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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @henrikkjuus90
    @henrikkjuus90 5 лет назад +5167

    "....a thousands of years old institution thats been around for hundreds of years"
    wat

    • @thomaspurnell1678
      @thomaspurnell1678 5 лет назад +283

      @queeditchable Actually he's just making a joke

    • @yeshaya24
      @yeshaya24 5 лет назад +38

      It's prehistoric !

    • @findinghare4588
      @findinghare4588 5 лет назад +9

      queeditchable that’s not what he’s saying 😂

    • @ronaldraygoon
      @ronaldraygoon 5 лет назад +59

      @I eat lefties 4 breakfast It's okay if you don't understand the joke. Or if you do understand it but don't think it's funny, that's fine too.

    • @pixelneop
      @pixelneop 5 лет назад +36

      Technically, the fact 'it's been around for hundreds of years' does not imply it could not have been longer. :-)

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 2 года назад +686

    "Our Parliament is a baffling thousands-of-years-old institution that's been around for hundreds of years" is such an underrated line.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Год назад +2

      Is it true? It does seem to be around a thousand years ago with all them Anglo-Saxon shenanigans. Of course Parliament as a body sort of above the Crown is only a couple hundred years old.

    • @ljr6490
      @ljr6490 9 месяцев назад

      Might be a reference to the Houses of Parliament in their current state being younger than the US Capitol @@johnnotrealname8168

    • @ct6910
      @ct6910 8 месяцев назад +2

      It’s speculated that the British based parliament off of western African kingdoms they encountered during the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@ct6910prove this

    • @awsomebot1
      @awsomebot1 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@ct6910 Actually it was me. I told Brits how to run their shit and they did it.

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 4 года назад +8894

    "Every 5 years there's a general election."
    Only 90s kids remember when that's true.

    • @babomb2146
      @babomb2146 4 года назад +483

      Yes but after we leave the eu we may finally have some sta...
      Oh who am I kidding, we're heading for a civil war whether we like it or not and it’ll start with an unofficial Scottish referendum

    • @isaacpreece2120
      @isaacpreece2120 4 года назад +397

      Hello, *SCOTLAND WANTS ITS INDEPENDENCE*

    • @engineergaming5989
      @engineergaming5989 4 года назад +36

      Yeah but just cause there's an election that doesn't mean we have a new PM every 5 years. The previous one would win again

    • @AICabal
      @AICabal 4 года назад +10

      @@babomb2146 In which case we will have the SNP thrown into jail :)

    • @usarkarzts4207
      @usarkarzts4207 4 года назад +76

      @@AICabal An advice from Spain: that doesn't work so well.

  • @arkhambricks7082
    @arkhambricks7082 Год назад +137

    4:41 No way that Another one bites the dust was put on behind footage of the Queen lmao

  • @jeffirwin7862
    @jeffirwin7862 8 лет назад +8066

    Damn. Communication must be difficult when Germans speak in a different font.

    • @fredrikkarner4115
      @fredrikkarner4115 7 лет назад +78

      Jeff Irwin where are my Hausschuhen?

    • @noaholzer9603
      @noaholzer9603 7 лет назад +142

      i'm not entirely sure that's maybe part of the joke, but in case it isn't: the plural of "Hausschuh" is "Hausschuhe", not "Hausschuhen"

    • @jpthomas9491
      @jpthomas9491 7 лет назад +100

      Honestly I'm more concerned about "In welchem Land ich bin Koenig?"
      I don't know if that's part of the joke either but that's not how German grammar works you guys.
      At all.

    • @jpthomas9491
      @jpthomas9491 7 лет назад +15

      That's more or less correct, yeah. It's been a while since I've seriously studied German so I'm a little rusty.

    • @rcm926
      @rcm926 7 лет назад +58

      You wouldn't say "I am the king" in German, you'd always say "I am king", so it's "In welchem Land bin ich König"

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul 4 года назад +5072

    “In welchem Land ich bin König? Wo sind meine Hausschuhe?” = “In which country am I king? Where are my slippers?” 😂

    • @Amphibax
      @Amphibax 4 года назад +179

      Finally somebody is asking the important questions

    • @darcygardner415
      @darcygardner415 4 года назад +23

      @@AK_Wappo no, that's wrong. that means "am i" literally but it doesn't make grammatical sense. "ich bin" can mean "i am" or "am i" in different contexts.

    • @mutekinokishi6608
      @mutekinokishi6608 4 года назад +158

      @@darcygardner415 Actually, AK is quite right if he refers to the text in the video. "In welchem Land ich bin König?" is unfortunately not correct syntactically (It has to be "In welchem Land bin ich König?"). Nevertheless I appreciated the joke very much.

    • @redlophix5670
      @redlophix5670 4 года назад +56

      German here, hello. Actually I had the most difficulties because of the weird font the German sentences were written in😂And AK is right in this sentence "In welchem Land bin ich König?" would be correct, so "bin" and "ich" swapped around

    • @aryan_kumar
      @aryan_kumar 4 года назад +29

      "In which country I am king?"*
      If the German sentence is incorrect, then the English one has to be too.

  • @JonatasMonte
    @JonatasMonte 5 лет назад +2071

    "The Eyes to the right and the Noses to the left"

  • @quack4123
    @quack4123 2 года назад +87

    “Whips go around making threats and promises so that MPs vote as they’re told”
    So, they’re like politicians, for politicians?

    • @nubgaming1013
      @nubgaming1013 2 года назад +10

      The last comment before the queens death

  • @coebags
    @coebags 4 года назад +3015

    I,ve just been watching your shit all afternoon, as a 66year old Londoner, born and raised, I,d just like to say "What a blinder, I have,nt enjoyed anything so much in yonks" educational, and very piss takingly funny .Keep up the great work. Cheers.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 года назад +835

      Aw, thanks Alan!

    • @k4four615
      @k4four615 3 года назад +93

      @@anonymousanonymous1987, i'm muslim, but this has nothing to do with religion.

    • @anonymousanonymous1987
      @anonymousanonymous1987 3 года назад +12

      @@k4four615 so what if it doesn't? Because he mentioned that he's over 60 years of age it clicked to my mind that he may not have long left.
      Possibly, after myself leaving them comments he may be interested in islam and find the truth. Regardless if his original comment wasn't anything to do with religion.
      We pray God guides you Alan to the straight path.
      ☪️

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 3 года назад +56

      @@anonymousanonymous1987 stfu about islam ... this has nothing to do with Religion .

