Yeah until you got home invaded by loads of illegal migrants, or a tyrannical despot like Starmer takes all your freedom away. But at least in the UK you can walk across the street and not get arrested for Jay walking. For now.
@@alexanderevanska4274 well they don't actually if you had total freedom of speech you could tell State secrets without fear of retribution. If you mean they have the freedom to slander and libel as well as spread hate speech then I suppose you are right but are those things you would want. What is rather surprising is that many of those in America that feel it is fine to slander and libel people and to spread hate speech also claim to be Christians and the Bible they claim to live their lives by says quite clearly that those are three things you are not to do.
Regarding land unless there's a public footpath you can't just go anywhere, Scotland on the other hand has the right to roam so you can literally go anywhere you want and even camp anywhere, all that's asked is that you respect the land and respect land owners privacy.
The thing about public footpaths can sometimes be confused. The first question (for clarity purposes) is: What is a public footpath ? The footpath is a route that has been used for decades or even centuries for locals to get from one place to another. It might cross farm land, through a forest, along the coastline or something like that. There are rules, though. You can't wander off the path too much. Eg You can't just walk up to a farmhouse and look through their windows, lol. If the path crosses a field where there's livestock, you do so at your own risk, and if you have a dog... keep it on a lead. Take your litter with you, too. We, as a nation, love to explore. Many of our ruined castles, manor houses, and other 'ancient' monuments are located on what is now private land. There's nearly always a footpath leading to them. Private property is still private. It's just that if there was a public footpath there before.... the land owners have to respect that, unless they've managed to get that access right removed.
Me from the UK. First came across jaywalking whilst i was in Florida in 97. A random car pulled over with 4 guys in it, started shouting at me as i crossed the road. i just froze as i thought it was gonna b a drive by shooting kind of. Didn’t know what they were on about. They then drove off, i realised i must’ve Jaywalked. Tbh I wasn’t gonna walk a mile to the nearest traffic lights to cross the road, when the other side of the road was about 20ft away. Stupid Americans 😂
In the UK, many of the foot paths across people's land are thousands of years old. Organisations like the Ramblers Association regularly hold walks on the less used paths to ensure the landowners can't go to the courts and ask for access across their land to be stopped through no use by the public 🙂
My two year old grandson was experiencing breathing difficulties two Friday evenings ago. My daughter wasn't quite sure what to do, so I advised her to call the ambulance service. She did so. A fast response ambulance, with an advanced paramedic arrived about 20 minutes later (we're in a pretty rural area). He gave my grandson a very thorough examination and was able to give him immediate relief with some oral steroids. He then said that, in his opinion and to be on the safe side, he would order another ambulance to take him to the nearest accident and emergency department, so that a paediatrician could examine him. The second ambulance arrived with two paramedics. On the way to the hospital, my grandson took a turn for the worse and they proceeded on lights and sirens. My daughter told me just how frightened that made her. He was seen, examined, given more medication and an atomiser and inhaler to take home, with the instructions to phone the A&E department directly, if his condition didn't get better or worsened. Reassuringly, he is as right as rain now, but he'll be having ongoing checks at the local surgery. Cost of this intervention? £0.00 That, to my mind, is definitely an aspect of one of the freedoms we have here in the UK. There are problems with the NHS, it is true. However, the standard of care in an emergency or for people with potentially life-shortening or chronic illnesses (such as diabetes) and trauma is generally first class, as I know from people who have recounted their own experiences. There are waiting lists too for treatments, which need to be shortened. A commentator from the US made the point that there are a great many citizens in his country who don't even get on a waiting list, because they either have no insurance or because they're not covered by their insurer. Things have improved with the ACA (which, as 'Obamacare', has been vilified by the right) apparently, but . . . hasn't Trump vowed to get rid of it? In short, a 'freedom' I wouldn't change for anything.
A minor (pun) correction on the drinking age You can legally in the UK drink alcohol from the age of 5. For the ages of 16 & 17 and accompanied by an adult, you can drink (but not buy) beer, wine or cider with a meal. You can legally buy alcohol from the ages of 18
And, private health insurance which sits 'on top' of the NHS is considerably cheaper than any private insurance in the US. I'd love to to have the UK system here in the US.
The last time I was in hospital for a long stay,the nurses told me that it costed over £1,000 per day for my treatment including paying the nurses and doctors,medication etc etc.That was over a hundred days, It worked out about £110,000.I also had a stent fitted, treatment for a broken arm and for a stroke and free spectacles if your on benefits.I also get my medication delivered to my door monthly.This hasn’t cost me a penny.Now I see people in the USA going bankrupt or becoming homeless because of the cost of treatments, it’s so unfair and now Dump is coming to power your all going to lose the affordable care act because maga thought they were voting against Obama Cary.What fools I hope they Fafo.
Sounds like you can walk freely on the owners land. You cannot. Public footpaths are signposted. If a designated public footpath runs through a farmers land, you must stay on the path.
If you bought private land the public footpath would be marked on your deeds. People are not free to wander as they fancy, excluding Scotland's right to roam, but GGL is not covering that here.
Agreed. My partner and I got yelled at for trespassing on ‘private’ land that we thought because it had a public footpath was open to the public. I believe this was near Ascot a few years ago. So I’m not sure what she’s saying or where in the UK she lives.
@@Narthbor1 GGL could be clearer in that it is on the walker to know where the footpath is and to keep to it. AS to GGL's location, she is in England, perhaps just a little bit out of London.
