I'm getting a few comments suggesting I keep posting content that isn't interviews on this channel. It's tempting of course- but I have a long term vision that I want to be consistent with. However: Here's a second channel I've created. No promises but if I ever want to express myself again or experiment with new content you will find it here! www.youtube.com/@KateFBarr And finally, as I say goodbye to this crazy two weeks, can I just thank you all again for how lovely you have been to me in the comments/donations and how much you have given me to think about. It really means a lot X
People come overseas to help the economy, and spend money so who rent make money who make food make money..etc And by the way immigrants are leaving now and you can guess who is leaving billionaires and entrepreneurs going to UAE and countries who have common-sense and less tax, who leaving UK are the richest people and entrepreneurs because they feel warm and welcomed in other countries and the people are united in those countries not living as a single person who trying to make everything alone, take example of the Eastern society where families are united to seek developing but west culture destroyed itself and make it so cold to have a propos in life.
@@thatShelbyMo The UAE is not my idea of any sort of model to emulate. I've lived there so I have at least the right to have some opinion. Honestly talking about the West v The East to me is just silly. The West comprises over 50 countries, which are not some homogeneous mass of culture. Similarly the East where exactly because Japan isn't Indonesia, Singapore isnt Mynmar. I just think these kind of sweeping generalisations are asinine
Here is a quick example of how UK citizens are being absolutely fleeced by our 'government': In 2019, the personal tax allowance (which is the amount you can earn before paying tax) was £12,500. In 2025, it is £12,570. So it is virtually unchanged. But if you use the Bank of England's inflation calculator to see what the 2019 figure is worth today, it is £15,667.46. So in other words, the fact they have not increased the tax free allowance to match inflation means we are being taxed more. Tax is crippling ordinary folk, and it is crippling the economy, hence why it is completely stagnant and not growing at all. We are being governed by morons, and people still keep voting for Tory and Labour. It boggles the mind. STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
It's worth saying it underwent some large increases in recent years. For example, 25 years ago it was one third of today. So basically in the last 25 years prices almost doubled (using also the BofE calculator) but the tax free allowance almost tripled.
The problem is the government isn’t the top of the pyramid, there’s a class above it calling the shots, and if you want to be CHOSEN as a candidate for government you have to follow the ruling classes agenda. And it seems to me apart of the agenda is the end of white people.
@@educatingkate Hey Kate, I am so glad to have watched your video. I have a very similar experience to you but I am European who immigrated to Australia. I've been working hard and supporting my mother and brothers for years. Last year I did a similar situation to you, and moved far away, and I am earning very well, and have no expenses. And still I have problems, like the politics at work and the grubbiness around me. But I smile, laugh, tell jokes, and puns try to make each day nice for my community. My biggest problem now, is like you described, the family issue. However, I am grateful to be in my current position but I have noticed dating is very difficult. In my 20s it was easier, but I was always struggling with work and uni and not having money. Very recently I had to break up with my girlfriend due to her toxic traits, and have never felt so sad and alone. Now that I am in my early 30s, well I just look for people who are kind, empathic, and emotionally mature. I saw these qualities in you, and it has renewed hope in me. I want to Thank You from the bottom of my heart. You are a special person, and you have a lot of courage. It is morning time here, and I feel very optimistic, and hope to find someone with your qualities. I am sure that you will create great opportunities in life, and find a man who you can start a serious relationship, to build a loving family and a fullfilling life. Don't be pessimistic with all these redp ill people, or negative thoughts. Keep being you, spark joy to others, and look forward. Thank you Kate! Erik : )
You hit the nail on the head by bringing up government. There’s definitely an accountability gap with governments who get paid whether or not they deliver. Paid by the taxpayers.
I would also like to add that this statement is true regardless of who you voted for or what party you identify with. It's almost like the political class is 1 team working in unison when the cameras are off. Thankfully I know better.
Its refreshing. Just a person in front of a camera being genuine about unfortunately relatable livelyhood. Not trying to sell me on anything or have an alterior motive. You're well-spoken with words that have merit, and as a 25 year old American, I feel a great deal of sympathy and empathy. Best of luck in your journalistic endeavors, Kate. It's a noble cause
Happening here in Canada too. Not enough homes and jobs for everyone, economy cannot sustain it. Quality of life is nosediving as a result, and our federal governments keep making it worse.
Nobody can't design and execute on that scale and precision. And if actually ANYBODY was in charge it would be GOOD thing - with somebody in charge, you can plea, negotiate, cheat, bribe, fight ... but what if there's noone? What I believe is happening, is that certain preconditions have been orchestrated and if there was ever plan to control what would follow, it went to hell. Nobody is in control. _"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."_
The amount and quality of immigration plus the load on resources is an issue and it's not unkind to point this out. The government is to blame, the business interests are also to blame. GDP data is why they do it. Quantitative Easing with people. They also use them as a client class against the extant population. If immigration was cut and visas withdrawn rents would be 20% cheaper. Houses would be 20% cheaper and our wages 20% higher.
Indeed. It is of course understandable why a young person would find the subject very uncomfortable, because of what has surrounded them during their upbringing, especially within schools, popular entertainment, advertising, mainstream media, etc., also from their parents. The young are inherantly optimistic, they want the world to be a better place, they like the idea of somehow everyone just being able to get along (and society needs this default outlook, otherwise there can be no aspirational future, no hope, no sense of direction, no purpose to creating a family or anything). It's a hard landing to eventually realise that the real world just isn't like that (some cultures are better than others, and some related behavioural norms are inherantly bad, such as batcha bazi and FGM), but alas it can take 30 years to figure this out, though some never do, especially if they're subjected to long term pressures from parents, friends, media, etc., never hearing contrary views, never realising just how much they're being lied to. People will choose to believe a lie either because they want it to be true, or they're afraid it's true. The young want the world to be a fair place, but it just isn't; indeed, even within a single culture, the true measure of genuine personal liberty *is* wealth disparity, because people must have the agency to be responsible for their own bad decisions, aswell as benefiting from good ones (forcing equality of outcome is denial of agency, it's only possible via what amounts to state violence). The young strongly err towards policies of harm avoidance, which has been amplified by feminism, but this has meant a failure to prevent the import of those with bad cultural practices from the nastier parts of the world. Young people (mainly women) find it very hard to comprehend how it's remotely possible for human beings to be so sickeningly horrible to each other, it threatens the very foundation of their optimistic worldview. Alas some choose to ignore the warnings and travel to dangerous places anyway, hence the many examples of young women being murdered in places like Morocco or Afghanistan. They emerge from the parental home and education system as people who have by definition survived until that time via structures of free stuff and protection from harm; this is entirely sensible, but in many ways it's now gone way too far (eg. millenial safe space culture, near unlimited resources, an encouraged mindset of entitlement despite the lack of any career experience or earned merit), it's produced multiple generations of people with strongly collectivist world views who don't understand how an economy works or basic meritocratic principles, and it leaves them highly vulnerbale to poltical exploitation (especially within higher education, baring in mind academia is typically 95% left leaning), for both their votes and resources. No surprise they end up living as if govt is a substitute parent, especially in fiscal terms (the state replaces the father, the welfare state replaces the father's income). This is all discussable and so on, one can in time present facts, evidence and reasoned arguments to change minds, but it's not a solution to undo the damage already done. Even if all immigration, legal or otherwise, was halted immediately, the system cannot self correct until the imported millions leave, but there's just no way to achieve that without adopting structures of state power that I should imagine nobody would like to witness in their lifetime. Hence, it's more likely any correction will occur via structural collapse (no more free stuff), which absolutely sucks for the young who will have to live through it, all the more so if they finally realise that in order to secure their own futures and that of their culture and nation (normal and sensible ingroup preference), they will have to in whole or part abandon their idealistic notions of a uniformally fair and just world. This illogical sense of global obligation has itself been deliberately encouraged, born of the early days of the liberal movement. It's resulted in western civilisation being sacrificed upon the altar of misplaced altruism, driven largely by female voting choices because women, by their very nature, seek harm avoidance, and they try to apply that maternal view to matters of external power (relationships between nations and cultures). It's why one sees such stark differences between men and women with regard to issues such as open border policies and welfare prevention. In hard times, men fall back to stoicism, women don't. The rot can be traced back a long way, across multiple govts of all parties in various ways at different times, but it began almost as soon as WW2 ended. I can understand why Kate would blanche at the some of comments she's doubtless seen about immigration, but many people have become far more hard line about the issue precisely because after decades of failed promises and consequent horrors (Lee Rigby, Rotherham, Manchester, Southport, etc.), nothing has changed for the better; people have had enough, so they inevitably cast aside their normal empathy and say this far, no further. Concern for nuance is cast aside. It's the cultural pendulum swing, something I've been writing about for years, a shift that will be ever harder to control in its nature, severity and application the longer govts & media try to prevent it from happening. If it's bottled up long enough, its ultimate expression is civil war, ground zero for which would likely be London. Govts though, as individuals in positions of power, are far too terrified of confronting the relevant demographic & cultural groups, some of whom now have significant power; the threat of violent response is ever present, they get to see the data the public does not. They know that organised mobs can be sent their way at a moment's notice, or perhaps just end up like Lee Rigby. Of course if one lives in a far more rural or island area, a great deal of this can seem very remote and meaningless, but such isolation is still no protection from the economic damage and turmoil to which you allude (if anything, that aspect can be worse, ie. damaged supply chains, utility systems and trade structures). It means everyone's futures face ruin - savings, pensions, housing, health care, retirement provision, civic order, etc. One can either have a viable welfare state or open borders; one cannot have both. Worst of all, a common govt response to such a crisis is to induce war, to encourage the blame of The Other, as it allows them to divert attention away from domestic issues, increase taxes, suspend civil liberties, write off national debt and eliminate or silence opposition voices via emergency powers. The muh-Russia blame game is no accident. Some politicians even blame Putin for inflation, which is absurd. Kate has responded rationally, she's left the UK. Grud knows what I would do if I were 35 years younger and in similar circumstance. She has more guts than I had at that age, but back then I didn't know nuthin'. The 1987 me going to uni could not comprehend the modern me one iota.
