What did the British ever do for us?

It has famously been asked "What did the Romans ever do for us." But what about the British? It is fashionable to malign Britain and its old empire - but their scientific achievements alone saved billions of lives. This video is a far-too-short summary of some of the major British advances in science and technology
Dr Peter Ridd is a physicist who has written over 100 scientific publications in international journal.
Since being fired by James Cook University for raising concerns about science quality assurance issues, Peter Ridd receives no payment for any of the work he does.
Also see / projectforrealsciencer...

[@classicalmusic1175]

To all British haters out there You're welcome...

[@JosephB-tv7gf]

The haters out there exist due to the Brits. In passing, only the other week I found out the Brits invented the first blood transfusion service. And are far the largest per capita donors of all demographics in Britain today.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

What do you mean by that.

[@johnbell-yn5xe]

He means who gets the most criticism from people the man who builds a successful company or the man who picks up the litter in his carpark Thats us the Brits

[@prophetsnake]

That's pretty much everyone.

[@RobertInnis-b4s]

Interesting that you would recognise that there would be many haters.

[@The_Plastic_Ape]

As a professional life long British person, I'd like to thank all my ancestors for being really, really good at inventing stuff.

[@richardhockey8442]

standing on the shoulders of giants

[@itwoznotme]

and building it! its just a shame about the current generation who just want to tell everyone what they are doing on facebook or whatever twatter is called these days.

[@SvenTviking]

And war! We were great at that.

[@alandyer1646]

South Africa, former British colony, that performed the first heart transplant and invented the CAT scan.

[@prophetsnake]

Like the concentration camp, for example?

[@AJGeeTV]

As a Brit I have to say a big 'Thank You' for making this video. So many young Brits today are made to feel ashamed for being British. They should all sit down, watch this, and be proud and thankful.

[@ewencameron1548]

Jolly good show

[@edgeofeternity744]

Here here!

[@malpreece5008]

Well said. I’m doing my best to counter the anti-British nonsense taught at my children’s school, but it’s relentless. Still, if we can remind younger generations of the great achievements of their forebears I’m sure it will inspire them in the future. 🇬🇧👍🏻

[@lordhoot1]

Nobody has to feel ashamed of where they're from. But if you're going to choose to be proud you'd better at least be honest with yourself about the good and the bad. Or else it's just another kind of narcissism.

[@sarahjones7239]

@@malpreece5008me too….its clear to see from watching and this why so many would be bitterly jealous of our beautiful nation and people past and present. Keep shouting and defending our nation x

[@LW1Tok]

As a 24 year old Pacific Islander I thank the Brits for thier ancestors who made invaluable contributions to humanity's advancement. I am grateful to be born in a time far better then any other as a result of the Western Civilization Project. I wish more of the young Brits today would be taught to appreciate their heritage.

[@normahopkin3393]

I believe that it's a deliberate plan to raise our children in ignorance of their heritage and guilt trip them about Britain's rich historical past. Saps their spirit and guilt trips before the children are out of primary schools ! Thanks for reminding me. Sadly, I've been watching it happen for years unfortunately.😇

[@leet3207]

Its just a pity we Brits are not allowed to celebrate any of our achievements in this strange modern world.

[@sarahjones7239]

We are allowed there is just a minority of anti western anti British who try to destabilise us…..don’t let them x🇬🇧

[@johnnunn8688]

Yes, yes I am.

[@benjamincjholmes]

We are allowed. And it's high time we speak them proudly.

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

Stand up for your culture or we will be Erased!

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

Speak for yourself. As an engineer in three distinct technologies, I am proud of the foundations created by my forebears. And, for our failings, who did more to iradicate slavery in the world? Or, through colonisation, created a new lingua franca that many are keen to learn and profit from today?

[@TioDeive]

It's just jaw dropping when you realise how much one nation contributed to humanity when it comes to science. Mad respect for the British, past and present. Cheers from Brazil.

[@TheCornish123456]

In reality if he was to list everything the video would have been hours long.

[@sedekiman824]

Perhaps parliamentary proceedure?

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Err thats because they were already an empire (and so had the wealth and power) when the industrial age happened, they also sat upon easily accessible coal deposits which powered it.

[@neil8675]

Thank you, You have a positive open mind!

[@OliverSchofield]

I didn't invent anything on his list, but I thank you from Britain 😅

[@thegeneralist7527]

I admire Great Britain so much I married a pommie. One side of my family is Scottish, and the other side English. I've always considered myself a proud colonial Canadian. One should not forget the contributions of English literature and of course the legendary English wit. What have the British ever done for me? Well, everything.

[@reefrebels]

Beautifully expressed 👏

[@H4CK61]

Very well said mate.

[@markpitts5194]

English bloody literature????? You should have read some of the shit we had to do for O level exams!

[@johnbell-yn5xe]

Thanks 👍

[@andylewis7360]

@@markpitts5194Such as?

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Just imagine ending slavery and then getting guilt tripped for it heavily today while the Arab slave trade was longer, bigger, crueller, and yet Arab guilt isn’t even a concept, let alone a match in guilt. Hell, the main Arab idol utterly worshipped today was a slave trader himself…

[@mmcc5846]

Emperor the British never ended slavery that is a lie

[@cheryl71000]

​@@mmcc5846 yes they did in all British ruled countries slavery was abolished. From 1850. Ended it in India,also ended the wife of an Indian being burnt with her dead husband. Which was the custom in India at that time the wife Alive and well would be burnt with her dead husband. Ships of the royal navy patrolled the African coast and stopped slave ships, releasing the ships occupants on to the next African port. I stead of relying on Hollywood to tell history go to a library and read about it.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@mmcc5846 In our local church in Selworthy there’s a plaque on the wall (it’s also online) dedicated to a son of the abolitionist Acland family, who died on a British navy ship intercepting slavers. Buying and selling captured people of your enemy was the norm in many countries; the Brits systematically put an end to the slave trade endemic in many countries, costing a veritable fortune in the process. Read a history book about it and not woke propaganda.

[@kravenknight9268]

@@mmcc5846 No, Britain did not end slavery since it is still a thing today in many countries. However Britain DID end the slave trade across the Atlantic and practically forced the other super powers at the time like France, Spain etc to abolish slavery also. So no need to be so pedantic about shit you see on youtube comments.

[@guyosborn615]

@@mmcc5846 Read a bit of history

[@DS-fk7ed]

Well, I'm proud of being British. Rule Britannia.

[@benhodkinson6467]

Indeed! God save the King!

[@stevesilk51]

Me too. No country should call themselves the greatest (USA try to) but Britain , (inc. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) are way up there.

[@lostintranslation1957]

I'm proud of being old British, I'm not proud of being that new invention that the Tories have pushed. This anti-constitutional perversity they call multicultural.

[@DianaMcFerran]

​@@benhodkinson6467 God save the King 🇬🇧

[@youme1414]

You are proud of being a colonialist. Jeez!

[@benhodkinson6467]

Music….. MUSIC!!!! The British contribution to modern music is extraordinary

[@DianaMcFerran]

Innit tho'? 😂

[@traceys8065]

Yes!

[@paulmay396]

Absolutely, hard rock and heavy metal were nurtured here and turned into global stadium-filling events known wolrdwide.

[@paulmay396]

and punk rock!

[@robertmac9057]

Oh yes, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie and loads more.

[@MrJohnL21]

I think we've forgotten that the Brits also gave the world an international language which is spoken by over half of global humanity as a first, second or third language.

[@Kitiwake]

Substantially correct.

[@MrDaiseymay]

WE GAVE THE WORLD , DEMOCRACY, INTERNATIONAL LAW, POSTAL SERVICE. , CANALS, TELEPHONE SYSTEM. GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, IYER HEDUKATSHUN

[@alanbarsteward7630]

And in space😊

[@brianmitchell8904]

And English is also spoken in Space as any Star Trek fan has to accept And all the Superheroes Supervillains have to also accept that the first word they speak is English so they must of come from England even Krypton - Superman's home came from England originally all the heroes and villans originated from England.

