England and Scotland Compared

[@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

[@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!

[@williamwallace5857]

countries

[@GrizzlyAdams101]

@@williamwallace5857 do one will

[@williamwallace5857]

@@GrizzlyAdams101 do one yourself

[@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

[@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

[@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)

[@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.

[@Allapa-im9jr]

​@@benwatson96More Scots still voted for Brexit than have ever votes for the SNP, a fact the SNP routinely ignores and hides from. And Scots votes in what they were led to believe what would be a once in a generation referendum just two years earlier regardless of what would haveppen in the next three years or the next thirty years, the latter fits the category of a 'generation' far more than the former. A lot of Scots didn't really care about the EU generally at all, it was the SNP that do because that was always the real plan for them, hence they never wanted a seperate Scottish held UE referendum and why they moved the original referendum from 2018 to 2014. Either way, the EU referendum was a UK-wide vote that could have gone either way, if Scotland was more pro-EU and those Scots who voted Brexit had voted for the EU instead, then you could also argue that it was Scotland trapping England to an increasingly corrupt and undemocratic EU, which is part of why anti-EU sentiment and the whiff of Euroscepticism had been manifesting since after it was formed in 1993.

[@alanbrown9178]

You need to look more closely at the failure of the "Darien Adventure". It was heavily subscribed by wealthy persons in Scotland, who lost a lot of their money. Scotland as a nation was not "broke" as is often stated by English outlets. The English parliament noted an opportunity and promised these lords who had lost money that they would be reimbursed if only they would vote for Scotland to be joined (subjected) to England. To hasten them making their mind up, an English army which had been fighting in mainland Eurpope (again) was shipped over to the North of England to line the border with Scotland. These nobels who sold out Scotland are refered to in one of Robert Burn's poem's in 1791, with the lines:- "Bought and sold for English gold, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation" The Royal Bank of Scotland was set up by the English parliament to distribute the money (several millions in todays money) to those nobles who were due. The money was known as "the equivalent". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equivalent

[@kjh23gk]

It should also be noted that the English parliament paid the Spanish to harass Scottish ships in the Caribbean. They actively sabotaged the Darien scheme.

[@martinodoni8943]

That's the contemptible Scottish victim-complex talking. We're discussing an attempted act of Scottish imperialism, and because it failed, the Scots think they're victims. The truth is, the Scots INVADED Panama, which was a Spanish colony. The Spanish didn't need anyone to pay them to sabotage the venture, they wanted to do it as an act of retaliation. As for why the venture failed, the English certainly didn't help, but why should they? The truth was the venture failed because it was badly-equipped and incompetently mis-planned. The Scots also refuse to acknowledge the context of the era in which they invaded Panama. The Spanish succession was leading to a war between Anglo-Dutch sympathisers and French sympathisers at the Spanish Court. France and Spain in combination would be almost unbeatable in a military sphere. The Governments in England and the Netherlands were desperate not to offend the Spanish for fear of the pro-French candidate winning the power struggle. So the Scots deciding to steal a Spanish colony at that time was absolutely idiotic, and put the English in an impossible position diplomatically. They had to avoid even giving the appearance of supporting what the Scots were doing. Just think about it. The Scots were invading a primitive country and trying to take it over, and the English, you claim, intervened to stop them. Doesn't that really mean that the English are the good guys and the Scots just got their comeuppance? The Scheme deserved to be sabotaged, although the extent to which the sabotage was the reason for failure is far far lower than Scotsmen want to believe. Their own incompetence caused the failure.

[@martinodoni8943]

Only a Scottish nationalist could present an English army expressly staying in its own territory as an act of military subjection. Has it never crossed your mind that with so much militant hostility across Scotland towards the Union, the English might have felt it safest to have an army at the border to defend against a possible uprising spilling south? However much you try to spin and overplay the side details, the reality is that the English simply made an offer and the Scottish ruling class accepted it. A negotiated agreement. That's it. All that relentless moaning by the Scots about English military aggression, but when things take the political route instead, that's also not good enough for them. Okay, it was not a democratic decision, but then democracy didn't exist back then. It wouldn't be acceptable now, but back then, the aristocratic class had the right to make that agreement. And Scotland benefited from the Union enormously in the longer term. What ended when the Kingdom of Scotland came to a close was a primitive, poorly developed, aristocratic, rigorously backward backwater at the extremes of Europe. Its demise is not to be regretted.