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 3 года назад +9

      @@k4four615 I agree with you

  • @Richard_is_cool
    @Richard_is_cool 5 лет назад +5062

    It's 2019 and plot twist the politics has unboringed itself.

    • @FoxDren
      @FoxDren 5 лет назад +230

      And parliament makes even less sense

    • @NayNay-hw6im
      @NayNay-hw6im 5 лет назад +196

      How does British democracy work?...It doesn't. Lol

    • @glorylord6
      @glorylord6 5 лет назад +23

      Accurate, also the answer to the title now is barely if at all and that is debatable.

    • @dawiemeyer1630
      @dawiemeyer1630 5 лет назад +23

      Abolish the monarchy....the royals are parasites

    • @ren576
      @ren576 5 лет назад +11

      Plot twist on top of the plot twists plot twist: Boris, our pm broke the law just over a month before we’re supposed to leave the EU

  • @DoomOffial
    @DoomOffial 7 лет назад +353

    0:26 - "parliament is a baffling thousand years old institution that's been around for hundreds of years" 😂

    • @michaelzheng5250
      @michaelzheng5250 5 лет назад +7

      *Charles I flashbacks*

    • @tombull1342
      @tombull1342 5 лет назад +3

      That's why it's baffling ;)

    • @iloveindia3492
      @iloveindia3492 5 лет назад +1

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    • @jascrandom9855
      @jascrandom9855 5 лет назад

      @templar scott Actually, it come from the Great Councils established after the Norman conquest.

    • @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963
      @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 5 лет назад

      templar scott
      But parliament is about a thousand years old.

  • @NoName-eq9md
    @NoName-eq9md 3 года назад +385

    I chuckled when Lorde’s Royals started playing at the House of Lords part.

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh 2 года назад +17

      And how about Becks Loser for the minority party. 🤣😆

    • @claws811
      @claws811 2 года назад +1

      very nice

    • @fleetwoodcraic4235
      @fleetwoodcraic4235 2 года назад +4

      @@timmmahhhh fight for your right by the beastie boys played too

    • @nathanmcgill7249
      @nathanmcgill7249 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@fleetwoodcraic4235 During the part where Jay explains what party is. Genius

    • @DizzyingKaleidoscope
      @DizzyingKaleidoscope 2 месяца назад

      Also so many people in the neighborhood by ween when he talks about the PM appointing people

  • @redbaron4908
    @redbaron4908 5 лет назад +5162

    Politics Unboringed - How does British democracy work?
    *It doesn't*

    • @primodei
      @primodei 5 лет назад +144

      Interesting, German pilot talks about UK politics

    • @lokischeissmessiah5749
      @lokischeissmessiah5749 5 лет назад +53

      Haha. Said a German.

    • @erikkr.r.m7380
      @erikkr.r.m7380 5 лет назад +32

      democracy as a whole doesnt work well

    • @hhs_leviathan
      @hhs_leviathan 5 лет назад +10

      Honestly you are not that far off...

    • @johnrandall125
      @johnrandall125 5 лет назад +40

      With our archaic and unrepresentative 'Worst Past The Post' voting system and an unelected House of Lords it is debatable if Britain is a democracy at all.

  • @finnholden636
    @finnholden636 3 года назад +834

    "An old lady lucky enough to be descended from the family with the most violent army" ahahahaha

    • @Kanbei11
      @Kanbei11 2 года назад +25

      Bigger Army Diplomacy

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 2 года назад +8

      @@Kanbei11 not necessarily bigger, just by chance or training more successful at the doing of the violence.

    • @d24d2000
      @d24d2000 2 года назад +3

      I wouldn't consider it to be lucky in the first place.

    • @rtozier2011
      @rtozier2011 Год назад +9

      @@Kanbei11 William the Conqueror > Henry I > Matilda > Henry II > John > Henry III > Edward I > Edward II > Edward III > Lionel of Antwerp > Philippa of Ulster > Roger Mortimer > Anne Mortimer > Richard of York > Edward IV > Elizabeth of York > Margaret Tudor > James V of Scotland > Mary Queen of Scots > James I > Elizabeth Stuart > Sophia of Hanover > George I > George II > Frederick Prince of Wales > George III > Edward, Duke of Kent & Strathearn > Victoria > Edward VII > George V > George VI > Elizabeth II > Charles III

    • @emperorhaya5351
      @emperorhaya5351 Год назад +1

      @@seekingabsolution1907 Better army diplomacy/Luckier army diplomacy

  • @purplefire2834
    @purplefire2834 5 лет назад +491

    I was really confused when Lorde started playing in the background. Then Jay introduced the House of Lords.
    Well played.

    • @ajirajend584
      @ajirajend584 4 года назад +18

      Well, then he played the Queen

    • @colbyw869
      @colbyw869 3 года назад +4

      He also played the sample from “so many people in the neighborhood” by ween a few times

    • @azaria_phd
      @azaria_phd 3 года назад +2

      Not to be confused with the House of Lordes.

    • @Julianna.Domina
      @Julianna.Domina 3 года назад

      @Werse Varsity In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.

  • @RedoStone35
    @RedoStone35 2 года назад +1604

    You'll have to update the thumbnail now...

    • @quietflintuk
      @quietflintuk Год назад +64

      Queen will never be forgotten 🤬

    • @medvjet
      @medvjet Год назад +19

      @@quietflintuk dunno if thats true

    • @hollow8421
      @hollow8421 Год назад +17

      @@medvjet It is

    • @dabomb9488
      @dabomb9488 Год назад +19

      @@hollow8421 you surely remember who was king in 1877?

    • @hollow8421
      @hollow8421 Год назад +23

      @@dabomb9488 Your point is numb and makes no sense. Last time I checked the quote never said "never be forgotten by all." Just that she won't be forgotten. I can google right now, and in 1887 queen Victoria ruled England. Someone must've remembered for that information to be present don't you think?

  • @datsko6339
    @datsko6339 3 года назад +508

    Everybody is in charge, but there are some people that are MORE in charge and others who are the MOST in charge

    • @afischer8327
      @afischer8327 3 года назад +33

      That might be the most accurate description here. After all, we can raise a petition online, which might then reach 10,000 votes, and then the point HAS to be debated in Parliament. Or you can bombard your MP with letters and emails, until he or she asks a question in the House. The only difference between feeling powerless and feeling empowered is energetic persistence.

