Honest American Reaction to the NHS, UK Annual Leave, UK Maternity Pay, and MORE!
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- I sit down with my best friend Emily and get her reaction as an American to UK healthcare, UK maternity pay, UK income tax, holidays, and more!
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A full allotment is 250 sq yards, in a major city it will cost around 175 us dollars a yr to rent. In a small town around 60 dollar
Allotments used to be easier to find then hipsters started using them and it became a big "lifestyle" bragging point and now it's a lot harder to get one, someplace's it's "dead mans shoes" to get one.
I can tell you American states also you get 28 days paid leave 4 weeks + 8 bank holidays a year but after working 3 years you normally get 5 weeks + 8 bank holidays if you work a bank holiday your pay is normally double pay +day in lieu or treble pay only for bank holidays Christmas day ...boxing day ..boxing day is the day after after Xmas or Saint Stephen's day .as it can be called .... new year's Day.... good Friday ...Easter Monday.... 2 bank holidays in May. 1 in August ...also maternity pay is paid whilst the mother of a new born child your employer pays so much then the government pay towards the rest at a reduced rate but you get family allowance paid each mouth for any children under 16 child I think it's around 80 pounds don't quite me since my children are all grown up but I'll check what my daughter in law what they get for grandchildren it's paid for each child.... also Jay walking is an offence in the UK but we call Jay walking when your intoxicated drunk or if your stupid enough to use illegal substance... you can be fined or locked up for the night or both ..also a allotment costs me. £ 45.00 pounds a year I reckon that's close to US $80.00 dollars or close they were meant for the working poor many many years ago but anyone can have one you grow vegetables fruit I also keep chickens so get free range eggs but not all allotments allow foul ...
So that's why you're tryin to blag on the patreon ,just in case you need an ambulance.
Oi,we do say we feel sick and don't have to barf as you septics say .
Ta tah
As you stated there are 4 nations in the UK, so there's no "the NHS" health is devolved and each nation runs their own healthcare systems.
For example in Scotland all prescriptions are free, which is not the case in England.
I am by no means one of these "NHS IS THE BEST THING ALL HAIL THE NHS" types: the system has flaws, some pretty big ones. But honestly...how can a modern state *not* have a public health system?
it blows my mind, too.
The nhs was invented originally to get the poor back to work, but it backfired on the government and they have been trying to eradicate it ever since.
Dunbass videos every Hospital in the US is by law required to give treatment or to stabilize a life threatening condition until you can be safely transferred to another hospital either private or state of your choice.the patient pays the bill if not then it goes to the state,and you never heard of medicare.
@@incognito96 that is a nonsense. Both your proposition as to why it was started and as to what successive governments have wanted/tried to do.
@@keir100 also nonsense. Medical debt will cause 7.5% of US citizens to declare bankruptcy over their lives. The idea of "medical debt" does not exist in any other OECD country.
As a Brit, I’ve experienced US healthcare and used the NHS a lot. The NHS isn’t perfect, but I’ll take it everyday and twice on Sunday😁
I was talking to a work colleague from Slovakia who moaned at me that the National Health service is crap , nurses are overpaid and don’t do enough or know what they are doing . I know she is in pain and waiting for an operation which would be sorted in Slovakia by now . I politely told her that the NHS is stretched due to a tight budget not helped by foreigners taking advantage and not paying their way . I also advised that if she spent less money on fashion and excessories she could go back to Slovakia to have her operation or go private . That got me a look but I was trying to be supportive and not angry . If this was the USA she would have had her operation straight away but she would be paying through the nose for it . I am grateful for the NHS
I'm assuming you didn't have health insurance? I'm a Brit who lives in Texas. My Mum is elderly and is in and out of hospital on a regular basis. She doesn't wait for anything. I dread to think of the treatment she'd get back in the UK.
Do they know about regenerative medicine?
I get 6months full pay if I’m off work I’ll,also you can’t claim holiday leave if your off ill
@@sirpatrickbikes We can take out health insurance here in England and that pays for private health care so if we or are loved ones end up needing help for being elderly then we will get it...but your not wrong in thinking that if you dont then its shite...the system is understaffed and underfunded in certain areas..but if you break a bone car crash stabbed and all th eother stuff your looked after...The NHS is something we are proud of but its strained and i cant see it getting much better...times are stressed here on this Island of ours...Howay the lads
I've had to tell a few Americans that restaurant meals are so expensive here in Australia because we pay staff a decent wage and don't make them beg for tips.
Yes, Australia’s minimum wage is $20.33 an hour compared to $7.25 in America hence why most people don’t feel the need tip the waiters extra.
I seem to remember on a cruise that the Aussies and Kiwis refused to tip citing the need for the Yanks to pay a decent wage
Same
@@fenman7147 I'm a kiwi. I don't tip because it's just not a thing here. I worked in a hotel for a few years doing maintenance. Quite often would be offered a tip after fixing something for a guest, but never accepted one, because it was my job to make sure they were happy with their rooms and I was paid well to do so.
Alan must be eating at expensive eateries. It's not that expensive here.
I've lived both in America as a young boy and an adult in the UK. The NHS is amazing. I am happy to pay into it. I've probably taken very little from it in comparison to what I've paid into it, but I am forever grateful for it's services. I remember breaking my leg playing soccer when I was 21 and the ambulance taking me to the hospital and getting an operation in three days. I then saw a physician for three months and also was given a physiotherapist to ensure I retain my movement in my leg after it healed. All this for simply paying 20 per cent of your wages. I couldn't believe it. It's a wonderful country. My parents had to work two jobs in America to ensure we can afford health care, mortgage and everything else despite both being trained accountants. In the UK, they never have to work two jobs. Both their salaries are enough to afford a mortgage, health care, travel and endless vacations since we get 28 plus days for paid vacations.
You wouldn’t be saying that if you had to use it for a long term condition. Believe me, it is dire and you only get the most basic of basic treatments unless you pay.
@@1961-v9k - I agree with you. That long time illnesses have always been an issue with the NHS.
But it's better than America due to the fact if you have pre-existing conditions or long term illnesses the insurance companies will move heaven and earth to ensure you do not get the full pay out or try their best to make sure that you get the basic payments and cover the rest out of pocket.
No system is perfect especially when it comes to handle long term illnesses.
@@bisonkambaine5628 true, but what I suffered with was a consequence of a freak blood clot (misdiagnosed three months) aged 36 through the contraceptive pill. I suffered 15 years afterwards with leg ulcers, which the NHS just sent me back and forwards to a wound clinic to be just managed for eight solid years. I did a lot of delving and realised they don’t have vein specialists (Phlebologist), they only have general vascular surgeons who are not Phlebologists. I eventually referred myself to a private clinic in London and paid for a Duplex Vein Mapping Scan, which, after much fighting I did get one of these from the NHS, but they failed to do a full one. It transpired I had Thrombotic Syndrome from the blood clot I suffered years earlier. The clot had damaged my GSV and my SSV including four perforator veins. I had three fantastic procedures which cured me of those horrendous leg ulcers and I haven’t looked back since. Cost me £6,000. When I add up eight years of clinic visits, lotions, potions, honey, bandages and compression hose the total came to approximately £25,000. These wound clinics are costing our NHS around 3 billion per year just treating the symptom and not the underlying cause.
On the other hand, I suffered a traumatic brain injury back in March after an accident at work, I was in critical care in a coma for one week, then in HDU for another week and in hospital all together for six weeks. I will be forever grateful to our NHS for saving my life, so I have experienced both the worst and the best of them 👍🏼
20% of your wages,.... Um,... NO!.
National Insurance Contributions are on a sliding scale, dependant on income. There is a "Income banding Table" which goes as low as 2% and the top level is 12%,...
@@jimmurdoch7745 - I stand corrected. Thank you sir 🤝
I'm now 64 years old... very little scares me. However, I have a 26 year old daughter, married to a Californian and living in L.A. Knowing that a simple (?) broken leg in the US Healthcare system can cost $25,000 sends a cold shiver down my spine.....
Seriously America,... you need a single payer system.
Oh, most of us know we need it. We just need to get election reform before we can have it.
Insurance companies have to make money. Pharmaceutical companies need unsuspecting indoviduals to use as lab rats. As a RN working in a variety of states it's a criminal enterprise. The doctors won't help you if you need a major surgery on State insurance but they will tell you that the problem is surgical. What?
