I'm almost stunned. I've never heard such a positive piece about Britain. In fact I'm struggling to think of the last time I heard anything positive about Britain. Was a joy to watch. Thank you.
A lot of the facts haven’t been updated post brexit , eg it’s not largest in many financial services anymore and New York has taken spot as most international financial centre
That's what's so sad and infuriating about the UK. We're a rich country and a great place to live but our politicians and business elites want to keep a large section of the country in poverty. Our poverty rates are the worst in northern Europe
@@jw-ob1wv I know right! It’s like they are trying to squeeze us dry before the great reset or a big future plan. Only those who do have the money will survive and those who are ignorant and uneducated will fell into ruins.
The only things British are good at is genocide and theft. Thats why. Theyve been doing it for centuries and stole enough to last several lifetimes. Simple.
Just moved to the UK from South Africa and what the UK offers is opportunities based on merit with a reasonably good social safety net. Those born and living in it probably don't realize how good it is here, as we do having come from a country that rejects us based on pigmentation. We'll fight for this country, our adopted homeland, because it, and its natives, offer a way of life rarely seen.
From a Brit who always hears the opposite from foreign citizens. I am glad to hear you call this your adopted homeland. Us brits will be glad to fight by your side if the time comes💪
I've been here 20 years boet, imagine my surprise when a politician got fired for having an affair. I find the best way to divert the questions about leaving the weather is to say weather is nice but so is free healthcare and a safe transport system that spans the country,. Also not having to here white people complain about their hardships while driving BMWs past shacks got a bit tiresome.
@Mark Macfarlane I've been to the UK every year for the last 9 for work, my dad was born here and my mom is 3/4 English, so the culture and thinking is more mine than being South African ever was. My dad was probably the only Mancunian that ever spoke semi fluent Afrikaans, since he moved to SA in 59. However, he retained his strongly British character, never leaving his childhood behind. I grew up in SA with Benny Hill, Freddie Starr, etc so the UK is more home than SA, and since being identified as the cause of the problems in SA ( white male, gray hair, must be my fault) the UK offers opportunity open to my skills and not as a function of skin tone. SA is racist. No ifs, ands, or buts.
I know several South Africans who are coming here because of the decline of freedoms in SA. Theyre all hard working decent people, looking for a safe country to work and raise their children.
Don't forget that in poor countries the poor get nothing. In Britain the poor get monetry help and free healthcare....even if some those 'poor' want to sit on their sofa everyday.
I'm American. I now live in the UK. Moved over on an initial work placement and now made it pernament. I absolutely love life here. Far better quality of life back home. Brits like to put their country down but I think a lot are not sure that any problems they have often go hand in glove elsewhere around the world. It is certainly a better place to live and raise children than America. ❤ 🇬🇧
The only things British are good at is genocide and theft. Thats why. Theyve been doing it for centuries and stole enough to last several lifetimes. Simple.
@@ARM1886 Yes definitely. I went back last December and each and every time I go back the level of decline just seems to grow. Most American cities are unlivable. Everything costs a fortune, rents are a joke, drug abuse, homelessness and tent encampments are everywhere and our politicians are the worst. They have gone so far down the trans and gender ideology rabbit hole to care about anything else. Here children can go to school safe in the knowledge no nut will turn up and shoot it up!
Good times are gone, now London for rich or with own property. Stagnation, inflation, Brexit, Covid, war and stupidity of political parties brought the country to losses.
I sometimes think that people that are far worse off are completely wrong to think that in the UK it is better....I am firmly on the left in the UK.... but i also think trying to solve a problem by going further away from the problem is likely just inviting the cause of the problem. Like trying to escape poverty for a so called better life in a richer country. It feels like bad judgment to assume this is a better option. England is stained by a thousand years of war and corruption and slavery and even now.....we invented the word gollywog in the 70s....even now we celebrate a monarch whos wealth exists on highly questionable grounds....
@@Seph0rz The name golliwog (correct spelling) was in toy shops when I was a child in the 1940's. Also lots of children had black dolls. Not invented in the 1970's like you said.
Not since Brexit, universities are struggling to get enough students, research and innovation is disappearing the the EU countries and our education system is breaking down
I am from Slovakia 🇸🇰 living in the Uk for almost 5 years and is too much better like in my country or other Eu countries never leave this country ❤️🇬🇧
@Maniac Mando I have been to everyone except Slovakia and Ukraine and I can confirm the UK is top 5, also Prague budapest hungary , germany and Italy are the best
Though I'm not from UK, UK is the country what is in my heart and soul. I love British English, culture, education, civics, laws, and rules and regulation. I do always have greater love for the United Kingdom, the best country on earth. ❤❤❤
@@njkpower8351 Dear sir, I'm from Bangladesh. It's my pleasure that you are happy seeing my comment. I've just spoken and expressed myself on an independent platform.
@@mariuspintea8245 Well, I've got what you said. However, people can at least get to work there if not higher jobs(the term often used by the people of 3rd world with narrow mentality). More importantly, there are rule of law, regulations, discipline and standard of living. One more thing, majority of the British are amicable. To sum up, one can enjoy liberty after toiling for 3/4 years as pretty things take time if not more.
India liberated you from tyranny in 1971 and you don't have single respect for india. Whereas the country which starved you, created the worst famine in your country, you are admiring them. Great.
I think it is we Americans who under estimate the UK. It really held its own during WWII and had a vast navy with a pretty capable air force and army, winning the Battle of Britain qnd kicking the Germans out of North Africa. We also under estimate their contribution to pop culture in the forms of music, movies and televisiin.
@@stevedavenport1202 compared to the Russian and US army it’s pretty small but we do have 3 of the best forces in the world. S.B.S, S.A.S and ghurkas. And even the royal army, Air Force and navy are some of the most disciplined out there. It’s just a shame Britain was the 3rd ones to get into Berlin after America and Russia.
@@danksinatra7962 British doctrine at the time was to be more conservative so as not to lose too many soldiers, so I think that accounts for getting to Berlin later.
@@stevedavenport1202 Joining the RAF in September for BRTC, but the wait time was ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. I think it was something about not completing their diversity quotas, but I was essentially turned away twice and told to apply at a later date. Things have been really slow for them.
1:27 Don’t forget that Liverpool and Manchester are just 34 miles apart from each others city centres and there are plenty big ish towns in between. There is a combined population of over 6 million from each others city regions and the towns in between. Then you have Bradford and Leeds just 30 odd miles past Manchester and border each other
I lived in London for 6 years (pre Brexit) and it was amazing. The greatest city, wonderful people, awesome culture, lots of opportunities, if you worked hard you get really good rewards but also enjoy a good quality of life.
I'd love that to happen, but people are purposefully divided, the powers that be know exactly what buttons to press to control you all. Just be happy if you can there is nothing else.
@@firstroundboxing7649 haha, As if the Russians had anything to do with it. Scotland voted to stay in the EU and the rest of Britain voted for Brexit. Scotland will join with the EU when they get independence.
@@euancohen why lol my mum is from the isle of skye, should skye become independent too because the lord of the isles was once an historicaly country... fuck the SNP!