[@Opendjr]

And further refined by us Aussie’s

[@mrsuperger5429]

Britain civilised the world, for which they will never be forgiven.

[@tokenspirit6140]

Now, that's a bit like saying we are the best in the world. Uncivilized at the moment.

[@Liquid278]

Because of the way we did it, just like everyone else mind you but we were the best at it so everyone hates us

[@timobrien2813]

And never forgiven!

[@tempejkl]

You know, telling people that suffered under colonialism that they should be grateful is probably the worst thing you can do when you want them to like you.

[@ChristineRead-ck1uq]

@@tokenspirit6140 Ah but that isn't the British, is it?

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

And ended slavery, virtually bankrupting themselves in the process.Not because they had to, but because it was the right thing to do.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

And virtually bankrupted ourselves saving europe from themselves yet again (with the commonwealth and US of course)

[@kennethrollo7891]

No, they didn't bankrupt themselves. They handed out government money to themselves.

[@elkpaz560]

@@kennethrollo7891 In other words they taxed the British people to ensure that the freedom of the slaves was not challenged. In doing so, they avoided a civil war. British pragmatism supporting British morality.

[@andylewis7360]

@@kennethrollo7891In fact, the British government BORROWED that money in 1833 and every British citizen who paid tax up until 2014 contributed to paying off that debt. And that doesn’t include the Billions, by modern day standards that Britain and the USA spent to eradicate The Barbary Pirate slavers. You’re welcome.

[@nealerennie9912]

The White British ended slavery between the black Africans and white Europeans.But slavery is still happening today in Africa and has been between African tribes forever.And don’t start me on other non European countries it’s only white people who are very naught isn’t it everyone 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chrisbingham3289]

It's time us Brits stop being modest , polite and humble and declare “we gave you the best life you could have and ask for nothing in return but respect”.

[@tempejkl]

Nothing in return except 47 trillion from India, trillions from Ireland and Africa 😂😂😂 We gave you all that and we ask for nothing but yous to fǔck 0ff and mind your own business

[@blizzardgaming7070]

We did get a LOT in return, but the funniest thing to me is Americans and Australians insulting the British... you know, the countries populated almost entirely by people of British decent.

[@chrisbingham3289]

@@blizzardgaming7070 They are just jealous because they moved.

[@barhat961]

Most Americans are German and Irish ​@@blizzardgaming7070

[@Salacious-Crumb]

That's right ! Don't sit slagging us off on the Internet while eating a sandwich 🥪 (both of our inventions )

[@andyf4292]

we basically invented the 20th century. and probably the 19th- and we ended slavery.

[@ToothbrushMan]

Er. First, we didn't end slavery. Slavery never stopped. Second, prohibiting slavery after 9 million were enslaved is too little, too late.

[@stevewilcox6375]

There are more slaves now than ever!!

[@mouthstick-gaming]

We may have been amongst the first to end slavery, but by God we profited from it immensely before that time. It's also a little-known fact that when did finally abolish slavery, we gave out the equivalent of millions of pounds of compensation...to the slave OWNERS, not the slaves themselves.

[@mpetersen6]

Well, Britian did not end slavery. I will admit that they pretty much shut down the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th Century. The Anti Slave Trade Squadron also had ships from the US Navy assigned to it. But the Brits carried the load. Still slaves were flowing North and East to other cultural areas. And in the 1830s Britain officially ended slavery in the Empire. But I'd be willing to bet it was still going on quietly in places. The other two major European derived countries with slavery abolished the practice in the 1860s. In one it took a Traumatic Civil War. In the other, Brazil, it was done fairly peacefully. Unfortunately the practice still exists in parts of the world. Even in so calledcivilized parts.

[@DerekLangdon]

Slavery is alive and well bud. Even in Britain!

[@luckyguy-k6u]

We should teach this in schools. So many people have no idea what this small country have given the world.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

Good God you are soo right.😊

[@michaelscales5996]

I doubt the teachers know this also.They've gone through the woke PC training and been told everything is our fault !

[@Juhoty.x9]

NETFLIX teach them that they all were blacks

[@shaonian]

We live in a utopia created by a relatively small number of scientists and engineers. People don't understand how much our ancestors suffered before all this happened. The cultural change that is happening at present represents a return to a more primitive, backward world.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

this is a good point and I can't help but think religion plays a part in holding societies back, we had a big window in the UK and Europe as a whole where religion became fairly toothless allowing for hypothesis, debate, experiments and inventions to flourish without interference from the state/groups.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

Net zero is going to send us back there

[@cuznerdexter]

Religion, homogeneity, pride and belonging was what kept Brit society stable. It created the thirst for knowledge and experimentation. No modern genuis is coming from a culture of Single Mothers, Gangsta Rap, Islam or Transgenders!! We are racing through the 'Mouse Utopia Experiment' societal collapse is imminent! (Tldr, the mice turn gay due to lack of female for sex, have civil wars, eat each other, starve and all die)

[@excession3076]

On the surface it may seem like a small elite of scientists and engineers are solely responsible. But that elite can't exist without tacit support for them running throughout society. What's often overlooked is the respect everybody has, or used to have, for education, learning, invention and ideas. There's a reason we have centuries old universities, there's a reason literature is held in such high regard, the thirst for knowledge in Britain ran throughout society. As an example, Various Lords spent years digging up their estates discovering what they could about Romans, the Stone Age and investigating the relics they had left behind. A working class local woman in Dorset collected fossils, and with little formal education is considered one of the most important pioneers in the study of fossils. See the contrast? Do you see what connects them? They were British and they were curious. No other country, without coercion, has replicated or supported that level of intellectual exploration and discovery.

[@faramir]

@@GreatSageSunWukong Huh? The deindustrialisation complained of here has occurred as British religious observance declined.

[@_bav]

As an Englishman, I have to doff my cap to our Scottish brethren - whilst the Brits as a whole have punched well above their weight in the invention of modernity, the Scots have made a massive contribution that belies their relatively small population. 👋👋👋👋

[@benhodkinson6467]

Hear hear!

[@YARROWS9]

Yeah. England and Scotland are like Lennon/McCartney. Creative geniuses.

[@Rexkramer68]

Scottish are British

[@McConnachy]

And we fought the wars. But we have a harsh history, and it got worse in the union. Cultural & linguistic genocide and the clearances, which is a polite term for ethnic cleansing.

[@richrobson220]

@@Rexkramer68no they’re Scottish, numpty

[@grantsapain]

The British have been awarded the 2nd highest number of Nobel Prizes in history...

[@silgen]

And the most per head of population.

[@burtlangoustine1]

We men, it's said, think of the Romans at least once a day. When will it be the Brits I wonder? Is it already happening?

[@crzxr]

And Anglo-Saxons?

[@zenko247]

And the 1st highest number has so many from immigrants, Who grew up and were Educated in other Countries😁

[@gibson617ajg]

An English Church Bell-Ringer enjoyed his job so much he carried on for hours at a time, day and night. The locals created an award for him - he was the first recipient of the 'No Peace Bell Prize' - which, of course, is still handed out occasionally.

[@Tom-z9k1j]

Sadly this video would never be allowed anywhere near a school or learning institution where our indoctrinated children could be taught a different perspective of what Britain did and achieved in the past.

[@gooner_duke2756]

They should taught everything, 'the good, bad and ugly'. A balanced perspective...

[@davidcopson5800]

Yes, they wouldn't be allowed to hear "baaaarstards" in British schools.