    • @CuFhoirthe88
      @CuFhoirthe88 3 года назад +9

      @@afischer8327 No number of letters and Emails will outweigh the power of campaign donations. Politicians are all bought and not by you.

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 2 года назад

      @@afischer8327 it is frustrating how much you have to badger and nag the idiots in power before they'll do anything you want. They don't have to do anything their constituents want legally speaking and there's no method of removing them if they don't save not voting for them next time which means the power of the electorate is somewhat blunted since they only need to be slightly more agreeable to the fraction of their constituents who vote than the other person at the time of the next election and can spend the rest of their time doing whatever the heck they want regardless of the wants or needs of those that elected them, it's a darn travesty that.

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 2 года назад

      @@oldstyle-Danish-exmil.officer down with all monarchs.

    • @DJ-Brownie-UK
      @DJ-Brownie-UK 2 года назад

      i stick 9v square batteries up my arse so i always FULLY charged , sometimes to make myself the overarching supreme being i will squat on a dildo sized tesla coil , wooo that,ll set sparks flying letmetellyou !!

  • @3seven5seven1nine9
    @3seven5seven1nine9 5 лет назад +532

    It surprises me that he prefers the geographic map, seeing as non-tories usually don't like it because it makes it look like tories have way more seats than they do

  • @LarsPallesen
    @LarsPallesen 4 года назад +386

    3:36 I didn't waste my time pausing the video. It was well worth it.

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 года назад +11

      @Townfounder RUclipsr Jokes on you.

    • @lunchtiem
      @lunchtiem 3 года назад +5

      Its better. That's actually the same note from the "how do you become a lord?" video

  • @KrisuGranie
    @KrisuGranie 2 года назад +27

    Wow it showed itself on main page just when Queen died😭

  • @AxelWedstar411
    @AxelWedstar411 3 года назад +1083

    'Shadow Cabinet' sounds like the evil organisation in a shonen anime.

    • @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744
      @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 3 года назад +15

      If I'm correct shadow in Japanese is kage

    • @archise3191
      @archise3191 3 года назад +44

      @@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 KageCabinete rhymes pretty good

    • @planetbirthday6859
      @planetbirthday6859 3 года назад +5

      @@archise3191 that's good

    • @yukidaruma4768
      @yukidaruma4768 3 года назад +5

      sounds like deep state

    • @klaxoncow
      @klaxoncow 3 года назад +45

      The shadow cabinet is, of course, where Britain stores all of its shadows when it's not actively using them.

  • @burper-oe6tm
    @burper-oe6tm 3 года назад +450

    "Thousands of years old which has been around for hundreds of years"
    **confused screaming**

    • @zetovidillard
      @zetovidillard 3 года назад

      THIS

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 3 года назад +32

      "Thousands of years old then dissolved, and called again, and disolved again... so actually, they have been running un-interrumped for less than 1000 years so has been around for hundreds of years

    • @Checkmate1138
      @Checkmate1138 3 года назад +11

      The UK's extremely old, but not actually that old, but so old it feels like it might as well have been extremely old. =P

    • @BenDavisSkydiving
      @BenDavisSkydiving 2 года назад +11

      Technically anything which is thousands of years old is also hundreds of years old.

    • @bastadtroll8922
      @bastadtroll8922 2 года назад

      It means the overall system or idea of a system is thousands of years old but the modern in place version is hundreds of years old.

  • @IaHarbour
    @IaHarbour 5 лет назад +1071

    I like the fact that you showed a picture of the queen in front of a Canadian, and not British flag.
    So really the the Queen of Canada is pulling the strings in the UK

    • @avnerzino9283
      @avnerzino9283 5 лет назад +17

      Lizzy has no power, she is only a figure head

    • @jackcarley6655
      @jackcarley6655 5 лет назад +7

      AVNER ZINO lol

    • @wildgoose5964
      @wildgoose5964 5 лет назад

      so what's the point...

    • @leeboy26
      @leeboy26 5 лет назад +38

      @Ulti737fs It really is the only workable solution.

    • @raynes6286
      @raynes6286 5 лет назад +21

      Ulti737fs No, it’s the same person but the Queen of Canada as a position is irrelevant to U.K. politics, just as the Queen of the U.K. is irrelevant to Canadian politics.

  • @k992-o6r
    @k992-o6r 2 года назад +24

    4:40 that choice of music has aged like a fine wine

    • @rdclips3647
      @rdclips3647 2 года назад +2

      "Dun dun dun another one bites the dust"

    • @imbored01
      @imbored01 2 года назад +3

      Oof!

  • @thedripfinallystops
    @thedripfinallystops 9 лет назад +787

    Brilliant stuff get this man a tv show.

    • @FixdalOK
      @FixdalOK 6 лет назад +25

      Joshua Barnett TV is dead.

    • @L-mo
      @L-mo 5 лет назад +10

      Fixdal get him a Social Media channel then!
      Oh wait a minute

    • @bahardin3992
      @bahardin3992 5 лет назад

      @Dr ROLFCOPTER! who watches TV..??
      for those not in the stadium at Madrid, how many millions, nay billion, watched on TV Liverpool beat the crap of Spurs 2 nil..??

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 5 лет назад +5

      Joshua Barnett You could get him a TV show where thousands “may” watch him (in Britain) every week. ...OR, he could have a RUclips channel where 10s of thousands, and soon many many more can watch him multiple times a week with the global potential for millions of views. LOL... TV. Heh. My parents are in their late-70s, they still use a television...

    • @9inchpp
      @9inchpp 5 лет назад

      He kinda did

  • @baruchpinnick811
    @baruchpinnick811 4 года назад +3713

    Technically, the UK is a theocracy, in which God delegates His power to the Crown, represented by the Monarch, who effectively delegates her power to the Government, which derives its power from Parliament, which is elected by Jay Foreman...
    Another funny and most interesting and well-made video - thanks Jay.

