Who's in charge of Britain?

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  • @henrikkjuus90
    @henrikkjuus90 5 років тому +5274

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

    • @thomaspurnell1678
      @thomaspurnell1678 5 років тому +289

      @queeditchable Actually he's just making a joke

    • @yeshaya24
      @yeshaya24 5 років тому +40

      It's prehistoric !

    • @findinghare4588
      @findinghare4588 5 років тому +11

      queeditchable that’s not what he’s saying 😂

    • @ronaldraygoon
      @ronaldraygoon 5 років тому +59

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

    • @pixelneop
      @pixelneop 5 років тому +36

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

  • @jeffirwin7862
    @jeffirwin7862 8 років тому +8148

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

    • @fredrikkarner4115
      @fredrikkarner4115 7 років тому +79

      Jeff Irwin where are my Hausschuhen?

    • @noaholzer9603
      @noaholzer9603 7 років тому +142

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

    • @jpthomas9491
      @jpthomas9491 7 років тому +100

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

    • @jpthomas9491
      @jpthomas9491 7 років тому +15

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

    • @rcm926
      @rcm926 7 років тому +59

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

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 5 років тому +8946

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

    • @babomb2146
      @babomb2146 5 років тому +487

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

    • @isaacpreece2120
      @isaacpreece2120 5 років тому +396

      Hello, *SCOTLAND WANTS ITS INDEPENDENCE*

    • @engineergaming5989
      @engineergaming5989 5 років тому +36

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

    • @AICabal
      @AICabal 4 роки тому +10

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

    • @usarkarzts4207
      @usarkarzts4207 4 роки тому +76

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

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 2 роки тому +726

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

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Рік тому +2

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

    • @ljr6490
      @ljr6490 Рік тому

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

    • @ct6910
      @ct6910 11 місяців тому +3

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

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon 8 місяців тому

      ​@@ct6910prove this

    • @awsomebot1
      @awsomebot1 7 місяців тому +8

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

  • @JonatasMonte
    @JonatasMonte 5 років тому +2099

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

  • @coebags
    @coebags 4 роки тому +3035

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

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 роки тому +848

      Aw, thanks Alan!

    • @k4four615
      @k4four615 3 роки тому +98

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

    • @anonymousanonymous1987
      @anonymousanonymous1987 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 3 роки тому +56

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

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 3 роки тому +11

      @@k4four615 I agree with you

  • @redbaron4908
    @redbaron4908 5 років тому +5204

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

    • @primodei
      @primodei 5 років тому +145

      Interesting, German pilot talks about UK politics

    • @lokischeissmessiah5749
      @lokischeissmessiah5749 5 років тому +54

      Haha. Said a German.

    • @erikkr.r.m7380
      @erikkr.r.m7380 5 років тому +32

      democracy as a whole doesnt work well

    • @hhs_leviathan
      @hhs_leviathan 5 років тому +10

      Honestly you are not that far off...

    • @johnrandall125
      @johnrandall125 5 років тому +40

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

  • @arkhambricks7082
    @arkhambricks7082 2 роки тому +144

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

  • @Richard_is_cool
    @Richard_is_cool 5 років тому +5091

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

    • @FoxDren
      @FoxDren 5 років тому +229

      And parliament makes even less sense

    • @NayNay-hw6im
      @NayNay-hw6im 5 років тому +198

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

    • @glorylord6
      @glorylord6 5 років тому +23

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

    • @dawiemeyer1630
      @dawiemeyer1630 5 років тому +23

      Abolish the monarchy....the royals are parasites

    • @ren576
      @ren576 5 років тому +11

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

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul 4 роки тому +5082

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

    • @Amphibax
      @Amphibax 4 роки тому +179

      Finally somebody is asking the important questions

    • @darcygardner415
      @darcygardner415 4 роки тому +23

      @@wappo-m4y no, that's wrong. that means "am i" literally but it doesn't make grammatical sense. "ich bin" can mean "i am" or "am i" in different contexts.

