The UK has become a Nanny State

[@FMTTMB]

Keir Starmer represents perfectly the authoritarian streak you’re talking about. Mr Chief Public Prosecutor cracking down on this, banning that, not tolerating the other. He comes across more like a stern policeman than a political leader. There will be more laws under him policing language and much else

[@cv5420]

I also left the USA, my home country, for Japan about 5 years ago for a new and better life. If the Japanese can provide designated areas for smoking without drama, I'm sure other advanced countries can too. Totally understand where you're coming from. Like you said, alot of the same issues with healthcare in the UK exist in the US although the US system is all about money. Living a much better life in Japan and Thailand could be a great, new chapter for me in the future too. Keep up the good work my friend 💯

[@8August1988]

‘“Waste your life, learn to speak a foreign language” By Anthony Browne (Monday, 23rd December 2002) We all know le problème: we are a nation of monoglots, linguistically challenged and so culturally inferior and economically constrained. Only one in four of us can claim to speak in foreign tongues, whereas our chic European chums babble away in a veritable Babel. European governments have lobbied, and the British Government has responded: from 2010 every primary school shall teach foreign. It’s a further good intention paving the road to ruin of our education system. We should shrug off our linguistic hang-ups, and instead of reinforcing language teaching, abolish it tout de suite. Ordering everyone to learn another language is as pointless as ordering everyone to dig holes and fill them up. The reward for our ancestors persuading the rest of the world to speak English is that there is no need for us to learn what the rest of the world speaks. All the time we spend learning another language, we should spend instead learning something useful - like economics, business studies, politics, law or computer science. If everyone in the country were forced to study economics as remorselessly as they are forced to learn French, then Britain would be in a far better state (true reform of the NHS would have happened decades ago). Learning another language may make you feel clever, but it is no longer necessary for speaking with the foreigners you’re most likely to want to speak to: the educated and those working in tourism. Ever regretted you didn’t spend years learning German because of problems communicating with German labourers? I thought not. I spent three hours a week for six years learning French, but it has proved a total waste of time. I have only needed it on a handful of occasions, and even then it was tourist French learnable in a couple of weeks. I have family friends in France, and have had many enjoyable conversations with our Gallic neighbours, but always in English. I have extended family in Norway and Denmark, but hardly speak either language because I never get the chance: all my Scandinavian relatives speak perfect English. In contrast to all our continental cousins, Britain is part of the Anglosphere, by far the most powerful linguistic bloc in the world: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand - as well as countries such as South Africa and India where English is the language of business and politics. Three of the G7 countries are anglophone. Even outside the Anglosphere you can thrive with impunity as an English monoglot: you can work with no problems in the European Commission, the European Central Bank and countless multinational companies around the world. There is no obvious alternative language - French is only useful in a couple of developed countries and North Africa, and Spanish helps you on holiday in Cuba. Don’t get me wrong: I understand the smug satisfaction of mastering another tongue, but it is damaging to force it on the entire population. European children spend 15 per cent of their time learning foreign languages by the age of ten - imagine the advantages we would have if our kids did something more interesting in that time than learning how to ask for un café. The Government is swimming against the tide of history: as more people learn English, the more pointless it is for Britons to learn another language. There are fewer and fewer people in the world worth speaking to who don’t speak English. Already the number of people studying languages at A level in Britain is plummeting. The Government’s recent announcement that it is no longer compulsory to learn a foreign language up to GCSE is a welcome dose of reality. But it should go the whole hog, and stop forcing everyone to learn useless knowledge that they will never need, and hardly ever use.’ 『終』

[@8August1988]

所で、貴方は現在日本国民ですか？

[@8August1988]

@@cncfan：所で、貴方は現在日本国民ですか？

[@garethjohnstone9282]

I've got long lasting insomnia. It took 7 weeks to see a GP. When I got to see one, all they did was advise me to do some mental housekeeping and fengshui and she literally said I was drug seeking.

[@amag5862]

Bro just get on legal medical Uk cannabis you’ll be out like a light.

[@Adil_Turysbek_TVRC]

I am from post Soviet country (Kazakhstan), I am quite used to the fact that I can see a doctor anyday right away. When I studied in UK, one of my friends needed to see a therapist. He was waiting for several weeks😅 for doctor to appear.