It’s nice, as a Brit, to see something positive for once. I believe our culture engenders a sarcastic way of looking at life, ergo producing a pretty negative image any time anything goes wrong with our nation. I think it’s time people look on the bright side for once - maybe then we will see more positive results…
Tell that to the powers that be that want to take all that away from us and who arrest an innocent women for simply praying silently to herself, our country is circling the pan and the Tories and labour are only interested in what they can take from us and put in their pockets before everything goes to crap
A very positive but factually balanced video. It’s strange to think that once you get past the media’s current view on London is relatively negative... on the whole I am very lucky to be born here😊
I expected this to be another video telling brits they ought to feel guilty about being alive and disrespecting our ancestors. But it wasnt. Good show my man. 💯
I mean the modern day brits shouldnt be punished for it, but the Brits should be ashamed of them. They killed 1 million of my people, and I hate seeing all the British nostalgia for their exploitation of my ancestors
The UK countryside is also so beautiful. As has been said UK people are very self-effacing and sarcastic - completely the opposite of say the US - this can put a negative spin on the country. Only when you travel, work and spend time in these countries (not 2 week holidays!) do you realise how lucky UK citizens are.
@@TheMusicBandB it being bought up by all the rich city folk for second home and holiday rentals. Local being priced out of the market and what few social homes are available are going to foreigners and people being moved from inner city area again no where for locals.
UK is such a big market, man they are partners with EU, USA and also many of its ex-colonies such as India and South Africa and countries they have huge influence like Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore 👏
@@nicklpantis when you read honest sources, you will find out how much more difficult it is to trade with the EU now, so difficult that many businesses cannot afford the extra paperwork and costs, and the EU businesses would rather trade with another EU country to avoid the delays, costs and paperwork. If you haven't noticed the sharp decrease in your standard of living, you're either super rich, or blind. The standard of living for normal people is now lower in the uk than countries like Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia. If you voted tory and brexit, you are the turkey that voted for Xmas; unless you're the super rich taking advantage of non-dom forex money-laundering tax-evasion scams. Because that's why the owners of the red-top gutter-rags told you to vote for brexit, and filled you full of lies and cheap dishonest slogans: they're all owned by individuals that use these tax loopholes that the EU have closed down; the surviving owner of the telegraph as well
I once had a Philippine women say to me, “Americans are good with their hands.” Well so are the British. They can fix anything and they can make anything. They can make high technology items and maintain things for centuries. They have been innovative too. For example we Americans made the javelin anti tank weapon and the British make the NLAW which is even better. You have to give credit where credit I’d due. In all fields the British punch above their weight.
@Moni Penny Russia crossed the Ukraine border with tanks. That is an invasion. Now Putin stupidly united NATO and pushed the Nordic countries closer to NATO. Probably one of the most disastrous decisions ever made. Putin is now having a difficult time recruiting soldiers. It seems that Russian tanks are easily destroyed by the Ukrainians. You can join Putin’s war and I’m sure you’d be welcomed warmly in Ukraine. It’s not too late go join.
@@zackgravity7284 you've literally paraphrased the bullshit he said about the UK. Let me guess...next you're gna tell me that Birmingham is 100% Muslim
The video kinda rushed through the factors I think most important: Rule of Law, property rights. It has been argued that it almost doesn't matter what else is going on. With these two, wealth *will* follow.
@@bazlur-Vancouver none of which is possible without education, free education is the way of the west, the end result produces adults that get jobs paying taxes by property and products thus making the country richer. Rule of law derives from education, property rights derives from education, as does democracy.
@@johnburns4017 Life without property rights is difficult and quickly decays into might-makes-right. An even bigger deal is that the UK established quite early on that property rights bind the government much more than in many other countries. It's just harder for the British government to take your stuff compared to - say - Russia or China. The link with prosperity is that without property rights any investment you make is at risk and so discouraged. Tenant farmers in the Middle Ages were hopelessly unproductive even allowing for the time because they had no rational reason to improve the land they worked or to work it particularly hard since everything was owned by someone else. Production steps up when you personally gain from it and know that someone else can't walk in and take it. Ownership is a fundamental economic requirement and the inability to find a "solution" to ownership is a key weakness in Marxism which tries to navigate around the problem of monopolisation (a key weakness in Capitalism) by reworking ownership in a way which flies in the face of human nature and thus fails in practise no matter how nice it sounds on paper. Anyway, it's very complicated once you start getting into it, but prosperity and property rights are definitely closely linked.
@@nagoranerides3150 In the UK all land is owned by the King. _Landowners_ are called _freeholders._ That is you hold the land free of charge from the King. The King can take the land back at any time. So *all* land is effectively owned by everyone of us. That is the technicalities out of the way. If *all* land was rented by the state to the occupiers, the economy would flourish as income tax (a tax on the productive) would not be needed. All the tenant needs is security of occupation. Land Value Tax does something similar but cares not about who owns (freeholder) the land. So land titles and buying and selling of freeholds can stay. Land Value Tax reclaim community created wealth, which soaks into the ground that crystallizes as land values. Look up and understand Land Value Tax (Detroit is hoping to get it in force next year). *No, property (land) rights does not make the UK rich.* As it stands it does the opposite as _economic rent_ is appropriated by the freeholder.
The industrial revolution is the obvious answer as to how the UK became so rich and innovative back in the day but we are a rich nation today because of the strength of our service based economy not to forget cultural influence.
Please start your video on the UK, with already having the Union Flag flying the correct way up !! Yours is upside down. We are great because we pay attention to detail ! Thanks Andrew Davidson
If the north had recieved the same investment as the south there is a good chance the northern cities of Liverpool,Manchester and Leeds would have all linked up by now.All the UK wealth is centred on the south east.
Sorry for progress! Should we all be working in cotton mills! The North voted the country out of Europe which was subsuidising your areas. You kicked them out, there not coming back, go and pick potatoes and fruit and suck it up!
@@indian-tech-supportLondon's cost of living and running a business isn't worth the investment imo. Much better to start a company in a northern England or the midlands. If you look in the last 5 years Northern Ireland has had tons of investment as companies see an opportunity to have hybrid trading with NIR being in a trading position with the EU.
Most people in Ireland detest this term "British Isles", as it implies that the island of Ireland is owned by Britain, which it does not. We refer to the collective islands as Britain and Ireland.
@@ConorWaters1 Britain is a geographical name, not a political one. They are the british isles, they're just not owned by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
I’m British living in the UK, so apologies if I am biased, but having been lucky enough to live and work all over the world, I can honestly say I feel privileged to have been born and live in the UK. Not only do we have a vibrant economy that functions well, but we have helped shaped the world we live in in a way that is disproportionate to our size and population, and hopefully in a more positive way than many other countries that aspired to be global powers might have done. We’ve exported culture, sports and a principals of freedom, decency and respect for life. Of course Britain hasn’t always got it right, but I think alternatives to Britain would have been far darker. But...if there is one thing right now that we need to do better it’s keeping our country clean…it’s a mess people and it’s time to clean it up
YOU are not British, YOU are either, English Scottish Irish or Welsh, and the British have deliberately bankrupt the country, we are skint, when the British want money, they just print it
Britain used to be the largest economy on earth for over 2 centuries. We used that economic might to defeat the most powerful nations the world has known (Napoleonic France and N@zi Germany), we ended slavey and spread democracy across the globe
Ended slavery: After abusing it for long and reaping the benefits. Spread Democracy: How? By dictating the colonial regions and leeching off their resources?
Us Brits do put our selves down and don't sing our praises, perhaps we should look at they way we perceive ourselves. I love London and visiting again in August.
I live in UK and people act as If they are poor , I can tell you y'all ain't, because I come from a poor country myself lol , I love the UK a their people
What has the UK ever did again? Apart from claiming credit for for WW2 (and disrespecting the 26.6M Soviets who died to defeat facism, and the 20M Chinese people who died to defeat Imperial Japan)
Maybe looking at GDP per capita and average/median incomes might help make your perspectives less skewed. 5th or 6th largest economy means little when you're barely making it into the Top 20 for GDP per capita and median wages are immensely unimpressive (around 15 or 18k a year last time I checked).