So, they are unethical here. I need surgery and I got a note from the doctor to go to a mental health doctor for torn ligaments, DDD, transsacral lumberization, leg length discrepancy, facet arthritis, and grief. Yes, they don't care about people here only the money.
I find it unbelievable that the US does not a government backed health insurance system. Also that many US citizens think that the UK NHS system is communist.
One of my sons is marrying his Californian fiance (within the next year) and will also be living in LA and what has frightened / stressed me the most is the gun culture. I find the thought of the general public being able to carry a gun very scary. But it is also very worrying thinking what medical help is available and at what cost if his wife/himslef and any future children become poorly. For such a "modern" country in these two area's it is very backward thinking. Add the two together and you have the perfect storm of being violently wounded AND not being able to cover the costs for treatment. Better for the other halves to come here health and safety wise 🙂
Stop lying
It's important to note that it isn't 20% of your entire wage, just for the proportion above the tax threshold
yeah, so if the threshold was 20K and your paid 23K then its 20% of the 3K
@@MasterOfMisc correct also national insurance (social security) it about 6-7% and pays for unemployment benefits, state pension, the NHS and maybe other things not sure.
@@tonycrayford3893 These days I'm pretty sure it's just into general funds and pays for whatever needs paying for. There's very few taxes actually earmarked for specific things, at the national level anyway. Council Tax is another matter, that does have a general breakdown of where the funds go (locally my city council, County council, police and fire services).
@@tonycrayford3893 National insurance is currently 12% on goss earnings over £120pw (£520pm) and is calculated on a weekly/monthly basis not annual income like income tax. So if you work full time for the full 21/22 tax year and have no adjustments to your allownces for the full 21/22 tax year you will pay 0% on the first £120 per week 12% on the next £121 then a huge 32% on any earnings over that till you hit the higher tax brackets. ✌
Yeah, I feel like that REALLY wasn't made clear.
Also the way the woman was saying like 'oh yeah, some of my earnings goes for social security etc' (paraphrasing), I don't think it was made obvious that it basically sounds like the same kind of thing just by different names.
She doesn't receive/keep 100% of her earnings, she stated there were deductions.
It's probably just a pet peeve, but I have noticed that a lot of folk in the US when making these types of videos, seem to either unintentionally or purposefully obfuscate this particular fact - especially when it comes to health care and taxes.
The benefits that British people get haven’t easily been handed over . They have had to fight incredibly hard over many decades to get them.
The welfare system was introduced after WW2 to pick the country up... You make it sound like a class war 🤣
JOIN YOUR UNION
Well, the Conservatives voted against it.
@@SaintDeRidder workers rights(sick leave,holiday pay,safe working conditions)not just given,hard fought for since the 1800's.
The welfare system was introduced after ww2 to oppease the rise in communism.
The rise in the power of Workers parties such as the Labour Party led to us having some of the benefits we ha e today, such as social housing and the NHS. Sadly the system is not as perfect as it should be due to underfunding being undermined by Tory governments. However, the majority of British people would never stand for having to pay for an ambulance or to have no maternity rights.
My Dad used to have a saying for anyone in the UK who would overly criticise the NHS for mostly stupid insignificant reasons. "Well if you don't like it then BUGGER OFF to America and pay for your Own Health Insurance!"
I think the video makers to pay testament to his statement if we are comparing things.
You might want to read that last sentence out loud slowly. I'm not sure it says what you think it says. 🙂
I'm 46 and until 2018 I'd probably paid in more than I'd used as far as the NHS is concerned. Since then I've been diagnosed with diverticular disease and believe me the value for money is amazing.
The NHS is just amazing.
I'm 75 and my NHS usage has been small, so I guess (insurance wise) I'm funding you. And glad to so do.
@@tonyves I'm 71 and disabled. Over the decades the NHS has saved my life more times than I can count. For several years I virtually had a permanent bed prebooked in cardiac care. They've done even more for my 39 year old partner. She's been in 2 comas, been stabbed and had her skull split open by a previous partner before she came to me.
Unless you are one of the many miss diagnosed, treated horrendously. Which is my experience. You are lucky you have had a decent experience of NHS
Was your birth private? If not you've not even paid that off yet
@@bessthurgood9444 Where I live is none of your business. Nor is the amount I've paid in income tax and NI. I'll just say that it's *a lot!* I've worked hard all my life; often in heavy, dirty, dangerous jobs. In one of them, out of 5 people, 1 lost a leg, 1 lost an eye, one died in an industrial accident and 1 dropped dead from an heart attack while walking to work, leaving just me with multiple arthoroses, sciatica and a failing heart. Tend to your own knitting, woman.
No kidding, but as a Brit everyday I am thankful for the existence of Nye Bevan.
The fact that Americans can be reduced to bankruptcy for the sake of pursuing healthcare makes shivers run down my spine.
A friend of mine emigrated to the US. In a candid moment he said "the whole country runs on fear. Fear of no income, poor health, loss in status... everyone works hard because they're scared"
universal healthcare is the way forward, the USA is ok to visit but the healthcare system here is diabolically expensive wether you have insurance or not.
When you start to notice it, it's amazing how many American media plots involve someone being forced to do something shady because of outrageous medical bills.
full name. Aneurin bevan
I had a brain tumor. I can't imagine how much it would have cost me in America. I've had at least a dozen MRI scans just for monitoring after the surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
I'm sure I'd have lost my home, but for the NHS.
I'm so lucky to have been born in the UK. When I hear what American government do to their citizens...the grass is never greener on the other side
Yeh the American government is horrid
I lived there, I know for a fact I’m lucky to be back here.
But they are free in the US LOL!
@@cgisme no they’re not free in the US
@@muslimcrusader5987 That was British sarcasm.
I like the statistic ' Number of bankruptcies in the US due to illness last year vs Number of bankruptcies in the UK due to illness last year ..... 530,000 : 0 ' Works for me.
Wow! Says it all doesn’t it!
The funny thing is - the US spends more per capita on healthcare than Europeans do. Their health system has to support very high drug costs and hugely profitable insurance companies.
Well yeah Americans are milked. Have you not realized the status quo it's to squeeze every facet of life from the population and leave them with nothing of feeling or enjoyment.
Funny thing is UK spend only a little more on gov healthcare e.g. Medicare Vs nhs
It’s expensive to support the ultra rich.
Well money has to come from someone to pay for all those private jets and multi million mansons!
@@gerrywhelan5761 don’t forget the mega yachts.
I have to point out here that asking a brit to name American states will probably result in them naming a very large majority of them... If not all of them. The education system is different and we grow up watching American movies, we tend to know geography on a considerably higher level than Americans.
I feel like we could too here in Australia. I've also seen videos of Americans who can't list them.
I was about to say that she was taking a cheap shot there claiming Brits wouldn't know any American states. Arrogance and ignorance!
Most Kiwi's wold make a decent go of it.
@@peterkotara Kia Ora Peter. I think most Kiwis would actually do well including the Brits and the Aussies.
Land of the free
I'm a dual Australian/US citizen I've had over 25 major operations in Australia and never paid a cent, we get free GP visits and my prescriptions cost about $6 (the same script cost me over $400 in the US).
Whereas my American Aunt is hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt do to cancer and other illnesses yet they still think socialised medicine is a horrible idea and compare it to communism.
For a first world country It amazes me how little the US actually cares for it's citizens.
I really can't understand American thinking sometimes. 🇦🇺🇺🇸
Do they actually compare it to communism???? On a surface level you could justifiably compare it to communism, but you could compare all state run operations or assets to communism: like the military or the police force.
Politics beats practicality, uh?
The American health system, having moved here from London a few years back, is criminal. I've been told that American's were offered NHS in the 1950's but were scared into thinking it was communism by the big health insurance companies and they keep thinking it for some reason.
Well that's decades of brainwashing for you, with the corporate sector strongly behind that brainwashing, while it has got incredibly wealthy as a result, smart people 🙄!
Yes but weren't y'all forced to take the vaccine?
Our Canadian healthcare system isn't perfect, but I'm PROUD & grateful for it! 🇨🇦 `~Thank you *Tommy Douglas*
My husband had a heart procedure, MRI's, xrays, 2 specialists + other doctors, 5 days in hospital. Our cost: parking at the hospital. THAT'S ALL.
