a "country" must have a permanent population, a defined terrirory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. The problems with many of the claims of the would-be-nation-states in the video are down to at least one article in that list.
Little clarification on Taiwan's claims: even though the Chinese civil war ended in 1949, due to the 1 China policy, the PRC didn't actually become a un recognised country until 1971. This is because the ROC (Taiwan) had a perminant seat on the un security council meaning that they could veto any un decision made. The un unanimously decided to replace the ROC with the POC in the un in 1971, removing its country status. During which the ROC claimed all of China. Taiwan however relinquished their claim on mainland China in 1992, but since Taiwan is no longer a country, it is unable to alter countries claims, meaning that Taiwan still officially claims mainland China.
I was going to say look into Sealand when this started, it has a really interesting history. The British comedy writer Danny Wallace did a TV series and book called How to Start your Own Country (or something like that). I won’t spoil it but worth checking out Edit: Oh they mentioned it anyway, as we know a lot of the same people they will definitely know Danny
For those who enjoyed this, may I also offer my recommendation to seek out Danny Wallace's 'How to Start Your Own Country' 6-part series on DVD. Most chuckle-some.
Im a noble of Sealand, a principality east of England. You can see all about us on this Sunday 26th Nov 2026 on CBS 60 minutes from 7:00 - 8:00 EST. We even have our own American football team !! Worth a watch. Baroness Riordan of Sealand x
Baroness Riordan, do you have your own calendar on Sealand too, perhaps? I'm only asking because this Sunday we shall still be in the year 2023 ! Just saying... 😎 😅 😂 🤣
I have actually been to Transnistria, I kept some bank notes, took some pictures, had some food, talked to some locals (my friend knows russian). People there were very nice, but it was rather scary, since it's not an internationally recognised country, and my country doesn't have any official relations with them, there are no embassies, no official communications channels, photographing certain things is illegal, and my health insurance does not in fact apply there, so if anything were to happen to us, we'd be stuck there, and no one outside would even know. Glad I made it back safely.
Danny Wallace, the comedian who declared his flat in east london a country, has written a few books which are well worth reading. Him and Dave Gorman, his former flatmate, made some legendary drunken bets, leading to hilarious adventures they have made tv shows or books about. Definitely worth checking those out
I’m a Yorkshire man and I declare that Yorkshire is a nation that is currently fighting for it’s freedom like Scotland we do have a flag with a white rose flower on it but RUclips doesn’t have a flag icon of it in the emoji section so here is the closest icon to the Yorkshire flag 🌸
I would like to you to react to the history of FINLAND. The time period when we were aligned with Germany during WWII is interesting. As well as the 1700-1800s. Or even before from 1000 onward that lead to our National Epoc 'Kalevala' which is almost like a 'bible' for us Finns. It's based in Carelia which we lost to Russia. My father was one of the last to born there.
You should definitely do a video on Sealand, its interesting and amusing and was embarrassing for the uk government at the time, it also involves kidnap attempts there are a few good you tube videos on it. My favourite line regarding are you a counrty is from Eddie Izzard Britain: we declare India for the British Empire. India: but this is our country you cant have it Britain: Do you Have A Flag? InDIA: NO britain: well your not a country then Lol
One of the wildest cases of "inventing" akingdom is the Legend of Redonda, the Caribbean "guano" island off the coast of Montserrat. The novelist E.M. Shiel claimed this uninhabited isleas his Kingdom: Wikipedia: Main article: Kingdom of Redonda As King Felipe, Shiel was purportedly the king of Redonda, a small uninhabited rocky island in the West Indies, situated a short distance northwest of the island of Montserrat, where Shiel was born.[31] The Redonda legend was probably created out of his imagination by Shiel himself and was first mentioned publicly in a 1929 booklet advertising the reissue of four of his novels by Victor Gollancz Ltd. According to the story Shiel told, he was crowned King of Redonda on his 15th birthday in 1880. However, there is little evidence that Shiel took these claims seriously. His biographer, Harold Billings, speculates that the story may have been an intentional hoax foisted on the gullible press.[32] At this late date, verifying or discrediting the story may be impossible. On his death, John Gawsworth became both his literary executor and his appointed heir to the "kingdom". Gawsworth took the legend of Redonda to heart. He never lost an opportunity to further elaborate the tale and spread the story to the press.[33] Gawsworth supposedly kept the ashes of Shiel "in a biscuit tin on the mantelpiece, putting a pinch in the stew for special guests."[34] Main article: Kingdom of Redonda The island of Redonda, seen from Nevis, with Montserrat in the distance, 2006 Redonda is the setting for the myth of the "Kingdom of Redonda". M. P. Shiel, an author of fantasy novels, claimed that in the year of his birth, 1865, his father Matthew Dowdy Shiell, from Montserrat, decided to celebrate his first male child by arranging for the boy to be crowned King of Redonda at the age of 15, in a ceremony purportedly carried out on the small island by a bishop. Shiel first expressed the idea of the "Kingdom of Redonda" in a promotional leaflet for his books. Since then, the title has been "passed down", and continues to the present day. For a period of time the "Royal" lineage of Redonda had a more or less solely literary theme, with the title being given to writers, such as John Gawsworth and Jon Wynne-Tyson. Wynne-Tyson (King Juan II), his successor the Spanish novelist Javier Marías (King Xavier), and rival contenders for the Redondan title, such as Gawsworth, William L. Gates and Bob Williamson, were featured in a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Redonda: The Island with Too Many Kings, which was broadcast in May 2007.[14] " I wonder whether Javier Marias still reigns over the guano?
