AMERICAN REACTS TO FACTS ABOUT THE UK!!!

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @lanaeshonestopinion
    @lanaeshonestopinion  2 месяца назад +4

    Like and subscribe if you'd like to see more of me ❤😊 Check out my American Reacts playlist if you want to see more of my American Reacts videos! 😊❤

    • @rosemariewelch1525
      @rosemariewelch1525 2 месяца назад

      Haggis

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 18 дней назад

      Haggis:
      Re your comment at 36:18, 'how much the taxes are though'
      According to OECD (international economics body) the average single US worker faces a tax rate of 24.2%, in 2023,
      the average single UK worker faces a tax rate of 23.7%, lower than in US, but pretty similar.
      There is a national insurance, which pays for healthcare and pension, that is about 3.4% for average employee.
      Based on average income of £35,000 so NI contribution of £1,286 per year.
      Note I could only get US average income for 2022, but was $37,683, with a household income at $69,021.
      US average Health Insurance is $8,435 per year (about £6,,500),
      Note the UK system is not selective, all people are covered regardless of medical history.
      Higher tax, I think you are being lied to.

  • @mickmcnich
    @mickmcnich 2 месяца назад +41

    As a UK citizen with a UK spouse I can say that the taxes to cover the NHS are about a third of your insurance costs.

    • @tracyfarnath2270
      @tracyfarnath2270 2 месяца назад +6

      Yeah but we have no health care left, I paid for a MRI this year which showed significant problems which I wouldn't know about now because I would still be waiting. It's not fit for purpose and I've worked for them for thirty years. Keir Starmer will finish the NHS for sure I could bet money that this shocking government will drag us down as far as its possible to go. I'm not proud to be British anymore we are a broken poor country very much like a third world country we've even got millions of Muslims with millions more making their way on dinghy and breaking into our country, so all the figures you listened to were wrong, give us twenty years we will be under Sharia law.

    • @paulicini
      @paulicini 2 месяца назад

      @@tracyfarnath2270 OK, elective, cosmetic or non urgent procedures can involve a wait, depending on local NHS areas and I sympathise with that but life saving and urgent issues are dealt with immediately. Preventative medicine, also free, avoids minor problems turning into big ones. No one is scared of the cost of a visit to a doctor. The taxes we pay are far less than American insurance premiums, the huge buying power of the NHS single payer system also stops big pharm from overcharging. it's superb value for money. No one dies or accumulates massive debt because they became ill.

    • @aross344
      @aross344 2 месяца назад

      Stop watching g gbeebies ​@@tracyfarnath2270

    • @robertpayne4033
      @robertpayne4033 2 месяца назад +4

      True; it is not actually free, it is free at point of use. Sadly, this is exploited by many coming to this country specifically to use this service.

    • @CowmanUK
      @CowmanUK Месяц назад

      @@tracyfarnath2270 The NHS could've been saved, and money isn't really the issue. It's been destroyed by privatisation over decades by successive governments. Ideologically destroyed. Jeremy Corbyn would've saved it, but far too many people fell for the smears and lies pushed by billionaire-owned media and the government/establishment controlled BBC. So that didn't happen. Bye bye NHS. And yes, Starmer will absolutely finish it off.

  • @robertpayne4033
    @robertpayne4033 2 месяца назад +10

    Another little known fact: the Liberty Bell and Big Ben were both cast by the same company, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, in London.

  • @alanmahoney167
    @alanmahoney167 2 месяца назад +30

    The London underground is not one of the oldest underground's in the world. It IS the oldest underground in the world

  • @JonnyVision88
    @JonnyVision88 2 месяца назад +16

    When your own country charges you for skin on skin contact with your baby and then you know you have a problem

  • @noteverton
    @noteverton 2 месяца назад +12

    Our flag is NOT called the Union Jack, except when it is flown on a boat. It is the Union Flag.

    • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
      @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад +3

      @@noteverton Ship .

    • @gordoncampbell3514
      @gordoncampbell3514 2 месяца назад +3

      The Union Flag was called the Union Jack when mounted on a warship while out of the Harbour. It was called the Union Flag while on land. However this rule was relaxed in the early 1800's when it became acceptable to refer to the flag as the Union Jack everywhere.

    • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
      @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад +3

      @gordoncampbell3514 yes you are Correct about the History of the Flag .but it is a Ship not a Fuck in Boat .