[@grunkug]

I'm happy to be one of the few teenagers watching this video, but I completely agree. We've never really been taught about what us British achieved, except the Industrial Revolution and some medical advancements. However, we have been taught more about how brutal we were as colonists, which is true, but we are never taught about the good things we brought to the colonies. We constantly go over how 'evil' we were throughout our history, and I'm yet to hear a bad thing about the Romans, or the Ancient Egyptians, and the many other civilizations that had enslaved hundreds of thousands, long before the British ever did, and we always seem to gloss over the fact that the British were the first to abolish the slave trade in 1807 and the fact that slaves were freed in British East India in 1838. Thankfully, I haven't 'learnt' about how evil we were and how terrible colonisation was for a while now, and instead we've been learning about medicine, the Cold War, etc. I find it unfortunate that so many people my age don't appreciate their country's colourful history and never really celebrate it (to my knowledge). However, I am happy to say that we do celebrate Remberance Day and have recently commemorated the D-Day anniversary at my school.

[@Madonnalitta1]

Ending the Trans Atlantic slave trade and the Industrial revolution is plenty to be proud of. The modern world owes itself to Britain.

[@tempejkl]

We would've been a world power without Britain. Thanks to them, we are the only country to have a smaller population now than in the 19th century

[@YusiAnimated]

it owes more than that, they stripped us of our empire as thanks for all that and now we must deal with incompitent people in parliment doing NOTHING and i mean NOTHING to help our situation

[@kevinrayner5812]

Just running down the list, Saudi Arabia did not abolish slavery until 1962.

[@kevinrayner5812]

1996 The last Magdalene Laundry closes in Ireland.

[@greyjamiesod4989]

Yes, but we invented and ran the slave trade.

[@RJW998]

British inventions = The modern world.

[@dogsand77]

correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries

[@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont]

*European inventions/ideas

[@sprinter1832]

Industrial Revolution, BRITISH! who else would have built cast iron ships, when the whole world was pissing about in wooden ships and canoes!🤣😂😅

[@Steelninja77]

@@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont What are?

[@bucklr11]

The only European ideas were from the Romans

[@Musrusticus-]

The British have been a blessing to human kind and this wonderful Earth.

[@wonderworld7721]

😂😉🤣

[@jackbrooking4754]

As a Brit I would like to thank you for making this video. Far too many of my countrymen and women have been taught to look back at their history and their heritage with nothing but shame and guilt. When in actuality we have an awful lot to be proud of.

[@MrMegan1962]

We virtually invented everything, now we need to invent a way of getting rid of people that hate us.

[@dancarter482]

_Volcanoes_ Are somewhat undervalued for their exceptional waste disposal capabilities!

[@leighstreet8298]

Very true, I had a volume argument with an invader today, as to why we need them, as we the British are lazy, stupid and incompetent at running the the country...

[@jacksprat9172]

They can start by arresting anyone supporting terrorist organisations like hamas or waving a swastika on British streets. Then make it a jailable offence for any news organisation to purposely mislead or lie to the public, that takes care of much of the mainstream media, from the guardian to the bbc. Then withdraw funding from universities who are spreading marxist philosophy and had half the country on its knees on behalf of blm which is run by a bunch of thieving, racist swindlers. And to all the net zero climate change cult members, who want to close our farms down (which would cause instant starvation across Europe)..........piss off! If a cow farts in Holland the sun will not set the Earth on fire, however much you may want it to, not going to happen, sorry doom-mongers. No Western Democracy is inherently racist though you may come across the odd one here and there, I encountered one once, about twenty years ago and told him what he could go do to himself, problem solved. Scrap DEI, its enforced racism and deport anyone from any hr department.....................anywhere, maybe a lost island. Stop promoting folk because they're the right colour or sex because that is racist and sexist. Anyone mentioning micro aggressions or practising cancel culture(especially those who deny it exists) gets sent to live with the hr department, as do all illegal immigrants and those who are not identifying as one of two, and only two, genders. Any politician with links to WEF can go rule over the hr departments island utopia. While I'm at it, anyone using terms like 'un-alived' can go there too.

[@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67]

He never even touched on Common Law or Democracy,which without that those nobheads wouldn’t have a voice to hate us with!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧💪🏻

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

Just lower the temperature and the "others* will leave 😂

[@njm3211]

Hats off to you Brits. Hands down the most prolific contributors to modernity.

[@lizbignell7813]

Which, of course, is why Greta Thunberg blames us for climate change!!

[@josephbuckley5961]

​@@lizbignell7813she's a just figure head for billionaires to make money off

[@cossierob6143]

@@lizbignell7813 she might not be wrong

[@sen5i]

@cossierob6143 She most certainly is wrong

[@doughnutsandcoffee8622]

got a DNA test found out I'm 39% English, 33% Scottish and 14% Welsh. Videos like this help a lot, really moralizing in a world hellbent of de-moralizing my ethnicity, thanks

[@gooner_duke2756]

I think you can safely say you have British heritage 😁

[@adrianclifford2545]

Fun fact, the DNA test was invented by Sir Alec John Jeffreys, a Brit.

[@starofdavid9919]

With that 33% you'll be just fine, fellow Scot.

[@themaskedman221]

Pretty much every "invention" named here was the result of centuries of intellectual achievement (mostly by non-Brits), and in fact the only British people who don't understand this are the ones who haven't accomplished anything. A DNA test isn't your "ethnicity" either, so maybe enroll yourself in some sociology courses.

[@davidbarlow350]

The British Empire was so disliked by all those it occupied,that every one of them joined The Commonwealth. I don't see any other colonising power achieving that.

[@stephenburgess5109]

So true didn't see Indonesia join a Dutch Commonwealth when they became independent and for the Pacific South Seas territories they are still ruled over by a European power the French in 2024

[@dogsand77]

correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries

[@dogsand77]

compare china's rise with the british empire's rise, The brits used their empire to conquer others that resulted in over 100 million of deaths, plundering india's wealth, stealing of native lands. While china's rise doesn't involve wars of conquest, stealing of lands, genocide of natives etc, they have a far superior economic system. When comparing the 2 countries china dwarfs britain in terms of accomplishments and gdp and growth and scientific advancements etc

[@HieronymousCheese]

Like the USA?

[@DianaMcFerran]

You're 💯% correct!

[@albert21able]

The British are one of the greatest people that ever walked this planet.

[@Howie57]

Is that nigel planer you're on about?

[@TheManFrayBentos]

@@Howie57 Edgy.

[@Rexkramer68]

I can't take this anymore , I love my old country, 😢

[@dogsand77]

i beg to differ, they killed over 100 million to have their empire

[@michaelportaloo1981]

Walked the plank?

[@michaelrowsell1160]

Don't tell the Guardian about this as it will ruin their day

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Idiotic comment.

[@margaretflounders8510]

LOL...Good!

[@TruthHurts-s7g]

Oh Guardian????????? 👍😁

[@Zakalwe123]

I'm a guardian reader. This is great.

[@harry2.01]

Great comment Michael, don't forget "The Independent" as well.

[@Karma1st]

You can’t discredit a country for the bad without giving credit for the good and positives it brought upon humanity

[@Hanking-Warry]

This should be mandatory watching for every country, particularly the good ole US of A

[@cuznerdexter]

Agreed. Second that.

[@All_Good_Things]

I think this would shock a lot of USA citizens as they usually believe they invented everything

[@Japan-in-N]

Watched a documentary on the US invention of the Hovercraft. Mr Cockrell may have something to say about that.

[@davidfrost779]

@@Japan-in-N The things the yanks invented you could put on the back of a very small matchbox

[@B-A-L]

​@@All_Good_Things I can't think of anything that America invented entirely on its own!

[@W5nmwh50]

Every young person should be shown this!

[@DianaMcFerran]

All the 'woke' should be shown this!

[@tempejkl]

@@DianaMcFerranWhat if we, the colonised peoples, showed the British what they did? The biggest genocides in history, the invention of concentration camps, etc. etc. The Nazis copied the British, you know.

