American Reacts to 5 MisConceptions Americans have about England and Other strange beliefs
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This bloke's correcting misconceptions with his own misconceptions and you're adding a few of your own.
The queen or the king can not fire the government, they are elected. she doesn't make the laws either parliament does that. This guy is talking out his rear end!
It is generally only foggy in the Hollywood version of the UK.
In 25 years living in London I have never seen a thick fog, and only a light fog once or twice a year. Far less than cities like Liverpool.
It's never been borderless. We have always needed a passport to travel to other European countries.
The 5 Nordic countries dont nead passports to travel to each other.
@@ingegerdandersson6963 I meant Britain. We've never been able to go across the water without a passport.
@@jeepsthetimebandit even Ireland?
@ingegerdandersson6963 I've never been, so I'm not sure what ID you need. I know we've always needed one for Framce and Holland etc.
The Republic of Ireland is a totally different and entirel separate sovereign nation to the UK, but we do not need a passport to travel between the two nations, as they (Ireland and the UK) share a Common Travel Area, and have done so for a long time.
I don't know of anyone in the UK who thinks that New York State or City is America, or that any other part of the country is not the United States, however, many people in the UK are very well aware that many people from the US believe that the US is America, the US is not a continent, but America is, it would be like any country in Europe calling itself Europe, it would make no sense whatsoever.
No one thinks that I don’t think anyway?
@@DianeLittle-dd6ej "no one thinks, that we aren't that stupid" or "no one thinks that, we aren't that stupid"? :)
There is a reason it is called the United States of America. They are united by their union, and they are a part of America the continent, thus the emphasis should always be the word "OF.". That I hope settles your misconception. By the Way I am English, and know this!! I also have American family who have lived there for at least one generation in the USA, they don't consider that America is the country called the USA.
You immediately started saying "England" rather than "The UK", kinda proving his point
Wow, so glad Carl came to the UK so he could tell us Brits what we think and educate us on our country ( note to Carl , thats British sarcasm mate )
Just in the beginning, Europe thinks the US is NY, Ohio, Florida and Calif, NO most of us know more than you think, and it's not very good.
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I would say, switch Ohio with Texas
Trust me,us Europeans don't think of the U.S. as New York, California or Texas (a state!) We have a decent education.🏴
I am English, but I am most definitely European. I will never see myself as partly American
6:35 Sir, fog and rain are two different weather phenomenons and have nothing to do with each other. The fact it rains often somewhere does not mean there will be a lot of fog. There is heaps of rain in the Netherlands but there is hardly any fog. Fog is clouds on the ground, rain is clouds in the sky. (they can occur at the same time)
Fog was much worse before the 1956 Clean Air Act which stopped many smoke sources. If you look at movies from earlier years THEN it was a problem. Not so much today!
@@antiqueinsider Technically that is smog not fog. But yes, it was a major contributor to the "often fog" idea. I am told in some major cities in North America and Asia it is still a problem.
This reaction just reinforces that Americans are willfully ignorant. No one in the UK thinks NY "is" the US, we are peeved so much by people thinking London is the UK we make sure not to make the same mistake. As for England being different from the rest of Europe, I dare you to go to any of the European countries and tell them that they are the same as some other European country.
2:09 _"it's no different than somebody from Europe you know "oh you live in the United States? Oh you must live in New York or California or Texas" you know?"_
Yeah, it's not different.... except, we don't do that.
We're generally better educated and we're not that ignorant.
Unless it is someone in Finances, then I would dare guess New York (but as a guess, mind you!) 😛
there is no such thing as mainland European culture, all countries have their own culture, some countries have a more similar culture than others, also UK is not the only islands in Europe, so Europe is mainland and the surrounding island countries and small islands parts of countries
I agree totally but some people think something like this…. Mainland Europeans eat good food, have actual summer weather, ride bikes everywhere, watch opera, read Plato, speak ten languages and write poetry while dancing the tango. People from the UK barely speak one language, eat sausage rolls, drive white vans, play football in the rain, but write good music…..