Hi JJLA, as you are in the USA and a RUclips celebrity can you pop along to the UN and tell them that you endorse the Democratic Republic of Cliveland for me. Just tell them I am oppressed by my three dogs, two demanding kids and someone who says she is married to me, causing a long civil war which sadly I seem to lost. Thank you.
The irony being that the same people in England who were pro-Brexit are the first to condemn Scotland wanting to break away from the UK. Even more ironic is the fact that a Remainer, like myself, can sympathise with them for wanting to leave because even though I’m English I am actually ashamed of what my country has become. Oh, and no, I am not going anywhere, so FU who suggests otherwise … 😊
If you want to know more about Taiwan and the one-China policy, the Scottish RUclipsr WonderWhy has a truly excellent video on it. Actually, I think you'd really like WonderWhy's videos.
Problem with Scottish independence is they cant afford it. England pays massive subsidies to Scotland just so they can make ends meet financially. Things like free university for Scots are only able to be done because of these subsidies, while English kids University costs grow higher and higher along with our taxes to pay for those in Scotland. (Please note, not at all a dig at any Scots, more a dig at both governments - Scottish and Westminster, neither of whom have managed decent organisational skills)
So either side of the North Sea we have two countries: Scotland and Norway. Both have the same sized populations and natural resources, but Norway became one of the richest countries in the world (with a trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund) because of its oil and gas and Scotland is "too poor to even be a country". Can you imagine how Scots feel? Especially when English people insist the English subsidise Scotland forgetting that Scotland subsidised the UK for most of the post-WWII era. Also, look at the Baltic states: much smaller and poorer than Scotland but have become successful countries in their own right in just 30 years (and starting from a much worse position). And yet the English again insist Scotland is "Too Wee, Too Poor, Too Stupid" to be independent.
For Scotland, it's not just Brexit. One of the big things that England/Westminster has had for years is that supposedly the other countries (Scotland, Wales, North Island) could have there own parliaments, handle tax & healthcare differently, and vote on rules and laws different to England/Westminster. This is the big thing that mostly appeased Scotland in the last referendum they had for independence. That was until recently when the Scottish government recently made a law that the current Tory government didn't like and so Westminster decided to veto that law change in Scotland. Regardless of what people thought about the law in question, the fact that Westminster took action to veto a Scottish law is the key issue that reopened the conversation again.
But it’s okay for Scotland to vote for or veto laws that effect England. Scotland has been given everything it wants. Scotland still complies about everything 😂
@@Aloh-od3ef I have no issue with Westminster doing what they do if they're honest about it. But they can't claim that Scotland shouldn't leave the UK since they'll let Scotland have the power to make there own laws, but then after the vote suddenly decide Scotland no longer has that right!
@@Aloh-od3ef Ask for England to have its own parliament, then the other countries can't vote on it. Westminster is a UK parliament, not an English parliament. Holyrood, however, is a Scottish parliament, not a UK parliament.
