American Reacts London, England's MEGACITY: Capital of the United Kingdom

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  • @hiramabiff2017
    @hiramabiff2017 Год назад +257

    Never ever forget ! The had been many Empires throughout history but Great Britain was the only Empire ever to use it's power and resources to end Slavery in every corner of the planet and in every territory under it's control. For any faults Britain had, the moral duty to abolish slavery was unheard of until Britain made it so.

    • @rosahacketts1668
      @rosahacketts1668 Год назад +12

      True, but there were also Americans including black Americans, Africans such as Ottobah Cugoano, Mary Prince and Caribbean people that toured the UK pushing to end the evils of slavery.

    • @hiramabiff2017
      @hiramabiff2017 Год назад +27

      @@rosahacketts1668 Not sure what history books your referring to, but as for the initial actions taken towards the abolishment of International slavery it was the Christian mission guilds and people like Dr Livingstone who forced the most effective Acts of Parliament through after he had been living with native tribes and witnessed with his own eyes and wrote in great detain on how the captured slaves were treated and transported to the slave markets destined for the middle east. Some of the slave routes/markets/cities destroyed by the Royal Navy were over 1500yrs old and the was a major uprising against the British for destroying historic means of income for local African Chiefs & Kings. The was many black men in England who were free and advocating for Britain to act, even Mr Ignatius Sancho became famous as the 1st black African man to vote in British elections in 1774. He was a business & home owner and by law he had a right to cast his vote, as we must remember the British Empire survived through it's naval trade & people, black & white, from all over the world had been arriving and living here for many generations. But many years later, the was delegations from the USA recorded, and I am sure the is something about a meeting to secure a royal warrant. I know some American's/westerners are all touchy & uncomfortable with honest truths, but the honest truth for the end to international slavery was it only came about by British influence. America on the other hand took a different course to end slavery. Which again, resulted in hundreds of thousands of western white men dying to free black men & women. I totally agree America made a total balls up post civil war to actually implement all men are equal under gods eyes. A good example of society's so close but so far apart is the incident during WW2 when black soldiers were told by American MP's they could not drink in a British pub with white people. The whole pub, including British soldiers along with the black GI's kicked the crap out of the MP's. sadly later on when more US MP's arrived they shot (murdered ) one of the black G'I's. Britain had a " Class " system built on pretentiousness & wealth, race played it's role but ultimately it didn't matter what colour you were in Britain you were treated with equal contempt for being working class.

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 Год назад +3

      🤣 I wonder how many people knew this before the viral clip doing the rounds of American reactors. Especially comments with direct quotes from said clips.

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 Год назад

      🤣 I wonder how many people knew this before the viral clip doing the rounds of American reactors. Especially comments with direct quotes from said clips.

    • @alexwilkinson4896
      @alexwilkinson4896 Год назад

      The empire only ended because the people it tried to force itself on, via brutality and repression, staged revolutions. The empire was never a force for good. Slavery ended as the empire couldn't find the money to suppress insurgencies. There was no goodwill

  • @soozb15
    @soozb15 Год назад +76

    I've lived in London all my life and love it. It has big housing problems and terrible inequalities to tackle, but so do many other major cities around the world. I love it for the history, architecture and culture. And because it's home.

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 Год назад +5

      Inequalities 🤣, only inequality in the UK is law breakers get put up in hotels whilst British homeless are left on the streets

    • @declanshanahan3888
      @declanshanahan3888 Год назад +6

      @@tobytaylor2154 Who put up hotels? The homeless issue is one for every major city in the world, I don't see what your point is? You have to tackle people on the street by seeing what it is, a health issue. The causes of addiction. No government has ever tackled it like a health issue, not the tories or labour. You can point the finger at whoever your political enemy is but not one party has really decided to give it a go. Not fucking one.

    • @tobytaylor2154
      @tobytaylor2154 Год назад

      @@declanshanahan3888 my point is, illegal immigrants who broke the law by entering the country illegally are put up in hotels and paid for by the taxpayer, guests have been told their bookings are cancelled due to the hotel putting up these criminals. Meanwhile British homeless are on the streets seeing the British government putting foreigners over British people again. All mps are useless, themselves 1st, the party 2nd, rest of the world 3rd and 4th the UK

    • @Stringer13ell
      @Stringer13ell Год назад +2

      The biggest problem London faces is the ethnic cleansing of the indiginous population

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад

      Then you've nothing to compare it to. Someone could say exactly the same for any shit hole in the world.
      If you've only ever lived in one place you aren't very adventurous and are probably pretty boring.

  • @annemariefleming
    @annemariefleming Год назад +53

    The transportation system infrastructure is also very good, so bus and underground train access makes it easy to get around without a car.