    • @christopherjohnson7133
      @christopherjohnson7133 Месяц назад

      A ship is a large sea vessel with 3 masts.

    • @RolandWilliams-b4c
      @RolandWilliams-b4c 28 дней назад

      Wrong, it's a 3-masted vessel square rigged on all masts. A vessel with three masts can be a schooner, barquentine, barque,zebec, caique etc. Also from the time of the first all steam powered vessels in the RN when it became standard practice to mount a Jack Staff at the bow ,the Union Flag was flown from this staff, thus being known as the Union Jack. It is flown only in harbour, never at sea, and is not lowered until moorings are slipped..

  • @robertlonsdale5326
    @robertlonsdale5326 2 месяца назад +8

    It rains more in Seattle and New York.

  • @Jee123123
    @Jee123123 2 месяца назад +5

    Fun fact 😊even though we have universal healthcare in the UK paid by taxes, the USA government spends much more. In 2022, the average cost of healthcare per person in the US was $13,493 whilst in the UK it was approximately $4474.

  • @Shoomer1988
    @Shoomer1988 2 месяца назад +4

    You can drink at 16 in pub if you're having food and are with someone over 18. At home the legal drinking age is 5... yes, you heard that right - five.

  • @julianbarber4708
    @julianbarber4708 2 месяца назад +6

    Your reaction to the Karl Marx fact, spoke volumes, I'm afraid. Marx didn't invent the USSR!

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 16 дней назад

      She does seem to demonstrate a very closed mind set.

  • @gaynorhead2325
    @gaynorhead2325 2 месяца назад +1

    It rains a lot in the UK because of where we are situated. The trade winds cross the vast Atlantic hit us first so we get a lot of rain, however apparently, New York, Seattle and Paris actually get more rain than London!

  • @florrie2303
    @florrie2303 2 месяца назад +4

    The reason these Kings (he missed out Henry VIII - because he banned it too) banned football because back in the day it wasn't quite the game we have today. It was usually played between villages, the pitch was the land between the villages, the players were the men from the villages, and basically there were no rules. Many men were badly injured or killed playing football, and back then, during war, men were expected to go to war for their King. There were so many deaths and injuries that made the men unable to fight, that the game was banned in the name of national security.

    • @RolandWilliams-b4c
      @RolandWilliams-b4c 28 дней назад

      This may be part of the reason for the ban, but the compelling reason was that it prevented the young men and boys from practicing with the longbow. It took years of practice to train longbowmen and they were required by decree to attend the archery butts on Sundays.

  • @trampertravels
    @trampertravels 2 месяца назад +3

    The uncodified British Constitution consists of some 3,000 documents.

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 2 месяца назад +10

    taxes are 20%, but dont kick in till you hit 12700 pounds, under that you dont pay tax, after that its 20% until you hit over 40K the it rises to 40% tax, but in the UK a 40K wage is a good wage.

    • @ziggythedrummer
      @ziggythedrummer 2 месяца назад +4

      Just a clarification: the "personal allowance" is £12,570. Income Tax Basic Rate is 20% on earnings above that amount (so if you earn £12,575, you pay £1 in Income Tax). The Higher Rate of 40% kicks in at £50,271 but again that rate only applies to earnings above that threshold (so you pay 20% on earnings in the Basic Rate bracket and 40% on any amount earned from £50,271 upwards). There's an Additional Rate of 45% that applies to earnings above £125,140.
      However, the question on taxes comes from the section about the NHS. That's National Insurance contributions, which has a far more complex rate table.

    • @seanmc1351
      @seanmc1351 2 месяца назад

      @@ziggythedrummer and your point being, i gave an example not fact as its changes

    • @captaincaveman5175
      @captaincaveman5175 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@seanmc1351if your going to comment then use facts . Or your just writing useless crap .

    • @seanmc1351
      @seanmc1351 2 месяца назад

      @@captaincaveman5175 whats not fack please, if your going to open your mouth at least
      state the facts and reason

    • @pamparker68
      @pamparker68 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@ziggythedrummer Going by your comment I'm afraid you're wrong. Actually 80% of funding for the NHS comes from taxation with the remainder coming from NI contributions.

  • @dominicbuckley8309
    @dominicbuckley8309 Месяц назад

    2:33 No, the naval white ensign (as illustrated) came into being in the 18th century after the Act of Union of 1707, but the St George's flag on which it was based actually dates back to the 10th century.