Yeah. Swedes don’t eat haggis for instance 😉
Britain is quite different to rest of Europe. That bit of water made a huge difference. With more travelling the culture gap has closed a little. But still differences. Some Brits aboard 🤦♂️
Yep, he’s showing your own misconception.
Yeah I felt a bit weird when he said that, like Europe isn’t a country. What would they think if I said North America had the same culture?
Like fair Canada and the US are fairly similar, they still have a lot of culture differences though but Mexico definitely isn’t similar culture wise
You’ve always needed a passport to go over to any part of europe. That’s never changed.
Just come back from Netherlands, Germany Switzerland and Austria and the weather is just as mixed up as in the UK.
This is where you need to be specific about the difference between the EU and geographical mainland Europe (both referred to as 'Europe' depending on who you talk to and the context). You still don't need a passport to go to the Republic of Ireland from the UK even though it's in the EU. You don't need a passport to travel between UK and Jersey & Guernsey, Isle of Man or Gibraltar (common travel area) but you do for the Falkland Islands. You do need a passport if travelling from Gibraltar to the EU (except RoI) though. Travelling between RoI and other countries in the common travel area depends on whether you're from the UK. It's all a bit of a mess tbh, so check before you travel. The joys of the old British Empire and our habit of colonising islands all over the place!
Scicily is separate from the main mass of Europe as it’s an island but is still Europe
Not a country it's part of italy
@@gillianhollins3003 Malta? But surely the point is that the countries in Europe include islands, it's not just the mainland.
The monarvh's power is limited only by Magna Carta. The King can dissolve Parliament at any time. He is not merely sbove the law, he is the law.
Crazy? No. What's crazy is that you give your presidents the same power and none of ths responsibilites.
The King/Queen swears in their Coronation Oath to uphold the Law. The King does not need a driving licence or a passport and although he cannot be taken to court, he would not actually break the law.
No. The monarch's power was in effect lost in the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the passing of the 'Bill of Rights'. The last British monarch to NOT give 'ascent' to a Bill/Law passed by the Parliament was Queen Anne in 1708 and even then it was by instruction from the Parliament.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill
A lot of people forget that Wales exists 😅
We try to! 😊😊
Eh? what? where is that?
Whales!? Wait let me check my Union Flag... no, sorry Wales doesn't exist.
The Welsh dragon does not appear on the Union Flag. This is because when the first Union Flag was created in 1606, the Principality of Wales by that time was already united with England and was no longer a separate principality
I’m from near Manchester and I absolutely love Wales❤
No wonder you are confused about Ireland. He did not give a good explanation.
You know when you have crossed over the border when you see the road signs changing from K/PH to M/PH and visa versa.
And the phone boxes are green, not red.
Ironic that an American living in England does a video explaining (poorly) what Americans don't understand about the UK.
@@wessexdruid7598 Phone boxes - what are they 😀😃😄 (Oh remember them well}
@@annfrancoole34 Still there - and very obvious.
Come on, Charlie, there were always ferries; not to mention that from Dover or Calais, you can see the other side. Long distance swimmers swim to the other side, and back again. Nowadays there’s a tunnel, with a train going straight from Amsterdam to downtown London. And even within human existence in northwestern Europe, there was no North Sea, and all living things could walk from here to there.
London gets less than half the rain of NYC USA. South East UK is borderline semi-arid with the driest parts receiving less than 45cm / 17 inches annually. (England is not the same thing as the UK) - There is just as much sunshine and dry weather as anything else. Central / south & east England is actually more often prone to DROUGHT at times. Plus when it is sunny in England, it's really sunny, especially during the typically very strong, very bright & super long sunshine days of summer.
The reality actually is of course = North USA / pnw USA & Florida is rain, rain, rain !!
Mexico and Canada are part of North America, we are in the continent of Europe, so is Iceland.
When I was a child in the 50s I lived in Birmingham - England's second city. We had some really foggy days and worse than that, sometimes we had very nasty smog. The smog was caused by burning coal fires in industry and people's homes.. smog is nasty stuff it smells and tastes awful. Fortunately the Clean Air Act meant that only smokeless coal could be used so smog became a thing of the past and foggy days are few and far between..