17 years ago I nearly died (viral cardiomyopathy) but the NHS saved my life. Thank you to all of the tax payers for allowing me to worry about my health and not my wallet! For all it's faults, I'm so grateful that we have the NHS, and I am always happy that my tax money is used to help others (except for a few notorious cases where most of us felt the money was not well used).
Regarding sick pay, as a result of my illness I was off work for months. I got full pay for 6 months, and was about to go onto half pay for 3 months. This was because, despite being fit for work after 6 months, I had to be assessed by my employer to see if they needed to make changes to my working environment to allow me to work safely. This took 3 months (I never found out why) but, because my employer was stopping me from returning, I began the full pay cycle again.
I've had 2 heart attacks. The first at 37 when I was (or thought i was) fit as a flee, without knowing I had a congenital heart condition, looking back the stabbings pains and fainting episodes I had as a kid suddenly made sense. So I've had at least 5 operations now (heart related alone), in fact more if you include the ones I had when I was working in building and crushed a finger that needed an op to clean it out, plus an op to pin my leg back together as a teenager. Include in the bill 2 different defibrillators I've had fitted, the latest one which can last 10 years - obviously reducing the amount of ops you have to have over time, and the last one alone cost £35,000. It almost makes me feel guilty how much money i must have cost the NHS and there's no way I've paid as much in taxes, but man am I glad of it. I also didn't choose any of these conditions and would gladly not have had them, but I also had a great granddad who died on the somme who never got to see his new born daughter, and a grandad who was killed at Dunkirk. So I think my ancestors have more than paid any debt my family owes this country. And that's how I justify it.
I am glad to help you
Now i have COL my liver is badly damaged i am dieing no treatment , no cure but i see doctors ct scans ulta sounds all free
The US is still living in the 19th Century in terms of workers' rights, health care and this insane unwillingness to accept the much-easier-to-use, decimal system.
They aren't living in the 19th century - it's a total capitalist society - corporations rule, not the government.
@@malcolmsleight9334 Yes. As David Mitchell describes it in the book, Cloud Atlas, it is a Corporatocracy. Nevertheless, the lack of health care, the poor workers' rights and the use of the imperial measurement system, are all 19th century failings.
The Price of Freedom.....
and this insane unwillingness to accept the much-easier-to-use, decimal system... if it works for them , which it appears to , then why worry? they were raised on it , to them , its normal , same as for you and the metric system.
@@richard6440 Thing is ... here in the UK, up until 1971, everyone was used to a completely bonkers currency system - pounds, shillings, pennies, half crowns, guineas, doubloons and pieces of eight ;) Something which had been in place for hundreds of years. It worked for them, they were raised on it - to them it was normal etc etc.
But on the 15th February 1971 it all changed, and we moved to the decimal system. Some people were against the change at the time, because "it was all they knew" - "they were raised on it". But would anyone seriously claim that it was the wrong move?
The us be like: Awe do we have a new little intern here
The U.K. be like: why’d you bring your baby to work? Go home get some rest, we’ll see you in a year.
They'd think it was cute show and tell, the first day, but then write her up for not having adequate childcare, and in a month's time could lose her job.
Many times when I was younger I very excitedly thought “… I’d love to live in the US…”!!
Now, having visited and travelled through different parts of the US many times, I just laugh at the thought of that 😂😂. While it’s a very advanced country in some ways and absolutely love going there, the US is just so backward in so many ways…
And I’ve never gotten used to household front and back gardens being called “yards”. Everywhere else in the world a yard is a place with a concrete or paved surface where some kind of out door work or industrial activity takes place. A garden is where I grow flowers, shrubs, grass, have a barbecue, bounce a ball with my children, play with the dog, hang out or just do normal family stuff….. I don’t have a front and a back yard. I have front and back gardens.
Not sure what country you come from but it seems pretty narrow-minded to base any of your conclusions on the fact that we use different words to describe our gardens/yards. But as usual instead of just accepting that we use different words to describe the same things, you have decided that yours is superior and that make you smarter and better that Americans. Let me also add that life for most Americans is pretty good despite what you are told or what you experienced as a tourist visiting the US. I've travelled to many countries too and prefer mine without prejudice to others. I think that that is quite natural. ♥ Good day to you wherever you are. ♥
Aussies refer to a yard aswell!
@thick as well petethefungi
Plus the rabid religious beliefs that exist.....being ostracized by your community because you wrote an essay on witches at school, true situation......😮😮😮
@@sarahmottram3369 : Yes. Religion across many regions of the US is just a ridiculous money making exercise. Money, the root of all evil…..
My dad (Australian) met an American on a trip to America that had a broken leg for a few years because he couldn’t pay for surgery and my dad asked “did they at least give you medication” because the man was in pain and the man responded with “the medication doesn’t fully get rid of the pain so I skip days of the week so once a week I can have a day pain free.” To this day my dad still hopes he’s ok and still remembers him till this day
I just looked on the internet. The is from IRS. ‘The U.S. currently has seven federal income tax brackets, with rates of 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35% and 37%. If you're one of the lucky few to earn enough to fall into the 37% bracket, that doesn't mean that the entirety of your taxable income will be subject to a 37% tax. Instead, 37% is your top marginal tax rate.’
I visited the US in 1993 from Australia and thought it was insane the employee abuse, no paid holiday's no sick days, no long service and it goes on and on.
That's what you get when money is unlimited in politics.
But, but, it's the greatest country in the world! 😉
Yeah, but that's because we fought for it, we weren't gifted anything.
Those things we get like healthcare, workers rights, high minimum wages, benefits, adequate infrastructure, public safety, maternal leave etc we struggled to get and fight to keep and improve.
In the U.S big corporations lobby government to make sure the people have little to no rights and can make as much profit as possible on the backs of it's people. Anyone who questions anything they just dismissively label leftist or communist etc.
Yeah sadly you're treated like cattle. Not just at work but in pretty much every social situation.
@@crowhillian58 In your dreams.
The nhs is not free, but it is "free at the point of use", we do have to pay "national insurance" for it, which is a pittance compared to the US.
Americans pay around the same amount per year in tax towards healthcare that the British do. It’s just that it only covers seniors and veterans and life threatening emergencies.
It’s crazy they get such a tiny fraction of the services for the SAME amount of tax paid. If only they had some sort of tools available to fight back against a tyrannical government who takes all that money and doesn’t give healthcare in return….
Don't get me started on the NHS! ... it's brilliant!
3 weeks ago, I stayed overnight in hospital (for the first time ever), having been rushed to surgery because of a severe problem with my finger. The infection had spread into my arm.
I must have had over 20 people take care of me in less than 24 hours. All with good humour and even a sense of fun!
Total out-of-pocket cost: £0 ... the hospital was a money-free zone. For 24 hours, I had no money worries at all ... just a will to get better again, and sheer admiration for the underpaid, overworked, sometimes hilarious heroes that keep this thing going.
In the USA, I would have been financially completely ruined. I would have committed suicide. Those itemised hospital bills would have destroyed me.
Nobody talks about the mental health aspect of the NHS ... not having to worry about money is extremely important to your physical well-being.
Essentially - I found my first ever stay in hospital to be a "time-out" - where I could just be calm, lie in my hospital bed, and be full of happy thoughts, on the way to getting better.
This did come at a price, however ... £1700 in taxes .. which covers the fucking Royal Family and military as well as the NHS!
Best health system in the world. Not perfect, but definitely the best considering even the premiums and deductibles of US Health Insurance. £1700 is WAY less than somebody in the USA pays for even basic coverage over the course of a year.
AND they're paying these garbage premiums whether they get sick or not. They could be paying over $10 000 a year, even though they never got sick!
My taxes wouldn't even pay for a US ambulance ride. Shocking.
those taxes you bleat on about cover social care, Policing, NHS, education, transportation, road maintenance, refuse collection, environment, recycling, local Councils and the military etc. The Soverign Grant for the Royal family costs each citizen approx £1.40 a year, yet they bring in billions in revenue, tourism and trade. King Charles III also pays taxes. The UK military is another institution to be proud of and has been for over 1000 years. Is there anything else you want to whine about? Or are you content your paltry £1.7K in taxes gives you the right to be rude about culture, history and customs?
Please don't slag off the royals. They add an extra dimension to Britain that would be missed...
They are representative of everything that is wrong with this country, you Tory simp
When King Charles III pen dropped onto the floor - fucking easy, just pick it back up and start writing again ...