You seem very thoughtful, humble, and self aware. It makes you seem like a real person with real problems, like the rest of us, and rather than drowning out the noise of our dystopia you choose to discuss the problems and take action. I think people recognize this strength and gravitate toward it, and I hope you continue to share your thoughtful monologues from time to time.
No i am European,and…the Youngs in many nations in Europe are not in deep trouble as they are in UK. The govs control the price of housing ,lower the taxes ,cost of living,universities, unlike in UK which prefer looking after the usual rich class and royalty living the top high life while the ordinary people increasingly srtuggle.
its the exact same here in germany. Everything is going to absolute Sh!te. Crime, inflation, real estate prices, cost of living, taxes, the healthcare system sucks, school/ education system is ATROCIOUS. public transportation is a nightmare...i could go on and on. but its still better than africa and the middle east, i guess.
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The globalist agenda. It's bringing Africa and the ME to you.
Brainwashing at work. In the middle east we are living the best of life. Every young man has his house because they are given a free land when they are 23. We employ many british people in our companies and they all getting paid by a figure theyll never see in their homeland. After you lost ww2 the same people who won has taken over europe and u.s. your grandfather knew who it was.
Brai,,nwas,,hing at work. In the middle east we are living the best of life. Every young man has his house because they are given a free land when they are 23. We employ many british people in our companies and they all getting paid by a figure theyll never see in their homeland.
If it makes you feel any better I think that you came across very well. As a father of two girls I hope they can express themselves with as much grace and honesty as you can.
“We account for so much of our time, and the time we that don’t account for, we don’t just live with ourselves, we live with our phones, and therefore we live with an algorithm that doesn’t have our best interest at heart” Damn that was hard to hear
@lochinvarmack7641 india.. youngster these days want to work outside, as there are too much tax on middle class. In fact there is a saying too. In india tax is equal to Europe, and facilities are equal to Africa...
I like your thoughts. I'm watching you from Chile, in South America. I've only seen two of your videos: I saw the one where you talk about the problems in Great Britain and now I'm watching this other video where you're talking. I haven't seen the other videos on your channel, but I liked these two videos that I've seen, because I like your thoughts. In my country, Chile, we have similar problems. I hope you continue to do well on RUclips.
I'm from Argentina, and honestly this girl opened my eyes, I always had this idea that the UK was like in the movies and such, with bad things rarely happening and quickly fix. But no, this lead me into a rabbit hole where I got to found out about these Pakistani gangs, something truly horrible that apparently hasn't been noticed until very recently. I hope everything turns out OK for the English and the UK in general
@@norikofu509 The Pakistani gangs are a product of government incompetency. We are a rich country in terms of the wealthy, but there is a lot of poverty, crime, and alcoholism. Like the lady said, Britain is broken, and the fault lies squarely on our “leaders”… just like everywhere else in the world. Hope things are well with you.
Please never give up on your dreams. You’re talented, you’re smart, you can do it. You’re gonna have the best damn interview channel on RUclips, as long as you keep trying. You’re the best.
I hope you will continue to share your own thoughts from time to time, as you are evidently quite kind and considerate in bringing your thoughts across to us on screen, while still somewhat off the cuff, it's a joy to reflect on the state of the sorrows of the world from this vantage you offer.
Just for the record I watched that vid because of the one you did with Daryl, which was a good interview. Your viral vid was a very interesting watch too. Will def. pop in, regularly to see how things are going with you.
You had some widely shared opinions, and the vulnerability was powerful. As soon as i saw the title to your video, i knew you understood what situation me and all my loved ones are in. So i clicked.
You created a video about why life in Britain is not so good for the young and people gave an honest answer why 🤷♂ Immigration uses housing (of which there is a massive shortage), raises rents, depresses wages, uses services which should go to the lower classes and vulnerable, increases crime and if you complain it calls you racist.
She doesn't want to talk about immigration though as she is a liberal in cognitive dissonance. Her own eyes must be denied to maintain her strong beliefs. 1984.
Glad your back. I watched your 1st post. I then subscribed straight away. Why? Because you came across as genuine, and you reminded me of my daughter. She, too, despite being only 23, like you, is a formidable and determined young woman. As I audited recently all my YTers I've subscribed too, I noticed yours was "fading." So assumed your NY post was a "one-off." I'm happy to be proven wrong. 🇦🇺 🇫🇴
the craziest thing is giving immigrants easy pathway to citizenship and ILR. in asian countries or most normal countries you as a foreigner can come and get a work permit but you'll never get citizenship or be able to vote
yeah, because showing hard working immigrants who help your country prosper that they'll always be beneath you is so great at making the society to bond 😂 what are those awesome normal countries that never grant citizenship to people who live there?
Immigration is THE key issue, kindness to immigrants is the impoverishment of the native people. To be truly kind you must turn them away so that they can fix their countries and allow ourselves to live as we should naturally do without interference.
You’re not sure what a billion is are you? Or say 1000 billion. Do you think a few million immigrants got this number in even 40 years? Look upwards you muppet where’s all the money went? Look who HAS all the money. Not the poor bastards coming in with less than us. Sure it doesn’t help if I’m being fair. But if there was not 1 immigrant here - you would be the immigrant. Unless can you guess one we did it the 1st time round? We formed unions and demanded a fair share. - we should try it again starting with a few general strikes
Life in the UK has deteriorated significantly over the last 17 years or so post the 2008 financial crisis and the many years of austerity that followed
if austerity was a genuine concern on either side of the political aisle we wouldn't have a proxy war with Russia and record non stop immigration but nobody on the left seems interested in stopping those
Austerity probably slowed down the decline in our living standards some what. When you live beyond your means to long you end up like Greece. The real sickness is in 1997 a choice was made to become a low wage, low productivity economy via mass immigration and as a result we have ended up looking more like Albania and less like Norway. England is already one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. Trying to operate a country like this on that business model was suicidal. Probably to some degree it has to do with the financialisation of our economy and the fact that a lot of our big banks and wealthy elite are rent seekers and speculators. Then instead of making structural reforms to our economy to improve productivity and moderate costs a lot of the political energy was dumped into 5 years of never ending hand wringing about austerity which was nowhere near as bad as the media made out and then we wasted another 5 years on Brexit which in theory leaving the EU was probably the right thing to do but our political class have no interest in the reforms which would make it useful like reforming planning or getting useful infrastructure built or getting our children useful technical educations instead of useless university degrees that put them in debt or alleviating the housing crisis to allow family formation. Then we wasted another 2 years on useless lockdowns over a bad cold where the elites made themselves rich at our expense. Then we have wasted another 3 years on a failed war against Russia and net zero which are two more wholly contrived and useless agendas. Right now Britain effectively exists in a non stop constitutional crisis because of reforms made between 1997-2010 with devolution and the human rights act and this endless judicial review of parliament even though parliament is sovereign and the courts and various quangos and advisory bodies are not. They will tell you with a straight face we cannot deport foreign criminals because of a ruling of the supreme court which is not even as old as my car. The new Thames tunnel they need to build to replace the Dartford crossing has so far burned through more money in the planning and legal challenge phase than Norway spent building the worlds longest car tunnel. We have no electricity today when in 2008 Nick Clegg said we cannot build nuclear power stations because the electricity would not be available until 2022... Yeah. Your average Brit is a left wing mid wit who wants free stuff and complains about what the lying media has told them is bad like Brexit or austerity yet cannot even grasp the basics of the real disease. They are led around by the nose by the lying media from contrived "crisis" to contrived "crisis" all while things fall apart and we are robbed.
