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[@The.Android]

Some ex-colonies wish they were still in the British Empire. Like Hong Kong. And several countries have regressed and gone backwards since the British left. Many of the territories that modern revisionist historians and activists refer to as 'countries' were not countries at all until the British created them as the man in the video said. They were simply warring tribes fighting over territories.

[@thegroovetube3247]

And Jamaica. The Gleaner - the main Jamaican newspaper - carried out a survey a few years ago which showed that the majority of Jamaicans thought it would have been better if they'd remained under British rule.

[@markhutton6055]

@@thegroovetube3247 true, I think it was 60% in 2010/2011. Unfortunately, Woke AntiBritish propaganda, and the thought that we might give them even more handouts (I think they are calling them reparations) may have changed that outlook now. It's also true that before the current war in Yemen, a fair proportion of the inhabitants of what used to be Aiden wanted to come back to British rule. They may have all been killed by the Marxists or the Saudi's now.

[@dave_ryan]

@@thegroovetube3247 Yes, And i remember a Jamaican radio doing a phone in some years ago regarding where they felt better off, almost 100% agreed, the commonwealth was better.

[@chadUCSD]

One nation that totally reversed is Zimbabwe. If you look at Zimbabwe before it exited the empire compared to what Mugabe ended up doing to the nation, it is a catastrophe. It really is.

[@The.Android]

As Al Murray aka The Pub Landlord says, 'God is British' so why is anyone surprised the British invented pretty much everything.

[@charleshowie2074]

'There are no earthquakes in Britan; we don't deserve them, it's as simple as that.' 🫡

[@markhutton6055]

The problem is, most of the world doesn't understand this type of humour.

[@9Curtana]

God has to be British. The bible is written in English isn’t it.😅

[@blackcountryme]

@@markhutton6055 sadly that is true, especially on the internet

[@markhutton6055]

@@blackcountryme the British (before the current generations at least) laugh in the face of adversity. That means we laugh at everything.

[@expooly]

I'm British No wonder they don't teach you British history at school😂😂

[@The.Android]

Many Indians sill have a positive attitude towards British rule (The Raj) in India.

[@trespire]

Here in Israel, the British Empire left a huge impact on the legal system, on industrialization and the economy. Especially in the Haifa Bay area.

[@richardcarter5082]

@@trespire Just know, despite what the mainstream media would like you to believe, the vast majority of us British people stand with Israel. God Bless.

[@trespire]

@@richardcarter5082 In down town Haifa, not far from one of the port gates, there is a Commonwealth graveyard of fallen solders slap bang in the middle of a densly developed area. Everytime I catch a glance out of the side window as I'm driving by, seing the neat rows of meticulously kept headstones, I get a lump in my throught thinking of all those young men lost in their youth. Many dating back to 1918. As an Israeli I feel indebted as much to those Commonwealth solders as to the losses of our own IDF. We should never ever forget.

[@nickdanger3802]

@@trespire The Jewish Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) and Irgun (National Military Organisation) movements initiated violent uprisings against the British Mandate in the 1940s. On 6 November 1944, Eliyahu Hakim and Eliyahu Bet Zuri (members of Lehi) assassinated Lord Moyne in Cairo. Moyne was the British Minister of State for the Middle East and the assassination is said by some to have turned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill against the Zionist cause. After the assassination of Lord Moyne, the Haganah kidnapped, interrogated, and turned over to the British many members of the Irgun ("The Hunting Season"), and the Jewish Agency Executive decided on a series of measures against "terrorist organisations" in Palestine. Irgun ordered its members not to resist or retaliate with violence, so as to prevent a civil war.

[@trespire]

@@nickdanger3802 Armed actions were taken against the British after they raided Jewish kibuzim and agricutural villages to confiscated arms used to defend themselves against raiding nighbours, and after the British sent a handful to the gallows in Acre Police Station. When the British played dirty, they received in kind.

