That creepy picture of god is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And you're right- even British citizens couldn't name half the commonwealth realm or the overseas territories.
Africa- Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia. Asia- Bangladesh Brunei Darussalem India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Caribbean and Americas- Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia St Kitty and Nevis St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidadian Tobago Europe- Cyprus Malta United Kingdom Pacific- Australia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu British Empire- Newfoundland Hong Kong Falkland Islands Pitcairn Island Channel Islands Gibraltar Isle of Man Isle of Wight There are other Islands that are part of the British Empire but I believe they go under United Kingdom. This is why if you look at a map of the British waters it goes around the Channel Islands. Not all members of the British Empire are Commonwealth countries, and some come under United Kingdom. But gor anyone that wanted to know this is a basic idea of what the British empire and the Commonwealth countries include. There may be more. I believe for example that Iran might have been part of it at some point.
99% true very good job. Only one mistake - when people say they're Irish that doesn't necessarily mean they're from the Republic, a lot of people from the North also identify themselves as Irish.
Matthew Hopkins NO!!! Ulster has 9 counties, 3 of which are in the Republic of Ireland. The other 6 is called Northern Ireland. Irish Nationalists will refer to it simply as the North of Ireland.
Another great video thank you. I like people who are open minded and wish to learn, and I hope your channel gets a lot bigger which it deserves to do. Respect from England cousin!
Thanks!!! I'm just trying to be likable and I have a lot of fun making these videos and interacting in the comments! I was always watching videos like this but decided to start recording them hoping to have discussions with people. It's been a really fun hobby so far! I appreciate the comment brother!
Mike it is a love hate relationship between us. We make fun of each other all the time. But do not f--k with us or we will stand together and fight any bodyey who attacks us.
Amen man, I respect that. It's the same here like when the 9/11 attacks happen. It happened in New York, but we all felt it and it pissed all of us off
@@DrunkTexanSays we also felt it here in the UK. In fact I believe for the first time in history they played the American national anthem at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
@@DrunkTexanSays yeah I remember that on the news, I must've been around 11 years old then. UK couldn't believe it, something like that actually happened.
I'm not sure what your point is about the english not putting up much of a fight as the old english were not there prior to the Roman's as the old english (saxons) came over and conquered most off modern day england from the Roman's after they removed most of brittanias garrisons so your talking more shit about the welsh as they are descended from the pre roman Britons the english are not. And on hadrian's wall scotland was conquered by the irish gaels so the modern Scots aren't really inheritors of the picts legacy as the pict language and culture was lost
“When people say they are Irish they are referring to the Republic of Ireland “ Go an say that out loud in a pub in Belfast or Derry. Bet you lose all your teeth
@@connorirons4542 my welsh friend told me that it came from the avoidance of laws...that it was less of a sentence to...give the sheep a good time, so whenever they were caught they would opt for the lesser sentence...not realising what it would do for future generations.
The bit in Grey is the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign independent nation, that won its independence during a war of independence from 1919-21. To complicate matters more, the term British Isles isn't recognised by the Irish who view the term as politically loaded, and you won't find the term used by either the British or Irish governments in any official treaties or agreements between the two nations.
Sad, because "British" derives from a Roman goddess who the Romans named this islandy part of north-west Europe after. "British Isles" shouldn't have anything but geographic connotations.
@@theradgegadgie6352 But in contemporary usage, the British has the meaning of pertaining to or belonging to Great Britain, there is a possessive nature to the term. And considering the historic and colonial nature of the relations between these two islands, how this would be contentious.
@@peadarruane6582 True, and I have no wish to offend or frustrate the Irish, whom I consider friends, good neighbours and country-siblings, no matter how fraught the past has been.
@S.K 123 It isn't my wish to offend the Irish at all. As I've said elsewhere, I look on them as close siblings in every way, whom we wasted the opportunity to remain close to.
UPDATE: First and foremost: I know it's the Irish flag in the thumbnail, the video talks about Ireland so I included them in there as well (5 flags wouldn't have fit as neatly in the thumbnail you see...) no disrespect to Northern Ireland!! Also, if you watch past the intro clip, you will see I compare "yall not liking each other" to a sibling rivalry, very similar to what we have in the US between certain states (COUGH COUGH CALIFORNIA COUGH COUGH). Also, yes I now know that picture of God is from Monty Python and I'm so mad that I didn't catch that!!! Ugh!!! ITS JUST A FLESHWOUND!!!!! And also I love yall and thank you for watching and commenting! I'll keep reading but the amount of comments has gotten so insane I can't reply to everyone, but I read them!!! Thank yall!!!
You're right about the sibling rivalry thing. We do generally all love each other, we just like to wind each other up. I'm Welsh, we have a rivalry with England, mainly around sport, rugby in particular.
@ryn mcray The economics of Scottish independence just don't add up and Welsh independence even less so. The SNP have yet to explain how they'll be able to do it without massive cuts to public finance. But, FWIW most people in Wales, me included, will be sad to see you go but we wish you all the best.
@ryn mcray Scotland only contributes more if you include the oil revenue and while true if would be Scotlands if you were independent before it was found, the fact is you were a part of of the UK and the oil reserves are a national asset so shouldn't count towards scottish revenues. I'd feel the same way if Wales found similar reserves off our coast. Anyway, I dont want to get drawn into a long winded argument about independence, I hope you stay but I dont really have any skin in the game so to speak. So I'll just say I wish my fellow celts in Scotland all the best whatever you decide to do.
@ryn mcray What a load of rubbish. Official SNP documents show that independence would not be a wise economic decision. Scotland will still have an extremely large deficit, made worse by Covid. If Scotland wishes to join the EU it will need its own currency and reserve, a reserve that takes several years to build even with a SURPLUS. So with a deficit Scotland won’t be joining the EU any time soon. And that’s without the rest of the joining process. And all of that to create a new currency to throw it away for the Euro, lol. Well you might argue that Scotland would increase taxes on the rich to cover the deficit right? They can, and the same people and business will move south to England with lower taxes and a population with far more disposable income. Make your silly rants like the anglophobic simpleton you are. But to argue independence is a good economic decision is ridiculous. Norway is not a good example, it’s just a pipe dream for Scots who don’t understand economics and timing. Remember the deficit we spoke of? Sure you won’t have to fund the UKs military anymore. But you’ll have to fund your own, especially if Scotland wishes to join NATO which it will if it wants a somewhat decent relationship with the United States. That’s a lot of equipment and so on, as the current equipment belongs to the British army, Royal Navy and royal airforce. Forget your “good deal” if you Scots want to be cheap lol.
Generally MPs from other parts of the UK don’t vote on English laws, but Westminster has 533 (out of 650) MPs at Westminster so the claimed UK parliament, is in fact an English parliament. England always gets the government in Westminster that it chooses, Scotland, Wales and NI do not.
@ryn mcray no it is not. Legally or functionally. It is the uk parliament, it deals with legislation for the whole of the uk and holds the power to overrule the devolved parliaments on many issue. It is definitely not an English parliament . On EVEL , they are just particular sessions in parliament. It’s not the parliaments full time role. So it’s not an English parliament.
@@damedusa5107 Technically and legally, you're correct, In practice, you're both right. It is the UK Parliament, but the election results are decided by England, what happens electorally in the other three in UK generals is largely irrelevant because of population distribution and the maths of it all. So England gets what it wants, the other three typically don't, that's why devolution exists to try and mitigate that and stop us pesky Celts from going full on coo-coo bananas since England loves to flirt with the Tories and we ain't got no time for them😅 It does have the power to overrule Scotland and Wales since it's acts of UK Parliament that allow the Senedd and the Scottish Parliament to exist (a power they most certainly should *not* have but over their dead bodies will they give it up), but NI is a bit trickier because the Good Friday Agreement establishes the NI Assembly so it has the backing and protection of Ireland, the US and the EU (and especially these days I doubt that's a fight Boris would want haha). Although as a Welsh person, in a lot of matters the UK Parliament is nothing more a loud irrelevance to me. Take Covid for an example, Boris' conferences are useless to me since Mark Drakeford decides what happens here, yet the BBC still plasters him all over my TV screen every time he decides to say something. But that's largely on the media not keeping up with what has been the constitutional norm for, well, two decades as well as London not wanting to admit that the only way it could actually impact things in 3/4 of the union is by causing a constitutional crisis haha.