You said what so many feel, that's simply why your video went viral. I am a British expat, you might call me crazy because I want to move back home, but I can’t. My wife is Czech, we are both high school teachers making a good salary for the Czech Republic, but it isn’t enough to get her a visa to live in the UK. Yet economic migrants and refugees coming here illegally are not only welcomed once they arrive, but the British government also pay for them to live here. This is why I am passionately outspoken against illegal migration, my own country is blocking myself and my wife from living it in while the door is open to illegals. As far as I'm concerned my human rights are being violated by the UK government. All I want is to live in my own country with my wife of 8 years.
This is a big risk of mixed couples - one could get homesick. Living in Britain on teacher's salary is not a good idea. I lived in London on 155k salary and still left.
That is SO wrong and messed up. Goes to show how ludicrous the system is. I'm sorry that you are in this situation. Would it be possible to move back to the UK on your own, get a teaching job, then apply for her to come over? Your salary as a teacher should be enough to sponsor her?
I am from the U.S. You voiced the feelings and emotions of millions if not billions of people around the world. We feel we are being crushed and we are. Now EduKate yourself on why that is, who is doing it to us, and what we can do about it. Go on the journey and we will follow you while you EduKate yourself and us. Just an idea for a channel. I watched Tim Pool go from beanie skater boy filming Occupy Wallstreet to being the biggest live RUclips show primetime. This is your chance young one:)
You can't really talk about the state of the UK without mentioning immigration. Even the economic pro-immigration argument doesn't really hold up, the UK state spending on welfare is factored into GDP growth, so when a large percentile of migrants go on welfare it means number goes up on a chart, while being a net negative to the economy. In addition to adding massive new pressure (and increasing!) onto various public/social services. On top of that we can disregard welfare and still end up with a lot of immigration being for low wage and unskilled work, resulting in people who will never be net contributors to the economy for their entire lives. It's a disaster even if you want to talk about it in a purely economic sense or in terms of the impact on infrastructure.
Wow. They actually include the money taken from the tax pot and put into people's bank accounts as earned money aka contributing to the GDP? That is some cooked accounting right there.
Immigration and GDP change, inflation/deflation are analogue to blood pressure. You need SOME to live. You can tolerate some variance, people have various levels with which they feel comfortable. But nothing can survive constant shock-stroke, and too rapid moves both ways can disable or KILL. Meanwhile, governments have chosen to star both blood letting and transfusion of wrong blood type ....
she did the whole 'im an immigrant too' thing. but, did she migrate to asia, go on the dole, import her entire family, then start calling everyone racist and demanding changes to holidays and school menus and whatnot?
Your open and objective approach is very much refreshing. Also, you're putting words to what a lot of people are feeling currently. I look forward to more stimulating topics and videos
Don't pay attention to the vile comments. You have done so well articulating your points. The vast majority of us are here to listen and support you. Keep going and stand fast! Empathy and compassion are key to all civil discourse.
One of the issues with housing,( there are several), was Thatcher opening the door for Banks to do mortgage lending. Remembering that Banks can create money from thin air and attach an interest rate. Before Thatcher made the change mortgages came from Building societies who lent out saver deposits. And never pumped the market with unending liquidity, as they could not create money from thin air like Banks. The mass migrations, lack of supply,( Clement Atlee's 1947 Town and Country planing act is still on the books unchanged ). So it has definitely scuppered the prospects for young British people. Ultimately the British Government is to blame.
People move, cultures evolve, empires rise and fall, always have always will. We live in a globalised world with vast levels of inequality. Why wouldn’t people living with war, repression or poverty want to move to improve their lives and the prospects for their children?
@@A-Mor-Graal it is indeed. Children and old women don’t tend to embark on such dangerous journeys unless they absolutely have to, weird eh? But many do have to and many die in the process. My point was actually about future families of migrants. I’m guessing you live in a politically stable country? If that changed and you found yourself subject to conditions resembling life in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Afghanistan or Yemen would you really stay put and say ‘yeah, I might die, but it’s so much better if I receive help in my own land’?
How was it in Soviet Russia during Lenin's time?(Election of deputies from workers' and employees' collectives with the right of recall by voting of the same collectives)
I appreciated hearing a Scot. I agree that social media disconnects people but you didn't mention that social pressure in the real world also does that. In particular, Holyrood has made it illegal to say the wrong things about immigration and many other topics and has gone further than the UK. I believe it is now illegal to have hateful books at your home in Scotland. Your HK example reveals why the UK and West is worse off. We lose our own young people who are westerners; we gain Africans and Asians who are not western. Nonetheless, HK would become furious if the Cantonese or Han were to become a minority in their own cities and countries. Everyone would.
You were brilliant in touching a nerve the other day and sharing a collective experience. The thing about immigration isn't the immigrants themselves, generally. It's the fact that the government is subsidising it to an extreme degree. There are posters in London in 100 different languages offering people help with housing benefit, in some cases up to £3000/month. At the same time young people may be trapped with their parents and have no chance of ever moving out. When the government is happy to treat it's own young people as third class citizens while giving extreme levels of support to people who can't even speak the native language - there's an issue. Some comments on immigration can be quite vile. On the other hand, some cultures definitely do not fit in well to the UK and there are above average crime rates in certain areas, towns and boroughs - and behaviour which is totally unacceptable, e.g. the grooming gangs or groups of lads carrying machetes and threatening Sky News presenters live on air. It is a very emotional issue for some people. But again the solution is finding your own path, doing your best, making time for yourself and doing the best with your circumstances. We may be better off in countries where the government is neutral, than in the UK where there is active hostility towards its own people. Thank you for sharing
I think the rising cost of living in the UK has taken a bite out of people's social spending, which is a part of the disconnection Who can rightfully decide to visit a pub for £6 a pint, a cinema for £15 a ticket, or a restaurant for £10-£20, when they're counting the pounds in their back pocket over food? Unfortunately, this means you can't really talk with people, and comprehend how you're not alone in this situation. You don't even want to invite people over to talk in your cold living room, or throw the thermostat on, and shell out for it, just to gas for an hour over a cuppa
So well deserved as well that you went viral! I greatly found your video very informative, and well timed and from the heart. You deserve all the success, have a great 2025🎉❤
I was curious as an American the gripes of someone from the UK. I only hear good things from people here about it from people that haven't been and wanted to see if the grass is just greener or it's actually better. I stayed for your accent and ability to convey ideas efficiently. I appreciate you.
Don't think about living here unless you want horrible infrastructure, unaffordable transportation. Cheaper to fly London to Glasgow round trip than to take the train or drive. On an island the size of Alabama. Everything is roughly 1.5x more expensive here than in my small MN town, and I live in rural England. It's astonishing. As a fellow American I wouldn't recommend it. Cool to visit, but never to live.
You've hit the nail on the head. London born here. Wages stagnant, unless your family has generational wealth, it's work, eat and sleep, can't spend money to have a little fun got all them bills to pay! Spoken English not the norm anymore, most do speak but as a second language! I somehow married a lovely Vietnamese girl and live half the year in Vietnam, no regrets!
The world needs you to keep talking….I certainly do!… you have a natural connection to ordinary people…you instinctively understand where we are… you woke me up….! Im now awake and living everyday… thank you I owe you… well done keep talking and venting we need you … thank you…. I wish you a wonderful life. Xx
8:25 this isn't as much about policies, or the internet, this is about cultural and national identity, and how individual, societies, and political leaders respond to an unprecedented global landscape of resource challenges. It can be easy to blame social media, just as to blame immigrants, but all these woes are social problems not technical problems, and recasting the focus away from people and onto a technical platform issue is a misstep. People have to confront hard truths about what types of societies we want to build, rather than hoping for some technical or economic (or immigration policy) magic bullet fix.