  • @florrie2303
    @florrie2303 2 месяца назад +2

    "there were some battles..." Understatement of the millennium right there! There have been a LOT of battles throughout the history of the British Isles. Basically, exceptionally long story short is that most Irish people didn't want to be part of the UK anymore so in 1921 they were given Home Rule, which then became full independence and they became the Republic of Ireland. However, the people in the Northern part of Ireland didn't want to leave the UK so they protested Home rule and it was finally decided that Northern Ireland would become it's own country within the UK (the UK is actually a country of countries), which many people in the ROI didn't like. This also had a lot to do with religion (Protestant vs Catholic) which I won't bore you with as that is also a very long, bloody and complex history within the British Isles.

  • @nickgrazier3373
    @nickgrazier3373 Месяц назад

    A few years ago Scotlands SNP (Scottish National Party) succeeded in obtaining permission from the UK government to hold a Scott’s only referendum as to whether Scotland could break away from the UK and become in independent country. This they did and had a Scotland wide referendum, the outcome was they failed to get a majority from the country. The people didn’t want to break away!!!
    Ireland was United with the rest of the Uk originally until 1949 when the Republic of Ireland finally split from the uk completely
    Cheers Aah Kid

  • @nickgrazier3373
    @nickgrazier3373 Месяц назад

    Talking about Pubs being synonymous with churches (true of course) the bottle opener which which either pulls off the metal cap or forces a triangular hole in the top of a can is called a “CHURCH KEY” written in uppercase and bold if I could through reverence for the holy relic that it is. Being a Vet I used to carry my church key on my key ring everywhere especially on ops and deployments, very useful.
    Cheers Aah Kid!

  • @tersse
    @tersse 2 месяца назад +13

    Taxes? imagine no state taxes, just income tax and some service tax from local councils that answer to you, not a housing association, and from that, your roads schools hospitals doctors offices some dental, free ambulances FFS, dose britain look like we are over burdened by taxes, we get a lot for them, US taxes, you pay more over the spread of how many you have, and getting sick even with med ins, could bankrupt you, not so here, so yeh i'll pay those taxes and work that into my budget, devil is in the details.

    • @NataliePine
      @NataliePine 2 месяца назад

      There are a few more taxes than that though. And some not-quite-taxes on things that are free in other countries, such as the TV license fee. (Not saying the US system is better of course!)

    • @Pellayson
      @Pellayson 2 месяца назад

      And given 1 in 3 GOFUNDME's are Americans asking for donations to pay medical debt (not even exaggerating). I'll just leave this here....
      States with the highest proportion of people with medical debt in collections:
      West Virginia - 24 percent
      South Carolina - 22.3 percent
      Oklahoma - 21.5 percent
      North Carolina - 20.3 percent
      Texas - 18.8 percent
      Louisiana - 18.1 percent
      Arkansas - 17.8 percent
      Tennessee - 17.6 percent
      Georgia - 17.3 percent
      Kentucky - 17.1
      States with the smallest proportion of people with medical debt in collections:
      Minnesota - 2.4 percent
      South Dakota - 3.2 percent
      Alaska - 3.9 percent
      Massachusetts - 4 percent
      Vermont - 4.7 percent
      Oregon - 4.8 percent
      Hawaii - 5 percent
      Washington - 5 percent
      Rhode Island - 5.1 percent
      New York - 5.6 percent
      Medical Debt in Europe:
      ~0 percent

    • @gdok6088
      @gdok6088 2 месяца назад

      @@NataliePine The TV license cost £169.50 per year = 46 pence per day. It's worth it just for the BBC Proms and the BBC World Service which is listened to around thee globe and adds to British influence and soft power. For all it is knocked, the BBC also produces some excellent series and dramas which it sells around the world from Top Gear to Peaky Blinders.

    • @NataliePine
      @NataliePine 2 месяца назад

      @@gdok6088 If you think the BBC is worth £14 a month then great, but my point was that you have to pay it if you want to watch TV, making it effectively a "tax" for something that's free in other countries.

    • @applecider7307
      @applecider7307 Месяц назад

      In the US you pay 12% tax on the first $11,000 earned, however here in the UK we can earn up to £12, 750 before we pay any tax.