[@florrie2303]

Regarding India…there was no such place as India until the British arrived. There were instead, hundreds of Kingdoms fighting it out with each other, whilst at the same time trying to protect themselves from the Mughal Empire, which invaded India and took millions of people into slavery. The British stopped that, just like they stopped the barbaric Indian practice of throwing the widows of men onto their husband’s funeral pyres to be burned alive. The British introduced good governance, the railways, sanitation, and most importantly the tea plant to India, from which accounts for a high percentage of their exports. On top of this we built the Indian Army, brought in laws that treated everyone equally, public health, and tried to do away with the caste system which treated the poorest of people as “untouchables”. And I say we tried to get rid of the caste system, but the “peace loving” Ghandi brought it right back in once India became Independent. But it was the British Empire that was “evil”, not the Mughal Empire…because the British were white and the Mughals were South Asian and Middle Eastern. People have a very blinkered view of the past and try to apply modern day morals and norms to a time when the morals and norms were different.

[@markhutton6055]

The Mughals were a remnant of the Mongolian Empire.

[@BeezleSpiritCommunicator]

I'm so glad you explained that about India. ❤.

[@peterhall8572]

You're forgetting the east India company and their unethical actions

[@florrie2303]

@UCOloivcUPnZ8e6ZjuC7ALgA no I’m not. I never said the British were perfect, but compared to the Mughal empire it was not nearly as brutal, or ruthless, but the British were more effective at gaining control. However, no empire is good, the very nature of creating an empire means that others will suffer. But the British Empire, whilst not being good, was certainly not the worst…in fact it was far from the worst…yet people continue to blame the British for just about any evil in the world, whilst the Mughals, Ottomans, Spanish, French, Belgian, German, Japanese and Dutch get a “pass”, when most of them did things far worse than the British.

[@expooly]

They had east and West Bangladesh

[@Rocky19577]

I got married in 1978 and we had a Teasmaid for a present. Set the the alarm and prepare the teapot with water in the other pot. It starts to boil the water at so many minutes before the alarm goes off. Steam preasure forces the boiled water in to the prepared teapot and the alarm goes off. Theres your tea, all you gotta do is pour into your cup. Job done. Google how a teasmade works.

[@johnnyshinnichi1785]

Weren't they great? We had a Goblin Teasmade back in the 60's, but I didn't realise teasmades were still going in the late 70's.

[@ADHDX20]

They were dying from famine and drought in India before the Brits turned up .We can't invent rain .

[@BJJISTHEGAYPARTOFMMA]

Exactly people bring up the bengal famine and Churchill, but that was a case of there not being enough food to go round so of course the British are gonna take what they need for themselves. It's not like it was cause through evil intentions.

[@BJJISTHEGAYPARTOFMMA]

Exactly people bring up the bengal famine and Churchill, but that was a case of there not being enough food to go round so of course the British are gonna take what they need for their forces in countries like Singapore and Myanmar that were fighting the japanese. It's not like it was cause through evil intentions, a war was on and these crops were needed elsewhere. It didn't help that a cyclone hit aswell.

[@jackworsley2562]

You made me laugh 🙂. Once we turned up every time someone died it was “the brits” fault Blame culture is a giant weakness in humans If the Germans hadn’t got so uppity, twice, and made everyone spend a fortune on them, you have to wonder how much more advanced the world would have been for the ordinary person.

[@yedead1]

@@jackworsley2562 Probably not by much as wars generally accelerate technological development.

[@nickdanger3802]

The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II. An estimated 0.8-3.8 million people died.

[@markhutton6055]

BS on India. The British were contracted by the Raj, the true rulers of India to collect taxes and administer the country. Some of the "Evil" the British did in India includes, getting rid of murderous cults like the Thuggee, abolishing Widow burning. Almost eliminating famine, what? you say. What about the Bengal famine? Prior to British Rule there were regular famines in India two or three bad ones per decade. During the British Administration new agricultural methods were introduced. New transport methods such as the railways, which allowed food to be transported across the country. India's population shot up under British administration. While individual got rich trading with India, what is the difference between them and the economic migrants plaguing the west today. Atleast back then the Indians profitted too.