    • @georgecatton
      @georgecatton 4 года назад +242

      Theocratic constitutional monarchy

    • @boyishmallard9404
      @boyishmallard9404 4 года назад +142

      its ironic how the vatican is technically a monarchy

    • @georgecatton
      @georgecatton 4 года назад +12

      @@boyishmallard9404 yes

    • @arkalis_
      @arkalis_ 4 года назад +105

      @@boyishmallard9404 Not only a monarchy, but one where the title of King is held to (closed) election and not inherited

    • @benjaminencarmine
      @benjaminencarmine 4 года назад +12

      Except no. It isn't. Monarchy by definition is divine right to rule, it involves theocratic constructs but isn't a theocracy. Idiot.

  • @EYDuff
    @EYDuff 3 года назад +2271

    "The government can't do whatever it likes..."
    This did not age well.

    • @militantman
      @militantman 3 года назад +14

      ?

    • @bothi00
      @bothi00 3 года назад +58

      @@militantman Internal Markets Bill

    • @dustojnikhummer
      @dustojnikhummer 3 года назад +83

      @@militantman Illegal covid lockdowns

    • @jolonghthong
      @jolonghthong 3 года назад +44

      @@militantman things

    • @danieletabarrini31
      @danieletabarrini31 3 года назад +6

      EYDuff can i ask your profile picture?
      Its simply amazing and colorful!

  • @ctalcantara1700
    @ctalcantara1700 3 года назад +15

    I love that he used the "Queen of Canada" portrait as Queen Elizabeth is wearing the Order of Canada with the Maple Leaf flag on her side.

  • @princeofchetarria5375
    @princeofchetarria5375 3 года назад +93

    Looking back, 2015 seems like such a simple time 😂

  • @jacobsharpe8219
    @jacobsharpe8219 3 года назад +1931

    The queen technically owns 16% of the earths surface.

    • @star.interlude
      @star.interlude 3 года назад +23

      True

    • @jacobsharpe8219
      @jacobsharpe8219 3 года назад +92

      @@dominos1529 no conquering it, if we go by your logic almost everyone has a claim to everyone else land, stop being a dumb ass.
      and most of that land is from islands and there 12 nautical miles in all directions. and if u keep complaining well colonies u again. through tea heroin or 120mm shells

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 года назад +102

      @@dominos1529 conquest aint theft my guy. If we used your logic, everything is a theft. The only people who own things are what, the first cultural groups in a region? The first hominids to nomadically roam a place? What is it? Whose the true kangs and queenz?

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 года назад +23

      @@dominos1529 hate people for reasonable reasons. Hating people due to your own oversimplification and ignorance is lame.

    • @jacobsharpe8219
      @jacobsharpe8219 3 года назад +20

      @@dominos1529 do you know what lands the british currently hold, a small city in spain called Gibraltar, the Falklands and other small islands we decolonized when we couldn't hold them anymore or decided it was morally wrong also please do cease ur bitching military might was the sole thing that mattered to most countries for most of history if we didn't conquer them someone else would it is in human nature to want, we are just better accustomed to controlling it now through culture and learning about history and how its gone south on several occasions.

  • @samotten9874
    @samotten9874 9 лет назад +346

    Why is King George I asking (in incorrect German) "In which land am I King? Where are my house shoes?"

    • @WorldNews92
      @WorldNews92 9 лет назад +109

      Sam Otten Because He is the King, and therefore can ask whatever He wishes!

    • @LordDim1
      @LordDim1 6 лет назад +45

      Well, George I was King of Great Britain, but he was also King of Ireland. As well as Elector of Hannover. He also (along with all English monarchs from Edward III until George III gave it up in 1801) claimed the title of King of France. So, in a way the question makes sense.

    • @henningbartels6245
      @henningbartels6245 6 лет назад +5

      ... why does he not know the correct way how to use the two different types of "s" (long and round S) in a German Fraktur script?

    • @danielvaldez9946
      @danielvaldez9946 6 лет назад

      Ask bongo

    • @Warriorcats64
      @Warriorcats64 6 лет назад +3

      Henning Bartels It's King George, most of those lot were quite mental already.

  • @foundingtitan7
    @foundingtitan7 2 года назад +35

    I am watching this video 7 years later and he is one of the best presenters I have ever seen.

  • @zacchambers2418
    @zacchambers2418 7 лет назад +340

    this reminds me of when Tom Scott ran for parliament as mad cap'n tom

    • @joebrad275
      @joebrad275 7 лет назад +1

      zac chambers yesss

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 7 лет назад +29

      Check the previous video in this series, Map Cap'n Tom actually appears in an election result Jay uses as an example.

    • @luk3c1ary
      @luk3c1ary 6 лет назад +1

      In one of these videos, maybe the tactical voting or who shoul I vote for shoes mad capn tom

    • @averagecoloniser4586
      @averagecoloniser4586 5 лет назад

      Good lord imagine if a joke candidate wins

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 5 лет назад

      He did?
      At least we know he’s intelligent.

  • @FlyAirNick
    @FlyAirNick 8 лет назад +104

    I died when he tore the page out of the delicate old book 3:13

    • @WannabeMarsanach
      @WannabeMarsanach 8 лет назад +6

      it best be fake though...

    • @jamesmatthews291
      @jamesmatthews291 8 лет назад +7

      It's probably real a really old real old real book - you can tell because he's wearing special gloves to handle it.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  8 лет назад +53

      It's so fake! Look carefully, you can see it's not even attached to the book!

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  8 лет назад +61

      And while I'm at it, it wasn't even a real library. Hence the green sheen on the screen.

    • @FooBarBash
      @FooBarBash 7 лет назад +10

      Was the green sheen on the screen clean?

  • @mladen7641
    @mladen7641 3 года назад +144

    People in 2689, when the Immortal Queen Elizabeth controls the worlds with laser telekinesis: This didn't age quite so well.

    • @emptyalsoempty7366
      @emptyalsoempty7366 2 года назад +49

      this didn't age quite so well.

    • @mantapjiwa632
      @mantapjiwa632 2 года назад +29

      You guys remember the time when the queen was still alive and we made a joke about her being immortal? Those were the days.

    • @SacsachCCABP
      @SacsachCCABP 2 года назад +11

      @@mantapjiwa632 Don’t worry, Charles will find the secret totem of undying purse too

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 Год назад +4

      Nor did your comment my good sir.