  • @jeanlind7540
    @jeanlind7540 Год назад +5

    I’m biased, being British but London is incredible, so rich in culture & diversity, a huge city with beautiful green parks.

  • @mrfrosty3
    @mrfrosty3 Год назад +2

    You should visit London, its great, a very high energy, exciting city, you could stay for two weeks and find its nowhere near enough time.

  • @timglennon6814
    @timglennon6814 Год назад +5

    Don’t talk to me about rain in the North of England.
    I live in Manchester in the Northwest of England.
    It’s raining now as I am typing this.

    • @juliewillard1367
      @juliewillard1367 Год назад

      I loved living up North but the summers got me down. I moved back south 6 years ago and can actually spend time in my garden now but miss the friendliness of northerners 😊

    • @kathchandler4919
      @kathchandler4919 Год назад

      Yes, that's the North West , here in Northumberland however it's cooler (maybe by 1c ) but much drier because the Atlantic storms affect the whole of the west side but the rain clouds are blocked from us by the backbone of England, the Pennines resulting in our average rainfall being 9 inches less than Cornwall &, I would suspect an even greater average difference vs Wales & Manchester.

  • @paulbutterworthbillericay
    @paulbutterworthbillericay Год назад +10

    That was an excellent video, London is so Historic its hard to compress in a small space of time, but this covered it well, England as a whole is off the scale in being different, every village & town are unique & interesting places to explore

  • @frglee
    @frglee Год назад +8

    Certainly one of the very best short videos on this topic ever made, up to date, beautifully filmed, very well researched and with a balanced narration, so an excellent choice for a reaction video.

  • @Dawghome
    @Dawghome Год назад +6

    Totally missed that, even on TV, and I live in London!@3:41, did he say, suffering from the plaaaag, plague, pronounced play-g, ue being silent, we've a ton of those silent letters!

  • @helenagreenwood2305
    @helenagreenwood2305 Год назад +5

    There's a few videos about the Great Fire of London how it started and spread and how it was eventually put out - very interesting 🇬🇧
    Loved the way you watched this without constantly stopping and talking 👍

  • @aliciabell4116
    @aliciabell4116 Год назад +7

    This makes me grateful to be able to live in London😍

  • @gillcawthorn7572
    @gillcawthorn7572 Год назад +27

    You seemed a little puzzled by the Thames Barrier
    .It has been constructed to control the flow of water entering London ,by way of the River Thames as it is a tidal river and affected by the sea that it runs into.
    Some tides are regularly higher than others ,and if there is a freak one which may come over the walls that run by the river than great areas of buildings would be flooded with a loss of life .
    The barrier is constructed so that the `walls` within it can be raised and temporarily block off the rising water, then lowered when the danger is passed
    The dates given are those for an estimated life of the Barrier ,after which a new one may be needed ,not that the barrier would be lowered for all that time .

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад

      ALL tides vary in height, not just in London.

  • @777petew
    @777petew Год назад +25

    We may sometimes consider ourselves superior to our ancestors because of the technology we now have. But when we consider what they achieved without what we have, it's incredible. Much animal and human muscle built our cities, helped by technological genius. We should be ashamed if we ever think ourselves 'superior'. They deserve immense respect and recognition.

  • @jillosler9353
    @jillosler9353 Год назад +20

    We don't call London a mega city - that was the word choice of the vlogger.

    • @01timz
      @01timz Год назад +5

      Yeah. Those of us who live here just call it 'town'.

    • @penname5766
      @penname5766 Год назад +3

      No but it is officially one of the world’s megacities.

    • @qtredhead
      @qtredhead Год назад +5

      I was going to say this, I’ve never heard it called a megacity. To me the ‘city’ is a very specific area & if I’m going into the centre of London I tend to say ‘going into town’

    • @01timz
      @01timz Год назад +1

      And yet London, the City, not the metropolitan area, has a population of less than 10k.

    • @penname5766
      @penname5766 Год назад

      @@01timz Yes, but the City is an administrative area that only exists because of something to do with the inhabitants refusing to submit to William the Conqueror, which resulted in him granting them a kind of independent status - he was unable to force them out because they were protected inside the walls, or maybe it just wasn’t worth the hassle. Anyway, to this day, they have their own mayor and police force. But this has absolutely nothing to do with London, the actual city/conurbation, which is enormous. When you talk about a city and its mass, you don’t distinguish between its historical core and the complete, present-day geographical area it actually occupies. That would be nonsensical.

  • @wardenblack9734
    @wardenblack9734 Год назад +3

    The Crown Jewels of more than just England!
    Indeed, the Crown Jewels of the entire United Kingdom!

  • @darransykes2540
    @darransykes2540 Год назад +7

    I live in the fens of Cambridgeshire which lies 90 minutes by rail from London. I visit my capital city as often as my time would allow and its an amazing place to visit and stay..... I can't recomend it enough!

