Easter egg list! I’ll add more if I see any. 0:08 on the left there is a creeper head. 0:19 if you put the playback speed on 0.25X you can see the tower of sauron.
@heotapgym-piggym24603 жыл бұрын
Creeper? Aw man
@minorcomet2823 жыл бұрын
I think thats just some dude with a creeper mask
@silentwaves63893 жыл бұрын
Wowww
@jaisonsimon3 жыл бұрын
I love you❤️
@hyzmarie2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but if you put playback speed on 0.25x it also makes Grey sound drunk
@flyingcabbage35518 жыл бұрын
Seems like the people in the city of London are just really enthusiastic role players
@namingisdifficult4087 жыл бұрын
LUFC Holmesy perhaps
@Gothicktouch5 жыл бұрын
With a LOT of money.
@birdsocks90835 жыл бұрын
This is far too true.
@Nicolas-zb9uw5 жыл бұрын
Many of them can go on with their pedophiles rings, drug abuse or other deviant conducts as long as they are working for the wealth of the queen. The day they don't , their privacy becomes public . Ask Lord M.-Brown. City of London steal most of US, Uk , Canadian and Australian patents and sell them to their little friends . Like internet . Watch American Intelligence media on the subject . City of London , respectable criminals .
@senoraraton5 жыл бұрын
@@Nicolas-zb9uw Your insane. Please seek psychiatric help.
@friedrice40158 жыл бұрын
Because...Romans That's basically the story of the entirety of Western Europe.
@sepehrsam23234 жыл бұрын
Yep
@a-certain-one4 жыл бұрын
We are all nothing but Greeks
@evertaj83324 жыл бұрын
@@a-certain-one and Greeks are nothing now lmao
@a-certain-one4 жыл бұрын
@@evertaj8332 Do not mistake a state for a culture. Anyway, the wrath of the gods will fall on your head.
@jatin2008-d6u4 жыл бұрын
@@a-certain-one bruh
@catcastle43778 жыл бұрын
I kind of admire the UK's continuity when it comes to traditions.
@kreol1q1q4 жыл бұрын
Being an island helps a lot with that.
@ToxNano4 жыл бұрын
Why? Traditions are stupid
@ciarangrey75764 жыл бұрын
@@ToxNano youre so edgy wow haha
@ToxNano4 жыл бұрын
@David Ouren So? I did not mean to say that everything that is or has been tradition is bad. I was criticising the practice of tradition itself. Ideas and practices should be judged on their own merits and not based on how long they have been around or how many people agree with them without question.
@ToxNano4 жыл бұрын
@David Ouren Not excusing anything. If you have no arguments you should stop with the condescending attitude.
@AirbusA380rox9 жыл бұрын
The City of London and the City of Westminster are technically both cities within London. It's confusing though, so we just forget about it and just say everything's London.
@sertusdionyol5 жыл бұрын
I thought Westminster just became a borough (or something like that) of London
@ifb63685 жыл бұрын
@@sertusdionyol It's still known as the 'City of Westminster' so I assume it still has city status.
@dc88904 жыл бұрын
@@ifb6368 You are both right. Westminster has city status, but it is also a London borough (London in this case being the big London of course, a.k.a. Greater London - I'm surprised CGP didn't mention the official name "Greater London"). Whereas the City of London is NOT a London borough (as explained in the video, the City - always with a capital "c" - is pretty unique). So, to summarise: - Westminster has city status, but is also a borough of Greater London (along with other boroughs, like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, etc.) - The City of London has city status, but is NOT a borough of Greater London (it is a unique entity within the wider London conurbation) - London boroughs like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, do NOT have city status. And neither does the wider conurbation of London (a.k.a. Greater London). Only Westminster and the tiny City of London have official city status. Confusingly (as if it wasn't already confusing enough), the City of London does come under the Greater London Authority, even though the City of London is not part of the county of Greater London (yes Greater London is a county for some reason). But let's be honest, this is all pointless and inconsequential information.
@ifb63684 жыл бұрын
@@dc8890 It may be pointless and inconsequential but it is definitely intriguing
@dc88904 жыл бұрын
@@ifb6368 Fair enough, I only wrote that because I thought I was probably boring people.
@martinwhosoever9 жыл бұрын
Hi CGP Grey! I finally visited the City Of London today and took a picture in your honor. Thanks to you, I could recognize its borders and understand more its history (and eventually enjoy the trip even better).
@leakycheese8 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating place London / England / Great Britain / The United Kingdom* is. *Commonwealth's may apply
@DanDart8 жыл бұрын
Don't make it the USA it's even worse there
@fightersfightguide43638 жыл бұрын
I love it in london
@jamesloughton628 жыл бұрын
Maybe in London but here in Lincolnshire it's boring as fuck. All we have is farms and old houses.