The smogs stopped before the end of the '50s in the UK. Unlike say, California.
What people fail to understand about British people talking about themselves as being separate from the rest of the European continent is that we are not talking in geographical terms. Yes, geographically, the Uk is a European nation. In terms of identity, we are constitutionally different from Europeans in a way that they are not different from one another. The ways of thinking that make Britain different are the ways of thinking that led to the invention of the welfare state, special forces, workers’ unions, the nightclub and so much more.
Here are some other things to put it into context. The Republic of Ireland is in the British Isles, but do you call Irish people British? No, and they’d be likely to knock your teeth out if you did. Mexico, Canada, Peru, Suriname and many other countries are in continents that have the word “America” in their name, but when someone says “American” who do you think of? This is about identity, not geographical location.
I've lived in UK, Hungary and Croatia and I don't think the cultural differences are that big. I'm sure I would get a much bigger culture shock if I moved to USA.
He is slightly wrong on the Queen or now King, technically they do have a lot of power but they realise if they use that power the almost they will likely get kicked out.
Most countries lost their monarchies and there’s a reason for that. The monarchy are well aware that they are still in power because they haven’t angered the population almost 70 million people or the government or both.
It’s not that they’re “kind” or what he was implying. It’s because there would be a revolution and they’d get kicked out if that was the case.
You don’t really have ultimate power if you have to limit yourself because you know you’d get kicked if you don’t.
We say it’s really only ceremonial because if they use their power and anger us or the government or both, then they will be gone. So it’s might be legal but it’s not “real” unless they want us staging a revolution and getting rid of them
Considering the fate of some of their predecessors being kicked out is the least bad thing that could happen to them.
@@flitsertheo true 🤣
@@flitsertheoyup things didn’t go so well for Charles I
The military don't answer to Parliament. They swear allegiance to the Sovereign. Woe betide those who forget that.
The monarch owns the country. You may 'own' your home but in reality you're just a tenant granted rights to live there by the monarch (who owns you too). Technically, King Charles could reclaim the land and evict you into the sea, but that's an archaic notion and would be hotly contested today - but then, the Courts and Government operate at His Pleasure and the Armed Forces are His to command. He has all the power in His country, whether he can keep hold of the it is another matter and why the Magna Carta was such an important document.
It's theoretical and largely moot now, but true nonetheless. You can see why the American Colonies rebelled against 'Mad' King George III now - imagine if Donald Trump tried to tell anyone in the UK what to do! Demanding representation seems a little unambitious and perfectly reasonable now.
I will disagree with you on the point that Europeans assume that New York is all of America. European's travel far more extensively than your average American. On hearing you say that I decided to test myself and list as many of the 50 united states that I could recall from memory. I listed 32 correctly and I have personally been to 4 of them. When I was in the USA I learnt that many Americans had very limited overseas travel experience and consequently a very limited knowledge of geography. Good vid though mate. 👍
A large percentage of Europeans have been watching American Films for over a century. The same cannot be said of Americans watching European films!
And don't forget also .. Germany is just Bavaria .. Northern Germany doesn't even exist at all.
The United Kingdom is a Independent Country outside of Europe or the EU since Brexit.
However the UK is still within Europe, but is not by law part of Europe any more, its like saying Hawaii is not part of the US main land but is still a US state.
RAINING - Fun fact, New York City and the Stare has more Rain per year than London or any other UK City.
What are you talking about? 1/. The UK is not a country (it is a union of 4 countries), 2/. by law the UK is not part of Europe? What's that supposed to mean? It's nonsense! AND 3/. What is the Stare? (4/. Additional bonus WTF - why have you given Rain a capital letter? It's not a proper noun?).
@@andyallan2909 The United Kingdom _is_ a country. It is a unitary state - _not_ a 'union' - and referring to England/Scotland/etc as 'countries' is nothing more than a linguistic quirk. Functionally they are the exact same as other countries' states or provinces.
real fog is so rare here when it happens we expect to hear horse drawn Hansom cabs and cries of Watson the games afoot
He's wrong about the monarch having ultimate power. We had a series of civil wars in the 17th C which determined the primacy of Parliament over the King. If the King ever tried to dismiss Parliament or veto a law passed by Parliament there would be another civil war.