But no ... he berated his servant for not picking the pen up in a timely manner
What an utter SHITHEAD!
I still haven't forgotten the way he treated Diana - his trophy wife ... when what he was really after was his soulmate - a horrible piece of upper-class work called Camilla
I respected Queen Elizabeth - I even talked to her - she was an amazing person. The 2012 olympics, she was over 80 as she stoically sat through that 4 hour opening ceremony (she must have been juiced up on Red Bull or Monster) ... she was the only one who showed any of the qualities needed to lead a nation by default. (lol)
She should be the end of the monarchy.
There's no reason for them any more.
They are not the "glue that binds the country together" - they're just like Netflix ... a complete waste of money after you've seen the one best show they have on there.
Overpriviliged, extremely rich beyond imagination. And WE pay for it, as we can't afford to go to the supermarket?
Yes - people are starving to death right now, in one of the richest countries on Earth.
Because people like you would rather see children die of mal-nutrition, than not to pay King Charles's taxes to himself.
Most excellent rant and much appreciated by myself, a Scot who fathered an unbearable bragging American brat who saw mess nothing more than lowlife foreigner and cash cow. @@juliehillman8743
My two friends work for the NHS . They are not under paid. One is Admin the other mental health nurse.
I've been trying to convince my wife to move back to the UK with me (I'm a Brit) and your video definitely helped with that! It also makes me realize how tough it's been for me to adjust to the American work system and its so not easy!
Yeah mate, try bloody Canada, free health, but treat workers like the %$%# on shoe.
@@tonyfurneaux3399: workers are badly treated in most capitalist economies.
As a brit I agree with Tony try canada 1st
I wouldn't go back to Britain if you gave me a winning lottery ticket. That asylum was bad enough 20 years ago, so glad I upgraded to the US.
@@paulmcfeeters5554 Good luck . Just don't get sick !
An allotment is usually Council owned land, which people can apply to rent. A small rent is charged, around £10.00 a year.
Most often people who have allotments don't have much outside space at home and they grow vegetables and flowers on the allotment. These pieces of ground are called allotments because they are allotted to the person using them. They are very popular and there are waiting lists for them.
Yard means a place which is concrete or brick outside. A garden has plants and greenery in it.
I used to work for an American oil company that operated in the UK, every so often one of our senior executives would be invited to do a year's secondment in the US. When Mr X went to the US he advised HR of the dates of his 5 weeks annual leave (standard UK entitlement). They were outraged and indignant and told him he couldn't take more leave than his US colleagues. Fine he replied but if I take less annual leave I expect to receive the 35% higher salary my US counterparts receive. He kept his leave.
Lmao this was satisfying to read. I can just imagine the greedy fuckers throwing their coffee cup at the wall, lmao.
Also what did your American colleagues think of your paid leave?
@@mael2839 The hilarious answer to that question is they would probably be mad, but there's statistic after statistic showing that Americans don't even take the time off we are given. Most Americans leave many hours of PTO on the table every year, even when it's earned from their work
Naming the four nations that make up the UK is easier than naming all the US States, I got talking to a US visitor a few years back and we had a test of naming all the States and amazingly I beat him by naming three more than he did, it was good fun. 🇬🇧🇺🇲😍
We learn the fifty states set to a song in primary school, and many decades later I still occasionally have to refer to the song. Then again, there are also times I have to refer back to the alphabet song, so maybe it's just me.
I just said the same thing. Naming four countries is WAY easier than naming all 50 States. Especially if you don't know a song or prompts ro remember them.
I just tried listing them all and managed to get 43. Maybe I'll try and learn the song so I can remember them ALL in future.
@@thejollysloth5743 If knowing all the States was in a final of a Quiz and a million Dollars 💵 was riding on knowing the answer you would be gutted if you only got to 49.....agggggh. 🙄😡👍
@@andrewkerr3836 True. Imagine losing a million because you forgot about Maine or Oregon!
@@thejollysloth5743 Could be worse.... imagine if you overlooked Alaska!!! 😮😆👍
Reactions like this always make me think of just how backward things really are in the US, it's pretty scary that these things aren't commonplace. The NHS has saved my life in the past and at no point did I even have to consider the cost. Refusing to get treatment for fear of financial ruin should not exist anywhere in the world.
Unfortunately, "backward" is spot-on. It's allowed itself to become left behind in the modern world. From birth, Americans are encouraged to believe their country is the best in the world, and so they're disinclined to make what would be uncomfortable comparisons with other countries. No healthcare, executions and prison slave-labour, extreme poverty, abortion under threat, processed food full of carcinogens, undrinkable water, hopeless public transport, very little workers rights etc., etc.. Shameful for a country that continues to "big-up" itself on the world stage.
Especially in a country that claims to be the richest in the world and yet it has so many people that live in tents and cars due to sooooo much poverty
I agree with you. But, at the same time, we wouldn't be watching this video on UA-cam using American software and hardware without the United States and their innovation. So it isn't simple.
@@ajs41 Let me rephrase what you said (I know you did not say that but you wording implies it) : Keeping slaves is no problem if some people profit from it.
Sounds bad? Well if you look at how employees are treated these days in the USA as a European I can only wonder. We had revolutions in Europe to get rid of practices like that.
@@ajs41 American Innovation? Ah, you are talking about the unwanted immigrants vom India, Japan or even Muslim countries. Yeah, those are great.
I recently had a conversation with an American woman who had twisted her knee playing soccer. She was very thankful that although the operation was very expensive, she had good insurance, and she personally would 'only' have to pay the first $10,000.
My best friend lived in the USA for many years. His son fell from a tree & they took him to hospital (in their own car). He was concussed & had broken his arm, so they kept him in overnight to be safe. The bill was $11,000.
@@DrJamesFeelgood i got cut with a knife by a black guy went to hospital in abulance he kept asking me my address in uk
Kept me waiting in hospital 4 hr before seeing me when i got home after 5 weeks had a bill for 4,000 usd in 1980 now maybe 10,000
I never payed it
As a Canadian we have a similar system to the UK and I feel sorry for our neighbors to the south.
Thanks for your thoughts, our support system is an absolute clown show
Trudeau offering US women abortion & reproductive healthcare if Roe V Wade is thrown out ❤️❤️
@@aboutface102 Car is King
I used to have a really loud and annoying neighbour. I completely sympathise with Canada
The US has so much to learn. Giving your population a decent healthcare system, instead of paying $750 billion a year to your military, simply to act as the worlds number one tough nut, would be a good start.
One of the reasons your country can afford 'a decent healthcare system' is that you don't need to have the sort of military the US has. because they have it.
5 million waiting on nhs lists in UK
Without the US militatry all of Europe would be under Nazi rule. Lets not kid ourselves the US military stand between Europe and the rest of the world.
@@patriciahall5395 not true, it was the Russians and particularly general Zhukov who won the war! It always gets down played because of communism but trust me, actually do some research and you’ll see the Americans didn’t help anywhere near as much as Russia
@@jordanwilliams1515 FALSE, lol the Russians were ARMED and FED by the US , you're just comparing soldiers on the ground which obvious they had more, I mean they didn't have to cross millions of soldiers through an entire ocean like duhh but w/o US supplies the starving famished russians would have been wiped off like flies
I'm not from the UK but have similar single payer. I remember watching the show E.R when I was like 10 in mid 90's. There was an episode where a parent couldn't pay / insurance didn't sign off. I couldnt comprehend and was absolutely heartbroken and started crying. Paying to save someones life was utterly alien to me in a hospital environment. I asked my mom. She just said, "it's TV". I don't think she even understood all the intricacies. This memory has stayed with me tho. Single payer has huge problems with queues but knowing a single mom with 2 kids don't have to go bankcrupt due to a cancer diagnosis weighs all of that up, and makes me want to pay for it. Sometime its you, sometime its me, we all help each other in times of need whatever we need as healthcare. You get 3 kids, I pay for the doctors and even parental leave, your kids pay for me when I'm old and fragile.
I couldn't even begin to list the medications, medical devices, and procures my (U.S.) doctors have prescribed but the insurance company denied. I nearly had to take my insurance company to court to get a hospital stay covered because my doctor didn't use the right code on the admission papers. And having to scramble to find doctors in your new network if your insurance changes is always fun.