@leakycheese8 жыл бұрын
+Extreme Cynic I really like London to visit (apart from the driving) but it would personally find it too full on as a permanent place to live. The UK is a great place to live - okay the weather is unpredictable but nothing will eat / envenom / poison you and we don't have to worry about volcanoes and earthquakes either.
@jamesloughton628 жыл бұрын
leakycheese Yeah I know and i'm glad I live in the UK compared to some place like Syria but some times everyone wants a little adventure and something out of the ordinary.
@ldtobi15 жыл бұрын
London: “You’re surrounded! Go back to your country!” City Of London: “OK.” London: “wait what the-“
@rainbowisticfarts4 жыл бұрын
@Captain Cook ?
@JermaneWho3 жыл бұрын
Hvat?
@UnityGoogle3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Unknownmanwhoisunknown2 жыл бұрын
@@JermaneWho hwæt?
@Sarahbryson3212 жыл бұрын
@@Unknownmanwhoisunknown hwoæêūht
@baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam9 жыл бұрын
Yo dawg, so I heard you like London. So I put a London in your London.
@Julianna.Domina9 жыл бұрын
BAM! I heard you like geographic inception, so I put a city within your city within your country within your country within your continent within your continent.
@logicGatekeeper9 жыл бұрын
Yo Dawg, I heard you like islands, so we put an island inside of your lake inside of your island inside of your lake.
@logicGatekeeper9 жыл бұрын
Ayciate :3 Stfu.
@TheENERDchi9 жыл бұрын
+New American Fishkeeper omg....that makes perfect sense! europe is a continent within a super-continent with three continents!
@Bastro30009 жыл бұрын
+BAM! ... so you can visit London while visiting London :P
@Jmc-24711 жыл бұрын
I do love how insane the Uk must seem from the outside
@atomicsquidofdoom36855 жыл бұрын
@Karl Pilkington Me good. Different bad.
@DeeJayFM5 жыл бұрын
@Buttrape Bill then why is your name Buttrape Bill? No seriously wtf
@toni47295 жыл бұрын
You hear that from a yank where kids shoot their shcool mates and teachers?
@gabbar51ngh4 жыл бұрын
@GazB85 Not investigating them is protecting them. UK went from ruling the world to become cucked as hell.
@5.3cheyito3 жыл бұрын
Trust me bro I love the UK but every day I get shocked on how weird it is 😂
@marcowen15064 жыл бұрын
That was an amazing video. Fast, accurate and one of the few British history videos that doesn't make us sound like nuts.
@dallinorr69293 жыл бұрын
"Fast, accurate..."
@riom.60913 жыл бұрын
UK History Videos*
@charlesjulian53912 жыл бұрын
@@riom.6091 londinium*
@avakining8 жыл бұрын
#CityInACityInACountryInACountry
@joaquinclavijo70528 жыл бұрын
In a continent (Europe) in a continent (eurasia)
@vladimirdan19598 жыл бұрын
In a continent(Afro-Eurasia).
@cjplayz-aviationgamesactio36738 жыл бұрын
Place - ception: The City of London -> Greater London -> England ( constiuent country) -> The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ->. European Union Area -> Europe -> Eurasia -> Afro - Eurasia -> Earth -> The Solar System -> The Milky Way -> The Local Group -> The Observable Universe -> The Whole Universe -> ? Thank me later.😊
@gorvindougwinkristoffiplob51378 жыл бұрын
CityInACityInACountryInACountryception 0_o
@minefilms11228 жыл бұрын
so basically an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter?
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
1:55 "We are an anarcho-syndicalist commune, supreme executive power, derives from a mandate of the masses!"
@andrewmurphy53105 жыл бұрын
I w ndered who else saw the refernce.
@Verbindungsfehle4 жыл бұрын
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
@szymongorczynski76214 жыл бұрын
You can't just expect to wield SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER!
@artistwithouttalent4 жыл бұрын
@@szymongorczynski7621 Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!
@Jin-Ro4 жыл бұрын
I thought we were an autonomous collective.
@cyanmanta11 жыл бұрын
I recently paid my first visit to London, and I find it interesting how each district of the greater city has a different historical feel to it. The City of London is a curious area because despite the presence of all those modern skyscrapers, it has the oldest feel to it.
@Vytautas4Xfiles9 жыл бұрын
Love the music in these videos.
@MCbadass79 жыл бұрын
+Feynstein100 What is the music in this video called? I love the upbeat mood
@MCbadass79 жыл бұрын
***** Thank you!!
@I_am_a_cat_7 жыл бұрын
This music is pretty much the same as music from runescape... not very good, and doesn't require that much skill to create...
