John Cleese Criticised for Saying London Is 'No Longer an English City' | Good Morning Britain
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 29 май 2019
- Fawlty Towers and The Monty Python star John Cleese has been criticised for tweeting ‘London not an English city any more’. Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Konstantin Kisin, and Monty Panesar debate whether or not Cleese's tweet was racist.
Subscribe now for more! bit.ly/1NbomQa
Broadcast on 20/05/2019
Like, follow and subscribe to Good Morning Britain!
The Good Morning Britain RUclips channel delivers you the news that you’re waking up to in the morning. From exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in politics and showbiz to heartwarming human interest stories and unmissable watch again moments.
Join Susanna Reid, Piers Morgan, Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher every weekday on ITV from 6am.
Website: bit.ly/1GsZuha
RUclips: bit.ly/1Ecy0g1
Facebook: on. 1HEDRMb
Twitter: bit.ly/1xdLqU3
www.itv.com 
Развлечения
Not one person on this panel is English. Clease is right. London is no longer an English city.
🤡
Yep he was 100% right.
@@Mossyz. 0%.
Not true tho is it
I FIINK YER ONTO SOM’ FING INNIT ? !?!?? 👁️🦷 🦷 👁️
English people are white, why is this controversial?
Exactly, why would mother nature give an English person dark skin when England is a cold country? There's nothing racist about that it's simply a fact, every English and every British person is white
@Casual Noticer Same thing here in Sweden. "What is a Swede?" Is a genuine topic, its absurd
@@AH13371 That's so messed up
@@AH13371Typical talk from an ethnonationalist.
@@TheWorldWeAskedFor I dont blame the kid, its what he was taught. I blame the universites, media and politicans for pushing this globalist mindset. The shit trinkles down from the top
The Russian guy is the most British person in that room 😂😂
Look at the interviewers....nightmare...Konstantin Kisin top bloke.
Absolutely!
Racist
@@karenmcclure7191 Konstantin, a non-English-native-speaker had to explain to the native-english-language-interviewer the difference between 'live in' and 'come from'. So indoctrinated to create division and scream racism that they are in the media, that they can easily forget or distort basic grammar, syntax and vocab.
@@NoahLeicster1
That one trick pony ran out of steam, people are starting to see through.
why does england have to be "diverse" but africa and asia doesn't?
Bingo! =)
Because Africa and Asia don't play these stupid fucking diversity games like every white nation on earth seems to feel they have to due to some lingering guilt over the slave trade and shit like that.
Maybe cuz the british colonised indians,asians and africans? Also some of those countries are an absolute shithole to live in
your starting to understand
Because your population is going down thats why......blame yourself
Not a single English white person there Debating about being English 😆😆😆😆😆this is the state we’re in
Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴🏴
Get used to it. 👍
The black woman is a perpetual victim.
they always are
The black woman is taking it personally and dominating the whole thing with her aggression and one sided view. All the others seem a lot more reasonable, especially Konstantin (who now has own show probably due to being sick of this sort of thing)
She wasn't aggressive, she was interrupting and loud a lot though
@@X.R.808 I would call it aggressive Interruption. The lady is rude, aggressive and illogical.
You're the aggressive one imposing your twisted aggressive nonsense, get a life hateful scumbag!
Women and logic two words I seldom use in the same sentence not that all women are illogical
typical black people behaviour. Making everything about them and about their race. The biggest racists in the world.
A Nigerian, a Russian and an Indian arguing on whether London has become less English.
Oh well.
And the Russian is the sane one…
All yapping especially Mongola blossom flower or whatever she / he is
Haha, that’s the forest that’s being missed for the trees.
Were any of these people born in the UK? Bless you Konstantin for being the only defender of this country
@@Super50ldierInstead of educating me - you could have at least googled whether what I’m saying is correct.
Love Konstantin. He's so logical and calm with the way he explains things
And he makes sense
Except when it comes to the chosen people he’s mask off
Pity about the woman. Mouthing off. Interrupting
@@omgjimmyboy the way he hounded pearl Davis over nick Fuentes was so telling
He lied about liverpool City, dont trust him
I find it weird that, that Russian bloke is the most English sounding? If I had talked to that Dr woman I would've guessed that she'd moved to England from Africa when she was around 11 or so, due to her strong accent.