In the US, you have to pay the ransom if your child is born with a congenital heart defect. If you can't afford it, too bad, that's business.
i've worked for the NHS for 15 years, and i now get 36 days paid annual leave, and also entitled to 6 months full pay if i am off sick. :)
Are you sure you don't get 33 + the bank holidays?
@@hencole No, 36 annual leave days, i work all Bank Holidays.
Most UK citizens get 25 -30 days paid holidays from the employer, then an additional 8 bank Holidays. Also, Allotments are for growing vegetables rather than being a garden.
They paid, food and hotel? Or what?
@@camrentoorealcam8437 No! Just full pay for their time off work.
@@lemming9984 cool
UK garden - US yard
A garden in America is where you grow food as opposed to their yard (garden in England)
Yards and gardens are very different things here in the UK hence different names, a garden is usually a garden, a place to grow flowers, vegetable's have a lawn somewhere to relax whereas a yard is usually a compound with a hard surface for storing goods or vehicles usually as part of a business, although some people do turn their gardens in to yards.
Some terraced houses have a small garden to the front of the house or none at all, with a back yard to the rear. It depends upon the area of the country in which you live. For example a terraced cottage has no garden, but the do have a back yard. Which is some times concreted over to provide a driveway.
Just to muddy the waters slightly Australians call a garden a back yard. Where, to further muddy the waters, you'll often find a toilet. A dunny.
True. I also think allotments were originally instituted for returning soldiers sometime - maybe after first world war? BTW I think it's probably not possible to own one as I think they are administered by local authorities.
@@martifingers allotments were used during the war to grow food for the war effort as food was rationed. So suplimentary homegrown foods, provided vital nutrients. Hence the "DIG FOR VICTORY" campaign
Many people turn them into rubbish tips.
I’ve lived in the UK all my life and I reckon I could name every US State but I’d definitely miss a couple of English counties if I was asked to name them all 😅
Name the Scottish ones
@@Damo2690 is ayrshire, one of them ,
I am English and all I know is that there are 52 states and at one time or another they where each classified as there own country.
@@evelbsstudio I'm Scottish, i used to think there was 52, there is 50. 15 were semi countries
@@Damo2690 awesome, was close lol
I had a motorcycle accident (Uk) few years ago. Bad one. Off work for 8 months. Paid in full each month. I love my job and respect my employers. Still here 21 years down the line. Always thankful
This makes a heartwarming change for me from arguing with right wing American 'libertarians' about the NHS.
This is the first time I've heard that ambulances cost money in the USA, and I'm shocked. Do you have to pay for police cars and fire engines when you call for them too?
No
They cost money in Canada too. It's about $200 where I am, even though we have a universal health care system, many things aren't covered.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow You may for firefighters. A lot of places are forced to rely on private firefighters who will absolutely be billing you for their time. Its mostly a rural thing i assume.
Ambos aren’t free in all states of Australia either, even though healthcare is* (generally). That said, insurance to pay for them is dirt cheap, and covers air ambulances too, which is fair enough.
*not free ofc, but universal. And the Medicare levy is only 2%, so it’s as good as free, compared to what it actually costs.
Police, no, that would invite corruption. But you might very well pay for fire service, especially if you live in a rural area. Obviously you don't have to pay in advance, but there is a fair chance you'll get a bill and it's almost guaranteed you will get one if any negligence was involved on your part.
I often think Americans would benefit from compulsory vacations to Europe! It would give them an insight into some alternative ways of organising things.
You have to work/live in a country to really know what it's like.
I think there should be a visa free system for Americans to live work and study in the UK. We are cousins after all.
@@gingerbaker4390 if the deal was reciprocal, then maybe, but its never going to happen!
they wouldn't want to return lol which is why history taught in US schools, is all about the USA and how it is the best lol meanwhile the rest of the world look after their citizens, I know many Americans that have moved to Europe and have no intention of ever returning back to the states and paying the crooked IRS
Compulsory vacations or just a reality check.
From US embassy website:
IMPORTANT: Anyone in the UK can receive treatment at an NHS facility, no matter their residency status. However, tourist visitors to the UK do not typically qualify for free NHS treatment. Any care beyond emergency treatment and certain other services will likely incur a fee. Medicare and Medicaid do not provide coverage for medical care outside the United States.
if you're ill while on vacation (annual leave), you can actually claim back the time off you spent while ill.
You are very lucky. That doesn't apply to most
I was on a week holiday (vacation) when I tested positive for covid. I got the week back as it then counted as sick leave. My boss said my holiday is to rest and relax, so being sick canceled it out
That was me 2 weeks ago. Had a week vacation, got sick with Covid on Wednesday. Called my boss on Thursday, and he told me later (when I was back at work), I’d get the 3 sick days back. So in 2023 I’ll get 3 extra days.
I had an interesting conversation with an American visiting a Scottish Island. We were talking about emergency medical care in remote places, they couldn’t understand that an air ambulance helicopter and paramedic ambulance was free in an emergency. It amazed me that they were not supportive of the idea of free universal healthcare, but they had been told a great deal of crap and misinformation about the NHS from political parties in the US, such as it being a road to communism or that care was restricted.
in Italy we surpass the UK in terms of holidays, 4/5 weeks (depending on how many years you have been in the job) of paid holidays, plus 17 days of religious or national holidays
It depends on the industry and your contract, the legal minimum is 28 in the UK but I am very senior and I get 38 days off. I only work a 4 day week so I get 9 weeks off plus Christmas and Boxing Day (when my company is closed).
You can rent an allotment from the local council. They are highly sought after and people tend to keep them for a long time. They are used for growing vegetables and flowers, and as somewhere to get good exercise and chill. Many people have sheds on them, where they can sit and listen to music and drink tea!
If you don't look after it, the allotment can be taken back by the council, and can be given to someone else.
you forgot the sheds where you can sit and drink with your fellow allotment holders.
WAY WAY WAY back in the day, my nan's neighbour had an allotment and he would take me some times (since I was being baby sat at my nans and had nothing to do).
And a group of four setup a much bigger shed than all the others around them and it sat equally on the corner of 4 allotments. So individually the ¼ of the shed was smaller than the other sheds, but you NEVER had 4 people in the shed at one time. They all had their own shelves in their own corner for stuff like gas and tools, but it had a big communal table and sink with (what I now know is gray water) and separate drinking water.
But saying 'the table' was the highlight of the shed is both accurate and inaccurate. None of the other sheds had a table as they were not big enough, and this had a bench and a chair where you could get 3 people around it comfortably, or if it was raining, you could get 4 in there, but might get a little too personal.
Ahh man, not thought about that shed in 30 years...
@@ColinRichardsonAlotments holders tend to be a little group where plants are exchanged and many have an allotment society which bulk buys things. when it was sunny, many used to sitoutside the shed in a deckchair and relax before or after digging and weeding, sharing chats with others and occasionally a beer.
That's all good, but try and get an allotment! Next to impossible
@@staysafe2122 True but it does depend on where you live,
Allotments are actually quite fun. We have one by my house and its this place where you/your neighbours have this communal planting area, and you each get a 'patch' or a raised bit of soil where you can grow practically anything! My dad has grown tomatoes and green beans, and in London (where I live), no one grows anything in their garden, because they usually are quite small, so allotments are a great solution. Its a great place to catch up with people in your community/ neighbourhood
allotments were essential during the war as everyone was on rations!
The allotment system has been in the UK for a thousand years since the Saxons. The Enclosure Acts and Smallholding Acts guaranteed land for city and town dwellers as people moved to the towns from the countryside in the 1800s. During WW1 allotments of 330 yards² were given to railway workers and then returning soldiers to grow their own vegetables. They're a prized possession now.
Yeah, I now grow chillies and mint - in my windows. Ich komme aus Berlin (mein Deutsch ist schrecklich, aber, I am not a small boiled sweet). Er... - lest you think I'm a nutter, JFK's famous speech "Ich bin ein Berliner" actually meant "I am a boiled sweet" - but he tried, at least.
@@neilgriffiths6427 lol
@TheRenaissanceman65 330 yards squared, or square yards.
@@tmac160 no, 330 yards squared = 108,900 square yards
@@togaspin He also said square yards which is also used to measure carpet for your house
As Zambian maternity if you've worked for a company for at least 2years, you are entitled to 3 months maternity and 4months for twins.
