England and Scotland Compared

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Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two most-famous and most-visited countries in the United Kingdom- England and Scotland. It's kind of amazing how the two rivals united.
Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Beat Productions LLC. Additional footage found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and Slenderbeats.
Thanks to @osberswgaming for collaborating with me for this!
Here's an annotated script with footnotes: docs.google.com/document/d/1R...
Sources/further reading:
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
www.ons.gov.uk/
www.ons.gov.uk/
geographyhost.com/england-and...
Statisticsorldatlas.com/articles/major-religious-groups-in-scotland.html
www.worldatlas.com/articles/b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland
Corrections:
8:10 Ralph meant to bring up Alfred the Great here instead of the likely made up King Arthur
8:42 We should have mentioned that Scotland also invaded England
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#england #scotland #geography
England and Scotland
Two bordering countries part of a larger country called the United Kingdom, a country that has been pretty influential on the world over the past 300 years or so.
Both on the island of Great Britain, the ninth-biggest island in the world.
England and Scotland are the two most well-known and visited countries in the UK, and maybe by the end of this video you’ll have an opinion about which one you think is better.
A special shout out to Ralph from Osbers Gaming, who is from Scotland, for collaborating with me for this video. He did the history portion, in case you didn’t notice. Be sure to subscribe to Osbers Gaming! It was also great to meet him in person when we were in Edinburgh last spring. Oh yeah, my family and I actually went on vacation to both England and Scotland! A lot of the footage you saw was from stuff I shot while we were there. So which is better? England or Scotland? Let me know down below. Oh, and I also have an Edinburgh and Glasgow Compared video planned in the near future, so look for that.

[@iammrbeat]

Which is better? Scotland or England? Which two countries should I compare next? Ralph wrote the history portion of the script. I fact-checked, but I clearly didn't fact-check it enough. I apologize. Corrections: 8:10 Ralph meant to bring up Alfred the Great here instead of the likely made up King Arthur 8:42 We should have mentioned that Scotland also invaded England Don't forget that supporting my sponsor is often an easy way to support my channel. This video's sponsor is YouGov. I love using YouGov to make easy cash! Click my link: www.inflcr.co/SHJfz #YouGovPartner

[@osberswgaming]

YouGov is an absolute win

[@sergioventura2595]

Maybe compare Vatican City and San Marino

[@Fisher1874]

Scotland is definitely the best. But then again I’m from there so I’m biased. Actually met you on your trip in Scotland in Edinburgh while collecting your car rental. Was very nice to meet you. Keep up the good work with these videos

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND FOREVER 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JamMC]

Scotland

[@hollin220]

I studied abroad in Stirling, Scotland. While there the US played England in group play for the World Cup. I was at the local pub and everyone was rooting very enthusiastically for the US. I was a little surprised and asked a local, whats up with that. He says, we have a saying around here … ABE… Anyone But England. The US went on the tie England in extra time and the pub absolutely exploded with cheer. Many pints and USA chants were had. Good times.

[@tonylipsmire5918]

ESPN has two pundits who played football/soccer for Scotland and they both constantly revel in Englands failures it’s hilarious

[@Talisguy]

I always knew what team were playing against England during the World Cup when I was in secondary school, because everyone would come in enthusiastically supporting that team. I don't care about football at all and I knew everyone England played.

[@joeyhenriques7289]

Scotland hates England like Michigan and Ohio State hate each other.

[@iammrbeat]

ABE sounds about right. What a surreal experience that must have been!

[@juanalmzn2263]

Was it 2010 or 2022?

[@joaovitormatos8147]

I think it's worth mentioning that the first economists, like Adam Smith and David Hume, were born in Scotland and were a part of the Scottish Enlightenment

[@osberswgaming]

This is true

[@anonymes2884]

Fair to say Hume is known more for philosophy (these days at least) but still valid.

[@iammrbeat]

I definitely should have included those two. Not to mention I forgot to mention John Maynard Keynes is from England!

[@ScottishRod]

A bit later in time, James Clark Maxwell!?

[@osberswgaming]

@@ScottishRod he went to my school lol

[@hello3motos1]

As a Scotsman a well informed video! Great to see Mr Beat talk about Scotland! One small thing, I wouldn’t call Cricket popular in Scotland, I think 99% of the population couldn’t name one cricket player.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

I think 99% is too low.

[@NOWNewsNetwork.tv.watchnow]

As a scot, i can vouch

[@iammrbeat]

Well hop on the cricket train then! Go on! But seriously, thank you.

[@danieleyre8913]

Scotland is too cold for cricket. England is on the borderline of being too cold for cricket itself. I think golf is the only summer sport of any popularity in Scotland.

[@cmcc3721]

@@danieleyre8913 It was all going so well....until you mentioned how cold it is. Mr Beat thinks we're all dying from the heat over here lol

[@meltedelevator]

Hey Scot here, thanks for talking about us! We have a friendly rivalry with England though some of us are bitter over perceived being dragged out of the eu which we didn’t vote for, I would like independence but I will always share brotherhood with our southern neighbours

[@louisimission2153]

Aw, bless You mate that's nice. I love a bit of competitiveness and banter between Our Nations, but at the end of the day We are both decended from the best of all men, and have in Our own ways both shaped the world with great authority and innovation. That said, stop deep frying everything and get some trousers on.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@benwatson96]

Not so much a perception more fact that we got dragged out but I do agree once we get Indy and rejoin EU we should still remain close and friendly w England (just not under their government)

[@OneTrueScotsman]

How Sweet. I'm also Scottish and feel the complete opposite about England. I feel no "brotherhood" with our neighbours.

[@louisimission2153]

Good for You ThetaSigma, that'll teach the bloody English 🍻 Cheers for John Logie Baird and Mr. Dunlop by the way.

[@Allapa-im9jr]

​@@louisimission2153Ironic considering that Trousers is actually a Scottish word, from Trews. While the modern kilt wrap is actually an English inventions by theEnglish business man - Thomas Rawlinson and bears little relation to the actual proper traditional Scottish kilt which was worn more as a long elaborate overcoat cloak that could double up as camping equipment as it was designed more for outdoor wear.