  • @liverpoollass7600
    @liverpoollass7600 2 месяца назад +1

    Haggis . Keep the videos coming 🇬🇧😊

  • @iddjutt
    @iddjutt 2 месяца назад +12

    actually it is legal to have a drink at age 5, then we practice till 16-17... 😅

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 16 дней назад +1

      I think its illegal to supply the drink to someone under 5, its not illegal for them to drink it

    • @iddjutt
      @iddjutt 16 дней назад

      @@stephenlee5929 well obviously, how many 5 yo can go to a shop to buy whiskey.....

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 16 дней назад +1

      @@iddjutt Basically, someone under 5 (in UK) can't break the law, so what they do is not illegal.
      Helping them do it maybe illegal.
      😊😊

  • @stuartmcivor2276
    @stuartmcivor2276 2 месяца назад +3

    By the way the word is 'titbit' Americans only say 'tidbit' because they are rather prudish and don't like 'rude' words.

    • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
      @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад

      @stuartmcivor2276 Don't they Blue Tits in Winter Then .My wife was always cold 🥶 in Winter .

  • @JonnyVision88
    @JonnyVision88 2 месяца назад +3

    One thing you have to remember about the NHS if you do not have a job and you cannot afford it you pay 0 and we still have private healthcare if you want to go that route and in taxes it costs about 300 to 400 pound per year about $350 to 470 how much does it cost to per month in Health insurance I know which one I'd pick

  • @nickgrazier3373
    @nickgrazier3373 Месяц назад

    A few years ago Scotlands SNP (Scottish National Party) succeeded in obtaining permission from the UK government to hold a Scott’s only referendum as to whether Scotland could break away from the UK and become in independent country. This they did and had a Scotland wide referendum, the outcome was they failed to get a majority from the country. The people didn’t want to break away!!!
    Cheers Aah Kid

    • @sirderam1
      @sirderam1 6 дней назад

      Scot = singular, Scots = plural (no apostrophe because it's not possessive) Just one 't' in either case.
      Scott is a personal name, not someone who is Scottish.

  • @richardhood8589
    @richardhood8589 Месяц назад

    Red Lion Pubs are generally situated close to railway stations - it was the emblem of British Rail, before the privatisation.

  • @bobsteele9581
    @bobsteele9581 2 месяца назад +7

    Haggis (yes I watched till the end 😁) - what it's made of puts a lot of people off, but haggis is one of the tastiest dishes I've ever eaten. Highly recommended if you ever come to Scotland.

  • @mefw
    @mefw 2 месяца назад +3

    3 Lions for England - National Animal of Scotland is the Unicorn

    • @pamparker68
      @pamparker68 2 месяца назад

      An interesting bit of info...the 3 lions aren't actually lions but leopards. Love that we have a unicorn as our national animal, so fitting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 Месяц назад

    girl, the 18 to drink is correct, but you can also drink in pubs, at 16 and 17, with a meal, and with and adult, if the pub has the right license, its also legal to drink in the uk in private from years old

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney 2 месяца назад

    I live 20 miles from the UK's 3rd smallest 'city' [ Ely, Cambridgeshire ] and 20 miles away from the OG 'Peterborough' a city off 200k. Peterborough has a very similar climate to Houston, TX. TX has longer dry periods, but the rain and heat records in both places are not far apart.
    Also Peterborough was the 6th driest place in the UK and I live in it's rain shadow =]8¬_D

  • @jamie151-d9j
    @jamie151-d9j 2 месяца назад +2

    hello, great video.
    the reason why there's a north/south divide in ireland is...well...to put it in an american way, they had their own war of independence, but not everyone agreed.
    the taxes of the NHS are quite low, the US pays much more for healthcare than we do already.
    also HAGGIS!!

  • @Krakas_Kul
    @Krakas_Kul 2 месяца назад +1

    Haggis. I'm a UK revolutionary: I drink coffee, not tea, & way too much of it. Thanks for the fun reaction, Lanae.

    • @Joe_Sheffield
      @Joe_Sheffield 2 месяца назад

      Prior to the India tea company, coffee was the biggest hot beverage in the UK.
      We only became tea drinkers because of the east India tea company and that helped fund wars.

  • @casp11
    @casp11 2 месяца назад +1

    body harvest was definitely up there for me 🙌🤓. n64 was epic. Brilliant reaction btw much respect Birmingham UK.

  • @RichDoes..
    @RichDoes.. 2 месяца назад

    I was a chef for 3 decades ... love me some haggis!