[@traceys8065]

As a Scot i say thank you for this video 🙏 What we achieved as a small nation is incredible. And as a collective, us Brits were genuineness

[@Ionabrodie69]

Well said and quite agree , as an Englishwoman from the North it’s great to have such clever neighbours 👍😊

[@aussie5941]

US? No thanks, ya Hoose Jock.

[@BanCommies_Fascists]

Thanks for giving the world Adam Smith

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Did he mention TV. I’m Aussie. No we didn’t invent tv lol, Scottish John Logie Baird did. We all know that here in Aus. The Logies is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television. . Another ✔️ to the Brits 😊

[@leearnold2832]

and don't forget the Brits sacrificed their empire to stop hitler

[@keifer7813]

It's not sacrifice if you had no choice lol

[@millyjames7891]

@@keifer7813 You really are a prat aren't you? Just go to Arnhem.

[@jakewright4394]

@@keifer7813 we did...we could have just as easily said "screw the world - as long as our empire doesn't get attacked", plus we were bound by a treaty and honour to step in when Poland got invaded, H*tler didn't listen so he FAFO.

[@grahamfrear9270]

It was done for the WORLD.not Great Britain 🇬🇧 we all sacrifice.🌍

[@grantsapain]

Not like they had any choice...

[@macflod]

As a british citizen i can say that after hearing all this how shameful it is that almost all of British engineering and manufacturing is gone today. Apart from a few specialised low volume products there is only a tiny proportion of manufacturing left in comparison to what there once was. It was all left to fall apart, shit down and sold out. im not even sure there is a steel industry anymore. Sadly country has been ruined, sold off and totally bled dry by government corruption.

[@A190xx]

The UK last week moved to the 4th largest exporter in the world. Much of our wholesale manufacturing is done abroad where either the resources are found or the labour is cheap, which is the price of globalisation. However, the UK still have a significant manufacturing industry, but mostly in highly skilled or specialised areas.

[@Spiklething]

Genuinely love what I am assuming to be a typo, I am pretty sure you meant ' It was all left to fall apart, *shut* down and sold out' but what you have written is so much better

[@mpetersen6]

I found it pretty sad when the two RN carriers wee built in France.

[@DerekLangdon]

Capitalism is about making profit! If Johnny Foreigner can make it cheaper than your own workforce, then this is what happens! Simple economics!!

[@abrahamdraper1911]

UK manufacturing wasn't "all left to fall apart". Rather, it was systematically demolished by the Thatcher governments. Ostensibly with the aim of 'modernisation', but more accurately in order to smash workers' unions.

[@petereames3041]

Not to mention the magna carta and the british common law tradition which is the foundation of all Western democracies.

[@Alfred5555]

Well, do we all forget Francis Bacon? Practically invented the scientific method.

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

or Cromwell? wasn't M.C. more about the rights of Lords rather than peasants (and it was never honoured anyway).

[@Salacious-Crumb]

Talking of Francis Bacon we also invented the sandwich 😂

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

@@Alfred5555 Which has nothing to do with imperialism, Freddy...

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

@@DeepakKumar-lv4te Magna Carta is more remembered for its reputation than its actual content, as it was only a glorified monetary agreement. Nothing to do with Democracy or human rights.

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

The man who never made a mistake never made anything, I guess the same can be said of nations and empires.

[@DerekLangdon]

Yawn! Yes, very profound.

[@andylewis7360]

@@DerekLangdonSarcasm’s a British invention too. 😊

[@elainehumphrey2307]

@@andylewis7360 Yes, and so is the Lowest form of wit. 😉

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@elainehumphrey2307Actually sarcasm is a highly developed form of wit which only certain people can master..

[@jakewright4394]

@@elainehumphrey2307 "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, and the highest level of intelligence" probably why only brits get the british humour and sense of irony and masters of understatements lol (when a brit understates something - it means shit has hit the fan - but only brits understand that...ask our american cousins, canadian and aussie cousins..oh and our allies too about that especially during the second WW) example of british wit; Americans say "we are second to none"....the british respond with "we are none" hahahahaha

[@geoffnichols3831]

I think that is the reason we are hated so much around the world, because no other country comes anywhere near us, ask the Americans about inventions n they truely believe they invented everything that the Brits actually did, a small island actually ruled most of the world because of it's inventions.

[@mrsentencename7334]

the America revolutionary war was a British civil war no matter how you cut it. We shouldn't compete with the Americans we should combine our tally

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Thomas Edison was the pre-cursur to Donald Trump... He ALSO lied, stole and took credit for many things that he had NO hand in doing... Americans are VERY good at that...! 😂😂😂

[@user-pp9yk3tu4z]

I'd say it ruled most of the world through a combination of luck and good geography to be honest. It started before most of these inventions/discoveries were made.

[@hafmaint7557]

As a 83 year old Welsh Brit we oldies remember the history of WW2 its thanks to the Canadian Australian New Zealand India and many other Commonwealth country's who helped us. I have visited Normandy many times in my life and seen the graves of the young men lying there thank you to all those countries for being with us in our darkest days.

[@peterjohnston377]

Well said.

[@resnonverba137]

Countries...

[@iBLAP]

Indeed we do, also non-commonwealth countries such as Poland, France, South Africa and others.

[@farmerned6]

Debts of blood that can never be repaid especially (for me) the young men from other countries that fought and died in the Battle of Britain

[@YusiAnimated]

it's all thanks to the Queensland and her dominions that we have a free world today

[@MegaJambo22]

I've always attributed our inventiveness down to the British weather. " I was planning a nice walk, but the weather is crap so I'll stay in and invent something important".

[@susanpowell6449]

Yes indeed, The Optical Time Domain Reflectometer was invented during a light shower over Grimsby (at the on the same day as Marmite) But not by the same bloke...though coincidently they were both called Jim and wore knitted top hats.

[@TheShiner46]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Darrenski]

Like the wrong trousers lol. Only messing, cause here in Preston where nick park is from we have a bronze statue of Wallace and gromit from the wrong trousers

[@thetruthhurts7675]

You missed the biggest of all The COMPUTER was invented by Charles Babbage, in 1837, he named it the computer, and Ada countess of Lovelace invented computer programming for said computer. So this video would NOT be possible without two English people.

[@Alfred5555]

And the world wide web, otherwise known as the internet. Though it was while an Englishman was working at CERN

[@georgemorley1029]

Talking about modern computing without mentioning Alan Turing? Oh dear. That’s rather like talking about modern physics without talking about Einstein.

[@barhat961]

Except Babbage, konard zuse and tommy flowers most of computer development took place in America and internet was also invented by two Americans

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Makes me proud to be British.......you're welcome World..😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@bowiedoctor9156]

They definately weren't sitting around watching netflix in those days.

[@willswomble7274]

Or mis-spelling everything, showing their total ignorance!

[@jameswebb4593]

Makes a change for the Brits to breast beat , we usually let the Yanks do that. But how could an Aussie ignore the contribution to the world of sport . its enormous. Soccer , Cricket . Rugby , Snooker . Darts . Badminton , Table Tennis , Lawn Tennis . Bowls , Skittles . The rules of Boxing and Horse racing .

[@stephenbooth5929]

I recently learned that our game of rounders (now mainly played by children) was the source of American baseball. Rounders has been played since Tudor times.

[@reefrebels]

Something for another video. PR

[@axle.australian.patriot]

Gaelic football :P Ay, drink mead, rumble in the dirt and get your differences out of the way and move on and enjoy life :)

[@jontalbot1]

Cos it’s a science channel

[@frogandspanner]

And cards, according to Hoyle.

[@nickbutler7935]

As a Brit I am damn proud of my Country, and it's History ( good and bad ). I still think our greatest invention was the Bacon Butty to compliment a good old cup of tea.

[@DerekLangdon]

The Bacon Butty? How amusing! It will never reach the dizzy heights of the Cheeseburger bud! It’s world renown, unlike your greasy piggy sandwhich.

[@tinitus23]

The crunch question - with brown sauce or tomato sauce?