I'd bet if you challenged it and submitted a report to the Ramblers to have a look (as they will have the best knowledge of it), the yelling people are probably in the wrong @@Narthbor1
I’ve had 2 heart attacks and cancer twice with all the treatments and follow ups that go with those things. Cost to me £0 The thing is that we don’t mind our taxes going to help others. Whereas from what I’ve seen from other videos I’ve watched is that in the American psyche they don’t feel they should have to pay for others. They are more self than caring for others. I hope that doesn’t come across as rude but that’s my interpretation of what I’ve seen and heard. If my tax money can save someone else’s life then that’s fine by me.
Polls have shown, for over 20 years, that the majority of the American public wants a not-for-profit healthcare system. The reason we do not have one is because the large insurance companies stuff campaign contributions (bribes) into the pockets of our congress. These bribes have been deemed legal by our Supreme Court. Out of 535 members of Congress, not one is fighting for public healthcare. That's why we don't have have a humane healthcare system.
You are mistaken if you think people do not litter in the UK, they do! Today, whilst walking my dogs I picked upon loads of paper litter, mostly because there was a gale blowing and litter was blasted from cars when the doors were opened! Winter there is little litter but summer when there are tourists, litter abounds.
Don’t be misled. You can’t just walk on anybody’s private property over here. The rule only applies to designated areas that have public footpaths running through them, and you are expected to stay on the path. Footpaths have been around for thousands of years, and people use them for access or pleasure. They usually provide a very scenic route to a picturesque location, beauty spots, and the like. Walking through beautiful countryside, and getting in touch with nature is therefore not restricted by changes in land ownership (usually farmland), and is open to all….but you cannot just walk around on anybody’s property.
Although it is QUITE different in Scotland as opposed to England and Wales! I love driving from London up to Scotland. There you have the 'Right to Roam' Act - which (as long as you don't abuse the rules), gives you much more free land, areas to walk and as long as you use 'common sense', don't litter, cause fire issues or similar... You are generally allowed to walk everywhere (with respect to the surroundings)!
@@StewedFishProductions I couldn’t agree more. Spent a lot of time in Scotland, and visited the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides, as well as the Scottish mainland. Their Right to Roam is largely governed by the lay of the land, unfarmable landscapes, and general terrain, though that doesn’t account for the law adequately. However there are still restrictions; you couldn’t set your tent up in the back garden of someone’s house for example, and while I feel that you already know this (so I realise I’m teaching my Granny to suck eggs), I say this for our American friend that seems to think that all and sundry can just wander around your private property. Private property is exactly that wherever you live, and everywhere else is custodian.
@@StewedFishProductions P. S. Sorry for using your reply as a platform, and I agree with you completely and wholeheartedly. Hope you get chance to do more travelling 👍
Not only can you cross where you like on streets and roads in the UK but, if you do choose to use a pedestrian crossing with light signals, you can ignore the lights and just walk across if you think it's safe to do so. Motorists cannot just run you over if they think they have priority (but you will be severely honked if you cross dangerously and make vehicles slow down or stop). If you are part of a large group, motorists are sometimes considerate enough to halt to let the whole group cross.
In the UK you do pay for healthcare, this is done through taxes on a monthly basis through your salary, also dentists, you still pay for dental treatment but it is subsidised through banding (pricing)but if you don’t work you pay for nothing and get everything medically! You can also have private insurance and queue jump 🤷🏻♀️👍🏴
There are exceptions to the right to Roam laws even in Scotland. For example people don't have the right to walk through someone's front or back garden attached to their house. Industrial land and building sites aren't included, school grounds aren't included along with other exceptions. You just need to Google 'Scottish/English Freedom to Roam exceptions' and they'll give you lists of what isn't included in this.
The private land thing is only for walking for anything that doesn’t damage the land, if there’s a keep out sign, it’s trespass, but it’s only illegal if you’ve been told to leave As for the foot paths, those date back the the “Middle Ages” when people would walk across huge fields and create “mud trails” these are protected as public pathways, even if they cut into private land, they cannot be obstructed nor removed, access must be given at all times, but only on said foot paths Some of them only have marks on maps
The US has to use autosuggestion that it is the best and most free - otherwise there is the risk of people realising they've created a dystopia. (Here is a good illustration of why 'jaywalking' is a thing over there, its not the number of cars - its automakers victim-blaming incredibly successfully: ruclips.net/video/-AFn7MiJz_s/видео.html.)
A bit of clarity is needed for the footpaths and ability to walk This law mainly applies to big estates with aches of land, farms, historical properties, sometimes industrial estates. A normal house in a town is unlikely to have one going through their property. you might get one going down the side or at the back of your home and are more common out in less urban areas. When buying a property / land the seller legally must inform the buyer of any public pathways / rights of way.
I think to add on to the drinking age discussion - where you mention the drinking age was lowered in the USA in places and raised again after young people had problems - I think this might be down to differences in the European approach to drinking. A lot of us (in the UK) are first "introduced" to alcohol at very young ages. It's often something served alongside family dinners, often even very young kids will be offered sips (usually to completely disgusted reactions 😅) but it's not treated as something forbidden or illicit. We grow up seeing it as a casual part of life rather than this thing we're not allowed to touch. Technically illegal, but most of us start drinking younger than 18 - but contained safely in our family homes. In my area a lot of the parents had an attitude of "we'll buy you some alcohol but you'll hang out and drink it with your friends at home", rather than going out and being drunk and disorderly. It means we first engage with alcohol with some parental backup if things go too far/get out of control. And because of all that when we hit 18 and the law says "go for it" a lot of us already know what we like and some of that excitement/allure is already old. It's been normalised. So in Europe a lot of us get introduced to alcohol over the course of our lives, as a normal part of meals and celebrations, and sometimes we've already tried it for ourselves within the safety of the home before 18. As opposed to Americans who seem to act like it's something illicit or shameful from 0-21 and then you're given carte blanche at a liquor store at 21 and people - understandably - completely go overboard.