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 Год назад

      Great comment Sir. I hope you have many more enjoyable visits.

  • @LeeStewart
    @LeeStewart Год назад +3

    London isn't the capital of the United Kingdom, it's England. Cardiff is the capital of Wales, Belfast for Northern Ireland and Edinburgh for Scotland.

  • @gigteevee6118
    @gigteevee6118 Год назад +1

    It’s definitely worth the trip over, to London, old and new at the same time, it keeps getting better!

  • @dilligaf73
    @dilligaf73 Год назад +4

    I've only just found u. I'm from England and I see lots of American reaction videos but I have never heard of one that mentions becontree in Dagenham. I have recently moved out of becontree after living there almost 26 years

    • @DA-db9bi
      @DA-db9bi Год назад

      Why do Brit’s care about Americans opinions and reactions on things and dislike Americans at the same time? Can’t take British people serious

  • @dorothysimpson2804
    @dorothysimpson2804 Год назад +8

    Merry Christmas ☃️ nice to hear from you.

  • @sheilamckenna9448
    @sheilamckenna9448 Год назад +2

    Going to London was always known as going up the smoke no matter where you live always up to london

  • @BeckyPoleninja
    @BeckyPoleninja Год назад +11

    The bridge you asked how it was built is Tower Bridge built in 1886 ,135 years ago. England has roughly 2,000 years of history, and more

    • @smahier
      @smahier Год назад

      "England" did not exist 2000 years ago. The island the Romans called "Britannia" on the other hand...

    • @BeckyPoleninja
      @BeckyPoleninja Год назад

      The land then!

    • @davidcook7887
      @davidcook7887 Год назад +1

      @@smahier If it didn’t exist what was Boudicca and other tribe and clan leaders defending then. The Danes, Angles and Saxons had a nice life before the Italians spread like gorgonzola over this green and pleasant land.

    • @smahier
      @smahier Год назад +1

      @@davidcook7887 are you suggesting the Danes and Angles were on the island BEFORE the Romans? And that Boudicca was "English"? You are either being "satirical" or seriously need basic history lessons.

    • @davidcook7887
      @davidcook7887 Год назад +2

      @@smahier I am having a bit of joke because it’s rainy and cold.

  • @GloryOfBarbelo
    @GloryOfBarbelo Год назад +9

    London is a separate entity within Britain imo. its a great place though, full of history and amazing buildings.

    • @JoshuaHill182
      @JoshuaHill182 Год назад

      @@arfermo853 Its still feels like one of the safest cities in the world, at least in the areas where the nightlife and resturants are. The crime is usually in the outer boroughs of the center of london.

    • @paulsmusic2908
      @paulsmusic2908 Год назад +1

      @@JoshuaHill182 I'm happy you've experienced every city on earth and all in your 20's as well (nobody under age of 30 is called josh)

  • @Oddballkane
    @Oddballkane 11 месяцев назад

    I remember talking to someone a few years ago he said that when he lived in london he was never out of work. Its so full of things to do you could eat at a different restaurant every day for life if you wanted.

  • @Mark-hb9xy
    @Mark-hb9xy 7 месяцев назад

    Hi Bro, At about 8 mins 40 secs, I feel you made a really perspective comment: "Humans are awesome!"
    And also, deepest thanks for finding and sharing the video, and adding in your comments, which were most interesting.

  • @LAGoodz
    @LAGoodz Год назад +3

    Nice video! I recently left my job in London but I also working in New York. I’ve now become grumpy! Love them both so much and miss them!🇬🇧🇺🇸💙

    • @fayesouthall6604
      @fayesouthall6604 Год назад

      Two of the greatest cities in the world

    • @Stand663
      @Stand663 Год назад

      Both started by the British

    • @Robob0027
      @Robob0027 Год назад

      @@Stand663 Sorry you are wrong. New York was started by the Dutch and was originally called New Amsterdam

  • @davidbond4595
    @davidbond4595 Год назад

    Thanks. Great and very informative video and very up to date.

  • @ronstriebig2749
    @ronstriebig2749 17 дней назад

    I went to London bridge two days ago I spent my first 20 years in Wapping next the Tower of London

  • @raydaley1535
    @raydaley1535 Год назад

    One thing they got wrong is the reason for the Flood Barrier. The reason was that the flood plains had been built on which narrowed the river. When heave rains flowed down the
    river meeting very high tides which happen at certain times of the year at London
    this caused flooding. Now when the two conditions accrue they close the barrier until
    the tide turns. this only happens a few times each year and has nothing to do with rising
    sea levels which has not happened.

  • @davidcook7887
    @davidcook7887 Год назад +4

    Megacity? Megacity? I was born 66 years ago in London, only Americans call it a ‘megacity’. It’s more of a big sprawl.