[@HB-bl5mn]

NHS - envy of the world, said nobody ever outside of the UK.

[@amag5862]

But it’s free….unlike some countries….

[@calumvaughan8690]

@@amag5862 huge chunk of world has free healthcare

[@Alan-ou2id]

@@amag5862It’s free but it’s shit so what’s the point lol

[@amag5862]

@@Alan-ou2id hahaha good point, it’s overrun, especially in London.

[@Makinen689]

While I found the smoking ban in pubs perplexing, personally discouraging public from consuming junk food is a sensible thing to do. Look at the obesity rate and 60% of the population are over weight. It’s very noticeable uk has a weight problem when you visit other European countries. Yea it’s not as bad as America but the bar is really low.

[@TheCarin12]

Anti free speech laws are being introduced in Australia this week. No criticism of government or banks allowed.

[@helengunby9628]

Wow, so Assange's sacrifice is wasted by his own homecountry?

[@TheCarin12]

@@helengunby9628 yes

[@amag5862]

No way, I thought Australia was a possible country to migrate to☀️

[@TheCarin12]

@@amag5862 it's the same everywhere

[@mamzellilooo]

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[@didous12]

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[@mamzellilooo]

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[@mamzellilooo]

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[@mamzellilooo]

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[@mamzellilooo]

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[@stevens1041]

People get really focused on politics in the government. The reason Thailand specifically is nice is that they took the best ideologies of ancient kingdoms of the Indian subcontinent--the leader is similar to a guru, and as you get away from core functions of the government, you're on your own in the world. Its not a superior system, and people should stop looking for utopia (utopia didn't exist on Earth, it is a futile pursuit, as all humans and all societies are inherently imperfect). But it absolutely has its merits for some types of people. One thing that drives me absolutely insane in Thailand is the amount of British specifically that are here and complain nonstop about Thailand not being a complex administrative State like back home.

[@MyNewLeng]

I don't drink or smoke anymore. But I would never deny anyone else who wants to partake. This Labour government is a joke.

[@Howdy1957]

But they should pay a surcharge on their insurance due to their high risk status!

[@Black-Circle]

funny how SEA with less rules than UK is safer

[@mikhailryzhov9419]

Would it be a conspiracy theory to think that NHS is being primed to be privatized? The worse the quality is the easier it would be to sell to the public.

[@lolsaXx]

There is a middle ground that could be achieved. I'm scottish but live in Finland. Here the system is very socialist but it's not "free" like the UK. We pay €30 every time we go for a doctor's apointment. It costs €45 (+ the €30 for the care in hospital) for an ambulance. Having people pay just a little for medical care could help a lot with funding the nhs, stop people from using it unnecessarily and it could help with waiting times. No one wants a system like the corrupt one in the US but there are so many other options...

[@D.von.N]

Re pubs decline in the UK: part of the problem is prices. Under Tories the economy struggled a lot, rich got richer, average folks have got deeper into their pockets. It is more economical to buy a set of beer cans to drink it at home (also thanks to internet we have much more fun at home than in pubs) than spending a little fortune in the pubs. Smoking is a small factor in all this. And there was a staff negatively affected, also serving the smoking customers, not having a choice really. Plus, if you are a non-smoker, just dedicating a room to smokers, when doors open often and the smoke sneaks in, it isn't pleasant either. We are much better without smoking.

[@MyNewLeng]

Spot on comments about the NHS being a "sacred cow" and the envy of the world (lol). The fact that it's so shit actually encourages me to take ownership and accountability of my own health.

[@daryllightfoot5130]

100%

[@amasworld7126]

The NHS killed my daughter and covered it up after bullying us for 5 months and they are now framing me with crimes. My daughters name is Adaora Maduako story is online

[@Makinen689]

@@amasworld7126 I just googled it. I’m really sorry about your loss. Is there anything the public/ we can do? A petition? One of my friends gave birth to her daughter in London and because of medical negligence during labour, the baby is suffering from hypoxia.