@yurihuffles The law made was unpopular with the majority of Scots, it was foist upon the Scots by the SNP and they neither asked for or wanted it. The law also impacted upon the laws of the UK as a whole. The SNP almost certainly made this law to provoke Westminster and then put it to the Scots that they should become independent to avoid Westminster's meddling in their affairs. It all went pear shaped anyway when the First Minister , Sturgeon found that she could not logically support the law in question when some rather awkward questions were asked of her. She's gone now, something to do with a missing £600k and a motor home I think. Scottish Independence looks to be on the back burner for now as the Scots realise they have been taken for mugs and the SNP have run their country into the ground.
@@jeanbicknell7887 The law was actually a Green Party law and it was a perfectly normal law trying to give rights to a marginalised group. They thought it would go smoothly which is why they did it then. It was not on purpose that it clashed with the UK government. In fact, all the recent laws like the Protected Marine Areas, the Bottle Return Scheme, and of course the Gender Reform were made by the Green Party.
There is a connection between Scotland and Catalonia. The majority branch of the Scottish so-called "separatist" movement (SNP/Scottish Greens) are convinced that an independent Scotland would be welcomed into the EU. This is by no means a certainty, as Spain is highly likely to veto Scotland's admission due to the Madrid government's own separatist problem with Catalonia. The Scottish "separatist" movement is effectively dead due to increasing bitter infighting between the "old" separatists (SNP and its henchmen) who simply want to move Scotland from Westminster rule to Brussels rule, and the "new" separatists (Alba party, the true separatists) who want nothing to do with the EU. It is a fallacy that the Scottish independence movement has been strengthened due to Brexit., quite the contrary. Scottish unionism is safe for at least another couple of generations. The SNP are dead in the water, hopefully never to be revived. Interesting times ahead to see if Alba can unite the separatists (and how long it will take, if ever).
The Alba party are pro-EU, and the SNP aren't dead, they're still popular enough to be in government at the next election. Also Spain said they would not veto Scotland if it attempted to join the EU if Scotland left democratically with permission from the UK government, if that could ever happen. It is also important to note that the sentiment for independence isn't the same as the popularity of the independence parties. While the support for the SNP has decreased, the support for independence has remained about the same place.
I don't like this channel you're reacting to. It's very shallow and picking some 'funny' aspects of history while not giving a good overview of how things actually are. I would categorise this channel (you're reacting to) as pulp, simple non-connect pieces of history.
It's a geography channel but fair point on this subject. It's mainly a light touch, educational channel. Obviously if you're more interested in a subject then they would tell you do a deep dive, but it's great for pop-geography to give people a simple introduction imo.
Years ago an Indigenous Australian called Burnum Burnum, rowed up to Dover on the coast of England and declared
England on behalf of Australian Aboriginals and planted their flag. Yes, he was in a rowing boat in tribal dress with a spear. He was being satirical.
I, for one, welcome our Aussie overlord
Seems fair to me
Quite honestly, he can't do much worse than current. Let's give him a crack at it
JJ, Sealand actually _was_ a pirate radio station for a while but it has a much more interesting behind it.
Armed invasions and counter-invasions (yes really), treason "trials", hostage situations, international money laundering rings, drug trafficking, The Pirate Bay (yeah, that one) and er... the World Cup of Kung Fu.
Have a look at "The Principality of Sealand: Stories of Pirate Radios, Coups d’état, and Helicopter Raids"
You're a legend dude. This time for posting is far better for us Brits!
I agree. All these types of reactions videos should be out at 3:30pm uk time that way it targets all the kids coming out of school when they get home and then it’s out by 5pm when everyone finishes work. Makes perfect business sense :)
Also, it's good to know there are some calm, smart Americans still out there, no offence!...
I love how you always find a very obscure theme, that nobody else has picked up on and bring it to the public eye, keep it up, it's always entertaining.
I like how you take time to read the little cards, that most people dont
There's a classic British Ealing comedy called 'Passport to Pimlico' about some London residents who set up their own country.
The film concentrates on all the unforeseen difficulties this leads to for both sides. It's a fun film and like many Ealing comedies is often shown on the BBC around Christmas. It's worth checking out just for your own enjoyment.
Despite being set in post WW2 bombed out London the film holds up well. Would recommend this too as a realistic and hilarious examination of setting up your own country.
Fantastic, I'm purchasing a new brain soon to keep up with all the learning I'm doing here!
Thanks Map Men + Reaction Man!
Will you declare the new brain as an annex or a sovereign entity?