Brittebonics?
Good morning Britain doesn’t look very English either
Konstantin knows he's the cleverest person in most settings, he nailed them with the London Scottish question lol. the presenter is like WHAAAA? My brain doesn't understand.
If London was half Scottish then Scotland would be empty.
It's true and if a place is full of first generation immigrants of course it's going to lose its character.
Isn't John Cleese allowed to think and say whatever he wants. It is his opinion. Aren't people allowed to have an opinion anymore. Is that now illegal or something?
Worst take ever.
@@alltime4298 Why?
@@alltime4298Yes, yours
It's not just an opinion though. The English are an ethnic group, that is simply a fact. I could be born in Japan, speak Japanese fluently, but I would never be considered Japanese because I'm not. None of the people on this panel are English, that is just a fact, not a slight against them.
Yes along with telling the truth and any part history that offends someone is also illegal.
Shola is a colossal hater.
also a racist
She's a mong.
I hate that cow.
She is Britain's version of Al Sharpton. They claim that skin colour doesn't matter yet they only see skin colour no matter where they look
John is spot on, that encludes so many other british cities
No.
Yep correct!!!
John Cleese Criticised for Saying London Is 'No Longer an English City' then take a look at the panel
I have to agree. This is not about race. It's about culture.
Dogwhistling only gets you so far
@@TB-mj1kn Indeed, im sick of it as well. They move half across the world and then they want to dictate these maters to the natives? Not happening
@@AH13371just wait
@@thedukeoflegends1981 Just wait for what?
I am in the process of moving from England to Wales , if they will have me?
I intend to learn the language, Support the national Rugby team.
Maintain my garden and not alter the character of my house. Greet everyone with a smile and communicate in their preferred language. I need to maintain my British culture n God's own country.
This video is like watching a real life Monty Python sketch.
Konstantin running rings around them........ Smart man and talking truth!👍
This is happening everywhere. When someone have minor opinion no one let him talk. Disgusting
I am White English and so are my White English men and women,
This is not about racist, this is about more voice is needed for the English White People, its our heritage and lands of a huge family tree, this is very very very important, we have been forgotten, this is evident on a huge scale.
Yes, English are white, end of. An English person could live all their life in Nigeria, but would never be considered Nigerian because they are not. I don't understand why anyone is offended by John's statement.
Its a shame you have to write "White English"
You are ENGLISH AND ENGLISH ARE WHITE. If you are not White you are NOT ENGLISH
People need to understand the difference between British and English
British is just a synonym for English.
As a Greek Cypriot from Britain, I definitely Agree. I am Greek Cypriot because my family originates from Cyprus & I’m British because I am a British national. I am not English despite living in England because I don’t originate from here. The only people living in England who can actually call themselves English are ethnic English people.
@@robbiemontgomery581it's really not smh
@@X.R.808 Of course it is. 'Britain' and 'British' come from the word Brittania the name the Romans gave England. Scotland was named Caledonia and Ireland was Hibernia.
cleese was right our country will be in the hands of immigrants in years to come
Cleese was spot on
No english people on the panel. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Why is this funny?
@@mmkt9487Because the irony...
Ow you have to be white to be English
It's OK everything else is whitewashed on TV to everything
U get panel full of british born people with colour your calling them non English
Is Marcus Rashford English?
@@randomhuman2595 His heritage might not be English, but his country of birth is England...
I am not British.. I am English... They just won't let me put that on my passport or any form...
You are English by ethnicity and British by nationality.
@@rfsalad4118, To call someone English 🏴 refers to their nationality. They are a Citizen of England 🏴
The Britons ethnicity is a mixture of indigenous Celtic tribes, mixed with French, Norman, Viking, and Germanic influences. That is their ethnicity.
Britain is a political concept. Being English is an ethnicity.
Who is english?
@@cani5761The INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF ENGLAND
@@cani5761Who is Native American?
They call it the 'UK' now .. . . .its Biblical in origins .
English => ethnicity
British= nationality
No white English people on the panel.