@@kieransawdust as a Scot I say hear, hear. If in the near future I'm asked to vote on scottish independence I will say yes for the basic points laid out above. Leaving the EU against the will of the majority of the Scottish people is proof that now more than ever our nations are fundamentaly on different paths. We need more than a devolved parliament we need full independence.
It's a sibling relationship between all of us in the UK I feel like. We're all gonna have our jabs at each other but if someone outside that jabs at one of us, we all jab back.
There is one mistake - The UK has now left the EU however the Republic of Ireland is still in the EU. The video was correct when it was made as we only officially left the EU very recently. I just don’t want anyone to get that confused.
2. The people in Northern Ireland do not all call themselves British. Half of the population (who are Nationalist or Republican) call themselves Irish.
Im from belfast.im northern irish and proud british.Dont really care what others refer to me as.most people outside of the uk see ireland and britain as the british isles anyway and dont have a clue about the borders within.
@@moonshot9056 I really don't care either will do. There are some people in our six counties who won't admit to being Irish, and claim they're from Ulster or Scots Irish even though they can trace their ancestors back for centuries.
The part where he said we don't like each other is not true. Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland like each other. It's the English they don't like and north England hates the south of England 😂
@ryn mcray The problem is the Labour party are such a bunch of far left loonies that we don't have much of a choice. Maybe if the Sturgeon (SNP) stood for the U.K. Parliament she might win. That would be fun, she'd probably then 'refuse' a Scottish referendum.
Hats off to you sir. Enjoyed your reaction. A a Scotsman myself I really liked the laugh you gave when it said we all hate each other, then explained the 'civil rivalry' you have. It's much and such the same here. Loved the video. Thanks again
Ryn...no. You're wrong. The vast majority of people in Scotland have a problem with Westminster. Not English (or Welsh or Irish) people. Hating someone for there nationality is racist. Don't tar us with that brush. But we, as do all groupings, societies or however you call it, unfortuately have our quota.
For Northern Ireland there's people who see themselves as being Irish or British depending on their view and background people born in Northern Ireland can also decide on a British passport or Irish passport which is great.
Oh wow that's interesting. In the US there are no options like that. The closest thing is if you were born in one country but legally move to the US while you're still a child, you can hold dual-citizenship until you turn 18. When you turn 18 you have to make your choice of which country you want to be a citizen of.
@@DrunkTexanSays if you’re curious where this comes from I highly recommend the two videos on The Troubles goes into the conflict which gave way to modern Northern Ireland we see today being born in 1999 Derry I saw the aftermaths but never experienced Soldiers on the streets, Military checkpoints every step, and walls blocking off communities which to this day you can still see the police station beside my College is built like a military base. Here’s the link ruclips.net/video/61JisaFGHFY/видео.html
In the recommended for this video there is an old PSA from the national archives called "Know your ally: Britain" it was something shown in US soldiers that were being deployed in Europe back in WW2, was just thinking that might be a cool idea for a video.
Many in Britain (Scotland, England and Wales) don't really understand the difference between the UK and GB. Funnily enough the whole Brexit debacle has meant that many have realised what's what. Many in Britain are fairly ignorant of the whole Northen Irish situation and the hardcore Unionist element in Northern Ireland (ie; the ones that value NI being united with Britain) are often disappointed when Brits call them Irish and they are left to assert that they are as much a UK citizen as the Brit is. As for all hating each other, yeah in a historical context England was the suppressor and was the real nub and centre of power and money. The Welsh, Scots and Irish nationalists are very much of the view that Westminster (where the seat of governmental UK power is located in London) is an ever present obstacle to independence, nevermind the historical context of England subjagating the countries as well as Ireland. The 'old enemy'. England is drowning in nationalistic nostalgia and a false idea that 'we will be great again' but as this vid shows 'Great' was a geographical reference, not about how amazing the UK 'thinks' it was. The death of an empire and sadly like a wisened old man pining back for the days of glory in their youth England has led the way towards isolationism and hard right wing nationalism. Historically Ireland (and NI), Wales and Scotland are the Celtic alliance against the old enemy of England and so the narrator in the original vid was half correct in about hearing each other, but more that nationally its everyone against England. Just to clarify that English nationalism tends towards hard and far rightwing isolationism, Welsh, Scots and Irish nationalism tends towards a more European inclusive social democratic centre-left style of government. Hope that helps! Stay safe 👍🏻👍🏻
I wouldn't use the term British Isles. Its an outdated colonial term that isn't recognised as an official term by either the UK or Irish governments. Other terms such as Anglo-Celtic Isles would be much more suited to the islands
England and France's historic rivalry is like a married couple. we generally don't like each other, but we can't be here without each other. you should see some videos on that.
The basic dynamic of the UK is that we all treat each other like different countries who share in the union until England starts talking like they are the only country that matters then we all retreat to our parliments to discuss the independence vote England wont allow us to have. Unless you're Northern Irish then you just throw molotovs at police vans, complain about catholics and for some reason really enjoy the fact they are UK citizens despite it not really doing much for them
I don't want to confuse the issue but the British Isles consist of 7 countries. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Since my family is Manx (Isle of Man) I don't miss a chance to remind England that the IOM has it's own Government and Legal System. As does the Channel Islands. WE recognise the Queen as Head of State and are classified as a Crown Dependent, but that does not make us part of the UK, anymore than Hong Kong was. The Isle of Man or the Channel Islands were never part of the EU. They were the only parts of the British Isles that were independent of the EU. I realise this is small beer for other countries but the IOM has an older parliament than England so if anywhere in the British Isles is the "cradle of democracy" it's the IOM not England. Just flying the flag. regards Maureen Kearns.
As far as the rest of the countries not liking each other goes, we all don’t like England and England looks down on the rest of us. There’s not much animosity between NI, Scotland and Wales.
I think that’s probably more of a perception than true, probably coming from the BBC and Westminster being overly England-centric (particularly London and the south east). Many English people love the other nations. I’m English (Lancashire), I love visiting the rest of the British Isles, I have Scottish friends and support all the other nations in sport (including the RoI in football and the all Ireland rugby and cricket sides)
I don't know why he was offended, Conor McGregor is from the Republic of Ireland. Although as a Irish person who doesn't actually like McGregor I'm quite happy to say to anyone else you can have him!
I'm now in my early sixties and when I was at School we where taught all about the history from the Roman occupation right up to modern history, including the British empire and I can rightly say most people my old know all about this.
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 Wales had been assimilated into England for many purposes. Though parliament for some purposes when referring to Wales had to include the definition "Wales and the county of Monmouthshire". It is only in recent years following the creation of the Welsh Assembly that Cardiff has been the Welsh capital.
Hahaha right? See this is what I love to see, some of the backstories of little grudges and sibling rivalries of other countries. The US has the same thing
@@DrunkTexanSays You'll probably hear that the Romans invaded ENGLAND too (and read about it) but here's a snippet of info. The Romans DIDN'T invade... They were INVITED by warring Celts to help overcome local opposition (with Gold) and they were supposed to leave after their help was no longer required. But being Romans.. They obviously thought "Fekkit, We'll stay. After all, apparently there's gold in them thar hills" !! (Shame about the Haggis chasers !!) And we all know where that led. I mean... What have the Romans ever done for us ? Took us fekkin years to get rid of the buggers AND cost us a capital city and a town. Colchester WAS the Capital of England but was razed to the ground after Boudica's uprising. Somewhere along the line Bury St Edmunds became the Capital but was changed after St Edmund (Pendragon) chose death rather than dishonour That's why the true flag of England is actually the Flag of Athelstans Pendragon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr
@@0utcastAussie They didn't invade England. England didn't exist and the people there weren't English. They were Britons, who were eventually pushed West and Northwards and became the Welsh, Cornish and Cumbrians. The English are primarily Anglo-Saxon/Norman by ancestry who came after the Romans.