@JonatasAdoM7 жыл бұрын
+Cat That's why it is good, it just is. It's not a masterpiece, it's just like the music from his coffee video. Also I doubt runescape sound as good as this one, you must have listened too much to it and now you have an emotional attachment to it.
@Maderr46 жыл бұрын
Very good!!! I like the videos about Britain just because of Thatched Villagers
@William1902 жыл бұрын
Grey: It's a unique place in the United Kingdom with a long and complicated history! Me: So, no different than the rest of the UK then.
@MaidaA225899 жыл бұрын
Grey, I honestly have no idea what I'd do without you. Cheers for existing and making terrific videos!
@ahadicow8 жыл бұрын
1:17 druids need a buff!!!
@deliciouschickensandwich42348 жыл бұрын
+1000 stamina, +1 intellect
@adij19508 жыл бұрын
MARK OF THE WILD
@merikmalhads16768 жыл бұрын
They took it from us.... just like symbiosis...
@SethKhoury8 жыл бұрын
Should have 2 healed it.
@I_am_a_cat_7 жыл бұрын
I remember the good old days when druids were OP
@49metal8 жыл бұрын
IT APPEARS that the video accurately depicts the situation that had existed BEFORE the London Government Act of 1963 and Greater London Authority Act of 1999 became effective. Presently, the 32 boroughs that the video labels "London" and the single entity the video calls "The City of London" are all elements of governed by the ""Greater London Authority." While "Greater London" is a ceremonial county that does not include "The City of London," both are subject to the "Greater London Authority." The "Greater London Authority" has within its jurisdiction 33 districts, including the City of Westminster, 31 other boroughs, and the "City of London." The 33 districts of under the "Greater London Authority" all have their own governments and mayors and the "Mayor of London" is the Mayor of the whole of Greater London, which includes all of the 32 boroughs and "The City of London."
@AlexOjideagu26 жыл бұрын
the City of London is still technically a separate county, although part of Greater London
@newagetapes6 жыл бұрын
TheRenaissanceman65 yes it is, you fucking square. I'm gonna shove you on a locker and give you a swirly
@pr1nc3f0x6 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The City of London is the 33rd local authority district located in the Greater London administrative AREA. However it is NOT a London borough like the other 32. It also simultaneously has the status of county (of England), just like Greater London. As stated in the video (and anywhere else you wish to look), the local authority is the City of London Corporation, headquartered at Guildhall ans headed by the Lord Mayor (of the City of London). The Mayor of London and the GLA, at City Hall, have very limited authority in the City (e.g. London-wide strategies such as TfL).
@PimpDaddyStyles6 жыл бұрын
you are completely wrong bruv. the city of london is run by the city of london corporation, they also are the police of the city of london and are quite seperate from the metropolitan police in the rest of london. they even have different voting laws where not only the people who live there get votes but so do the businesses that are based there. and yes the city of london is a county en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England
@lepangolin40806 жыл бұрын
He's telling you he's right. So you can keep your sources and arguments for yourself, he is obviously right by his claim and the fact that he said he live in London. We can't doubt such a persuasive person.
@SticksTheFox8 жыл бұрын
Missed an interesting fact about the old "entrance" to the city which have all become place names, such as Moorgate, Ludgate, Aldgate etc
@117rebel9 жыл бұрын
Londonception!
@CazRaX11 жыл бұрын
Because... Romans.
@ak540i210 жыл бұрын
You would be naive to think to think a self autonomous region run by old guilds and present day multi million dollar corporate conglomerates don't have overreaching influence at the least.
@zoompt-lm5xw4 жыл бұрын
Hey look: a guy with a funny hat!
@mercame3 жыл бұрын
This is the same as the issue in the capital of the Philippines, Manila. The City of Manila is different from Metro Manila (which people say as the capital of the country). The City of Manila is well, a city with over 1.5M people, while Metro Manila, consisting of 15 cities (including Manila City), is not a city nor a province/state but a region, with over 13M people living inside. The Malacañang Palace, the presidential building is located in San Juan, a city inside Metro Manila.
@marlinvielma3978 Жыл бұрын
Not remotely the same thing.
@JAMGAM-pb9rf Жыл бұрын
That issue seems more similar to Paris and NYC rather than London. City of London isn’t the “city proper”, rather just a small ancient district. Paris and NYC, however, have large city propers like Manila and also have much larger metro areas.