The Monarch does have the power to veto a law passed by Parliament, convention says they never do, and haven't done for 300 years.
The new British Pounds has King Charles on it (from the news of the this day)
The (now) King does not have any executive power. He can only act with the permission of his ministers (it's called 'advice'). Absolute monarchy ended in England in 1660. Parliamentary monarchy was introduced in 1689.
London has a lower annual rainfall than New York or Rome.
And Rome and NYC are at a similar latitude.
Great areas of the UK, particularly in the East, have less annual rainfall than New York or Chicago. Some western places, such as the cities of Cardiff, Swansea, and Glasgow, do have a lot of rain per yeat. I think, however, many of us may have fewer sunny days than New York or Chicago, our rain coming in dribs and drabs.
As another commenter has pointed out, we used to have a lot more fog; I'm old enough to remember this. In the days when most people burnt coal for warmth and power, the polluted atmosphere led to heavy fogs. Still one or two corners of the country have high fog rates.
Our Constitution is unwritten, and remember the United Kingdom does subtle! Exactly how much power the King has is deliberately not clearly defined. Possibly one way to explain it is that the King has a lot of power he traditionally doesn't use. But most agree on this: our monarchs still have a great deal of "soft power" and influence.
Strictly only people from the island of Great Britain are British. The situation in Northern Ireland is still very fraught, with half the population wanting to be British and half wishing to be Irish.
Another misconception is that the UK is at the same latitudes as the contiguous US - but it isn't. It's on the same level as Newfoundland and Alaska, which is why we build houses to keep heat in and don't usually need air-con. New York City is at a similar latitude to Rome - most of the USA is at the same level as the Mediterranean and North Africa (i.e. the Sahara).
If the monarch decided not to enact a law by withdrawing Royal assent, (last done in 1707), Parliament would simply pass a bill saying that Royal assent wasn't necessary! It may slow enactment for a while but definitely not stop it.
I live in London not seen fog since the 80,s
UK to Europe is like Puerto Rico to the US! I guess it's time to learn about Ireland, Charlie. It's not as sensitive as it was in the 1970's, but still tricky! It's a bit like the Israel / Palestine issue except that in Ireland the (civil) war is thankfully in hiatus. What people are mostly worried about is that with NI staying in the UK, and ROI (Eire, pronounced Air-A), staying in EU, the need for the EU to have a closed/structural border between them might cause 'the troubles' to flare up again. OTOH you can't expect there to be an open border on the edge of the EU, any more than the US / Mexico border could disappear.
There is no physical border on the Island of Ireland. N. Irish can choose their nationality and passport, British, Irish or both.
We were in Dublin a few weekse ago and our guide on one of our daytrips, when we said we were from the Netherlands, said: O your from Amsterdam!!!...
Noooooooooo!!!!! We stay away as far as possible from Amsterdam. I hate that city! ( I am from a small village in noord brabant)
definitely not foggy in the uk, way way back during the industrial revolution major uk cities would be covered in smog from factories but this is long long long gone now and we generally have good air quality but the miscinception still endures. Similar to the misconception of bad food based on ww2 soldiers coming home from britain during rationing. The british empire was fighting the entire axis powers alone for over a year in 1939 remember, people were rationed very hard, rich people taxed at 99%, chcolate factories closed to make planes, cattle sold to america for ammo (while the usa wouldnt enter the war).
Straight away no it’s not the same…most People in the UK are more informed and aware that an American could be from anywhere and live anywhere…we don’t assume New York just because we have no further knowledge.
Here's another International Carl YT vid you might enjoy - 'British Foot Paths are Living History | UK vs US'
Something few Americans seem to know is that there has not been a Nation State called 'England' since 1707!
In 1707, the Union of Kingdoms of England and Scotland formed the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain' (after the name of the Island both countries were on). Noting that Wales was already a 'principality' ruled by and contained within England.