[@nomar8770]

My family were immigrants to britain but i was born in england and now live in scotland. I love to hear other countriws perspectives of england and Scotland relationship

[@iammrbeat]

I made this video for YOU

[@cmcc3721]

@@iammrbeat SHUT UP MAN. YOU'RE A SHILL. PS THE CAPS DONT MEAN I'M SOME KINDA NUT JOB. JUST THE YOUGOV BS STARTING FROM 0:00 TO 0:03 RESULTED IN THE PENNY DROPPING. GLOBAL WARMING BS ETC ETC ETC. JEEEEEEEZZ!

[@LeandroCapstick]

Whilst I appreciate the inclusion of a historical segment, I do think it's a bit one sided to only mention the English invasions of Scotland and not a single Scottish invasion of England, of which there were roughly a dozen according to Wikipedia.

[@osberswgaming]

Sorry about that, yes what you’re saying is entirely true. If I’m being honest I wrote the section quite briskly during school hours so I wasn’t able to fit as much in as I’d have hoped. Also I didn’t want the section to run over (hence why I barely mentioned colonialism). But yea it’s unfortunate

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@osberswgamingalso the name england is of course related to the anglo saxons but the Scots and Picts invaded the inhabitants of what would become england multiple times, way before england ever invaded them.

[@osberswgaming]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek this is true, sorry for not mentioning that. I guess I’ve had a bit of a biased education since I’ve lived in Scotland most of my life. Thanks for telling me these things lol

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@osberswgaming hey! don't apologise! I was just adding to the conversation, so people know. Honestly i didn't know you were scottish, my hearing is pretty bad and i didn't pick up on your accent😳 so i apologise 😂

[@osberswgaming]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek I’m not Scottish nor do I have a Scottish accent, I just live there

[@Karoo64]

Scotland has way more than one accent comparing Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen alone is wild. The western isles, orkney and shetland also have especially thick accents

[@iammrbeat]

Good point. I will bring that up in my Edinburgh vs. Glasgow vid!

[@osberswgaming]

Edinburgh itself has quite a few distinct accents. I like to refer to one as the ‘Watsons Accent’ as it’s traditionally spoken by people around the namesake school. Rant aside, most countries have distinct accents from city to city, though it’d be hard to deny that England has a bit more variance

[@cmcc3721]

@@osberswgaming 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill. Literally promoting politicians monetary perspective for £££ in his back pocket. Yip. Thats where we are in 2023. pfft

[@johnhunter4868]

Yes and make sure that people from Glasgow are known as Weegies by the mad radges of Edinburgh.

[@johnhunter4868]

Immerse yourself in Trainspotting for that quintessential Edinburgh sound

[@route2070]

Fun Fact, Scotland has its own (correction: criminal law) Supreme Court. The UK Supreme Court started in 2009, until then it was the House of Lords. Scotland had a proper Supreme Court first, so their court is still seperate. While the UK Supreme Court is from 2009, the building that houses it is much older. Also when i was there, there was a statue of George Washington across the street from it.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@jandavid5435]

Correcting the fun fact: while Scotland does have separate courts from England, the House of Lords acted as the highest court for all civil cases in the UK, including Scotland, now the Supreme Court of the UK fulfils the same role

[@cmcc3721]

@@jandavid5435 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill.

[@jackec6375]

Additionally, as another small fact, Washington’s statue here in England isn’t actually on English soil as he refused to step foot on English soil again after the Revolution - so it’s builders actually dug up soil in Virginia and shipped it to England for the statue to sit on.

[@route2070]

@jackec6375 That is hilarious and great attention to detail.

[@audiothesoviet]

I was in Scotland in July for my brothers wedding (We're Americans, his wifes family is Scottish), and I have to say its a beautiful country. Edinburgh and Inverness were both amazing cities to visit. Also seen Dunrobin and Cawdor Castle, and Fort George as well.

[@osberswgaming]

Glad you could come! :)

[@iammrbeat]

I agree with you.

[@trevinbeattie4888]

Lucky you! Dunrobin was closed for maintenance when I visited.

[@cmcc3721]

@@trevinbeattie4888 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill.

[@TheUniversalGamer87]

​@iammrbeat did u visit the Worlds 1st and only boatlift the Falkirk wheel and kelpies also in Falkirk (original home of 📺 tvs John Logie Baird tested in Falkirk Town centre) near Howgate shopping mall. There's a plate on the wall

[@outoftheloop6447]

Great video, one correction it was probably king Alfred (the great) that started the english monarchy. Not king Arthur who mostly didn't exist, and real historical figure was probably actually a Welsh king from around the 500s, who may fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons.

[@cmcc3721]

0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill. Literally promoting politicians monetary perspective for £££ in his back pocket. Yip. Thats where we are in 2023. pfft

[@Synths-n-Guitar]

Alfred the Great claimed to be King of the English not England, the idea of England as Kingdom was gradual process and took very long time; he also did rule all of land that became England he shared it with Danelaw Kingdoms. King Author is likely a Myth but may have been based on a Romano-British Commander in Sub-roman Britian, who fought in the Battle of Mount Baden and defeated the Anglo-saxons.

[@iammrbeat]

I added the correction in the description and pinned comment. I should have fact-checked Ralph more thoroughly and I apologize for not doing so.

[@osberswgaming]

@@iammrbeatyea sorry for that, I did mean to say Alfred. A few people have mentioned this so I should probably release a corrective statement lol

[@allergy5634]

I was born in England to Scottish parents. That means everyone in England thinks I’m a Scotsman and everyone in Scotland thinks I’m an Englishman. 😂

[@EpicAelflaed]

You are blessed to be both sir 😀

[@Rynewulf]

You get to be British: a true Imperial! :D (I dont get why its the inclusive term when its the face of when our countries were the colonial terror of 1/4 of the planet)

[@YerDa67]

The inventions that came from Scotland is honestly unbelievable. The tv, telephone, penicillin, etc. It’s crazy.