    • @mutekinokishi6608
      @mutekinokishi6608 4 роки тому +157

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

    • @redlophix5670
      @redlophix5670 4 роки тому +55

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

    • @aryan_kumar
      @aryan_kumar 4 роки тому +29

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

  • @finnholden636
    @finnholden636 3 роки тому +849

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

    • @Kanbei11
      @Kanbei11 2 роки тому +26

      Bigger Army Diplomacy

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @d24d2000
      @d24d2000 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @rtozier2011
      @rtozier2011 2 роки тому +9

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

    • @emperorhaya5351
      @emperorhaya5351 2 роки тому +1

      @@seekingabsolution1907 Better army diplomacy/Luckier army diplomacy

  • @quack4123
    @quack4123 2 роки тому +99

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

    • @nubgaming1013
      @nubgaming1013 2 роки тому +11

      The last comment before the queens death

  • @datsko6339
    @datsko6339 3 роки тому +519

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

    • @afischer8327
      @afischer8327 3 роки тому +33

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

    • @CuFhoirthe88
      @CuFhoirthe88 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 3 роки тому

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

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 3 роки тому

      @@Oldstylestoryteller down with all monarchs.

    • @DJ-Brownie-UK
      @DJ-Brownie-UK 3 роки тому

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

  • @DoomOffial
    @DoomOffial 7 років тому +357

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

    • @michaelzheng5250
      @michaelzheng5250 5 років тому +7

      *Charles I flashbacks*

    • @tombull1342
      @tombull1342 5 років тому +3

      That's why it's baffling ;)

    • @iloveindia3492
      @iloveindia3492 5 років тому +1

      (┛❍ᴥ❍)┛彡┻━┻♪☆\(^0^\) ♪(/^-^)/☆♪\(*^▽^*)/\(*^▽^*)/Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→

    • @jascrandom9855
      @jascrandom9855 5 років тому

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

    • @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963
      @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 5 років тому

      templar scott
      But parliament is about a thousand years old.

  • @purplefire2834
    @purplefire2834 5 років тому +495

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

    • @ajirajend584
      @ajirajend584 4 роки тому +18

      Well, then he played the Queen

    • @colbyw869
      @colbyw869 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @azaria_phd
      @azaria_phd 3 роки тому +2

      Not to be confused with the House of Lordes.

    • @Julianna.Domina
      @Julianna.Domina 3 роки тому

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

  • @NoName-eq9md
    @NoName-eq9md 3 роки тому +393

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

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh 2 роки тому +17

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

    • @claws811
      @claws811 2 роки тому +1

      very nice

    • @fleetwoodcraic4235
      @fleetwoodcraic4235 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @nathanmcgill7249
      @nathanmcgill7249 11 місяців тому +2

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

    • @DizzyingKaleidoscope
      @DizzyingKaleidoscope 5 місяців тому

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

  • @LarsPallesen
    @LarsPallesen 4 роки тому +386

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

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 роки тому +11

      @Townfounder UA-camr Jokes on you.

    • @lunchtiem
      @lunchtiem 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @3seven5seven1nine9
    @3seven5seven1nine9 5 років тому +537

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

  • @burper-oe6tm
    @burper-oe6tm 3 роки тому +450

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

    • @zetovidillard
      @zetovidillard 3 роки тому

      THIS

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 3 роки тому +32

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

    • @Checkmate1138
      @Checkmate1138 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @BenDavisSkydiving
      @BenDavisSkydiving 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @bastadtroll8922
      @bastadtroll8922 2 роки тому

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

  • @RedoStone35
    @RedoStone35 2 роки тому +1715

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

    • @quietflintuk
      @quietflintuk 2 роки тому +67

      Queen will never be forgotten 🤬

    • @medvjet
      @medvjet 2 роки тому +21

      @@quietflintuk dunno if thats true

    • @hollow8421
      @hollow8421 2 роки тому +19

      @@medvjet It is

    • @dabomb9488
      @dabomb9488 2 роки тому +20

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

    • @hollow8421
      @hollow8421 2 роки тому +24

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

  • @AxelWedstar411
    @AxelWedstar411 3 роки тому +1085

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

    • @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744
      @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 3 роки тому +15