In 1801 the Union is extended to the island of 'Ireland' and becomes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
In 1922 the 'Irish Free State' which comprised 26 counties left the Union and eventually became the independent Republic of Ireland. However 6 Northern counties remained part of the U.K. which since then has been 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'.
It rains more in New Jersey than the UK or Barcilona plus plenty of other places. We also get very little fog, were i live its foggy alot at night due to being on the Cheshire planes.
What do you mean by rains more? Newark has 1,184mm over 123 precipitation days while Liverpool has 824mm over 147 days. If there's light drizzle every single day of the year is that place less rainy that a place that's generally sunny but has a few rainstorms?
There's also huge differences across the UK, Glasgow has 1263mm over 174 days and London has 615mm over 112 days. Much of Cornwall, Wales, North West England, Scotland and part of Northern Ireland has more precipitation than New Jersey. There's towns in Scotland with over 2000mm and over 200 rainly days.
I think it's more than London. In the Lake District it rains 279 days a year on average.
London isn't the biggest city. That would be Manchester.
wrong, London is, both in area and population
Before Brexit we still needed Passports to go to Eerope , once on the continent they weren't needed.
No, it's rarely foggy here. It was foggy a lot in 19th century London.
You have Ireland and North Ireland. North Ireland is british because William of Orange III, King of The Netherlands and king of the UK at the same time.
Being pedantic: the UK was formed by his successor, William was King of England, Ireland, and Scotland (separate crowns). The Netherlands wasn’t a kingdom at the time, it was a principality, he was Prince of Orange
We usually say Northern Ireland x
@@Vonononie But he was called Koning-stadhouder Willem III in the Dutch history. And Koning means king.
@@daphneschuring5810 if you are looking at King William III of England, Stadtholder in a few provinces in the Netherlands, then Prince of Orange of the House Orange-Nassau he was not king in the Netherlands.
King William the III of the Netherlands came to the throne in the 1800s, he had the title Kongingen. Are you looking at this William (there are too many Williams in Dutch history!)?
The Kingdom of The Netherlands was formed in 1815.
Calling Nothern Ireland British is a massively simplified way to say it. Anyone living here can have a British passport or Irish passport, or both. Most of the people here with an irsh passport but living in nothern Ireland will say that they are from Ireland if asked.
There is no 'mainland European culture'. Europe is made up of many countries that each have their own unique cultures, just as the UK and the countries within it has. The UK is part of Europe (obviously) and we are physically disconnected from it, but we can hop on a train or plane and be in the nearest countries within a very short time. Brexit has nothing to do with the UK being part of Europe.
I am saying this from the experience of learning it myself when I first went to London to work then moved to Edinburgh. There is NO British nationality. It is not a real thing. You can be a UK citizen. But there are on the Island of Great Britain four nationalities. Welsh, Cornish, English and Scottish. The Cornish are a small group classified as a cultural minority. Take note the heir to the English throne is both Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Formally the Cornish spoke a language closely related to Welsh and Breton.
The island is called "Great" Britain to distinguish it as the larger island of the British Isles which technically includes the island of Ireland. Also that it is not Brittany in France. Grande-Bretagne is the Fench name for the island, but the name of Brittany is France is Bretagne. The convention comes from the time when the rulers of England spoke Norman French.
The origin of claiming there is a British nation comes from the English dominate government. The English have made brutal efforts to eradicate the other nations. They have been almost successful with the Cornish. The worst atrocities were committed against he Irish. It is the de-facto policy of the UK government to grind out of existence any non English culture. As such the invention of the "British" nationality. For everyone outside the UK only an English voice is heard and foreigners are led to believe that the whole of the island is occupied by a single nation "England". Americans will use the words England and Britain or English and British interchangeably.
As an example of this you will notice how anything you tend to think of as "British" is almost always only something that is about England. It goes the other way with things that might be called "British" like the monarchy most often in the USA being called the Queen of England or King of England. Treaties are named "Anglo" such as the Anglo-Irish treaty. There is also a joke told in Scotland about sport. That whenever a Scottish person or team plays internationally, if they lose they are called on the TV Scottish, but if they win they are only called "British". Apparently Scottish fans at an international soccer match would sing " you're only British if you're Winning ".