@Nemoticon11 жыл бұрын
The City of London (the financial part) is also known as the Square Mile, although it isn't actually a square mile... it's not even a square! Even though it looks mostly shiny and new with our little glassy sky scrapers, there are still the ancient, ancient pubs down tight alleys and beneath the older buildings that feel like you've gone back in time a five hundred years. They do great 'bitters' and incredible pies. Some of them actually feel like refurbished medieval dungeons too, like the lower levels of 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese'. Yes it is actually called that xD Btw, they are little Dragons on the Crest of London, Griffins have eagles heads (usually). I used to think they were Wyverns, but those only have two legs!!!
@894Time11 жыл бұрын
I've watched every one of your videos today and in one sitting... and I learned more than I did in all of my social studies courses. Well done, sir. You are phenomenal.
@deciocusmano108610 жыл бұрын
anyone see the tower of sauron?
@ppanda1099 жыл бұрын
yep
@jackguest1456 жыл бұрын
Decio Cusmano Nope
@chatterminator71586 жыл бұрын
Nope You are a poopoo face
@poppinoff41376 жыл бұрын
yea at 0:19 the skyscraper turns into sauron
@poppinoff41376 жыл бұрын
@Balaram Chakrabarty there is for a split second
@BoraCM5 жыл бұрын
There are so many similarities between the City of London and the Vatican. They both were built when the Roman Empire was in power. They both had their surrounding land taken by outside forces from different lands. They both had strong walls so they both survived. The Lord Mayor of London is elected in a very similar way to the Pope. The kingdoms around them were overthrown by an outside force and both of those powers recognised the cities as independent from them. Both those new nations built a new capital city around it and called it the same name. These similarities are incredibly coincidental.
@batavica18754 жыл бұрын
Vatican city was built long after the Romans were gone
@batavica18754 жыл бұрын
Also no outside kingdom was ever overthrown, the Vatican was just invaded by Piedmont Sardinia but they held out in the Vatican, also the election systems are wildely different
@SCrEenNaMe-i9h Жыл бұрын
The city isn’t a seperate state
@FranciscoXAbad10 жыл бұрын
The most educational 5 minutes of my life (I moved to London 3 months ago and this answers SO MANY questions!) :O
@FCOJABADMON10 жыл бұрын
No entendí todo pero es interesante... ;)
@Daniel__Nobre5 жыл бұрын
And go visit it on a weekend. It’s nearly deserted (it’s mostly companies and banks there meaning almost no one lives there). Incredibly busy on work days, awkwardly empty on weekends. It’s so strange, since it’s right in the middle of London, a city always incredibly busy.
@Tiffanyknows9910 жыл бұрын
I never knew about this, despite the fact that I've lived in London my whole life. Wow.
@isaac44044 жыл бұрын
the City of London or London?
@XZhyperZX8 жыл бұрын
we Brits are confusing, a city within a city in a country within a country. city of London within London in England in great Britain.
@Physicist-8 жыл бұрын
XZhyperZX great britain is not a country but the uk is . you are confused bud
@onetwo68037 жыл бұрын
Greater London isn't a city like CGP Grey has suggested, it's just a cancerous County, that has 2 cities (The City of Westminster and the City of London) inside it. Also, the UK is very confusing, it can be considered countries in a union to make up one country, but the countries inside are usually referred to as nations.
@grabern7 жыл бұрын
+Chelsea Rule City of London is separate to Greater London, but it is a part of London. London = City of London + Greater London
@mrannunaki68525 жыл бұрын
with 14 overseas territories (not including the commonwealth) - and then there is the commonwealth which is half the world and who the queen is head of state and head of armed forces...
@alex-sv8ru4 жыл бұрын
@@grabern London is a region. The City of London and Greater London (which consists of everything else in the london region but The City of London) are administrative units.
@anzellecoetzee85187 жыл бұрын
This was super interesting! I always wondered about some signs saying City of London and the different crests
@jugzster8 жыл бұрын
"City in a city in a country in a country" haha I love CGPGrey's videos!
@Sinclairelim7 жыл бұрын
3:40... Me thinks: "Huh, Freemasons must absolutely love this pl-" 3:50 Me says: "Yeap. Called it".
@rebeccamiller14007 жыл бұрын
I love how complicated and bizarre many things are in England and the UK :D
@TeamMustacheGaming7 жыл бұрын
NO England is my city
@Phoenix_The_HeroHater4 жыл бұрын
*Yes*
@jakeb.29904 жыл бұрын
bruh, England rules
@Kaijubear824 жыл бұрын
My KZbin Account t
@Phoenix_The_HeroHater4 жыл бұрын
Hunter Zeus ?
@Sergedfabre4 жыл бұрын
the one in Arkansas,USA ?
@kevinehrlich69882 жыл бұрын
The fact that this is from 2012 and he used Bitcoins to represent money is hilarious
@STUCASHX11 жыл бұрын
A better history lesson than I EVER had in my English/British/UK (whatever) school You just won a sub. I must watch them all... NOW !