It’s really very simple… the “ruling class” or spongers believe that wealth accumulation is their birthright. Investment in education, healthcare and housing would allow for a population that is a)capable of adequately holding the government to account and b) capable of addressing the wider issues that the aforementioned class believe they are immune to because they are essentially trans national. Well they have a wake up call coming.
You simply say the truth. I am european, and the Youngs in many nations in Europe are not in deep trouble as they are in UK. The govs control the price of housing ,lower the taxes ,cost of living,universities, unlike in UK which prefer looking after the usual rich class and royalty living the top high life while the ordinary people increasingly srtuggle.
I never blame those seeking a better life. Our Government’s have brought them here for cheap flexible Labour. The effect on jobs, housing and public services have been devastating. Our politicians don’t give a damn for these people they don’t 7:49 give a damn for their own people.
good luck. I went to Thailand last year. It was so amazing compared to my boring life in the United States. I was dating an ex from UK for a few years. She kept trying to drag me there. I said I have 0 interest in the UK for so many reasons. Yay I get to pay 400 dollars a night for a hotel in London. I will pass. Don't hate the immigrant hate the government that destroys the immigration policies and rewards people for not coming to improve the country. For the ones coming in, what is their value, for the ones leaving, what is their value? Are the people leaving the ones with wealth or at least enough wealth to escape?
Ooh, you are sooo close! Just one more step. The reluctance to release your ideology that caused this situation! Watching it painful. The sad thing is it's all about ego now.
The U.K is dying, Canada is dying, the U.S.A is dying. Our way of life has permanently deteriorated due to several inputs which at this point are irreversible.
My view is we need a radical overhaul of democracy devolving power from an incompetent political class to the people themselves. Our Westminster system dates back to a time when the people simply could not represent themselves.
@@PaulJonesy It dates from a period when the only one who voted were the landowners of big real estate : those who had not were not citizens, considered just as refugees or often as conquered people since Willian the Conqueror.
Thank you. Please keep posting and talking about these important topics. I love your quote, “Scare the politicians with our intelligence.” You call it as you see it, but without hate.
Your video was very important and articulate. The problems we are having are complex and interlinked and its reach a dangerous boiling point. It’s getting to be quite dangerous and living in the UK the feeling I get is that those people that can are battening down the hatches for some sort of storm. What form that will take we don’t get to decide. All I’d urge for 2025 for people is look out for eachother, your closest loved ones and community because that’s what will really count in the future. Don’t stress about the video being hijacked or anything either I honestly think it was taken the right way. I’ve subscribed and hope you get to discuss this as it inevitably develops. As a UK citizen looking from the outside who isn’t a millionaire fleeing taxation you have a unique perspective.
I’m very happy for you that your video went viral & your subscribers increased markedly It was the first Utube video of yours I came across & it certainly captured my interest Best wishes for 2025
A lot of people really resonated with your video, including me. I think a lot of people are feeling stuck in the uk, they don’t want to leave because they love the country, but it’s unrecognisable and it doesn’t look like it’ll get much better which is a real a shame tbh
Around 42 years ago I bought my first home. It was an ex-council flat and just scraped under what I could afford, costing 30k. I'd have to earn 50k a year to buy it now. The UK has being spiralling down for a number of years and is only set to get worse if something drastic doesn't occur.
I echo your feelings regarding the U.K government, it puts me in a state of anxiety and probably the same for many others. Politics used to just be in the background whilst we got on with our lives but not any more, it's now a situation of "what the hell are they going to throw at us next". I wish I didn't care, and as I am 75 I shouldn't let all the daily stupidity bother me but I remember how life used to be. The average dying age in the U.K for men was 78, for women 84 but since 2017 it has reduced by 2 weeks for every year since 2017. My theory for the reduction of life expectancy for both sexes is feelings of insecurity together with anxiety which manifests in physical illnesses and the lack of mental wellbeing.
Your speech really made me think, I am Iranian person and have a business in Dubai but I decided to move to UK by innovation founder UK visa and strat a business there, but I really doubt what will happen next in economy in there
Just for future reference, a lot of places in Hong Kong, esp. government facilities and most public transport, you can get free wifi. I would be a bit careful with those, though, and of course it's always nice to disconnect once in a while.
You are wise way "beyond your years", and that it a gift which touches people and moves them. Keep going, keep telling the truth as you see it, and you will make a difference. Well done.
I think that the whole world is going through a downturn in the quality of life and freedoms and the results are callousness and lack of empathy for others but it can only get better with love and compassion which I don't see happening easily
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I'm getting a few comments suggesting I keep posting content that isn't interviews on this channel. It's tempting of course- but I have a long term vision that I want to be consistent with.
However: Here's a second channel I've created. No promises but if I ever want to express myself again or experiment with new content you will find it here!
www.youtube.com/@KateFBarr
And finally, as I say goodbye to this crazy two weeks, can I just thank you all again for how lovely you have been to me in the comments/donations and how much you have given me to think about. It really means a lot X
Now I'm curious to see who you have already interviewed.
I hope the guardian or other corporate government controlled media give you that job and the recognition you deeply crave.
@@user-pf5xq3lq8iI hope you get less bitter and paranoid but it's a forlorn hope no doubt
People come overseas to help the economy, and spend money so who rent make money who make food make money..etc
And by the way immigrants are leaving now and you can guess who is leaving billionaires and entrepreneurs going to UAE and countries who have common-sense and less tax, who leaving UK are the richest people and entrepreneurs because they feel warm and welcomed in other countries and the people are united in those countries not living as a single person who trying to make everything alone, take example of the Eastern society where families are united to seek developing but west culture destroyed itself and make it so cold to have a propos in life.
@@thatShelbyMo The UAE is not my idea of any sort of model to emulate. I've lived there so I have at least the right to have some opinion.
Honestly talking about the West v The East to me is just silly. The West comprises over 50 countries, which are not some homogeneous mass of culture. Similarly the East where exactly because Japan isn't Indonesia, Singapore isnt Mynmar.
I just think these kind of sweeping generalisations are asinine
You are a nice lady with a good heart, don't change - god bless you and may all your dreams come true this year
Very kind comment. I'm sure my ex would beg to differ aha x
Here is a quick example of how UK citizens are being absolutely fleeced by our 'government': In 2019, the personal tax allowance (which is the amount you can earn before paying tax) was £12,500. In 2025, it is £12,570. So it is virtually unchanged. But if you use the Bank of England's inflation calculator to see what the 2019 figure is worth today, it is £15,667.46. So in other words, the fact they have not increased the tax free allowance to match inflation means we are being taxed more. Tax is crippling ordinary folk, and it is crippling the economy, hence why it is completely stagnant and not growing at all. We are being governed by morons, and people still keep voting for Tory and Labour. It boggles the mind. STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
Fiscal Drag.
It's worth saying it underwent some large increases in recent years. For example, 25 years ago it was one third of today. So basically in the last 25 years prices almost doubled (using also the BofE calculator) but the tax free allowance almost tripled.
The problem is the government isn’t the top of the pyramid, there’s a class above it calling the shots, and if you want to be CHOSEN as a candidate for government you have to follow the ruling classes agenda.
And it seems to me apart of the agenda is the end of white people.
we have no say how these funds are spent. and they're wasted. that's what hurts
Housing shortage is what hamstrings our economy, people are spending more and more on housing and less in available for the wider economy.
It's rare to see someone who speaks their heart these days.
Thank you my friend! It's in all of us - some people just need a little bit of encouragement x
Your too, vielen Dank!@@educatingkate
@@educatingkate Hey Kate, I am so glad to have watched your video.
I have a very similar experience to you but I am European who immigrated to Australia. I've been working hard and supporting my mother and brothers for years. Last year I did a similar situation to you, and moved far away, and I am earning very well, and have no expenses. And still I have problems, like the politics at work and the grubbiness around me. But I smile, laugh, tell jokes, and puns try to make each day nice for my community. My biggest problem now, is like you described, the family issue. However, I am grateful to be in my current position but I have noticed dating is very difficult. In my 20s it was easier, but I was always struggling with work and uni and not having money. Very recently I had to break up with my girlfriend due to her toxic traits, and have never felt so sad and alone.
Now that I am in my early 30s, well I just look for people who are kind, empathic, and emotionally mature. I saw these qualities in you, and it has renewed hope in me. I want to Thank You from the bottom of my heart. You are a special person, and you have a lot of courage. It is morning time here, and I feel very optimistic, and hope to find someone with your qualities. I am sure that you will create great opportunities in life, and find a man who you can start a serious relationship, to build a loving family and a fullfilling life. Don't be pessimistic with all these redp ill people, or negative thoughts. Keep being you, spark joy to others, and look forward.