    • @DA-db9bi
      @DA-db9bi Год назад

      We don’t call it a mega city we don’t give a shit about you guys or your country to call it that💀

    • @T-Law.
      @T-Law. Год назад

      I went to school here in the UK. When we covered geography we talked about the worlds Megacities. Classified by having a population greater than 10million. London was one of them. So no. Not only Americans all it that anymore.

  • @Latbirget
    @Latbirget Год назад +2

    I remember reading about the people who lost their land after the great fire. They couldn't prove it was theirs as presumably the deeds were burnt.

  • @Stand663
    @Stand663 Год назад +3

    London is the greatest city on earth.

    • @aliciabell4116
      @aliciabell4116 Год назад

      Facts Sam

    • @DA-db9bi
      @DA-db9bi Год назад

      It may be the most beautiful city on earth but that doesn’t make it the best city on earth.

    • @Stand663
      @Stand663 Год назад

      @@aliciabell4116 Londoners started your country

  • @kopynd1
    @kopynd1 Год назад +3

    the black and white clip is from the movie lloyds of london, which explains commerce, actually its a classic movie

  • @smallsparry
    @smallsparry Год назад +2

    Bro!!! You never come up in my feed anymore. I've missed u. Merry Christmas ♥️

  • @johnhood3172
    @johnhood3172 Год назад +1

    Hi, he states London was founded by the Romans in 43ad , but new evidence suggests London is much older maybe a thousand years older it was once known as new Troy . Regards JH

  • @samsprrr3548
    @samsprrr3548 Год назад

    Did you know that you can visit Nelsons ship victory .you can also visit over 400 Castles in England.

  • @oakguard
    @oakguard Год назад

    1st building was the Gherkin & The 2nd building you pointed out 20 Fenchurch street or more commonly known as the "Walkie Talkie" or "Cheese grater" actually used to melt things like car mirrors in the nearby street and had to have adjustments made to stop the sun turning it into a giant magnifying glass

  • @davidrowlands441
    @davidrowlands441 Год назад +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed this post.

  • @mickyjaguar2282
    @mickyjaguar2282 Год назад +1

    There is a new Thames barrier being planned. It will be even better and designed for sea level rises.

  • @kirstymackenzie2437
    @kirstymackenzie2437 26 дней назад

    Never heard of it called a Megacity, and I was born there! 😮

  • @JonsTunes
    @JonsTunes Год назад

    Housing rental costs are absolutely ridiculous. The average cost for a 2 bed flat is around £2000/month.

  • @CallumKray
    @CallumKray Год назад +2

    9:20 Casually watching when suddenly I recognise my street and then see my house in the top right of the map..
    my genuine reaction: “nahhhh, waiiittt…. wot dah fukk??”

  • @sayaankhan3484
    @sayaankhan3484 Год назад +1

    It was actually a black roman emperor that founded London.

  • @helenjarvis7755
    @helenjarvis7755 Год назад +11

    I thought this was a good video interesting and accurate. Loved the reaction too.

  • @Si-mc6dl
    @Si-mc6dl Год назад +1

    Here's one for you. The building that you pointed out at 11:29. You know, the one that looks like a 1980's mobile phone. The curvature of the building becomes dangerous during the summer, as the curvature is south facing. It will reflect rays of sunlight onto the street with such intensity that it will melt anything plastic and make thin metals more malleable. So don't park across the road from it. Might find the shape of your car become some wierd new model.

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 Год назад +1

      That used to be true but they modified it by fitting a kind of sun shade

    • @Si-mc6dl
      @Si-mc6dl Год назад

      @@molybdomancer195 Awww, all the fun ruined!

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye Год назад

    I just Subscribed as you are an interesting Guy so Good Luck..

  • @ianroberts5745
    @ianroberts5745 Год назад +1

    THE MUSIC HISTORY GOOD AS WELL :)

  • @natb9919
    @natb9919 Год назад +5

    I've lived in London my whole life and I had no idea it was called a mega city either so don't worry 😂

    • @camiloclarkson1122
      @camiloclarkson1122 Год назад +1

      same

    • @DaChaGee
      @DaChaGee Год назад +1

      I'm from London but had some of my schooling in Austria. And in Austria we learnt about London because they said it's Europe's mega city.

    • @natb9919
      @natb9919 Год назад

      @@DaChaGee Really?! That's interesting, did they call it that because it's like the financial/business centre for Europe/the world? Or more because of aesthetics and how it looks (mainly in central London)?

    • @DaChaGee
      @DaChaGee Год назад +1

      @@natb9919 Well, we learnt it's the biggest city in Europe by area and how culturally and financially important it is. It was in geography and our text books had a whole chapter on London.

    • @natb9919
      @natb9919 Год назад +2

      @@DaChaGee Well apparently they teach you more in Austria about London than they do in London lol. I knew London was a pretty big city but I never thought it was the biggest in Europe.