5th or 6th largest economy means little You are absolutely right. Indians are celebrating on social media that surpassed UK GDP or economy, but they have one of the lowest gdp per capita in the world(162)
lmao median wages in uk are 32k which is top 1% earning in the entire world. if thats not impressive idk what is sounds like someone is jealous of british. i bet i can guess the colour of ur skin
Lived in UK for 17 years. Amazing country! People have a great sarcastic humour which I really enjoy. But... the economy in the last 10 years went to hell. I started a Junior IT role in 2013 on £24k per year. My mate started his IT career last week as Junior IT and he is on £24k per year... You see the problem?
Imagine how much better the world would be if the well run places would extend governance over failing places. Instead, the poor of the world flock to these countries.
You mean like colonialism ? But good, sounds like an oxymoron… but listen. Sorta like the British did it with their last few colonies before the end of their empire… I mean they must have done something different because my country, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada didn’t turn out all that bad… at least I don’t think we did 😂 I’m from New Zealand btw, just incase you were wondering.
The ‘failing places’ can run themselves, you just keep killing their leaders and replacing them with colonialist puppets (like how yous got rid of Sankara, Gaddafi, and others)
The UK is Really a rich country. Leaves the usa and China as they have more population and land area than the UK. Germany and Japan have a good economy because after world war 2 they reduced their expenditure on defence as well as Japan was helped by us so they should also be not included in the list, ranking great Britain 1st in the list.
Certainly doesn’t feel like the 5th largest economy right now. The UK is nominally wealthy but it’s so poorly distributed that most people really aren’t feeling the benefit right now. All that growth, looting and colonisation only for rich people to get richer, and poor people to stay poor.
UK is not rich in terms of GDP per capita. Don't fool yourself and don't try to live like a rich country when you are not. People in UK want high wages, high benefits, good public service, short working hours and long holidays without generating the economic output that matches that.
That is nonsense. Go to any "poor" household in this country and the people (statistically 70%) are overweight and obese, meaning an excess of calories. They have electricity and heating. A TV. The Internet. Mobile phones. Not to mention a car or two. They also have free education for their children. Free healthcare. And, being on benefits, they have discounts for glasses and dentistry (or it is outright free). Get housing benefit for their rent. Child benefit to help with their children, and numerous freebies from the council. Their children can go to University through student finance (which is a government guaranteed loan they don't have to pay back until they earn a decent wage). More than half the world (4 billion) don't have any of these things! So to say British people are poor is nonsense. Even those at the bottom are rich compared to 95% of the world. And they are only "poor" in this country through poor personal choices.
@@jerryappleton6855 'They are only "poor" in this country through poor personal choices." Or you could be less disingenuous and say the rich are rich because they're ruthless and fine with exploiting / manipulating anybody and everybody with more self respect than the rich have. Newspapers (owned by the rich) encourage the poor to fight among themselves and blame everything wrong with the world on just about anyone other than the real culprits: the filthy rich. As a result, we always get terrible governments of a right wing persuasion - even Blair's 'New Labour'. Of course, it's the same the world over (though your totalitarian Russia and China do it differently). Musk sells snake oil with his 'green' electric cars (that use energy that still comes from hydrocarbons half the time) and his Space X nonsense. Stock prices get manipulated, the rich employ crafty accountants to abuse those tax loopholes / evade it altogether, or just don't pay their bills (eg. Trump and all his lawsuit swindling). So what are these personal choices you were going to mention?
@@jerryappleton6855 The life expectancy is sinking. NHS is breaking apart with horrendous waiting times. Sewage is being dumped into the ocean around the island. People are overweight is not a sign of richness but poverty. Go to Switzerland, barely any obesity. Your political system fosters corruption. Inflation is so bad and salaries so low that millions of children don't get regular warm meals a day except at school. You student loans are crippling future generations. You become a country of people that looks to places that are worse in comparison instead of looking at places that are better run, which is pretty much most of the EU. The average British person is poorer than 4 years ago, and will be even poorer in 4 years.
Great video, wish Leeds got a mention, though at 1:30, bigger by population than manchester, liverpool, newcastle, sheffield etc. Huge financial city but always seem to go under the radar.
@@adam_grace Similar to Leeds, most of west yorkshire will see Leeds as the 'capital' so to speak, Bradford is a sh*thole and all the other places are too small, in fact a lot of east Yorkshire will be the same. For many its the go-to city for shopping and nightlife.
Not true. It stopped the centuries-long exploitation of other countries (like the 47 TRILLION) stolen from India. It’s not like you can’t recover from a world war. The Soviet Union had the most casualties and was the 2nd most destroyed (behind Poland, whose recover the USSR also paid for). But it recovered, despite having 60% of its industry destroyed, and almost matched the relatively unaffected USA.
@@loopielou4426 ‘eliminate slavery’ the UK was one of the main contributors to slavery. And it’s not like the exploitation stopped after, just look at The Great Hunger, the Boer war, and many others
@@socire72 12m African slaves. 3M to the UK. We were slaves too you know. Everything we have done to be rich and most of which is our own our sheer intelliegence and abilities - whatever it is people want to pour over here to benefit from.
France and India will shortly overtake the Divided Kingdoms's economy, largely thanks to 13 years of tory crime ministers, and brextards voting to leave the largest (and nearest) trading union. I'm moving to Bavaria to escape all the chaos in this tragic country!
Wow, even more astonishing that we have 3 million people using food banks in this country of which 800.000 children. 7 year waiting list for some NHS procedures, collapsing roads and infrastructure. We might be a big economy but GDP per capita we are 30th! And that means that our wealth is extremely unevenly distributed. Official government statistics say that in only 5 years from now we will be poorer than Poland. And that’s our government saying that. We need a rethink
That prediction about Poland isn't from official government stats. It came from Keir Starmer. He used world bank stats on GPD growth, but his calculations are based on the assumption that Polish growth will remain high while British growth will flatline. This is unlikely to happen as Polish GDP growth is widely expected to slow over the coming decade, while British growth is consistently outperforming forecasts (we were supposed to be in the middle of a two year recession right now).
The British empire once ruled 3/4 of earth! It literally brought in the modern world! For a modern example, CPUs in mobile phones are a British invented - the ARM cpu. 🤯
Technically speaking the English Crown still ‘owns’ approximately 1/6th of the world land mass. If you think of all the nations the English Crown where is still head of state.
That's funny, the 'left wing' media in Britain keep telling people how poor we are and how it's all the fault of the Tories, Brexit, racism and transphobia...
A Belgian once said to me. You British are pirates. Started by pirates. Grew rich on piracy and always inventing new forms of piracy, like the City of London.
Since publishing this the UK has been overtaken by India. Another interesting measure is Net International Investment Position (NIIP) which is basically how much a country is owed by others minus it's national debt. Looked at it this way Japan has a financial surplus of $3.4 trillion, Germany is at +$3.1 trillion, China +$2.1 trillion and Norway at +$1.2 trillion while the UK is at -$800 billion.