[@sirkennydalglishstand]

Hey, I'm from Scotland and have a fascination with US history. I feel like it'd be worth mentioning more inventions as many have originated from both with the TV, telephone, toilets, waterproof jackets, penicillin, colour photographs, and even the US Navy coming from Scotland! Love your channel and this video pleasantly suprised me. Great job Mr Beat!

[@osberswgaming]

Darn, I should have mentioned all that lol

[@sirkennydalglishstand]

@@osberswgaming Nah your section was my favourite! 😅

[@osberswgaming]

@@sirkennydalglishstand thanks so much :)

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@sirkennydalglishstandif Scottish and english people were less nationalist they could claim an unholy amount of inventions, discoveries, history, literature, film and music haha.

[@sergioventura2595]

One has a unicorn as their national animal and other doesn’t

[@osberswgaming]

Proof Scotland is a W

[@iammrbeat]

Oh yes, I should have given this a mention!

[@janice506]

England has a lion not native to England

[@cammymillard7385]

The english also have a pretty rose as their flower, we have a thistle, which is the correct flower to choose.

[@Rynewulf]

@@janice506not willingly. It used to be dragon until the Normans invaded and set up a French aristocracy that still dominates Parliament, land ownership and wealth

[@galdoug8918]

Thanks for pronouncing Scottish Gaelic right! 🙏 so many people assume and pronounce that the Irish way. Shows your effort for research.

[@louisimission2153]

Hi, Sir Mr Beat. I found Your channel earlier this evening, and I'm really enjoying it. Thanks for all the effort You put in to Your videos, Its jolly good to see Your videos. Hope You had a merry Christmas, and a happy new year to You and Your loved ones 👍

[@SaintSteven67]

Great video! I haven't been to either nation, but hope to go soon - mostly because my lineage is Scottish. And you forgot to mention that our favorite British Spy of MI-6, Sean Connery, is from Scotland. Hopefully, I'll get to visit both within the next three years. And a huge thanks for the YouGov reference. I've been using it for about 18 months now.

[@Boatguy624]

As a Canadian with English and Scottish decent, I’m so happy to see this video before my science test! 🇨🇦❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@iammrbeat]

Good luck on your test!

[@osberswgaming]

Hope your test goes well

[@cmcc3721]

0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill.

[@DruSerkes]

Previewwng the next compared at the end got us so excited!!! Great vid Mr Beat!

[@jamessteel9016]

Very entertaining Mr Beat as someone from the UK really enjoyed it 👏

[@iammrbeat]

Glad you approve!

[@cmcc3721]

​@@iammrbeat 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill. Literally promoting politicians monetary perspective for £££ in his back pocket. Yip. Thats where we are in 2023. pfft

[@OneTrueScotsman]

There's lots of famous Scots you could have listed, like you did for England. David Tennant. Brian Cox. James McAvoy. Karen Gillan. Ewan McGregor, Sean Connery, and Alan Cumming, to name a few, have been in domestic and Hollywood movies.

[@cmcc3721]

0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill. Literally promoting politicians monetary perspective for £££ in his back pocket. Yip. Thats where we are in 2023. pfft

[@iammrbeat]

I haven't heard of any of those except Ewan McGregor, who I, in fact, mentioned in this video.

[@oof3397]

Forgetting Gerald Butler who played the phantom in phantom of the opera the movie?

[@Baldilocks88]

@@iammrbeat David Tennant is very famous for his role in Doctor Who. If any of those actors you'd know, it would most likely be him. He's been in a lot of movies too.

[@ptonpc]

Peter Capaldi

[@TheLetsPlayBaseballCurse]

Would have been a neat video to come out a few weeks ago before visiting over Thanksgiving! Learned a fair bit, nice work!

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you, and sorry I timed it wrong! :)

[@BellaVRC]

wow you’ve been watching this guys channel for over 10 years, i just found some super old old comments by you on his old videos

[@bigchungus4336]

Great video but one small nitpick, the image of Julius Caesar shown around 6:30 is one of his standard bearers - not the man himself. Thanks for continuing to make quality educational content!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

I'm a Geordie from Newcastle upon Tyne were 50 miles away from Scotland. And at one time we were under control of Scotland, .we share some of the same words like , bairns , bonny, aye, and more so us Geordies are still very close to Scots, We feel more tied to Scotland than the rest of Britain,.. Good video tho Hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy New year,

[@EpicAelflaed]

You need to get out more often .. 😜

[@cammymillard7385]

Scottish people like jordies and mackems, and most proper northerners. We hate southeners. Theyre cunts and have an accent thats almost worse than the americans.

[@evelynwilson1566]

I live in Central Scotland ( the area you highlighted on the map). We are not part of the metropolitan area for either Glasgow or Edinburgh. There are different definitions of what constitutes the Central Belt which is I think what' s causing the confusion - some would say it only applies to the metropolitan areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh but the map you have shown includes the more rural Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire ( where I live). Large parts of this side of the Central Belt are rural or semi-rural (and hilly as well. Scotland from the Ochil Hills ( my neck of the woods) was largely Brythonic in the Dark Ages, as was the very North of England and Wales, thus the complex evolution of the language - and it's an hugely divisive subject as to whether Scots is a language or a dialect, but there certainly are a lot of accents - even in my smallish town😅 Re King Arthur, many parts of Britain claim him , but Ive never heard him described as Saxon. We dont even know if he was real. One of the earliest references to him is Y Gododdin, a Welsh poem about the Gododdin tribe of Southern Scotland. Surprised you didn't mention our proficiency in science and the number of inventors we have produced - James Watt, John Logie Baird, Alexander Graham Bell, to name but a few.