Not all "English people" are Anglo-Saxon.
@@alltime4298but they are white who have been here for thousands of years!!!
@@craigmullen9046 Nah.
@@alltime4298err yeah!!!
@@craigmullen9046 Learn history.
John was talking about the grooming gangs and the stabbings. He didn't mean those who integrated themselves!
No.
Well yes, but what does it matter? There's enough room in the world. People want to be among their own.
@@davestrider4973 Absolutely agree, but in a globalized world - which I don't like - separation is hard. People should still be allowed to locally commune with their own.
Shola always has to bring up British colonialism even though this debate has noting to do with British colonies .She just cant help herself. The Russian man is 100% right there is a big difference between being English and being British .John Cleese was referring to being English and not British which Shola doesnt no the difference of . She keeps saying that he said Britain is not the place it was when infact he said England. Why have this woman on debates like this as she will only see racism where there is none intended
She brings it up because it justifies her claim that she has genetic ownership rights to london, in a way that europeans could claim genetic ownership rights to Cherokee nation territory simply for europeans having lived there as 1/100th of that population for 400 years. Its completely racist and its basically european manifest destiny being played out by africans and hispanics and arabs.
6 non-english people talks about what is it to be english
How can you not see the difference between English and British
This was a joy to watch KK make them all look like fools they are.
Every single one of them except Konstatin and Monty are claiming it is racist, especially Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu. When she spoke about the vikings and slavery of black people, I just had to laugh. The vikings invaded the UK back in 793 and the first black slave for the English was 762 years later in 1555. She couldn't be more wrong and her ignorance of British culture is plain for all to see.
Back in the middle ages everyone one in england outside of the landed gentry was a serf, so we ethnic english are all descended from slaves not just black people who were sold to white europeans by other black people to be sold on.
Points for the Russian guy.
Some People have to make everything about race, and it is saddening they can't get past their own hatred for the Country they live in.
Why is John Cleese's image blurred??
It's to do with copyright issues, (photos and film clips from TV programmes are most often blurred out when they are posted to RUclips). Good that you raised this cos in this instance it could be interpreted as being 'cancelled' due to his opinion.
Go to London and you’d be hard pressed to find someone who can speak English. Other countries give Brit’s a hard time as “Colonisers” even though Britain has been “Colonised” for much longer!!
Tell me you haven't been to London without telling me you haven't been to London...
@@LibLabLads I flew over London on a plane, a little Cessna, I was in London i guess but then again i wasnt in London. xx
You'd be hard pressed if you don't talk to anyone
She just contradicted herself, he did not mention colour or creed, it is about culture. And if she doesnt think he should taken seriously then why is she taking him seriously. Konstantine makes a very valid point and blew them out of the water.
she demonstrated her 'culture'
The Russian born chap makes the most even keeled, non-emotional, and sound point. If “English” means “originates from England,” then an increases ratio of foreign born persons will, by definition, make England less English. That can positively or negatively influence culture. When I was a child, English fare still suffered indirectly from the effects of rationing. Everyone universally agreed that English foot was pretty awful. London now has the most diverse food in the entire world and one can find excellent food on every corner. It’s less English, but it’s much better. But there’s another side to that coin. Not every culture values women as equals. The Middle East comes to mind, as many Middle Eastern cultures treat women as chattel. When persons identifying with those values emigrate to the UK, that will have a negative effect on the net appreciation of gender equality unless those persons reject the values of their native countries. If these points can be contended, I’d love to hear it.
English is a geographical term.
I agree 100%
@@ratnakordosshu6291 🤡
@@alltime4298no it isn't it's a where were you born term
@@WarriorFireShorts Which is geographical.
Black woman says she's british, in a non-british accent. We're coerced into lying to ourselves and others. Not for much longer.
Why is it that the ‘British’ black woman always mentions the slave trade? I’ve never heard a true British subject ever mention it in idle conversation. The question was is London less English? I don’t recall if the slave trade that ended over 200 years ago is very relevant. It just highlights the obvious differences between the indigenous British and the migrants. Adil, you’re a disgrace. If you consider yourself British, stop attacking and start defending the country that took you and your descendants and fellow countrymen in.