I've only just seen this video (May 2023). You have, I think wrongly, under-emphasised the influence of the industrial revolution which started in the UK and gave it a huge leap forward scientifically, in engineering and economically. You also barely paid lip service to the role of education - particularly STEM education - in the development and wealth of countries. Some (interesting) stats: 1) Number of Nobel prizes by country (ordered) Country Number of Nobels United States 406 United Kingdom 138 Germany 114 France 73 Sweden 33 Russia/USSR 32 etc 2) University rankings (according to QS World University Rankings) USA 5 in the top 10 UK 4 in the top 10 (Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London and UCL) (NB Switzerland has the other one in the top 10, at 9th) Germany highest ranked 49 France highest ranked 26 Sweden highest ranked 89 Russia highest ranked 75
Because the government especially in Scotland want to control people and have created a country of benefit dependency and a banking system that is rewarded for failure and mismanagement and a culture where politicians and bankers look after each other not the general population, hence uncontrolled immigration of cheap labour
The state pension is like being on benefits, it's not supposed to be easy to live comfortably on. That's what private pensions and life savings are for.
@@johnburns4017 Not really. Between 1978 and 2002 the state offered SERPS for those not in company pension schemes. It was/is widely recognised that the basic state pension will do nothing apart from stop you starving/freezing to death, and is almost always topped up with other benefits if it is all the pensioner has to live on. People started living longer and longer and so employers and the state got rid of the huge liabilities of paying out a pension for decades based on previous salary. People just haven't been saving enough for their own pensions.
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I'm almost stunned. I've never heard such a positive piece about Britain. In fact I'm struggling to think of the last time I heard anything positive about Britain. Was a joy to watch. Thank you.
A lot of the facts haven’t been updated post brexit , eg it’s not largest in many financial services anymore and New York has taken spot as most international financial centre
That's what's so sad and infuriating about the UK. We're a rich country and a great place to live but our politicians and business elites want to keep a large section of the country in poverty. Our poverty rates are the worst in northern Europe
@@jw-ob1wv I know right! It’s like they are trying to squeeze us dry before the great reset or a big future plan. Only those who do have the money will survive and those who are ignorant and uneducated will fell into ruins.
Britain and the British are fantastic!!
The only things British are good at is genocide and theft. Thats why. Theyve been doing it for centuries and stole enough to last several lifetimes. Simple.
Just moved to the UK from South Africa and what the UK offers is opportunities based on merit with a reasonably good social safety net. Those born and living in it probably don't realize how good it is here, as we do having come from a country that rejects us based on pigmentation.
We'll fight for this country, our adopted homeland, because it, and its natives, offer a way of life rarely seen.
From a Brit who always hears the opposite from foreign citizens. I am glad to hear you call this your adopted homeland. Us brits will be glad to fight by your side if the time comes💪
I've been here 20 years boet, imagine my surprise when a politician got fired for having an affair.
I find the best way to divert the questions about leaving the weather is to say weather is nice but so is free healthcare and a safe transport system that spans the country,.
Also not having to here white people complain about their hardships while driving BMWs past shacks got a bit tiresome.
@Mark Macfarlane I've been to the UK every year for the last 9 for work, my dad was born here and my mom is 3/4 English, so the culture and thinking is more mine than being South African ever was. My dad was probably the only Mancunian that ever spoke semi fluent Afrikaans, since he moved to SA in 59. However, he retained his strongly British character, never leaving his childhood behind. I grew up in SA with Benny Hill, Freddie Starr, etc so the UK is more home than SA, and since being identified as the cause of the problems in SA ( white male, gray hair, must be my fault) the UK offers opportunity open to my skills and not as a function of skin tone. SA is racist. No ifs, ands, or buts.
I know several South Africans who are coming here because of the decline of freedoms in SA. Theyre all hard working decent people, looking for a safe country to work and raise their children.
@benspq This is true, but a lot of them prefer to bring their way of life here instead 🤷♂️
Wait, we're rich?! Well this has been a well kept secret from me
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Not many can see the forest for the trees within their own country. Of course things can improve, but things are still very good.
Don't forget that in poor countries the poor get nothing. In Britain the poor get monetry help and free healthcare....even if some those 'poor' want to sit on their sofa everyday.
You only have to travel the world to realise how lucky we are to live in 🇬🇧 UK
only because they rob their population
I'm American. I now live in the UK. Moved over on an initial work placement and now made it pernament. I absolutely love life here. Far better quality of life back home. Brits like to put their country down but I think a lot are not sure that any problems they have often go hand in glove elsewhere around the world. It is certainly a better place to live and raise children than America. ❤ 🇬🇧
The only things British are good at is genocide and theft. Thats why. Theyve been doing it for centuries and stole enough to last several lifetimes. Simple.
Really?
@@ARM1886 Yes definitely. I went back last December and each and every time I go back the level of decline just seems to grow. Most American cities are unlivable. Everything costs a fortune, rents are a joke, drug abuse, homelessness and tent encampments are everywhere and our politicians are the worst. They have gone so far down the trans and gender ideology rabbit hole to care about anything else. Here children can go to school safe in the knowledge no nut will turn up and shoot it up!
I'm literally moving to America, I like freedom and having rights.
@@JW-YT Where from? The US is not the place it used to be. Glad I got out but good luck!
Born in London sometimes you forget to appreciate what others can only dream of!
Good times are gone, now London for rich or with own property. Stagnation, inflation, Brexit, Covid, war and stupidity of political parties brought the country to losses.
London is but a fraction of the country and totally unrepresentative of most of the country.
I sometimes think that people that are far worse off are completely wrong to think that in the UK it is better....I am firmly on the left in the UK.... but i also think trying to solve a problem by going further away from the problem is likely just inviting the cause of the problem. Like trying to escape poverty for a so called better life in a richer country. It feels like bad judgment to assume this is a better option. England is stained by a thousand years of war and corruption and slavery and even now.....we invented the word gollywog in the 70s....even now we celebrate a monarch whos wealth exists on highly questionable grounds....
@@Seph0rz The name golliwog (correct spelling) was in toy shops when I was a child in the 1940's. Also lots of children had black dolls. Not invented in the 1970's like you said.
Being born in London is irreverent. Birthright citizenship doesn’t exist here (thank god)
thank you, worth mentioning the UK’s universities. Research, innovation and tertiary education that is world leading
Not since Brexit, universities are struggling to get enough students, research and innovation is disappearing the the EU countries and our education system is breaking down
@abdul Spruce Its across the news and there is plenty on the internet if you care to look
@@JOOLZNED Can't find anything, any links?
@@JOOLZNEDbut now the uk unis heavily rely on Asian students with large amounts of wealth
@@hamzaibrahim6168 That only applies to the top 4 or 5 uni's the rest are having major issues
I am from Slovakia 🇸🇰 living in the Uk for almost 5 years and is too much better like in my country or other Eu countries never leave this country ❤️🇬🇧
Happy to have you here! 🙂
Welcome 🫶🏻
How many EU countries have you been ?
@Maniac Mando I have been to everyone except Slovakia and Ukraine and I can confirm the UK is top 5, also Prague budapest hungary , germany and Italy are the best
Meanwhile, I (british) am leaving the UK and moving to Slavonia, HR 😂I can't stand it here any longer.
Though I'm not from UK, UK is the country what is in my heart and soul.
I love British English, culture, education, civics, laws, and rules and regulation. I do always have greater love for the United Kingdom, the best country on earth. ❤❤❤
Where are you from im from the uk and im so glad to hear that!
@@njkpower8351 Dear sir, I'm from Bangladesh. It's my pleasure that you are happy seeing my comment. I've just spoken and expressed myself on an independent platform.
The best country on earth for few billionaires and if you are rich...otherwise not much difference on salaries than an average country from EU...
@@mariuspintea8245 Well, I've got what you said. However, people can at least get to work there if not higher jobs(the term often used by the people of 3rd world with narrow mentality). More importantly, there are rule of law, regulations, discipline and standard of living. One more thing, majority of the British are amicable. To sum up, one can enjoy liberty after toiling for 3/4 years as pretty things take time if not more.
