The Difference between the UK, Great Britain & England Explained | AMERICAN REACTION

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[@dale897]

"Britain got around" understatement of the century.

[@patrickholt2270]

Of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in particular.

[@YellinInMyEar]

😆

[@taulimaison2209]

They got starting the u.s.a

[@jackcarter5101]

As for our 4 nations not liking each other, it's just friendly banter, or at worst, sibling rivalry.

[@jackcarter5101]

@@liamloxley1222 There are scenarios like that in all corners of the world, but I'm talking about the situation in general.

[@georgespruce6028]

Has an English person i have no problems with persons from Scotland Wales or Northetn Ireland. They are all my brothers or sisters we may have differences but are all from The UK. Yes if in sports playing against each other i am English person and hope the English will win, If the English loose and i then will support the UK side in the next round be it Scotland Wales or Northern Ireland. The problem is if these teams play each other. Who do i support ?????

[@rayoflight6505]

I'm Scottish and love England and Wales and NI. Sadly we have a stigma attached to us because of Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. I dont want Scotland to be independent but those who do give the impression we hate England. I do not.

[@anthonyhiggins7409]

@@rayoflight6505 That’s not really true is it though? If you are Scottish you know this and should know better than to spout such utter nonsense. Are there those who irrationally hate England? Yes. Those people are idiots. The Scottish independence movement is not founded on hatred of English people. It’s people like you who give that impression. Also, tell me one anti-English thing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has ever said or done?

[@trevorhart545]

@@jackcarter5101 What in General?????

[@nicksykes4575]

The reason you've never heard of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is, they're two areas of the island of Cyprus.

[@johnclements6614]

Military bases.

[@johncrwarner]

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus which were formed by the 1960 Treaty of Independence agreed between the UK, Greece, Turkey and the representatives of the Turkish and Greek populations of Cyprus. Cyprus had become a British Protectorate in 1878 - Britain taking over from the Ottoman Empire. Its status changed to a Crown Colony in 1925 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. They are another land border with between the UK and the EU.

[@JohnDoe-rm1kw]

Even me as bio-greek didnt knew that. thx guys 🤣

[@mrjw6701]

I’m a proud Welshman but also very proud to be British. When I travel around the world I regard myself as both.

[@krt3718]

In the UK, we generally all share the same ancestry, so to say that we all hate each other is a bit silly. Obviously we have a minority of nationalistic people here, we're like cousins who point and laugh at each other.

[@marioluigi9599]

Yeah all share the same ancestry ...except black people ...and brown people ...and some yellows too ...oh and some whites like polish

[@Mark-Haddow]

No, we don't. Scots are mostly Celt and Scotti. Ireland is mostly Celt. Wales has more Anglo-Saxons than Celts. And England only has Cornwall boasting Celt heritage.

[@PolarBear4]

To make things more complicated what he listed as the Commonwealth were the Commonwealth Realms. There's also the Commonwealth of Nations which has 56 countries and includes countries which were former colonies and have no involvement at all with the Queen. These include a bunch of countries in Africa including South Africa (which was kicked out and then invited back in) as well as India (and a few other countries in Asia). They all get together every few years for the Commonwealth Games (I think it's just finished but it may still be on!) which is like a mini Olympics just for Commonwealth members.

[@grapeman63]

The Commonwealth of Nations also includes a few nations that were never part of the British Empire. Like Mozambique - a former Portuguese colony.

[@trevorhart545]

@@grapeman63 CORRECT because it is OPEN, EQUAL FOR ALL and Portugal IS Britains' oldest continuous ally.

[@neuralwarp]

Oh, it's much more than that. We share history, constitutional principles, social attitudes, and so on. There are annual meetings between counterpart officials, eg the Speakers of lower houses of parliaments. Human Rights is a big discussion area. It's not about power and control, it's about openness, trade, and cooperation.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

"Britain got around." - Understatement of the -century- modern era!

[@planekrazy1795]

One thing that wasn't really mentioned is the Great in Great Britain doesn't refer to Greatness but it's other meaning being the largest. The real term is Greater Britain therefore largest of the British Isles, over the years it has been shortened to Great. There are examples all across the country, the area surrounding the old City of London is called Greater London, there is also Greater Manchester etc, there is a village near me called Great Missenden because it was the largest part of the settlement of Missenden. So Great Britain is not named for any sort of vanity, its purely Geographical. Hope that helps

[@neuralwarp]

Lesser Britain is the Brittany region of France.

[@TheMogregory]

I seem to have been explaining the geographical nature of the 'Great' in GB for decades. It seems to be one of those issues that people can't or won't get their heads around - even the more jingoistic Brits claim Great = Eminent. So wrong in so many ways!

[@hannesmayer3716]

Akrotiri & Dhekelia are basically two military bases an Cyprus that still belong to the UK. They kept them after Cyprus became independent. That's why they don't have their own flag, like most other oversea territories.

[@loopywren]

I never realised how complicated this would seem to foreigners to our country. We don't forget about Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. Akrotiri and Dekalia are in the island of Cyprus.