5.15 Ireland is not in the British Isles and it is a country, only a country divided. It's even more outrageous that he had early said that Northern Ireland WAS a country. Northern Ireland is part of a country. Not all Northern Irish people are British citizens, many are Irish citizens only due to the GFA. When people say that they are "Irish" they can be from any part of the Island of Ireland or are descended from people from any part of the Island of Ireland.
I can't believe anyone has never heard of the Isle of Man T T. It is the oldest and most dangerous road race in the world. It is called the Tourist Trophy, and is open for anyone crazy enough to try it. Up until 2019, 260 men have died trying, even though the prize money is small.
I do enjoy your take on the whole complicated situation that we Brits just take for granted. I can’t wait until you start trying to unravel how the City of London works!
Awesome! In Texas we always joke that we live in the Republic of Texas. It's a stereotype, but it's true: Texans are extremely proud of being from Texas
I would say English, being British isn’t really a thing I think about, I’ll always say English, technically I’m British but it doesn’t make me feel patriotic or anything
I'm in Scotland, part of the UK but definitely consider myself Scottish, we all bitch about each other, mostly us Celts against England but in times of adversity we stick together, then we are British
Well orange represents protestants and most of the protestants on the island of Ireland are situated in Northern Ireland. So orange isn't a bad colour to use. Also when Rep. Ireland was shown next Northern Ireland it was a good image essentially showing the religious divide on the island with the catholics of Rep Ireland shown in green (a colour that represents catholics) and Northern Ireland in orange (a colour that represents protestants)
UnoLol it’s not majority there are still slightly more Protestants it’s very close you also have to consider that it’s more common for people to say they have no religion to traditionally come from a Protestant background
I live on the border of Wales and its almost half of my frends are Welsh and the other half are English and it fun to listen to the banta such as "tea sipping" or "sheap lover" stuff like that
There are loads of inaccuracies and generalisations in the video you're watching. I could watch it again and list them all but can't be arsed. btw, I'm English and British. Most people (but by no means all) would consider themselves to be (Welsh, English, Scottish and Irish) but then would say (depending on their politics) British second.
Need to clarify something in the otherwise good video you watched - Ireland is BOTH a country and an Island. The only country that refers to Ireland as the Republic of Ireland (RoI) is the UK due to British Law (The UN refers to the country as "Ireland"). You may continue to freely call Ireland "Ireland" because that is the name of the country. It can be really confusing no matter how many videos you watch.
Kind of like the US. We're the "United States of America" and really the only time I say that is during the pledge. Other than that I say "America" or "the US" or " 'Murrrica" of course
As you're doing a British theme at the moment take look at Al Murry, Britain has defeated every country in the world at war, he's a comedian with a history degree
As a northern irish person we only fight with our selves and Wales is neutral while scotland and england have a sibling rivalry with each other which northern ireland is usually on scotlands side depending on the situation but we say nothing and watch with a bowl of popcorn and a bottle of beer😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧
One small thing I have to nitpick Ireland is both an island and a country. The Republic of Ireland’s official name as stated in its constitution is simply “Ireland” Alright back to the banter!🤪...
While we’re allowed to vote on English laws in Wales, our vote actually has pretty much 0 weight in any decision. For example, we’ve always voted for Labour, but Conservatives have been in power the last 13 years. And we also voted heavily against Brexit. So, yeah, we’re not even free in any capacity technically
The US had a similar hurdle with the vast majority of our population living in large cities. We didn't want the cities to completely determine our fates, so we have the electoral college system
Re Northern Ireland, though politically it comes within the United Kingdom, just under half the population regard themselves as Irish and just over half regard themselves as British and under the Good Friday Agreement on 1998 they are entitled to dual nationality if they wish. Under the same agreement they could theoretically vote to become part of the Republic instead, but views in NI are so entrenched that any move to change status, even by voluntary means, would likely lead to violence. The way to avoid confusion of terms, is to understand the difference between geographical names and political names.
Just one quick thing, Ireland is not part of the British isles. Ireland is it’s own thing all together and not part of the British isles at all. Thank you
@@DrunkTexanSays yeah that’s ok but I’m the video the guy said the British isles was Britain and Ireland. That’s wrong. Ireland had been under British rule for over 800 years and now we’re finally out of that we don’t particularly like being grouped in with them you know. It’s good you’re trying to learn about it tho
He was incorrect about a few things. Particularly about ireland and the term british isles. There is no such country as the republic of ireland. The name of the country as described in the constitution is Éire in irish or ireland in the english language. Also the term british isles is contested. Neither there irish nor british government's accept the use of the term, and the irish government in particular rejects it as the term "british isles" implies british rule of ireland. It is not merely a geographic description. It is political.
@@cbrachel I would like to rebuild hadrians wall, dig a big hole arou d Wales again and let Ireland starve to death but we can't have everything so get used to it.
You're not the only one who learned something. And yay! My island of Anglesey got a mention on the in-tur-net. Now try tackling some British place names. Don't forget to do Wales for an extra spicy vhallenge.
When you realise how much the crown still rules over, it puts into perspective why the UK can just walk away from the EU and most other countries can't, even if they want to. They have a surprising amount of power in the world still.
Eyup mate, loving your videos. Have to say, even as a Brit, I find the distinction twixt all the different parts that combine the trickery that is the totality of wherever the fuck I live, equally as buggering as owt. So I understands your pain here. Luckily I live in Yorkshire, so I don't give a buggery! Carry on, ah'll si thee anon.
By the way, Wales, Scotland and northern Ireland don't dislike each other (much). We are all united it hating the English with a passion 😂. Jk. We all get on really. It's just if you call a Welsh or Scottish guy an Englishman, expect to loose a few teeth. 🏴 coolest flag ever right 👍
Also, within Northern Ireland, (where I live) you have catholic’s and Protestants. Catholic’s living in Northern Ireland “Technically part of the UK” identify as Irish, like myself. Irish passport etc. However Protestants identify as British, hence the “Troubles” 😊 it’s complicated.
@ryn mcray I've seen some of your comments. I get we have a shit government but why do you have to go through and respond to everyone saying you hate England like, what have us people done to you. I have family in Wales and I'm pretty sure I'm not hated. It's this attitude that makes you worse than me. I still love visiting Wales all the time - love the language, I'm going to visit Scotland and Ireland soon hopefully.
@ryn mcray 'Some of us like eachother but not England' is what i got from you. Look I didn't mean to come across the way I did I just took offense because you made it out like you were speaking for everyone and because I have family in Wales - I got annoyed at you making it out like all of us hate eachother when to me I feel like we're together. I'm sorry lol, and I agree we have a shit government at the moment
@ryn mcray Thatcher caused just as much of an issue in England too, and de industrialisation affected most western countries - China grew the way it did because of the shift in where things are made. The city that I live in was affected badly by deindustrialisation. *North of London, we all get treated the same by the cenral Government.* I'm sorry that you got bullied, to me that is shocking. But in terms of power a lot of policies that Scotland makes now are controlled by your own parliament. The Union only came about when a Scottish King became the king of England in the first place. And the whole imperial masters thing, Scotland played a huge role in the growth of the empire with Scottish companies trading and profiting off it with no morals as much the same way English companies were and thats just how it was. So in that sense I don't want to hurt your feelings if you don't want to accept that. Ive never heard of the Junkies stereotype but I live in a city which has litterally become the joke of the country with a bad rep when it used to be one of the most renowned.
@ryn mcray Look whatever, I'm not going to try and tell you anything because whats the benefit. Either way, if Scotland become Independent I'd still visit it because there are places I want to see and experience.
@ryn mcray I didn't want Brexit just to add that in. I'm not against independence either because why would I be, I'm not Scottish. Frankly I think all 4 ministers should sit together and discuss how the UK government system could be modernised but that would never happen.
We do have geography at school. Great video you've got my subscription, I'll go back and have a look over past vids. Hi from an English guy in the UK..