  • @TeslasTeaParty
    @TeslasTeaParty Год назад +1

    Although London isn't perfect it's still the greatest city on the planet! it's diversity means it offers something for everyone who visits. It has a mix of over a hundred different cultures whilst still holding on to many British traditions. The blend of history mixed with modernisation molds together perfectly! And for the most part even though there are sone problems with violent crime most of it's residents get on. Like i said it isnt perfect, there are still some issues with racism and it does have a massive wealth inequality gap, but it has probably got to be most tolerant city I've travelled to. just don't try and spark up a conversation on the underground as londoners will just look at you like you're a mental case. Lol

  • @julesju111
    @julesju111 Год назад +1

    I swear if he says 'plag' once more.... 😂

  • @yjshine6961
    @yjshine6961 Год назад

    Man said 'great PlAAaaage' 🤣😭

  • @steveharrison7328
    @steveharrison7328 Год назад +1

    London

  • @itwoznotme
    @itwoznotme Год назад

    the only time i have ever enjoyed going to london was in 2012 for the olympics. its was a total shock that there were people there being nice! i am a country boy, so i am never going to like a concrete monstrosity, but it is an amazing place - just not for me. as far as cities go, i honestly dont think there is a more unique and weird place in the world.

  • @CM-1723
    @CM-1723 Год назад +1

    React to , every country England as ever invaded visualised

  • @user-jt1jv8vl9r
    @user-jt1jv8vl9r Год назад +1

    Well planned? A lot of London is still laid out on the original medieval streets; so narrow they are completely unsuitable for a mega city with such a large population.

  • @adrianpetyt9167
    @adrianpetyt9167 8 месяцев назад

    Nelson died in action at Trafalgar, but that wasn't the plan! "Bravely sacrificed his life" is a bit of a somewhat misleading phrase!

  • @Londronable
    @Londronable Год назад

    I mean, many businesses, publications, etc. try to rank cities.
    London together with New York have basically always been in a league of their own. Above places like Tokyo, Moscow and Paris, to name a few.

  • @xetalq
    @xetalq Год назад +1

    "Invading Britain by sea ..." ... ?
    In the 19th century, was there really any other way?

  • @eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288
    @eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288 Год назад +1

    This video's description of the foundation of London is highly inaccurate. The city of Trinovantum was there before the Romans arrived and was founded by Brutus in 504BC.

  • @peaceloveandunity278
    @peaceloveandunity278 Год назад +2

    London is about 10 million.

  • @slynskey333
    @slynskey333 Год назад

    To build all them war ships, they stripped Ireland of its ancient oak trees.

  • @molybdomancer195
    @molybdomancer195 Год назад +1

    The pronunciation of plague in the original video is weird. I’ve never heard it said that way in all my nearly 60 years. It’s like playgue

  • @turkishcypriot8013
    @turkishcypriot8013 Год назад +1

    London? Mega city? Is this a joke London population is only 9 millions. Tokyo 37 millions that's mega city .

  • @dirtywaterpj_dj
    @dirtywaterpj_dj Год назад

    We who live there don’t call it a megacity. Geographers and documentary makers say it.

  • @ernieeade
    @ernieeade Год назад +1

    King Charles 111 has not been crowned yet

  • @lizzytaylor1862
    @lizzytaylor1862 Год назад +1

    Ah yes, the great PLAGG

  • @albin2232
    @albin2232 Год назад

    Bubnik Plag!

  • @g0fvt
    @g0fvt Год назад +3

    Some of the commentary is utter nonsense, London is far from well planned. It has evolved in a fairly random manner over about a millennium.

  • @JoshuaHill182
    @JoshuaHill182 Год назад +2

    Interesting that he said the last wedding there was william and kate but it was actually harry and meg

  • @stevekenilworth
    @stevekenilworth Год назад

    1808 london got to 38c, urban heat effect if uk was built up how it is now back then we would seen 40c plus. The first Census in 1801 revealed that the population of Great Britain was 10.5 million and now it is 68,773,806. we are in a solar cycles what comes around every 350-400 years. last time leading up to a grand cycle europe had a 11 month drought killing half million, usa had forest fires 10x more acres burned between 1500-1800. im sure not alarmed with 40c, i predicted it a nearly a year before of where we are at in current solar cycle. weakened magnetic field more space weather, solar wind or lack of it effects global weather patterns as it affects the jet, also la nino for the 3rd year running that for sure effects weather patterns 2020-2053 solar activity started to reduce end 2016 seeing lowest solar activity, Cycle 24, the weakest cycle in 100 years. look at events leading up to and coming out these 350-400 grand cycles and what happens during the lowest solar activity globally.