Your reactions are always so great to watch, from a longtime map men fan and resident of the UK of GBANI
love the map men videos
Law graduate here. I do remember a small part of my curriculum on International Law about the country-ness of places - under the Montevideo Convention, a "country" must have a permanent population, a defined terrirory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. The problems with many of the claims of the would-be-nation-states in the video are down to at least one article in that list.
There is another one, "been invaded by Britain at some point"...
Watch the old B&W British comedy film ‘Passport To Pimlico’.
Love your videos JJLA, they make me giggle so much.. Cheers from the UK
Lashed doesnt only mean getting whipped .
It can also mean getting Pissed:
. / (læʃʃt) / adjective. British informal intoxicated; drunk.
Little clarification on Taiwan's claims: even though the Chinese civil war ended in 1949, due to the 1 China policy, the PRC didn't actually become a un recognised country until 1971. This is because the ROC (Taiwan) had a perminant seat on the un security council meaning that they could veto any un decision made. The un unanimously decided to replace the ROC with the POC in the un in 1971, removing its country status. During which the ROC claimed all of China. Taiwan however relinquished their claim on mainland China in 1992, but since Taiwan is no longer a country, it is unable to alter countries claims, meaning that Taiwan still officially claims mainland China.
The show danny Wallace show was good he made his flat into the country of lovely its a good watch
As Eddie Izzard said, "by the cunning use of flags".....
I was going to say look into Sealand when this started, it has a really interesting history. The British comedy writer Danny Wallace did a TV series and book called How to Start your Own Country (or something like that). I won’t spoil it but worth checking out
Edit: Oh they mentioned it anyway, as we know a lot of the same people they will definitely know Danny
For those who enjoyed this, may I also offer my recommendation to seek out Danny Wallace's 'How to Start Your Own Country' 6-part series on DVD. Most chuckle-some.
CGP Grey also have a really good video on this topic that you might be interested in. It's called "How many countries are there?"
I think you should watch Toast of London 😊
Cascadia is an interesting one in the PNW
Im a noble of Sealand, a principality east of England.
You can see all about us on this Sunday 26th Nov 2026 on CBS 60 minutes from 7:00 - 8:00 EST. We even have our own American football team !!
Worth a watch.
Baroness Riordan of Sealand x
Baroness Riordan, do you have your own calendar on Sealand too, perhaps?
I'm only asking because this Sunday we shall still be in the year 2023 ! Just saying... 😎 😅 😂 🤣
I have actually been to Transnistria, I kept some bank notes, took some pictures, had some food, talked to some locals (my friend knows russian). People there were very nice, but it was rather scary, since it's not an internationally recognised country, and my country doesn't have any official relations with them, there are no embassies, no official communications channels, photographing certain things is illegal, and my health insurance does not in fact apply there, so if anything were to happen to us, we'd be stuck there, and no one outside would even know. Glad I made it back safely.
Danny Wallace, the comedian who declared his flat in east london a country, has written a few books which are well worth reading. Him and Dave Gorman, his former flatmate, made some legendary drunken bets, leading to hilarious adventures they have made tv shows or books about. Definitely worth checking those out
Dam dude nice Geography knowledge
I’m a Yorkshire man and I declare that Yorkshire is a nation that is currently fighting for it’s freedom like Scotland we do have a flag with a white rose flower on it but RUclips doesn’t have a flag icon of it in the emoji section so here is the closest icon to the Yorkshire flag 🌸
“Set his sights on being supreme ruler of it” ahh the ancient British urge to conquer still alive and well
I would like to you to react to the history of FINLAND. The time period when we were aligned with Germany during WWII is interesting. As well as the 1700-1800s. Or even before from 1000 onward that lead to our National Epoc 'Kalevala' which is almost like a 'bible' for us Finns. It's based in Carelia which we lost to Russia. My father was one of the last to born there.
surprised as Brits they left the Cornwall debacle off the list.
You should definitely do a video on Sealand, its interesting and amusing and was embarrassing for the uk government at the time, it also involves kidnap attempts there are a few good you tube videos on it.
My favourite line regarding are you a counrty is from Eddie Izzard
Britain: we declare India for the British Empire.
India: but this is our country you cant have it
Britain: Do you Have A Flag?
InDIA: NO
britain: well your not a country then
Lol
Reminds me of half an Al Murray joke
"We claim these lands for Great Britain!"
" *Great* Britain? What's so bloody great about it?"