[@amasworld7126]

@@Makinen689 We will be putting out a documentary soon. I think it will be quite big as it exposes a lot of people. Thanks for your suggestion though

[@Makinen689]

@@amasworld7126 please keep us posted! I really wish you and your family the best! For justice, for rebuilding your lives. My condolences to your daughter 💐

[@Anastasis-is-here]

I am in full support of leaving in order to gather money and then do something for yourself (a shop for example). That said leaving your country permanently is false. That said if you are to leave permanently why no go somewhere in Europe? The time for family will come but this won't be easy as a European in Asia as you won't find many European people around.

[@stevo728822]

Of the 10 pubs/bars in my home town in the UK, 6 of them had already introduced smoking bans in their beer gardens without government regulation. One of those is now up for sale. Non-smokers want to sit in a beer garden to enjoy their meal and a drink. But only when the sun shines and it's warm. That's about 10 weeks of the year in the UK. The other 42 weeks of the year, you'll only find smokers in the beer garden. An empty beer garden for 42 weeks of the year will tempt many pub owners to sell the land off for residential houses. The non-smokers who wanted to sit in the beer garden in the Summer will find the beer garden has disappeared.

[@kmdreacts]

Good!! That's what they get catering to a crowd of customers that aren't True regulars and complain about every little thing. Removing smoking from beer gardens is asking for Every pub to shut down within 10yrs.. Might as well ban alcohol while they're at it too then

[@Black-Circle]

i thought pubs had smoking areas and non smoking areas? now they just banning it.

[@LEWIS1992]

Smoking is a CHOICE. Breathing in your manky second-hand smoke is NOT.

[@gavinlucas22]

You briefly mentioned the Philippines. If you wanna experience somewhere that's the true wild west, with US-style Constitution and liberty on a level you have never seen, head out for a visit. It's WILD, but it's a lot of fun, too. Lived in Indo and travelled all over SEA. Philippines is on another level. They don't follow any rules imposed by authorities at all 😅

[@JetskiDex]

We have been a Nanny State for years!!! You have only come to find out recently.

[@germanyhamburger5552]

In Germany you can even get melatonin in the supermarket. Why should this have to be prescribed? This is especially important for shift workers.

[@LEWIS1992]

Living in Asia but still using our NHS, which taxpayers HERE are paying for? Seems a bit unfair.

[@richieduliban87]

Did you ask which country he is tax resident in before you assume anything?

[@tamalfrost2220]

I remember living in Spain as a kid in the 80's. There was freedom, it was tangible. At 11 years old I could walk into a bar and order a beer 🍺. Fireworks were really powerful and fun. Less bureaucracy. Good days. It'd be great to live somewhere like that again

[@jamesart6568]

Europe in genral

[@Paul-Ashworth]

Love your channel Olly. You talk a lot of sense.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

The UK is finsished.

[@bobbymidha3901]

Not yet. It's still one of the better countries to live in in the world. That being said, it's in terminal decline

[@Firespectrum122]

Share this shit and get this guy more views. It's high time everyone became aware of just how fucked this """"""""country""""""""" is. As an aside, I'm genuinely surprised to hear that you even know about Adam Smith. You're one intelligent man.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Skylights are not good in rainy countries 🌧️.

[@friuliancottage]

Oh my goodness, has it got this bad! I am sure my late sister could have been saved five years ago. To get the antibiotic cream here in Italy, I would send a WhatsApp to my GP asking for it. In a few hours he sends me the prescription via email. I print it or show the screen on my phone to the chemist and I get my cream.

[@johnkramer5886]

ADHD consultation is taking 3 years currently

[@davooberger5790]

Speaking facts!!

[@stevo728822]

200 rugby players are suing the rugby union for brain injuries.

[@RjjFerg]

Hard to believe that we had an Empire that nearly ruled the world.