[@melvinpackham7490]

Tomato ketchup, or HP sauce though?

[@keithalderson100]

That and Victoris sponge cake, Eccles and Chorley cakes...

[@Bobmudu35UK]

@@tinitus23 Brown..

[@gaynor1721]

Not forgetting my great grandfather's invention, _Stocks and Dies_ patented on 7th August 1902. It cuts threads on iron rods etc. Where would most of the things we use today be without screws and bolts? His name was Douglas Andrew Billany (1865 - 1918), who was half Swedish, half English and a very clever man considering he never went to university. His second eldest son emigrated to the USA in 1915 and took the patent to his father's invention with him. It was first used by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where my great uncle later worked as an electrician.

[@normahopkin3393]

😁😇😇😃

[@telemachus53]

In brief, we Brits have an amazing heritage of invention and discovery. Now all we have to do is to hold on to this and not yield to those that wish to undermine this heritage. That includes arresting those that climbed the war memorial on Remembrance Day and draped it with flags - not of Britain.

[@fenixfp40]

Ooops, too late.

[@nevillegrimshaw7758]

Beautifully put👍

[@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb]

Deport. To our former colonies.

[@dannypembroke2372]

Unfortunately, our government and its enablers (all UK police services) have emasculated and subjugated the British to the point of insignificance. Shame on them. I’ll be gone by then, but a leader will rise and drag these people to book. What a day that promises to be.

[@jakewright4394]

@@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb nah...i suggest the antarctic...it will make them reflect and then realise how good they did have it before!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

African people are very willing to credit British colonialism as a massive plus for Africa. Still today schools, universities, railways and hospitals all founded by the colonists. I have lived in Africa all my life. Further one cannot underestimate the contribution of missionaries. Their schools are are alive and thriving today. The students are polite, respectful and well educated. These people do not have a negative opinion on the colonial era.

[@paulgraham3901]

My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick

[@drwhatson]

As affirmed by the wonderful Thomas Sowell.

[@johnnyf6617]

@@paulgraham3901 "My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick" Well, leaving a country with no experience in governing itself was bound to end in disaster. It would probably have been better if the Brits had handed over power more gradually to the local populations, helping them to develop their own systems of governance in a genuine partnership.

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

​@@paulgraham3901the British left any country that wanted independence with nothing as soon as they held no monetary value to them anymore.

[@N1Moses]

It makes me sad that there is such a huge disconnect between African people and Black British people, alot of the Black British population have the worst view of the UK imaginable and want to be a victim in every way possible, they don't see the opportunities that people from the motherland would wish to have and would appreciate greatly to be given.

[@realitycheckreally8412]

Don't forget Britain was the first and only empire to that point to abolish and fought to end slavery..

[@A190xx]

Around 2% of GDP was devoted to this cause

[@miltonlevant3203]

No the slaves did

[@DerekLangdon]

Yes, the British have grabbed the moral high ground for themselves! And no bugger is gonna push them off!

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Of course, Britain had to adopt slavery before they could abolish it...

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Whilst its own working class were kept in abject poverty.

[@georgebailey98]

British culture has always produced the best characters: Most famous outlaw: Robin Hood Most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes Most famous spy: James Bond Most famous nanny: Mary Poppins Most famous orphan: Oliver Twist Most famous miser: Ebenezer Scrooge Most famous king: King Arthur Most famous wizard: Merlin, Gandalf and Harry Potter Most famous knight: Lancelot Most famous castaway: Robinson Crusoe Most famous bear: Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh Most famous gentleman's gentleman: Jeeves Most famous poltroon: Harry Flashman and many more.

[@stup1299]

You forgot most famous serial killer : Jack the Ripper 🙂

[@obi-ron]

I have to beg to differ on the world's most famous bear. More people are probably aware of Winnie the Pooh than Paddington, though he is also the creation of a British author.

[@terrystevens5261]

@@stup1299 Jack the ripper was real, the others were not.

[@crzxr]

Alice in Wonderland...Beatrix Potter...Hercule Poirot...Miss Marple - for goodness sake, there's no end to a very distinguished list. Effortlessly out in front.

[@zenko247]

and Poo bear

[@mikespike007]

I’m a very proud Brit and I will not apologise for our mistakes until the rest of the world says thankyou for our contributions

[@Darrenski]

And as if the French, Dutch, Belgians and Spanish didn't have empires as well. And most of them were far more brutal, especially the Belgians in the Congo.

[@Anthony-vt6px]

Mike'spike that is a brilliant point you have made . They all love to tell us how bad we are but yet benefit from all the science we gave them .

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

most don't know how the Muslims took slaves from Europe and Americas on the basis that everyone else are infidels !! Even today indentured labour is part of their societies not to mention oppression. Iran is currently taking over the middle east, Saudi were not pleased with the US leaving Iraq.

[@Darrenski]

@@Anthony-vt6px and insult us on the brit invented www, on their brit invented touchscreens using our language. It's beyond irony, which I'm beginning to think was also a British invention, only one we kept to ourselves

[@Darrenski]

The funniest part is when the Argentines, a nation of Italian Spanish speakers genocided the indigenous population, looted all their gold then call us pirates for liberating them of said gold using our superior navigational skills, bigger balls and a huge dose of their own medicine. Then call us for 'occupying' Ireland, which we don't, and then use the logic that they own the Falklands on account of them being the closest larger country. Words fail me. Well. Clearly they didn't. But I'm sure you'll get the point

[@brothermaynard3200]

I think British humour has contributed greatly to my - and most of the civilised world's - psychological health.

[@Si_Mondo]

The Yanks do stand up better, in general I think..... they're an off shoot of us British though. 😅 Our sitcoms from the 70s through to the late 90s/very early 00s were mostly brilliant! Only Fools and Horses, Porridge, Open All Hours, Red Dwarf, Yes Minister/Prime Minister.... there's many, many more. All brilliant! Now, our comedy is mostly shit.

[@onastick2411]

And while we were doing all that, we took time out to invent politeness, and showed the world how to behave with dignity and Christian charity.

[@dulls8475]

The state is now actively anti Christian.

[@sedekiman824]

And break for tea.

[@Enoo-Wynn]

How to queue!

[@sirkildalot8409]

Hear, hear. It’s just a shame that not more people are proud of that heritage and to see respect and manners going down the drain.

[@sarumano884]

And cricket, and football, and tennis (both kinds) and rugby (both kinds) and rounders, what the Americans call baseball.

[@fredericksaxton3991]

It is quite incredible the contribution to modern humanity that has come from a small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe. I am very proud to be British. I accept that the British Empire had it's faults, but where she stamped her boot, she took Enlightenement, Christianity, Technology, Health care, Modern transport systems, Telegraphy, Bureacracy and a Civil Service and of course, the English Language. She stamped out and abolished inhuman behaviours, such as Cannibalism, Human sacrifice, Slavery. But the British Empire was of it's day, and at the end of the day, Britain gave away her Empire.

[@tempejkl]

We had Christianity, a more pure version, and the English spent 500 years trying to change it to their blasphemous form of Christianity. Murders, killing half the population, banning freedoms, doesn't really sound very Christian, does it?

[@joa8227]

This made me cry. My daughter and step-kids were not taught any of this. They believe anyone can choose their gender. They don't cope at all with debate or scientific questions. They are brainwashed by the internet, by the media, by the government. They know nothing. The only historical fact my daughter was taught in school in history (in the USA where we lived for a few years) was 'in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue'. When we moved back to the UK, she was overwhelmed. Thank you for this video.

[@King_Kenlee]

You watched this video and your first thought to comment was shitting on trans ppl? Yikes

[@OnlyAnOpinion20]

Michael Faraday is the scientist that inspires me more than any other, he didn't even finish school, yet he was able to light up the world through generated electricity, a true genius

[@grahamfrear9270]

🇬🇧👍

[@David-wf1hr]

Dr. David Faraday - a descendant of the Victorian scientist Sir Micheal Faraday has invented a super way of distilling whisky which is in use at penderyn distillery near hirwaun

[@laurencescales]

Visit his home at the Royal Institution!