      If I'm correct shadow in Japanese is kage

    • @archise3191
      @archise3191 3 роки тому +44

      @@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 KageCabinete rhymes pretty good

    • @planetbirthday6859
      @planetbirthday6859 3 роки тому +5

      @@archise3191 that's good

    • @yukidaruma4768
      @yukidaruma4768 3 роки тому +5

      sounds like deep state

    • @klaxoncow
      @klaxoncow 3 роки тому +45

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

  • @IaHarbour
    @IaHarbour 5 років тому +1078

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

    • @avnerzino9283
      @avnerzino9283 5 років тому +17

      Lizzy has no power, she is only a figure head

    • @jackcarley6655
      @jackcarley6655 5 років тому +7

      AVNER ZINO lol

    • @wildgoose5964
      @wildgoose5964 5 років тому

      so what's the point...

    • @leeboy26
      @leeboy26 5 років тому +38

      @Ulti737fs It really is the only workable solution.

    • @raynes6286
      @raynes6286 5 років тому +21

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

  • @thedripfinallystops
    @thedripfinallystops 9 років тому +788

    Brilliant stuff get this man a tv show.

    • @FixdalOK
      @FixdalOK 7 років тому +25

      Joshua Barnett TV is dead.

    • @L-mo
      @L-mo 5 років тому +10

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

    • @bahardin3992
      @bahardin3992 5 років тому

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

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 5 років тому +5

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

    • @9inchpp
      @9inchpp 5 років тому

      He kinda did

  • @KrisuGranie
    @KrisuGranie 2 роки тому +27

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

  • @EYDuff
    @EYDuff 4 роки тому +2275

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

  • @baruchpinnick811
    @baruchpinnick811 4 роки тому +3713

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

    • @georgecatton
      @georgecatton 4 роки тому +242

      Theocratic constitutional monarchy

    • @boyishmallard9404
      @boyishmallard9404 4 роки тому +142

      its ironic how the vatican is technically a monarchy

    • @georgecatton
      @georgecatton 4 роки тому +12

      @@boyishmallard9404 yes

    • @arkalis_
      @arkalis_ 4 роки тому +105

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

    • @benjaminencarmine
      @benjaminencarmine 4 роки тому +12

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

  • @jacobsharpe8219
    @jacobsharpe8219 4 роки тому +1938

    The queen technically owns 16% of the earths surface.

    • @star.interlude
      @star.interlude 4 роки тому +22

      True

    • @jacobsharpe8219
      @jacobsharpe8219 3 роки тому +91

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

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 роки тому +103

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

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @jacobsharpe8219
      @jacobsharpe8219 3 роки тому +20

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

  • @foundingtitan7
    @foundingtitan7 2 роки тому +35

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

  • @samotten9874
    @samotten9874 9 років тому +347

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

    • @WorldNews92
      @WorldNews92 9 років тому +109

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

    • @LordDim1
      @LordDim1 7 років тому +45

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

    • @henningbartels6245
      @henningbartels6245 7 років тому +5

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

    • @danielvaldez9946
      @danielvaldez9946 6 років тому

      Ask bongo

    • @Warriorcats64
      @Warriorcats64 6 років тому +3

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

  • @zacchambers2418
    @zacchambers2418 8 років тому +343

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

    • @joebrad275
      @joebrad275 8 років тому +1

      zac chambers yesss

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 7 років тому +29

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

    • @luk3c1ary
      @luk3c1ary 6 років тому +1

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

    • @averagecoloniser4586
      @averagecoloniser4586 5 років тому

      Good lord imagine if a joke candidate wins

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 5 років тому

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

  • @solderbuff
    @solderbuff 3 роки тому +101

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

    • @TheAurelianProject
      @TheAurelianProject 3 роки тому +2

      Good ol’ Ukrainian politics

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @k992-o6r
    @k992-o6r 2 роки тому +25

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

    • @rdclips3647
      @rdclips3647 2 роки тому +2

      "Dun dun dun another one bites the dust"

    • @imbored01
      @imbored01 2 роки тому +3

      Oof!