[@davidw1518]

KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): There are four 'nations', England (the largest bit), Scotland (the bit at the top), Wales (the bit on the left) and Northern Ireland (the bit further to the left, separated from the others by the Irish Sea). England, Scotland and Wales together form Great Britain (not a legal entity, simply a geographical description). Add in Northern Ireland and you have the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For some reason - which I can't fully explain, but which you might consider self-explanatory - for international purposes we call ourselves British rather than United Kingdomish. However, although the English tend to be happy to call ourselves British, the Scots and Welsh generally insist that they are Scottish or Welsh - and NEVER English! Indeed, there is a strong movement in Scotland for full independence from the United Kingdom; and there is a less strong movement in Wales for full independence. The Republic of Ireland is a completely independent, self-governing country, which happens to be attached physically to the United Kingdom, just like Canada and Mexico are attached physically to the USA. [Historically it was a part of the Kingdom, but it became independent in the first half of the 20th century.] Just ignore all the overseas territories, it's very complicated. A bit like Puerto Rico or Guantanamo. I don't know what their relationship is to the USA, and you don't need to know the relationship to the UK of all those odd islands in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans!😀

[@BabyWil88]

The UK used to be called Great Britain and then Northern Ireland joined. At the time we were referred to as British and it never got changed when we switched to being the UK

[@davidw1518]

@@BabyWil88 You are wrong. Northern Ireland did not "join" the UK. The larger part of the island of Ireland split from Great Britain, to become the independent Republic of Ireland (I suppose you could call it "Irexit"!). The part now known as Northern Ireland did not leave, it remained part of the UK. But, being already a part of the UK, it could not "join" the UK!

[@SWLinPHX]

His Venn diagram illustrates all this in one simple image.

[@jackcarter5101]

Reaction suggestion - Why are British Place Names So Hard to Pronounce? By Jay Foreman.

[@ryanwuzer]

awesome, I'll react to that tomorrow! Thanks

[@guspitasari7027]

​@@ryanwuzer what is ur ancestry bro ? English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Nothern Irish 🇯🇪 or Irish 🇨🇮?

[@voyance4elle]

You should look up the history of Ireland! This is quite essential history knowledge for Europe!!

[@DuBstep115]

They appear like once in history of Europe

[@johnritter6864]

One thing to remembers is that the combined populations of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland is only slightly larger than the population of London.

[@fossy4321]

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as well as other land, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty of independence, Wikipedia.

[@589steven]

Here's another fact, they are the only two overseas territories that use the Euro.

[@trevorhart545]

Greek Cypriots were bloody grateful that these bases existed WHEN the British Armed Forces STOPPED Turkish Troops at Nicosia Airport and threatened direct action against Turkey IF they crossed British Lines. That is why we have 2 x Cyprus otherwise it would ALL BE Turkish Cyprus. Greece refuses to resolve the issue since Greece CREATED the problem. Longest UN deployment which is paid for BY THE UK, NOT the UN, NOT the EU and not Greek Cyprus.

[@fossy4321]

@@trevorhart545 Terrible conflict but I love the way the Turkish forces stopped at the British bases, smacks of "don't lets above ourselves here lets just try and keep it local"

[@psilocyble3053]

You sound like you're about to cry at the end of this. It's hilarious :D

[@19McCloy91]

Its worth noting that England doesnt have its own Army, Navy or Airforce. We have the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Airforce (RAF) They all contain troops from Scotland, England, Wales Northern Ireland and the British Overseas Teritories. We also have a Ghurka Regiment from Nepal.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

The British Army is not the "Royal Army". This goes back to the English Civil War when Cromwell's New Model Army fought against the king (Charles I). When the monarchy was restored in 1660, those regiments that had previously fought against the king should not be humiliated by calling the army the "Royal Army".

[@bobbell4461]

just to complicate the issue even further. In the sports of rugby union, cricket and netball Ireland competes as one All Ireland with the Republic and Nothern Ireland joiined together. In horseracing, the two Northern Ireland tracks at Down Royal and Downpatrick come under the Irish racing authorities not the British authorities.

[@peterlloyd2310]

In Australia Queen Elizabeth II is our head of state and is represented here by our Governor General who acts on her behalf.The Governor General under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, has three rights-the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. The dissolution of Parliament is an example of one of the matters in which the Constitution requires the Governor-General to act on his own. In most matters, the power is exercised by the Governor-General-in-Council, that is with the advice of the Federal Executive Council (in everyday language, with the advice of the Ministers meeting in Council).[35] The Governor-General acts on advice, whether he is acting in his own name or as Governor-General-in-Council. He has the responsibility to weigh and evaluate the advice and has the opportunity of discussion with his advisers. It would be precipitate and probably out of keeping with the nature of his office for him to reject advice outright but he is under no compulsion to accept it unquestioningly. He has a responsibility for seeing that the system works as required by the law and conventions of the Constitution but he does not try to do the work of Ministers. For him to take part in political argument would both be overstepping the boundaries of his office and lessening his own influence.