@brickman40910 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but this makes me want to play Age of Empires 2
@radithyajoenan464010 жыл бұрын
i swear i thought i was the only one.. till i read this comment..
@gosucalime10 жыл бұрын
Omg ,you read my mind
@JerseyDevil2610 жыл бұрын
Best reply ever. I can't tell you how much I miss playing that game.
@ilmisteriosofranceseradene754810 жыл бұрын
It works on windows 7-8, and there is a hd remake on steam with the workshop
@theXb0yz9 жыл бұрын
frankish paladins
@cairielle0173 жыл бұрын
this video made me think about how in the philippines, there is the city of manila which is the country's capital and manila (metro manila or ncr), a region that comprises multiple cities, one of which is the city of manila. i just think it's fascinating how both london and manila are nesting london and manila inside them
@MagnusOfficial2 жыл бұрын
now imagine that, but with Intramuros instead, as it is a walled city too
@cairielle0172 жыл бұрын
@@MagnusOfficial how could i forget - Intramuros is a city inside the city of manila inside metro manila 😂
@MagnusOfficial2 жыл бұрын
@@cairielle017 exactly 🤩
@MrMrBilko11 жыл бұрын
The City of London is a seperate state outside of the UK where Corporate Law as we know it doesn`t apply. This is why most of the biggest banks and corporations in europe are registered there. Its also the biggest tax haven on the planet. As far as old tradition is concerned its also run by the Knights Templar Society which also controls the Middle Temple Law society and as you mentioned Old Bailey. Yes the Banking and Law are controlled from The City. I`m no conspiracy nut as you no doubt call inquisitive people who see through the total scam which is Western Society. So the whole of the UK is controlled by a fraternity of Gnostic Priests. Why the desperate cover up from all quarters.
@owenb211 жыл бұрын
lol not bad
@GideonGleeful9511 жыл бұрын
I'm a brit, and I sort of knew about this, but didn't really know that it was that separated.
@SacredDaturaa9 жыл бұрын
Could have added another layer at the end there, since the UK is part of the EU.
@ViDeOMaStErPaUl9 жыл бұрын
Blackfish But that extra layer isn't confusing.
@pivotcat99 жыл бұрын
Which is part of nato,which is part of the UN
@Dafisha9 жыл бұрын
+pivotcat9 Which is in Earth which is in the solar system which is in the milky way which is in the local group which is in The Universe
@Lucasp1109 жыл бұрын
+Barney Laurance And NATO isn't part of UN by the same reason
@alisilcox60369 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but for various reasons the UK gives the EU shit all sovereignty so it's not really worth mentioning.
@NAOMINATION2 жыл бұрын
Very edifying video! Ever since I learned this fact my mind has not been able to compute it. This video somewhat helped me further digest it!
@vrulg12 жыл бұрын
Edward Rutherfurd's historical fiction London is a great book to read on this topic. It follows several families in London from pre-Roman days to WWII.
@Sammy123456891011 жыл бұрын
Your use of the word "crest" in this video is incorrect. You are talking about the coat of arms, the crest is on top of the helmet on the coat of arms not an alterative name for such.
@goha92184 жыл бұрын
I never knew this and I've lived in London most of my life. I really need to go outside more
@josecarranza75553 жыл бұрын
Dumb ass
@PrawilnaMordka3 жыл бұрын
Or research info about your city more😉
@LivvyHackett7 жыл бұрын
You can go between the two really easily, sometimes I don't even notice when I'm walking around
@AuliaRachmanAlfahmy11 жыл бұрын
Hmmm City of London.. It's quite same with Daerah Istimewa (Special Region) Yogyakarta. Now it's one of the provinces in a country named Indonesia. When the other provinces elected their own governor through modern democracy (general election), Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta has their Governor through the tradition of Mataram Kingdom, the ancient Kingdom which has been existed before the emerging of Indonesia as one nation in 1945 - after got the independence from Hollands colonization (or Netherlands? Or Dutch :p, we - I'm Indonesian- call them "Belanda" or "Londo"). In my opinion, you're the one who have a big passion about historical of mankind , I suggest you to learn a little bit about Asian Civilization, which has many awesome or weird facts (also misconceptions).. Anyway, I'm always enjoying your videos
@L.A.97.12 жыл бұрын
I'm going to write about London at school! You have just saved my life, as well as giving the answers to so many questions I've always twisted my head around! Thank you!
@pilipalod2 жыл бұрын
I think if your teacher knew what they were doing that you got terrible marks. The video is full of inaccuracies!
@YoBadMama8 жыл бұрын
Seeing the bit about the masonic temple really makes me want to see Grey make a video about the Freemasons and their origins. That'd be cool.