While technically you can be wrong calling someone from Northern Ireland, Irish, you can also be right. Just to add further confusion to the U.K./ GB/ Ireland thing, after the Belfast peace agreement anyone born in Northern Ireland before that date can assert their right to be Irish or British or BOTH.
Yes, the Scottish, Irish and Welsh have a devolved parliament but the the English still have control of the UK as a whole. So the video was wrong about England not having a say. Also Scotland, Wales and Ireland are celtic nations and thats why we all collectively stick together and dislike England.
@@samu4529 No... that’s not dual nationality. If you’re from England, then you are British. The difference is that if you’re Northern Ireland, you aren’t necessarily British unless you choose.
To get to one of the Crown dependencies you have to board a Royal Air Force plane in England (I’m not saying where either are, to find out go to Forces TV RUclips channel). St Helena only in recent years has had an airport built, it only got TV in 1970. In 1815 after The Battle of Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte was held prisoner there, he died in 1821 his tomb is in Les Invalides in Paris, was originally buried on St Helena which is still marked. St Helena before getting an airport relied on a ship from South Africa for supplies. The Falkland Islands also relies on supplies from Britain by ship.
Basically England many, many, many year ago (longer than anyone should even be remotely bothered about) started a few wars over religion then for top banter turned atheist. So you have a lot of knuckle dragging cavemen still in awe of fire angry with England over a religion none of them follow. So Scotland, Wales and Ireland are all angry with England and themselves and England are just sat there chuckling to themselves.
They don't really hate each other for the most part. It's more banter than anything else. Though Scotland has tried to leave already and is trying to get another independence referendum because they were dragged out of European union against there will
@@DrunkTexanSays that’s such a good way to describe my relationship with England! -an Irishman 800 years and millions of lives spent to be called Irish means I’m gonna be annoyed (mostly jokingly) if someone calls me British.
Funniest thing about Welsh Irish and Scottish people. They are so patriotic the first chance they have they leave their countries and never return not even for holidays . You can't buy loyalty like that lol
o detected a LOT of that serving in the RAF Scots singing "oh flower of Scotland" and crying into their beer - but they never applied for Scottish postings and most settled in England afterwards.. :D
"I thought it was all the united kingdom" many people have died from that statement mate.
its like calling Welsh people English. FFS
@@pettalkingbrick5287 that's not the biggest issue with that statment (Hint hint Ireland)
it is all the UK except for the republic of ireland.
The whole island of ireland and great britain are collectively called the british isles.
@@britishirish1112 Unless you are from Ireland
He is American but he’s lived as a science teacher in England for years
Don't worry about the nation's not liking each other. Plenty of England don't like other parts of England.
Anyone south of the Tyne is a southern jessie
@@yourrightimsooosorry884 Anyone north of the Mersey is a tribe member
Plenty don't even like the people in the next street.
I don't even like the people in my house
@@JustScrollong some people don't like themselves, 🤔
"creepy god picture" - someone hasn't seen monthy python.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is his next movie night I think.
That creepy picture of god is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And you're right- even British citizens couldn't name half the commonwealth realm or the overseas territories.
Half? I don't think I could name10%!
Man, I can't believe I didn't recognize that!! Now that you point it out I should've realized it was from Monty Python ugh I feel stupid!!
Africa-
Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia.
Asia-
Bangladesh
Brunei Darussalem
India
Malaysia
Maldives
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Caribbean and Americas-
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
St Kitty and Nevis
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidadian Tobago
Europe-
Cyprus
Malta
United Kingdom
Pacific-
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
Nauru
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
British Empire-
Newfoundland
Hong Kong
Falkland Islands
Pitcairn Island
Channel Islands
Gibraltar
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
There are other Islands that are part of the British Empire but I believe they go under United Kingdom. This is why if you look at a map of the British waters it goes around the Channel Islands. Not all members of the British Empire are Commonwealth countries, and some come under United Kingdom. But gor anyone that wanted to know this is a basic idea of what the British empire and the Commonwealth countries include. There may be more. I believe for example that Iran might have been part of it at some point.
It's actually W G Grace, a famous Victorian cricketer - Terry Gilliam used a photo of him for God in the Holy Grail
@@eddisstreet *GET ON WITH IT!*
We don't like each other until someone picks a fight, then we are all British!
Yeah, we're just keeping match fit in case someone wants to invade.
So basically siblings - ye dislike eachother until another country has beef with one of ye
Or if they are good at sport, invent something or become famous.
Then they are British too.
Na fuck England
@@dioisabot4276 :(
99% true very good job. Only one mistake - when people say they're Irish that doesn't necessarily mean they're from the Republic, a lot of people from the North also identify themselves as Irish.
Yeah because in Northern Ireland Identity is divided into two camps and its so important that some people formed paramilitary groups
@@macflod can if worms
Should we not mention Ulster which consists of 6 counties of Northern Ireland and 3 in the Republic of Ireland?
if your from the north you dont identify yourself as irish you are irish you were born in fucking Ireland
Matthew Hopkins
NO!!!
Ulster has 9 counties, 3 of which are in the Republic of Ireland. The other 6 is called Northern Ireland. Irish Nationalists will refer to it simply as the North of Ireland.
Another great video thank you. I like people who are open minded and wish to learn, and I hope your channel gets a lot bigger which it deserves to do. Respect from England cousin!
Thanks!!! I'm just trying to be likable and I have a lot of fun making these videos and interacting in the comments! I was always watching videos like this but decided to start recording them hoping to have discussions with people. It's been a really fun hobby so far! I appreciate the comment brother!
Texan’s “we don’t hate the long haired, weed smoking, kale eating, electric car driving hippies” in California 😂😂
We found the Austinites
Mike it is a love hate relationship between us. We make fun of each other all the time. But do not f--k with us or we will stand together and fight any bodyey who attacks us.
Amen man, I respect that. It's the same here like when the 9/11 attacks happen. It happened in New York, but we all felt it and it pissed all of us off
@@DrunkTexanSays we also felt it here in the UK. In fact I believe for the first time in history they played the American national anthem at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
@@DrunkTexanSays yeah I remember that on the news, I must've been around 11 years old then. UK couldn't believe it, something like that actually happened.
@@leea8706 yep
I'm not sure what your point is about the english not putting up much of a fight as the old english were not there prior to the Roman's as the old english (saxons) came over and conquered most off modern day england from the Roman's after they removed most of brittanias garrisons so your talking more shit about the welsh as they are descended from the pre roman Britons the english are not. And on hadrian's wall scotland was conquered by the irish gaels so the modern Scots aren't really inheritors of the picts legacy as the pict language and culture was lost
“When people say they are Irish they are referring to the Republic of Ireland “
Go an say that out loud in a pub in Belfast or Derry.
Bet you lose all your teeth
You’ll lose them twice as fast if you call it Londonderry
i mean it depends where in derry in the catholic areas they'd give you a parade
Yeah, kinda.
As a Irish person born and raised in the Republic we kinda look on Northern Irish people as like off-brand irish people
@@mistplayzop oof poor us
@@mistplayzop West brit much ?
“The English regard the rest as yokels who spend too much time with sheep” made me laugh
Lol
As much as I want to be nice, I cant say that that's a lie. I have had that thought. Where do you think the term "sheep shagger" came from?
@@connorirons4542 my welsh friend told me that it came from the avoidance of laws...that it was less of a sentence to...give the sheep a good time, so whenever they were caught they would opt for the lesser sentence...not realising what it would do for future generations.
The bit in Grey is the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign independent nation, that won its independence during a war of independence from 1919-21.
To complicate matters more, the term British Isles isn't recognised by the Irish who view the term as politically loaded, and you won't find the term used by either the British or Irish governments in any official treaties or agreements between the two nations.
Sad, because "British" derives from a Roman goddess who the Romans named this islandy part of north-west Europe after. "British Isles" shouldn't have anything but geographic connotations.
@@theradgegadgie6352 But in contemporary usage, the British has the meaning of pertaining to or belonging to Great Britain, there is a possessive nature to the term. And considering the historic and colonial nature of the relations between these two islands, how this would be contentious.