[@maevedeburgh8554]

Thank you for this!!! As a nation we need to stop being silenced and dumbed down and stand up for a fantastic heritage.. Nobody's heritage is without a flaw!

[@Appleblade]

I guess I'm one of the few people bashing anti-colonialists today who the algorithm found and tossed this gem at. Thank you! ;)

[@michaeld5888]

These anti-colonialists will always happily accept and brag about their ranks in the Empire which is always most amusing. It is all just puff and wind when it comes down to it and and dangle a pointless nonsensical prestigious gong in front of them and they just come a running whatever.

[@mehallica666]

Same here.

[@cuznerdexter]

The only reason they can even 'bash' Colonialism is because of the British achievements that now enable this weak simpering generation to live in such comfort and safety.

[@dogsand77]

with over 100 million deaths attributed to the british empire how can you bash them

[@Gandim45]

Thank you. My heart is swelling with pride!

[@ga5712]

I applaud our British inventors, innovators and scientists. Truly proud that so much has come from such a small island. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🇬🇧

[@dean5828]

Ireland 🇮🇪 is not British.

[@neil8675]

@@dean5828 But they were, once upon a time. Far longer than they've been Irish.

[@andym9571]

​@@dean5828 It was at the height of the Empire and the Irish punched well above their weight to sustain it. Part of Ireland still is ( as you know )

[@tempejkl]

@@neil8675Ireland was British for a couple hundred years, and Irish centuries before that as well as 100 years ago to now. And what is you definition of English? Is it Anglo Saxon? Because they were replaced by Normans, who then mixed with the people to create a new kind of people. And the Anglo Saxons aren't native either, they invaded and kicked out the natives.

[@tempejkl]

@@andym9571We did not try to sustain it. Yous forcefully took our food, even during famine times we created 2x the necessary amount to feed us. Yous just couldn't make enough food for yourselves out of incompetence. We fought for 800 years and we'll fight you for 800 more.

[@phubblewubbphubblewubb]

We have the World Wide Web thanks to a British man....Britain has some of the greatest brains on the planet, I'm surprised you could cram all the achievements into a 15 min video!

[@DerekLangdon]

Britain claims to have invented many things, which in fact they hadn’t.. one example the telephone! They claim the ‘phone because A.G Bell was Scottish born.

[@chrislewis4830]

he didnt he shortened the list thats what he said at the begining or we would be here all night lol

[@davidtuer5825]

I wonder what's happened to them?

[@martinrye712]

​@DerekLangdon well let me see if you are born in Scotland doesn't that make them British !!!!

[@Dilbert-o5k]

The telegraph was invented in britain by wheatstone, even if you wont acee;t bell was Scottish

[@jimbo2629]

This is a nice antidote to the BBC radio 4 programme this morning about how we were awful colonists in Africa and what wonderful countries the liberated have become. Unlike me they have never lived in Africa.

[@tempejkl]

Almost like there was some sort of 'unequal exchange' happening?

[@Peergint67]

At last someone who is prepared to build up rather than knock down my country. Mostly these days people like Thunberg knock this country without any real knowledge at all. It's so easy to knock this country, but as an Englishman, I am so proud of our ancestors who saw it as a challenge to do something to benefit not only our country, but the world. Yes we have done things I hate, and rightly so, every country has bad people who do bad things and I don't condone any of it, but the good people who did things to eradicate disease, for example is an outstanding achievement. So God bless my country. I'm proud to be English and proud to be British! Thank you for putting this together!

[@notanindividual6474]

India was plagued by famine, but agricultural and storage improvements by Britain led to fewer famines and a huge rise in the Indian population. You should also read the book "the case for colonialism". The introduction of English common law was a huge driver in the development of countries around the world and brought investment into all parts of the British Empire. Remember Britain did not take over working democracies, they treated people better than the previous rulers.

[@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey]

In India it should be remembered that there is the caste system at work too and no matter if anyone wanted to help there were those whom the native people themselves called the 'untouchables' and believed they should be left to themselves. It was next to impossible for in-comers even the British to help them.

[@sedekiman824]

@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey The British also established hospitals, judiciary system, clean water, sent people to England to train as doctors, etc.

[@MooLaa-e1s]

But I reckon the invention and or legacy the indians loved the most that was bequeathed to em by the evil imperilists was none other than CRICKET.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Exactly!!

[@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb]

Indian population before British occupation: 170 million. Indian population when the British left: 420 million. We also ended the Hindu custom of "Sati", where a widow would be sacrificed on her husband's funeral pyre. Among a few other things.

[@waynesmith4589]

Most of the British haters are simply jealous.

[@khankrum1]

Or Morons!

[@Ubique2927]

Or just I G N O R A N T.

[@morgand8727]

Obviously! that's a given!

[@sprinter1832]

Most of the British haters are over here!!!🧐

[@kevysrandomstuff5835]

of what how they screwed the world and still do, just look at how they treat NZers and ozzies even to this day

[@jimbo-yv5jh]

Don't tell Black History Month.

[@plashplash-fg6hd]

Don’t tell the liberals.

[@jakechapman254]

Don’t tell King Charles…. He will start apologising for all of the work the British have done.

[@davewheatley]

The Japanese MITI did a study in the early 21st century and concluded that the British contributed 55% of ALL inventions and cultural development in the 20th century. They only looked at the 20th century! If you add in everything from the ish 1500s to 1899, the British basically invented the modern world.

[@RandomerFellow]

You discovered the most substances in the periodic table with us (Swedes) in second place. Science has always been close to our hearts.

[@chigeryelam4061]

Just wait until the Guardian readers find this video. They'll have a melt down.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

The guardian that profitted from slaving

[@cuznerdexter]

Haha, truth hurts the lefty, especially historic truth. (Sticks work quite well also tho) 😂😂

[@baldieman64]

@@Dilbert-o5k The Guardian also ran puff pieces praising Britain's very own wannabe fascist dictator - Oswald Moseley.

[@martinwalker7202]

Oh, yes, Guardian readers wouldn’t be able to have a meltdown without the invention of newspapers!

[@MrDaiseymay]

good

[@oioier098hen]

To all the British haters out there, whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you do, your life has been hugely improved by Britain. Here's some other things the Brits invented (a few of them may have been mentioned here but I've left a LOT out. Electronic Programmable Computer, Touch Screens, World Wide Web, Television, Telephone, Time Zones, ATM, Photography, Thermos Flask, Lawnmower, Float Glass, Light Bulb, Chocolate Bar, Electric Telegraph, Modern Fire Extinguisher, Carbon Fibre, Cats eye, Soda Water, Hypodermic Syringe, Reflecting Telescope, Collapsible Baby Buggy, Marine Chronometer, Synthetic Dye, Hip Replacement, Passenger Railway, Toothbrush, Linoleum, Electric Kettle, Modern Torpedo, Glider, Jet Engine, Wind Up Radio, Safety Bicycle, Modern Cement, Tension Spoked Wheel, Seed Drill, Stainless Steel, Spinning Frame, Bessemer Process, Electric Motor, Hydraulic Press, Modern Sewage System, Hovercraft, Tin Can, Steri-Spray, Waterproof Material, Electric Vacuum Cleaner, Disk Brakes.

[@johnnybeer3770]

Not to mention the Harrier jump jet .

[@maureenm8462]

Not to mention the concentration camp, wasn't the Germans

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Don't forget liberating the aborigines from having to wander all about their continent and helping all those Irish with their weight loss program.

[@aking-plums6985]

@@maureenm8462 The concentration camps were first used by the Spanish in Cuba.

[@RaveyDavey]

@@maureenm8462that’s a myth actually.

[@drittz7840]

No other country in history has shaped the world we know today more than us Brits.