@augustrempelewert43772 жыл бұрын
This actually explains a lot about what my uncle was ranting about when he came over last week.
@Original_Tenshi_Chan9 жыл бұрын
ummm, CGP, did you slip in a split second subliminal pic around the:19 to :20 second mark? I swear, when you sat "skyscrapers" and change the pic from the high rise, there is a brief flash of a dino or godzilla...
@SalemSprite9 жыл бұрын
It's the Eye of sauron from lord of the rings
@wiktor_90579 жыл бұрын
I saw it!!!
@DriveGamingLive8 жыл бұрын
+Tenshi Chan It's at 0:19.75
@Rallinale8 жыл бұрын
+Tenshi Chan The image changed to Barad-dûr from The Lord of the Rings.
@nelumvia8 жыл бұрын
+Tenshi Chan Lol yes its Sauron's tower in Moria, complete with the eye on top and all
@linky00648 жыл бұрын
I actually go to the City of London school, so this is fascinating.
@chtholly80847 жыл бұрын
I've been to the City of London hundreds of times (due to living real close by) but I didn't know half of what was in this video until now.
@anon32472 жыл бұрын
The Monty Python reference at 1:54 was so nicely put in
@MichaelWite195 жыл бұрын
1:35 Where is Sicily, Corsica & Scardinia? Also, where is Crete plus alot of other Greek & Turkish Islands & Cyprus?
@samoukidonauki11 жыл бұрын
I sorry but I must speak Polish: Super odcinek, naprawdę wszystko robi ogromne wrażenie.
@cisummusic229 жыл бұрын
the city of london is the Vatican City of england
@somestuff97519 жыл бұрын
***** So, like the Vatican?
@nightrise459 жыл бұрын
***** no they just fuck the choir boys.
@codex80855 жыл бұрын
No, because it only has local government authority, the Remmeberancer can be overruled, the confusing status is done to subvert the EU.
@L.M17925 жыл бұрын
It’s the banking part.
@Jaqen-HGhar5 жыл бұрын
yeah except for the whole part where he specifically states it's not like the Vatican City in the video.
@mwolf7682 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos on city of London. Great stuff.
@AlejandroRodolfoMendez5 жыл бұрын
learning German because i like to learn languages with apps, i learned that in german the word City it is used for the center of the city or in some cases cities inside cities because history and stuff ( the second it is anecdotical) the word for actual city it is Stadt a very different word. but the centered city inside in a city it is not just london, buenos aires also have the city of buenos aires that nowadays have banks and money exchanges places. also the vatican is a city inside other city, rome. i wonder how many " center city" cities are. also the equivalent in english to the german city word would be downtown (even than should be "center").
@Halibit111 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to go live there now.
@toni47295 жыл бұрын
You don't need a car, there's too many trains and busses. Traffic jams calore.
@anananwar11 жыл бұрын
TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!
@johnjones60495 жыл бұрын
Teach me something about the controversy... or at least gimme some information to look into...
@_fedmar_3 жыл бұрын
1:27 Ayyy that's near my house! I pass in front of it every day when I go go school!
@jacksonthesyndicalist277110 жыл бұрын
0:08 creeper lower left corner shopping
@electraheart559110 жыл бұрын
wow... I live in London, and I didn't know anything about this.
@elijahfordsidioticvarietys87705 жыл бұрын
I imagine most Londoners don’t
@Competitive_Antagonist5 жыл бұрын
You stupid youngens don't know your damn history. I've known this for at least 2 years and I don't even live in London. *shakes stick manically*
@mich9090711 жыл бұрын
0:19 Eye of Sauron appears
@yoroshiku1376 жыл бұрын
This video is from 2012, and CGP Grey was already using the Bitcoin symbol. You KNOW he's rolling in cash right now.
@everydaytyrone8 жыл бұрын
The City of London sounds like Intramuros which means "within the walls" it is the capital of the Philippines during the Spanish Era it is also known as Manila but as time passes by the City of Manila grew and became much larger than the walls of Intramuros. Unfortunately for Intramuros it's now just a part of Manila and mostly taken care off for tourism and its history.
@daddyleon9 жыл бұрын
lol, the ending was such a fairy tale! The city within a city, in a country within a country. You could probably also add union there? EU, UN? :P
@HercadosP4 жыл бұрын
EU not anymore
@daddyleon4 жыл бұрын
@@HercadosP lol, indeed!
@siratthebox11 жыл бұрын
If they taught this kind of stuff in history I'd actually be interested in the subject.