  • @aasmund_ks6369
    @aasmund_ks6369 8 років тому +604

    House of Lordes. Goddamnit.

    • @MH-jc3uj
      @MH-jc3uj 7 років тому +12

      aasmund_ks Howse of Lourdes

    • @katemarron6957
      @katemarron6957 7 років тому +59

      aasmund_ks they'll never be royals

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 5 років тому

      It just isn’t in their blood

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 5 років тому

      House of Lorks-a-Lordy!

    • @Gredddfe
      @Gredddfe 5 років тому +1

      Don't you think that it's boring how politicians talk?

  • @genticles9981
    @genticles9981 5 років тому +1718

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

    • @taliesinhalliday
      @taliesinhalliday 5 років тому +37

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

    • @Nozylatten
      @Nozylatten 5 років тому +72

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

    • @genticles9981
      @genticles9981 5 років тому +12

      Flavius Belisarius nah, it’s not your fault

    • @neilvincent5524
      @neilvincent5524 5 років тому +20

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

    • @WilliamCooper2005
      @WilliamCooper2005 5 років тому +12

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

  • @slippymitc
    @slippymitc 4 роки тому +30

    Ween's "So many people in the neighborhood" at 2:30 is perfect. Well done.

  • @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
    @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat 9 місяців тому +9

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

    • @OceanMann_
      @OceanMann_ Місяць тому

      2:31 - Talking about the people that form the government, song is "So Many People in the Neighborhood" by Ween

  • @princeofchetarria5375
    @princeofchetarria5375 4 роки тому +94

    Looking back, 2015 seems like such a simple time 😂

  • @epsilon3117
    @epsilon3117 5 років тому +689

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

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy 5 років тому +41

      just like the french did

    • @australianword3812
      @australianword3812 4 роки тому +17

      @Jay-john Derbyshire r/foundtheblueman

    • @michelsand5399
      @michelsand5399 4 роки тому +10

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

    • @australianword3812
      @australianword3812 4 роки тому +8

      @@michelsand5399 shh! Let him feel speshal!

    • @michelsand5399
      @michelsand5399 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @mladen7641
    @mladen7641 3 роки тому +143

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

    • @emptyalsoempty7366
      @emptyalsoempty7366 2 роки тому +49

      this didn't age quite so well.

    • @mantapjiwa632
      @mantapjiwa632 2 роки тому +29

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

    • @CCABPSacsach
      @CCABPSacsach 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 2 роки тому +4

      Nor did your comment my good sir.

  • @ctalcantara1700
    @ctalcantara1700 3 роки тому +16

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

  • @maninredhelm
    @maninredhelm 5 років тому +26

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

  • @PrillyMcPrillinson
    @PrillyMcPrillinson 9 років тому +113

    I wouldn't mind more things unboringed.

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 5 років тому +463

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

    • @Blyskawica1
      @Blyskawica1 5 років тому +8

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

    • @CharlieHolmesT
      @CharlieHolmesT 5 років тому +47

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

    • @DrRekiin
      @DrRekiin 5 років тому +100

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

    • @chrissneed7072
      @chrissneed7072 5 років тому

      Same here

    • @Haliya.
      @Haliya. 5 років тому +28

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

  • @mananagrawal6855
    @mananagrawal6855 Рік тому +7

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

  • @aurelmatthews4164
    @aurelmatthews4164 3 роки тому +64

    "They're called the backbenchers, because they sit at the back. Which are benches"
    I'm a loser by Beck starts playing
    Hehehehe...

  • @FlyAirNick
    @FlyAirNick 8 років тому +106

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

    • @WannabeMarsanach
      @WannabeMarsanach 8 років тому +6

      it best be fake though...