[@theRhinsRanger]

Not to mention the english sent the navy to attack the scottish ships to ensure they failed

[@takenoprisoners-u3x]

@@martinodoni8943 Ah so Israel keeps an Army in Gaza to prevent a Palestinian 'uprising' spilling over into Israel eh? The English bribe Scots MPs to buy their vote in order to annex Scotland under English Westminster rule have an army on standby in case the population objects and you want to spin a story about protecting England from the Scots. You sound like every propagandists that ever spun a tale.

[@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

[@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.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Well said, researched and written! Thank you for that. labai aciu! I appreciate your research and input as many of my compatriots will!

[@chrisowen702]

@@tamasmarcuis4455 very well put sir seems like you actually researched your information and with myself having a great interest in my country's history you are very accurate ✌️👏 it just makes a pleasent change I've found when I make points like yourself I get told I'm making stuff up for the exact reason you mention basically thanks 👍 you impressed a Scotsman that's normally quite difficult to impress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🍻

[@Glasgowcalling]

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

[@Glasgowcalling]

@@osberswgaming Nah your section was my favourite! 😅

[@osberswgaming]

@@Glasgowcalling thanks so much :)

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

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

[@aceman0000099]

​@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerekif humans were less nationalist we could claim everything!

[@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.

[@galdoug8918]

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

[@revinhatol]

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

[@iammrbeat]

Alrighty then

[@Ralphbros24]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@iesroo]

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?

[@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?

[@YerDa67]

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

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Hundreds of them!

[@williamwallace5857]

Penicillin is a discovery not an invention.

[@mktf5582]

Non of those things were invented/discovered in Scoatland LOL, TV = American/Japanese - Telephone = Italian - Penicillin = Puerto Rican.

[@williamwallace5857]

@@mktf5582 I think you need to read a history book.

[@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)

[@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 :)

[@tasibho]

Scotland and ireland i would say. Even though the latter isnt technically part of the UK anymore . Their complicated relationship and history with england would create an interesting contrast

[@Rydonattelo]

Little bit of more info. Although both Scotland and England are Protestant the English are Anglican ( church of England) and the Scottish are Presbyterian ( church of Scotland). They are not connected in any way as the monarch is head of the church of England and that is far to close to Catholicism for the Calvinists in Scotland. In Scotland Jesus is head of the church. If the King was to visit a church in England he is head of the entire organisation, if he visited in Scotland he is no different from anyone else. Scottish Protestants are much closer to what Americans may be familiar with Evangelicals, the church of England is Catholic in all but name in the way the practice their faith, to an American it would look like a Catholic church. 70% of Scotland is Presbyterian, 25% is Roman Catholic ( although the vast majority are now actually atheists and these numbers are much lower as a lot of people still consider themselves " culturally " Protestant/ Catholic depending on what school they went to, where thry grew up and what football team they support)

[@sandersson2813]

Neither country is especially religious. Its in constant decline.

[@Rydonattelo]

@@sandersson2813 I know. Shame. Church of Scotland is the OG of Presbyterianism, John Knox and all that.

[@sandersson2813]

@@Rydonattelo It's not a shame, religion is disgusting and the bible is totally immoral

[@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

[@johnfitzpatrick4007]

@@EpicAelflaed clutching at straws.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@EpicAelflaed Born in Fife, Scotland, of a well established and old Scottish family. By the way, "Smith is a common name everywhere. Schmidt in Germany is basically "Smith". It was an occupational name -Tinsmith, Blacksmith, Goldsmith Silversmith, etc. It is found everywhere.

[@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.

[@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!

[@Parker_Douglas]

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]

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

[@lucinae8512]

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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@buffboy1954]

I could feel my heart sinking near the beginning of the film when the US presenter pronounced "Scotland" as "Scatland" - things didn't get any better.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@DruSerkes]

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

[@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.

[@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 👍

[@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.

[@bulkesp]

@@osberswgaming aye you still been saying that the past week or so, this snows a nightmare min

[@osberswgaming]

@ where abouts are you?

[@bulkesp]

@ Aberdeenshire and we don’t even have it that bad

[@osberswgaming]

@ Edinburgh here. I run a lot so the freezing temperature is killing me. No snow though 😭

[@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.

[@Parker_Douglas]

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 😂

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@987jof]

@@faelirra I was about to say that was either an accident or some weird revisionist propaganda 😂

[@michellemcmanus2729]

As a Scottish person watching this i knew it would be inaccurate and I wasn't disappointed.... Scotland has been populated since the ice age longer than England and long long before the romans came

[@sebe2255]

Longer than England? Doubtful, humans first settled in what is now England And Scotland (and most of Northern and Middle England) was covered by ice and glaciers

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@sebe2255 Settlements have recently been found in Orkney which are much older.