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

I remember it like yesterday places like morrisons café had a smoking and a non smoking area. And more recent pubs. I don't smoke but yes you're 100% where to draw the line. I mean people complain of smoking 🚬 i laugh i think oof you'd have loved the 80s and 90s 😂

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

Although politicians in the uk seem selfish, so much policy and culture is driven by second handedness and altruism, which morally requires the country to be run according to the lowest common denominator, the most needy. Therefore you end up with a society where everyone able must suffer on behalf of those unable to make good decisions for themselves as altruism requires sacrifice, it becomes a race to the bottom

[@friuliancottage]

However, you if people smoke I immediately get asthma so for years I could not go to a restaurant and outside it is the same. Banning smoking is the best thing ever as my liberty was very limited before. I am of the advice that you need regulations. However, in order to have fewer the population needs educating as there is a lack of discipline now in western culture. If people are incapable of looking after their health and causing the NHS a lot of expense in medicines and treatment then I can well understand any goverment trying to protect their health system with for example the sugar

[@sicilianotoronto]

Melatonin is so benign you can take it in large doses. The studies are endless. It's ridiculous that it's controlled like that in the U.K. I know melatonin is OTC here, but you can always try 5-HTP which is a precursor to melatonin.

[@lolsaXx]

I used to buy it in the supermarket here in Finland. I had no idea you couldn't in the UK. I'm scottish.

[@linanovaya]

why i watch this video ? i even not a man and not from uk

[@D.von.N]

And my third input before I take off: you put on pedestal the life in those Asian countries, but acknowledging that there is a corruption problem and you aren't allowed to criticise the government or monarchy. A few years back RuSSia was similar. People disinterested in politics, there was a sort of a social contract between the corrupt government and the population not to stick their noses into the politics, to mind their own businesses, put up with corruption and all was good. Until the corrupt authoritarian govt decided to make this catastrophic mistake and invade another sovereign country, seeing the sanctions pouring in. But even before that, Pootin was socially engineering the country and removing civic rights from people, little by little in small incremental steps, and now people get jailed for liking a post that is critical of government, a girl spat on an ad recruiting into the meat grinder and got arrested just being seen by a bar staff, without visual evidence. Father of a 12yo girl got arrested and jailed for her drawing a peace promoting picture at school, and girl was sent to a youth institution to be looked after. So for now you might enjoy a little freer life in those countries, but beware what can happen to anyone when they give up their political freedoms and only mind their own business. If you are not interested in politics, the politics will get interested in you - goes the slogan.

[@PriyankaDas-gj5gs]

It's everywhere now 🥱. West and the East.

[@D.von.N]

@@PriyankaDas-gj5gs Says who? I live in the West and haven't seen this draconian dictatorship around here. Is that what RT says?

[@Zanuka]

It's sad to give up on your country.

[@Alan-ou2id]

What can you do mate? There’s no future here, we have to be realistic and build elsewhere.

[@AlexP1-y4g]

Maybe, but what if your country has given up on you?

[@comment3711]

American healthcare really is not that bad. It’s not half as bad as people think but you will need insurance. Walk in clinics all over and melatonin’s sold otc. It’s much more patient oriented and personalized than the NHS. Sounds like you’d be better off and at less personal risk in a place like Florida.

[@amasworld7126]

American has the best healthcare in the world and nowhere comes close.

[@comment3711]

@@amasworld7126 I agree. I have health issues and wouldn’t move to The UK, or anywhere else, because of how good my healthcare is here in The US.

[@movewithpete]

Where and when are you going to be in SE Asia again next?

[@alexmacgregor]

Bangkok/Thailand is the place!

[@pyrholorange]

u can buy doxy as an antimalarial from a travel clinic in the uk

[@Zanuka]

Why not eastern Europe?

[@XxxULTIMATEZxxX]

Weather is not as nice and cost of living is higher than Southeast Asia.

[@Zanuka]

@@XxxULTIMATEZxxX culture is closer to the West though.

[@Holyspace305]

@@Zanukathere are many places in Eastern Europe with good weather like Serbia, montenegro, Croatia and even Hungary etc

[@jamesmiller3548]

Should have brought extra from Asia.

[@tyronesmith4622]

U are so smart & knowledgeable, it’s refreshing to hear your thoughts.

[@doomd1816]

Give it a few more years You’ll realize you went from one prison to another But the new one is better if you are a single male with money

[@lanejhenley6968]

Whats your diet look like?