I really like your reactions. I think the woman Girl Gone London is so great at what she does, so thanks for linking the original video- she works really hard. I can tell when Americans react to UK facts and channels if they are being genuine or not. It’s become a trend and an easy way to make money with views and subscribers, but I won’t subscribe to someone’s channel unless I feel comfortable with them or I believe they are really wanting to learn and educate themselves. We are not daft, we can tell who is watching for mostly honest reasons and others who do it for clickbait.
UK education fees are not simple and should not be compared to USA's. 1. Scottish students at a Scottish university, currently there is no tuition fees. 2. Tuition fees are covered by a tuition fee loan. 3. The tuition loan is supplied by a "government" loan company. 4. This loan does not count on any form of debt check and not used against any other form of loan. 5. You do not pay a single penny back until you earn other a certain threshold amount which is dependant on the level of degree and when you took out the loan. 6. because you need to be earning to start paying the repayments you do make are small compared to your salary that you will barely notice the small amount deducted. 7. these loans are eventually written off after 30 years regardless of how much if any that you have paid back and no financial black mark is incurred due to this write off. In short the tuition loan may seem nasty but to the person taking the loan they are one of the best forms of credit you can get. As I have just under £40k in debt from student finance from 2012, but due to very low yearly income I have only paid back around £600 which is due to postgraduate loans having a lower threshold to start repayments. I have no concerns over my student debt.
The degree of freedom should be measured in the number of STOP signs, in the US there’s one on nearly every corner on nearly every intersection. In the UK they are rare very rare, the UK has “give way” (yield) signs instead, they are more suggestions than an order. Whether to stop or proceed is left to the individual, they have the freedom of choice, an American is ordered to stop.
On the gun thing, you can own guns in the UK, but ownership is strictly regulated. You basically have to have a good reason for owning one to obtain a licence for one. I.e a farmer who needs to kill pests to protect his crops or his livestock, or for hunting (hunting here isn't considered something anyone can do for fun but as an effective method of population control for animals like deer due to us having killed off their natural predators in the wolves), or you're involved in shooting sports such as target shooting for the Olympics etc. However, there are parts of the UK, especially in urban areas where it can be as dangerous if not more so than the average US city. Most crimes committed with a weapon are done so with some kind of knife or other bladed implement and is a problem especially among the youth in our major cities. There are still some incidents involving guns but thanks to how strict our licencing laws are those are very rare. A lot of the knife crime is also restricted to rising gang culture among the youth in our major cities, where kids as young as 12 may carry some kind of knife to protect themselves or to use against another kid involved with a rival gang. There is definitely work that needs to be done to keep knives off the street, but regulating knives off the street is a bit harder than guns as knives have many different necessary uses aside from maiming or killing another living being unlike guns, such as preparing food for cooking, etc.
I will put this in simple terms for you Neil America as the freedom too the UK as the freedom from When you understand the difference then you will understand why the UK is far better than America and far better quality of life
I think there is slight misunderstanding about private land. It is not the case that your private land can be walked on or intruded upon. This is only the case where that private land interacts with established public footpaths which have been there for a long time. In any other sense it would be trespassing to go on someone private property and a new footpath can not just be added to someone's land. Also with days off I believe 28 days is actually the minimum amount for most. I have been fortunate to always work somewhere where my paid time off has been over this. For example where I work now I receive 36 paid days off.
If your insurance companies didn't increase the price, but increased the coverage to be for health,home contents and car insurance all in the 1 payment it would be closer to reasonable value 😅
America is one of the least free countries in the world WHY?, your work system is not for the employed ,but it's favourable to employers , capitalism means you are enslaved more so than other places especially the lower paid ,everything is profit run when life should not be that way ,the greed of the men at top is what keeps Americans to realise they live in a social system where socialism should be the way of evening people up financially .
The legal drinking age in the U.K. is FIVE it is not 18!! You only have to be 18 to buy alcohol. You can even drink at 16 in a restaurant or pub sat at a table have a meal. In a house you can drink at 5.
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In the UK there generally isn’t a right to walk into residential gardens etc. There are loads of public footpaths on public land though and many on farmland and woodland. In Scotland there is the right to roam on countryside land, but again you can’t just walk up to people’s houses. There are these rights because so much land is owned by rich landlords who don’t do much with it and it’s felt that access to the countryside is a public good
We have a huge issue with the NHS here at the moment. I've been trying to get a Drs appointment for 3 weeks now, but there simply arent any slots. The overpopulation and under employment of the country has brought the NHS to it's knees. Too many people using the service and not enough people paying into it.
The UK government has been underfunding the NHS for years to create public dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction will then be used to dismantle the NHS and create a private for-profit system (like in the US) in its place. Then you'll experience how bad healthcare can truly be. There are tens of billions of pounds in profits that UK capitalists plan to extract by privatizing the NHS. Their plan is already underway.
@@timsyer3540 When Americans die through a lack of healthcare the very last people to be upset are their fellow Americans. Why? because it's a "Christian" country.