  • @deanmitchell4233
    @deanmitchell4233 2 месяца назад +2

    Great vid, us Brits are on another level lol....

  • @WillRobinson
    @WillRobinson Месяц назад

    Haggis, neeps and tatties (mashed turnips and potatoes). Tastes incredible. But as the man says, you ain't getting it over there, you're not allowed delicious things as they might interrupt the constant flow of High Fructose Corn Syrup that Americans apparently need to survive.
    Other random things that occur to me watching this:
    - You should probably try to get hold of some British chocolate if you don't like the HFCS-laden American stuff. Anything by Cadbury UK is probably gold.
    - Central Park in New York is a scaled-up version of Birkenhead Park. Birkenhead is just over the river from Liverpool, and also my birth town. (The smaller version of the park doesn't have a zoo, sadly.)
    - My personal favourite term for fans of England/the UK? "Tea-aboos".

  • @MillsyLM
    @MillsyLM Месяц назад

    The Southern and Eastern side of Britain gets less rain than the Western side due to the Gulf Stream. London is statistically drier than New York, Paris and Sydney. If the weather pattern maintains as it has been then the South East of England will be arid by 2050.

  • @barbaric-brit
    @barbaric-brit 2 месяца назад +2

    You should check out a video called the british crudade against slavery and the battle of bamber bridge

    • @chrisbodum3621
      @chrisbodum3621 2 месяца назад

      If you are referring specifically to 'The British crusade against slavery', (which was a response to a Frankie Boyle article), it is no longer on youtube. All that's left are numerous reactions to it.
      There is another one by a different author, but I couldn't actually find it before my battery runs out.

    • @barbaric-brit
      @barbaric-brit 2 месяца назад

      @@chrisbodum3621 well I guess the removing of content that challenges the common belief will always have an attempt to silence it

  • @RichDoes..
    @RichDoes.. 2 месяца назад

    Craig now my fav Bond.. he obviously read the books! As did I.

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 Месяц назад

    us older generation with james bond, im 60, and i would say sean connery was the best, but i also get where your comming from, it was a different era, what your brought up with as well as the stunts and tch moves on as well

  • @nickgrazier3373
    @nickgrazier3373 Месяц назад

    Please take this in, No pub in the UK is named as a “Pub” they have names strange and funny but distinctly a name, not calling it the thing it is that’s like like asking for Nan bread which is Indian for bread so bread bread,

  • @iancomputerscomputerrepair8944
    @iancomputerscomputerrepair8944 2 месяца назад +2

    HAGGIS!! I love Haggis and I am English. If you ever get the chance you should try it.

    • @elvwood
      @elvwood 2 месяца назад

      Haggis! Another Englishman here (though both my children currently live in Scotland), love neeps and tatties too.

  • @noteverton
    @noteverton 2 месяца назад +1

    One minute your'e a book "nerd", the next minute you've never read Shakespeare.

    • @LemonChick
      @LemonChick 20 дней назад

      Shakespeare is horrible to read because they are plays and instead should be watched as plays.

  • @tracyfarnath2270
    @tracyfarnath2270 2 месяца назад

    Lanae our education about the US sucks as well so don't stress. 😊 Your sleep pattern sounds the same as mine I'm writing this at 2.30am.

  • @Someloke8895
    @Someloke8895 Месяц назад

    "I thought Scotland was it's own thing" - Oh God don't give them any more ideas...

  • @2727rogers
    @2727rogers 2 месяца назад +2

    Strange. We learn about US history here in Canada. We also learn British history as well.

    • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
      @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад +1

      @@2727rogers What about your own ? .

    • @2727rogers
      @2727rogers 2 месяца назад +1

      @@MaxwellMoore-d1u Well yes we learn about our history as well.

  • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
    @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад +2

    I'm English Haggis is actually very Nice .

    • @WinstonSmith19847
      @WinstonSmith19847 2 месяца назад

      I'm English and I like it also.

    • @MaxwellMoore-d1u
      @MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 месяца назад

      @WinstonSmith19847 Well my Father was Scottish from Paisley. But I'm Born and Bred Derbyshire like me Mum .who had some Welsh Roots .If that mix isn't British I don't know what is .

  • @richardcoulson6005
    @richardcoulson6005 2 месяца назад

    Great kudos for watching Derry Girls Lanae. I will watch more!