@@peadarruane6582 True, and I have no wish to offend or frustrate the Irish, whom I consider friends, good neighbours and country-siblings, no matter how fraught the past has been.
@S.K 123 It isn't my wish to offend the Irish at all. As I've said elsewhere, I look on them as close siblings in every way, whom we wasted the opportunity to remain close to.
UPDATE: First and foremost: I know it's the Irish flag in the thumbnail, the video talks about Ireland so I included them in there as well (5 flags wouldn't have fit as neatly in the thumbnail you see...) no disrespect to Northern Ireland!! Also, if you watch past the intro clip, you will see I compare "yall not liking each other" to a sibling rivalry, very similar to what we have in the US between certain states (COUGH COUGH CALIFORNIA COUGH COUGH). Also, yes I now know that picture of God is from Monty Python and I'm so mad that I didn't catch that!!! Ugh!!! ITS JUST A FLESHWOUND!!!!! And also I love yall and thank you for watching and commenting! I'll keep reading but the amount of comments has gotten so insane I can't reply to everyone, but I read them!!! Thank yall!!!
You're right about the sibling rivalry thing. We do generally all love each other, we just like to wind each other up. I'm Welsh, we have a rivalry with England, mainly around sport, rugby in particular.
@ryn mcray just as well you're in a minority then ;-)
@ryn mcray The economics of Scottish independence just don't add up and Welsh independence even less so. The SNP have yet to explain how they'll be able to do it without massive cuts to public finance. But, FWIW most people in Wales, me included, will be sad to see you go but we wish you all the best.
@ryn mcray Scotland only contributes more if you include the oil revenue and while true if would be Scotlands if you were independent before it was found, the fact is you were a part of of the UK and the oil reserves are a national asset so shouldn't count towards scottish revenues. I'd feel the same way if Wales found similar reserves off our coast.
Anyway, I dont want to get drawn into a long winded argument about independence, I hope you stay but I dont really have any skin in the game so to speak. So I'll just say I wish my fellow celts in Scotland all the best whatever you decide to do.
@ryn mcray Shurrup ya sweaty sock!!!
Kind regards, England xx
@ryn mcray What a load of rubbish. Official SNP documents show that independence would not be a wise economic decision.
Scotland will still have an extremely large deficit, made worse by Covid. If Scotland wishes to join the EU it will need its own currency and reserve, a reserve that takes several years to build even with a SURPLUS. So with a deficit Scotland won’t be joining the EU any time soon. And that’s without the rest of the joining process. And all of that to create a new currency to throw it away for the Euro, lol.
Well you might argue that Scotland would increase taxes on the rich to cover the deficit right? They can, and the same people and business will move south to England with lower taxes and a population with far more disposable income.
Make your silly rants like the anglophobic simpleton you are. But to argue independence is a good economic decision is ridiculous.
Norway is not a good example, it’s just a pipe dream for Scots who don’t understand economics and timing.
Remember the deficit we spoke of? Sure you won’t have to fund the UKs military anymore. But you’ll have to fund your own, especially if Scotland wishes to join NATO which it will if it wants a somewhat decent relationship with the United States. That’s a lot of equipment and so on, as the current equipment belongs to the British army, Royal Navy and royal airforce. Forget your “good deal” if you Scots want to be cheap lol.
Generally MPs from other parts of the UK don’t vote on English laws, but Westminster has 533 (out of 650) MPs at Westminster so the claimed UK parliament, is in fact an English parliament. England always gets the government in Westminster that it chooses, Scotland, Wales and NI do not.
But it clearly isn’t an English Parliament.
@ryn mcray no it is not. Legally or functionally. It is the uk parliament, it deals with legislation for the whole of the uk and holds the power to overrule the devolved parliaments on many issue. It is definitely not an English parliament . On EVEL , they are just particular sessions in parliament. It’s not the parliaments full time role. So it’s not an English parliament.
@@damedusa5107 Technically and legally, you're correct, In practice, you're both right. It is the UK Parliament, but the election results are decided by England, what happens electorally in the other three in UK generals is largely irrelevant because of population distribution and the maths of it all. So England gets what it wants, the other three typically don't, that's why devolution exists to try and mitigate that and stop us pesky Celts from going full on coo-coo bananas since England loves to flirt with the Tories and we ain't got no time for them😅 It does have the power to overrule Scotland and Wales since it's acts of UK Parliament that allow the Senedd and the Scottish Parliament to exist (a power they most certainly should *not* have but over their dead bodies will they give it up), but NI is a bit trickier because the Good Friday Agreement establishes the NI Assembly so it has the backing and protection of Ireland, the US and the EU (and especially these days I doubt that's a fight Boris would want haha).
Although as a Welsh person, in a lot of matters the UK Parliament is nothing more a loud irrelevance to me. Take Covid for an example, Boris' conferences are useless to me since Mark Drakeford decides what happens here, yet the BBC still plasters him all over my TV screen every time he decides to say something. But that's largely on the media not keeping up with what has been the constitutional norm for, well, two decades as well as London not wanting to admit that the only way it could actually impact things in 3/4 of the union is by causing a constitutional crisis haha.
@@kieransawdust as a Scot I say hear, hear. If in the near future I'm asked to vote on scottish independence I will say yes for the basic points laid out above. Leaving the EU against the will of the majority of the Scottish people is proof that now more than ever our nations are fundamentaly on different paths. We need more than a devolved parliament we need full independence.
@@chloemcdermott2978 You can’t be independent and be in the EU
Just to point out that that Great Britain left the EU at 11:00PM GMT on the 31st December 2020.
Amen
Thanks for the great video
We'll be back!
@@marygiles2823 nope
United Kingdom left the EU, Great Britain is not the United Kingdom, see above video.
It's a sibling relationship between all of us in the UK I feel like. We're all gonna have our jabs at each other but if someone outside that jabs at one of us, we all jab back.
Yes mate!
It's not how it works
@U Y Eh I feel that's the cynical way people try to look at things just to feel good about their own personal bigotry. Evidence is everywhere.
There is one mistake - The UK has now left the EU however the Republic of Ireland is still in the EU. The video was correct when it was made as we only officially left the EU very recently. I just don’t want anyone to get that confused.
I am a quarter Welsh, and my wife is part Welsh part Irish. We just keep our heads down...
The uk countries are also like sibling rivalries, they argue and always want to beat each other at sports etc, but will back each other up in a crisis
Yeah except northern ireland because when they argue with England it becomes a bloodbath literally
@@unolol3446 Well no, Northern Ireland argues with itself, usually about something nobody else remembers.
Well part of northern ireland maybe
@U Y Sounding like a racist there mate.
2:09 To be fair, it used to all be the United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) but the Republic of Ireland split off in 1921.
We do like to pretend Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland don’t exist
I think we all say the same about England
2. The people in Northern Ireland do not all call themselves British. Half of the population (who are Nationalist or Republican) call themselves Irish.
I'm Irish and from Belfast, the north.
I live in England and English people class me as Irish, not Northern Irish.
Im from belfast.im northern irish and proud british.Dont really care what others refer to me as.most people outside of the uk see ireland and britain as the british isles anyway and dont have a clue about the borders within.
@@moonshot9056 I really don't care either will do.
There are some people in our six counties who won't admit to being Irish, and claim they're from Ulster or Scots Irish even though they can trace their ancestors back for centuries.
As a European I really enjoy your videos.
Oh hey nice to see you hear max. I watch your videos sometimes
The part where he said we don't like each other is not true. Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland like each other. It's the English they don't like and north England hates the south of England 😂
@ryn mcray there is a lot of good people. But there is a few that makes us all look bad lol
@ryn mcray a completely agree. I did mean normal day to day people. But Westminster fuck them.
@ryn mcray The problem is the Labour party are such a bunch of far left loonies that we don't have much of a choice. Maybe if the Sturgeon (SNP) stood for the U.K. Parliament she might win. That would be fun, she'd probably then 'refuse' a Scottish referendum.
Hats off to you sir. Enjoyed your reaction. A a Scotsman myself I really liked the laugh you gave when it said we all hate each other, then explained the 'civil rivalry' you have. It's much and such the same here.