Thank you Kate!
Erik : )
You hit the nail on the head by bringing up government. There’s definitely an accountability gap with governments who get paid whether or not they deliver. Paid by the taxpayers.
So far they haven't even delivered those sausages Starmer was talking about.
We are in an abusive relationship with the “ruling class” or kleptocratic spongers as I like to call them.
I would also like to add that this statement is true regardless of who you voted for or what party you identify with. It's almost like the political class is 1 team working in unison when the cameras are off. Thankfully I know better.
@@Justheretowatchyoufornow The Uniparty serves only one master: $
Your government is in the control of globalists. At best, they don't care about you.
You spoke eloquently and with sensitive compassion
Don't stop. You are speaking truth for the world.
Its refreshing. Just a person in front of a camera being genuine about unfortunately relatable livelyhood. Not trying to sell me on anything or have an alterior motive. You're well-spoken with words that have merit, and as a 25 year old American, I feel a great deal of sympathy and empathy. Best of luck in your journalistic endeavors, Kate. It's a noble cause
Well said
your highlight comment was 'you only work to allow yourself to work in the next month'. what a nice precise description of life in the UK.
I like this lady. She thinks through what she says. Even despite the pushback she gets it’s a very thoughtful response.
Yep! Obviously an intelligent and empathetic person.
It's not just Britain. Its all over the world...Its by design.
Happening here in Canada too. Not enough homes and jobs for everyone, economy cannot sustain it. Quality of life is nosediving as a result, and our federal governments keep making it worse.
@@avalonjustin
Yes. What is to be done. ..
Who's the mastermind
All nato wef countries running the same playbook.
Nobody can't design and execute on that scale and precision. And if actually ANYBODY was in charge it would be GOOD thing - with somebody in charge, you can plea, negotiate, cheat, bribe, fight ... but what if there's noone? What I believe is happening, is that certain preconditions have been orchestrated and if there was ever plan to control what would follow, it went to hell. Nobody is in control. _"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."_
Big respect to you for addressing this, thank you!
It went viral, because of your charming honesty. Unassuming beauty and bravery for actually doing what many in the UK want to do!
You should change the title of this video to UK Immigration Problem or something like that, if you want to go viral again and get another 10K subs!
Keep it in your pants mate jesus
Hear hear What OP state
I'm glad it went viral. That basically has described our real life situation,
Have a drink at the pub with love from 🇨🇦
That really means a lot thank you :) I hope you have a lovely 2025 x
The amount and quality of immigration plus the load on resources is an issue and it's not unkind to point this out.
The government is to blame, the business interests are also to blame.
GDP data is why they do it.
Quantitative Easing with people.
They also use them as a client class against the extant population.
If immigration was cut and visas withdrawn rents would be 20% cheaper. Houses would be 20% cheaper and our wages 20% higher.
Indeed. It is of course understandable why a young person would find the subject very uncomfortable, because of what has surrounded them during their upbringing, especially within schools, popular entertainment, advertising, mainstream media, etc., also from their parents.
The young are inherantly optimistic, they want the world to be a better place, they like the idea of somehow everyone just being able to get along (and society needs this default outlook, otherwise there can be no aspirational future, no hope, no sense of direction, no purpose to creating a family or anything). It's a hard landing to eventually realise that the real world just isn't like that (some cultures are better than others, and some related behavioural norms are inherantly bad, such as batcha bazi and FGM), but alas it can take 30 years to figure this out, though some never do, especially if they're subjected to long term pressures from parents, friends, media, etc., never hearing contrary views, never realising just how much they're being lied to.
People will choose to believe a lie either because they want it to be true, or they're afraid it's true. The young want the world to be a fair place, but it just isn't; indeed, even within a single culture, the true measure of genuine personal liberty *is* wealth disparity, because people must have the agency to be responsible for their own bad decisions, aswell as benefiting from good ones (forcing equality of outcome is denial of agency, it's only possible via what amounts to state violence). The young strongly err towards policies of harm avoidance, which has been amplified by feminism, but this has meant a failure to prevent the import of those with bad cultural practices from the nastier parts of the world. Young people (mainly women) find it very hard to comprehend how it's remotely possible for human beings to be so sickeningly horrible to each other, it threatens the very foundation of their optimistic worldview. Alas some choose to ignore the warnings and travel to dangerous places anyway, hence the many examples of young women being murdered in places like Morocco or Afghanistan.
They emerge from the parental home and education system as people who have by definition survived until that time via structures of free stuff and protection from harm; this is entirely sensible, but in many ways it's now gone way too far (eg. millenial safe space culture, near unlimited resources, an encouraged mindset of entitlement despite the lack of any career experience or earned merit), it's produced multiple generations of people with strongly collectivist world views who don't understand how an economy works or basic meritocratic principles, and it leaves them highly vulnerbale to poltical exploitation (especially within higher education, baring in mind academia is typically 95% left leaning), for both their votes and resources. No surprise they end up living as if govt is a substitute parent, especially in fiscal terms (the state replaces the father, the welfare state replaces the father's income).
This is all discussable and so on, one can in time present facts, evidence and reasoned arguments to change minds, but it's not a solution to undo the damage already done. Even if all immigration, legal or otherwise, was halted immediately, the system cannot self correct until the imported millions leave, but there's just no way to achieve that without adopting structures of state power that I should imagine nobody would like to witness in their lifetime. Hence, it's more likely any correction will occur via structural collapse (no more free stuff), which absolutely sucks for the young who will have to live through it, all the more so if they finally realise that in order to secure their own futures and that of their culture and nation (normal and sensible ingroup preference), they will have to in whole or part abandon their idealistic notions of a uniformally fair and just world. This illogical sense of global obligation has itself been deliberately encouraged, born of the early days of the liberal movement. It's resulted in western civilisation being sacrificed upon the altar of misplaced altruism, driven largely by female voting choices because women, by their very nature, seek harm avoidance, and they try to apply that maternal view to matters of external power (relationships between nations and cultures). It's why one sees such stark differences between men and women with regard to issues such as open border policies and welfare prevention. In hard times, men fall back to stoicism, women don't.
The rot can be traced back a long way, across multiple govts of all parties in various ways at different times, but it began almost as soon as WW2 ended.
I can understand why Kate would blanche at the some of comments she's doubtless seen about immigration, but many people have become far more hard line about the issue precisely because after decades of failed promises and consequent horrors (Lee Rigby, Rotherham, Manchester, Southport, etc.), nothing has changed for the better; people have had enough, so they inevitably cast aside their normal empathy and say this far, no further. Concern for nuance is cast aside.
It's the cultural pendulum swing, something I've been writing about for years, a shift that will be ever harder to control in its nature, severity and application the longer govts & media try to prevent it from happening. If it's bottled up long enough, its ultimate expression is civil war, ground zero for which would likely be London. Govts though, as individuals in positions of power, are far too terrified of confronting the relevant demographic & cultural groups, some of whom now have significant power; the threat of violent response is ever present, they get to see the data the public does not. They know that organised mobs can be sent their way at a moment's notice, or perhaps just end up like Lee Rigby.
Of course if one lives in a far more rural or island area, a great deal of this can seem very remote and meaningless, but such isolation is still no protection from the economic damage and turmoil to which you allude (if anything, that aspect can be worse, ie. damaged supply chains, utility systems and trade structures). It means everyone's futures face ruin - savings, pensions, housing, health care, retirement provision, civic order, etc.
One can either have a viable welfare state or open borders; one cannot have both.
Worst of all, a common govt response to such a crisis is to induce war, to encourage the blame of The Other, as it allows them to divert attention away from domestic issues, increase taxes, suspend civil liberties, write off national debt and eliminate or silence opposition voices via emergency powers. The muh-Russia blame game is no accident. Some politicians even blame Putin for inflation, which is absurd.
Kate has responded rationally, she's left the UK. Grud knows what I would do if I were 35 years younger and in similar circumstance. She has more guts than I had at that age, but back then I didn't know nuthin'. The 1987 me going to uni could not comprehend the modern me one iota.
She’s just a leftie.
You seem very thoughtful, humble, and self aware. It makes you seem like a real person with real problems, like the rest of us, and rather than drowning out the noise of our dystopia you choose to discuss the problems and take action. I think people recognize this strength and gravitate toward it, and I hope you continue to share your thoughtful monologues from time to time.