  • @fleshen
    @fleshen Год назад

    I live in Oxfordshire and that revivor isn't going to happen any time soon!

  • @ThePixey1000
    @ThePixey1000 Год назад

    The UK the greatest country in the world and one of the smallest.

  • @SourceLOOPS
    @SourceLOOPS Год назад

    We definitely don't refer to it as a megacity but let me watch on...

  • @STUDIOSKC
    @STUDIOSKC Год назад +1

    London has a desalination plant. This video maker should have done more reserarch.

  • @kimwilson3863
    @kimwilson3863 Год назад +8

    An excellent video were it not for its complete bias and pushing of the climate agenda. During this extremely hot weather, which is quite common, London being concrete and glass with high transport infrastructure and thousands of businesses gets hotter than the surrounding countryside. The fires turned out to be mostly caused by stupid people not climate change. The huge increase in population due to negligence of government and lack of affordable housing down to greedy councils selling off social housing while private rents soared. Lack of water due to mismanagement and infrastructure neglect. Green belt is being sold(stolen) to private companies for their profit not the benefit of citizens. The destruction of London is being carried out by the government's policies way better than the bombs of WW2. I am a Londoner as were my parents, grandparents etc going back centuries so I know of what I speak. It's sad but the inevitable march of progress for good or bad. Apart from that a really well done and informative video.😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @eastendbird4118
    @eastendbird4118 Год назад +1

    270 different nationalities live in London!

    • @michaelgriggs8497
      @michaelgriggs8497 Год назад

      I didn't think there were that many nations in the world...maybe your figure of 270 is a little heavy-handed!!

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад +1

      There's not that many countries

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Год назад

      Yes. Nearly all in the road in Inner London that I used to live in. A few of them even spoke English.
      When I grew up near Brixton,I never heard a foreign language on our streets until I was around 17 years old.

  • @molybdomancer195
    @molybdomancer195 Год назад

    Charles is not yet the newly crowned. He’s king but the coronation is in May 2023

  • @himarkburdett9378
    @himarkburdett9378 Год назад +1

    Try looking up the video Boston/ UK places to visit in the Boston area you might find it interesting

    • @phoenix-xu9xj
      @phoenix-xu9xj Год назад

      I’ve never heard London called a mega city. And I’m British.
      Don’t look up Boston. U.K. Not if you are v v v sensitive. They voted Leave in the Brexit debate, more than other town. They could have coped with the immigrants who arrived , but it happened v v quickly with no opportunity to prepare the town in anyway. We don’t all share the vied of the locals. Thank God.

  • @diligentuser6950
    @diligentuser6950 Год назад

    13.7 million? I’m up to date with this shit and it’s 8 million. Highest stadium capacity of 90,000? Several in USA have over 100,000. Calling CAP on this London video and I’m British

  • @mrmessy7334
    @mrmessy7334 Год назад +1

    I am properly triggered by the way the narrator pronounces "plague".

  • @mpoiya
    @mpoiya Год назад

    London is a city but the city of London is another territory like Vatican or Washington DC

  • @garyreeves1539
    @garyreeves1539 Год назад

    Only a few people died during the Great fire .

  • @kevindare3113
    @kevindare3113 Год назад +2

    I have worked in London all my life, big dustbin now, be glad when retirement comes along.

  • @pauljorgensen6608
    @pauljorgensen6608 Год назад

    Plag?

  • @Durgesuth
    @Durgesuth Год назад +7

    Many in the UK do not regard London as their capital. London does not represent Britishness .
    When visitors go to London they see a misrepresentation of Great Britain… just like New York not being a true reflection of American culture. To many London is remote and politically lives in its own bubble .. It tries to influence from its own political bubble which is out of step with the regions and countries of the UK

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 Год назад

      DAVID MOORE
      Yes you are right, maybe it's the Socialists running the London Government.

    • @jonesroberts3640
      @jonesroberts3640 Год назад

      The whole of the UK has problems and lots of segregation and divisions are worse go outside of London to other uk cities and towns and see how backwards and how people are not progressive at all.