[@petertrabaris1629]

The look on your face at so many places...... And yes, "Britain got around"! My head was swimming along with yours, after listening to this video. Mostly, the presenter in the video and his insanely fast presentation. I have followed the Monarchy for the last fifty years and I still have trouble remembering all of this. Feel better.

[@markparsons2864]

Proud to be British 😀😀

[@johnritter6864]

Also, the various nations dont necessarily hate each other. You will find many people in any of those countries who have ancestry links to several of the others.

[@ewaniemialkowska9360]

I've watched a few of your videos already;) this one here is where you looked truly confused 😁

[@vegasrick6556]

Holy crap, you admit to knowing little, but to interupt every couple seconds enforcing you know little. It is a good topic, and is explained well.

[@johngardiner6800]

We do not forget Northern Ireland it is a beautiful place with the world famous Giants causeway and the birthplace of the Titanic.

[@olienajh]

Dhekelia & Akrotiri are sovereign base areas in the Greek part of Cyprus. The military is based there because it is strategically important for keeping the Middle East under control. In the first Iraq war, a lot of the military based in Cyprus was sent to Iraq from there including my brother in law. As far as the rivalry between the various countries of the UK it’s only surface level & generally based around sport. We compete as individual nations like in the Commonwealth Games, football, rugby etc but as a joint entity in the Olympics.

[@martinbynion1589]

Akrotiria and Dhekelia are in Cyprus, and are vestiges of military bases that the UK had in that counrty. Interestingly, Cyprus itself (well, the Greek-speaking bit) joined the Commonwealth (NOT "British Commonwealth" anymore - or Empire) and had a great result at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in 1990, when Marios Hadjiandreou won the gold medal with a Games record performance. Most sports fans who followed the games had no idea that Cyprus even had a a team there. 🙂

[@SWLinPHX]

I discovered this video (and Grey himself) many years ago when he was first getting his start and he asked my advice due to my background in voiceover work. I am so pleased how he took off and love his videos! ...and yes, I know what he looks like (he wasn't hiding his face back then).

[@alicemilne1444]

His voice-over speed is far too fast. His videos are full of inaccuracies, if not downright mistakes, and he makes the mistake of trying to be facetious, mixing fact and stereotypes, and leaving people ultimately not knowing what is actually really true and what is not. I have advised various people against watching his videos as they are more likely to confuse than to educate.

[@SWLinPHX]

@@alicemilne1444 That's strange as his channel is HUGE and gets a lot of praise. Playback speed can be controlled by the viewer, but that is the style and part of his brand. Can you elaborate on what is inaccurate there? Maybe you should comment on his video about what you feel is inaccurate so he can see.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@SWLinPHX Just because someone's channel is "huge" doesn't mean that his content is always accurate. I am aware that playback speed can be controlled by the viewer, but that is not the problem. Speed is not everything. Grey crams far too much into too little time and does not fact-check what he says sufficiently. I have already commented on the original of this video, but it was a while ago and finding that comment will not be easy. FYI, here are the inaccuracies and mistakes in this particular video. 1:50 "It contains four co-equal and sovereign nations" - FALSE. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the sovereign entity. Its sovereign parliament is the Westminster Parliament located in London, which is in England. There are two devolved parliaments (in Scotland and Wales) and one devolved assembly (in Northern Ireland) which have only limited powers that can be - and have been - overriden by the parliament in Westminster (most recently in December 2022 when the Secretary of State for Scotland in the Westminster Parliament invoked an article in the Scotland Act 1998 to suppress a bill that had been passed by a cross-party 2:1 majority in the Scottish Parliament). England does not have a devolved parliament, its parliament de facto being the Westminster parliament. The Westminster parliament is capable of voting the three devolved parliaments out of existence. By the tyranny of majority (having 85% of the UK's population) England, with its current figure of 533 members of parliament (MPs) in Westminster versus the combined 117 members of parliament of the other three nations, can outvote those other nations any time it wants. At the next general election, the constituency boundaries are being redrawn so that England will have 543 MPs to the other nations' combined 107. So the phrase "co-equal and sovereign nations" is factually wrong. 2:22 "Often forgotten even by those living in the United Kingdom is Northern Ireland." - FALSE Maybe Grey forgets this himself, but he is an immigrant (an Irish American) who has only been living in the UK for a relatively short while, and in London at that, which is not representative of the UK as a whole. Most people in and from the UK are very aware of Northern Ireland, especially those of us who grew up during the Troubles. 2:37 "..as the four countries generally don't like each other" - FALSE This is where the silly stereotypes come in, which have no place in an educational video. 4:31 "When people say they are Irish they refer to the Republic of Ireland" - Partly False People in Northern Ireland can identify as Irish, British or Northern Irish or any combination of those three identities. Many Northern Irish people have Irish passports by virtue of being born on the *island* of Ireland by agreement with the Republic of Ireland. The situation on the island of Ireland is unique. 4:40 "Both countries are members of the European Union" - FALSE This video is old. The UK has now left the EU. CGP Grey should either withdraw the video or put a corrective label on it. 4:43 "England likes to pretend it's in the middle of the North Atlantic" - Partly False A few English people like to pretend this, not all English people do. Yes, I know this is supposed to be a joke, but it is grossly misleading. Also, the distance between England and France is only about 21 miles = less than 35 km. 5:19 "... the parts of the British empire that broke away violently..." - Misleading image India did not break away from the British Empire violently. Gandhi's whole ethos was peaceful protest. There was violence in India after Independence, but that was not a war against Britain. 5:40 "...Crown as a one-man corporation..." - Factually incorrect and Grossly Misleading The Crown is not controlled by the monarch. The UK is a constitutional monarchy. The Crown is the part of the parliamentary institutions of the state and the reigning monarch is simply the incumbent of the role of monarch. The Crown Estates are an independent corporation that controls diverse properties and that is run for the public purse. Its profits go into the Treasury and are spent as decided by parliament, not the monarch. The Royal Family receives a grant to cover its expenses for carrying out public duties. 6:13 "The Crown is theoretically a theocracy..." - Incorrect and misleading. The monarch is the head of the Church of England, which is Anglican, but not of the established churches of any other countries in the UK. Upon his accession, King Charles III had to swear an oath by law that he would uphold the Church of Scotland, of which he is not head and over which he has no power. The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, not Anglican. 7:50 "Crown Colonies" - False and Misleading The term Crown Colony has not been used since 1983 when the status of these territories was changed following the 1981 British Nationality Act. Since 2002 they have been called British Overseas Territories. They have their own autonomous governments and rely on the UK only for defence, foreign policy. 8:35 "... the Crown is controlled by the monarchy..." - FALSE In the UK parliament is sovereign. The Crown is part of parliament. www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/relations-with-other-institutions/parliament-crown/