[@florasaf6240]

Yes. I am Canadian and I love Brits. Let's be real here, we wouldn't have our glorious country without the British

[@tedroper9195]

In 1928, RAF College Cranwell cadet Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbojet to his superiors. In October 1929. On 16 January 1930, in England, Whittle submitted his first patent (granted in 1932). Whittle was unable to interest the government in his invention, and development continued at a slow pace. (Enter the Germans!)

[@mpetersen6]

Frank Whittle may have been the first to secure a patent. And Power Jets almost certainly did get the first aviation turbine running. But, there's always a but or buts isn't there. 1) Whittle was not the only one that had the idea. There were at least several other engineers looking at jet turbine aeroengines in the 30s in Europe. In the late 30s Lockheed was developing their own axial flow design. 2) Part of the issue Whittle had with his superiors was his boss was developing his own ideas for a turboprop design. 3) Resistance to the idea came from several factors. The first is the material science of the day simply was not up to the demands in terms of the needed high temperature alloys. Another factor with the alloys needed. Let's say you have a high strength, high temperature alloy. Do you have the cutting tools needed to shapeyhat alloy. And the machining techniques required. 4) Another was that the speeds being envisioned did not require jet engines. Also the piston aeroengine still had a lot of development left in it.

[@vobchopper]

That should read " enter ze jermans"...😂

[@johnburns4017]

The Germans copied the British jet technology. During WW2 British jets were far more advanced than the crude German efforts.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

It is suspected the germans got the idea from the patents. Given the lack of progress from the british authorities, the germans were able to push ahead.

[@flybobbie1449]

Odd took so long as steam turbines had been around for a few years.

[@starsaber9631]

15 minute video for this topic. Should be at least 15 hours

[@JB9000x]

In a few hundred years we'll get that TV programme! 😊

[@cthulhurising4860]

The world has very short memories & when they do, only choose to remember selectively. Britain is without doubt the most remarkable country & by a considerable margin, been a net force for good on the rest of the world. Cheers from NZ

[@DerekLangdon]

Preach your subjective crap to the Māori people, and tell them how lucky they are to have you living among them!!!

[@Climpus]

@@DerekLangdon if they would like to live in a primitive hunter-gather basic agricultural society - they're welcome. I wonder how many have turned their backs on NZ society and live in the woods....?

[@Rocko130185]

​@@DerekLangdonthe maori only turned up in NZ a couple of hundreds of years before the Europeans and they were fond of genocide themselves.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

Remember the maori weren't indigenous to NZ

[@Climpus]

@@Dilbert-o5k They were the first humans to get there though.

[@wmd2556]

Im not ethnically brit, but im born brit, and even I know the amazing history of England and the amazing things that they have done, but unfortunately people that I know dont have the same level for respect for them as I do. If not now atleast in the past.

[@jay8656]

I am a British Englishman and Your Welcome.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 I tell people who slag off my Country and Culture. Name me a Empire that’s done no wrong.😎

[@Si_Mondo]

I'd live to know what those Roman emperors would say, if they could see what those blue painted savages that kept rebelling against them ended up doing! 😂😂

[@jboydayz]

@@Si_Mondoexactly, as a Brit, I am so proud of our history, from savages being invaded by civilised peoples to civilised peoples invading savages. Truly a national turn around

[@gaynor1721]

*You're. As a "British Englishman", I would expect you to have a better grasp of the language.

[@tempejkl]

The Soviet Union from 1922-1953 the People's Republic of China from 1950-now

[@tempejkl]

@@gaynor1721what do you expect, hes british

[@stevenvater8720]

This should be compulsory education

[@johnjamesflashman6856]

The problem is we are too modest.

[@wonderworld7721]

Then, the w** is inevitable, because no one gonna take this nonsense story seriously all over the world except US, UK and probably EU !!...

[@SirZanZa]

The British Empire did wrongs on occasion but it should be remembered that the Brits were a mercantile empire who conquered via trade rather than outright military might, yes the Royal Navy decimated any opposition militarily and it's red coats and army was an efficient war machine but that wasn't the ethos of the British. they treated colonised and conquered people with far more dignity than the other empires of the day.. especially the Spanish who were fond of genocide (look at the aztecs) the British empire forced everyone to abandon slavery that is probably the biggest and proudest achievement any country has ever had ever the British actively declared war on entire empires to force them to abolish the practice spilling it's own blood and spending it's entire wealth on the project. that should make any colonial possession the British once held and any westerner for that matter proud.

[@DerekLangdon]

What a load of white washing crap. The British Empire was never a force for good!! Never, Never, Never!

[@frogandspanner]

It is a myth that the British Empire grew wealthy through free trade: it was by _controlling_ trade and, when other countries objected, sending in the gun boats and forcing them to buy our opium. So, when right wing politicians and economists (the Tufton Street _Tufty Club_ ) argue that free trade generates wealth they are patently wrong. Mind you: UK left its Indians with its own country, free of the Moghul or any other empire,, railways, democracy and a decent civil service. US left its Indians with reservations and drink problems.

[@msbecks7004]

I bet people who lived in other empires didn’t have it as good

[@alandyer1646]

Efficient military machine? Must be why Brits celebrate the Fourth Of July.

[@Bobmudu35UK]

@@alandyer1646 That was a civil war.

[@jimmybullardful]

'No good deed ever goes unpunished.'

[@derekharley7343]

As a fisherman I really appreciate the vacuum flask. Invented by a Scotsman. Keeps my tea nice and warm.

[@ascot1049]

And the fishing reel

[@blackbob3358]

@@ascot1049 Bit of barrel scrapeing going on here.

[@Rexkramer68]

He's a brit 🇬🇧

[@flannelsykes0]

We invented humour too 😂

[@gibson617ajg]

Thermos sounds a bit Greek to me?

[@jeffwalker7185]

I think Florence Nightingale deserves a mention - she pretty much revolutionised health care, in particular introducing hygiene regimes on wards. Prior to Nightingales' intervention, hospital wards were themselves a dangerous place to be, with ward based infections killing more than the injury/illness that led someone being admitted in the first place. Nightingale was also a statistician and gave us the pie chart. Nightingale turned nursing into a profession.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Actually during the Crimean war she believed in bad hummours, there were many MALE doctors that promoted hygiene before her.

[@reefrebels]

Good point

[@DerekLangdon]

Yes, dear old Florence does deserve a mention.. in regards to a nursing career, no blacks need apply! Mary Seacole had to fund, and find her own way to the Crimea to take up nursing. And became much loved and respected by the British troops…She is the true lady with the lamp!

[@TheCaptain64]

Good point Jeff but also remember Mary Seacole, she done much the same as Florence Nightingale .

[@alandyer1646]

She established the first nursing school.😂

[@sarahlouise7163]

"there ain't half been some clever bastards" Ian Dury, English musical genius 😁

[@blackbob3358]

Was'nt the "nicest of chaps", ms Louise. I think it was the "hand he was dealt" , in life.

[@michaelportaloo1981]

He once stole a Razzle mag though.

[@kevincornwall2431]

Watched this on St Georges day April 23rd 2024....Massively proud to be a brit (English)

[@Gisborne1990]

Scottish, Welsh, Irish and British lol.....

[@tempejkl]

@@Gisborne1990We aren't British. We're Irish

[@douglasstrother6584]

The collaboration between Faraday and Maxwell is sorely under-appreciated.

[@douglasstrother6584]

... and Oliver Heaviside's subsequent contributions.

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

Even as a Brit I don't think I'd ever thought about just how much this country has been responsible for inventing. It does make you proud to be British. Yes, there are also some things we from history that we cannot be proud of. But when you consider just how much influence we have had in getting society to the level it is today, well, I doff my cap to Brits of the past. I do think young Brits should watch this as I believe all too often we are made to feel ashamed of our own country. We seem the be the "whipping boy" of modern society, but where would modern society be without the British inventions of the last few hundred years? Well, probably still in the dark ages. Thank you for presenting this video, I'll now have a look at other things you have done. Kind Regards,

[@silgen]

You forgot the light bulb, invented by Joseph Swan a couple of hundred yards away from where I live in Gateshead.