[@sebe2255]

@@Yesser-Thistle73 I seriously doubt that and I cannot find what you are talking about.

[@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.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

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

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 Not much choice there, and a lot of behind the scenes shenanigans! Just look at the Winter Fuel payments now taken from most pensioners. That would never have been allowed, and adds to the ill feeling. Not one seems to have thought that Scotland's winters are MUCH colder than England's!

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@Yesser-Thistle73 that's politics. Of those eligible to vote only 20% actually voted for this government. There is not a majority of English supporting this government. Yes there is resentment towards our politicians from all parts of the UK. Tony Blair is Scottish; that didn't make the English resent the Scots when he was making unpopular decisions. Most Scots understand if Scotland was independent they would have less money to spend and taxes would be higher. That's why they voted to remain in the UK. They like to moan but they're not daft.

[@EpicAelflaed]

It was actually the French - hundred year war. The Scot’s at one time was an alliance with the French against the English. The French were the main enemies for the English. Constant battles between the two countries

[@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.

[@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.

[@westleystewart]

16:57 The recognizable form of football (soccer) i.e. the passing game, was invented by Queen’s Park Football Club in Scotland.

[@jamesmason8436]

This appears to be largely myth as far as my research goes.

[@westleystewart]

@@jamesmason8436 I read it in Jonathan Wilson’s book, “Inverting the Pyramid” - unless he’s recanted this in later editions, I’m sure he did his due diligence as a journalist.

[@jamesmason8436]

@@westleystewart I read that. He didn't say they invented passing - passing very much already existed - he said that their tactical approach was more passing and combination orientated which influenced tactics going forwards. But even this claim isn't solid and seems to be based on a couple of selected quotes taken from press clippings. I mean, if they were so dazzlingly brilliant, playing a passing game which was both superior to and alien to everyone else, why did they only reach two FA Cup finals in 15 years of competing in it, losing both to Blackburn Rovers? I imagine they played the same game as eveyone else for their day, only with more emphasis on passing than others, if that.

[@ace.of.skulls]

Next up: Ireland and Northern Ireland compared

[@iammrbeat]

I already made that video. :)

[@ZekeorSomething]

​@@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’ 😂

[@chiefgilray]

Just Ireland, they are all irish

[@gregboi183]

King Arthur's lineage is something later attributed to the line of Wessex, not something they seem to have claimed at the time, and to not mention it's mythical nature and essentially pass it off as fact is pretty misleading

[@osberswgaming]

I’m so sorry, my original script had ‘King Alfred’. Either Mr Beat changed it or I read it wrong for the voiceover. Also yea I should have gone into that

[@iammrbeat]

Personally, I don't think there is enough evidence that he even existed.

[@lain1252]

@@iammrbeatCambrian Chronicles has a great video about it.

[@lukefleetwood7958]

I did my dissertation on the topic and i am pretty confident there was a Roman/Celtic warlord who fought Saxons in the late 400's who inspired the works of Gildas and Nennius who are the best sources on the topic. All the fantasy stuff about King Arthur comes from French literary romanticism as well as Welsh national legend.@@iammrbeat

[@alansmithee8831]

​@@lukefleetwood7958So not a load of Uther nonsense then, to give the Bretons a reason to fight alongside the Normans to "retake" the country? I live not far from Normanton and Bretton in Yorkshire. I used to pass the site of the supposed grave of Robin Hood on the way to work. The celtic nations always paint the English as the oppressors, but the Harrying of the North gets overlooked. One of those Bretons, also called Alan, went up to Scotland and was the ancestor of the Stewart kings, who achieved the unification of Britain as in Arthurian legend, not some English conquest. Henry VII was a Welsh Tudor from a previous generation of royalty, that led to the marriage that brought the crowns together.

[@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.

[@Thespian821]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@MrBlackCoffee96]

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).

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

8:08 **ALFRED. YOU MEAN KIND ALFRED.** King Arthur - if he existed at all - was a Celtic king who fought the Angles. That's an embarrassing mistake to not catch.

[@iammrbeat]

As Ralph stated in the video, King Arthur was based on legend. There is no evidence he really existed. Do people believe this?

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

@@iammrbeat …Whether King Arthur was real or not isn't really the point? As far as I understand things, the broadly-accepted origin of the King Arthur myth is that he was (or was based off of) a Celtic King who _fought_ the Anglo-Saxons. I don't think many people sincerely believe that the Arthur of modern Legend - Holy Grail, Round Table, et cetera - really existed. What King Arthur was definitely _not,_ however, was a King of the Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century who fought the Vikings. That would be King Alfred (the Great).