[@janettesinclair6279]

One thing that bugs me is when people refer to “the King/Queen of England” when the monarch is so much more than that (as this video shows).

[@Anson_AKB]

there is another video with such a nice (and even larger and more complicated) diagram for europe, european union, eurozone, schengen area, etc. and since that video is already a bit older, it should still include most of this diagram too (except "the crown")

[@22Jeffers]

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two territories on the island of Cyprus owned by the UK

[@lizstratton9689]

My husband was born in Akrotiri and has a British Birth Certificate and Passport :) hope you do a follow up on the Common Wealth?

[@trevorhart545]

TRY explaining FRENCH empire colonies abroad!

[@TheMoonRover]

It's worth noting that the video is a few years out of date: The UK is no longer a member of the EU. Barbados has become a republic.

[@johnkemp8904]

I have watched quite a few Americans now reacting to this particular video and I am utterly amazed at their virtually unanimous protestations that they were not aware of the status of Northern Ireland/the Republic of Ireland. Note that this is not an unfriendly dig at Wuzer! There is a vociferous segment of the Irish-American population which never ceases to proclaim its views (and they have every right to do so so why shouldn’t they?) on the whole history and current status of Anglo-Irish relations. The Republic of Ireland has been effectively independent for a century and completely so for over seventy years. I simply wonder how it can be that Americans can be so amazed at the actual current position given that there are Irish-Americans amongst their population. I thought a few years ago that reported demonstrators in the USA with banners proclaiming ‘Get British troops off the streets of Dublin’ must be a joke - but perhaps it wasn’t.

[@robertstallard7836]

It's only a few "more Irish than the Irish" areas that feel that way. The ones who dye the river green and dress up a leprechauns on St Pat's day. All of which bemuses most of the real Irish.

[@trevorhart545]

Was that IGNORANCE by President Joe Gormless Biden and Vice President Kamel Harris A.W.O.L. by any chance?

[@ngaourapahoe]

I can feel your pain... same here

[@Eless88]

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are actually 2 military bases on Cyprus island and the geography of this small island can blow your brain :)

[@onezerooneseven]

Although Great Britain is the "big island" in terns of geography, it can equally be referred to as a combination of England, Scotland and Wales which will include all the islands like the Hebrides, Anglesey, Isle of Weight etc. So it's both a political and geographic term. If someone told me they were from Ireland I would assume they meant the Republic of Ireland, and someone from Northern Ireland - would specifically state NI. But Irish can mean either RoI or NI, indeed there are some who want to see the unification of Ireland and do not recognise themselves as British. Anyone born in NI can get a passport from the RoI too.

[@joanweightman2275]

I live in GB and have had the fastest, most informative lesson of my history...I think I may be viking...I wonder if that is an option on the nationality data base in UK. I usually tick white British but I'm now thinking I need to ask for a white viking British option to allow me to have a rich ethnic group. White British have a VAST ancestery but non of us know it!!!

[@manxkin]

My gg grandparents were from the Isle of Man. 🇮🇲

[@morton2596]

that was.... intense

[@debbielough7754]

It's not so much (extremists aside) that people from the 4 countries don't like each other, so much as there were lots of wars centuries ago, and people have... feelings... about that. And therefore they generally don't like being mistaken for each other. (Though there are English people who use England and Britain and the UK interchangeably, it's not really advisable.)