If you are less than a year you get 6weeks, if you have a miscarriage you get 6weeks plus an extra week for compassionate leave and you have vacation (24days annually fully paid) you can take them
Ahead of America
I have a few Zambian friends and they can confirm that. I'll like to visit some day from England
@@peanuts2105 you should, very beautiful place
Until recently I lived in a village almost everyone had a garden of some sort but we still had a small group of allotments for those that wanted some more growing space. Oh and they were rented from the local council
,,in NZ "community gardens".
Only 28 days paid holiday, I accumulated 37 during my working lifetime. When I worked in the US nobody believed me, and thought I was joking.
I get 38 including public holidays right now
Yeah I get 38 days working for a Belgian company from the UK. It's pretty standard if you have a good job.
I have 34 days annual leave plus 9 bank holidays, standard for working 10 years in the NHS
Allotments became very important in UK in WW2 for city people without gardens to be able to grow vegetables.
Allotment was a good random question. I do think a lot more of us know all the US states - its compulsory to win pub quizzes as the answer isn't always Alaska.
state capitals are the hard ones...
I agree on naming the US states, I could certainly get at least half of them with little thought and probably virtually all of them with some thought and a pen and paper, ( including Rhode Island), state capitals much more difficult but I am prepared to bet that most Americans couldn’t name many State Capitals. If you are old enough the song by Perry Como gives plenty of info about US States , ( look it up if you don’t believe me).
Memorising the New England states can be quite handy for pub quizzes: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Won me a pitcher of beer in a pub quiz in Madrid that one did.
@Jeff Blackham .......or Hawaii
@@FightingCoward Yep, always forget Vermont
It's always seemed odd to me that you get a set number of sick days in the US. Who knows when, and for how long they're going to get sick?
In a country that could bankrupt you for having an accident, it doesn't seem so weird.
Also true here. Some employees, typically in the public sector, have an annual allowance of days on full pay for sick leave.
In the UK the number of sick days you can have is unlimited in theory, but the company does not have to pay you more then Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for any of them, and then only after you have been off sick for four days or more and earn at least £120 per week, among other exceptions. The current rate of SSP is £96.35 a week and will only be paid for a maximum of 28 weeks in any calendar year. Your employer may choose to pay you more, or for longer, but there is no law that makes them.
Not as unlimited as it seems....
@@ethelmini Six months on full pay and six months on half pay is fairly general in the public sector, but in case of long-term absence you will be subject to close monitoring or visits to the occupational therapist to "encourage" you back to work. Also, if you make a habit of taking odd days off you'll soon find yourself in a disciplinary hearing.
@@ethelmini in Australia we have 10 paid sick days annually, after that it's non paid sick leave. Sick days can be accumulated so if you don't need to use them obviously the mount up.
For all it's faults, I feel blessed to have the marvellous NHS! I couldn't imagine an ambulance not being free. When I need to go to the hospital for my free treatment, I get a free lift there and back and of course I get paid a little bit each month from the government because I find it hard to move around. I called an ambulance only just this week for my mum, not that she went to hospital but the paramedic provided care for her when he arrived in the comfort of her home, including IV treatment. Money didn't even enter our minds. When I did work I got 39 days annual leave plus 18 days flexi leave per year (Flexi is where you work a few extra hours in a day and then add up those extra hours to take time off). Obviously, if you are sick you can't work, so that has nothing to do with annual leave. How do Americans travel around the world if they don't get leave?? Also, I and most of my UK friends could probably name all US States and a good many State capitals too! If Floridians don't pay tax then how can the State provide for most vulnerable? I'm sure you must pay something??? Still, I love America...for a holiday!
They get tax dollars through purchase tax, sales tax it's called .
@@tonyfurneaux3399 they are funded by National Insurance Contributions, so all can benefit
@@gillleach4082: not true. NI pays for state pensions, unemployment benefits, maternity allowance and bereavement support. The national health service is paid for out of general taxation.
@@eattherich9215 I beg to differ. Whilst yes, you are correct in so far as NI goes towards benefits and pension and you are also correct that the NHS is largely funded out of general taxation, it is also
true, not false, that the NHS is funded out of National Insurance. So, we all, who can pay do pay ,for the benefit of all.
It is not free, hello! We the tax payer pay up front for the service through our taxes, the N.I tax being but part of the tax that we pay. The British government and parliament fought hammer and tongue not to give us a universal health care system, fought hammer and tongue, Churchill even threatened to shoot people over the issue. What! peasants, to have health care. Outragious, say the pompous, but our fathers and mothers won the battle, and we paid taxes, monies beforehand, which is fine
Thanks for reminding me as to why I've avoided the US for the last 50 years. Great people, lousy system.
I went down to the states as a kid with my family for a 2-day across-border excursion from Canada back in the early '70s, I haven't been to the USA since...Yup, I avoid it like the plaque....although I don't mind watching it from Niagara Falls across on the Canadian side.
The work system over here is Hell! I feel like I can never take a day off. It’s built a lot of resentment in me about my job. I work in education and we are treated terribly. We have to take terrible treatment like an airline stewardess with a smile on our face. I would love to switch places for a week or two with a Brit and see how different it is.
It's a shame because some of the people are genuinely really nice, just brought down by a bad image of violence, guns, crime, crippling healthcare costs and pockets of extreme poverty.
@@anissaholmes4495 never take a day off ? The education system here takes a lot of time off almost half the year with a 10 week summer . Would you like more ?
@@samoday2992 Teaching doesn't stop when school ends. Many teachers help to develop the curriculum, adjudicate at state exams, create lesson plans for the following year and attend staff training sessions. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes, and then on top of that many teachers deal with underfunded programs and are faced with having to pay for class supplies because the budget doesn't cover it. Or they aren't paid enough to support their families so they have to take on a second job during their time off.
I love your reaction to our allotments, so sweet! This is an historical idea where landowners would allow their tenants to grow their own food to support their families, a fantastic UK institution which has had a major resurgence in recent years. Nowadays they are rented pieces of land, usually for a nominal fee (at least where I live they’re cheap) and local authorities are legally bound to provide an allotment for anyone who wants one.
In Germany we have them as well, but they started in the 19th century, apparently out of two roots: One one hand, to deal with the growing problem of poverty (caused by industrialization), 'Armengärten' (poor people's gardens) were introduced, typically on public ground or on ground owned by nobility or a rich industrialist. This ground was divided into allotments and rented to poor people for a nominal fee so that they could grow food. On the other hand, a diet and fitness movement originally initiated by medicine professor Moritz Schreber of Leipzig introduced public places, called 'Schreberplätze' (Schreber places), which then evolved into 'Schrebergärten' starting with children growing vegetables off the main sports ground. Nowadays there is no distinction between these two types, and they are typically called 'Kleingärten' (small gardens) or Schrebergärten.
As in the UK, there are typically waiting lists if you want to get an allotment in Germany. Usually there are strict rules about what you can and cannot do in your allotment. This includes maximum sizes for huts as well as percentage ranges (minimum and maximum!) for the area where you grow vegetables, flowers and grass. This is rather annoying for people like me who don't like silly restrictions, but allotments without these restrictions do not benefit from certain important tax privileges and bureaucracy simplifications. (I think the main purpose of the pedantic restrictions is to close loopholes that could permit economic use of allotments.) An unfortunate side effect is that German allotment holders have a reputation of being typically German in all the worst ways: complaining about the length of their neighbours' grass, about too much or not enough ground used for vegetables, about toys lying around in the garden, lack of tidiness etc. I really doubt that allotments in the UK suffer from the same problems.
We have something similar in the USA. It's often called a "community garden" or something similar. There might be a vacant lot in a city that's divided up into small areas that people are allowed to grow their own vegetables on. This is mostly for the benefit of people who live in apartments and who therefore don't have their own yards to use for this purpose. Americans who live in the suburbs might not be aware that these things exist.
Our allotments started at a similar time to yours, and were yet another awesome tradition brought over by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg 😊 Cheers for giving us Prince Albert 😁
I grew up on a road that had allotments, but the houses were big and they all had gardens. That reminds me, I must check to see whether Greenwich council in its mad dash to sell off every last piece of public land, has got around to those allotments. 😂
I have an allotment which costs £58 per year. With the cost of manure, compost, seeds and everything else (not even counting the cost of your own labour if you put a price on it), there is no way it is more economical to grow your own food rather than to buy it from the local supermarket.
But for fresh air, exercise, and the sheer satisfaction of that first crop - it's worth it. And it's totally organic and zero carbon footprint.