[@urmum3773]

@@iammrbeatYou meant King Alfred when you said king Arthur in the video, King Arthur is a mythical person who probably never actually existed.

[@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.

[@Jokkkkke]

Scotland gets darker significantly earlier than the south of England though. Already in Glasgow it starts getting dark at 15:30 during the winter solstice

[@willie1981]

What?????? North of Scotland gets darker way later than anywhere else in the UK!!!

[@nahuelpiguillem2949]

You forgot to say Adam Smith from Scotland, father of capitalism. Our economy reality nowadays

[@sydhenderson6753]

And James Watt, who jumpstarted the Industrial Revolution.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

@@sydhenderson6753 And literally hundreds more!

[@ThomasBoyd-yf5wm]

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

[@Ethan.J.Gordon]

It would’ve been good if you included the inventions of Scotland in this video as the topic is very fascination as we invented the telephone which is likely what you’re watching this on

[@Metroidkeeper]

Scotland and England are not the richest countries in the world. Scotland and England aren’t even the richest countries in Europe. Why would you say that? This is very easy to fact check.

[@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!

[@jaysea32]

You did scotland a great disservice by failing to mention the various bands and singers who have been a tremendous success like annie lennox(eurythmics)paulo nutini,wet wet wet,Amy macdonald,primal scream,simple minds,biffy clyro,deacon blue,runrig,bay city rollers,the fratellis,del amitri,The proclaimers,chvrches and charlene spitteri of the band texas etc etc. Great video btw but i thought you were just lazy failing to mention the great musical talent from scotland.

[@jamesmason8436]

Yeah, no offence, but there's a reason he didn't mention any of those 😂 Though Annie Lennox is good.

[@jamesmason8436]

@@OneTrueScotsman think you've named all of them there 🤣

[@CrappyCooking-hb4sg]

Tell the truth about why Scotland’s colony was failing… England’s East India Company made it very difficult because they didn’t want Scotland to have a slice of the pie.

[@cups0213]

Give me money mr beast

[@Anshulhe]

Free Scotland ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@blaeclafor]

Free Scotland? They held a referendum you melon.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@MasterWooten]

12:40 No Beats, you're wrong on that point. The crime rate is lower in Scotland because it's cities are less dense, there's way more organized crime in England, than in Scotland, and more gangs attracted to stealing the far greater quantity of wealth that exists in England than in Scotland. Example, England has been hit by terrorism owing the the Northern Ireland issue which has been a thing since the mid 20th century and the Global war or Terror issue which has been a thing since the dawn of this century. Since 7-7 of 2005 there have been numerous terrorist attacks on English cities whereas none in Scotland. Contrary to your thesis this has NOTING to do with poverty everything to do with England actually being a political target whereas Scotland isn't.

[@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!

[@TheKnown-Unknown]

Going to Scotland this summer.

[@iammrbeat]

You're gonna love it!

[@osberswgaming]

Legend

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

take your umbrella

[@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

[@Ursi_]

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

[@iammrbeat]

REPRESENT

[@iesroo]

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!

[@sirruadhri3316]

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

[@iammrbeat]

That's pretty neat

[@alfieingrouille1528]

💀

[@conormcdonagh8158]

Well skin

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Good. I'm 100% Scottish from as far back as it can be traced.

[@elwolf8536]

It's my second biggest ethnicity outside of English

[@michaeledmondson5100]

I'm an English refugee living in Scotland. Scotland is still a free country, unlike the police state that England has become.

[@williamowsley9771]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@rancidbhoy]

You should mentions the inventions invented between Scotland and England

[@jonathanneale8658]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@chiefgilray]

Maybe cause football was invented in Scotland

[@GrizzlyAdams101]

@@YerDa67Charles William Miller brought the game to Brazil. He was born in Brazil but went to England to study.

[@GrizzlyAdams101]

@@YerDa67We created football, and you have an English king, avvvvvvv itttttt weeeee mannnnnn, get on your knees and bowwwwww pawwwwww

[@TheMostBritishBrit]

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

[@zach7193]

Well done. Nice collaboration.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks :)

[@bolton987]

Scotland is a Protestant country CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IS WHERE THE KING JAMES BIBLE CAME FROM

[@iboKirby]

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

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

It was mostly England without Wales. It's easy when it's on its own to understand why it is so overcrowded.

[@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!

[@mktf5582]

Your British living in northern Britain, TV = American/Japanese not Scoatish, Radio English Arnold Wilkins and lots of others inventions Scoatish claim credit for but didn't actually invent.