Thank you for echoing the sentiments of many frustrated people in the UK. Telling the truth is revolutionary these days.
It’s not just Britain, it’s the west as a whole
Exactly. Globalism pushed by the out of touch elites while us little folks on the ground are dealing with the outcomes
No i am European,and…the Youngs in many nations in Europe are not in deep trouble as they are in UK. The govs control the price of housing ,lower the taxes ,cost of living,universities, unlike in UK which prefer looking after the usual rich class and royalty living the top high life while the ordinary people increasingly srtuggle.
its the exact same here in germany. Everything is going to absolute Sh!te. Crime, inflation, real estate prices, cost of living, taxes, the healthcare system sucks, school/ education system is ATROCIOUS. public transportation is a nightmare...i could go on and on. but its still better than africa and the middle east, i guess.
The globalist agenda. It's bringing Africa and the ME to you.
Slowly getting merged into third world countries, though.
Brainwashing at work. In the middle east we are living the best of life. Every young man has his house because they are given a free land when they are 23. We employ many british people in our companies and they all getting paid by a figure theyll never see in their homeland. After you lost ww2 the same people who won has taken over europe and u.s. your grandfather knew who it was.
Brai,,nwas,,hing at work. In the middle east we are living the best of life. Every young man has his house because they are given a free land when they are 23. We employ many british people in our companies and they all getting paid by a figure theyll never see in their homeland.
After you lost ww2 the same people who won has taken over europe and u.s. your grandfather knew who it was.
If it makes you feel any better I think that you came across very well. As a father of two girls I hope they can express themselves with as much grace and honesty as you can.
The fact it went viral just goes to show how fed up everyone is lol
I subscribed because your humble words touched many hearts. govt issue is a universal thing.
You are sincere and very intelligent, maybe not so accidentally viral..
“We account for so much of our time, and the time we that don’t account for, we don’t just live with ourselves, we live with our phones, and therefore we live with an algorithm that doesn’t have our best interest at heart”
Damn that was hard to hear
@@maxtroy The government should implement more taxes and regulations. That will help
It was not only about UK, its universal thing now.😢
Where are you?
@lochinvarmack7641 india.. youngster these days want to work outside, as there are too much tax on middle class.
In fact there is a saying too. In india tax is equal to Europe, and facilities are equal to Africa...
I’m an expat Brit in the US. Exactly the same…. Worse in some respects.
@@Filmykabilaso what are they doing with all that tax?
Нет никакого среднего класса. Есть класс наемных рабочих и класс буржуазии. Не придумывайте другие классы. @@Filmykabila
I’ve watched your video about ten times, I’ve been waiting to hear this for so long.
Thank you 😊
Your clarity on the state of Britain was a breath of fresh air and I hope you keep speaking out.
Simp
I like your thoughts. I'm watching you from Chile, in South America. I've only seen two of your videos: I saw the one where you talk about the problems in Great Britain and now I'm watching this other video where you're talking. I haven't seen the other videos on your channel, but I liked these two videos that I've seen, because I like your thoughts. In my country, Chile, we have similar problems. I hope you continue to do well on RUclips.
Love this 🙏🏻
@@slartibartfast7921Thank you very much. Best regards, friend. 😃👍
I'm from Argentina, and honestly this girl opened my eyes, I always had this idea that the UK was like in the movies and such, with bad things rarely happening and quickly fix.
But no, this lead me into a rabbit hole where I got to found out about these Pakistani gangs, something truly horrible that apparently hasn't been noticed until very recently.
I hope everything turns out OK for the English and the UK in general
@@norikofu509 The Pakistani gangs are a product of government incompetency. We are a rich country in terms of the wealthy, but there is a lot of poverty, crime, and alcoholism. Like the lady said, Britain is broken, and the fault lies squarely on our “leaders”… just like everywhere else in the world. Hope things are well with you.
@@norikofu509 Got any room there for some educated Europeans? From the outside it seems Argentina is well on its way up.
its a very calm and articulated voice for youtube, and a critical rply to hate in such a way will keep u flying high , best wishes
You went viral because you hit a lot of points everybody is feeling. I'm an American and it's like that over here, too.
But now you have a President who will make America great again.
Please never give up on your dreams. You’re talented, you’re smart, you can do it. You’re gonna have the best damn interview channel on RUclips, as long as you keep trying. You’re the best.
Talented yes, smart no.
Wow I just wanted to puke reading that
I hope you will continue to share your own thoughts from time to time, as you are evidently quite kind and considerate in bringing your thoughts across to us on screen, while still somewhat off the cuff, it's a joy to reflect on the state of the sorrows of the world from this vantage you offer.
Much love Kate, you're clearly very thoughtful and get to the heart of matters
Still not seeing reality..but she is making the first step to reality. She does need expensive therapy though.
What a great girl.
Good voice, soothing , yet logical , kind , thoughtful, loving , very good voice , is what keeps you getting more popular ...❤
Just for the record I watched that vid because of the one you did with Daryl, which was a good interview. Your viral vid was a very interesting watch too. Will def. pop in, regularly to see how things are going with you.
I would like to congratulate you...I wish you went viral under more favorable circumstances
You had some widely shared opinions, and the vulnerability was powerful. As soon as i saw the title to your video, i knew you understood what situation me and all my loved ones are in. So i clicked.
You created a video about why life in Britain is not so good for the young and people gave an honest answer why 🤷♂
Immigration uses housing (of which there is a massive shortage), raises rents, depresses wages, uses services which should go to the lower classes and vulnerable, increases crime and if you complain it calls you racist.
She doesn't want to talk about immigration though as she is a liberal in cognitive dissonance. Her own eyes must be denied to maintain her strong beliefs. 1984.
I am a 70 year old American. Loved your video. When I was in college the literature classes discussed your feelings of hopelessness. Malaise, I think.
Glad your back. I watched your 1st post. I then subscribed straight away. Why? Because you came across as genuine, and you reminded me of my daughter. She, too, despite being only 23, like you, is a formidable and determined young woman. As I audited recently all my YTers I've subscribed too, I noticed yours was "fading." So assumed your NY post was a "one-off." I'm happy to be proven wrong. 🇦🇺 🇫🇴
the craziest thing is giving immigrants easy pathway to citizenship and ILR. in asian countries or most normal countries you as a foreigner can come and get a work permit but you'll never get citizenship or be able to vote
All by design my friend, all by design..
yeah, because showing hard working immigrants who help your country prosper that they'll always be beneath you is so great at making the society to bond 😂 what are those awesome normal countries that never grant citizenship to people who live there?
not only that, but they put them in 5 stars hotels.
@@user-pf5xq3lq8i i know its all by design. who designed it we cant get i to on youtube because the same people who deisgned it also own youtube
@@user-pf5xq3lq8iyep
Immigration is THE key issue, kindness to immigrants is the impoverishment of the native people. To be truly kind you must turn them away so that they can fix their countries and allow ourselves to live as we should naturally do without interference.
lol what a clown
Based. Check who is actively calling for open borders while having theirs made of towering concrete slabs.
@@HeinzFugenstie Nope , he`s right !!
You’re not sure what a billion is are you? Or say 1000 billion. Do you think a few million immigrants got this number in even 40 years? Look upwards you muppet where’s all the money went? Look who HAS all the money. Not the poor bastards coming in with less than us. Sure it doesn’t help if I’m being fair. But if there was not 1 immigrant here - you would be the immigrant. Unless can you guess one we did it the 1st time round? We formed unions and demanded a fair share. - we should try it again starting with a few general strikes
@@HeinzFugenstie You are the Main clown.
That's what happens when you hit a nerve. I watched it too.
Life in the UK has deteriorated significantly over the last 17 years or so post the 2008 financial crisis and the many years of austerity that followed
if austerity was a genuine concern on either side of the political aisle we wouldn't have a proxy war with Russia and record non stop immigration but nobody on the left seems interested in stopping those
Austerity probably slowed down the decline in our living standards some what. When you live beyond your means to long you end up like Greece.
The real sickness is in 1997 a choice was made to become a low wage, low productivity economy via mass immigration and as a result we have ended up looking more like Albania and less like Norway. England is already one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. Trying to operate a country like this on that business model was suicidal. Probably to some degree it has to do with the financialisation of our economy and the fact that a lot of our big banks and wealthy elite are rent seekers and speculators.