An Allotment is a piece of land that is allotted to a person, hence termed an allotment. Usually 10 'rods' in length. Goes back to Saxon times.
And your Council rents it to you, same as if you want a garage, they rent that as well
The NHS is funded via our taxes
You can still see the mounds on the Eastern side of Oxford on the way to Londinium and I'm sure many other places around the U.K.
The measurement of the 'rod' goes back to Saxon times but the allotment doesn't.
During the industrial revolution filthy peasant scum were driven off the land via the enclosure acts and forced into cities to be cheap labour for factories.
But the peasant scum also needed food.
So it was decided that the peasant scum would be entitled to an allotment on which they could grow food.
@@davidhoward2487 Yes and you join a waiting list where you often wait a long time to receive it.
Im in the UK and i get 6 weeks plus bank holidays. Plus if you are sick on your leave, you report this, so it is reported as sick leave instead of holiday time!!!!
The people I've known with allotments grow flowers in their garden at home and vegetables in their allotments.
My allotment is put down entirely to fruit, flowers and herbs (culinary, cosmetic and magical) plus a few perennial veg like artichokes and asparagus. It's purely an economic choice: onions are cheap: cut flowers and fruit are expensive.
Mostly in towns and city's where there's no space for Big gardens.
Lovely girls , lovely video ,and can't beat our wonderful NHS ..nice one 👍🇬🇧💞
Lovely comment, nice one 👍🏽🇬🇧💙❤️💙❤️
Probably already been said but in the UK, men also get paternity leave after having a child. In the UK, qualifying dads can take up to 2 weeks’ paternity leave; legally, it should be taken in one-week chunks.
Paternity pay is about £150 a week, but often and certainly in my case, the employer made the rest of the salary up to normal amounts.
My company pays 6 months paternity leave, full pay, unbelievable!
@@levivalentinovideos use it before you lose it. 😁
'men also get paternity leave after having a child. In the UK ...' - Wow! They deserve a lifetime annuity for that miracle.
@@majorlaff8682 we men have always had to multi task . ( i'll get my coat ,must rush ) .!
Isn't that normal? It takes two to raise a child, geez
Thanks for this video,
It's a two-way street though because I was quite amazed at the comparison from a UK point of view.
A brilliant piece of work.
It's seems so strange for countries outside of the states to hear that certain things are not mandated ... I'm from new Zealand living in Australia, both countries have a universal healthcare system and leave is mandated by law, not at a companies discretion. How do Americans have a good work life balance if businesses can take advantage of employees time. And I'm flabbergasted to learn maternity or paternity leave is now built into US law 😳 like what?
Everyone works two jobs and is in some form of debt to pay for necessities. Why do you think it's than 20% have a passport? Most people will never get to use it.
*less than 20%
"How do Americans have a good work life balance?"
Short answer, we don't.
I work two part time jobs, 13 day work week, 8+ hours a day, and I can't afford to move out of my relative's basement.
@Peter Pan It means she works 13 days in a row before getting a day off.
@@Hersheyskisses4you As of 2020 43% of the US holds a passport.
An allotment is usually rented from the local council and is intended for growing food crops mainly though some councils may allow other uses like growing flowers or having livestock. An allotment is typically 10 Poles or Rods (thats probably 302.5 Square Yards to you "young country" folks) Allotments date back to the 16th Century (1500's).
Only in the UK could we say "I feel sick", then 5 minutes later say "I've just been sick" and the same word has had two different meanings 😂.
@@bryansmith1920 And Americans.
What? @Dan. "I feel sick" means that the feel like they are going to be sick [but they don't have to be 'sick']. "I've just been sick" means that they have just been sick = the SAME meaning not different.
Another meaning of 'sick' is a generalisation of not feeling well [and does not need to involve vomiting at all], like feeling dizzy [so unable to use machinery/driving] which could be from low blood pressure/disease process etc. Someone could have diarrhoea so is 'off sick' to prevent cross infection, same with the flu/scamdemic etc.
@@anglosaxon5874 pulled back, broken arm, concussion = off sick.
"I've not seen John for weeks!".... *"Yeh... He's still on the sick"*
Your friend is so adorable, and so are you. I was impressed with you friends knowledge about the countries of the UK too. Great video. Keep it up. 😆
These videos with your mate are great, you should keep doing these. It's amazing learning new things about the cultural differences.
I remember Miriam Margolyes being interviewed on a talk show here in the UK and spoke about the American health care system - she came across someone in the street who was have a funny turn, MM offered to call 911, but the lady asked her not to as she couldn't afford the ambulance.
And as far as allotments are concerned, you tend to lease them. Some parts of the country there's a 20-30 year waiting list.
A lot of us have allotments for growing vegetables and fruit, and it's a great social thing, and they are usually near to where you live - mine is at the top of my street. But we also have front and back gardens where mostly flowers and shrubs and climbing plants are grown - and we have lawns - so the gardens are really pretty
Just think of having that in the US let's say a city maybe like Detroit or Chicago and you have this community garden that everybody has to participate in how many dead bodies do you think you would find in those gardens
They came about during tge great war (ww1) as there was food rashioning so spare spares were turned over to vegetable growth to help feed the nation, it was continued after the war and was expanded during ww2 even tge Royal parks in London were turned over to vegetable growing , even the earth over air raid shelters was used for things like marrows
Great video ladies. I am British and proud of it but I'm also very fond of the USA, having holidayed there 5 times, covering Florida, California, Nevada and Utah in the span of 10 years. My best friend is a Florida resident, out of New Orleans and we talk regularly about what's going on in the States, politically and socially so I know much about the differences between our two nations. The thing that disturbs me about the US is how little Federal-level protection is given to employees in the case of sickness and maternity, as well as minimum pay and paid annual leave.
The UK has has had a Conservative (I.e. akin to Republican) government for at least 70 out of the last 100 years and this shows we are mostly a right-leaning nation in our politics where liberal business policies/freedoms are prioritised over traditional socialist policies which tend to result in the averaging downwards of incomes for everyone towards the least productive elements of our society. My question to you is: How is it that our two countries both follow basic capitalist mantras but the UK seems to me to provide a far greater level of social support and protection to more people than does the US?
US is further to the right.
Us accepts that people being g poor is acceptable cost if people being rich
Having days off sick taken off your annual leave literally blows my mind 🤯
How are you meant to go to work if you’re ill??
You are communist if you don't. 😂
OK we get SSP but many folks in the UK have used their holiday entitlement when sick. Other than a burst appendix I had 2 days sick in 30-years for that very reason.
Where do the self employed get sick/holiday pay from?
@@knowitall3503 Themselves, they are self employed. Same as contractors. They are effectively their own company .
I worked for a theatre in the UK where if I was ill during my holiday it was counted as sick leave rather than holiday
That’s how it works for me too, I badly sprained my ankle just before my main holiday and got 10 days holiday back, I was off work for about 5 weeks in total, all at full pay.
I am just bamboozled by this. In 30 years of work I have had 2 days sick because the alternative was to use holiday or claim SSP which didnt pay the mortgage. I actually had a 2-hour operation on my arm and was back in work in the afternoon to save holiday. Other than those 2 days I have only been off work due to a burst appendix. I ignored the 4-weEk recovery time and returned to work in 9 days to avoid living off SSP or losing holiday. This wonderful picture some are painting does not include most british workers. A friend of mine works for the council and admitted taken 2-3 days sick every month just because he can.
I've had a kid in hospital three times this year. I can’t imagine a world where I would have to work out if I could afford to take them. The NHS is chronically underfunded, but it's better than not having it.
The NHS isn’t underfunded. It is overmanned by non clinical staff- particularly ‘managers’. And abused by people who could help themselves, but can’t be ar$ed.
I can assure you the nhs is absolutely NOT underfunded. I have worked in it for nearly 40 years. It is chronically mismanaged.
Sorry but the NHS is VERY well funded but chronically mismanaged. the waste is horrendous. The problem is because it is treated like some sacred artefact or religion no one dare criticise it and state facts so the Government is blackmailed into more funding by Leftie politicians.
@@1chish you’re spot on. It definitely is NOT underfunded. The people who say this are living in cloud cuckoo land and have not a clue.
@@1961-v9k But we speak heresy Eve .... 🤭
I always smile when Labour MPs say 'Our NHS' like they own it and almost dare anyone to criticise it. After the latest big funding increase what did the NHS do? Rather than buy new equipment they went on a hiring spree for 42 chief executives of integrated care boards. Seven jobs were advertised with salaries of £270,000.