@lw1zfog2 жыл бұрын
if they taught this kind of stuff in history there would be a revolution
@dvineone13935 жыл бұрын
at 3:35 that is the logo for great western railways which contains the crest for the city of London but also the city of Bristol because the company operated trains between the two cities
@uremawifenowdave4 жыл бұрын
3:50 it’s not the oldest Masonic temple. The oldest Masonic temple still in use today is St Mary’s Chapel Lodge in Edinburgh, which has records dating back to 1599.
@timmartin28942 жыл бұрын
England is better than Scotland though, so it doesn't really matter...
@gladiatorinasuit30948 жыл бұрын
It's hidden in plain sight ...
@TheJoyQC8 жыл бұрын
0:19 - Shard --> Sauron Tower. Thank you
@SuperClloyd4 жыл бұрын
Point of order. The crest of the city that was featured on Paddington Station is actually just the crest of the Great Western Railway and also featured the crest of the city of Bristol in the west. Whilst it's money may have been used they didn't really control or manage Paddington station. The Great Western did
@FiveOClockTea5 жыл бұрын
1:40 I kinda love how you used a German picture here :-D I guess it was just the one with the best quality, but still
@slimshady65973 жыл бұрын
@John Smith no way that's german
@MrWinklbauer2 жыл бұрын
You make it seem innocuous and harmless. London City, Vatican, D.C. Where most of are problems come from.
@whitejared30911 жыл бұрын
My (however many greats) grandfather Sir Thomas White was Lord Mayor of London in 1553
@linaszukaitis82210 жыл бұрын
Wow, you certainly must be proud.
@hugo57k915 жыл бұрын
@@linaszukaitis822 yeah he goes and says my great x 1000 was a Mayor of London get off you'r hats you uncicilised villagers
@ng30275 жыл бұрын
yeah me too kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ6TmYKbrZmjqaM
@evanator35212 жыл бұрын
Being from a small gold mining town in California, the oldest thing I have grown up with is a statue. Seeing these countries with such extensive history baffles me
@grigorijklymenko31985 жыл бұрын
Community : can we get the new video plz? Gray: no, but you can look at the road
@Digital11111 жыл бұрын
it would be awesome if they renamed it Londinium to honor it's origin and further distinguish it from London (Also Londinum sounds awesome lol)
@deet0109mapping8 жыл бұрын
0:07 Business is booming (in the bottom left corner, that is)
@biginjapan898 жыл бұрын
Once a group of British told me that the true cockneys are the ones that live within hearing range of the Bow Bells, which are on the St Mary-le-Bow church in the City of London. It's a short radius of hearing distance, and according to those Brits, those who could not hear the bells from their homes when growing up are not cockney.
@N-HTTi5 жыл бұрын
4:31 The UK is a mess Well... that’s what you get when you allow empires Just looking at the US empire It the biggest mess of them all
@jasonrogers18545 жыл бұрын
It goes to show truth .look up the 3 main city's .you be shocked just what is going on in plain sight . Vatican. London and Columbia DC....check the truthvout
@N-HTTi4 жыл бұрын
Hunter Zeus the US is an empire If you haven’t noticed yet then look up us imperialism It’s an empire trying to pass as a country because empires aren’t accepted and they can use the human rights bs to justify there explanation Look at some there conquests Iraq Syria Afghanistan Cuba Colombia Venezuela Vietnam and more
@PeterMoore511 жыл бұрын
Look closely at the tower at 00:19.
@MahikMamun11 жыл бұрын
WHY?!?!?!
@PeterMoore511 жыл бұрын
Mahik Luigi You will see...
@LydiaTereK11 жыл бұрын
Oh lord the skyscraper, cannot be unseen. lol
@PeterMoore511 жыл бұрын
LydiaTereK IKR!!
@ashheilborn10 жыл бұрын
I'm looking at the tower... I maybe am missing a reference? I see nothing worth trying to unsee.
@VanpyroGaming010 жыл бұрын
Because, Empire.
@hugo57k915 жыл бұрын
I thought that too then he was dead serius romans
@stoffer63654 жыл бұрын
The Roman Empire, to be exact.
@Joolzguides7 жыл бұрын
Hey man. I also make videos about London and this video was so useful in summarising something I had to explain to someone in a tour. Thanks!
@granada14935 жыл бұрын
Lord Mayor is not elected but appointed by medieval guilds. The city of London is a private entity.
@bright1948light3 жыл бұрын
The City of London also tells the Houses of Parliament what laws to make and how to rule the country, it is totally independent from the rest of London and the UK. Bear in mind the Rothschilds are involved in the City of London too along with a lot of other elite.
@bobsapp31335 жыл бұрын
If the London Mayor has no power over the City of London then how did Sadiq Khan manage to veto the 'Tulip Tower' project after it had been approved by the City of London Corporation?