India liberated you from tyranny in 1971 and you don't have single respect for india. Whereas the country which starved you, created the worst famine in your country, you are admiring them. Great.
I think it is we Americans who under estimate the UK. It really held its own during WWII and had a vast navy with a pretty capable air force and army, winning the Battle of Britain qnd kicking the Germans out of North Africa.
We also under estimate their contribution to pop culture in the forms of music, movies and televisiin.
That’s because we’re the best trained army in the world the most disciplined. We might not have the men the US has but our military is a powerhouse.
@@danksinatra7962 It's one of the largest in Western Europe.
@@stevedavenport1202 compared to the Russian and US army it’s pretty small but we do have 3 of the best forces in the world. S.B.S, S.A.S and ghurkas. And even the royal army, Air Force and navy are some of the most disciplined out there. It’s just a shame Britain was the 3rd ones to get into Berlin after America and Russia.
@@danksinatra7962 British doctrine at the time was to be more conservative so as not to lose too many soldiers, so I think that accounts for getting to Berlin later.
@@stevedavenport1202 Joining the RAF in September for BRTC, but the wait time was ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. I think it was something about not completing their diversity quotas, but I was essentially turned away twice and told to apply at a later date. Things have been really slow for them.
Born in northwest of England in Blackpool and you wouldn’t think that we were rich at all.
Compare the poor parts of England to the poor parts of a country like Cambodia let’s say, Blackpool is on a whole different level.
Blackpool is literally one of the worst areas in the UK...
The UK ranked #4 in the Global Innovation Index 2022
1:27 Don’t forget that Liverpool and Manchester are just 34 miles apart from each others city centres and there are plenty big ish towns in between. There is a combined population of over 6 million from each others city regions and the towns in between. Then you have Bradford and Leeds just 30 odd miles past Manchester and border each other
leeds and bradford you cant tell when you leave one and enter the other
@@ablair37 True
fookin scousers....
Bristol and Cardiff are close too.
Londons GDP is worth more than Manchester. Birmingham. Liverpool. Leeds. Nottingham, put together
Was getting mildly homesick when I heard Manchester and then I saw a Sainsbury’s and immediately was fine, greetings from New Zealand.
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I lived in London for 6 years (pre Brexit) and it was amazing. The greatest city, wonderful people, awesome culture, lots of opportunities, if you worked hard you get really good rewards but also enjoy a good quality of life.
The UK must stick together!!!!! People forget how small it is. Better and stronger united
I'd love that to happen, but people are purposefully divided, the powers that be know exactly what buttons to press to control you all. Just be happy if you can there is nothing else.
No! Scotland must become independent.
@@euancohen A great idea for the Russians who want to split apart Europe
@@firstroundboxing7649 haha, As if the Russians had anything to do with it. Scotland voted to stay in the EU and the rest of Britain voted for Brexit. Scotland will join with the EU when they get independence.
@@euancohen why lol my mum is from the isle of skye, should skye become independent too because the lord of the isles was once an historicaly country... fuck the SNP!
It’s nice, as a Brit, to see something positive for once. I believe our culture engenders a sarcastic way of looking at life, ergo producing a pretty negative image any time anything goes wrong with our nation. I think it’s time people look on the bright side for once - maybe then we will see more positive results…
Tell that to the powers that be that want to take all that away from us and who arrest an innocent women for simply praying silently to herself, our country is circling the pan and the Tories and labour are only interested in what they can take from us and put in their pockets before everything goes to crap
how is exploiting other countries a positive
@@marklee2588 what are you referring too?
@@maxdavis7722 neocolonialism
@@marklee2588 what neocolonialism does the UK do?
A very positive but factually balanced video. It’s strange to think that once you get past the media’s current view on London is relatively negative... on the whole I am very lucky to be born here😊
I expected this to be another video telling brits they ought to feel guilty about being alive and disrespecting our ancestors. But it wasnt. Good show my man. 💯
I mean the modern day brits shouldnt be punished for it, but the Brits should be ashamed of them. They killed 1 million of my people, and I hate seeing all the British nostalgia for their exploitation of my ancestors
To be fair your ancestors did pillage the world and that wealth accrued from violence and oppression was a foundation for the nation
Im from Turkey, have been living here in UK for 2 months now. I absolutely love this place 🇬🇧❤
ottoman colonizer go back
@@arminarlert1111 you say “colonizer” as if thats a bad thing
@@amyiyen of course how can taking other land be a good things apologize for your crime
@@arminarlert1111 im would rather be colonizing instead of being a colonized cuck
The UK countryside is also so beautiful. As has been said UK people are very self-effacing and sarcastic - completely the opposite of say the US - this can put a negative spin on the country. Only when you travel, work and spend time in these countries (not 2 week holidays!) do you realise how lucky UK citizens are.
The UK countryside is desolate and filled with farmland. It used to be a complete deciduous forest until we made space for exploited animals.
@@TheMusicBandB Come to Scotland, we have loads of nice countryside with forests and hills that you can go for walks in
@@TheMusicBandB it being bought up by all the rich city folk for second home and holiday rentals. Local being priced out of the market and what few social homes are available are going to foreigners and people being moved from inner city area again no where for locals.
@@fencer39 I can smell how you vote from this comment.
@@TheMusicBandB lol......better go see your doctor and get your senses checked !😆😆
UK is such a big market, man they are partners with EU, USA and also many of its ex-colonies such as India and South Africa and countries they have huge influence like Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore 👏
britain left the eu???
Oh yes Singapore and Malaysia
Yes,big market for few billionaires and the rest of the populations is on surviving mood with minimum wage...so where is the richness?
@@OscarBobbIsTheGOAT they can still trade with European countries though, right?
@@nicklpantis when you read honest sources, you will find out how much more difficult it is to trade with the EU now, so difficult that many businesses cannot afford the extra paperwork and costs, and the EU businesses would rather trade with another EU country to avoid the delays, costs and paperwork. If you haven't noticed the sharp decrease in your standard of living, you're either super rich, or blind. The standard of living for normal people is now lower in the uk than countries like Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia. If you voted tory and brexit, you are the turkey that voted for Xmas; unless you're the super rich taking advantage of non-dom forex money-laundering tax-evasion scams. Because that's why the owners of the red-top gutter-rags told you to vote for brexit, and filled you full of lies and cheap dishonest slogans: they're all owned by individuals that use these tax loopholes that the EU have closed down; the surviving owner of the telegraph as well
I once had a Philippine women say to me, “Americans are good with their hands.” Well so are the British. They can fix anything and they can make anything. They can make high technology items and maintain things for centuries. They have been innovative too. For example we Americans made the javelin anti tank weapon and the British make the NLAW which is even better. You have to give credit where credit I’d due. In all fields the British punch above their weight.
@Moni Penny That is a given for all empires. That is pretty much the very definition of imperialism. I don’t recall any empires that were different.
@Moni Penny It wasn’t the USA or the UK that drove tanks across the Ukrainian border.
@Moni Penny Russia crossed the Ukraine border with tanks. That is an invasion. Now Putin stupidly united NATO and pushed the Nordic countries closer to NATO. Probably one of the most disastrous decisions ever made. Putin is now having a difficult time recruiting soldiers. It seems that Russian tanks are easily destroyed by the Ukrainians. You can join Putin’s war and I’m sure you’d be welcomed warmly in Ukraine. It’s not too late go join.
@Moni Penny Why are you still going on and on? I don’t care what you think. Why don’t you understand that?
@Moni Penny all empies have done " looting" UK and Germany were destroyed after second World War they built everything from scratch
Glad to hear ,that people are proud of their country..just glad to hear good things.....pleases the mind and soul.