  • @spaghettboy2173
    @spaghettboy2173 2 года назад +32

    The RUclips algorithm is a cruel mistress

  • @genticles9981
    @genticles9981 5 лет назад +1719

    They use the word ‘Aye’ instead of ‘Yes’ because they’re pillocks

    • @taliesinhalliday
      @taliesinhalliday 5 лет назад +36

      its called tradition. "aye" means "yes" and people still use it.

    • @Nozylatten
      @Nozylatten 5 лет назад +70

      Well i'm Scottish and i do the same, i guess majority of my Country are pillocks too, thanks.

    • @genticles9981
      @genticles9981 5 лет назад +12

      Flavius Belisarius nah, it’s not your fault

    • @neilvincent5524
      @neilvincent5524 5 лет назад +20

      And 'pillock' is an old word for a small penis...

    • @WilliamCooper2005
      @WilliamCooper2005 5 лет назад +12

      I say aye sometimes, but more in the northern way. Aye lad (Yorkshire accent.)

  • @epsilon3117
    @epsilon3117 5 лет назад +689

    ‘They’ll be a instant revolution and we’ll set her Palace on fire’
    Sounds about right.

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy 4 года назад +41

      just like the french did

    • @australianword3812
      @australianword3812 4 года назад +17

      @Jay-john Derbyshire r/foundtheblueman

    • @michelsand5399
      @michelsand5399 4 года назад +10

      Jay-john Derbyshire oh look one of those classic neopagan-viking-descended europeans! Go on tell us about how foreigners are bringing down your country like how the germans brought down rome.

    • @australianword3812
      @australianword3812 4 года назад +8

      @@michelsand5399 shh! Let him feel speshal!

    • @michelsand5399
      @michelsand5399 4 года назад +1

      @Jay-john Derbyshire And what is the meaning of paganism?

  • @aasmund_ks6369
    @aasmund_ks6369 8 лет назад +604

    House of Lordes. Goddamnit.

  • @dogdeederetoilesmysterieus2971
    @dogdeederetoilesmysterieus2971 2 года назад +21

    Well, she's not anymore.

    • @nubgaming1013
      @nubgaming1013 2 года назад

      I mark this as the first comment after she died

  • @solderbuff
    @solderbuff 3 года назад +100

    02:04 - Ukrainian parliamentary footage. LOL. We call it "Supreme Treason" (as a pun on "Supreme Council").

    • @RestitutorEuropa
      @RestitutorEuropa 3 года назад +2

      Good ol’ Ukrainian politics

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 2 года назад +2

      "Verkhovna Zrada"? I am not sure if they committed treason, but it's funny either way! Thanks for mentioning it!
      Also, I wonder where I can get the footage from the "Treason"?

  • @thebit1097
    @thebit1097 4 года назад +505

    "In welchem Land ich bin König? Wo sind meine Hausschuhe?"
    Bruh he really be usin google translator

    • @fizzy9226
      @fizzy9226 4 года назад +14

      He asked "Wo sind meine Hausschuhe"

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 года назад +22

      @@fizzy9226 Where are my slippers? hahahha

    • @jamestaylor3066
      @jamestaylor3066 4 года назад +8

      Bin ich anyone?
      Or just not google translate

    • @Gasmassk
      @Gasmassk 4 года назад +1

      is your name a Melvins reference?

    • @lasseb5612
      @lasseb5612 4 года назад +4

      Warum? Was ist denn falsch daran?

  • @maninredhelm
    @maninredhelm 5 лет назад +26

    So much of British society appears to depend upon the presumption that people aren't going to behave unscrupulously.
    That may be an increasingly unwise foundation to build upon.

  • @gilgatex
    @gilgatex Год назад +23

    Playing "Another One Bites the Dust" when showing Queen Elizabeth did not age well

  • @yacob1113
    @yacob1113 3 года назад +55

    I like how you can literally just knock on the PM’s door but you can’t get within half a mile of any senator

    • @dechasrisen4783
      @dechasrisen4783 3 года назад +20

      That wasn't the actual 10 Downing Street, just a black door which happened to be No. 10 somewhere. Downing Street has had gates for just over 30 years (and had a wooden barricade during the Irish Civil War)

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 3 года назад +2

      Could you knock on the queen's door though?

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 года назад +9

      Technically you can meet with members of the U.S. Congress, just not right after an attempted coup.
      There have been events where a whole bunch of environmentalists sat around Nancy Pelosi’s office while she was in there and effectively forced her to listen to them before separating enough for her to get back to her job.

    • @bloodclaat
      @bloodclaat Год назад +1

      @@1mol831 No you would get shot with a knife/gun hybrid by a dude in a big fluffy hat.

    • @interbard
      @interbard Год назад +1

      10th Downing Street doesn't look like that

  • @doyle201206
    @doyle201206 3 года назад +99

    You've not included the civil servants who actually run the govenmemt

    • @carlwilkerson9722
      @carlwilkerson9722 3 года назад +21

      Yes, Minister.

    • @virgilxavier1
      @virgilxavier1 3 года назад +11

      @@carlwilkerson9722 Nonsense, Minister, I am but a humble functionary carrying out the orders of my master...or mistress. My that does sound awkward. My wife never did understand.

  • @PrillyMcPrillinson
    @PrillyMcPrillinson 9 лет назад +113

    I wouldn't mind more things unboringed.

  • @mananagrawal6855
    @mananagrawal6855 Год назад +7

    Playing bites the dust while talking about the queen was a great touch and is an even greater touch now.

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman 3 года назад +21

    "Technically anyone can run for parliament"
    Mad Cap'n Tom Scott

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 5 лет назад +461

    Just like Emperor of Japan who is officially can declare war or peace, approve or fire Prime Minister, disband or form The Parliament, even change the constitution, but since the end of World War II, Japanese Emperor mostly for ceremonial purposes only and rarely make a political decision.

    • @Blyskawica1
      @Blyskawica1 5 лет назад +8

      Ernest Jay ‘rarely’ so more than our Queen then.

    • @CharlieHolmesT
      @CharlieHolmesT 5 лет назад +46

      @@Blyskawica1 The queen has all those powers too and officially has disbanded and formed every government during her rule. Read about Edward VIII if you're unfamiliar with just how much the sovereign of our nation actually does. Like handleing lots of classified documents for example.

    • @DrRekiin
      @DrRekiin 5 лет назад +100

      Unlike the British monarchy, the Emperor of Japan no longer has any of those powers - officially or otherwise - under the postwar constitution. His role is now actually properly ceremonial in the sense that his presence is legally a formality.