Loved the video. Thanks again
Thank you sir! Yeah when the US doesn't have something to unite for, we just bicker and poke at each other lol
Ryn...no. You're wrong. The vast majority of people in Scotland have a problem with Westminster. Not English (or Welsh or Irish) people. Hating someone for there nationality is racist. Don't tar us with that brush. But we, as do all groupings, societies or however you call it, unfortuately have our quota.
For Northern Ireland there's people who see themselves as being Irish or British depending on their view and background people born in Northern Ireland can also decide on a British passport or Irish passport which is great.
Oh wow that's interesting. In the US there are no options like that. The closest thing is if you were born in one country but legally move to the US while you're still a child, you can hold dual-citizenship until you turn 18. When you turn 18 you have to make your choice of which country you want to be a citizen of.
@@DrunkTexanSays if you’re curious where this comes from I highly recommend the two videos on The Troubles goes into the conflict which gave way to modern Northern Ireland we see today being born in 1999 Derry I saw the aftermaths but never experienced Soldiers on the streets, Military checkpoints every step, and walls blocking off communities which to this day you can still see the police station beside my College is built like a military base. Here’s the link ruclips.net/video/61JisaFGHFY/видео.html
@@CaptainAmercia Or watch the excellent comedy show Derry girls!
In the recommended for this video there is an old PSA from the national archives called "Know your ally: Britain" it was something shown in US soldiers that were being deployed in Europe back in WW2, was just thinking that might be a cool idea for a video.
I'll add it to my list! Thank you!
Missed out we have separate languages as well
Many in Britain (Scotland, England and Wales) don't really understand the difference between the UK and GB. Funnily enough the whole Brexit debacle has meant that many have realised what's what. Many in Britain are fairly ignorant of the whole Northen Irish situation and the hardcore Unionist element in Northern Ireland (ie; the ones that value NI being united with Britain) are often disappointed when Brits call them Irish and they are left to assert that they are as much a UK citizen as the Brit is.
As for all hating each other, yeah in a historical context England was the suppressor and was the real nub and centre of power and money. The Welsh, Scots and Irish nationalists are very much of the view that Westminster (where the seat of governmental UK power is located in London) is an ever present obstacle to independence, nevermind the historical context of England subjagating the countries as well as Ireland. The 'old enemy'.
England is drowning in nationalistic nostalgia and a false idea that 'we will be great again' but as this vid shows 'Great' was a geographical reference, not about how amazing the UK 'thinks' it was. The death of an empire and sadly like a wisened old man pining back for the days of glory in their youth England has led the way towards isolationism and hard right wing nationalism.
Historically Ireland (and NI), Wales and Scotland are the Celtic alliance against the old enemy of England and so the narrator in the original vid was half correct in about hearing each other, but more that nationally its everyone against England.
Just to clarify that English nationalism tends towards hard and far rightwing isolationism, Welsh, Scots and Irish nationalism tends towards a more European inclusive social democratic centre-left style of government. Hope that helps!
Stay safe 👍🏻👍🏻
I wouldn't use the term British Isles. Its an outdated colonial term that isn't recognised as an official term by either the UK or Irish governments. Other terms such as Anglo-Celtic Isles would be much more suited to the islands
England and France's historic rivalry is like a married couple. we generally don't like each other, but we can't be here without each other. you should see some videos on that.
@Khezo No: it is like a long divorced couple who fight about everything and would prefer the other one ceased to exist.
People in Northern Ireland often refer to themselves as Irish - it depends on their community
They don’t just refer to themselves as Irish, they are Irish with Irish passports
A lot of people do, yes. But a lot don't.
From Northern England near Manchester. I actually find it really interesting watching you react to videos that talk about the UK. Subscribed.
He's not a troll, he's an educational channel
If you think he's saying something as a joke, he's not
I just meant he's being a bit of a smart-ass/sarcastic haha but I know everything he's saying is factually correct in terms of the geography.
The basic dynamic of the UK is that we all treat each other like different countries who share in the union until England starts talking like they are the only country that matters then we all retreat to our parliments to discuss the independence vote England wont allow us to have. Unless you're Northern Irish then you just throw molotovs at police vans, complain about catholics and for some reason really enjoy the fact they are UK citizens despite it not really doing much for them
3:24
Well, it’s actually like if you spill a mans drink in a pub.
if you accidently spill an Irishman's drink he'll be on the floor under it with his mouth open before the liquid hits the floor !
4 countries not liking each other is nonsense it's more of a rivalry thing than actual hatred
@U Y I've lived in 2 out of the 4 countries in the UK
They don't hate each other it's a rivalry thing
Can confirm it's all true. Even the bit about hating eachother. Source: I'm English.
Celts don't hate each other, just the English.
@@High_Lord_Of_Terra is that including football and rugby
I don't want to confuse the issue but the British Isles consist of 7 countries. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Since my family is Manx (Isle of Man) I don't miss a chance to remind England that the IOM has it's own Government and Legal System. As does the Channel Islands. WE recognise the Queen as Head of State and are classified as a Crown Dependent, but that does not make us part of the UK, anymore than Hong Kong was. The Isle of Man or the Channel Islands were never part of the EU. They were the only parts of the British Isles that were independent of the EU. I realise this is small beer for other countries but the IOM has an older parliament than England so if anywhere in the British Isles is the "cradle of democracy" it's the IOM not England.
Just flying the flag.
regards Maureen Kearns.
As far as the rest of the countries not liking each other goes, we all don’t like England and England looks down on the rest of us. There’s not much animosity between NI, Scotland and Wales.
I think that’s probably more of a perception than true, probably coming from the BBC and Westminster being overly England-centric (particularly London and the south east). Many English people love the other nations. I’m English (Lancashire), I love visiting the rest of the British Isles, I have Scottish friends and support all the other nations in sport (including the RoI in football and the all Ireland rugby and cricket sides)
Dude was joking around but 100% accurate
I don't know why he was offended, Conor McGregor is from the Republic of Ireland. Although as a Irish person who doesn't actually like McGregor I'm quite happy to say to anyone else you can have him!
@ryn mcray as suggestions as to who we could pawn him off on?
To my fellow brits, who laugh at the lack of distinction. Holland. The football team. Is actually The United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Cheers.
Celtic nations love each other mostly but England not so much 😂but when shit happens we come together to kick ass ha ha👍
True about Northern Ireland being forgotten about. Uk Olympic team is referred to as Team GB, no mention of Northern Ireland there.
I live in England and we have actually left the EU, we are NO longer part of the EU.
Just saying.
Correct and I made a video about it! This vid was more just reacting to this video because a bunch of people recommended it to me haha
@@DrunkTexanSays correct, I was watching the video when your reply came up.
Thanks.
Yes but we’re still a part of Europe itself
@@tw6rn i know shame isn't it.
andy smith better than america or china
I'm now in my early sixties and when I was at School we where taught all about the history from the Roman occupation right up to modern history, including the British empire and I can rightly say most people my old know all about this.
a fair number of NI citizens will regard them selves as Irish hence "The Troubles"
@ryn mcray yeah but we didn't spend thirty years blowing things up over it
Irish British as opposed to English British,Scottish British or Welsh British.
@ryn mcray you are Scottish and British.
@@themanftheworld8439 no just irish
@@somthingbrutal if you were born in Glasgow then you are Scottish and British just like if you were born in Belfast you d be Irish and British.
It is worth mentioning here that England, Scotland and Wales are all countries and nations in their own right.
Wales is a principality not a country 🐑🏴
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 Wales had been assimilated into England for many purposes. Though parliament for some purposes when referring to Wales had to include the definition "Wales and the county of Monmouthshire". It is only in recent years following the creation of the Welsh Assembly that Cardiff has been the Welsh capital.
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 Except it isn't. It's a fairly recent change but it's no longer a principality
It was not the English that colonised it was the U.K. it's just the other countries pretend they had nothing to do with it
Hahaha right? See this is what I love to see, some of the backstories of little grudges and sibling rivalries of other countries. The US has the same thing
@@DrunkTexanSays
You'll probably hear that the Romans invaded ENGLAND too (and read about it) but here's a snippet of info.