[@benjamindejonge3624]

There is something like the square mile in London center what will blow the rest off your mind off

[@aikengabrielsen2514]

A rewatch of this one at 90% speed might help as he does have it cranked up to fit in to the time... btw - congrats on the imminent ankle-biter

[@prismaticmarcus]

CGP Grey is right about Everything, except when he gets things worong. When he says 'Commonwealth Realm' he means 'Commonwealth Realms,' Each country is a separate Realm

[@martinbynion1589]

Have you recovered from that total Death Stare at the end of this video, Ryan? 🙂I'm sure you have got all the details under control now....

[@kingstumble]

I think there is a certain amount of "tongue-in-cheekness" in this video.

[@Ashanius]

Akrotiri and Dhekelia - part of Cypros, still under British occupation.

[@Mercure250]

Btw this video is slightly outdated as, of course, the UK is not part of the European Union anymore, and also, Barbados stopped recognising the Queen (RIP) as their head of state.

[@kyle07871323519]

So much has changed since the release of the video We are not part of the EU We now have King Charles and Queen Camellia Barbados is a republic now

[@Daark_Karma]

The problem with C.G.P. Grey's video is he shoves in too many jokes and witty remarks, so much so that it creates a layer of misinformation. We don't forget about NI. If you come across someone forgetting british territory it's usually Gibraltar. The 4 nations don't hate each other. if they did the UK wouldn't exist. It's like saying all 50 states hate each other. They have disagreements, banter, and people who DO want to be independent but they ultimately work together. MOST people consider themselves british BUT a lot will refer to themself more specifically sometimes. Like how a lot of people will say "i'm from [state]" before saying they're from america. HOWEVER, don't get their specific location mixed up. People joke about how a scott or welshman will hate being called english, but a scott would also hate being called welsh and vice verse and an englishman would also hate being called anything else (well hate is strong... and english man would be confused how you'd confuse their accent for either scottish or welsh)

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

What about Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP? They seek a new referendum for Scottish independence, if necessary without the consent of the British Parliament.

[@Daark_Karma]

@@c.norbertneumann4986 they ultimately voted against leaving. And while they have a larger population of people wanting independence than the rest, they continue to work with the UK until they reach a point where enough people do want it. SNP may be nationalists but they aren't assholes, they won't force their people into a decision. While Scotland does fit his jokes and remarks a lot more, it's unfair to act like it's across the board. Like I said, if the country was full of people who didn't like eachother, the UK would have collapsed centuries ago. After all, each area already has it's own government for the most part

[@elemar5]

If I was a Scot I would hate to be called a Scott.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

@@elemar5 "Scottish" is spelled with -tt-, like it or not.

[@Jenniferharv1]

Where do these people get their info?

[@qiph]

Most of the people who live in the UK don't understand these distinctions so don't feel bad

[@elemar5]

Most of the people in England don't understand this. Fixed that for you. England, the country that wouldn't for years accept Northern Irish banknotes even though the queen was on the money and it says sterling on it.

[@qiph]

If Scotland votes to leave the Union we wiill have the United Kingdom of England Wales and Northern Island, (we drop Geat Britain because it is a geographic term) if Wales becomes independent we simililarly drop "Great Britain" and have the united kingdom of England Scotland and Northern Ireland, if Northern Ireland leaves or merges with the Republic of Ireland well I suppose we have the United kingdom of Great Britain.....you see how this can reduce until eventually you have England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland as Sovereign states or some weird hybrid to further confuse Americans and British alike

[@neuralwarp]

The island groups of Scotland have threatened to secede from Scotland as British Crown Dependencies, if Scotland secedes from Britain. It would devastate Scotland's ambitions to be a fishing and north sea oil power.

[@qiph]

@@neuralwarp well that is an amazing event I did not foresee but presumably someone has...however if Scotland leaves the UK surely it will claim all the islands we currently understand as scottish? I just realised typing that what qualifies as Scottish islands you have a strong point

[@qiph]

Scotland would need to define it's exact territories before leaving the union and how can that be done?

[@jackdubz4247]

@@neuralwarp Scotland's territories remain Scotland's territories. Nothing is going to change that. They were Scottish before 1707.

[@qiph]

Well Elemar you didn't fix it for me because I am Welsh and live in Wales

[@djsmithe]

It's complicated like the imperial system.

[@sunseeker9581]

Ireland has a lot of history to it due to it being Catholic and Britain's various attempts and conquering it. The troubles only really stopped in the late 90s. And even Scotland want full independence

[@cymro6537]

But Scotland _,was_ independent for centuries before being United (and dominated) by England; as was Wales independent before being annexed by England.

[@neuralwarp]

Ireland conquered the British Isles around 500 BC. They're in no position to grumble if we conquer them back, especially as co-equal members of the UK with seats in Parliament, and several UK prime ministers from Ireland. They must take a share of any blame due to the UK for some of its history. Never forget the reasons GB invaded Ireland: continual Irish Catholic attempts to assassinate GB monarchs, and piracy against GB trading ships.