[@Mossflake]

@@mktf5582 The first part is technically true, but the same could be said of someone from the United States moving to Canada being an American living in the northern America - the island is called Britain, but I am still both English and British - and Scotland is in Britain but that doesn't mean it's impossible for me to live in Scotland, much as you can live in America but also live in the US, Utah, and Salt Lake City, those things can all be true I also, didn't say that TV and radio are inventions originating by Scottish folk, I said they owe a huge amount to Scottish inventors which is true - John Logie Baird was the first to demonstrate and commercialise a number of advancements in television Not entirely sure what your point is here bud

[@mktf5582]

@@Mossflake No it isn't the same as American living in Canada because they are different countries, Britain however is one country/nation (New Yorker living in Texas better example), point I making is that a lot of these so called inventions/discoveries by Scoatland/Scoatish people are BS/Lies/Exaggerated, romanticized/grandiose/chauvinism because of nationalistic narcissism up past Gretna.👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@evilgoose6768]

"King Arthur of the Anglo-Saxons" I'm not trying to be pedantic but that was quite painful to listen to

[@alanholck7995]

Hadrian’s wall was an early attempt to separate Scotland from England. The most recent attempt to separate the two is called Brexit.

[@iammrbeat]

lol

[@cmcc3721]

@@iammrbeat Up here, in 2023 nobody gives a flying fk about Brexit

[@lukefleetwood7958]

That's just a dumb statement. Any notion of separating the two comes from the so called Scottish Independence movement (They don't want independence, they want to immediately submit to the EU.)

[@cmcc3721]

@@lukefleetwood7958 Amen. PS Indy politics in 2023 is dead in the water up here. Sturgeon and her husband have been arrested and questioned about missing ££££££ resulting in support for the party nose diving. All in the garden is not rosy for the indy movement. They were doing so well too hahaha

[@Parker_Douglas]

@@lukefleetwood7958 I’d trust the EU over Westminster any day of the week & England voted for separation from Europe not Scotland but that’s ok because that’s what England wanted fck you Scotland

[@Yamezzzz]

"Better" can vary so wildly based on criteria. My natural thought, coming from Northern Ireland, is which I'd prefer to spend leisure time in. I immediately think of Scotland due to its natural and human geography. Way less population density, much higher percentage of its land are beautiful national parks. But then I visited the lake district for the first time last year (Northern England) and it was just breathtaking. Most "things" outside of natural geography pretty much hands down goes to England, but in comparison to the world, Scotland is very close behind. Since the UK was formed, a significant amount of innovation and world development came from Scotland for its population. For visiting, I personally love the remoteness and character of the Scottish islands though. There's nothing like that in England. Spent a week with an ounce of weed on a remote island in the Hebrides. Mental. Lifelong memories. This video was decent for a foreigner too, just a few mistakes. I would choose Scotland for a wilderness holiday and England for cities and nightlife. I don't think either are "better", all of the UK is awesome. Though I should be biased towards Scotland since my parents are both from Scotland.

[@iammrbeat]

Well put there

[@jamesmason8436]

There are lots of remote islands off the coast of England, with the Isle of Scilly being my personal favourite.

[@caseclosed9342]

I like how your sponsor is YouGov, an English company.

[@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.

[@jackosaurus117]

I’m from the North of England but Scotland is an amazing and a lovely place to visit. The people are mostly very friendly. In the winter though it has to be said the UK in general is absolutely depressing, the summer is pretty nice though

[@Dbranderson216]

I really think you should do a prime minster elections in British history, I would enjoy

[@iammrbeat]

I just don't feel like I'm qualified enough to do that.

[@osberswgaming]

I’ll coerce Jay Foreman into doing that

[@lucasdolding6924]

@@iammrbeat Your format is great for the US elections, I'd love if someone with as much knowledge on UK politics could cover the 20th and 21st Century UK GEs. I don't wanna have to research everything myself, that's what KZbin is for 😩

[@magicsteve5523]

20:36 Anyone saying this has never had fish and chips from a good Italian chip shop in Glasgow, has to be an Italian shop those ones are the best

[@19691690]

You got it wrong football was invented in Scotland not England look it up

[@MutbussimAli]

@@19691690 You are right.

[@valmid5069]

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

[@rosswebster7877]

I love both, and although I really love London I have a feeling if I visit, Edinburgh would end up being my favorite UK city.

[@osberswgaming]

Edinburgh’s great, I’d definitely recommend visiting

[@jamesmason8436]

Nice place to visit for a weekend. Not sure about living there. London definitely has a lot more to offer.