David Coleman was a dab hand at this (on the BBC) during the olympics, for athletics, etc. Athletes doing well were always referred to as British if they came from Wales, Scotland or N. Ireland, but English, if they came from England. The reverse was also true. Athletes doing poorly were referred to as Scottish, Welsh or N. Irish (as appropriate). But if they were referred to as 'British' you knew they were English.
It is truly astonishing just how little Americans know about anything outside of their own country, and a lot know very little about that. And by the way, California is in the English Midlands, and so is New Zealand.
We literally have a train to France
It isn't that far from mainland Europe, I mean people have crossed the channel swimming.
21 miles
Manchester, I think, gets more than its fair share of rain, and rain in general is why we are such a 'green and pleasant land' (Listen to 'Jerusalem'!)
“Goodbye Ken Stamer”
You should check out why Ireland is split for a reaction video. Everyone would love and nobody would get upset.
Getting to mainland Europe is literally a 30min train ride nowadays. Not difficult at all.
Charles is a fine name yeah the first with that name , in 1649 his head rolled in a basket.
Ireland IS part of the British Isles (so named since the time of Rome) They are British, they don't like being told that either, Eire is NOT ruled from London. Great Britain is the main Island which includes England, Scotland, and Wales. The UK (The United Kingdom of Great britain, and Northern Ireland) includes Northern ireland.
Sorry, the YT vid I suggested is by Mac & Blair Family Adventures, another American - not International Carl
Yes, I would tend to agree that you could call our culture "mid Atlantic" - a stepping stone for Americans visiting Europe, and especially for first-time visitors, there's a whole lot of advantages in choosing Britain as your first port of call, until you're sufficiently assimilated and prepared to adventure further where everything is written in a different language -
and take careful note - where it IS written in English, it's NOT for the locals, and that includes food, and general pricing.!!
Fog ? Not often. Only occasionally in the Autumn or Winter.
Borderless: you are talking about the Schengen area, which applies only to some European countries.
Going to continental Europe after Brexit is exactly the same as before Brexit - passports (but not visas) required.
Last time a monarch refused to sign a law was Queen Anne in 1708.
In England. But it happened in Belgium in 1990. The Belgian parlement just declared the king to be unable to reign for a day, as he could not officially stop any law. He was a Roman Catholic and didn’t want to sign the abortion law, so parlement did and they reinstated him the next day.
@@iedutch1239 Even Boris Johnson didn't dare try that in the UK..
We have been to Seattle some years ago for 3 days and it was sunny , no rain no fog, just pleasant.... in August..... was this strange or common?
Depends on the time of year. The Pacific Northwest can be very wet during winter but dry and sunny in summer.
We no longer have severe widespread fog in UK. I remember years back driving a car with the door partly open, to see the white line in the middle of the road as you could see nothing through the windscreen. The power implemented by the king or queen is by tradition only now. The border between N. Ireland and Ireland is not a hard border, it is complicated.
10:13 The world classifies Great Britain and Ireland to be part of the 'British Isles' so technically those living in the Irish Republic are British too, but never tell them that, you'll get punched in the face, or even worse, bombed.
Geographically the UK is part of Europe, but its people are not, and have never been 'European'. We have far more in common with Australia, NZ, Ireland, Canada and even the USA, than say Bulgaria, Finland, Belgium and Portugal.
Crap! You're referring to the 'little Englander' mentality, exhibited by those who don't even know/understand their own history. Of course you're European. Where do you think your conquerors came from (Romans, Vikings, Angles, Jutes, Saxons, Normans).