@stuartd97415 жыл бұрын
I don't know the answer. However. If the city of London tried to overule the London mayor wouldn't that let the cat out of the bag? Unnecessary scrutiny?
@bobsapp31335 жыл бұрын
@@stuartd9741 I get what you're saying but that would be a bit far-fetched IMO. It doesn't make much sense that they'd go through all that trouble to project a false narrative that the London Mayor has power over the City of London when he doesn't in reality.
@bobsapp31335 жыл бұрын
@@stuartd9741 perhaps the City of London had the option to appeal the veto, but for whatever reason they decided not to. I mean, it looks like an eyesore compared to the older parts of The City.
@stuartd97415 жыл бұрын
@@bobsapp3133 In the 1st video CP mentioned that even the London mayor (Sadiq Kahn's) role is limited to TFL. So I believe that mayoralty is mostly ceremonial/symbolic Yet at the same time. Given the total faff for a major of the city of London has to go through. That role seems just ceremonial even symbolic (Considering no salary) Who knows. Maybe we're reading to much into it. And the application was refused due to it being an ugly building???
@bobsapp31335 жыл бұрын
@@stuartd9741 Taken from The Guardian: The scheme had initially received the go-ahead but Khan dashed the hopes of its designers, Foster + Partners, on Monday. “The mayor has a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit,” Khan’s spokesman said. “In particular, he believes that the design is of insufficient quality for such a prominent location, and that the tower would result in harm to London’s skyline and impact views of the nearby Tower of London world heritage site. The proposals would also result in an unwelcoming, poorly designed public space at street level.”
@r.anthony86858 жыл бұрын
Don't make fun about those conspiracy theorists. You never know...
@v3nom110658 жыл бұрын
+Antonis Rountas With the recent email leaks, its becoming funny how people made fun of some of those conspiracies..
@vanquish4218 жыл бұрын
+Brendon Andrews The same people told us it was just a conspiracy theory that the NSA was collecting all our calls, texts, and emails.
@ricksmith24778 жыл бұрын
Panama papers........ That will be all
@knox1408 жыл бұрын
+Brendon Andrews to be fair those conspiracy theories were still mostly unfounded and not based on evidence, the fact that they turned out to be true is nothing more than a weird coincidence.
@xaviergarcia2348 жыл бұрын
+knox140 well an idea has to begin somewhere. the conspiracy may have drug a bunch of nuts into its web, but somewhere down the line, someone knew.
@VentiVonOsterreich8 жыл бұрын
Yo Grey, can I borrow a part of this video for an educational video about Switzerland that I'm currently working on? Thanks.
@NoamBakunin8 жыл бұрын
tfw what you call the conspiracy nut in 2012 ends up being the truth in 2016
@xaviergarcia2348 жыл бұрын
remember all those crazy bums who spouted how the government was listening in to all our phone calls in throughout the 90's and beyond? well, one of them had to know something for such a ridiculous rumor to start.
@Miranox28 жыл бұрын
You're being disingenuous. Tax havens discovered in the Panama papers are a very different thing than the conspiracies CGP Grey is talking about.
@normandelingpole8 жыл бұрын
+JRheu not really
@leamJG8 жыл бұрын
+JRheu The majority of conspiracy theories are bullshit. A blind squirrel finds a nut eventually.
@Axel1711-c6h8 жыл бұрын
How is "rich people hiding money" a conspiracy?
@hdanylo10 жыл бұрын
Although I live in London, I never knew this. I do know however that there is a place called the square mile, which is infamous for being covered in CCTV as this is where all the big companies and finance people sit. Could someone clarify whether the square mile and the city of London are the same thing?
@neilmoulang906 жыл бұрын
Danylo Hordiyevych sorry I'm four years late, but the answer is yes
@Whapadoodle Жыл бұрын
0:24 London is still home to over 11,000 people. (technically)
@codex80855 жыл бұрын
Very Nice and the emphasis of confusion is a good effect but if you want to avoid confusion, it is better to call London the Greater City of London (Offical Name) and the County it was once in Greater London. That's more confusing since it is now abolished and this wider region is mainly under the Greater City of London, its assembly, the Greater London Assembly and the Mayor of London.
@diamondsam Жыл бұрын
one of my friends (who lives in greater london still refuses to accept that they technically do not live in london)
@sciencepuptheamericanjoe58128 жыл бұрын
They should rebuild the City of London's walls! It would be so cool and official! :4
@asafpolicker6934 жыл бұрын
4:00 wow he managed to talk about conspiracy theories without Jews
@Superboi77775 жыл бұрын
4:25 or the city in a city ruled by a country ruled by a country having laws placed by a union in a continent which could be in another continent which itself could be another continent which is in a word in a solar system in a galaxy in a universe which might be in the multiverse.