[@nickdanger3802]

The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindi rāj, 'kingdom', 'realm', 'state', or 'empire')[11][h] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,[13] lasting from 1858 to 1947.[14] It is also called Crown rule in India,[15] or Direct rule in India.[16] The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially.[17]

[@karaperrio-du5gs]

we also fought a war to end slavery us not America

[@chadUCSD]

The UK only finished paying off the debts incurred to end the slave trade in 2015.

[@nickdanger3802]

Which "war" was that ? British brought slavery to North America. Haitian Revolution 1804 British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Britain banned slavery in colonies in 1833. Slave owners were compensated, freed slaves received nothing. Britain supported the south in every way short of war 1861-1865. see; Trent Affair, Alabama Claims, Bermuda during the American Civil War

[@laurabambam5342]

My grandmother's uncle, Percy Shaw invented the cats eye reflector for road safety My mother had a tea maid.

[@fififlickfi2525]

I’m sure I remember a documentary about Percy, wasn’t he from Halifax? A great Yorkshire man.

[@laurabambam5342]

@@fififlickfi2525 yes, he was a Yorkshire man

[@9Curtana]

@@laurabambam5342I thought he was from Lancashire?

[@laurabambam5342]

@@9Curtana no Halifax born and bred

[@9Curtana]

@@laurabambam5342 😭

[@Danimaz3211996]

just a brit here , don't worry world , we love you and we are happy to have made your life as anjoyable as we could ;) it's been a pleasure

[@rorschch12]

So the original flushing toilet was called The Patent Crapper invented by Thomas Crapper. His main competition was George Bogg and sons. Hence the perfectly normal phrase in British English. "I'm going to the Bog for a crap"

[@Jee123123]

reminds me of the film Carry on at Your Convenience 🚽

[@Spiklething]

Except the first recorded application of crap to mean bodily waste, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, appeared in 1846, 10 years after Crapper was born, under a reference to a crapping ken, or a privy, where ken means a house. So it’s just a coincidence that someone named Crapper invented the flushing toilet.

[@Wolfways]

The flushing toilet was created by Sir John Harrington. Thomas Crapper was the first person to have a bathroom showroom that allowed people to see the fixtures of an indoor bathroom.

[@luckybag6814]

The flush toilet was invented by Sir Thomas Harrington, “saucy godson” of Queen Elizabeth the first, believe it or not. Thomas Crapper did make improvements. The word “crap” is Anglo-Saxon, meaning waste matter or residue.

[@Cinesta76]

My parents had the alarm that made tea. It was known as a teasmade. My dad loved it. You can still get them

[@nonconformist0189]

i am proud to be British.

[@gavingiant6900]

The India and British thing, bartering comes into play. They all wanted something out of the deal, India and the Britons were involved. The Raj also comes into play. The terms 'colonisation' and 'invading' are two different things. The British didn't really 'invade' India, that is social conscript that some have nowadays, mainly middle to upper class people see it that way with some sort of agenda that are kinda egotistical with narsasitic tendencies. You could say, 'full blown lefties in the Western world with no clue about the history'. There was, is a 'common ground' thing going on between India and Britain (certain parts of India, Pakistan is abit complicated to some degree). Many people from India call us 'Britishers' in a playful manner, also 'praise' us for the things. But some in certain groups and areas want radical Islam, take that as you want (but is true). There were bad actors that were doing atrocious things, but were sorted out back in England. The pain of death for some. Admittedly there were some bad actors that were doing atrocious things, but when brought back to England they were put on trial. Please look at both sides of the coin.

[@chrisbingham3289]

Brit here, The Japanese said Britain invented 40% of all things invented.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Bullocks.

[@chrisbingham3289]

@@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 Balls yes we invented them as well.

[@9Curtana]

I think that it was the Japanese who did that research.

[@chrisbingham3289]

@@9Curtana Now corrected.