Having just had a short unplanned stay in hospital, I've have witnessed firsthand the chaos that the NHS is in. Some of the departments i saw were the equivalent to a war zone. I don't know how the staff cope? I'm not a big earner but I'd quite happily pay more from my salary to help fund our NHS. The NHS is on its knees 😢
Right, hear me out, I’m not one of them that think IMMIGRANTS ARE THE ROUTE OF ALL UKS PROBLEMS, but regarding the NHS do you not think it’s strange why they are so many immigrant doctors? And why the NHS is in the state that it is in? With the quality of doctors training in different countries then coming over here to use there practices, there’s so many things going wrong on operating tables recently I’ve noticed to people I know and know of… with the cuts to the NHS could these doctors just be another case of cheap labour, cheaper than a British doctor with high class education 🤷🏻♂️ something I’ve wondered for a while now, sorry for the paragraph haha
I agree that walk up fares can be expensive but if you can plan ahead there are reasonable fares to be had. There are many apps thar can work out the cheapeest cost eg split ticketing, off peak periods, advance fares, train passes etc Also my partner has bought a very reasonbly priced 3 year over 60 pass which gives him both a third off full fares and the cheaper fare offers.. He travels to away football matches and will often buy first class tickets because of the good value he can get.
What is freedom. The USA say they have freedom yet the work many hours long with less pay and only two weeks off a year if they are able too. Also the medical cost is so high how can anyone live in that country.
No healthcare and public transport is not freedom. Ps you don’t need the ation at the end of transport! Almost as bad as the other word I heard on another video before this. Comfort, not comfortability
I don't know why America doesn't have a complete overhaul of their healthcare system and go with something like the British model . Maybe Trump can do something about this ! Way to go the 'Don' 🤟
Dude.. you cant be sat in your garden having a familly day with swimimg pool out bbq on with just random strangers walking into your garden sitting down joining in. Lol she doesnt mean that ! Geezz
I wish the person would interrupting! I just want to hear the input from those who have lived in both America and the UK without it being punctuated by being paused and rewound the responder because they didn't get a chance to say anything in response. I find this distracting. For me it would be better instead of referring to other videos and reaction of the host of the RUclips video more time were given for the person who has lived in both countries to give more detailed comparison for some points. There is a total freedom to roam in England? No there isn't unless the land has public right of way across it. I live in block of council flats where the plot of land that that is in front of or at the side of the fats is part of the flats communal space. In my opinion public right should not apply in these situation especially where their is already and existing short cut between one road and the next that doesn't cross that land.
I'm from the UK but judging from other video's I've watched I think it's around $10,000 to $40,000 in US to have a baby and they even charge you for skin on skin contact. So you have to pay to literally hold your own baby. Shocking!
@candice3559 yeah probably very common. What's more they only get an average of 2 weeks maternity leave before having to go back to work to pay the bill for having the baby. Then you tack on the cost of childcare so they can go back to work while leaving their newborn with someone else. America is a corporation not a country.
The not having to pay at point of service is nice and idea of a National Health Service is brilliant as it means those who can't afford to pay for healthcare aren't left to fall into debt because of an accident or have to choose to just suffer. But the NHS itself is so seriously mismanaged there's constant calls for increasing taxation to 'Save our NHS' almost everything we do is to 'Save our NHS' it's almost a religion at this point. It really needs to have some kind of audit to pick up all the ways it is being mismanaged that is making it so expensive, i.e buying resources at exorbitant prices because the company that is contracted to sell those resources to the NHS happens to be friends with one of the managers or an MP, etc. Or having certain procedures or doing certain things that are not necessary for the functioning of the hospital but implemented by some bureaucrat to justify them having a job. There's plenty of things that could be done to cut costs with the NHS without sacrificing quality of care instead of squeezing an already over-taxed economy even further. Unfortunately, as soon as you mention anything about changing or reforming the NHS, it causes a panic that you're trying to take away our 'precious' NHS.
But you do though 😅 yes in front of the police maybe not, depends on the officer suppose, I’ve been sworn at by the police before, and I’ve sworn back, he didn’t fine me, or lock me up, he did however give me a court date for pissing in a dirt track road between two buildings in the dark 😂😂
In the US you have freedom to own guns and in the UK we have freedom from guns. I know which I prefer.
Yeah until you got home invaded by loads of illegal migrants, or a tyrannical despot like Starmer takes all your freedom away. But at least in the UK you can walk across the street and not get arrested for Jay walking. For now.
Me too. British is best.
Not from knives unfortunately. 😢😢
@@nigelhamilton815but then neither does the USA.
TBF you can have guns in the uk, but you have to be registered to do so.
I've yet to find an American that can tell me the freedoms that they think they have that I don't.
Normally I get told "I have a firearm"
@@wispa1a I get told that as well and they seem shocked when I tell them I could have a firearm as well providing I pas the background checks.
They have total freedom of speech,, here in the UK, we don't.
@@alexanderevanska4274 well they don't actually if you had total freedom of speech you could tell State secrets without fear of retribution. If you mean they have the freedom to slander and libel as well as spread hate speech then I suppose you are right but are those things you would want. What is rather surprising is that many of those in America that feel it is fine to slander and libel people and to spread hate speech also claim to be Christians and the Bible they claim to live their lives by says quite clearly that those are three things you are not to do.
They don’t get arrested for a tweet or a comment on social media that the authorities don’t like!
When we hear a loud bang over here, we assume it’s fireworks or a car backfiring.
Regarding land unless there's a public footpath you can't just go anywhere, Scotland on the other hand has the right to roam so you can literally go anywhere you want and even camp anywhere, all that's asked is that you respect the land and respect land owners privacy.
The thing about public footpaths can sometimes be confused. The first question (for clarity purposes) is: What is a public footpath
? The footpath is a route that has been used for decades or even centuries for locals to get from one place to another. It might cross farm land, through a forest, along the coastline or something like that.
There are rules, though. You can't wander off the path too much. Eg You can't just walk up to a farmhouse and look through their windows, lol.
If the path crosses a field where there's livestock, you do so at your own risk, and if you have a dog... keep it on a lead.
Take your litter with you, too.
We, as a nation, love to explore. Many of our ruined castles, manor houses, and other 'ancient' monuments are located on what is now private land. There's nearly always a footpath leading to them.