Great, isn't it to hear someone give you the opportunity to be proud.
Tax Havens. Also, wealth is super unequal, with uk having the richest region in western europe but also the 9 poorest regions
Ahh, just like America except the Gun violence.
@@williamkinkade2538 nah they use knives instead
@@zackgravity7284 Trump tell you that?
Pretty sure between a gun and a knife, one is way more statistically deadly than the other.
@@Alex-zs7gw ??? What does trump have to do with it?
@@zackgravity7284 you've literally paraphrased the bullshit he said about the UK.
Let me guess...next you're gna tell me that Birmingham is 100% Muslim
How UK became rich ?
Ans: Theft wealth of india(south asian countries ), African countries.
The video kinda rushed through the factors I think most important: Rule of Law, property rights. It has been argued that it almost doesn't matter what else is going on. With these two, wealth *will* follow.
Rule of Law, property rights, relatively corruption free and democracy are the main components of a prosperous country.
Property rights? Stretching it.
@@bazlur-Vancouver none of which is possible without education, free education is the way of the west, the end result produces adults that get jobs paying taxes by property and products thus making the country richer. Rule of law derives from education, property rights derives from education, as does democracy.
@@johnburns4017 Life without property rights is difficult and quickly decays into might-makes-right. An even bigger deal is that the UK established quite early on that property rights bind the government much more than in many other countries. It's just harder for the British government to take your stuff compared to - say - Russia or China.
The link with prosperity is that without property rights any investment you make is at risk and so discouraged. Tenant farmers in the Middle Ages were hopelessly unproductive even allowing for the time because they had no rational reason to improve the land they worked or to work it particularly hard since everything was owned by someone else. Production steps up when you personally gain from it and know that someone else can't walk in and take it. Ownership is a fundamental economic requirement and the inability to find a "solution" to ownership is a key weakness in Marxism which tries to navigate around the problem of monopolisation (a key weakness in Capitalism) by reworking ownership in a way which flies in the face of human nature and thus fails in practise no matter how nice it sounds on paper.
Anyway, it's very complicated once you start getting into it, but prosperity and property rights are definitely closely linked.
@@nagoranerides3150
In the UK all land is owned by the King. _Landowners_ are called _freeholders._ That is you hold the land free of charge from the King. The King can take the land back at any time. So *all* land is effectively owned by everyone of us. That is the technicalities out of the way.
If *all* land was rented by the state to the occupiers, the economy would flourish as income tax (a tax on the productive) would not be needed. All the tenant needs is security of occupation.
Land Value Tax does something similar but cares not about who owns (freeholder) the land. So land titles and buying and selling of freeholds can stay. Land Value Tax reclaim community created wealth, which soaks into the ground that crystallizes as land values.
Look up and understand Land Value Tax (Detroit is hoping to get it in force next year).
*No, property (land) rights does not make the UK rich.* As it stands it does the opposite as _economic rent_ is appropriated by the freeholder.
The industrial revolution is the obvious answer as to how the UK became so rich and innovative back in the day but we are a rich nation today because of the strength of our service based economy not to forget cultural influence.
Also the invention of fish and chips 😃
No uk become so rich because Britishers looted 45 trillion dollars from India.
@@devanshbaliyan346 yeah because india had 45 trillion dollar lying around 300 years ago
Try slavery and colonization
@@eddymurky4149 wasn’t that much of an economic benifit
very inspirational, i almost feel like going back to work
F'ing hilarious! I just got a pay rise and don't feel very rich!
Please start your video on the UK, with already having the Union Flag flying the correct way up !!
Yours is upside down.
We are great because we pay attention to detail !
Thanks
Andrew Davidson
Really enjoyed this video ! Thank you !
If we're replaced by India - Good for them, well deserved.
Now India is the fifth richest country in the world
If the north had recieved the same investment as the south there is a good chance the northern cities of Liverpool,Manchester and Leeds would have all linked up by now.All the UK wealth is centred on the south east.
Sorry for progress! Should we all be working in cotton mills!
The North voted the country out of Europe which was subsuidising your areas.
You kicked them out, there not coming back, go and pick potatoes and fruit and suck it up!
Well in London there's over 8 million. More than Liverpool Manchester and Leeds combined. So no wonder they get more money.
George Osbourne was just speaking bs all them years ago. 'Northern Powerhouse'.
@@indian-tech-supportLondon's cost of living and running a business isn't worth the investment imo. Much better to start a company in a northern England or the midlands. If you look in the last 5 years Northern Ireland has had tons of investment as companies see an opportunity to have hybrid trading with NIR being in a trading position with the EU.
The British Isles must be number one in geographical recognition its shape is so distinctive and therefore instantly recognisable.
Most people in Ireland detest this term "British Isles", as it implies that the island of Ireland is owned by Britain, which it does not. We refer to the collective islands as Britain and Ireland.
@@ConorWaters1 the correct name of something offends irish people apparently
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@@ConorWaters1 Britain is a geographical name, not a political one. They are the british isles, they're just not owned by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
@@ConorWaters1 well that’s on them, because that’s not what it means at all. Those Irish people are just idiots
@@ConorWaters1 Britain isn't a country smh I'm from Ireland and never heard anyone offended by that lmao. What a thing to be offended by
Also in Scotland, Aberdeen is the oil capital of Europe and where First Bus HQ & BP HQ are based.
9:50 *It does in fact EXIST now known as **_The Commonwealth of Nations_** consisting of 56 Member States !*
Bastard all of them are slave fuck off welfare system benefit
Thanks mate. Good little doco. How about one on Australia?
Doco is very Australian of you
The Criminals and the unwanted Irish sent from the UK, decimation of the Aboriginals, decimation of the fauna and flora... done!
It's so nice to have such a positive write up, many thanks x
Colonisation: ☕️
That was certainly a very positive sounding review!
I’m British living in the UK, so apologies if I am biased, but having been lucky enough to live and work all over the world, I can honestly say I feel privileged to have been born and live in the UK. Not only do we have a vibrant economy that functions well, but we have helped shaped the world we live in in a way that is disproportionate to our size and population, and hopefully in a more positive way than many other countries that aspired to be global powers might have done. We’ve exported culture, sports and a principals of freedom, decency and respect for life. Of course Britain hasn’t always got it right, but I think alternatives to Britain would have been far darker. But...if there is one thing right now that we need to do better it’s keeping our country clean…it’s a mess people and it’s time to clean it up
YOU are not British, YOU are either, English Scottish Irish or Welsh, and the British have deliberately bankrupt the country, we are skint, when the British want money, they just print it
Britain used to be the largest economy on earth for over 2 centuries.
We used that economic might to defeat the most powerful nations the world has known (Napoleonic France and N@zi Germany), we ended slavey and spread democracy across the globe
No you did not. Don’t try and claim credit for the tens of millions who died to defeat facism.
@@socire72 the Brits are the only reason Germany lost. The Brits never surrendered. Stop the jealousy
@@GerMFnU1848Sax and the Soviets.
@@GerMFnU1848Sax The soviets lost millions, the greatest amount of any nation during WWII. Go back to school!
Ended slavery: After abusing it for long and reaping the benefits.
Spread Democracy: How? By dictating the colonial regions and leeching off their resources?
Us Brits do put our selves down and don't sing our praises, perhaps we should look at they way we perceive ourselves. I love London and visiting again in August.
I live in UK and people act as If they are poor , I can tell you y'all ain't, because I come from a poor country myself lol , I love the UK a their people
@@easy-jay Maybe the British should stop bending over backwards for the rich and letting them bumfuck them
At last,a positive spin on the uk,top marks.