    • @chrissneed7072
      @chrissneed7072 5 лет назад

      Same here

    • @Haliya.
      @Haliya. 5 лет назад +28

      Emperor of Japan is officially ceremonial and has no power so the British monarchy and Japanese monarchy are very different

  • @kodakgreen6047
    @kodakgreen6047 3 года назад +13

    2:24: "in which country am i king? Where are my house shoes?"

  • @cactuscreek5925
    @cactuscreek5925 2 года назад +13

    well now the queen isn't the ruler anymore

  • @harrisonshone7769
    @harrisonshone7769 7 лет назад +1067

    Having one rich ninety year old who nobody voted for choose you're leader for you. Oh please! Here in America we have dozens of those to choose our leader for us!

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 6 лет назад +90

      *your - it's bad enough seeing people CONSTANTLY getting it wrong the other way round!

    • @hens0w
      @hens0w 6 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/JUDSeb2zHQ0/видео.html

    • @ariltherandomguyonyoutube5220
      @ariltherandomguyonyoutube5220 6 лет назад +29

      Harrison Shone
      atleast she didn't create another "cuban missile crisis"

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 6 лет назад +5

      She chooses the most supported party members

    • @ryankiser4639
      @ryankiser4639 6 лет назад +23

      Mr. Shone is referring to the Electoral Collage.

  • @maacpiash
    @maacpiash 7 лет назад +32

    "P.S. You have completely wasted your time pausing this video."
    I'm new in this channel, and I love this dude!

  • @WardyLion
    @WardyLion 5 лет назад +58

    “P.S You have completely wasted your time pausing this video!”
    Aw, bollocks! This reminds me of the time I reversed Arthur Smith’s rant in the classic Red Dwarf episode, Backwards!

    • @vincenttavani6380
      @vincenttavani6380 4 года назад

      Frawdder is red dwarf backwards

    • @hds66nl29
      @hds66nl29 4 года назад

      Wasted my time, pfff I think Samantha Ung Ung Ung has a point. As far as I'm concerned, first the dogs, than the cats! What are they thinking, walking around showing their naughty bits.

    • @edp6000
      @edp6000 3 года назад

      Watched that whole episode of Red Dwarf reversed. Good times

  • @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
    @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat 6 месяцев назад +6

    This entire video is coded with the titles and names of songs and artists.
    1:37 - Talking about political parties, song is "Fight For Your Right [To Party]" by the Beastie Boys
    3:16 - Talking about back benchers, song is "Loser" by Beck.
    4:15 - Talking about the House of Lords, song is by Lorde
    4:45 - Talking about the Queen's veto, song "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen

  • @joaquinaugusto625
    @joaquinaugusto625 5 лет назад +773

    "an old lady lucky enough to be descendent of the family with the most violent army"
    -Monarchy in a nutshell

    • @ninny65
      @ninny65 5 лет назад +47

      The English are German

    • @AbsoluteMiniacGena
      @AbsoluteMiniacGena 5 лет назад +7

      Meghan Markle wants to rule England

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 лет назад +11

      @John Broadhurst King George I (elector of Hanover) was German and (as pointed out in the video) spoke no English. He was invited to take the throne on the death of Queen Anne (sister of Mary II, who came over with her husband Willam of Orange to kick the catholic James II off the throne back in 1689.)

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 лет назад +7

      @John Broadhurst my point being that it's false to say that the Queen's great great etc grandparents weren't German. In fact Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert was also German, so yes, the Queen's great great grandfather was actually German.

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 лет назад +5

      @John Broadhurst Alright, there's no need for insults.

  • @ThePixel1983
    @ThePixel1983 4 года назад +28

    I wonder how nervous Jay was, standing in front of that palace, with that canister, saying those words. (Hm, he could have said something else and changed the text when dubbing at home...)

    • @ixlnxs
      @ixlnxs 3 года назад +6

      He clearly knew how far away he had to stand to say it without getting into any trouble...

  • @Zadakleader635IvanTheRobot
    @Zadakleader635IvanTheRobot 4 года назад +42

    2:13 i keep repeating this part

  • @royaltraitor2000
    @royaltraitor2000 5 лет назад +173

    1:06 “How are they CHOOSHED” ......

  • @grahamlive
    @grahamlive 8 лет назад +1158

    "They use the word Aye instead of Yes because they're pillocks". Come to Scotland and say that ya bam! :)
    Actually. you'll probably just get laughed at for using the word "pillock" as an insult.

  • @pundlik9012
    @pundlik9012 2 года назад +12

    Everyone gangsta until youtube starts recommening this video again after the queen's dead.... 👀

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP 2 года назад +14

    To the people saying “OUTDATED” “FIX NOW” “UPDATE THE VIDEO”
    First of all, it takes months to make a single, very-informative video and leaving those comments won’t speed up the process.
    Secondly, you do realise all you have to do is replace “Queen Elizabeth” with “King Charles” in your head and suddenly it’s updated for you? You don’t need a whole other upload just to do that simple task.
    Third, if videos were erased every time they get outdated, there would be over half less RUclips videos than there are now. That’s like destroying the great pyramids because they “aren’t modern”

    • @LeakyTrees
      @LeakyTrees Год назад +4

      All I'm hearing is that we should replace all the Egyptian and Sudanese pyramids with bass pro shops

  • @DuskerHu
    @DuskerHu 2 года назад +12

    Oh dear

  • @Anna-nm6mo
    @Anna-nm6mo 9 лет назад +277

    i've learned more in 5 minutes than I ever did in school. WHY THE HELL DONT THEY TEACH US THIS??? how are we supposed to be responsible for our vote when we don't even know what we're voting for? this should be in the curriculum, but its not. it just goes to show how all we learn in school will never prepare us for the real world. even in the psd classes I only learned stuff I already know. *sigh*

    • @otocan
      @otocan 7 лет назад +7

      You're right, I think this is one of the main problems with out country today.

    • @jayjay99989
      @jayjay99989 7 лет назад +10

      anna??? Could you not take politics or citizenship or anything like that in school?

    • @johnnotts2
      @johnnotts2 6 лет назад +6

      This is what your parents are for...

    • @jasonmartin4775
      @jasonmartin4775 6 лет назад +5

      They're at work though.