[@9Curtana]

@@chrisbingham3289 I wasn’t sure if the Chinese had said it as wee🤓

[@johnritter6864]

Cats eyes are used for road lane marking at night. Very common in the UK. Different colours are used to indicate different lanes, exist, etc.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

A lot of what happened in India was was done by the East India company and its private army, The British monarchy took advantage of that.

[@georgiesuffell]

My parents had an alarm clock that made tea for a little bit when I was a child. It was called a Teasmade. Not sure what happened to it but they definitely had one. I think my mum might have asked for one for Christmas or something...

[@dannyholden6042]

No nations flag is without blood on it and the one thing that everyone seems to forget about being colonised by the British empire is especially within the African countries was that being part of the empire meant stopped most of the Arab countries from enslaving it's people as there feared reprisals from the British empire so stopping millions of defenseless people from being forced into chattel slavery

[@beverleyarscott8589]

Cats Eyes are a reflective glass set in heavy rubber they define the centre of the carriageway and when a car drives over them the rubber contracts pushing the eye down keeping it safe and at the same time cleaning the eye. In the dark you can see the Catseyes reflecting back your headlights and defining your side of the road.

[@iainsan]

Cats' eye reflectors are small lumps of metal with two reflective pieces of glass set into them. Embedded in lines along roads, they enable easier driving at night because they reflect a vehicle's headlights and show drivers where the lanes or edges of the road are. They require no power and many British roads have them.

[@FordPrefect-Earth]

The "alarm clock that makes tea" is a thing and is quite common. They're known as a "Teasmade" and lots of Brits have one.

[@jacquelinejohnson8237]

My nana had a teasmaid which is what it was called. I recently bought one on Amazon, they have strimmed it now down to modernise it. It's brilliant I love mine.

[@mataform]

Of course I am proud to be British and I am deeply annoyed by those trying to pull us down. Notice it is just us.No one ever mentions the horrors of the Ottoman empire etc For such a small island it is extraordinary that these inventions came spilling out of the place benefiting the world. There are a lot more to be proud of not listed here in terms of sport , surgery, sanitization not to mention the Arts with Shakespear and Dickens

[@leehaslam5751]

We literally invented everything.add football and the greatest music bands of all time

[@alchristie5112]

My parents had a “Tea’s Made” in the 1970s which would wake them up by either boiling water for tea or percolating coffee

[@stevenoneill3957]

The alarm clock that makes tea was called a 'Tea's Maid" my parents had one....loved it 😂

[@michaelbasford5109]

Tea makers were the thing to have in the 70s, bit of a status symbol for the working class in the UK.

[@Jee123123]

If I remember correctly during the 80's / 90's Argos and Index used to have a huge selection of alarm clocks which made tea for sale.

[@Lucy-fq8rj]

😂😂yes I remember that!!

[@aidansmith6464]

Wow! You are nearly at 100,000 subscribers.Love your reactions daily.

[@NoelRoots-t1u]

I used to have a “ teasmade alarm clock, it would boil water and syphon it into to cups and the morning alarm would go off as the tea was poured

[@p00kaah]

My parents had an alarm clock that made tea. It was called a 'teasmaid'.

[@bluesz1bluesz17]

I was a child of the 80's and my parents had a tea maker alarm clock.

[@biglummox9862]

My Grandma and Grandad had the very same alarm clock that made tea shown in this video... Wish I had kept it...

[@Stevececil777]

The tea alarm clock is a lifesaver here in Britain 😂😂😂

[@stumac869]

Those tea making alarm clocks were from the 1970s but never really caught on.

[@markdermody9698]

I have only just reached 6 minutes 50 seconds and I have 1 minor point for you, inside the engine you do not find a 'Pistol', you find an actual 'Piston' which contained seals called 'Piston Rings' which helped seal the pistons in the engine thus increasing the power output due to less loss of said power generated!

[@T0NYD1CK]

"... the haymaking threshing machine ..." I don't think he is a farmer! Hay is dried grass that is fed to cattle. Threshing machines are used to separate grain seeds from the stalks which is a pre-cursor of flour.