[@elemar5]

@@neuralwarp UK prime ministers from Ireland? Name them. Do you mean members of parliament from NORTHERN Ireland?

[@jackdubz4247]

@@cymro6537 Scotland was united by England? In a way, I suppose. The Kingdom of Scotland did coalesce around the fact that the various clans had to work together to prevent our southern neighbours from invading and occupying our country. But Great Britain only came about because of Scotland's House of Stuart taking the English throne when England's House of Tudor died out. Great Britain was a bad idea back when James VI first proposed it and it's still a bad idea.

[@jan-matthisweng4437]

At the moment, I feel really smart for not having learned something new through this video. :-)

[@cerliezio]

This video says a lot about the level of american educational system. Any 19 year old of any european country would know these things and know the difference of Northern Ireland and the Republic. Really disheartening.

[@ChristoAbrie]

he's also forgetting that despite it consisting out of 4 separate countries, you do not need to go through immigration when travelling between those 4 (if you are British) since you get only 1 passport/ID that covers the entire Commonwealth (ie the 15 countries that are still under the monarch's reign). Plus, the Queen (now King) is the only person that doesn't require a passport to travel, since all British passports are issued in the name of Her Majesty The Queen (the new passports issued in Charles 3's name will be rolled out after the coronation and the old ones will still remain legal until their expiry date is reached).

[@Ben-xe8ps]

I think you are a bit confused.

[@elemar5]

@@Ben-xe8ps Please let us know where the confusion lies.

[@Ben-xe8ps]

@@elemar5 With pleasure. 1. 'you do not need to go through immigration when travelling between those 4 (if you are British)'. This statement implies that if you are not British you do have to go through immigration when travelling between England and Wales, England and Scotland etc when of course that is not correct. For the information of Americans, there are no immigration controls between the constituent parts of the UK (and the Crown Dependencies - Isle of Man, Channel Islands as well), any more than there are immigration controls in place between the different states within the USA. Perhaps this person is a Scottish Independence hopeful! 2. 'you get only 1 passport/ID that covers the entire Commonwealth (i.e. the 15 countries that are still under the monarch's reign)' Not quite sure what to make of that one. Don't think Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders etc would be very happy with that arrangement! Or is he confused and trying to say that the inhabitants of the Dependent Territories of the UK (Gibraltar, Falkland Islands etc) are British Citizens (which they are) and travel on UK Passports (which they do) but incorrectly refers to these territories as the entire Commonwealth? 3. Passports of countries where Charles III is King will be issued in his name. This includes UK (British) passports, and passports issued to the citizens of independent Commonwealth countries, such as Australia, which are NOT British passports! Australian passports for example are issued by the Governor General in the name of the King in his capacity as King of Australia, not in his capacity of Head of the Commonwealth or King of the UK.

[@TerryD15]

Like most other "explainers" he missed out a definition of Britain itself. Britain consists of England and Wales. When the Romans conquered Britain the are nearly equated to England and Wales and they named it Brittani>previously it was populated by Brythonic (a Celtic language) speaking Britons. The Scotti wer seen as too warlike andwas wild and just not worth bothering about, they knew of it a Alba, so Emperor Hadrian had a wall built between the two across Britain, coast to coast to keep out the marauders. Much later Scotland as it was now called joined Britain and it became Great (as in larger) Britain. The differences he described are not true. As an Englishman with Welsh forbears and an Irish wife we worked and lived in Edinburgh for over a year and we were welcomed and actually loved the Scots.

[@patrickholt2270]

There used to be a whole lot more British Crown Colonies scattered around the world, but we sold them to the USA in 1940 for 50 obsolete American destroyers to fight German U-boats and defend the convoys sailing to the UK to keep us alive. So if you ever wonder why (x name) random dot on the map belongs to the USA, that's why. Tiny islands with very few people but probably a US military base polluting the place and turning it into a hellhole for the locals. Hawaii was also a British Crown Colony before the USA grabbed it. It was still just a US colony when Japan bombed the naval base there in 1941. So when FDR was propped up on his feet in Congress and called it a dastardly attack on the USA, it wasn't strictly true. To make it true, it was then fast-tracked tor become a US state, despite the population being mostly non-English speaking indigenous Polynesians, who would have preferred to have their independence back, thank you, and a lot of them still do. Unfortunately for Puerto Rico, the Japanese didn't bomb them , so it's still a colony not a state or independent, which is why they are perpetually screwed, because the US just extracts taxes and resources from the island and the people have no representation to decide what is done with their taxes or make sure they actually get spent on the island.

[@jdb47games]

Your first sentence is completely wrong. The consideration for the purchase of the destroyers was merely the right to build bases on certain islands with a 99 year lease on each site, not the whole island. The Americans have since closed nearly all the bases they built. Hawaii was never a British colony. Its king for a time wished it to be so, but the British government did not want it.