[@livepoolmsf6589]

As a South African immigrant to England, I’ll shout out all my brothers and sisters in England and Scotland and the rest of the common wealth. I would say the so called rivalry is quite one sided, at least nowadays. The English were professionals at pissing off other countries back in the day and Scotland probably got the worst of that. These days I think the Scottish just hold a mild resentment towards England since a lot of people in England and the rest of the world unfairly view the United Kingdom and England as interchangeable with Scotland being just a small part of “England”. Similar I imagine to how Canadians resent being lumped in with their larger North American brothers, with the added factor of a lot big decisions for the United Kingdom being made by a government overwhelmingly dominated by another country. This leads the Scots to take immense pride in forming their own distinct identity.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

I'm English and for what it's worth I don't really see South Africans as immigrants. I see you as fellow Brits, who spent a few centuries in Southern Africa, and have now come back home.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

It's not really that kind of resentment. I don't resent England for being a bigger noisier neighbouring country. I despise it because it's hoarding my country's autonomy and democracy. It pretends that we in Scotland want to be in this "voluntary union" with them, but it's far from true. Even in 2014, most people born in Scotland voted to end the union, in the referendum. in 2024, that number's significantly higher.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@OneTrueScotsman it is voluntary and the people chose to stay in the UK in 2014.

[@jonathontoss2929]

Many in England find our neighbours obsession with football “ fitbaw” highly amusing. Of course football is massively important in England but at least the English tend to participate more in other sports, cricket both codes of rugby etc. Scotland can match Brazil or Italy in its obsession of the game but never in its achievements.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

Neither can England. Brazil is leagues above them. England's mid tier at best.

[@YerDa67]

Scotland brought the game to Brazil and they also created the idea of the ‘passing game’. In England it was popular to just boot it up the pitch 😂 You’re welcome.

[@Osindileyo1]

One thing missed was the the existence of the city of London. For those who don’t understand, there is Greater London, the city everyone knows, them there’s the city of London chick exists within the middle of London. It’s got it’s own governing system and financial rules that can help cover up extremely wealthy people who gain money from places they shouldn’t. The governing structure of it is impossible to join from the outside due to needing to be part of a specific group or family. It is one of the most backwards places on the planet. It exists exclusively to help the super wealthy get more wealth.

[@iammrbeat]

That deserves to be a separate, much lengthier video

[@ms.antithesis]

One thing? This video missed many things lol, and got quite a few things wrong.

[@Osindileyo1]

@@ms.antithesis sure, but it’s just something I get like mentioning specifically

[@anonymes2884]

There are also essentially zero pubs there (at least open on a Saturday) based on personal experience of a London pub crawl that had the misfortune to stray into the "City of...". (as such, even leaving aside the economics/politics, I consider it a backwards hellscape)

[@Ajmorrison2002]

Great video. I live in Edinburgh, but originally from the far north in the Highlands. Plenty of stuff that I wasn't aware of!

[@bhg123ful]

I think your list of English bands/musicians was just about the most comprehensive list I’ve ever heard. All great! I would love to visit Scotland. I visiting England and Wales for two weeks back in 2017. Scotland warranted a whole separate trip.

[@EinMor]

Mr. Beat: And maybe by the end of this video you'll have an opnio- Me: *Scotland*

[@spikey_104]

Scotland and Wales would be a very interesting comparison, I think in some ways they're more similar to each other than to England :)

[@pepegalvan_]

Thank you soooooo much, since long time ago I was very interested in British history and you done it very well 👏🏽

[@deenod5156]

Great video overall. Always interesting to see the comparison between the two countries. As a scottish person. Specifically from Aberdeenshire. One issue I have is the borders between the Highlands and lowlands. All the North east is generally considered lowlands. It is also known as the "acts of union of 1707" as opposed to just "act" as both scotland and england had separate votes which both passed Beyond that great video

[@OneTrueScotsman]

True, although neither Acts were via the input of most people in either country. Just the elites making things easier for themselves.

[@deenod5156]

@@OneTrueScotsman Good point. Although this was common among most of Europe at this point. Long before the 19th century when the vote moved from land owners and elites down to the majority of people.

[@John_Browns_body]

Going to Scotland this summer.

[@iammrbeat]

You're gonna love it!

[@osberswgaming]

Legend

[@seatspud]

Scotland gave us a good chunk of AC/DC. Bon and the Youngs.

[@jamesmason8436]

True. Though at their peak they had three Englishmen, including their lead singer and songwriter.

[@TheMostBritishBrit]

Nice to know more about the two countries. Cheers to you, sir beat!

[@xcdrummer19]

Great video, as always, Mr. Beat. Do Norway vs Sweden next!

[@lucinae8510]

Many people in the UK think we Londoners are a bit snobbish, which I won't deny. But I will admit the rest of England and Scotland has so much amazing sights and history, that when I think of Britain I imagine them more than places in London!

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Some of you are but that's really just a stereotype. Most Londoners I have met and worked with are pretty humble and down to earth.

[@ajmomoho]

I’m from the Canadian Rockies, and visited the Highlands of Scotland for a short time recently. They are incredible.

[@semipenguin]

Fun video. I liked it a lot. My favorite English band is Judas Priest. Iron Maiden is a close second. I saw both of them last year, and I have tickets to see both bands next year when they come to Minnesota. They both put on quite a show, but I really enjoy Priest a little bit more. You could do an entire episode on the people of Newcastle upon Tyne. In other words, Geordies.

[@osberswgaming]

4:21 believe me I wish we had this much snow, this must have been from 2012, which was a bit of an anomaly. Hoping for a White Christmas this year though

[@iammrbeat]

Ah dang. Yeah we get a white Christmas about once every five years or so.

[@paulywaulywauly]

Can't wait for the Edinburgh and Glasgow comparison video!!

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

Or Cardiff and Swansea

[@Cryptosporidium140]

Hey Matt, think it'd be great info if you compared empires to different ones. Like Roman Empire compared to the Byzantine Empire for example.

[@iammrbeat]

Perhaps...

[@cmcc3721]

@@iammrbeat 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill.

[@trunkage]

Keep going Matt. Get that Map Men collab

[@cups0213]

Give me money mr beast

[@niclasjacobsen7722]

You missed that two of the most important economists in world history came from Scotland (Adam Smith) and England (John Maynard Kenyes)

[@osberswgaming]

Funny story, when I was with Mr Beat in Edinburgh, he pointed to a statue that I see almost every day and said ‘woah it’s Adam Smith’, and I had no clue who that was. Can’t believe I went my entire life without knowing who he even was lol

[@iammrbeat]

Holy crap! I can't believe I forgot this!