Thats a good point, almost all black people in Britain today arent here because they were enslaved and brought here by force. Usually its because their parents or grandparents were very pro empire and wanted to move to the wealthy imperial heartland.
Its like how most Indians in the UK are descended from Imperial soldiers who helped forge the empire: we shouldnt let them forget they were partners in all that
@@Rynewulf Coming from Caribbean countries, where previous generations had arrived through slavery, economically migrating to a place with more opportunities, and regularly facing difficulties based on their race when they did arrive.
I don't think the Irish famine migrants in the 19th century were leaving because of their great love of imperial culture. They left because there was food.
@@jamesoconnor6550 The point that I and the other commenter were trying to make, wasnt that the British Empire was good for people (unless you were a wealthy aristocrat your options were starve, be worked to death, be transported or indentured, be shot, or depending on the date and place be enslaved. Including in the British Isles themselves.) but rather that the history of black people in Britain is very different to the American sounding rhetoric being used.
In America most black are there in the US because their ancestors were enslaved and put there over centuries. A black person in London is there because either they, or their parents or grand parents successfully migrated and found enough work to have a family.
There were absolutely issues and ongoing issues in that process, but to pretend people like the lady in the video owe their Britishness via slavery is disingenuous and wont help solve the real issues
@@jamesoconnor6550 The point that I and the other commenter were trying to make, wasnt that the British Empire was good for people (unless you were a wealthy aristocrat your options were starve, be worked to death, be transported or indentured, be shot, or depending on the date and place be enslaved. Including in the British Isles themselves.) but rather that the history of black people in Britain is very different to the American sounding rhetoric being used.
In America most black are there in the US because their ancestors were enslaved and put there over centuries. A black person in London is there because either they, or their parents or grand parents successfully migrated and found enough work to have a family.
There were absolutely issues and ongoing issues in that process, but to pretend people like the lady in the video owe their Britishness via slavery is disingenuous and wont help solve the real issues
Can this first speaker tell me why I was born and brought up in west Africa, i constantly have black people both here and in west Africa tell me thst I am not African because i am white
Because it seems only African get free pass from racism.
The lady sitting next to Konstantin claims to be English because she was born here and says that mass immigration has not diluted the 'Englishness' of the city. If that is true, how come she speaks with an African accent? She has learned to speak the way she does, from her environment ...which apparently isn't less English than it used to be. Nobody denies that the Spanish culture of the Costa Del Sol has been eradicated by immigration and tourism. How is what has happened to London any different?
Yeah that’s weird I noticed a lot of minorities in England have the weirdest accents.
She said she's British not English as British (Citizen) is the nationality of the UK. It's what's on her passport.
@@echelon2k8 If she was born in England, then she's English and British. Or are you saying that is not true?
@@echelon2k8 Oh and she also said "How are we not 'English' at 1:07 . So you're wrong, she does claim to be English in the video.
@@Martyntd5 She's not claiming to be English at 1:07, she's asking how are we not "English" in thinking that being British and English are always synonymous when they're not, see 0:28 and 0:39. The Scottish people, for example, they are also "British" by nationality (British Citizens), but they're also not "English".
Her being born in England or Scotland doesn't make her English or Scottish; what would make her either English or Scottish is if she had English or Scottish ancestry as these are both ethnic groups and nations (a large body of people united by common descent, history and culture). This is the mistake that they're all making here, including Konstantin Kisin in referencing black football players as being English with no one questioning their Englishness. Their ethnic group is the ethnic group of their parents, by descent. If these black football players are at least of partial English descent, they're English, but if they're not at least of partial English descent, they're not English. In the case of her, she's Nigerian by descent, not English.
If you are not of English blood, you are not English. That’s like me going to Japan and saying I am now Japanese.
Why is only Europe being turned multi cultural? India, Pakistan, Kenya, none of them want it unless its here
Because you are not producing enough children so blame on you.
Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴🏴
move 10 million Africans, Arabs and muslims to Tokyo.........is it still a Japanese city? no. Do they become Japanese as soon as they get their citizenship? no. Cleese is 100% correct and i understand what he means.