    • @jamesmatthews291
      @jamesmatthews291 8 років тому +7

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

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  8 років тому +54

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

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  8 років тому +62

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

    • @FooBarBash
      @FooBarBash 8 років тому +10

      Was the green sheen on the screen clean?

  • @thebit1097
    @thebit1097 5 років тому +505

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

    • @fizzy9226
      @fizzy9226 5 років тому +14

      He asked "Wo sind meine Hausschuhe"

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 роки тому +22

      @@fizzy9226 Where are my slippers? hahahha

    • @jamestaylor3066
      @jamestaylor3066 4 роки тому +8

      Bin ich anyone?
      Or just not google translate

    • @Gasmassk
      @Gasmassk 4 роки тому +1

      is your name a Melvins reference?

    • @lasseb5612
      @lasseb5612 4 роки тому +4

      Warum? Was ist denn falsch daran?

  • @spaghettboy2173
    @spaghettboy2173 2 роки тому +34

    The UA-cam algorithm is a cruel mistress

  • @royaltraitor2000
    @royaltraitor2000 5 років тому +174

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

  • @doyle201206
    @doyle201206 4 роки тому +98

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

    • @carlwilkerson9722
      @carlwilkerson9722 4 роки тому +21

      Yes, Minister.

    • @virgilxavier1
      @virgilxavier1 3 роки тому +11

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

  • @brianpan6453
    @brianpan6453 5 років тому +291

    Queen: "I am!"
    Queen's favorite corgi: "Yeah, just keep telling yourself that, doll face."

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 роки тому +77

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

    • @blu3260
      @blu3260 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @thomasfoster4370
      @thomasfoster4370 2 роки тому +3

      @@blu3260 yes, it was those damn triangles

  • @dan_tr4pd00r
    @dan_tr4pd00r 7 років тому +118

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

    • @yong-haotan6576
      @yong-haotan6576 6 років тому +14

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

    • @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX
      @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 5 років тому +6

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

    • @shehannanayakkara4162
      @shehannanayakkara4162 5 років тому +2

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

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @joaquinaugusto625
    @joaquinaugusto625 6 років тому +774

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

    • @ninny65
      @ninny65 5 років тому +47

      The English are German

    • @AbsoluteMiniacGena
      @AbsoluteMiniacGena 5 років тому +7

      Meghan Markle wants to rule England

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 років тому +11

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

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 років тому +7

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

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 5 років тому +5

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

  • @gilgatex
    @gilgatex 2 роки тому +24

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

  • @Zadakleader635IvanTheRobot
    @Zadakleader635IvanTheRobot 4 роки тому +42

    2:13 i keep repeating this part

  • @maacpiash
    @maacpiash 8 років тому +32

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

  • @kodakgreen6047
    @kodakgreen6047 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @innovativeatavist159
    @innovativeatavist159 3 роки тому +413

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

    • @BackTheNerd
      @BackTheNerd 3 роки тому +40

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

    • @jonathanshapiro6593
      @jonathanshapiro6593 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @Q-box
      @Q-box 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @jonathanshapiro6593
      @jonathanshapiro6593 2 роки тому

      @@Q-box wait what

    • @TheWinjin
      @TheWinjin 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @harrisonshone7769
    @harrisonshone7769 7 років тому +1067

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

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 7 років тому +90

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

    • @hens0w
      @hens0w 7 років тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/JUDSeb2zHQ0/v-deo.html

    • @ariltherandomguyonyoutube5220
      @ariltherandomguyonyoutube5220 7 років тому +29

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

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 7 років тому +5

      She chooses the most supported party members

    • @ryankiser4639
      @ryankiser4639 7 років тому +23

      Mr. Shone is referring to the Electoral Collage.

  • @grahamlive
    @grahamlive 8 років тому +1158

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

    • @SuperAdnan117
      @SuperAdnan117 8 років тому +7

      grahamlive James May proves it...