[@EpicAelflaed]

Smith is a common English name btw .. so likely he’s of English stock

[@ThomasBoyd-yf5wm]

Awesome. Brilliant content. Appreciate your work on Scotland and England Britain.

[@SiVlog1989]

As an Englishman, to me, Scotland is far better. England doesn't have the beautiful Highlands for example. Although England has the world famous landmark that are associated with the United Kingdom, like the Palace of Westminster, Tower Bridge, the River Thames, I've felt happier in Scotland than England. Then again, familiarity could be blinding me to its appeal

[@iammrbeat]

I forget, whereabouts in the UK are you based out of? Also, I'm more keen on natural beauty as well, so I hear you about Scotland. :)

[@osberswgaming]

I’m the opposite. I’ve lived in Scotland for most of my life but I gotta say England is overall more desirable. Then again, London is hard carrying that, and without it, Scotland clears

[@SiVlog1989]

@iammrbeat there are two regions in England I'm very familiar with, my home town is Sutton, south west Greater London, and the location where I attended University, Bolton, north west Greater Manchester. While they're separated by roughly 180 miles, there are similarities to them. They're both close to the big city (London and Manchester in their cases) to be convenient for retail therapy amongst other things, but equally, you don't have to go far the other way to relish the escapism that comes with the countryside :) in the case of my home town, the South Downs are a great area for hiking and likewise for the area near where I went to Uni, the Pennines

[@osberswgaming]

@@SiVlog1989 I went through Sutton on my journey to visit every London borough. Nice place

[@mitchellgeorge6031]

England has some of the most beautiful countryside in the world. Suffolk especially is gorgeous and I go there as often as I can.

[@owenhay7154]

One thing to point out is that the average temperatures can vary drastically. I'm from around Inverness & southern England is damn-near tropical in comparison and a nightmare in the summer especially. Even going to the central belt of Scotland, you can feel it get drastically warmer (and the water get drastically worse compared to the highlands lol). Also the accents vary from literal town to town in Scotland as well, it's just the stereotypical Glaswegian accent that is most commonly associated with Scots

[@alansmithee8831]

@owenhay. As an English teenager, coming north to look at potential universities, I found myself in Dundee on a bitter cold night and not enough cash for a hotel. One hotel took me in anyway. The very generous Scots were not at all the mean spirited stereotype, like the uncle in "Kidnapped" and more like my childhood hero Alan Breck Stewart from that book, looking after the youngster.

[@emotivelyy_]

It's sickening 😢

[@sam1111979]

This is true, however it can vary greatly. I work in Kent for a company with their head office in Edinburgh. Every so often someone from Scotland will come down and be caught unprepared by one of those weird weather patterns that makes it colder down here. They just assume it's always warmer.

[@jamesmason8436]

​​@@sam1111979nobody from Edinburgh is coming to Kent and feeling colder lol.

[@sam1111979]

@@jamesmason8436 Except of course when they do, which I have personally observed. Why would you directly contradict something someone has said on the internet, which isn't important, where there is no reason for that person to lie. And then "lol". Rudeness? Lack of social skills?

[@OneTrueScotsman]

We definitely don't do cricket in Scotland. But on the whole an informative video.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Yeah he should have mentioned shinty or curling. Those are much more Scottish sports.

[@peterdavy6110]

Cricket is played in Scotland - mainly in the Borders - and a Scot (Mike Denness) captained the England team.

[@breefolf]

one important thing to note: being pro-remain is not a "left-leaning" position, in fact, in the previous referendum in the 80s, the vast majority of left wing organizations wanted to leave - in short, being pro-remain is a distinctly CENTRIST position, whilst being pro-brexit is associated with being distinctly right wing or left wing

[@osberswgaming]

This is true. You see it with Trump leaving the Trans-Pacific Partnership, this was something that Bernie was also for

[@anonymes2884]

Fair comment BUT it's still true that Scotland is more left leaning _in general_ (which is the point I understood the video to be making).

[@Derm1991]

To an extent, though left wing support for Brexit was mostly a minority view. The Brexit vote is probably better seen through the lens of “pro-establishment” vs “antiestablishment” or even “open” vs “closed”. I think it was an event that challenged the idea of a left/right dichotomy.

[@sebe2255]

We don’t live in the 80s anymore. Being pro brexit was definitely a right-wing position, and it is because of the right wing infighting (populists vs establishment torries) that the referendum even happened in the first place.

[@lucasdolding6924]

@@Derm1991 I wouldn't say it was a minority view amongst the left when Corbyn was pro-Brexit, though I agree the distinction is definitely pro-establishment vs antiestablishment.

[@Thespian821]

Thank you for making this, as between 12/25 & 01/05 I’ll be traveling in both England & Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@robertmclaren3625]

That was an enjoyable video, especially to hear about the ‘rivalry’ (or auld enemy) from an outsider’s perspective. However, I do think it was a mistake not to mention the independence movement when you discussed politics. Also, as a Scot living in England, the fish and chips most definitely are not superior down sourh 😉

[@iammrbeat]

Great feedback. Thank you for watching

[@cmcc3721]

@@iammrbeat 0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill.

[@alansmithee8831]

​@@iammrbeatWhitby claims the best fish (haddock) and chips for Yorkshire, England. However Oban, on Scotland's west coast has probably the next best by an incredibly small margin. Southern English cod with overdone chips is awful to my taste. I once saw a fellow Bradfordian throw them back at at the proprietor, telling them to keep their mucky worm ridden cod and refried ruined chips. Some of the best I had were in Bruges, Belgium. The fish was on a wooden kebab stick and the chips were delicious. I discovered chips with mayonnaise from this too. You generally get offered mushy peas in England, though these are better with vinegar to emulsify them and mint sauce mixed in, served with a good warm pork pie. These days curry sauce is more popular at fish and chip shops, either fruity or "Irish" smooth. In Manchester they have chip shops, where fish is popular, but you also see a good selection of pies on offer. A Wigan kebab is a pie in a "barm", their word for bread cake. My family home town of Keighley calls a bread cake a "teacake" (as opposed to a current teacake). They call a fish cake, with fish and potato slices a "scone". It is not uncommon for folk to ask for "a scone in a teacake" which would sound barmy to folk elsewhere.