The Romans DIDN'T invade...
They were INVITED by warring Celts to help overcome local opposition (with Gold) and they were supposed to leave after their help was no longer required.
But being Romans.. They obviously thought "Fekkit, We'll stay. After all, apparently there's gold in them thar hills" !! (Shame about the Haggis chasers !!)
And we all know where that led.
I mean... What have the Romans ever done for us ?
Took us fekkin years to get rid of the buggers AND cost us a capital city and a town.
Colchester WAS the Capital of England but was razed to the ground after Boudica's uprising.
Somewhere along the line Bury St Edmunds became the Capital but was changed after St Edmund (Pendragon) chose death rather than dishonour
That's why the true flag of England is actually the Flag of Athelstans Pendragon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr
@@0utcastAussie They didn't invade England. England didn't exist and the people there weren't English. They were Britons, who were eventually pushed West and Northwards and became the Welsh, Cornish and Cumbrians. The English are primarily Anglo-Saxon/Norman by ancestry who came after the Romans.
@@actional2943 👍
5.15 Ireland is not in the British Isles and it is a country, only a country divided. It's even more outrageous that he had early said that Northern Ireland WAS a country. Northern Ireland is part of a country. Not all Northern Irish people are British citizens, many are Irish citizens only due to the GFA. When people say that they are "Irish" they can be from any part of the Island of Ireland or are descended from people from any part of the Island of Ireland.
Look at all the space he has lol love it.
I could just tell from how smart ass he was being that he was about to go off in all that space. And I was right. Hahaha
I can't believe anyone has never heard of the Isle of Man T T. It is the oldest and most dangerous road race in the world. It is called the Tourist Trophy, and is open for anyone crazy enough to try it. Up until 2019, 260 men have died trying, even though the prize money is small.
I like how you're "jamming" to all those other areas being named off like a rap song lmao
Well there was no hope of remembering them so I just pretended he was rapping lmfao
I do enjoy your take on the whole complicated situation that we Brits just take for granted. I can’t wait until you start trying to unravel how the City of London works!
I am in central England. I am part of the UK but I consider myself English
Awesome! In Texas we always joke that we live in the Republic of Texas. It's a stereotype, but it's true: Texans are extremely proud of being from Texas
South east England yes we live in the UK but are English..👌
I'm from England but consider myself British. English too but British is how I would answer if someone asked
I would say English, being British isn’t really a thing I think about, I’ll always say English, technically I’m British but it doesn’t make me feel patriotic or anything
I'm in Scotland, part of the UK but definitely consider myself Scottish, we all bitch about each other, mostly us Celts against England but in times of adversity we stick together, then we are British
Howdy from Scotland. Found this channel and I love it.
Just stumbled across your channel (algorithm gods) . And .. I liked it ! 🤗 Subbed, but not hit the bell yet...more great content could sway that !
Hey I will at least do a vid a week. Spent a few hundred in a green screen, better camera, lights, so theres good stuff on the way!
Up north in UK Yorkshire people don’t like Southerners (Londoners) . I personally don’t get it but it’s a strong feeling among many.
Trolling yes having northern Ireland coloured in Orange will piss alot of them off
Yup probably not the best colour to use
Well orange represents protestants and most of the protestants on the island of Ireland are situated in Northern Ireland. So orange isn't a bad colour to use. Also when Rep. Ireland was shown next Northern Ireland it was a good image essentially showing the religious divide on the island with the catholics of Rep Ireland shown in green (a colour that represents catholics) and Northern Ireland in orange (a colour that represents protestants)
@@joshjackson5867 but northern ireland is majority Catholic so its just dumb
@@joshjackson5867 yes in a way that true but it wasn't about religion
UnoLol it’s not majority there are still slightly more Protestants it’s very close you also have to consider that it’s more common for people to say they have no religion to traditionally come from a Protestant background
I live on the border of Wales and its almost half of my frends are Welsh and the other half are English and it fun to listen to the banta such as "tea sipping" or "sheap lover" stuff like that
There are loads of inaccuracies and generalisations in the video you're watching. I could watch it again and list them all but can't be arsed. btw, I'm English and British. Most people (but by no means all) would consider themselves to be (Welsh, English, Scottish and Irish) but then would say (depending on their politics) British second.
Oh okay! Interesting, thank you for the comment!
Thanks for the videos mate ! Really enjoying them 👍🏻
Thank you!!!
Need to clarify something in the otherwise good video you watched - Ireland is BOTH a country and an Island. The only country that refers to Ireland as the Republic of Ireland (RoI) is the UK due to British Law (The UN refers to the country as "Ireland"). You may continue to freely call Ireland "Ireland" because that is the name of the country. It can be really confusing no matter how many videos you watch.
Kind of like the US. We're the "United States of America" and really the only time I say that is during the pledge. Other than that I say "America" or "the US" or " 'Murrrica" of course
@@DrunkTexanSays You say it during the what? The Pledge is what you sign when you go teetotal!
As a northern Irish guy I demand respect
Northern Ireland = North Korea and Republic of Ireland = South Korea
It's all 🇮🇪
@@doyler233 united ireland yups
@@hemlixx3504 yep
Sibling rivalry is a bang on description 😂 Most of the time it is just banter back n forth 😉
As you're doing a British theme at the moment take look at Al Murry, Britain has defeated every country in the world at war, he's a comedian with a history degree
Sure I'll check him out!
Even historians can have some wacky f...king ideas
As a northern irish person we only fight with our selves and Wales is neutral while scotland and england have a sibling rivalry with each other which northern ireland is usually on scotlands side depending on the situation but we say nothing and watch with a bowl of popcorn and a bottle of beer😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧
As an Englishman I saw Northern Ireland coloured in Orange in the video and thought. I better get the popcorn ready.
@@michaelscott7166 ready for the ira terrorists to come along and the loyalists to counter attack😂😂😂
One small thing I have to nitpick
Ireland is both an island and a country. The Republic of Ireland’s official name as stated in its constitution is simply “Ireland”
Alright back to the banter!🤪...
While we’re allowed to vote on English laws in Wales, our vote actually has pretty much 0 weight in any decision. For example, we’ve always voted for Labour, but Conservatives have been in power the last 13 years. And we also voted heavily against Brexit. So, yeah, we’re not even free in any capacity technically
The US had a similar hurdle with the vast majority of our population living in large cities. We didn't want the cities to completely determine our fates, so we have the electoral college system
On 23 June 2016 Wales, like England, voted to leave the European Union.
Re Northern Ireland, though politically it comes within the United Kingdom, just under half the population regard themselves as Irish and just over half regard themselves as British and under the Good Friday Agreement on 1998 they are entitled to dual nationality if they wish. Under the same agreement they could theoretically vote to become part of the Republic instead, but views in NI are so entrenched that any move to change status, even by voluntary means, would likely lead to violence. The way to avoid confusion of terms, is to understand the difference between geographical names and political names.
Thank you, i’m always telling people “British” is a national identity and not a geographical term, Falkland islanders are british even
Well, I have subscribed, So looking forward to more great laughs. Enjoy your program very much. Thanks. B.
When he said "im not Canadian im American" technically the Canadians can say they are American too because they are north American lol
@@moonshot9056 same
@@moonshot9056 Depends on the person, I'd have gone Bristolian>European>British>English, but then I do live in Europe now...
Just one quick thing, Ireland is not part of the British isles. Ireland is it’s own thing all together and not part of the British isles at all. Thank you
Yes sir im aware I just included their flag in there because they are discussed
@@DrunkTexanSays yeah that’s ok but I’m the video the guy said the British isles was Britain and Ireland. That’s wrong. Ireland had been under British rule for over 800 years and now we’re finally out of that we don’t particularly like being grouped in with them you know. It’s good you’re trying to learn about it tho
“Whats in grey” im triggered😂😂😂
Judging by your pp, you’re Italian, so why would it bother you?