Private property is still private. It's just that if there was a public footpath there before.... the land owners have to respect that, unless they've managed to get that access right removed.
"Jaywalking" - or as we say in the UK, "crossing the road".
I jaywalk in front of the police car
Admittedly we have jaywalking laws here in Australia but only in the main cities. Never heard anyone fined for it. I don’t think it’s policed.
Me from the UK. First came across jaywalking whilst i was in Florida in 97. A random car pulled over with 4 guys in it, started shouting at me as i crossed the road. i just froze as i thought it was gonna b a drive by shooting kind of. Didn’t know what they were on about. They then drove off, i realised i must’ve Jaywalked. Tbh I wasn’t gonna walk a mile to the nearest traffic lights to cross the road, when the other side of the road was about 20ft away. Stupid Americans 😂
In the UK, many of the foot paths across people's land are thousands of years old. Organisations like the Ramblers Association regularly hold walks on the less used paths to ensure the landowners can't go to the courts and ask for access across their land to be stopped through no use by the public 🙂
My two year old grandson was experiencing breathing difficulties two Friday evenings ago. My daughter wasn't quite sure what to do, so I advised her to call the ambulance service. She did so. A fast response ambulance, with an advanced paramedic arrived about 20 minutes later (we're in a pretty rural area). He gave my grandson a very thorough examination and was able to give him immediate relief with some oral steroids. He then said that, in his opinion and to be on the safe side, he would order another ambulance to take him to the nearest accident and emergency department, so that a paediatrician could examine him. The second ambulance arrived with two paramedics. On the way to the hospital, my grandson took a turn for the worse and they proceeded on lights and sirens. My daughter told me just how frightened that made her. He was seen, examined, given more medication and an atomiser and inhaler to take home, with the instructions to phone the A&E department directly, if his condition didn't get better or worsened. Reassuringly, he is as right as rain now, but he'll be having ongoing checks at the local surgery.
Cost of this intervention? £0.00
That, to my mind, is definitely an aspect of one of the freedoms we have here in the UK. There are problems with the NHS, it is true. However, the standard of care in an emergency or for people with potentially life-shortening or chronic illnesses (such as diabetes) and trauma is generally first class, as I know from people who have recounted their own experiences. There are waiting lists too for treatments, which need to be shortened. A commentator from the US made the point that there are a great many citizens in his country who don't even get on a waiting list, because they either have no insurance or because they're not covered by their insurer. Things have improved with the ACA (which, as 'Obamacare', has been vilified by the right) apparently, but . . . hasn't Trump vowed to get rid of it?
In short, a 'freedom' I wouldn't change for anything.
I have to agree with you there. My wife is a diabetic and the ongoing support she receives from our local diabetes clinic is brilliant.
The USA is way down the list of free countries check it out
Public footpaths are ancient routes that people have walked for thousands of years, you can't just walk through somebody's garden lol
A minor (pun) correction on the drinking age
You can legally in the UK drink alcohol from the age of 5.
For the ages of 16 & 17 and accompanied by an adult, you can drink (but not buy) beer, wine or cider with a meal.
You can legally buy alcohol from the ages of 18
My wife is having scoliosis surgery in the USA it would cost 100;000 to £250,000 in the U.K. it costs her nothing. No bill
My best wishes. Scoli surgery isn’t pretty.
@ thank you
I think that generally speaking, Brits think about freedom 'from' not freedom 'to'
Taxes to pay for the NHS is a lot less than private insurance in the US, you are also fully covered, unlike the US.
but funny thing is USA's government pays way more per person on healthcare than the UK does.
And, private health insurance which sits 'on top' of the NHS is considerably cheaper than any private insurance in the US. I'd love to to have the UK system here in the US.
The last time I was in hospital for a long stay,the nurses told me that it costed over £1,000 per day for my treatment including paying the nurses and doctors,medication etc etc.That was over a hundred days, It worked out about £110,000.I also had a stent fitted, treatment for a broken arm and for a stroke and free spectacles if your on benefits.I also get my medication delivered to my door monthly.This hasn’t cost me a penny.Now I see people in the USA going bankrupt or becoming homeless because of the cost of treatments, it’s so unfair and now Dump is coming to power your all going to lose the affordable care act because maga thought they were voting against Obama Cary.What fools I hope they Fafo.
Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose starts.
I really like this statement! Completely agree!
Sounds like you can walk freely on the owners land. You cannot. Public footpaths are signposted. If a designated public footpath runs through a farmers land, you must stay on the path.
If you bought private land the public footpath would be marked on your deeds. People are not free to wander as they fancy, excluding Scotland's right to roam, but GGL is not covering that here.
Agreed. My partner and I got yelled at for trespassing on ‘private’ land that we thought because it had a public footpath was open to the public. I believe this was near Ascot a few years ago. So I’m not sure what she’s saying or where in the UK she lives.
@@Narthbor1 GGL could be clearer in that it is on the walker to know where the footpath is and to keep to it. AS to GGL's location, she is in England, perhaps just a little bit out of London.
I'd bet if you challenged it and submitted a report to the Ramblers to have a look (as they will have the best knowledge of it), the yelling people are probably in the wrong @@Narthbor1
I’ve had 2 heart attacks and cancer twice with all the treatments and follow ups that go with those things. Cost to me £0
The thing is that we don’t mind our taxes going to help others. Whereas from what I’ve seen from other videos I’ve watched is that in the American psyche they don’t feel they should have to pay for others. They are more self than caring for others.
I hope that doesn’t come across as rude but that’s my interpretation of what I’ve seen and heard.
If my tax money can save someone else’s life then that’s fine by me.