You couldn't make it up.
In Canada the ‘allotment’ is commonly referred to as a community garden! (Included in your condo fees, for example). I’ve travelled A LOT and found the best medical care in the UK bar none.
Jaywalking has a very cursed history. It is sort of like when you hear about valentines day was made up by the greeting card companies to sell more cards, jaywalking was made up by automakers because when cars first came out, cars were getting a bad reputation for running people over. Automakers started paying off newspapers to write articles, to flip the script, and start making pedestrians the bad guy when they got hit by a car. They coined the word 'jaywalker' and made it out like the evil jaywalker was causing problems for drivers, when in reality, there were very few laws governing drivers yet, and people were driving very recklessly because it was so new and the speed at which one could drive was so much faster than any other mode of personal transportation.
And there were not drink driving laws I bet
They forgot to mention Federal income tax. Florida doesn’t have a “state” income tax but we all pay Federal income tax.
Florida on the other hand, collects their operating costs with sales taxes, property taxes and endless highway tolls.
But remember how conservatives/GOP want to lower taxes (if not zero taxes) because guv'ment is the enemy. Good luck funding states or the federal gov for that matter, I am old enough to know they will get your money no matter what, lower income taxes?....nice, more money in your pocket, right? (*whispering*...we will raise sales taxes, tolls, parking violation fees, speeding cameras violation fees, etc, etc, etc).
I was going to point that out.
So many tolls 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Ah taxes they’ll get you in the end!
Tax the rich more , much more make them pay
There are 2 separate taxes in the USA - state and federal tax - everyone pays federal income tax.
Its similar in the UK. There is income tax which is paid directly from ones pay each month (employees do not have to fill in a tax return since the tax is automatically taken as they earn their salary). Then there is a "council tax" which is the local county rate. Where i live it is about 1000 a year. This tax pays for police, waste collection and all the other local services. The income tax goes to central government and is used the same way as federal taxes are in the US.
There is also VAT of 20% on most purchases. Similar to sales tax in the US.
Oh, and then there is a further tax on fuel for cars, sugar in soda, cigarettes, and alcohol. "Sin tax".
Unlike in the US though, the price you see on the sticker for the product is the price you pay, tax included. No maths required at checkout
Oh and i forgot: National insurance. I pay approx 250 per year on national insurance. Until recently, this was what funded the NHS AND my pension, but the government made pensions separate from that payment. In the video, they suggest that the taxes pay for the NHS but in reality, it is this national insurance that pays for it. The building of new hospitals, recruitment and training of new staff and any other special NHS project comes from the income tax.
Note: I was self employed for some time in the last decade. During this period i was able to opt-out of paying national insurance. I was still entitled to NHS healthcare at no cost while opted-out.
There are two separate taxes in Canada as well. Provincial and Federal.
@@Wolf-Rayet_Arthur dont forget certain essential items such as baby formula is tax free
“Everyone pays federal income tax” - unless you’re Donald Drumpf, or can afford to pay a crooked accountant.
I have actually heard many Americans who have come to live in the UK, initially for a short period of time then turn round and say after a few months that they have no real wish to go back to the United States other than to visit family or friends.
Allotments are, usually own by local authorities.
One of our local news stations did a story on a man who took a 2 mile ambulance ride and the bill was for $2,691.50. His insurance paid for most but his out of pocket cost was still $770.30.
I'm from Scotland, and naming the US States was a challenge I took on with my brothers. It took me an hour, but I got them. On hearing this, my wee 12 year old niece learnt them in alphabetical order and can say them in a couple of minutes. Now she hasn't got a clue where they are, and I can point out every one. But there is no way my brain could ever work like hers.
uk has 4 countries america has like 52 states or something
what brit needs to know about every state we just know the main ones
A comparable test would be to have them name all 48 counties of England.
My family have an allotment. We also have pretty big gardens. Most people use allotments to grow vegetables etc. It means we can use our gardens for more recreational stuff. We also call alloments "plots" like a plot of land. So we say "Im going to the plot"
We still say "sick" as a generic term to mean ill, as well as to throw up. One of the reasons for allotments (at least in more recent times) was because not everyone had proper gardens (sometimes a small "yard"), or the gardens could be small, so it gave the extra space to grow vegetables and flowers, etc.
Businesses can still take disciplinary action if you have a certain number of sickness absences within a set timeframe (such as 3 absences within six months) but this is still relatively flexible. During the pandemic, I had a sickline that lasted four months due to severe anxiety. I was really grateful to have that extra time to prepare myself to return to work, as I don't think I could have handled it otherwise.
My partner and I live in the UK and she can name all the states and the state capitals. It was something she did when she suffered from insomnia.
Here in Sweden, we have 480 days of parental leave, as you can divide it between both parents. And some of those (I think it is 60) is bound to each parent, so the father have a garanted parentalleave as well.
Yeah Sweden leads the way for sure
There is paternity leave for dads in the uk
Emily is so sweet when she's trying to think of the answers, its really good to hear some of the differences and hear how your experiences been. I still can't understand the maternity leave element of the US, its a very important part of most European countries so I do hope it will come to the US eventually!
Two delightful ladies, a joy to watch. And I am an Englishman, living in New Zealand, addicted to u tube.
You mentioned Florida had no state income tax, but forgot to mention federal income tax. UK income tax is equivalent to Federal income tax (the double taxation agreement between UK and USA only equates UK IT with USA Federal IT, not with state IT).
I had my friend from Ocala,Florida come over here to Scotland on holiday. She couldn't believe some of the things I told her. She was shocked at the price we pay for petrol ( gas ) and cigarettes etc. And of course she couldn't believe we don't pay for some medical treatment.
She loved our history and our habits. I took her to Edinburgh Castle were I served with the military and she couldnt believe she was actually standing in a real castle 😆
When I was in Germany, 1986 I saw no-one crossed a road on a red light even though you couldn't hear a car for miles around. I went back in 1990 and everyone was piling across the road, no problems.
When I was a child living in Germany I was told it was illegal and the Police would fine you on the spot.
Quite a few of countries in Europe are experimenting 4 work days a week and 3 days off as a help to Mental Health. It seems some countries are running it for some time and works brilliantly. UK is considering a try out too. Since we do not live to work but work to live, it makes sense. Love your videos
Great point! Lots of large companies and even the Gov are doing this in the UK now. There are economic benefits too! It’s great for families as parents get more time with their kids.
The tradepersons at the mill I work at in Canada work 4 on and 3 off. A weekend crew comes in for the other 3 (I'm not sure how those guys make up their 40 hours). But they do work 10 hour shifts so it is still a 40 hour work week.
@@D0NKY
Thats because they are probaly union, 2 days, Friday & Saturday at time and a half and Sunday at double time = 45 Hours pay for 3 days work, thats how things work in a sivalised country
@@briancunningham1120 what about uncivilised places ?
@@D0NKY l live in England. I work 3 days for 3 weeks, and one 4 day week, every month. Long hours though. But it actually saves lots of time in going to work so half the trips and half the time getting ready. Plus l get 357 hours holiday a year.
Please remember that the NHS is paid for as a part of tax/national insurance taken direct from your income (it's called Pay As You Earn) The same tax pays for the armed forces, the police and other "national" services
Back in the early eighties I visited Florida from the UK and while applying to rent a car was shocked at being told about in the event of an accident, the "no fault" rule. I got the feeling that lawyers were running peoples public and private lives, sucking away any sense of responsibility and common sense which is free of charge at birth!!
And you guessed correctly!!! The lawyers do run America and they are paid by the corporations.
And the still keep claiming their freedom…not knowing how unfree they really are.
Great reference. The US is all about taking your money as fast as possible whilst denying liability if anything bad happens to you. VERY greedy, disgusting mentallity.
Something else to consider - as well as offering 52 weeks maternity leave, all families also have the right to claim 2 weeks of paternity leave too. Both can be taken concurrently.
Also, either partner can take parental days off up to a certain amount (which i can't remember but it's something like 3 weeks total) up until the child turns 5.
@@Wolf-Rayet_Arthur Partners can share up to 50 weeks of parental leave and 37 weeks of pay between the both of you.
Pretty sure you accumulate holidays while your on maternity pay so double bonus 👍😉