Then instead of making structural reforms to our economy to improve productivity and moderate costs a lot of the political energy was dumped into 5 years of never ending hand wringing about austerity which was nowhere near as bad as the media made out and then we wasted another 5 years on Brexit which in theory leaving the EU was probably the right thing to do but our political class have no interest in the reforms which would make it useful like reforming planning or getting useful infrastructure built or getting our children useful technical educations instead of useless university degrees that put them in debt or alleviating the housing crisis to allow family formation. Then we wasted another 2 years on useless lockdowns over a bad cold where the elites made themselves rich at our expense. Then we have wasted another 3 years on a failed war against Russia and net zero which are two more wholly contrived and useless agendas.
Right now Britain effectively exists in a non stop constitutional crisis because of reforms made between 1997-2010 with devolution and the human rights act and this endless judicial review of parliament even though parliament is sovereign and the courts and various quangos and advisory bodies are not. They will tell you with a straight face we cannot deport foreign criminals because of a ruling of the supreme court which is not even as old as my car. The new Thames tunnel they need to build to replace the Dartford crossing has so far burned through more money in the planning and legal challenge phase than Norway spent building the worlds longest car tunnel. We have no electricity today when in 2008 Nick Clegg said we cannot build nuclear power stations because the electricity would not be available until 2022... Yeah.
Your average Brit is a left wing mid wit who wants free stuff and complains about what the lying media has told them is bad like Brexit or austerity yet cannot even grasp the basics of the real disease. They are led around by the nose by the lying media from contrived "crisis" to contrived "crisis" all while things fall apart and we are robbed.
@@zoidberg444absolutely 💯
Yes an interesting if flawed analysis. I wonder if this is a Reform agenda or just an idiosyncratic take on the status quo?
@@zoidberg444 The other was not using North Sea gas and Oil in Norwegian way.
You said what so many feel, that's simply why your video went viral. I am a British expat, you might call me crazy because I want to move back home, but I can’t. My wife is Czech, we are both high school teachers making a good salary for the Czech Republic, but it isn’t enough to get her a visa to live in the UK. Yet economic migrants and refugees coming here illegally are not only welcomed once they arrive, but the British government also pay for them to live here. This is why I am passionately outspoken against illegal migration, my own country is blocking myself and my wife from living it in while the door is open to illegals. As far as I'm concerned my human rights are being violated by the UK government. All I want is to live in my own country with my wife of 8 years.
This is a big risk of mixed couples - one could get homesick. Living in Britain on teacher's salary is not a good idea. I lived in London on 155k salary and still left.
That is SO wrong and messed up. Goes to show how ludicrous the system is. I'm sorry that you are in this situation. Would it be possible to move back to the UK on your own, get a teaching job, then apply for her to come over? Your salary as a teacher should be enough to sponsor her?
That's crazy
I wouldn't let it bother you, the country is finished. You're better off in the Czech republic.
Being your wife should be sufficient to get an entry visa and residency permit.
I am from the U.S. You voiced the feelings and emotions of millions if not billions of people around the world. We feel we are being crushed and we are. Now EduKate yourself on why that is, who is doing it to us, and what we can do about it. Go on the journey and we will follow you while you EduKate yourself and us. Just an idea for a channel. I watched Tim Pool go from beanie skater boy filming Occupy Wallstreet to being the biggest live RUclips show primetime. This is your chance young one:)
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You can't really talk about the state of the UK without mentioning immigration. Even the economic pro-immigration argument doesn't really hold up, the UK state spending on welfare is factored into GDP growth, so when a large percentile of migrants go on welfare it means number goes up on a chart, while being a net negative to the economy. In addition to adding massive new pressure (and increasing!) onto various public/social services. On top of that we can disregard welfare and still end up with a lot of immigration being for low wage and unskilled work, resulting in people who will never be net contributors to the economy for their entire lives.
It's a disaster even if you want to talk about it in a purely economic sense or in terms of the impact on infrastructure.
Wow. They actually include the money taken from the tax pot and put into people's bank accounts as earned money aka contributing to the GDP? That is some cooked accounting right there.
Immigration and GDP change, inflation/deflation are analogue to blood pressure. You need SOME to live. You can tolerate some variance, people have various levels with which they feel comfortable. But nothing can survive constant shock-stroke, and too rapid moves both ways can disable or KILL. Meanwhile, governments have chosen to star both blood letting and transfusion of wrong blood type ....
she did the whole 'im an immigrant too' thing. but, did she migrate to asia, go on the dole, import her entire family, then start calling everyone racist and demanding changes to holidays and school menus and whatnot?
Your open and objective approach is very much refreshing. Also, you're putting words to what a lot of people are feeling currently.
I look forward to more stimulating topics and videos
Don't pay attention to the vile comments. You have done so well articulating your points. The vast majority of us are here to listen and support you. Keep going and stand fast! Empathy and compassion are key to all civil discourse.
I didn't see any vile comments. She made that up for drama.
One of the issues with housing,( there are several), was Thatcher opening the door for Banks to do mortgage lending. Remembering that Banks can create money from thin air and attach an interest rate. Before Thatcher made the change mortgages came from Building societies who lent out saver deposits. And never pumped the market with unending liquidity, as they could not create money from thin air like Banks.
The mass migrations, lack of supply,( Clement Atlee's 1947 Town and Country planing act is still on the books unchanged ).
So it has definitely scuppered the prospects for young British people.
Ultimately the British Government is to blame.
@Crimeajewel-me3me so you're saying the government should implement more regulations and taxes. Great idea 😃👍
Well done on speaking up. You are doing the right thing and help many.
“Social media: An algorithm that doesn’t necessarily have your best interests at heart.” Very well said, Kate!
I blame the politicians. They are more about the bottom line than the good of the nation
You're able to articulate how many of us feel so well!
Mixing cultures in big numbers destroys the host culture in time. Better to help people in their own lands.
People move, cultures evolve, empires rise and fall, always have always will. We live in a globalised world with vast levels of inequality. Why wouldn’t people living with war, repression or poverty want to move to improve their lives and the prospects for their children?
@@andybeckett2676 it is mostly young men coming into Europe not family's.
@@A-Mor-Graal it is indeed. Children and old women don’t tend to embark on such dangerous journeys unless they absolutely have to, weird eh? But many do have to and many die in the process. My point was actually about future families of migrants. I’m guessing you live in a politically stable country? If that changed and you found yourself subject to conditions resembling life in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Afghanistan or Yemen would you really stay put and say ‘yeah, I might die, but it’s so much better if I receive help in my own land’?
@@andybeckett2676 And why wouldn't people want to protect their lives and their children's lives and prospects from uninvited outsiders?
How many living in your spare bedroom liberal? Yeah, thought so. Then you complain when nhs services struggle or the sewer overflows.
You were honest and genuine in saying what everyone is thinking. Very refreshing. This was not an accident.
Thanks!
Thanks to you for watching! x
Very happy to hear that, Kate. You must be doing something right?
How was it in Soviet Russia during Lenin's time?(Election of deputies from workers' and employees' collectives with the right of recall by voting of the same collectives)
You spoke the truth in a compassionate way and allow people to gently take the toughest pill of their life.
it's very kind and humble how you ended this video!
Thoughtful and well articulated. Many thanks.
I appreciated hearing a Scot.
I agree that social media disconnects people but you didn't mention that social pressure in the real world also does that.
In particular, Holyrood has made it illegal to say the wrong things about immigration and many other topics and has gone further than the UK. I believe it is now illegal to have hateful books at your home in Scotland.
Your HK example reveals why the UK and West is worse off. We lose our own young people who are westerners; we gain Africans and Asians who are not western. Nonetheless, HK would become furious if the Cantonese or Han were to become a minority in their own cities and countries. Everyone would.
You were brilliant in touching a nerve the other day and sharing a collective experience. The thing about immigration isn't the immigrants themselves, generally. It's the fact that the government is subsidising it to an extreme degree. There are posters in London in 100 different languages offering people help with housing benefit, in some cases up to £3000/month. At the same time young people may be trapped with their parents and have no chance of ever moving out. When the government is happy to treat it's own young people as third class citizens while giving extreme levels of support to people who can't even speak the native language - there's an issue. Some comments on immigration can be quite vile. On the other hand, some cultures definitely do not fit in well to the UK and there are above average crime rates in certain areas, towns and boroughs - and behaviour which is totally unacceptable, e.g. the grooming gangs or groups of lads carrying machetes and threatening Sky News presenters live on air. It is a very emotional issue for some people.
But again the solution is finding your own path, doing your best, making time for yourself and doing the best with your circumstances. We may be better off in countries where the government is neutral, than in the UK where there is active hostility towards its own people. Thank you for sharing
You carried that show. The algorithm put you in my feed.