    • @cheeseontoast9418
      @cheeseontoast9418 8 років тому

      source? :)

    • @donal935
      @donal935 7 років тому +20

      english saying aye is unnatural tho lol

    • @davidharrhy2308
      @davidharrhy2308 7 років тому +51

      are u actually being a nationalist about the word aye

    • @grahamlive
      @grahamlive 7 років тому +6

      ***** Naw. ;)

  • @wetsock365
    @wetsock365 9 років тому +278

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

    • @otocan
      @otocan 7 років тому +7

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

    • @jayjay99989
      @jayjay99989 7 років тому +10

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

    • @johnnotts2
      @johnnotts2 7 років тому +6

      This is what your parents are for...

    • @jasonmartin4775
      @jasonmartin4775 7 років тому +5

      They're at work though.

    • @scotthurst5742
      @scotthurst5742 6 років тому +8

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

  • @SilverDogÉtoilesMystérieuses
    @SilverDogÉtoilesMystérieuses 2 роки тому +21

    Well, she's not anymore.

    • @nubgaming1013
      @nubgaming1013 2 роки тому

      I mark this as the first comment after she died

  • @WardyLion
    @WardyLion 5 років тому +58

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

    • @vincenttavani6380
      @vincenttavani6380 4 роки тому

      Frawdder is red dwarf backwards

    • @hds66nl29
      @hds66nl29 4 роки тому

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

    • @edp6000
      @edp6000 3 роки тому

      Watched that whole episode of Red Dwarf reversed. Good times

  • @ThePixel1983
    @ThePixel1983 4 роки тому +29

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

    • @ixlnxs
      @ixlnxs 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @yacob1113
    @yacob1113 3 роки тому +55

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

    • @dechasrisen4783
      @dechasrisen4783 3 роки тому +20

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

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 3 роки тому +2

      Could you knock on the queen's door though?

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @bloodclaat
      @bloodclaat Рік тому +1

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

    • @interbard
      @interbard Рік тому +1

      10th Downing Street doesn't look like that

  • @cactuscreek5925
    @cactuscreek5925 2 роки тому +13

    well now the queen isn't the ruler anymore

  • @yondie491
    @yondie491 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714
    @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 4 роки тому +17

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

  • @TheDucky399
    @TheDucky399 5 років тому +383

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

    • @HaoSci
      @HaoSci 5 років тому +7

      Thanks to Boris Johnson.

    • @AmusedWalrus
      @AmusedWalrus 5 років тому +41

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

    • @bensykes9130
      @bensykes9130 5 років тому +49

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

    • @ugugmug
      @ugugmug 5 років тому +16

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

    • @mrmetal1680
      @mrmetal1680 5 років тому +7

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

  • @eamonahern7495
    @eamonahern7495 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @eamonreidy9534
      @eamonreidy9534 2 роки тому

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

    • @jonathanwebster7091
      @jonathanwebster7091 Рік тому

      Yes; a Parliamentary Republic.

  • @anarghyasumanth8590
    @anarghyasumanth8590 4 роки тому +37

    So basically, Britain is in charge of Britain.

    • @pqrstzxerty1296
      @pqrstzxerty1296 4 роки тому +3

      No UK is in charge of Britian.

    • @frankie7529
      @frankie7529 4 роки тому +5

      @@pqrstzxerty1296 No, Britain is in charge of UK.

  • @funkyfranx
    @funkyfranx 5 років тому +9

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

  • @jdjones4825
    @jdjones4825 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @CCABPSacsach
    @CCABPSacsach 2 роки тому +14

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

    • @LeakyTrees
      @LeakyTrees 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @DaltonHBrown
    @DaltonHBrown 6 років тому +13

    0:35
    "how is the country actually run? What does the PM do? Who does the Government? Why am the there backbenches? Government how home secretary the is? Parliamentary where cabinet reshuffle opposition right honorable what?"