It depends where you are in england as to how much it rains. But the main thing is it rains often bit not a large amount.
hello. to summarise about the locations
britain - england, wales, scotland
united kingdom - england, wales, scotland, northern ireland
ireland - northern ireland and republic of ireland (southern ireland basically)
british isles - britain, northern ireland, republic of ireland, hebrides, shetland islands, orkney islands, isles of scilley, channel islands, and the isle of man.
the british isles is a bit too complicated though, so it's best to stick with the two main islands for now
Yes, the difference between Britain and the United Kingdom is a bit blurred, whether it includes the outlying islands or not.
You included Man - but not the Channel Islands?
@@wessexdruid7598 to be honest, was so busy that i was rushing it, knew i forgot to add something. i'll do that now. thanks for letting me know.
The Republic of Ireland (Ireland proper) is still
a member of the EU...
Border (passport) less travel only
within countries that signed up to the Schengen accord...
We have always needed a passport to enter and leave the UK, Brexit hasn't changed much, unless for work, or the length of time you are away.
The great thing about the monarchy is that it stops politicians poncing around pretending they're the greatest (see Donald Trump). The monarch may have the power to do things like fire the PM, refuse to sign the law etc, but it would happen once, then the monarchy would at least be stripped of that power or, more likely, be thrown out altogether. As it is the monarchy reminds politicians that they aren't the centre of everything. Politicians might have the power, but they don't have the glory.
The only "borderless" part of the EU, is the shengen area. The rest of europe has borders. However some of them are more casual than others.
Yes Ireland was divided many years ago, so the Irish Republic is independent
"kin stammer" 😂
If the Monarch exerdised his power, there would be a serious constitutional crisis.
The issue arises with Americans residing in the UK who believe they understand the law better than others. The Queen was not above the law, and neither is the current King. The Crown Proceedings Act 1947, as clarified by this law, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It permitted, for the first time, civil actions to be brought against the Crown in the same manner as against any other party. The principle that "nobody is above the law" is upheld in the United Kingdom, extending to all individuals, including the Queen. This doctrine asserts that every person, irrespective of rank or status, is governed by and must adhere to the law. As the constitutional monarch, the Queen is expected to comply with the law, although she possesses certain legal immunities and privileges, like sovereign immunity, which shield her from legal proceedings under specific conditions. However, these immunities do not relieve her of the duty to obey the law and maintain the principles of justice and equity. The concept of "nobody is above the law" is a cornerstone of the UK's rule of law, ensuring that all individuals, including the Queen, are accountable to the law and treated equitably by it.
She doesn't possess anything except an unfurnished 6'x2' basement flat in London. It's still ridiculously overpriced.
We are connected to Europe by train and the channel tunnel, but i do agree we dont know if we are part of europe or an island of Manhatten 😂😂😂...oh and it rains more in Paris....
Well lol. Not everyone is the same. Some read.
The queen now the king, has ultimate power, she chooses not to use it, and thats why we have parliment, she chooses not to use the power, because she does not want to upset her subjects and there be a revolt,
If the northern Irish people are in the north, which way would the rest of the Irish people be..🤭🤣🤷🏻♂️🏴
America is isolated? Our brother Canada borders you, and Mexico too
Shh! You're giving away the invasion plans! They haven't noticed Michegan and Wisconsin are Canadian yet. At least wait until Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey and Donald Sutherland are on Mount Rushmore.
"The Monarch has the power to override parliament. Once. Because as soon as she does it the first time, parliament will take that power away and we will stop being a Constitutional Monarchy and have no Monarch at all."
Even many Brits don't understand the constitutional position of the Monarch, who is head of state - but only with permission of Parliament. The Monarch does have some real powers, but these can be altered any time with a vote in Parliament. An example is the right to declare war, which was taken away from the Monarch in the 1990s - it now has to be a vote in Parliament.
In theory, Parliament could vote to abolish the Monarchy, but it never has. But the Monarch cannot end Parliament - if they tried it would trigger a constitutional crisis and Parliament would probably abolish the Monarchy, So the Monarch has whatever powers Parliament allows it. And it's been that way since 1688-ish.
Note - Parliament is not the Government, although it often seems that way.