[@davidcousins5493]

Ryan, what stone have you been hiding under? lol

[@tomkirkemo5241]

This is almost too much to take in!! :D

[@Doooooooooooood]

None of the UK want to lose to each other. Historical rivalie

[@gabrieldacruz3150]

You might want to look at our own history with our territories and our overseas territories especially Guam the Solomon Islands all of these places that you really don't even think of and the people born in these places are United States citizens so you might want to take a look at that and if you are a US diplomat and you have a child born in Japan but because he is in the council his children are born United States citizens even though they were born in a foreign country

[@robertfoulkes1832]

Solomon Islands have NO connection to the USA, they were a British colony and now an independent country which is a member of the Commonwealth. I suspect you may be thinking about American Samoa (not to be confused with independent western Samoa). Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands are (along with Guam) other examples of the US's overseas empire.

[@himarkburdett9378]

A reaction suggestion the 32 Borough s of London and another is The Home of the chealsea pensioners

[@harvelle2432]

Haha. Forget all that political shit!!!. All you need to know is that you should visit the UK. It's a great place. YES you'll have some 'haters' when you come here. I've been to American 3 times and I've found some verbal abuse myself. You can't get away from it. I'd love to see your vids if you come the UK soon 😊👍 xx

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

they're also known as american cretins. they've obviously never studied a history book.

[@vladimirvendeyes6325]

Legal corporation? What the heck does that mean? So it's like a geopolitical business?

[@alexmckee4683]

"Corporation" means "becoming a body", so when a business incorporates it means it takes on legal personhood i.e. becomes a body (for legal purposes). "Legal corporation" is a tautology. The Crown isn't really a corporation as such, it precedes the concepts of corporation but it is very similar in legal structure, it is the legal embodiment of the monarchy. Of course the Crown is business - one of the first things the Norman conquerors of Anglo-Saxon England did was to conduct a thorough survey of the country to find out what they'd taken over, and come to a valuation. It's been business ever since.

[@seansmith445]

It's okay, lots of British people don't know the difference either.

[@trevorhart545]

Give a list of names OTHER than you!

[@JohnDoe-rm1kw]

show proof or you doesnt exist. 🤣

[@neuralwarp]

Nearly. The thing to understand, Britain means the whole UK, Great Britain is the big island.

[@dylansprouse5313]

I doubt anyone forgets that Northern Ireland is not part of the UK, don’t know why he said that haha

[@elemar5]

That doesn't make sense. Shouldn't you have said, I doubt anyone forgets that N Ireland IS part of the UK. I see you have confused 7 people already, or maybe they are thick.

[@liamgoff1371]

The countries of the UK have over a thousand years of history in their current renditions and thousands more the modern countries came to being. Our history is not pretty and not all flowers and roses

[@prophetsnake]

The soon-to-be-former-UK should also be included.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

of course NOW that the Republic of Ireland is a member of the EU and the UK (OGBaNI) is NOT a member of the EU anymore, you can see how two countries on the same island with family and cultural connections for millenia not belonging to the same political union or economic union is a big problem.

[@gwynwilliams4425]

the English government collects all taxes and decides on what and where we should spend it.

[@marybarnes8698]

You might want to change English to the United Kingdom or UK government the English don't have a government maybe I'm splitting hairs but thats how it is.

[@neuralwarp]

It's useful to look at the 12 regions of the UK. Scotland Wales and NI are 3, the other 9 are English. London and East Anglia each have larger populations than any of the Celtic nations. So why does Scotland get its own government, chief minister, parliament, and secretary of state, when London only gets a mayor?

[@elemar5]

And a shit one at that. To answer your question with another. Is it because the others are nations and not regions of a nation? Population does not come in to it.

[@robertfoulkes1832]

Because Wales Ireland and Scotland are different COUNTRIES you dope, not just regions of Ingerland!

[@jackdubz4247]

Because Scotland is a country. London is a capital city of a country. If you have a problem with that, take it up with your fellow English people.

[@spencerburke]

​@@robertfoulkes1832 Ireland has its own government, and has nothing to do with the UK.

[@robertfoulkes1832]

@@spencerburke Except for 6 counties in the top right hand corner ...

[@coling3957]

Thanks to the nationalists in the devolved govts its given the impression that Scotland, Wales and NI can't wait to make a bolt for the door - when the opposite is generally true.. all of Ireland was part of the UK until 1921 when it became a "free state" within the Commonwealth.. Northern Ireland ( Ulster ) threatened civil war if forced out , so they stayed. the Irish Republic was created officially in 1949 - after a very close vote in the Dublin parliament. Irish citizens can freely travel to the UK, can vote, join the Armed forces and the civil service.