  • @shelleyphilcox4743
    @shelleyphilcox4743 Год назад +8

    This is a very limited and typically ignorant explanation about the UK deciding to leave the European Union or EU, which is a political supranational organisation which has an expansion policy, increases its areas of competency and also changes those areas to Qualified Majority Voting and erodes the right of veto over each area of competency. It has evolved from a trade arrangement to an increasingly political, financial and economic union with the view of having centralised energy and defence policy as well. The UK decided it was not comfortable with increasing or ceeding to a centralised control under which it's own sovereignty was not paramount.
    If looking specifically at immigration policy, the UK decided that a club which privileges citizens of the wealthiest, whitest and most Christian nations was not reasonable. Why should citizens of Belgium be given privileged access above people from Brazil, Bahamas, Botswana, Bangladesh, Bhutan or Brunei? A fair system that treats EU and rest of world citizens the same, based on skills and genuine job opportunity is preferable.
    In terms of numbers, the UK is not very big geographically and has had very SWIFT immigration of large numbers of people from across the globe. That requires hard infrastructure like housing, roads, railways, hospital, schools capacity etc to increase as well as the development and expansion of public services like training teachers, doctors, nurses...all of which cannot be done very quickly, especially when you cannot easily plan numbers required. On this basis the only sensible thing to do is manage speed and numbers and match to job capacity and skills gaps. The UKs population has increased by more than 7m in less than 20 years. For context, this is the equivalent of the entire population of Bulgaria, or Denmark plus Estonia and is more than twice the population expansion of Germany which is a far larger country geographically, population size and economy. Managing migration in a fair and balanced way is the action of a responsible country that also considers the extraordinary impact that migration away from other countries has on them. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithiania have the fastest shrinking populations on earth, by around 20% and mainly younger working age people. It cannot be responsible to strip countries of their most precious resource...its adventurous and hard working people at the cost of the more vulnerable in those nations and communities who see decline of infrastructure and public services. Natural resources such as land, water and food security must also be sustainably managed.
    These are just part of the decision to leave the European Union.

  • @christopherbarnett6098
    @christopherbarnett6098 Год назад +2

    Over my heart, I have a Tattoo. It reads. "British by birth. English by the grace of God."
    I love being English. But I'm a pure South London boy. 4 generations on both sides. Peace out.

  • @likklej8
    @likklej8 Год назад

    Best city in the U.K. is actually in Scotland it’s Glasgow. London has been taken over by bourgeoise non Londoners the ruling elites have even tried to move our working class and commonwealth brothers and sisters out of the capital. Like New York Paris etc get the real people to live in the burbs if that make sense.

  • @grahamsmith9541
    @grahamsmith9541 Год назад +5

    London is not a mega City. It is 2 City's and Greater London. In the UK City status is an honour granted to a town by the reigning Monarch. City status can also be lost as has happend to the former City of Rochester in Kent. There are only 76 Cities spread over the 4 countries that make up the UK.
    City of London is only just over 1 square mile in size with a resident population in 2021 of 8,583 people. Govend by the City Of London Corporation and Lord Mayor of the City of London. The King has to ask permission before he can enter the City. It has its own police force. It is the financial district and over 250,000 people commute in each day to work there. St. Paul's Cathedral is one of the best known landmarks in the City.
    To the West of that City, is the City of Westminster. Where Westminster Abbey, Houses of parliament and Buckingham palace are. Covers 8.3 sq. Miles with a population of around 240,000 people.
    The rest of London is Greater London which is not a City. Made up of 32 Boroughs. Formed from the towns and villages incorporated into London as it expanded. Govend by the Greater London Authority. With the Mayer of London. Not to be confused with the Lord Mayor of the City of London who is a different person.

    • @grahamsmith9541
      @grahamsmith9541 Год назад

      This might interest you. The secret City of London.
      ruclips.net/video/LrObZ_HZZUc/видео.html

    • @Benji567891
      @Benji567891 Год назад +1

      That's just semantics, greater London is absolutely recognised as a city, and is consistent with all other major cities is the world, most other major cities were formed from smaller ones joining together, and when people speak of London no one is refering to the small bit of land in the centre, they mean Greater London. It's one of two Alpha ++ cities alongside New York.

    • @grahamsmith9541
      @grahamsmith9541 Год назад

      @@Benji567891 In everyday conversation people refer to Greater London as London. They do not refer to it as a City. When someone says they are going to the City, or the square mile. They specifically mean the City of London.

    • @Benji567891
      @Benji567891 Год назад

      ​@@grahamsmith9541 London by every metric is a city, it is classified that internationally, it is ranked as one of two Alpha ++ cities in the world. Every other mega city in the world would not be a city by your metric, they are all made up of smaller cities/towns merging together. Even smaller cities like Leeds are just lots of towns merging together to create a big city, Leeds was just the city centre around the church originally then absorbed Horsforth, Holbeck etc, just like London.

    • @grahamsmith9541
      @grahamsmith9541 Год назад

      @@Benji567891 Greater London is not a city by every metric. It FAILS on the metric used by the UK to define a City.
      In the UK a place can ONLY be a City if it has been GRANTED CITY STATUS BY THE REIGNING MONARCH by issuing LETTERS PATENT. Size, population and importance. Are NOT relevant to City status in the UK. That is why there are only 76 City's spread over the 4 countries that make up the Uniter Kingdom. 55 in England, 7 in Wales, 8 in Scotland, and 6 in Northern Ireland.

  • @rosahacketts1668
    @rosahacketts1668 Год назад +8

    We haven't got a Mega city in the UK. Trust me we haven't - I'm British.