  • @gavingiant6900
    @gavingiant6900 2 месяца назад

    Britain consists of England, Wales and Scotland. The UK consists of those three and Northern Ireland, but back in the day, Ireland as a whole was part of Britain.
    A Union Jack is flown on a ship, on land it's the Union flag. Northern Ireland has an unofficial flag, the Ulster flag.
    The Red Lion because of a certain King.
    The head of State is the Monarch, but give power to Parliament. Also the Monarch can desolve Parliament, also open it.
    William the B*stard was his original name sake, then later coined as William the Conqueror.
    You can drink alcohol at the age of 5 in your private home, only selling it to someone comes under the 18 thing.
    Fish and Chips actually started in Lancashire, even as a Yorkshire lad I have to give credit to them. That London lot tries claiming things, it is funny when they do without knowing history.
    Many Welsh folk say that isn't the actual translation.
    Savvy as a chocolate tea pot is a term/phrase you might want to look-up in the sense to some of the things he's put across.
    I've heard that Geography Now claims certain things, but uses other people's works. So..?
    Many States in the US have more rainfall.
    The French thing was because of the Normans, then bits afterwards.
    He gets some things right, but also gets some things wrong.

  • @liverpoollass7600
    @liverpoollass7600 2 месяца назад

    Please react to Peter Kay Misheard Lyrics and also, Dave Allen Airplanes. Both are absolutely hysterical and will make you question both air travel and songs you have heard in a great way. Your reaction to 101 facts was a delight to watch. 🇬🇧😊

  • @trevorlsheppard7906
    @trevorlsheppard7906 2 месяца назад

    Hiya ,the reason it rains a lot in the Uk is that there are 3000 miles of Atlantic Ocean west of the Uk and little else,the wind in the Uk usually blows from the South West ,that means it has 3000 miles of the Atlantic to pick Moisture which then falls as rain when it reaches the Uk ,❤❤.

  • @rosalynadams3758
    @rosalynadams3758 2 месяца назад

    Hottest UK temperature now stands at 40.3c or 104.5f and our homes don't have aircon plus it's very humid here. Our homes are also brick built so it's like being cooked in a sauna within a clay oven with no way to escape it.

    • @robertpayne4033
      @robertpayne4033 2 месяца назад +1

      To be fair, it was only for one day; the next day, it struggled to get into the 20s.

    • @rosalynadams3758
      @rosalynadams3758 2 месяца назад

      @robertpayne4033 Thankfully.

  • @user-TonyUK
    @user-TonyUK 2 месяца назад +4

    The Flag of the UK is called the Union Jack ONLY WHEN ITS FLOWN ONBOARD A MILITARY SHIP, when flown from a building or vehicle its called the Union Flag

    • @lokki245
      @lokki245 Месяц назад +2

      It absolutely isn't. This myth just won't die, and seems to originate with confusion about how the flag was first used, but there is written evidence of it being referred to as the Union Jack within 2-3 years of it's introduction. I speak as someone who used to 'correct' people as you just did, but I recommend spending some time looking into this. The true story is actually very interesting.

  • @RichDoes..
    @RichDoes.. 2 месяца назад

    already mentioned haggis... I was commenting in rel time. Stay lovely.

  • @davidseale8252
    @davidseale8252 2 месяца назад

    Haggis, ...and I love your laughter

  • @richardpoynton4026
    @richardpoynton4026 2 месяца назад +1

    Our taxes related to healthcare are far less than you pay for health insurance. Plus Ambulances are free, prescription medication is cheap or in some cases free and no one in this country knows what a ‘co-pay’ is. We also never have any medical debts and there are no such things as ‘death panels’. But please, go on believing what you like, makes no difference to me.

  • @CowmanUK
    @CowmanUK Месяц назад

    As for the history stretching back to 6500 BC (number 12), technically that isn't history. It's prehistory. History is what was recorded, written down. Not archaeology. Nearly everywhere on Earth has prehistory (the exceptions being newly formed islands/regions due to volcanic eruptions).

  • @alistairhackney
    @alistairhackney Месяц назад

    Scottish hate being called British, but Scotland is part of Great Britain. Therefore, they're British.

    • @sirderam1
      @sirderam1 6 дней назад

      No, only the separatists hate being called British. The majority, who voted to remain part of the UK in 2014, either don't mind, or are proud to be British.