[@omina.fornoz]

>has become

[@amasworld7126]

They’re so late. White British male cowardice is the reason for the problems in UK. Refuse to control their women and let the govt take their guns

[@VicenteAlonso-ht8ui]

Now? Clement Atlee was the first to use the expresion like a good thing

[@SlogOnTheTyne]

Good video

[@miltonthegreat6520]

So 12-years of Conservative governments that brought in austerity, Brexit, and dealt with the pandemic made Britain into a Nanny State? Maybe they made this Nanny State worse, but it looks more like the poor implementation of austerity measures and the post-Brexit and pandemic changes.

[@stevens1041]

You're not wrong. And yet, does anyone believe Labour represents the working class anymore?

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

The cancer started with Bliar and new labour.

[@stuck-in-the-80s-e5h]

​@@MrEdrftgyujiabsolutely. We peaked in about 97 imho

[@FMTTMB]

All the mainstream political parties believe in the Nanny State. They’re all indistinguishable

[@Black-Circle]

@@MrEdrftgyuji maybe even longer than that. both are equally shite

[@D.von.N]

First time here and I had some preconceptions about what I was going to hear here, but mostly I am pleasantly surprised by your reasoning and eloquent talk. However, me being knowledgeable about public health, I cannot agree that it is wrong (i.e. nanny state) when the government wants to limit the amount of sugar or caffeine in products. Exactly for the reasons you outlined, that a large portion of the population is ignorant and literally thick, they will sleep walk into problems and it is the government's task to keep safe not only them, but also the rest of the society. Those morons who gulp down litres of sugary drinks and eat themselves to early disability, are putting strain on NHS and that costs the rest of us a lot more than just the bureaucracy you criticize. People wait for years for hip replacement, many with progressing cancer had multiple ops cancelled and then died as a result... because we have these ignorant morons who grow into incredible size and bariatric surgeries sky rocketed - to give you a picture. Regarding caffeine, teenagers as young as 11 are walking streets with Redbull in their hands. This caffeine is messing up with their developing brains, they have disturbed sleep, their intellectual and other abilities are suffering and they grow into instable and damaged individuals, that costs the entire society a lot of money further down the line. So this isn't about you and restricting you in your rights, it is about protecting the society on the whole. Prevention is better than cure. Each society has their own challenges and I am for many other restrictions for the better of all of us for the future. On the side note, I wonder what a woman would say about the life in places where you live. Men usually have it easier in most places on the globe.

[@JJ-xi5or]

100%

[@cheyenne9815]

他很性感😍

[@jacksom-x4j]

Agree with a lot of what you say. But I think there's nuance with the policies on things like health. Take the indoor smoking ban that came in in 2009 - absolutely a brilliant policy, reduced casual smoking, improved clubbing atmosphere. Think you need 'nudge' policies like that. Also if you just allow and greenlight anything and everything, it does have a negative effect particularly on the young and the vulnerable. Completely agree on the red tape over-beauracracy of things like the health service etc.

[@firelight-vitality]

Your room is a mess.

[@Jiidwag]

I went to England & Ireland 20yrs ago, had a blast, have zero desire to return. The weather sucks, nasty old people attitude, high cost, lot's of Neo-Nazis, Muslim street gangs, violent Hooligans, constant knife street violence, knife point robberies, sketchy train tunnels. No thanks. I decided to travel & lives 90% of life in Asia & Pacific tropical areas a yr ago, I'm loving the simple life, exotic beach life. Thailand has amazing world class modern healthcare at very low cost, USA has trash healthcare & will bleed your bank account to 4ever debt.

[@Salamis.-330]

neo nazis in england what are you talking about

[@stuck-in-the-80s-e5h]

​@@Salamis.-330exactly

[@stevo728822]

The murder rate in Thailand is 3 times higher than the UK. But don't let facts alter your bias.

[@jacksom-x4j]

'lot's of Neo-Nazis, Muslim street gangs, violent Hooligans, constant knife street violence, knife point robberies, sketchy train tunnels' talking nonsense

[@helengunby9628]

@@Salamis.-330 Between 2016 and 2017, following the Brexit vote but before hate crime was criminalised after the arson attack on a Romanian shop in Norwich, I was called a "Polish face" on four separate occasions by different individuals. I had lived in the UK for 12 years, having visited over 50 countries, and the UK is the only place where I encountered such issues. As a white person, I find it unimaginable what people of other races must be enduring in the UK.