    • @scotthurst5742
      @scotthurst5742 6 лет назад +8

      this should be basic education, or at least explained on the BBC, totally agree with this 2 year old comment

  • @ng855
    @ng855 2 года назад +8

    Now she really is in the sky😪

  • @innovativeatavist159
    @innovativeatavist159 3 года назад +413

    The more I learn about the way the UK and the USA's government works, the more I think it's more of an oligarchy than either country is willing to admit.

    • @BackTheNerd
      @BackTheNerd 3 года назад +40

      In many, many ways you're absolutely correct. Hell the ironic thing is that many Americans can actually watch some of these with some reassurance, at least in the US states call upon random fuckwits to form the Electoral College and espisdly asks (more often now *forces*, which good in this case) to vote for the president that won the actual election results, instead of what would otherwise be Congress.

    • @jonathanshapiro6593
      @jonathanshapiro6593 2 года назад +13

      @@BackTheNerd it’s been a long time since an elector went against the vote of the state. If it happened, there’d be some outrage
      Edit: it turns out this simply incorrect. Damn.

    • @Q-box
      @Q-box 2 года назад +1

      @@jonathanshapiro6593 there have been 87 faithless electors in the history of us elections, including *7* in the 2016 election. MANY electors have gone against their state.

    • @jonathanshapiro6593
      @jonathanshapiro6593 2 года назад

      @@Q-box wait what

    • @TheWinjin
      @TheWinjin 2 года назад +2

      @@jonathanshapiro6593 Wiki says that there were ten who attempted but three were invalidated

  • @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714
    @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 4 года назад +17

    A partyless parlament would actually be more likely to be in agreement, because then none of the MPs have to bow to a higher power but instead are there in the peoples name free to do as they see fit. If people come together to run a country its best they are free to do so rather than look out for special intrest groups who would not let them do what must be done.

  • @TheMrNalsur
    @TheMrNalsur 5 лет назад +56

    I guess that's one way for the Ukrainian parliament to be publicized... "Simulation" 😂

  • @whitesox2
    @whitesox2 2 года назад +34

    This aged well.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад +76

    Jay being disgusted as a map full of hexagons...he single-handedly predicted the outrage regarding NFT hexagon profile pictures on Twitter
    This is why we're glad we're pretty much a one-party state, with two smaller parties within our ruling alliance and the Chongryon. No arguments, no fist fighting, just peace and love for me

    • @blu3260
      @blu3260 2 года назад +7

      I don't think the hexagons were the problem with that pyramid scheme lol

    • @thomasfoster4370
      @thomasfoster4370 2 года назад +3

      @@blu3260 yes, it was those damn triangles

  • @TheDucky399
    @TheDucky399 5 лет назад +382

    September 2019: “Britain is a democracy”
    Me: “Really?”

    • @HaoSci
      @HaoSci 5 лет назад +7

      Thanks to Boris Johnson.

    • @AmusedWalrus
      @AmusedWalrus 5 лет назад +41

      @HowSci The remainers are the ones defying democracy by trying to prevent us from leaving the EU.

    • @bensykes9130
      @bensykes9130 5 лет назад +49

      @@AmusedWalrus it's not undemocratic to seek what people want and I'm pretty sure majority of people don't want a rushed out no deal

    • @ugugmug
      @ugugmug 5 лет назад +16

      @@AmusedWalrus the ERG voted against the withdrawal agreement - it would've passed if it wasn't for those brexiters

    • @mrmetal1680
      @mrmetal1680 5 лет назад +7

      It's a corporate fascist oligarchy.
      Anyone who calls the UK anything else is not only ignorant of history, but also blind as a bat when they can walk into any town centre and see it with their own two eyes. Lol.

  • @dan_tr4pd00r
    @dan_tr4pd00r 7 лет назад +118

    Really love how the music playing in the Background while showing the backbenchers was "Loser" by Beck

    • @yong-haotan6576
      @yong-haotan6576 5 лет назад +14

      And the last scene of Queen is the intro of Queen's song "Another One Bites The Dust". Brilliant!

    • @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX
      @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 5 лет назад +6

      You can also hear So Many People in the Neighborhood by Ween at around 2:30

    • @shehannanayakkara4162
      @shehannanayakkara4162 5 лет назад +2

      And when he was talking about parties, the song was 'Fight for your right... (to party)'

  • @yondie491
    @yondie491 4 года назад +8

    It was awesome to hear Ween during a video about governmental bureaucracy. Thank you.

  • @brendancross2767
    @brendancross2767 2 года назад +7

    Well this definitely hits different after yesterday

  • @funkyfranx
    @funkyfranx 5 лет назад +9

    0:04 oh my god, I had a proper chuckle at those sounds being made as Cameron walked

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 3 года назад +78

    Ironically - the Monarchy is strong defence against dictatorship. The Queen is an entirely independent individual who isn't reliant on any group for her wealth or power, and therefore can't be coerced. If anyone PM tried to threaten democracy, she could simply suspend parliament and call a general election - and most of the machinery of the state would back her without question.

    • @eamonreidy9534
      @eamonreidy9534 2 года назад +21

      Except all those countries with monarchies that became dictatorships

    • @bastadtroll8922
      @bastadtroll8922 2 года назад +2

      Stastically speaking randomness isnt acttually randomn when you can know and predict that it is going to be a randomn statstic. How can it be randomn if you know it will be randomn?

    • @electrosyzygy
      @electrosyzygy 2 года назад +7

      I think you misinterpret the monarchy; it's origin, purpose and current function. It is precisely because the monarchy has been gelded that it is innocuous enough. It's hardly a defence against dictatorship, it has been coerced into submission to democracy ('compromise') and the whole system only happens to work...for now.

    • @borjesvensson8661
      @borjesvensson8661 2 года назад +8

      @Fr-h WLH spain is a good example.

    • @HandballDinosaur
      @HandballDinosaur 2 года назад +8

      @@borjesvensson8661 And Mussolini's Italy. Italy was also a Kingdom, after WW2 they became a Republic.

  • @kenomax3429
    @kenomax3429 3 года назад +8

    "Our parliament is thousands of years old that has been around for hundreds of years."
    good one

  • @burieddreamer
    @burieddreamer 4 месяца назад +2

    What bothers me in this system is that even though I support one party, my local MP belongs to a party I don't support and that nutjob represents me.