One of the wildest cases of "inventing" akingdom is the Legend of Redonda, the Caribbean "guano" island off the coast of Montserrat. The novelist E.M. Shiel claimed this uninhabited isleas his Kingdom:
Wikipedia:
Main article: Kingdom of Redonda
As King Felipe, Shiel was purportedly the king of Redonda, a small uninhabited rocky island in the West Indies, situated a short distance northwest of the island of Montserrat, where Shiel was born.[31]
The Redonda legend was probably created out of his imagination by Shiel himself and was first mentioned publicly in a 1929 booklet advertising the reissue of four of his novels by Victor Gollancz Ltd. According to the story Shiel told, he was crowned King of Redonda on his 15th birthday in 1880. However, there is little evidence that Shiel took these claims seriously. His biographer, Harold Billings, speculates that the story may have been an intentional hoax foisted on the gullible press.[32] At this late date, verifying or discrediting the story may be impossible.
On his death, John Gawsworth became both his literary executor and his appointed heir to the "kingdom". Gawsworth took the legend of Redonda to heart. He never lost an opportunity to further elaborate the tale and spread the story to the press.[33] Gawsworth supposedly kept the ashes of Shiel "in a biscuit tin on the mantelpiece, putting a pinch in the stew for special guests."[34]
Main article: Kingdom of Redonda
The island of Redonda, seen from Nevis, with Montserrat in the distance, 2006
Redonda is the setting for the myth of the "Kingdom of Redonda". M. P. Shiel, an author of fantasy novels, claimed that in the year of his birth, 1865, his father Matthew Dowdy Shiell, from Montserrat, decided to celebrate his first male child by arranging for the boy to be crowned King of Redonda at the age of 15, in a ceremony purportedly carried out on the small island by a bishop.
Shiel first expressed the idea of the "Kingdom of Redonda" in a promotional leaflet for his books. Since then, the title has been "passed down", and continues to the present day. For a period of time the "Royal" lineage of Redonda had a more or less solely literary theme, with the title being given to writers, such as John Gawsworth and Jon Wynne-Tyson. Wynne-Tyson (King Juan II), his successor the Spanish novelist Javier Marías (King Xavier), and rival contenders for the Redondan title, such as Gawsworth, William L. Gates and Bob Williamson, were featured in a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Redonda: The Island with Too Many Kings, which was broadcast in May 2007.[14] " I wonder whether Javier Marias still reigns over the guano?
Hi JJLA, as you are in the USA and a RUclips celebrity can you pop along to the UN and tell them that you endorse the Democratic Republic of Cliveland for me. Just tell them I am oppressed by my three dogs, two demanding kids and someone who says she is married to me, causing a long civil war which sadly I seem to lost. Thank you.
Your first pronunciation of Kosovo was correct. 😂❤
Sovereign military order of Malta
The irony being that the same people in England who were pro-Brexit are the first to condemn Scotland wanting to break away from the UK. Even more ironic is the fact that a Remainer, like myself, can sympathise with them for wanting to leave because even though I’m English I am actually ashamed of what my country has become. Oh, and no, I am not going anywhere, so FU who suggests otherwise … 😊
Well the biggest irony is that it was the scottish who unified the kingdoms in the first place
@@Ericshadowblade To be fair, it was the government. They didn't consult the people beforehand and there was outrage on the streets after.
You're American, your country was literally formed when a bunch of guys "declared" it - keep up the great vids
Not a real country :P
If you want to know more about Taiwan and the one-China policy, the Scottish RUclipsr WonderWhy has a truly excellent video on it. Actually, I think you'd really like WonderWhy's videos.
We all get educated lollll
Just so you guys know those letters are English satire
buy a plot and declare your own nation and get in trouble with the neighbouring country just outside your garden.
All the countrys jave their owm flag
I guess the land itself has no idea what country it is in.
Problem with Scottish independence is they cant afford it. England pays massive subsidies to Scotland just so they can make ends meet financially. Things like free university for Scots are only able to be done because of these subsidies, while English kids University costs grow higher and higher along with our taxes to pay for those in Scotland.
(Please note, not at all a dig at any Scots, more a dig at both governments - Scottish and Westminster, neither of whom have managed decent organisational skills)
So either side of the North Sea we have two countries: Scotland and Norway. Both have the same sized populations and natural resources, but Norway became one of the richest countries in the world (with a trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund) because of its oil and gas and Scotland is "too poor to even be a country". Can you imagine how Scots feel? Especially when English people insist the English subsidise Scotland forgetting that Scotland subsidised the UK for most of the post-WWII era.