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@@Thomashorsman ur just trying to be funny so idc
Dullahan Can you translate what your reply was? I don’t speak Italian, sorry
@@drumclaypete so ur also a comedian
Dullahan Non capisco
He was incorrect about a few things. Particularly about ireland and the term british isles. There is no such country as the republic of ireland. The name of the country as described in the constitution is Éire in irish or ireland in the english language. Also the term british isles is contested. Neither there irish nor british government's accept the use of the term, and the irish government in particular rejects it as the term "british isles" implies british rule of ireland. It is not merely a geographic description. It is political.
but many do recognise it as republic of ireland no? after it becomes so commonly used,, isn’t it just correct at that point - genuinely curious
“Co-equal and sovereign”? Riggghhhhttt!
Hahah that did make me laugh.
Yep
your reaction and look of confusion after each new bit of information is priceless :¬D you win a new subscriber, thanks for making me smile :¬D
We do all like each other it's just we are like siblings in competition like u said about Taxis and cal
Yeah, that sounds about right
Wow I’ve been looking fir a way to describe this for ages. Thank you!
I would like to politely disagree
@@cbrachel I would like to aggressively disagree
@@cbrachel I would like to rebuild hadrians wall, dig a big hole arou d Wales again and let Ireland starve to death but we can't have everything so get used to it.
You're not the only one who learned something. And yay! My island of Anglesey got a mention on the in-tur-net. Now try tackling some British place names. Don't forget to do Wales for an extra spicy vhallenge.
Northern Irish Citizens choose if they want to be British or Irish citizens
When you realise how much the crown still rules over, it puts into perspective why the UK can just walk away from the EU and most other countries can't, even if they want to. They have a surprising amount of power in the world still.
Eyup mate, loving your videos. Have to say, even as a Brit, I find the distinction twixt all the different parts that combine the trickery that is the totality of wherever the fuck I live, equally as buggering as owt.
So I understands your pain here. Luckily I live in Yorkshire, so I don't give a buggery!
Carry on, ah'll si thee anon.
Gods Own County. Ditto
By the way, Wales, Scotland and northern Ireland don't dislike each other (much). We are all united it hating the English with a passion 😂.
Jk. We all get on really.
It's just if you call a Welsh or Scottish guy an Englishman, expect to loose a few teeth.
🏴 coolest flag ever right 👍
I’d happily be mistaken for a welsh man or an Irish man, but don’t dare call me English
I love the way all Americans seem to want to get rid of California 🤣
Haha it's a sibling rivalry. When they fall on hard times, Texas will always be there to lend a hand to them :)
Isn't there a fault line there and some geologists think it going to fall into the sea? Sorry just looked it up your ok.
Also, within Northern Ireland, (where I live) you have catholic’s and Protestants. Catholic’s living in Northern Ireland “Technically part of the UK” identify as Irish, like myself. Irish passport etc. However Protestants identify as British, hence the “Troubles” 😊 it’s complicated.
Well some of us like each other 🙂
@ryn mcray I've seen some of your comments. I get we have a shit government but why do you have to go through and respond to everyone saying you hate England like, what have us people done to you. I have family in Wales and I'm pretty sure I'm not hated. It's this attitude that makes you worse than me. I still love visiting Wales all the time - love the language, I'm going to visit Scotland and Ireland soon hopefully.
@ryn mcray 'Some of us like eachother but not England' is what i got from you. Look I didn't mean to come across the way I did I just took offense because you made it out like you were speaking for everyone and because I have family in Wales - I got annoyed at you making it out like all of us hate eachother when to me I feel like we're together. I'm sorry lol, and I agree we have a shit government at the moment
@ryn mcray Thatcher caused just as much of an issue in England too, and de industrialisation affected most western countries - China grew the way it did because of the shift in where things are made. The city that I live in was affected badly by deindustrialisation. *North of London, we all get treated the same by the cenral Government.*
I'm sorry that you got bullied, to me that is shocking. But in terms of power a lot of policies that Scotland makes now are controlled by your own parliament.
The Union only came about when a Scottish King became the king of England in the first place. And the whole imperial masters thing, Scotland played a huge role in the growth of the empire with Scottish companies trading and profiting off it with no morals as much the same way English companies were and thats just how it was. So in that sense I don't want to hurt your feelings if you don't want to accept that. Ive never heard of the Junkies stereotype but I live in a city which has litterally become the joke of the country with a bad rep when it used to be one of the most renowned.
@ryn mcray Look whatever, I'm not going to try and tell you anything because whats the benefit. Either way, if Scotland become Independent I'd still visit it because there are places I want to see and experience.
@ryn mcray I didn't want Brexit just to add that in. I'm not against independence either because why would I be, I'm not Scottish. Frankly I think all 4 ministers should sit together and discuss how the UK government system could be modernised but that would never happen.
We do have geography at school. Great video you've got my subscription, I'll go back and have a look over past vids.
Hi from an English guy in the UK..
Awesome, thanks brother!! I gotta come visit England soon it's just that the pandemic brought a halt to all of that...lol
Bring a thirst, we like a drink.
Come have a pint my friend from Texas.
A pint. It would take a lot more than that just to warn up. Haha.
While technically you can be wrong calling someone from Northern Ireland, Irish, you can also be right. Just to add further confusion to the U.K./ GB/ Ireland thing, after the Belfast peace agreement anyone born in Northern Ireland before that date can assert their right to be Irish or British or BOTH.
Yes, the Scottish, Irish and Welsh have a devolved parliament but the the English still have control of the UK as a whole. So the video was wrong about England not having a say. Also Scotland, Wales and Ireland are celtic nations and thats why we all collectively stick together and dislike England.
People from Northern Ireland are Irish also. They have dual nationality so they can be British or Irish.
same with every other country in the uk.... im english but im also british, i can chose which one
@@samu4529 No... that’s not dual nationality. If you’re from England, then you are British. The difference is that if you’re Northern Ireland, you aren’t necessarily British unless you choose.
@@drumclaypete No im from england im english. i am also from britain as are you so im british. i can chose which one.
@@drumclaypete you speak english, you are not english. i am from england so i am english.
@@samu4529 I give up, you’re hopeless.
To get to one of the Crown dependencies you have to board a Royal Air Force plane in England (I’m not saying where either are, to find out go to Forces TV RUclips channel). St Helena only in recent years has had an airport built, it only got TV in 1970. In 1815 after The Battle of Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte was held prisoner there, he died in 1821 his tomb is in Les Invalides in Paris, was originally buried on St Helena which is still marked. St Helena before getting an airport relied on a ship from South Africa for supplies. The Falkland Islands also relies on supplies from Britain by ship.
I wouldn't say we don't like each other; more that we have friendly rivalry
That's what I say later in the vid, that it's probably a sibling rivalry like we have in the US between the states haha
@@DrunkTexanSays it’s partly that and party that the upper classes of England basically abused everyone (especially Ireland)
Best way to say it is: Wales, Scotland and Ireland have common ground. In that we all don't like the English.
Basically England many, many, many year ago (longer than anyone should even be remotely bothered about) started a few wars over religion then for top banter turned atheist. So you have a lot of knuckle dragging cavemen still in awe of fire angry with England over a religion none of them follow. So Scotland, Wales and Ireland are all angry with England and themselves and England are just sat there chuckling to themselves.
They don't really hate each other for the most part. It's more banter than anything else. Though Scotland has tried to leave already and is trying to get another independence referendum because they were dragged out of European union against there will
Oh man, you’ve really got it in for California...😂
They’re our sibling rivals. Hahaha
@@DrunkTexanSays that’s such a good way to describe my relationship with England! -an Irishman
800 years and millions of lives spent to be called Irish means I’m gonna be annoyed (mostly jokingly) if someone calls me British.
Funniest thing about Welsh Irish and Scottish people. They are so patriotic the first chance they have they leave their countries and never return not even for holidays . You can't buy loyalty like that lol
o detected a LOT of that serving in the RAF Scots singing "oh flower of Scotland" and crying into their beer - but they never applied for Scottish postings and most settled in England afterwards.. :D
@@coling3957 yes they never seen to get Scottish wives either it's always English.