It’s challenging elsewhere to.
I think the rising cost of living in the UK has taken a bite out of people's social spending, which is a part of the disconnection
Who can rightfully decide to visit a pub for £6 a pint, a cinema for £15 a ticket, or a restaurant for £10-£20, when they're counting the pounds in their back pocket over food?
Unfortunately, this means you can't really talk with people, and comprehend how you're not alone in this situation. You don't even want to invite people over to talk in your cold living room, or throw the thermostat on, and shell out for it, just to gas for an hour over a cuppa
so true dude :/
Bring back the ol’ shebeen. Unlicensed.
So well deserved as well that you went viral! I greatly found your video very informative, and well timed and from the heart. You deserve all the success, have a great 2025🎉❤
You're honesty and integrity was welcome to alot of people I think so down to earth think you're very clever
Honest yes. Clever no.
I was curious as an American the gripes of someone from the UK. I only hear good things from people here about it from people that haven't been and wanted to see if the grass is just greener or it's actually better. I stayed for your accent and ability to convey ideas efficiently. I appreciate you.
Yes americans are being sold the UK, and uk people are being sold the USA.
2 worst countries both promoting each other as a psyop.
Don't think about living here unless you want horrible infrastructure, unaffordable transportation. Cheaper to fly London to Glasgow round trip than to take the train or drive. On an island the size of Alabama. Everything is roughly 1.5x more expensive here than in my small MN town, and I live in rural England. It's astonishing. As a fellow American I wouldn't recommend it. Cool to visit, but never to live.
You've hit the nail on the head. London born here. Wages stagnant, unless your family has generational wealth, it's work, eat and sleep, can't spend money to have a little fun got all them bills to pay! Spoken English not the norm anymore, most do speak but as a second language! I somehow married a lovely Vietnamese girl and live half the year in Vietnam, no regrets!
Because it was a real, unedited and everyone around the world felt it. Thanks again for your chats
your video went viral because you were honest and in the world of Lies the truth became unusual and stands Out ❤
yeah i found that "uk is dying i need to vent" from the youtube frontpage without being logged in
The world needs you to keep talking….I certainly do!… you have a natural connection to ordinary people…you instinctively understand where we are… you woke me up….! Im now awake and living everyday… thank you I owe you… well done keep talking and venting we need you … thank you…. I wish you a wonderful life. Xx
RUclips needs more real content like this... so I subscribed.
This was like the early RUclips, before influencers promoted by political RUclips corporation.
Keep speaking up❤
8:25 this isn't as much about policies, or the internet, this is about cultural and national identity, and how individual, societies, and political leaders respond to an unprecedented global landscape of resource challenges. It can be easy to blame social media, just as to blame immigrants, but all these woes are social problems not technical problems, and recasting the focus away from people and onto a technical platform issue is a misstep. People have to confront hard truths about what types of societies we want to build, rather than hoping for some technical or economic (or immigration policy) magic bullet fix.
It’s really very simple… the “ruling class” or spongers believe that wealth accumulation is their birthright. Investment in education, healthcare and housing would allow for a population that is a)capable of adequately holding the government to account and b) capable of addressing the wider issues that the aforementioned class believe they are immune to because they are essentially trans national. Well they have a wake up call coming.
We don't need or want government.
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You simply say the truth. I am european, and the Youngs in many nations in Europe are not in deep trouble as they are in UK. The govs control the price of housing ,lower the taxes ,cost of living,universities, unlike in UK which prefer looking after the usual rich class and royalty living the top high life while the ordinary people increasingly srtuggle.
Really awesome videos, thank you for making them
You are a very good communicator. Thanks for post.
I never blame those seeking a better life. Our Government’s have brought them here for cheap flexible Labour. The effect on jobs, housing and public services have been devastating. Our politicians don’t give a damn for these people they don’t 7:49 give a damn for their own people.
Nobody is blaming the individual. That is a distraction lie peddled by the media and sadly..Kate.
good luck. I went to Thailand last year. It was so amazing compared to my boring life in the United States. I was dating an ex from UK for a few years. She kept trying to drag me there. I said I have 0 interest in the UK for so many reasons. Yay I get to pay 400 dollars a night for a hotel in London. I will pass. Don't hate the immigrant hate the government that destroys the immigration policies and rewards people for not coming to improve the country. For the ones coming in, what is their value, for the ones leaving, what is their value? Are the people leaving the ones with wealth or at least enough wealth to escape?
Ooh, you are sooo close! Just one more step. The reluctance to release your ideology that caused this situation! Watching it painful.
The sad thing is it's all about ego now.
You articulate so well Kate, don't blame the symptoms look for the cause!
Anybody got any idea what, "the cause" is?
The U.K is dying, Canada is dying, the U.S.A is dying. Our way of life has permanently deteriorated due to several inputs which at this point are irreversible.
It's irreversible, because, no one is willing to do, what needs to be done.
@@dexterstjaques5452 “be the change you want to see in the world”
My view is we need a radical overhaul of democracy devolving power from an incompetent political class to the people themselves. Our Westminster system dates back to a time when the people simply could not represent themselves.
@@PaulJonesy It dates from a period when the only one who voted were the landowners of big real estate : those who had not were not citizens, considered just as refugees or often as conquered people since Willian the Conqueror.
Thank you. Please keep posting and talking about these important topics. I love your quote, “Scare the politicians with our intelligence.” You call it as you see it, but without hate.
Your video was very important and articulate. The problems we are having are complex and interlinked and its reach a dangerous boiling point. It’s getting to be quite dangerous and living in the UK the feeling I get is that those people that can are battening down the hatches for some sort of storm. What form that will take we don’t get to decide. All I’d urge for 2025 for people is look out for eachother, your closest loved ones and community because that’s what will really count in the future. Don’t stress about the video being hijacked or anything either I honestly think it was taken the right way. I’ve subscribed and hope you get to discuss this as it inevitably develops. As a UK citizen looking from the outside who isn’t a millionaire fleeing taxation you have a unique perspective.
Not surprised. You sincerely touched major concerns of so many today. You are teaching people to look outside the box.
Cheers from Slovakia 🇸🇰. Same same , but different here . At least we are used to it 😅. And congrats for 600+ views🎉
What you describe just as easily could be applied to those of us here in the US, thank you for sharing this.
Your authenticity is really beautiful.
I’m very happy for you that your video went viral & your subscribers increased markedly
It was the first Utube video of yours I came across
& it certainly captured my interest
Best wishes for 2025
A lot of people really resonated with your video, including me. I think a lot of people are feeling stuck in the uk, they don’t want to leave because they love the country, but it’s unrecognisable and it doesn’t look like it’ll get much better which is a real a shame tbh
Same here in USA
Same controllers of both countries.
@user-pf5xq3lq8i absolutely correct
@@user-pf5xq3lq8i correct
Around 42 years ago I bought my first home. It was an ex-council flat and just scraped under what I could afford, costing 30k. I'd have to earn 50k a year to buy it now. The UK has being spiralling down for a number of years and is only set to get worse if something drastic doesn't occur.
I echo your feelings regarding the U.K government, it puts me in a state of anxiety and probably the same for many others. Politics used to just be in the background whilst we got on with our lives but not any more, it's now a situation of "what the hell are they going to throw at us next". I wish I didn't care, and as I am 75 I shouldn't let all the daily stupidity bother me but I remember how life used to be. The average dying age in the U.K for men was 78, for women 84 but since 2017 it has reduced by 2 weeks for every year since 2017. My theory for the reduction of life expectancy for both sexes is feelings of insecurity together with anxiety which manifests in physical illnesses and the lack of mental wellbeing.
They want us dead sooner.
Heya! I watched your video the other day and this one today. Loved hearing your thoughts and I like your vision for the channel. All the best x
Your speech really made me think, I am Iranian person and have a business in Dubai but I decided to move to UK by innovation founder UK visa and strat a business there, but I really doubt what will happen next in economy in there
Just for future reference, a lot of places in Hong Kong, esp. government facilities and most public transport, you can get free wifi. I would be a bit careful with those, though, and of course it's always nice to disconnect once in a while.
You are wise way "beyond your years", and that it a gift which touches people and moves them. Keep going, keep telling the truth as you see it, and you will make a difference. Well done.
I think that the whole world is going through a downturn in the quality of life and freedoms and the results are callousness and lack of empathy for others but it can only get better with love and compassion which I don't see happening easily