Is it not true? If we all spoke the truth instead of feeling suppressed or scared of offending we'd all probably say the same. England is no longer feeling like england in many cities, not just London.
Panel without a single Englishman, do they not see the irony?
I agree with John and konstantin London is no longer white English...what a shame its gone down hill.
Oh well at least its still around 30% white english :)
Saying 'white' English is superfluous.
English is an ethnicity
And a nationality
@@aadamkhan5217 nope
@@aadamkhan5217 The English people are an ethnicity and nation, but the nationality of the UK is 'British Citizen'.
No wonder terrestrial TV viewing is dropping. In no way is this a calm and structured debate and it makes awful viewing. It's not at all racist, he's talking about culture and values!
I am a minority in some country. But I do agree with John, he talked about uncontrolled immigration that changed society, do you want him to ignore reality?! I think uncontrolled mass immigration hurt countries really bad, and on top of that you try to shut down a whole side of the argument. this is going to create a lot of problems in the future.
He was probably talking about loss of culture, tradition etc. Having to sit through endless whining about colonisation etc, also the failure of independent nations like Zimbabwe why should he be stopped saying what he thinks? Victim hood is a pathetic response.
I rarely visit London, but it is very noticeable that visiting now, you barely hear english spoken. This has an impact - I visit less because of this.
London is DEFINITELY not representative of the UK.
London has no voice for traditions of English White People.
I would like to see English White Events taking place more, we need more for White English People, we have been pushed to the back of the Room in our own lands, the English Anglo Saxon traditions need to be honoured more.
Everyone else's, walk of life, history is been hugely recognised.
I want more of the same backing for the English, more on adverts, more in talks, more of our religon, more of our history, faith, and traditional ways.
Join us at Patriotic Alternative 🏴🏴
This young man makes perfect sense!!!
What's wrong with people. There is nothing wrong to be Indian, Russian, Mexican, Pakistani etc.
Cleese wasn't speaking about SKIN COLOR but rather CULTURE. You would think the 'English' could understand ENGLISH?!
The black woman proves Cleeses point. She is offensive and won’t shut up.
Why this black lady not let anyone speak? Yes, I agree London is not polite anymore, and she is the reason 😢
So we have to 2 African/Caribbean 3 Asian/Arab and a Russian talking about if “has London lost it’s Englishness” in a London based studio 🤔 interesting.. surely it’s not racist to see London has changed drastically in the last 60 years and a lot of white English people have moved away to places like Essex and Kent due to the rising house prices and rising crime rates.
Also I would hate to tell the lady she certainly isn’t as English as John Cleese that ridiculous.
Black lady here doesn't even sound English
What does it mean to sound 'English'?
@@Qland22 having a regional English accent.
Skin colour, religion etc doesn't matter but the defining characteristic is the regional English accent. Same in any country you go to
Well she's not English
if colonialism is to be opposed, it must be opposed everywhere
including britain, including london
How can you identify as a race that you immutably are??? It’s like me saying as a woman I identify as a woman. I am a woman. It’s immutable.
this looks like a deleted Monty Python scetch
London is a mess, like this ridiculous discussion. I wouldn't really call it a discussion, it's more like a Monty Python skit; non-english foreigners talking about how "english" they are. John Cleese isn't wrong about this one.
An Egyptian bus driver of a bus near Picadilly Circus told me I couldn't use my bus pass on 'his bus'....making me feel like a foreigner in my own city
I hope that woman would have the same energy if I (4th generation in the US, German heritage) decided to move to Nigeria and started calling myself Nigerian. Then say I have kids born in Nigeria from my wife who is also white, and my kids then go around saying they are just as Nigerian as the people who have been living there forever.
I don't think she would like that very much.
Anyone who begins a debate or answers a question with an insult against an oponent has lost. You know that their argument will not be based on facts, but rather emotions.
I love how there is no actual English person on this panel with a different perspective. Just an echo chamber of immigrants lecturing English people on what it is to be English / British. Amazing.