  • @TheMrNalsur
    @TheMrNalsur 5 років тому +56

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

  • @thathandsomedevil0828
    @thathandsomedevil0828 5 років тому +36

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

    • @goodpeopleoftheworldunite
      @goodpeopleoftheworldunite 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @BallyBoy95
    @BallyBoy95 Рік тому +1

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

  • @ZT742
    @ZT742 4 роки тому +40

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

    • @GuerrillaSauce
      @GuerrillaSauce 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @ZT742
      @ZT742 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @ltaylor9704
    @ltaylor9704 7 років тому +13

    "Every 5 years there's a general election" said whilst laughing and crying at the same time.

  • @clarkgwillison
    @clarkgwillison 5 років тому +7

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

  • @brendancross2767
    @brendancross2767 2 роки тому +7

    Well this definitely hits different after yesterday

  • @aha0327
    @aha0327 5 років тому +6

    as a non-brit i learnt a lot from this video and i like it! thank you i really appreciate your existence and youtube recommendation :)

  • @colbyw869
    @colbyw869 4 роки тому +9

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

  • @joshbrownmovies
    @joshbrownmovies 5 років тому +36

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

  • @wimpwampwomp
    @wimpwampwomp 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @pinkyfull
    @pinkyfull 8 років тому +101

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

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 3 роки тому +78

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

    • @eamonreidy9534
      @eamonreidy9534 2 роки тому +21

      Except all those countries with monarchies that became dictatorships

    • @bastadtroll8922
      @bastadtroll8922 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @electrosyzygy
      @electrosyzygy 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @borjesvensson8661
      @borjesvensson8661 2 роки тому +8

      @Fr-h WLH spain is a good example.

    • @HandballDinosaur
      @HandballDinosaur 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @mrbarth
    @mrbarth 2 роки тому +39

    As an American expat to Canada that now considers himself as an Americanadian, I still have a difficult time getting my yankee born head around how the Canadian system works. You explained it perfectly to me in this video. All i had to do was substitute our red and white Maple Leaf flag for that flag that was copied from one of the Spice Girls' dresses and it all made sense. Until I thought about it some and now I forgot what we were talking about.

    • @lcfcsince2016
      @lcfcsince2016 2 роки тому +1

      Americanadian 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦
      Wow 😯

    • @88porpoise
      @88porpoise Рік тому +1

      In the simplest sense:
      Take the US system,
      Make the Speaker of the House of Representatives also the President,
      Completely neuter the Senate,
      You now have, functionally, a system that is basically the same as Canada and the UK. All that other stuff (like the Monarchy) is largely fluff.

  • @petermc7098
    @petermc7098 5 років тому +4

    Hilarious, but so informative and educational! Keep it up! Cheers Peter

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @scrutley
    @scrutley 9 років тому +494

    Please do a house of Lords video!

    • @lucaslolz
      @lucaslolz 7 років тому +58

      Yeah, you promised bruv

    • @runedudez
      @runedudez 7 років тому +11

      scrutley update: he did it!

    • @ugopiro8888
      @ugopiro8888 6 років тому

      scrutley essere un po' di tempo fa piacere Marta

  • @jedisalsohere
    @jedisalsohere 2 роки тому +3

    You would not believe the number of rewatches it took for me to notice that he says that Parliament is a "thousands of years old" institution that's been around for "hundreds of years".

  • @pundlik9012
    @pundlik9012 2 роки тому +12

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

  • @thurantpnh6687
    @thurantpnh6687 4 роки тому +12

    This is the real reason why the American revolution happened. People in the Americas were so confused by British politics that they decided to leave.

    • @ahmadfsalam
      @ahmadfsalam 2 роки тому

      .. and made something even worse... ua-cam.com/video/jL5LaLT2BJM/v-deo.html

  • @jakohuncho2410
    @jakohuncho2410 5 років тому +9

    4:18
    The house of 🎵LORDEs🎵
    😭

  • @EmdeeTiamiyu
    @EmdeeTiamiyu 3 роки тому +1

    01:35 "What is a Political Party?" And clowns appeared.
    Hahahahaha, that cracked me the hell open 🤣😂🤣

  • @jul7985
    @jul7985 3 роки тому +8

    They should use a system where the party percentages are proportional to the seats while still having MPs like in Germany