[@peterdavy6110]

@@alansmithee8831 On the other hand, as a southerner (I have to drive north to get to London) I think fat fried northern fish and chips are truly revolting.

[@alansmithee8831]

@@peterdavy6110 A work colleague from Sheffield would have agreed. Then he came to West Yorkshire and could not believe how good they tasted. When I had a day off, about to move from Bradford, another colleague brought him, to try the fish and chips from my local fish shop. It is a matter of taste and knowing where to get them.

[@revinhatol]

2:20 Basically, the Church of Scotland is a Reformed Presbyterian church.

[@iammrbeat]

Alrighty then

[@stuartaaron613]

England also produced some of the funniest humor in the world. Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Two Ronnies, Douglas Adams, and Benny Hill, to name a few.

[@iammrbeat]

Heck yeah it did

[@garymacdonald7165]

One of the Two Ronnie's was Scottish!

[@stuartaaron613]

@@garymacdonald7165 Which one, Corbett or Barker?

[@garymacdonald7165]

@@stuartaaron613 Corbett

[@danieleyre8913]

Ugh Benny Hill. I would list Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, Ade Edmondson & Rik Mayall, Rowan Atkinson, the late Peter Cook, Steve Coogan, and maybe even Walliams & Lucas (little Britain) before the Two Ronnie’s. Douglas Adams and Monty Python would be among the funniest though

[@valmid5069]

Can’t wait for more historical analysis from this channel!

[@MaxRiley]

Thank you very much for educating us.

[@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr]

The difference in legal age of adulthood has nothing to do with devolution of Scottish government, the two countries have always had separate legal systems

[@MrFancyLiving]

Fish and chips are far better in Scotland than England, won't have this slander

[@IndependentHeathen]

Nowt better than a Scottish haddock.

[@MicaRayan]

Thank you! I've been longing to know this. Personally, I like Scottish whom seems frank and straightforward but one can be extremely assertive - at times. The good thing is they often try to mend it up and seek apology. Pure English, on the other hands - tend to be polite and timid - so, no matter how long the friendship we build (some of mine are friends just a little bit than a decade now) there are something pale and gray about it. Of course, this is just solely within my experiences. If I can add something - the one that I engaging the most within my Asian self are from Wales. They are just chatty and talk by the 'sameness' manner as I am. The pace, the customary, the interaction... I am from South East Asia; 🇲🇾, anyway. I have yet met any Irish directly, but within some online and forums, from ages ago - yesssss they are very very intelligent people including the Northern Ire. They values education, breathes it and want you to be part of discussions. To this day - I would remember them as a good teacher. One day, hopefully there would be some opportunities for meet them in person, to talk about history, monuments or just casually 🎶 music niche. Very very very empathetic and easily lowering themself to my level cos I not talk Eng fluently! Mhmmm, talking about lasting positive impacts. Try talk it with Scott 😅 You'd prone to get traumatized as it is too dramatic (in fairness; I think, it is whether you're compatible or not). Also I think that it's in line with their life 'Scott the brave!'

[@eliashornwall8546]

You should do one of these for the Scandinavian countries, as they are similarly interconnected, and have imperial histories ruling over each other. You could also extend the video to the Nordic countries, but since you only did two here, three to focus on seems more appropriate. Finland, and Iceland do definitely play a large role in affecting the Scandinavian nations as well, especially Finland since it was an essential part of Sweden for 600 years.

[@ace.of.skulls]

Next up: Ireland and Northern Ireland compared

[@iammrbeat]

I already made that video. :)

[@misterzeke7021]

​@@iammrbeat Do Sudan and South Sudan then

[@ace.of.skulls]

@@iammrbeat Oh my bad 😅

[@osberswgaming]

I’m up for ‘Wales and Isle of Man compared’ 😂

[@OneTrueScotsman]

Scotland's also the elder country, and it has one of the oldest flags in the world, and the first country to have a national flower.

[@jamesmason8436]

Older by about 60 years.

[@michellemcmanus2729]

​@@jamesmason8436order by thousands of years

[@Being_John]

Studied abroad in Glasgow for a semester, absolutely loved it. Reminds me a lot of Washington state.

[@iammrbeat]

I definitely got Seattle/Portland vibes there

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Why do you Americans always want to compare places to America? Not everywhere is like America.

[@hey12542]

I'm from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and I've seen videos of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 but have never visited either. They look like nice countries though. I love England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 cause it has everything I need and it has nice places to go to when I want a quick few days break away. For main holidays I fly abroad but in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I love the lake District, Isle of wight, Brighton and Bournemouth on the south coast and Northumberland in the North East of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I also like York and the Isles of Scilly as well as Cornwall. For city breaks I love to go to London but that's because I'm from there and I like to plan an itinerary of things I want to do while I'm there. The people in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 are generally really nice too.

[@faelirra]

Just a small correction, it wasn't Arthur vs the Vikings, but Alfred. Arthur (in legend) was a few hundred years earlier and was against the Anglo-saxons.

[@zach7193]

Well done. Nice collaboration.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks :)

[@ilovetotri23]

Great video! I am very biased, having been born in England to a Scottish mother. My mother would entertain us by doing Scottish and English accents. Great video! I learned a fair amount.

[@jaysea32]

Interesting fact. Scotland at one time was connected to the usa 450 million years ago when scotland,scandinavia and america were all one continent.

[@bishton]

I'm English and I can tell you Scotland is better.

[@iammrbeat]

Oh no

[@alonkatz4633]

It's an understatement to say how influential the UK has been to global civilization. It's one of my favorite countries for this reason, and I hope to visit it thoroughly in the future, especially Scotland, because I haven't been there yet. April Fool's Day is only a few moths away, and I think Earth and Mars/Venus compared could be a fin way to celebrate it. Other than that, I think Greece/Italy, Athens/Rome, Germany/Austria and Vienna/Salzburg could be very interesting.

[@iammrbeat]

Great suggestions. And yeah, love or hate 'em, the UK has impacted us all.

[@danieleyre8913]

Pfft. The UK never invented much, they mostly mimicked some other culture.