Polls have shown, for over 20 years, that the majority of the American public wants a not-for-profit healthcare system. The reason we do not have one is because the large insurance companies stuff campaign contributions (bribes) into the pockets of our congress. These bribes have been deemed legal by our Supreme Court. Out of 535 members of Congress, not one is fighting for public healthcare. That's why we don't have have a humane healthcare system.
Your comment most certainly is rude and I must add, you are grossly misinformed.
Her points pretty much apply to the whole of Europe.
Makes you realise how much they have the wool pulled over their eyes
You are mistaken if you think people do not litter in the UK, they do! Today, whilst walking my dogs I picked upon loads of paper litter, mostly because there was a gale blowing and litter was blasted from cars when the doors were opened!
Winter there is little litter but summer when there are tourists, litter abounds.
With drinking you can join the forces and fight for your country. But they say you are not grown up enough to drink. From the U.K.
Don’t be misled.
You can’t just walk on anybody’s private property over here.
The rule only applies to designated areas that have public footpaths running through them, and you are expected to stay on the path.
Footpaths have been around for thousands of years, and people use them for access or pleasure. They usually provide a very scenic route to a picturesque location, beauty spots, and the like.
Walking through beautiful countryside, and getting in touch with nature is therefore not restricted by changes in land ownership (usually farmland), and is open to all….but you cannot just walk around on anybody’s property.
Although it is QUITE different in Scotland as opposed to England and Wales! I love driving from London up to Scotland. There you have the 'Right to Roam' Act - which (as long as you don't abuse the rules), gives you much more free land, areas to walk and as long as you use 'common sense', don't litter, cause fire issues or similar... You are generally allowed to walk everywhere (with respect to the surroundings)!
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I couldn’t agree more.
Spent a lot of time in Scotland, and visited the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides, as well as the Scottish mainland.
Their Right to Roam is largely governed by the lay of the land, unfarmable landscapes, and general terrain, though that doesn’t account for the law adequately. However there are still restrictions; you couldn’t set your tent up in the back garden of someone’s house for example, and while I feel that you already know this (so I realise I’m teaching my Granny to suck eggs), I say this for our American friend that seems to think that all and sundry can just wander around your private property.
Private property is exactly that wherever you live, and everywhere else is custodian.
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P. S. Sorry for using your reply as a platform, and I agree with you completely and wholeheartedly.
Hope you get chance to do more travelling 👍
Rights of way tend to be over agricultural land or the open countryside, not domestic property, unless you have a home with massive grounds.
Not only can you cross where you like on streets and roads in the UK but, if you do choose to use a pedestrian crossing with light signals, you can ignore the lights and just walk across if you think it's safe to do so. Motorists cannot just run you over if they think they have priority (but you will be severely honked if you cross dangerously and make vehicles slow down or stop). If you are part of a large group, motorists are sometimes considerate enough to halt to let the whole group cross.
My feet has never left uk soil ever
public footpaths are clearly defined, you wouldn't buy a property with a public footpath if it bothered you, they're not eveywhere
Sunak is Hindu, Starmer is atheist and Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, is Muslim.
And Thatcher was a Witch.lol
In the UK you do pay for healthcare, this is done through taxes on a monthly basis through your salary, also dentists, you still pay for dental treatment but it is subsidised through banding (pricing)but if you don’t work you pay for nothing and get everything medically! You can also have private insurance and queue jump 🤷🏻♀️👍🏴
In the UK it’s really difficult to get dental treatment through the NHS. I have to go to a private dentist for my treatment and it’s expensive!
There are exceptions to the right to Roam laws even in Scotland. For example people don't have the right to walk through someone's front or back garden attached to their house. Industrial land and building sites aren't included, school grounds aren't included along with other exceptions. You just need to Google 'Scottish/English Freedom to Roam exceptions' and they'll give you lists of what isn't included in this.
The private land thing is only for walking for anything that doesn’t damage the land, if there’s a keep out sign, it’s trespass, but it’s only illegal if you’ve been told to leave
As for the foot paths, those date back the the “Middle Ages” when people would walk across huge fields and create “mud trails” these are protected as public pathways, even if they cut into private land, they cannot be obstructed nor removed, access must be given at all times, but only on said foot paths
Some of them only have marks on maps
The US has to use autosuggestion that it is the best and most free - otherwise there is the risk of people realising they've created a dystopia. (Here is a good illustration of why 'jaywalking' is a thing over there, its not the number of cars - its automakers victim-blaming incredibly successfully: ruclips.net/video/-AFn7MiJz_s/видео.html.)
A bit of clarity is needed for the footpaths and ability to walk
This law mainly applies to big estates with aches of land, farms, historical properties, sometimes industrial estates.
A normal house in a town is unlikely to have one going through their property. you might get one going down the side or at the back of your home and are more common out in less urban areas.
When buying a property / land the seller legally must inform the buyer of any public pathways / rights of way.
I think to add on to the drinking age discussion - where you mention the drinking age was lowered in the USA in places and raised again after young people had problems - I think this might be down to differences in the European approach to drinking.
A lot of us (in the UK) are first "introduced" to alcohol at very young ages. It's often something served alongside family dinners, often even very young kids will be offered sips (usually to completely disgusted reactions 😅) but it's not treated as something forbidden or illicit. We grow up seeing it as a casual part of life rather than this thing we're not allowed to touch.
Technically illegal, but most of us start drinking younger than 18 - but contained safely in our family homes. In my area a lot of the parents had an attitude of "we'll buy you some alcohol but you'll hang out and drink it with your friends at home", rather than going out and being drunk and disorderly. It means we first engage with alcohol with some parental backup if things go too far/get out of control.