Technically the Monarch can dissolve parliament at any time, not advised though. They learnt from the French and another Monarch in what might/did happen. Also Parliament can only be opened/desolved by a Monarch. The will of the people plays a part in dissolving Parliament also. Parliament isn't as stupid as enough to try a 'military coup' also, money mainly. If becoming a tyrant, then fair enough.
@@gavingiant6900 I agree entirely, but any attempt to override Parliament would result in an immediate constitutional crisis. The starting point is that the Monarch rules only with Parliament's consent.
It makes it easier if you talk about Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland the latter is the one that is still in the E.U. ( and much more fun to be in, to my according-- personal feeling).
It’s like New Mexico which is one of the states of the union however Mexico is an independent country, consider Northern Ireland to be like New Mexico it is part of a much larger nation and Ireland like Mexico is an independent nation
It isn't difficult, just as not all North Americans are from the USA.
The monarch can prevent a law from ever being proposed. In the 90s, Blair wanted the power to use nuclear strikes without asking the Queen. She forbade Parliament to discuss it. In doing so, she prevented a nuclear war.
Utter nonsense. what potential nuclear war did she stop???
@andyvits1 she did stop parliament from even discussing parliament using military action without het permission. Whether it prevented anything we don't know. She has used this power a few times.
Where do you hear this nonsense? On the BBC I expect. The UK is a constitutional monarchy. The institution only exists as a ceremonial curiosity and to bring in tourist revenue. The English monarch is a figurehead and has no power at all. The position of the King or Queen of Scots is entirely different, however (which is what worries the British establishment, and is why no-one talks about it).
@@andyallan2909 you are so wrong
There isn't really a "European culture", except to the extent that the European Union creates a lot of cooperation and collaboration. Britain is part of that cultural mix, but it is a "broad church". So Britain is different to France, but no more than (say) Belgium and The Netherlands.
The monarch ultimately has the power of veto on laws that parliament pass. It has not been used for 2 centuries. If the monarch did not follow this convention, we would get rid of her quickly.
Ireland - ok - originally the British Isles were all one nation.
But after the second world war, the southern part of Ireland wanted independance.
So, it's now a separate nation in Europe. Today, their money is the Euro.
In the north, you use pounds sterling.
_Originally_ it was lots of separate nations; the Act of Union with Ireland was not until 1st Jan, 1801.
The Republic of Ireland gained independence just after the First World War, in 1922; but the first rising against the British was in 1916, right in the middle of the war.
Northern Irish people are just that, Northern Irish, not British. While Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, it is not part of Great Britain, which is made up of England, Scotland Wales and many of the surrounding Islands.
Also, when he said land border, I think he meant to say hard border.
8:28 incorrect.
The United Kingdom had a war which King John signed the Magna Carta on June 15 1215, the document states among others things; limited control, a king/queen cannot be above the law, no taxes without agreement and fair hearing in a court of law.
she has to do what parliament says
You are able to catch a train from the UK to mainland Europe
Northern Ireland is now predominantly Catholic now. The Catholic population has now outgrown the Protestant. Expect fun and games from now on
The Queen has power and now the King but if they acted on it the laws would change in a heartbeat....
8:57 That's just a technicality there is no way that would actually happen unless there is a very good reason for it. The public wouldn't allow it, not anymore at least. As soon as something like that happens there would be thousands if not millions of calls for the monarchy to be abolished. People don't want the monarchy to be involved in politics .The Royal family aren't dumb they do not want to piss people off and lose their lavish lifestyles.
yes the Danish King once fired the Parliament and the people got so angry, it ended with laws that took away that power from the King , this was about 100 years ago, the Monarchy only stands due to the support of the population, just look at Russia, Greece, France, Germany ect. lots of Monarchies have fallen, I remember a scandal some years ago maybe 10 or so, a newspaper in UK made a ton of letters then Prince Charles have written to the PM where he used a quite demanding tone and was very dominating in political issues, they aren't supposed to be political so I would certainly say they are not that powerful, today the people who are very powerful are multinational companies, banks (who ever prints the money holds the power)and all sorts of "economic forums" and unions they are the new Monarchs
From the top you got it right.
I am ENGLISH
You have my deepest sympathies. 😀