If history has taught the euros anything, it’s never a good idea to bet against Great Britain. I’m half German as well.
What has the UK ever did again? Apart from claiming credit for for WW2 (and disrespecting the 26.6M Soviets who died to defeat facism, and the 20M Chinese people who died to defeat Imperial Japan)
It’s true. Statistically the UK is more often than not on the winning side. It certainly choose its allies well
Maybe looking at GDP per capita and average/median incomes might help make your perspectives less skewed. 5th or 6th largest economy means little when you're barely making it into the Top 20 for GDP per capita and median wages are immensely unimpressive (around 15 or 18k a year last time I checked).
The top of the GDP per capita table is dominated by tiny micro state tax havens and petro states whose economies rely on under paid guest workers.
Whaatt
5th or 6th largest economy means little You are absolutely right. Indians are celebrating on social media that surpassed UK GDP or economy, but they have one of the lowest gdp per capita in the world(162)
lmao median wages in uk are 32k which is top 1% earning in the entire world. if thats not impressive idk what is
sounds like someone is jealous of british.
i bet i can guess the colour of ur skin
@@bazlur-Vancouver but we have high ppp you idiot 🙄
"Boris Johnson has vowed that"
I really wouldn't pay much attention to him.
Dont hate on bojo
Does anyone else notice that the Union flag shown about 30 seconds in is upside down? It always amazes me how few people know or care about this.
Next to the pole the thick white stripe is at the top. Easy , now everyone knows.
This has been more prevalent since the Coronation with more flags flying. It's frustrating when you know.
Why would anyone care when the country looks like bhagdad?
Go play your violin elsewhere
Lived in UK for 17 years. Amazing country! People have a great sarcastic humour which I really enjoy. But... the economy in the last 10 years went to hell. I started a Junior IT role in 2013 on £24k per year. My mate started his IT career last week as Junior IT and he is on £24k per year... You see the problem?
yes wrong profession
@@daboy12s The fact that wages did not increase in the last 10 years tells you everything you need to know. Which profession would be a better choice?
Should've gone into data science or a financial analyst of some sort. The money in those fields is relatively high and you can progress quite quickly.
Lots of interesting facts... but i found the very repetitive background music was very distracting - it left me feeling quite on edge!
Imagine how much better the world would be if the well run places would extend governance over failing places. Instead, the poor of the world flock to these countries.
You mean like colonialism ? But good, sounds like an oxymoron… but listen.
Sorta like the British did it with their last few colonies before the end of their empire… I mean they must have done something different because my country, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada didn’t turn out all that bad… at least I don’t think we did 😂 I’m from New Zealand btw, just incase you were wondering.
The ‘failing places’ can run themselves, you just keep killing their leaders and replacing them with colonialist puppets (like how yous got rid of Sankara, Gaddafi, and others)
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@Balochi boy lol I will manage
try overtaking your own government or changing things where you are rather than relying on others.
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I'm always amazed at people putting so much stock in how many square miles a country has.
The UK is Really a rich country. Leaves the usa and China as they have more population and land area than the UK. Germany and Japan have a good economy because after world war 2 they reduced their expenditure on defence as well as Japan was helped by us so they should also be not included in the list, ranking great Britain 1st in the list.
Well India has now overtaken us for that number 5 spot
Me i give a credit to a man who invented steam engine ,you see that man he changed the world
I think a more important question is: how long can it hold onto it's position and is it going up or down?
Certainly doesn’t feel like the 5th largest economy right now. The UK is nominally wealthy but it’s so poorly distributed that most people really aren’t feeling the benefit right now. All that growth, looting and colonisation only for rich people to get richer, and poor people to stay poor.
UK is not rich in terms of GDP per capita. Don't fool yourself and don't try to live like a rich country when you are not. People in UK want high wages, high benefits, good public service, short working hours and long holidays without generating the economic output that matches that.
That is nonsense.
Go to any "poor" household in this country and the people (statistically 70%) are overweight and obese, meaning an excess of calories.
They have electricity and heating. A TV. The Internet. Mobile phones. Not to mention a car or two.
They also have free education for their children. Free healthcare.
And, being on benefits, they have discounts for glasses and dentistry (or it is outright free). Get housing benefit for their rent. Child benefit to help with their children, and numerous freebies from the council.
Their children can go to University through student finance (which is a government guaranteed loan they don't have to pay back until they earn a decent wage).
More than half the world (4 billion) don't have any of these things!
So to say British people are poor is nonsense. Even those at the bottom are rich compared to 95% of the world. And they are only "poor" in this country through poor personal choices.
@@jerryappleton6855 I am saying the country is poor. It is in huge debt and people still want the country to live beyond its means.
@@jerryappleton6855 'They are only "poor" in this country through poor personal choices."
Or you could be less disingenuous and say the rich are rich because they're ruthless and fine with exploiting / manipulating anybody and everybody with more self respect than the rich have. Newspapers (owned by the rich) encourage the poor to fight among themselves and blame everything wrong with the world on just about anyone other than the real culprits: the filthy rich. As a result, we always get terrible governments of a right wing persuasion - even Blair's 'New Labour'.
Of course, it's the same the world over (though your totalitarian Russia and China do it differently). Musk sells snake oil with his 'green' electric cars (that use energy that still comes from hydrocarbons half the time) and his Space X nonsense. Stock prices get manipulated, the rich employ crafty accountants to abuse those tax loopholes / evade it altogether, or just don't pay their bills (eg. Trump and all his lawsuit swindling).
So what are these personal choices you were going to mention?
@@jerryappleton6855 The life expectancy is sinking. NHS is breaking apart with horrendous waiting times. Sewage is being dumped into the ocean around the island.
People are overweight is not a sign of richness but poverty. Go to Switzerland, barely any obesity.
Your political system fosters corruption.
Inflation is so bad and salaries so low that millions of children don't get regular warm meals a day except at school.
You student loans are crippling future generations.
You become a country of people that looks to places that are worse in comparison instead of looking at places that are better run, which is pretty much most of the EU.
The average British person is poorer than 4 years ago, and will be even poorer in 4 years.
Because the rich people from foreign countries do business in city of London
Sounds nice, but also explain how Britain robbed India of $45 trillion... This is crucial to the economies of India and the UK.
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Great video, wish Leeds got a mention, though at 1:30, bigger by population than manchester, liverpool, newcastle, sheffield etc. Huge financial city but always seem to go under the radar.
Manchester is really a conglomerated metropolis. pop: 2.8m it works as such economically, geographically and also culturally.
@@adam_grace Similar to Leeds, most of west yorkshire will see Leeds as the 'capital' so to speak, Bradford is a sh*thole and all the other places are too small, in fact a lot of east Yorkshire will be the same. For many its the go-to city for shopping and nightlife.
Leeds is not!
@@johnburns4017 Leeds is not what?
Leeds is the second biggest city outside London.
@@Mikebigmike94
The _City_ of Leeds inside its city borders is quite small. As is Manchester.
it was number 1 for over 200 years but sacrificed it's spot to win the world wars
And to eliminate slavery and police the world's waters.
Not true. It stopped the centuries-long exploitation of other countries (like the 47 TRILLION) stolen from India. It’s not like you can’t recover from a world war. The Soviet Union had the most casualties and was the 2nd most destroyed (behind Poland, whose recover the USSR also paid for). But it recovered, despite having 60% of its industry destroyed, and almost matched the relatively unaffected USA.