[@urmum3773]

@@danieleyre8913 Lmao

[@danieleyre8913]

@@urmum3773 Name one thing the UK ever came up with on its own completely in isolation from outside influences then.

[@lukefleetwood7958]

@@danieleyre8913 Didn't take long to find a more dumb statement than what Obsers Gaming whatever made up in his history bit. The British have probably invented most things since the 19th century. Some relevant examples include the English language you are speaking and the computer you are using to be a moron with.

[@Mossflake]

I’m English living in Scotland, this was a super interesting video! Obviously as an overview there were some bits glossed over but there was also plenty I learned 😄 Something else that might be worth considering is which technology was advanced by the English and Scots! Thermodynamics and TV/Radio owes a huge amount to Scottish inventors, while a lot of science in general and computer tech was advanced by the English!

[@JamMC]

We’ve been waiting for this for a while.

[@iammrbeat]

I hope I delivered adequately.

[@osberswgaming]

Did it please you?

[@JamMC]

@@iammrbeat Yes you did.

[@hunterblackforesthy5980]

first of all scotland has multiple accents scotland also has several writers and such like the creator of sherlock holmes arthur conan doyle albert Einstein was inspired by a scottish scientist so for him to name only one person from scotland was insulting also there are many scottish artists garbage franz ferdinand deacon blue wet wet wet etc so again for him not to mention any was insulting

[@sirruadhri3316]

Found out I'm 2% Scottish today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@iammrbeat]

That's pretty neat

[@alfieingrouille1528]

💀

[@conormcdonagh8158]

Well skin

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

First problem that isn't an accurate map. Your map has Scotland 30% shorter than it is in reality. UK government agencies including tourist and BBC sources have been pushing that distorted map for about 20 years. On an accurate map if you take a set of compasses, put the pin on Carlisle at the Scottish border and extend to the North of Mainland Scotland then turn the compasses the opposite way, it reaches just beyond the Isle of Wight on the English Channel coast. At 0:16 you even show an accurate map next the distorted one, without comment. Not a good sign. But you are sponsored by YouGov a polling company owned by Conservative Party donors and members, intended to supply polls backing up Conservative Party policies. It also sponsors and funds supposedly independent media and publications that support the Conservative Party alternative version of reality or who will bend that way for pay. Second problem, 2:06 you say "both the largest religion is Christianity" while avoiding the fact most of the population of Scotland is atheist or nonreligious. England is likely much the same. Third problem, 10:45 The Scottish Darien colony did not bankrupt Scotland as English people gleefully claim. The majority of Scotland was never involved or affected. Those who invested did so from excess funds or borrowing from other Scots. It's a bit like saying the minority who stuffed money into stocks on a single company that went bust, while everyone else thought they were fools all along. Problem for Scots was this minority was often aristocratic and had undue influence over the government. So when England offered to pay their loses, allow them to breach Scots law over land holdings tenant rights, access to English colonies and hefty bribes, they narrowly voted to allow Scotland to be annexed. Leading to riots breaking out on and off for several years. By riots we really should mean local rebellions which ended up with a full rebellion in 1715. In fact there were multiple rebellions and uprisings between 1707 and 1820. Most though are ignored or downplayed in UK approved histories. The 1820 rising so frightened the London government they publicly beheaded the leaders who survived and began deporting tens of thousands over the next 15 years. The ongoing clearances in the South and highlands were ramped up to higher numbers and accelerated. Essentially deporting large numbers of people and emptying the areas where the strongest resistance was based. The London supporting landowners were subsidised but already very keen to push this policy. They had already gained from the transfere of Clan or In-common land holdings to their own personal property and intended to keep it. Fourth problem, As previously said, brutally encourage emigration, arrest and deportation were common for 150 years. Those who remained faced denial of opportunities, artificially high rents and no or low access to financing. For most the only options for any change were outside Scotland. It was government policy. Just as in Ireland the UK state feared a growing Scots population would eventually fight to restore independence. Forcing them to emigrate suppressed this. As a result when compared to similar sized countries in 1700, Scotland's population is less than half of what it should have been projected. Scotland really should be around the same as Sweden while Ireland maybe should be around that of the Netherlands. The UK state created conditions in both countries to actively force emigration. Now Scotland is about the same population as countries it was several times the size in 1700 and poor Ireland a small fraction of where it should have been. Fifth problem, you end with minimising cultural and political differences. I'm Lithuanian, so most Western Europeans seem very similar to me. Just change the language but basically the same. It came as a bit of a shock moving to Scotland after a year and a half in England. The UK internationally is very careful to minimize the existence of Scotland and the Scots. For me I only though it just a administrative division. But found it was a really a completely different country. Then again seeing as I grew up in the USSR a member of a non Russian population, it all became clear immediately. Just as Soviet Union was made equivalent to "Russia" so here British was equivalent to English. The same policies of ignoring, suppressing and erasing the culture and existence of a conquered nation. Colonialism. In the end this situation has all the conditions for a very violent uprising. When the end of English rule over Scotland comes it will be a sudden shock. Since the Scots will carry that war to the centre of English power it could wreck the ruling elite of the UK. Scots were recruited into the IRA in the final years of the last troubles in Northern Ireland. This pushed out a somewhat crazed minority who formed the Real-IRA and INLA. Those groups carried out brutal and pointless atrocities in Ulster. All while the IRA went on to attack economic infrastructure, business and top politicians in England. A strategy that forced the UK government to the peace table. Bomb a high street in Ulster = no action. But bomb the Conservative Party conference and a the centre of England's second largest city = make a peace deal. That IRA campaign of late 80s to 90s was planned by those Scottish recruits. They shut down all rail travel to London without a single explosion. Sent 100 thousand people running and cancelled a Grand National horse race with a phone call. Targeted assassinations away from ordinary people to those in power and their financial supporters. I don't believe the political elite of the UK is even capable of seeing it coming let alone defending against it.

[@liamwolfe7274]

I read the correction in the video description but…Saying the Legendary King Arthur was an Anglo-Saxon is just Bizarre!!! It is virtually impossible to be that wrong. Did Ralph do it on purpose?