  • @jakohuncho2410
    @jakohuncho2410 5 лет назад +9

    4:18
    The house of 🎵LORDEs🎵
    😭

  • @ZT742
    @ZT742 4 года назад +40

    The German bit- “In which country am I King? Where are my slippers?”

    • @GuerrillaSauce
      @GuerrillaSauce 4 года назад +1

      I got that, but the grammar seems completely off? It has been 15 years since I had any German tuition though...

    • @ZT742
      @ZT742 4 года назад +3

      Locke Pinder
      Yes you’re right, is should be “bin ich” and not “ich bin”.

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 4 года назад +2

      @@ZT742 Ja! I don't know much German, but I know that the first question translates as "In which country I am King?", not "Which countries am I King of?" (which makes more sense).

  • @jonathansmith1281
    @jonathansmith1281 4 года назад +408

    Question: Who's in charge of Britain?
    Answer: Yes.

  • @jamesquarterman491
    @jamesquarterman491 2 месяца назад +2

    It’s July 5th 2024 and plot twist the two people in charge are a King and a Labour PM, and one of them is a Sir.

  • @colbyw869
    @colbyw869 3 года назад +9

    Yuuhh the sample of “so many people in the neighborhood” by ween in the background💯💯

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 3 года назад +7

    Real answer: "You think someone is in charge? Oh, you sweet summer child."

  • @clarkgwillison
    @clarkgwillison 5 лет назад +7

    "So many people in the neighborhood, don't know if they're very good people..."
    I hear the WEEN

  • @fernandomaiasilvadias8199
    @fernandomaiasilvadias8199 2 года назад +2

    I loved the reference to the gibberish sketch of Rutland weekend television

  • @joshbrownmovies
    @joshbrownmovies 5 лет назад +36

    Did anyone pause the video and then read ‘PS you have wasted your time pausing this video’

  • @Arslan35
    @Arslan35 2 года назад +6

    Great sense of humour, algorithm!

  • @SuitedConnectors
    @SuitedConnectors 3 года назад +158

    "Real answer: dunno"
    WRONG
    The largest multinational businesses dictate.

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 3 года назад +10

      so basically, the chinese, or the CCP, is in charge of Britain.

    • @ryanhuntrajput474
      @ryanhuntrajput474 3 года назад +11

      @@512TheWolf512 NOPE not even remotely.

    • @hijodeputa5450
      @hijodeputa5450 3 года назад

      @@512TheWolf512 bruh

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 года назад +3

      @@512TheWolf512 CCP isnt in charge of its multinationals.
      Theyve basically ditched communism. Going for authoritarian corporate world domination (ok fascism with less econ regulation, more social regulation).

    • @Claudia-km9lo
      @Claudia-km9lo 3 года назад +1

      @@jorgepeterbarton except that a lot of chinese companies are very in touch with the CCP, if not outright nationalized

  • @calamaribowl8683
    @calamaribowl8683 2 года назад +4

    Time for an update

  • @scrutley
    @scrutley 9 лет назад +493

    Please do a house of Lords video!

    • @lucaslolz
      @lucaslolz 7 лет назад +58

      Yeah, you promised bruv

    • @runedudez
      @runedudez 7 лет назад +11

      scrutley update: he did it!

    • @ugopiro8888
      @ugopiro8888 6 лет назад

      scrutley essere un po' di tempo fa piacere Marta

  • @jdjones4825
    @jdjones4825 3 года назад +8

    Fair play jay, every video I have watched of yours, in my opinion deserves at least a double like..

  • @eamonahern7495
    @eamonahern7495 3 года назад +13

    Ireland basically adopted this system when we got independence except we're a Republic so we've a president instead of a Queen and he (or she) is chosen by the people and our voting system of proportional representation gives everyone running for election a better chance than the British one. Instead of x for your favourite candidate you put 1 beside your favourite candidate and 2, 3, 4 etc. beside candidates from most to least preferred other candidates. You can also leave boxes blank, including putting a 1 beside who you want to vote for and leaving the rest blank. Unlike in Britain, if you put an x on the ballot paper you've spoiled your vote. We only use x's for referenda*.
    *is it referenda or referendums (considering the plural of datum is data)?

    • @eamonreidy9534
      @eamonreidy9534 2 года назад

      Single transferable vote is better than first past the post. And I like how we try follow County lines for constituencies.

    • @jonathanwebster7091
      @jonathanwebster7091 Год назад

      Yes; a Parliamentary Republic.

  • @wimpwampwomp
    @wimpwampwomp 3 года назад +3

    Ah, I remember being asked 'Parliamentary where cabinet reshuffle opposition right honourable what?' on a test. The question stumped me.

  • @RendererEP
    @RendererEP 8 лет назад +395

    thousands of years old institution that has been here for hundreds of years? does that make sense?

    • @_Egitor
      @_Egitor 8 лет назад +206

      It sure does. If it is thousands of years old it definitely has been around for hundreds of years.

    • @dontgoaway0
      @dontgoaway0 8 лет назад +12

      I assumed the hundred's of years was reference to the rebuilt palace of westminster? or it was just meant to be funny.

    • @ChickenRiceMushrooms
      @ChickenRiceMushrooms 8 лет назад +116

      It was a joke.

    • @KOakaKO
      @KOakaKO 8 лет назад +28

      ...and a darned good one, too!

    • @scattygirl1
      @scattygirl1 8 лет назад +15

      It isn't even correct- thousands plural means at least 2000 years old. And it's not even 1000 years old.

  • @maxmustsleep
    @maxmustsleep 9 лет назад +215

    damn i have completely wasted my time pausing the video :D

  • @BallyBoy95
    @BallyBoy95 11 месяцев назад +1

    Your hard work (and Mark Cooper's) is so damn appreciated. Gave me so much educational entertainment. Keep up the good work, I genuinely look forward to it.

  • @pinkyfull
    @pinkyfull 8 лет назад +101

    I'm surprised you didn't lampoon FPP voting.

  • @thathandsomedevil0828
    @thathandsomedevil0828 5 лет назад +36

    Watching this in 2019... The sheer absolute state of it all..

    • @goodpeopleoftheworldunite
      @goodpeopleoftheworldunite 4 года назад +7

      2020 laughs in the face of you previous simpleton years. As will next year.
      Be cool Fonzie.