London used to be a city to go for long walks. I truly loved exploring the streets, architecture and medieval flavor, even the Roman wall, or the statues in the parks. The people were in fact polite and so so friendly. The Pubs were welcoming and friendly as well. As a young man I liked the 1970s discos. It was fascinating (for someone from NYC). Now when I go there I stay in my hotel for the most part and the farthest I'll walk is to acquire food at close-by restaurants. The place is scary, especially at night. If my business didn't demand it I would not go at all.
Wow, so obvious what the media companys are doing here .
I truly hope that the First Nation’s People of Australia will be as generous to me being non-Aboriginal as Dr Shola Mos- Shogbamimu is towards migrants in England, and not discriminate against me as a 5th generation descendant of migrants to Australia who loves this land as much as the original inhabitants do. Surely they wouldn’t be hatefully discriminatory and call me a coloniser and make me feel unwelcome in the land of my birth because of my race.
She seems obsessive over racism
I would imagine he is talking about English culture rather than the skin colour of its inhabitants... I can relate to the Russian guy... I was born white and British in Kenya... I have lived in France longer than I have lived in England... If you were to ask me if I was English, I would probably reply no...
If a cat was born in a stable, you would not call it a horse !
If English culture exists, you of course can say that some city has become 'less English' when people who embodied the English culture have increasingly gotten less. It depends on what you define as 'English'. If with 'English' you mean the English culture, or other traditional English characteristics, of course you can say if it has decreased in prevalence.
I'm a ADOS American and I understand what John Cleese means. Things do change with demographics.
Not a single ethnic English person on an English breakfast tv show talking about how foreign people arent taking over 😂
John is entitled to say what he thinks, why does everything come down to race ? I an not the same age as John, but I am old enough, to agree with what he said, because I have been around long enough to see a change 🤷🏻♀️
Who is that woman saying she's British, in a half Nigerian half American accent ffs??? No problem with accepting that black people are British / English/Scottish or whatever but they talk like us, she doesn't.
Born in the UK.
She needs to defend her systemic racism and victumhood .... that gives bread, butter and a fat pay check.....
None of the people on the panel are "English"
If a duck is born in a stable, doesn't make it a horse.
He is absolutely right, you can now count the English people there on your own fingers
I'm not white and I can fully understand John Clease. His comments were not racist and statement of facts. His fully entitled to express his opinion. John is not talking about your legal rights. His talking about his frustration with communication, cultural differences he has to accommodate for in his day-to-day life. I'm not English and have not problem NOT being called English - how difficult is that to understand?!
she may have a british passport but she's not ethnically british or english
The irony of all of these people discussing this subject are not English. British maybe but most definitely not English. My wife is Thai, my sons are half English but 100 percent British.
It’s not difficult and most definitely not racist.
If an African country started to lose its cultural values due to immigration there would be an uproar. Protect national cultures
His right, it's not an English city anymore.
I moved out of th UK at the age of 21. I am half indian half English london born and bred but will never ever go back. It is not an English city anymore. Its lost everything, you can barely hear englih being spoken, service is so bad and most immigrants have no interest in trying to be understand British culture. Being brown i am totally against a non white mayor and Prime minister. They should represent the country. I live in Japan and when we think of the UK we do not think of Rishi Sunak. All Politicians should be Jailed indefinetly for allowing the UK to become what it has.
Typical Tory supporter.
Looking for victimisation
She seems to be the person making it about colour.
John Cleese is right, London is no longer an English city and has been invaded.
Cleese is not my favourite Politician, but he is absolutely unequivocally RIGHT on this issue. It is dead from the kneck upwards.
@4:16 Monty Panesar correctly points this is John Cleese comparing his childhood memories with what he now sees; @4:57 Konstantin Kisin correctly points out that race was not mentioned. This entire debate is hijacked by Shola Mos-Shogbamimu's reading into a tweet.
Imagine going to Tokyo and the japanese are a minority.
The makeup of the panel says it all, and anyone can appreciate their history and culture.
I don't think there is anything wrong with saying that saying that London is no longer an English city... if it is more multi-cultural and has more immigrants and more immigrants children it is LESS English... I would imagine that it IS... I don't think there is any reason to be offended by that... cities change... London has changed and the composition of Londoners has changed... its just true and nothing to be offended about...
If a dog is born in a barn .does that make the dog a hoarse.
who is that race card African?