    • @paulsmith5218
      @paulsmith5218 Год назад +3

      You haven’t been there then.

    • @generaladvance5812
      @generaladvance5812 Год назад +2

      So, not been to London then? The metropolis & mega city?

    • @surfaceten510n
      @surfaceten510n Год назад

      @@generaladvance5812 it started as a small shithole evolving into a large cesspool give it ten years and you won't know if your in Mumbai or London.

    • @denisoleary5302
      @denisoleary5302 Год назад

      Name me a better one and I'll tell you the one's Iv'e been to, and tou tell me yours.

    • @soaf1985
      @soaf1985 Год назад +4

      It doesn't seem like a mega City to us because we live there. Doesn't seem like anything special, as we see it everyday. But the History of the place is amazing e.g the making of the sewage systems.

  • @rayg4360
    @rayg4360 Год назад

    Leaving the E U was a stupid thing to do. Given the useless Tories complete power !

  • @Vote_Blue
    @Vote_Blue Год назад +3

    England would be the perfect place to live if not for their gun restrictions.

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад +1

      Ha ha ha.
      You cam still have a gun, you just have to have rifles and shotguns. Why else would you want one?

    • @missharry5727
      @missharry5727 Год назад

      The USA would be a great place to live without all the lunatics with perfectly legal weapons capable of mowing down an army.

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад

      @@missharry5727 Ha ha ha.
      I've nothing against owning guns. If Americans want them, I'm fine with it, they just need to amend who should be able to own them.
      The US system is retarded

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 Год назад

      Duane
      What a stupid comment.

    • @thefirm4606
      @thefirm4606 Год назад +2

      Ignorance, I have a shotgun and practice shooting. Yawn!

  • @kaanbest2232
    @kaanbest2232 Год назад

    Nobody calls it a megacity

  • @JL16061980
    @JL16061980 Год назад +1

    Not even watching this. LONDON IS THE CAPITAL OF ENGLAND.... NOT THE UK.

  • @Giggirl
    @Giggirl Год назад +1

    You’re very distracted by something 🤷‍♀️

  • @deborahosborne9426
    @deborahosborne9426 Год назад +3

    Watch an English historian. American one's get place names and lots wrong. London is amazing in it's history from before the birth of Christ.

    • @rosahacketts1668
      @rosahacketts1668 Год назад

      London never existed before the birth of Christ - the Romans built it from around 46AD not BC

    • @deborahosborne9426
      @deborahosborne9426 Год назад +1

      @@rosahacketts1668 it was there before the Romans. Picks?

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад

      @@deborahosborne9426 It's Picts Debbie.

    • @deborahosborne9426
      @deborahosborne9426 Год назад

      @@sandersson2813 rushing, auto correct 😑 🙄

    • @penname5766
      @penname5766 Год назад

      @@rosahacketts1668 The Romans took many existing prehistoric settlements, renamed them, built fortresses and called them their own. London is thought to be much older than the date the Romans stamped on it.

  • @robertfarrow5853
    @robertfarrow5853 Год назад

    London isn't England 50% of people are born abroad. You will rarely hear English spoken especially on the Underground trains or buses.

  • @incoocat150
    @incoocat150 Год назад

    To be frank, this isn't a reaction video. You hardly commented on anything, mostly just 'wows'.

    • @officialcammmreacts
      @officialcammmreacts  Год назад +1

      What should I say?

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 Год назад

      @@officialcammmreacts Well, make commentary. For example, instead of wow, you could say "I'm ashamed to know I've never seen that before" or " I can't believe I've never heard of that" or "this is a better/worse way to do this than in my country"
      It's up to you though, but just saying wow isn't very interesting.

  • @stephencohen575
    @stephencohen575 Год назад +8

    London is not the capital of the United Kingdom, Only England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own capitals.

    • @valeriedavidson2785
      @valeriedavidson2785 Год назад +12

      London is the capital of the United Kingdom which includes Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    • @rosahacketts1668
      @rosahacketts1668 Год назад +5

      London IS the capital of the UK - I should know I'm British born and bred.

    • @xhogun8578
      @xhogun8578 Год назад +7

      London is the capital of England and the UK.
      If not what the heck are Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs doing there.

    • @Alan_Mac
      @Alan_Mac Год назад

      Hahahahahaha. You read many daft things on social media but "London is not the capital of the United Kingdom" is about the most stupid yet. Clearly, Santa didn't bring you a new brain yesterday, mate.

    • @davebloke829
      @davebloke829 Год назад

      Stephen Cohen....nice British name...LOL!..go to Isreal where you belong, you know nothing of our people!

  • @nadiablack4797
    @nadiablack4797 Год назад

    I was loving this until he mentioned the none existent climate change and that's me I'm out