[@toxictony4230]

Welcome to the north of England. We created the modern world.

[@gibson617ajg]

He also invented matches.

[@theSFCchannel]

AND LONG BEFORE THE lying yanks DID, TOO

[@mlm2240]

Steady on old bean............Jonny Walker from Teesside invented the match - Walkers 'friction Lights'

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

Jeezuz, the list is utterly endless i thought it was incredible that the turbofan was British but this compilation is mind boggling. So inspiring

[@offal]

To the rest of the World, from a Brit...Your Very Welcome.

[@busking6292]

...and Putin despises Britain,that must be a badge of honour in anyone's book!

[@Si_Mondo]

​@@busking6292You'd be pissed off too, if the SBS blew up your oil and gas pipeline

[@TripsandFeasts1]

You’re, not your.

[@paulboakes3680]

Slavery was banned in Britain 60 years before the US and in the Empire 20 years before the US 👍 and we gave them baseball (rounders ) . Nice clip Victoria was one of my hero's

[@bbbf09]

But slavery as a hyper efficient mega scale industry was invented by British (in a parallel with Portugal - which we ultimately surpassed) . It took almost 2 centuries of misery before it was closed down. What is worse blot on the record is that preceding our invention of industrial slavery the UK had no real history of it - at least back to Roman times. It arose from nothing. Not good.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Yes there's a diary from the 16th century in a UK museum, that names a sport called ''Baseball''. Most sports today are British.

[@windyfarmer.6095]

So Effectively banned from 1066, as slave owners faced a large fine.

[@Dilbert-o5k]

​@@bbbf09slavery existed around the world long before the Portuguese set sail, ,let alone the British . You are being very selective and ghus your srgument is on shaky ground.

[@carltonhawkes2453]

@@bbbf09 portugal took twice as many slaves as britain also slavery was abolished in england in 1068 by william the conqueror we also used the royal navy to stop slavery

[@windsorSJ]

I'd like to add Joseph Bazalgette to this list. The designer of the modern sewer system. Probably saved more lives than any other discovery.

[@johnnyboy-f6v]

That one would be penicilin, methinks

[@alstonofalltrades3142]

Not saved the most lives. But it was quickly copied around the major cities of the western world for the awesome quality of life improvements too.

[@dontbelievethehype9502]

Francis Jenner …..invented the vaccine …..how many millions of lives have been saved by vaccination

[@happyapple4269]

​@@johnnyboy-f6vwell we will never know for sure but a working sewer system its taken for granted.

[@DavidSmith-op8ix]

Edward Jenner.

[@johnvoice815]

Most of the modern world would'nt be as it today without Britain & the British. Jealousy is a terrible thing.

[@philiptilden2318]

The bengal famine was caused by the Japanese invasion and occupation of Burma. The British government did attempt to find ships from the Americans to transport food from other parts of India, but all ships were needed for the war effort. Besides, the governments of the Indian provinces were responsible for their own internal affairs at this point, not the British.

[@possumyx]

Churchill got the Australians to agree to ship thousands of tonnes of wheat to the beleaguered Bengals. Britain's ships were tied up in the Atlantic at a heavy cost.

[@mrblobby6284]

dont worry. we'll be blamed for it anyway

[@johnbell-yn5xe]

Indian speculators HOARDED FOOD until the price went up

[@andym9571]

Ive been banging on about this online for years. Even tho it has been debunked Churchill still gets the blame. All the BLM lot up in London in 2020 were continually going on about it.

[@tempejkl]

@@johnbell-yn5xeso, like the Ukrainian kulaks in the USSR. Somehow, a famine which affected mostly Kazakhs and Russians, caused by Ukrainians, was blamed specifically on a Georgian, who sent aid to Ukraine. I don't get it either.

[@A190xx]

All right, but apart from roads, engines, internet, toilets and alarm clocks preparing tea, what have the British ever done for us?

[@davelowe1977]

Marmite, obviously.

[@andrewbragg504]

If your Australian Canadian or American we only formed the nation you're living in... You're welcome

[@ericjackson9496]

Cricket

[@bmotion7648]

Reflecting telescope, seed drill, cement, steam engine, vaccines, football, rugby, stainless steel, telephones, televisions, hip replacement, decoded the structure of DNA, IVF, eradicated smallpox,

[@Madonnalitta1]

Alarm clocks preparing tea? Where do I get me one of those beauts?! 😂

[@CharlesWilliams-jf2nb]

Good god an Aussie praising the Brits.

[@roderick2105]

I think you will find that the great majority of Aussies admire the British, British history and the impressive contributions the Brits have made to humanity. Test cricket against the Brits is an entirely different proposition - it's a time when all Australians come together hoping to flog the POMS !!

[@Si_Mondo]

​@@roderick2105Those are *OUR* Ashes, convict! 😁

[@vincenthigginbotham8729]

None of these scientists were politicians I imagine so that’s what made the difference I think some were doing good for the world and some were in pursuit of power

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

@@roderick2105 different Aussies have different opinions. There are plenty of Aussies who like the Brits. A lot of Australians have British family or ancestors or have visited or lived in Britain.

[@Anthony-vt6px]

We invented antibiotics which has saved several million lives across the world. Has anyone ever thanked us for this? The entire world enjoy Television but has anyone ever thanked us? The whole world have taken on football and many enjoy cricket, rugby and tennis. Has the rest of the world ever acknowledged this. Of course not.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

Australians also contributed to development of antibiotics, but in Britain with British resources.

[@LonzieSeal-lc4wm]

@@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104but aussie are brits

[@shaunhw]

The Brits at Cambridge, graduates working at Acorn computers including Sophie Wilson, developed the Arm chip back in the mid to late eighties, the only powerful processor chip in existence which used very little electrical power making it eminently suitable for complex processing on small battery powered devices such as smartphones. These are now part of almost every smartphone and tablet ever made, including the one I am typing this comment on.

[@Facts_Are_Facts_Are_Facts]

Don't forget Chemstry, we also discovered almost half of all known elements. 🇬🇧

[@jamesmason8436]

It's more like 25%, but still incredible for less than 1% of the world's population.

[@YARROWS9]

I'm pretty sure a Scottish Chemist just won a noble prize recently for chemistry.

[@danielanthony8373]

As an Aussie very very grateful to the Brits you gave us this great country down under although the labor party here is trying hard to destroy it Ledger Brits 98% Good 2% Bad

[@razzle1964]

As a Brit we, too, are grateful you gave us the likes of the Waugh brothers, AC/DC, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie & Skippy. Cheers & “g’day, y’bastard”. 😉😅✌️🤘

[@covertcounsellor6797]

Dead right, Daniel! To all those whingers complaining about the British Empire… especially the “Vote Yes” brigade, I always say, imagine what would have happened if the French, Belgians or Imperial Germans had settled Australia. For your answer, I suggest you Google “Lothar von Trotha” or Leopold II of Belgium.

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

A lot of us think of you Aussies as close of a member of the family as England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland. Aussie humour is my favourite in the world.

[@tempejkl]

Of course you Aussies liked it, yous were the ones benefitting, not the ones being starved to death and put into the world's first concentration camps and human zoos.

[@tempejkl]

⁠@@LittleBallOfPurrWe are not part of your 'family'. We've had enough of your "past"

[@lilboy3102]

*"It is impossible to imagine Australia outside the British Empire. Throughout our history we have been sheltered by the majesty and might of the Royal Navy. Our prestige in the councils of the world is a reflection of the light of Britain"* -Stanley Bruce, Australian PM

[@tempejkl]

Australia was a benefactor of the British imperialism. They are just as evil

[@wfjw]

thank you sir