[@wivenhoeessex]

The Acts of Union 1801 united the Kingdom of Great Britain (England Scotland and Wales) and the Kingdom of Ireland. The Kingdom of Ireland was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed from 1542 until 1801. It was ruled by the monarchs of England and then of Great Britain, and administered from Dublin Castle by a viceroy appointed by the English king. Ireland is considered by many a Britians first colony. In 1916 Irish Republicans staged a failed armed revolute against British rule. The Easter Rising. This had little support but the execution of the leaders of the rising changed public attitudes resulting in the Irish War of Independence (1919 - 1921). A cease fire began on 11 July 1921. The post-ceasefire talks led to the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921. This ended British rule in most of Ireland. There are four provinces in Ireland. One is Ulster which has 9 counites. A large part of Ulster was pro-British and wished to remain part of the UK. To ensure a protestant majority six counties of Ulster (keeping the other three would have given Catholics a majority) remained within the UK as Northern Ireland. The island of Ireland has two parts the Republic of and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is referred to as Ireland (United Nations, EU, at the Olympics etc).

[@wivenhoeessex]

@zuppymac Since 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 has provided that the Republic of Ireland (or Poblacht na hÉireann in Irish) is the official description for the state.[10] However, Ireland remains the constitutional name of the state.

[@Guruvalverde]

OMG ...minute 1:05 ... Why do US americans learn in school? From Peru here and we saw this several times in history and geography.

[@mjinhamburg]

Most british people don't know all this.

[@elemar5]

If by British you mean the people who live in Greater Britain, I agree as I believe education there has gone down the drain.

[@stevefoulston]

If as you said your memory is not good just screenshot the last graph. Peace out.

[@SWLinPHX]

Dude, just make yourself a copy of that Venn diagram at the end and you're good to go.

[@benj7312]

To see how much "Britain got around" may I point you in the direction of this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_YnKqogc2obrs We English used to get quite... handsy with other peoples' lands.

[@Jamie_D]

They aren't really co equal, maybe 50% England and the rest split equally between NI,Wales and Scotland, hence why they often aren't happy

[@justme1111]

Ok been watching Tyler Rumple what's with the sugar channel?

[@justme1111]

#Wuzer

[@beeurd]

Glad it's not just me wondering. Reacting to the same videos as well 🤔

[@ryanwuzer]

That’s my brother hahaha

[@tibouzankor1997]

Your expression at the end of the video..snigger.....😂

[@ngaourapahoe]

and the British Isles.... ?

[@condorone1501]

Ireland 🇮🇪 is an Irish Island not a British Island.

[@harvelle2432]

I was born in England and I ALWAYS consider that I am BRITISH!!!! It's just a few people think 'love themselves' in some places. But if there ARE people in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland consider different countries I feel really sad. I'm 51 now and have always regarded as a whole country as together. They should be GREAT Britain. It may be the younger people that may feel differently? Any opinions please peeps? 🤔 But then, we are hearing an opinion from an American in this video. I hope he's wrong!!!

[@DNW28]

Don't you just love the English education system after that attempt. 🙈🙈

[@elemar5]

@@DNW28 Yes, all those islands are England. /s

[@robertfoulkes1832]

Just another clueless "Little Engerlander" who thinks England owns the other countries of the UK, and who would love to deny the Welsh and Scots their own separate identity, let alone allow us to restore our former independence.

[@jackdubz4247]

There is no country called Great Britain. There are only the countries that currently make up Great Britain. That is all.

[@ashd7216]

a country of countries or better referred to as a union is the same thing as the usa has and soon to be the european union

[@daisybee3265]

With the list of countries in the Commonwealth, they missed many of the countries that are actually there. i.e India, which makes up about 60% of the population of the Commonwealth. I would recommend looking into the Commonwealth because the Commonwealth games are a huge part of the U.K.

[@TheMoonRover]

The video was talking about the Commonwealth Realms, not the Commonwealth of Nations. India is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, but does NOT have King Charles III as Head of State.

[@kristiansven7022]

The British rule

[@declantrebicki4789]

Check out al murry

[@elemar5]

Or, Al Murray.

[@fallinginate1941]

"I''n not gonna touch that" - most people from outside the UK when finding out about internal UK bullshittery

[@589steven]

I heard a mistake, the UK is not part of the EU. This must be an older video that was made before brexit.

[@fionagregory9147]

English is best.

[@markknape4343]

One thing he didn't explain is what is Britain?

[@alexmckee4683]

An island, the biggest island in the group i.e. "Great Britain" (to distinguish it from Brittany, the "lesser" Britain which contained people basically the same as the people who lived in Great Britain at the time of the Roman empire). Britain is also used colloquially to mean the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), so if you hear something like "Britain has declared war" then clearly an island cannot declare war so you understand it to mean the United Kingdom, while something like "peregrine falcons have increased in numbers in Britain" you understand it means the geographic term, the island of Great Britain.

[@neuralwarp]

@@alexmckee4683 Wrong. Britain refers to the whole UK, as mother of the Empire and Commonwealth. It's not the same thing as Great Britain.

[@alexmckee4683]

@@neuralwarp I guess you didn't read my entire comment.

[@spencerburke]

​@@neuralwarpBritain doesn't refer to the whole UK. Northern Ireland is in the UK (for now) but most definitely not part of Britain.

[@shelleyjackson8793]

Ireland is a political thing even I don’t understand it

[@connomaolagain5088]

There is so much wrong with this🤣