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney 2 месяца назад

    'The taxes' are less than your health plans by about 40% [ with a ZERO deductible ]. Our 'private' ops are about half the price of US ones and NHS about a third of the cost.
    _Do you then pay tax on top of your deductible?_

  • @terencecarroll1812
    @terencecarroll1812 2 месяца назад

    Haggis, very funny both on your part and the guy in the video.
    There's so much to react on here about UK so why not have a look and try other topics like 10 best castles for example

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 2 месяца назад +3

    its not 18 to drink its 18 to buy
    its regarded as 18 years old, but you can drink in a pub at 16 and 17, subject to licence as long as your with and adult and your having a meal, but you can only drink beers, wine and cider no spirits, in private your home, or another private place, the legal age is 5 years old to drink

  • @gdok6088
    @gdok6088 2 месяца назад

    Haggis can be aggressive little creatures and you have to go out on dark, misty nights wearing a kilt to have a chance of bagging one. And they are impossible to kill 😂

  • @mefw
    @mefw 2 месяца назад

    In England, Scotland, and Wales, it is not illegal for children aged 5 to 17 to drink alcohol at home or on private property. However, it is not recommended, and the Chief Medical Officers say that an alcohol-free childhood is best

    • @mimikurtz2162
      @mimikurtz2162 2 месяца назад

      You can also take your children to a pub and buy alcohol for them.

  • @trevorlsheppard7906
    @trevorlsheppard7906 2 месяца назад

    Hiya ,he should have said you have to be 18 years old to buy alcohol in the UK ,the legal age to consume alcohol in the UK is Five,5 years old ,I know it seems unlikely nevertheless it is true ❤❤ .

    • @johnd6487
      @johnd6487 2 месяца назад

      Oh, if I recall (i was a licensee, but many years ago), that only applies to beer, cider and perry. There's no legal minimum age for spirits.

  • @OutcastSpartan
    @OutcastSpartan 2 месяца назад

    100F in England is unbearable because of how freaking humid it is. If it was dry heat it would still be awful, but tolerable.
    Our taxes are lower than US Taxes, if we take into account how much you pay for health insurance for worst healthcare.

  • @IFITS61
    @IFITS61 2 месяца назад +1

    I Love Haggis With Gravy N Mash

  • @DianeLittle-dd6ej
    @DianeLittle-dd6ej 2 месяца назад

    Bullshit on where the queen spent most of her days she spent most of her days at balmoral castle in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and she passed passed away in balmoral castle .

  • @ziggythedrummer
    @ziggythedrummer 2 месяца назад

    Another fun fact from a personal perspective: in the aerial video shot for #13, you can see my old high school (we call them secondary schools here though)

  • @GamePass_GameOn
    @GamePass_GameOn 2 месяца назад +1

    Northern Ireland has its own flag tho its has red hand in middle or just type in Ulster Flag

    • @NataliePine
      @NataliePine 2 месяца назад

      That hasn't been the official flag since 1973.

    • @GamePass_GameOn
      @GamePass_GameOn 2 месяца назад

      @NataliePine But we still fly the flag even after Britain took on Northern Ireland so its still our flag

  • @RichDoes..
    @RichDoes.. 2 месяца назад

    Brexit was basically a nation imposing tax on imports and exports, jingoism and racism were key factors.. thinking wasn't really present to most!

  • @cozzsiecooper296
    @cozzsiecooper296 2 месяца назад

    I loved Conkers bad fur day me and my friends always played Teddies vs Squirrels pvp and the Matrix level was so good 🤣

  • @Captainval28
    @Captainval28 Месяц назад

    As a Scottish loyalist to the Union Jack and it’s struggle against being colonised I find you not knowing offensive 😜 anyway i just started watching this so I don’t know if it’s included but we led the way in ending slavery globally thanks to our abolitionist movement created as a consequence of William the conqueror banning skavery in British soil

  • @Oddballkane
    @Oddballkane 2 месяца назад

    The reason Wales has such a long named town is because they want people to visit think about the world's largest ball of string etc.

  • @bobclarke1815
    @bobclarke1815 2 месяца назад +1

    400 years of conflicts between England and Ireland.

    • @frankbrodie5168
      @frankbrodie5168 Месяц назад

      And only one of those countries is still going on about it!

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 2 месяца назад

    Haggis is good. I ate it in a Edinburgh shopping centre, yes we spell it centre and not center, centre is a French loan word IIRC.