Also, look at the Baltic states: much smaller and poorer than Scotland but have become successful countries in their own right in just 30 years (and starting from a much worse position). And yet the English again insist Scotland is "Too Wee, Too Poor, Too Stupid" to be independent.
Not easy starting a country as we in the Irish Republic found out over seven hundred years. The rest of you had it dirt easy.
You should start an ASMR channel - your voice is so calming😄
For Scotland, it's not just Brexit. One of the big things that England/Westminster has had for years is that supposedly the other countries (Scotland, Wales, North Island) could have there own parliaments, handle tax & healthcare differently, and vote on rules and laws different to England/Westminster. This is the big thing that mostly appeased Scotland in the last referendum they had for independence. That was until recently when the Scottish government recently made a law that the current Tory government didn't like and so Westminster decided to veto that law change in Scotland. Regardless of what people thought about the law in question, the fact that Westminster took action to veto a Scottish law is the key issue that reopened the conversation again.
But it’s okay for Scotland to vote for or veto laws that effect England.
Scotland has been given everything it wants.
Scotland still complies about everything 😂
@@Aloh-od3ef I have no issue with Westminster doing what they do if they're honest about it. But they can't claim that Scotland shouldn't leave the UK since they'll let Scotland have the power to make there own laws, but then after the vote suddenly decide Scotland no longer has that right!
@@Aloh-od3ef Ask for England to have its own parliament, then the other countries can't vote on it. Westminster is a UK parliament, not an English parliament. Holyrood, however, is a Scottish parliament, not a UK parliament.
@yurihuffles The law made was unpopular with the majority of Scots, it was foist upon the Scots by the SNP and they neither asked for or wanted it. The law also impacted upon the laws of the UK as a whole.
The SNP almost certainly made this law to provoke Westminster and then put it to the Scots that they should become independent to avoid Westminster's meddling in their affairs. It all went pear shaped anyway when the First Minister , Sturgeon found that she could not logically support the law in question when some rather awkward questions were asked of her.
She's gone now, something to do with a missing £600k and a motor home I think. Scottish Independence looks to be on the back burner for now as the Scots realise they have been taken for mugs and the SNP have run their country into the ground.
@@jeanbicknell7887 The law was actually a Green Party law and it was a perfectly normal law trying to give rights to a marginalised group. They thought it would go smoothly which is why they did it then. It was not on purpose that it clashed with the UK government. In fact, all the recent laws like the Protected Marine Areas, the Bottle Return Scheme, and of course the Gender Reform were made by the Green Party.
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There is a connection between Scotland and Catalonia. The majority branch of the Scottish so-called "separatist" movement (SNP/Scottish Greens) are convinced that an independent Scotland would be welcomed into the EU. This is by no means a certainty, as Spain is highly likely to veto Scotland's admission due to the Madrid government's own separatist problem with Catalonia. The Scottish "separatist" movement is effectively dead due to increasing bitter infighting between the "old" separatists (SNP and its henchmen) who simply want to move Scotland from Westminster rule to Brussels rule, and the "new" separatists (Alba party, the true separatists) who want nothing to do with the EU. It is a fallacy that the Scottish independence movement has been strengthened due to Brexit., quite the contrary. Scottish unionism is safe for at least another couple of generations. The SNP are dead in the water, hopefully never to be revived. Interesting times ahead to see if Alba can unite the separatists (and how long it will take, if ever).
The Alba party are pro-EU, and the SNP aren't dead, they're still popular enough to be in government at the next election. Also Spain said they would not veto Scotland if it attempted to join the EU if Scotland left democratically with permission from the UK government, if that could ever happen.
It is also important to note that the sentiment for independence isn't the same as the popularity of the independence parties. While the support for the SNP has decreased, the support for independence has remained about the same place.
I don't like this channel you're reacting to. It's very shallow and picking some 'funny' aspects of history while not giving a good overview of how things actually are.
I would categorise this channel (you're reacting to) as pulp, simple non-connect pieces of history.
It's a geography channel but fair point on this subject. It's mainly a light touch, educational channel. Obviously if you're more interested in a subject then they would tell you do a deep dive, but it's great for pop-geography to give people a simple introduction imo.