@@loopielou4426 ‘eliminate slavery’ the UK was one of the main contributors to slavery. And it’s not like the exploitation stopped after, just look at The Great Hunger, the Boer war, and many others
@@socire72 UK spent years of it's GDP buying slaves freedom and banned slavery across it's empire.
@@socire72 12m African slaves. 3M to the UK. We were slaves too you know. Everything we have done to be rich and most of which is our own our sheer intelliegence and abilities - whatever it is people want to pour over here to benefit from.
Nice to see all the positivity in the comments section.
Meanwhile half the people living there can't afford to put butter on their toast 😂
Rubbish
Even bigger question is how am I still in my overdraft if this is the case.
Debt
after watching few second, I am like can't you see Japan 😅
India is 5th now and uk is 6th
GDP per capita is almost 7x lower which means it's still a remarkably poor country
India can not even supply clean water and sanitation to all of its population. It's rich on paper but, in reality, has vast poverty problems.
There size helped
@@mikelovesbacon exactly...
France and India will shortly overtake the Divided Kingdoms's economy, largely thanks to 13 years of tory crime ministers, and brextards voting to leave the largest (and nearest) trading union. I'm moving to Bavaria to escape all the chaos in this tragic country!
Is that why the EU is now in a recession you clown 🤡 🤔
Ah yes the trading union that holds less and less of the global economy every decade.
Rich people from all over the world brought their wealth to settle in UK thats why.
Because?
Also uk started industrial revolution
Wow, even more astonishing that we have 3 million people using food banks in this country of which 800.000 children. 7 year waiting list for some NHS procedures, collapsing roads and infrastructure. We might be a big economy but GDP per capita we are 30th! And that means that our wealth is extremely unevenly distributed.
Official government statistics say that in only 5 years from now we will be poorer than Poland. And that’s our government saying that. We need a rethink
the video covers the wealth disparities quite clearly
That's because we accept things our politicians say are 'good for the economy' without asking 'who's economy?'
That prediction about Poland isn't from official government stats. It came from Keir Starmer. He used world bank stats on GPD growth, but his calculations are based on the assumption that Polish growth will remain high while British growth will flatline. This is unlikely to happen as Polish GDP growth is widely expected to slow over the coming decade, while British growth is consistently outperforming forecasts (we were supposed to be in the middle of a two year recession right now).
The British empire once ruled 3/4 of earth! It literally brought in the modern world! For a modern example, CPUs in mobile phones are a British invented - the ARM cpu. 🤯
And the world wide web was invented by Sir Tim Berners Lee, a Brit
Technically speaking the English Crown still ‘owns’ approximately 1/6th of the world land mass. If you think of all the nations the English Crown where is still head of state.
The modern world only happened because of millions of slaves working in primary industries that enabled the home populace to industrialise
British Empire looted 3/4 of earth.
That's funny, the 'left wing' media in Britain keep telling people how poor we are and how it's all the fault of the Tories, Brexit, racism and transphobia...
A Belgian once said to me. You British are pirates. Started by pirates. Grew rich on piracy and always inventing new forms of piracy, like the City of London.
Update: it's all got a big topsy-turvy. Maybe try Paris.
Britain is Awesome!! The people are wonderful second to NONE!!
Amazing UK
Feels like we're going downhill though over the last couple of years
Brits realising they’re being exploited by the rich:
Long story short the queen/king made Rich 🤑
Brexit has made so much of this film out of date. Our Eu neighbours do not find it easy dealing with the UK anymore
From crusaders to pirates to business men
The UK just about invented everything tv tank toilet and so much more and more
no, no it didnt
not computers, since the usa literally invented semi conductors
I guess that list is more or less complete...
@@franknwogu4911 the OP didnt say the UK invented computers.
@@Iamtheliquor can u elaborate on the "op"
It's simple, the majority of the British population GRAFT and Graft HARD. Its not rocket science 💥🚀
Yeah the british make great robots ,do what they are told , 😂😂😂money before soul 😢😢
Sure they do. The majority are on disability benefits it’s only the foreigners that are grafters.
@@supersurfer1 foreigners sell drugs to kids you clown. You don't meet working Albanians or Somalians you cretin
23 million brits claimed benefits in 2021. Talk about grafting hard. Even the PM's a huge joke
some of us is rocket science :)
Since publishing this the UK has been overtaken by India.
Another interesting measure is Net International Investment Position (NIIP) which is basically how much a country is owed by others minus it's national debt.
Looked at it this way Japan has a financial surplus of $3.4 trillion, Germany is at +$3.1 trillion, China +$2.1 trillion and Norway at +$1.2 trillion while the UK is at -$800 billion.
Britain killed 4 million Indians in Bengal in 1943 by imposing a famine
Sunak drives past Churchill statue everyday
I've only just seen this video (May 2023).
You have, I think wrongly, under-emphasised the influence of the industrial revolution which started in the UK and gave it a huge leap forward scientifically, in engineering and economically. You also barely paid lip service to the role of education - particularly STEM education - in the development and wealth of countries.
Some (interesting) stats:
1) Number of Nobel prizes by country (ordered)
Country Number of Nobels
United States 406
United Kingdom 138
Germany 114
France 73
Sweden 33
Russia/USSR 32 etc
2) University rankings (according to QS World University Rankings)
USA 5 in the top 10
UK 4 in the top 10 (Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London and UCL)
(NB Switzerland has the other one in the top 10, at 9th)
Germany highest ranked 49
France highest ranked 26
Sweden highest ranked 89
Russia highest ranked 75
The real reason starts at 7:00
British by birth, English by the grace of god
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What a retard you are. The country looks like bhagdad you womble
Good video 🎉 But .... Why is the Nations Flag being flown on a flag pole UPSIDE DOWN !
Decades of plundering does tend to give a headstart.
GDP can be high, but the population are not rich.
Yep, like how median is better than mean/ average.
Rule Britannia from Glasgow 🇬🇧 😎
I’d love to see how much the premier league makes for the UK
The league is worth $30.3 billion and generates around $3 billion annually for the economy.
Where did you get that top 5 from ?
Could you do one on France?
Why does the UK have so many food backs when it's so rich? 🤔
Because the government especially in Scotland want to control people and have created a country of benefit dependency and a banking system that is rewarded for failure and mismanagement and a culture where politicians and bankers look after each other not the general population, hence uncontrolled immigration of cheap labour
Because people can't cook fresh food and they would rather buy 4 cans of Stella and 20 fags
That doesn't make any difference the usa has dangerous ghettos with very poor people but it's still the richest
Because we are run by greedy b….. who do not have a clue about real life
It doesn’t matter as long as the few have everything. The poor are just a scourge to them.
It's not just a matter of how rich a country is, its about who holds the majority of that wealth and what it's used for.
And trillion dollars stole from India
Have to be really thankful to how good its economy is that we can weather brexit and other recessions.
The level of the state pension here compered to other countries gives me the impression that the UK is not rich at all.
The state pension is like being on benefits, it's not supposed to be easy to live comfortably on. That's what private pensions and life savings are for.
@@radman8321
The state pension was for that. Private was an extra for those who could afford it.
as in, the UK is a country for the rich, not the people
@@radman8321 Okay but why is that if the UK is apparently so rich?
@@johnburns4017 Not really. Between 1978 and 2002 the state offered SERPS for those not in company pension schemes. It was/is widely recognised that the basic state pension will do nothing apart from stop you starving/freezing to death, and is almost always topped up with other benefits if it is all the pensioner has to live on.
People started living longer and longer and so employers and the state got rid of the huge liabilities of paying out a pension for decades based on previous salary.
People just haven't been saving enough for their own pensions.
Simple awnser:Colonialism