And because of all that when we hit 18 and the law says "go for it" a lot of us already know what we like and some of that excitement/allure is already old. It's been normalised.
So in Europe a lot of us get introduced to alcohol over the course of our lives, as a normal part of meals and celebrations, and sometimes we've already tried it for ourselves within the safety of the home before 18. As opposed to Americans who seem to act like it's something illicit or shameful from 0-21 and then you're given carte blanche at a liquor store at 21 and people - understandably - completely go overboard.
I really like your reactions. I think the woman Girl Gone London is so great at what she does, so thanks for linking the original video- she works really hard. I can tell when Americans react to UK facts and channels if they are being genuine or not. It’s become a trend and an easy way to make money with views and subscribers, but I won’t subscribe to someone’s channel unless I feel comfortable with them or I believe they are really wanting to learn and educate themselves. We are not daft, we can tell who is watching for mostly honest reasons and others who do it for clickbait.
UK education fees are not simple and should not be compared to USA's.
1. Scottish students at a Scottish university, currently there is no tuition fees.
2. Tuition fees are covered by a tuition fee loan.
3. The tuition loan is supplied by a "government" loan company.
4. This loan does not count on any form of debt check and not used against any other form of loan.
5. You do not pay a single penny back until you earn other a certain threshold amount which is dependant on the level of degree and when you took out the loan.
6. because you need to be earning to start paying the repayments you do make are small compared to your salary that you will barely notice the small amount deducted.
7. these loans are eventually written off after 30 years regardless of how much if any that you have paid back and no financial black mark is incurred due to this write off.
In short the tuition loan may seem nasty but to the person taking the loan they are one of the best forms of credit you can get. As I have just under £40k in debt from student finance from 2012, but due to very low yearly income I have only paid back around £600 which is due to postgraduate loans having a lower threshold to start repayments. I have no concerns over my student debt.
The degree of freedom should be measured in the number of STOP signs, in the US there’s one on nearly every corner on nearly every intersection. In the UK they are rare very rare, the UK has “give way” (yield) signs instead, they are more suggestions than an order. Whether to stop or proceed is left to the individual, they have the freedom of choice, an American is ordered to stop.
On the gun thing, you can own guns in the UK, but ownership is strictly regulated. You basically have to have a good reason for owning one to obtain a licence for one. I.e a farmer who needs to kill pests to protect his crops or his livestock, or for hunting (hunting here isn't considered something anyone can do for fun but as an effective method of population control for animals like deer due to us having killed off their natural predators in the wolves), or you're involved in shooting sports such as target shooting for the Olympics etc.
However, there are parts of the UK, especially in urban areas where it can be as dangerous if not more so than the average US city. Most crimes committed with a weapon are done so with some kind of knife or other bladed implement and is a problem especially among the youth in our major cities. There are still some incidents involving guns but thanks to how strict our licencing laws are those are very rare. A lot of the knife crime is also restricted to rising gang culture among the youth in our major cities, where kids as young as 12 may carry some kind of knife to protect themselves or to use against another kid involved with a rival gang.
There is definitely work that needs to be done to keep knives off the street, but regulating knives off the street is a bit harder than guns as knives have many different necessary uses aside from maiming or killing another living being unlike guns, such as preparing food for cooking, etc.
If you buy a property with a 1000 year old footpath through it. You've got to have a little give.
I will put this in simple terms for you Neil America as the freedom too the UK as the freedom from When you understand the difference then you will understand why the UK is far better than America and far better quality of life
We also take our leave when we want it, not when it is convenient to our employer !
I think there is slight misunderstanding about private land. It is not the case that your private land can be walked on or intruded upon. This is only the case where that private land interacts with established public footpaths which have been there for a long time. In any other sense it would be trespassing to go on someone private property and a new footpath can not just be added to someone's land.
Also with days off I believe 28 days is actually the minimum amount for most. I have been fortunate to always work somewhere where my paid time off has been over this. For example where I work now I receive 36 paid days off.
If your insurance companies didn't increase the price, but increased the coverage to be for health,home contents and car insurance all in the 1 payment it would be closer to reasonable value 😅
America is one of the least free countries in the world WHY?, your work system is not for the employed ,but it's favourable to employers , capitalism means you are enslaved more so than other places especially the lower paid ,everything is profit run when life should not be that way ,the greed of the men at top is what keeps Americans to realise they live in a social system where socialism should be the way of evening people up financially .
The legal drinking age in the U.K. is FIVE it is not 18!! You only have to be 18 to buy alcohol. You can even drink at 16 in a restaurant or pub sat at a table have a meal. In a house you can drink at 5.
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In the UK there generally isn’t a right to walk into residential gardens etc. There are loads of public footpaths on public land though and many on farmland and woodland. In Scotland there is the right to roam on countryside land, but again you can’t just walk up to people’s houses. There are these rights because so much land is owned by rich landlords who don’t do much with it and it’s felt that access to the countryside is a public good
We have a huge issue with the NHS here at the moment. I've been trying to get a Drs appointment for 3 weeks now, but there simply arent any slots.
The overpopulation and under employment of the country has brought the NHS to it's knees. Too many people using the service and not enough people paying into it.
The UK government has been underfunding the NHS for years to create public dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction will then be used to dismantle the NHS and create a private for-profit system (like in the US) in its place. Then you'll experience how bad healthcare can truly be.
There are tens of billions of pounds in profits that UK capitalists plan to extract by privatizing the NHS. Their plan is already underway.
If what you say is true about US healthcare, why don't Americans do something about it? don't they have a vote every four years?
To many brown envelopes
@@timsyer3540 When Americans die through a lack of healthcare the very last people to be upset are their fellow Americans. Why? because it's a "Christian" country.