  • @RichDoes..
    @RichDoes.. 2 месяца назад

    I looove the ocean... 5 mins walk.

  • @mefw
    @mefw 2 месяца назад

    The King or Queen have the ultimate power - put it this way , imagine both houses in the US Government had to swear allegiance to the Presidents family BEFORE they were allowed to take their seats and vote, if you don't swear allegiance you are barred from taking your seat in Parliament and voting and you won't get paid.

    • @julianbarber4708
      @julianbarber4708 2 месяца назад

      That's just tradition. Officially, they have NO power, though I suspect they have an unhealthy influence.

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 2 месяца назад

    Early football matches often ended in deaths.

  • @nekite1
    @nekite1 2 месяца назад

    Haggis... I first had haggis in Aberdeen back in 1979...deep fried in batter from the local chip shop...what can I say other than nom nom nom.

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney 2 месяца назад

    You can have 'medical' in the UK now. [ Curaleaf ]

  • @NataliePine
    @NataliePine 2 месяца назад

    #76 with the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre... that's a deep cut 😂 (Edit: Haggis)

  • @thewolfhound1982
    @thewolfhound1982 2 месяца назад +2

    I absolutely love your channel, you are one of my top ten reactors.
    If you would like to know more about the United kingdom could you do a reaction video on (Every Country England Has Invaded: Visualized) by RUclips channel RealLifeLore.
    I guarantee you will be speechless.

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 Месяц назад

    the wole of the UK is only the size of ohio, another fact, texas one of your biggest states, has 19000 bars, the uk has 48000 pubs

  • @tersse
    @tersse 2 месяца назад

    that stick gets you to the road, then you got humans to deal with, drunk drivers etc, need a bigger stick! hahahaha.

  • @seanmc1351
    @seanmc1351 2 месяца назад +2

    hey just found your channel, no, your not stupid, i promise, there is so much history in the UK, from the roman times, even if you lived here, it would be hard to get it all

  • @markbright684
    @markbright684 2 месяца назад

    Check out shrovetide football there was a bit more to it than kicking a ball around.

  • @01Andos
    @01Andos 2 месяца назад

    Haggis! You should try it😊

  • @davebrown9707
    @davebrown9707 2 месяца назад

    Do yourself a favour and dont even ask about the whole Ireland northern Ireland thing. It's very very complicated and anything you say you will get hate from one side or another. All you need to know is that currently northern Ireland is part of the uk and the republic of Ireland is an independent country ( well sort of independent they have to answer to the overlords in Brussels)

  • @jang3412
    @jang3412 Месяц назад

    Haggis! Hmm...that wasn't invented by Will S. Does it count>

  • @davestubbs7274
    @davestubbs7274 2 месяца назад

    Nice one👍

  • @graham9642
    @graham9642 24 дня назад

    The whole of the UK will fit into Wyoming with a bit of room to spare

  • @patrickwoods254
    @patrickwoods254 2 месяца назад +1

    HAGGIS!

  • @coot1925
    @coot1925 2 месяца назад

    In the US you have to be 21 to drink alcohol, 18 to join the military, 17 to drive & strong enough to hold a Glock to own a gun. What's wrong with this picture?

  • @peteramaranth85
    @peteramaranth85 2 месяца назад

    alot of stuff happend in 1994, my wife was born in that year i was 9 years old as well haha

  • @DianeLittle-dd6ej
    @DianeLittle-dd6ej 2 месяца назад

    That dish tikka masala was invented in Glasgow Scotland

  • @ryder5616
    @ryder5616 2 месяца назад

    I saw no mention of Mary Quants gift to man(and womankind) - the mini skirt

  • @gaynorhead2325
    @gaynorhead2325 2 месяца назад

    The UK is about the same size as Idaho! So not big!
    And the Lion wasn’t on the flag. That was a dragon.

  • @robertlonsdale5326
    @robertlonsdale5326 2 месяца назад

    We have some deadly plants.

  • @demoncrow7024
    @demoncrow7024 Месяц назад

    Haggis!!!!! Lol

  • @TheKFMProductions
    @TheKFMProductions 2 месяца назад

    I think it might be worth watching geography now U.K.

  • @Veran1337
    @Veran1337 2 месяца назад

    Haggis…sounds horrible, looks horrible, but its bloody delicious!