[@derrengui]

Just a note on the historical facts, king Arthur is a somewhat mythical figure in Brythonic history with the Britons being the native population of the old Roman province of Britannia, when the Anglo-Saxons arrived (or the English) they took the land of what's modern day England off the Britons, King Arthur allegedly fought against the English invaders at some point between the 5th and 6th century, long before any vikings appeared on the scene Fair to say if he even did exist he would not like to be portrayed as an "English" king fighting vikings

[@WjfhdhShshshsh]

Well picts are more native to Scotland britons are the ones who ended irish rule in Scotland and created alba with a United irish,picts and Briton kingdom

[@derrengui]

@@WjfhdhShshshsh yes Scotland has a very interesting history where many cultures merged into what's today's Scottish identity

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@derrenguiWhat he said about Arthur made more sense regarding Alfred the Great.

[@jessrose4301]

I studied abroad in Glasgow and during the summer they had a "heat wave" where it got into the 70s (Fahrenheit, high 20s Celsius) and everyone went nuts. Fans were sold out everywhere. No one had air conditioning. And people were basically stripping down naked in the park. It was hilarious.

[@cmcc3721]

We had a heatwave? Must've slept through it. Was it over by lunchtime on a weekend by any chance?

[@jessrose4301]

@@cmcc3721 hahaha it was a whole week but it was back in 2012.

[@cmcc3721]

@@jessrose4301 I remember it well. 2012 London olympics. Sheer coincidence that i happened to highlight that (Scottish) episode in another reply. To a claim that the temps were becoming increasingly intolerable....i wish lol. I actually went out and bought a small fan for my PC to keep me cool while browsing back then btw. The memories....Suns oot. Guns oot

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Well as a fellow European I think both have something to give. I've been to Scotland many times and I loved it. I'm English but I have a deep respect for Scotland. I want to travel all across parts of the UK I've never been to before, before I go abroad that is. I've heard that the Japanese are infatuated with the UK. I also love Japan and Norway although I was originally born in Oman whilst my parents were working there. Norway is one of my favourite countries, although very expensive, a little too expensive for my taste but a fantastic place if you can afford it anyway!!!!

[@scottanos9981]

I think all English respect the Scottish generally even if the Scottish sometimes see England as overbearing. "Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young." 😅

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@@scottanos9981 Yes, this rivalry is usually not strictly anti Scottish. My mum is half Scottish and I have many fond memories of visiting my late maternal grandparents in Edenborough, my Uncle lives there now. I once had a £100 note that I spent in England from Scotland, their notes are different, but you can still legally spend them in England.

[@Ursi_]

I’m from England, I’m so excited to watch this video!! Thank you Mr. Beat :D Edit: JAY FOREMAN MENTION!!!!

[@iammrbeat]

REPRESENT

[@emotivelyy_]

Hello Ursi! 😄☺️ I am from England and I love my country, I live somewhere that I would consider to be not very nice and I would LOVE to move somewhere like Cumbria, Northumberland, Keilder Forest, The Chiltern Hills or The Cotswolds!

[@eliplayz22]

I’m American with some Scottish ancestry. Though it was good to learn more about both constituent countries of the UK, especially what we don’t generally hear about on the surface

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@Danielek73]

No mention of Scottish independence?

[@dougalmcdougal8682]

Fantastic , well researched indeed , very entertaining …

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Mr. Beat! You should definitely do a video comparing Switzerland and Austria. Pretty please?

[@nssportstv7231]

I’m English and I love both countries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@williamowsley9771]

I always thought that Josh Gates described them best as Scotland being England's slightly older and more inebriated brother. LOL

[@macflod]

This video is pretty accurate. As someone from Scotland only thing id say is there also many distinct accents in Scotland too, each island and region is different. Oh and i wouldn’t say cricket is popular in Scotland but it is played by a few, although in my experience people who play it usually get a friendly sort of mockery for being weird 😂

[@jonathanneale8658]

Proud Englishman here but I'm dead impressed by that backwards flowing Scottish waterfall at 22.03 in the video

[@tylerhackner9731]

Would love to go to either

[@iammrbeat]

Go to both! :)

[@lukefleetwood7958]

Go to one of them then get a train to the other. Same (sovereign) country.

[@ameyakulkarni6493]

MAKE A COMPARED VIDEO ON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG TWO FAMOUS CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

[@magicsteve5523]

Italian food is generally considered to be better in Scotland rather than England due to Scotland’s very large Italian community

[@DSQueenie]

This is very true.

[@janice506]

So true I recently did my heritage dna & was surprised to find out I’ve 11-4% South Italian in me & im from the central belt .

[@zainulabdin1720]

❤

[@jamesmason8436]

What? 😂

[@Sportspenguin77]

😂😂 England has a very large Italian community as well. Including Bedford where it is 8% of Italian heritage. Just because we don't have Tony Macaronis down here 😂

[@iboKirby]

It’s weird seeing Great Britain without Wales. It looks weirdly skinny.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

2:20 - I have to question the statement that "farming is big in both countries". Isn't the UK as a whole one of the countries with the smallest relative agricultural sectors in the world?

[@ImMamba]

well there are still lots of farms to produce UK produce for consumption within UK such as british beef, chicken, pork, eggs, fruits etc

[@urmum3773]

Quality over quantity

[@jamesmason8436]

The UK was 90% self sufficient as recently as the late 80s and before various EU policies reduced its farming sector (with farmers basically being paid not to grow anything). 60% of British land is currently used for farming compared to just 9% which is 'developed' (i.e. towns, cities and roads).

[@lowrideralternatives7581]

Please do Compare Chile And Argentina

[@potato_nugget]

Would love to see more international videos! I love your format, personality, and humor, but don't have much interest in US politics, so videos like these are great

[@harryaarrestad583]

Like the podcast , although your stats are a bit over the place . Subbed !

[@iammrbeat]

Sources are the description. Thank you so much!

[@J9NUARY]

finally get to see Scotland represented in this series :)

[@cmcc3721]

0:00 YOUGOV. This guys a shill. Literally promoting politicians monetary perspective for £££ in his back pocket. Yip. Thats where we are in 2023. pfft