Having just had a short unplanned stay in hospital, I've have witnessed firsthand the chaos that the NHS is in. Some of the departments i saw were the equivalent to a war zone. I don't know how the staff cope? I'm not a big earner but I'd quite happily pay more from my salary to help fund our NHS. The NHS is on its knees 😢
Right, hear me out, I’m not one of them that think IMMIGRANTS ARE THE ROUTE OF ALL UKS PROBLEMS, but regarding the NHS do you not think it’s strange why they are so many immigrant doctors? And why the NHS is in the state that it is in? With the quality of doctors training in different countries then coming over here to use there practices, there’s so many things going wrong on operating tables recently I’ve noticed to people I know and know of… with the cuts to the NHS could these doctors just be another case of cheap labour, cheaper than a British doctor with high class education 🤷🏻♂️ something I’ve wondered for a while now, sorry for the paragraph haha
If your old enough to die for your country at 18 well your old enough to have a drink.
Our trains are too expensive, some inter city is cheaper by plane.
I agree that walk up fares can be expensive but if you can plan ahead there are reasonable fares to be had. There are many apps thar can work out the cheapeest cost eg split ticketing, off peak periods, advance fares, train passes etc Also my partner has bought a very reasonbly priced 3 year over 60 pass which gives him both a third off full fares and the cheaper fare offers.. He travels to away football matches and will often buy first class tickets because of the good value he can get.
What is freedom. The USA say they have freedom yet the work many hours long with less pay and only two weeks off a year if they are able too. Also the medical cost is so high how can anyone live in that country.
brit here who has lived in america and its crap
Yes I can imagine.
What is a gun "supposed to be" used for?
It's designed to kill .
Like your posts but you do not need to pause every time just to repeat everything they say, spoils it
This!
No healthcare and public transport is not freedom. Ps you don’t need the ation at the end of transport! Almost as bad as the other word I heard on another video before this. Comfort, not comfortability
Yes, we have freedom here, but don’t trample all over our grammar.
You have no health insurance? What happens if you get ill?
You pay everything out of pocket. And there's always a mark-up for people w/o insurance.
I don't know why America doesn't have a complete overhaul of their healthcare system and go with something like the British model . Maybe Trump can do something about this ! Way to go the 'Don' 🤟
Yeah trump is going to fix everything. As long as you are a billionaire
😂😅😂😅
Because their health BUSINESS wouldn't make as much profit then, that's all they seem to care about.
Is your post satire?
So all your taxes gets wasted on illegal migrants health care . And you have to wait years for treatment.
Food for thought does a J-Walking ticket infringe on freedom of choice?
Dude.. you cant be sat in your garden having a familly day with swimimg pool out bbq on with just random strangers walking into your garden sitting down joining in. Lol she doesnt mean that ! Geezz
I wish the person would interrupting! I just want to hear the input from those who have lived in both America and the UK without it being punctuated by being paused and rewound the responder because they didn't get a chance to say anything in response. I find this distracting. For me it would be better instead of referring to other videos and reaction of the host of the RUclips video more time were given for the person who has lived in both countries to give more detailed comparison for some points. There is a total freedom to roam in England? No there isn't unless the land has public right of way across it. I live in block of council flats where the plot of land that that is in front of or at the side of the fats is part of the flats communal space. In my opinion public right should not apply in these situation especially where their is already and existing short cut between one road and the next that doesn't cross that land.
Original Vid is 14mins long. That means, you've talked for longer than the original video. It got annoying.
Now that's a skill lol.
Thats a crackpot scheme this jay walking you have over their ,people telling where you can cross the road,
Do you in USA, have to pay to have a baby??
I'm from the UK but judging from other video's I've watched I think it's around $10,000 to $40,000 in US to have a baby and they even charge you for skin on skin contact. So you have to pay to literally hold your own baby. Shocking!
@sarahgreen653 that's outrageous!
@sarahgreen653 I wonder how common home births are over there...
@candice3559 yeah probably very common. What's more they only get an average of 2 weeks maternity leave before having to go back to work to pay the bill for having the baby. Then you tack on the cost of childcare so they can go back to work while leaving their newborn with someone else. America is a corporation not a country.
Not only that. They have to pay to hold their own baby after delivery. It's an extra 40 dollars on the bill.
The not having to pay at point of service is nice and idea of a National Health Service is brilliant as it means those who can't afford to pay for healthcare aren't left to fall into debt because of an accident or have to choose to just suffer. But the NHS itself is so seriously mismanaged there's constant calls for increasing taxation to 'Save our NHS' almost everything we do is to 'Save our NHS' it's almost a religion at this point. It really needs to have some kind of audit to pick up all the ways it is being mismanaged that is making it so expensive, i.e buying resources at exorbitant prices because the company that is contracted to sell those resources to the NHS happens to be friends with one of the managers or an MP, etc. Or having certain procedures or doing certain things that are not necessary for the functioning of the hospital but implemented by some bureaucrat to justify them having a job.
There's plenty of things that could be done to cut costs with the NHS without sacrificing quality of care instead of squeezing an already over-taxed economy even further. Unfortunately, as soon as you mention anything about changing or reforming the NHS, it causes a panic that you're trying to take away our 'precious' NHS.
This would be great if you didn't talk over the video, at leat turn your mic down. And stop reciting the video, we've got eyes and ears.
We can't swear in public in the UK which is pathetic
But you do though 😅 yes in front of the police maybe not, depends on the officer suppose, I’ve been sworn at by the police before, and I’ve sworn back, he didn’t fine me, or lock me up, he did however give me a court date for pissing in a dirt track road between two buildings in the dark 😂😂
No one ever stopped me swearing