[@helenjarvis7755]

I doubt anyone still uses the tea making alarm clock They started to go out of fashion when I was a child I am in my sixties Haven't seen one for years

[@claregale9011]

My mum still used one bless her this was 4 yrs ago

[@Shellytrifle.]

I'm a cleaner one of my house's has one

[@LurkManorz]

Brits loving tea is a thing of the past. Yes a lot of people drink tea but I would say coffee is the most popular but I could be wrong

[@joeasher2876]

I used to have the alarm clock that makes tea... Called a "teasmaid".

[@vilebrequin6923]

The cats eye reflector is set into road lanes and reflect from car headlights in different colours to show lane demarcation.

[@markdermody9698]

My parents had a 'Teas-Maid' back in the early 1970's! I remember it well, but personally I prefer the Clock Radio Alarm!

[@SingeTheGinge]

What came first the chicken or the egg? Neither it was the Brits 🇬🇧

[@pkscarr]

and whilst we were there we trained the chicken to make tea and invented scrambled egg. of course, no way would we have been awake early enough without the alarm clock that makes tea.

[@ladyliberty5771]

You should ALSO check on what the Indigenous provided government, agriculture, etc... I was astounded by that too!

[@danwillcox6569]

My Grandparents used to have an Alarm Clock that made tea 🙂

[@DauntlessD]

Proud Brit right hear!!!!! I like your reactions bro.

[@jackiebond1146]

The Teasmaid was a great invention. My mum and dad loved theirs. Funny how they went out of fashion.

[@magnolia7277]

I had a 'teasmade', it was lovely to wake up to a 'cuppa'!

[@Mild_Peril]

I had a "Tea Maker" (That's what we called them,). Not gonna lie, but it was awesome. Honestly thinking about finding another one now.

[@Steve_W27]

They were called “Teasmade” not “Tea Maker”. They were a common wedding gift for a period!

[@bwilson5401]

The British modelled themselves on the Romans.Both weren't particularly violent.They built their wealth on trade.Thats why they lasted so long.Amongst other things, like rule of law,democracy,Not eating people(which was common practice in the Pacific,)solving tribal disputes,creating trade routes,bringing modern medicine into different countries,introducing agriculture to hunter gatherers,Introducing literature and schools,and the biggest damn thing in the world(that helps everyone get through shit!) 😢...TV. Nuff said.

[@markames6030]

My parents had an alarm clock that made tea. It was call a teas made.

[@ChubbBates-mh5xp]

It’s always Indians calling me and asking for my bank details as there’s a problem with erroneous payments from my account.There so helpful, where would we be without them.

[@9Curtana]

If we include the developments made by our offspring, the Australians, New Zealanders and American, the we scoop the pool.

[@ade3628]

I'm a brit and I haven't invented nothing 😂 but I'm proud of what my people have done. If only people knew this, perhaps we might get less hate but I doubt it as we live in a backwards world

[@isabellajones-hyde9194]

My Mum and dad had a teasmaid when I was young

[@johnlord9319]

It is known as the Goblin teas made and yes as the alarm sounds it pours you a cup of tea/ coffeeIhave had 1 for 20plus yrs

[@sherwoodprepper2544]

The British also stopped the burying alive of lepers. Also, the British went home eventually. Depending on sources, in the 900 (?) years before the British arrived, the largely Hindu population was at constant war with the, er, Mughal invaders, estimated at 50m deaths. The Brits left, the Mughals are still there...

[@foosty6]

I had a tea making alarm clock in the 1980s

[@sirteabag8652]

the one thing that would be different about India if the British empire never went there is that that would never be a country called India, there would be more different countries since it has over 2,000 ethnic groups and it was Britain was the only country that was able to unify the whole sub continent.

[@rach15ish]

Teasmaid was my parents alarm clock that made tea ☕️

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

Hi mate!it’s called a teasmade,been thinking about getting one,my grandparents had um all my life,sorry all their life RIP grandparents,🙏🏻maybe teasmaid

[@jang3412]

About India - good or bad? I'd say ask my husband - he was from India but sadly he died 10 years ago. Yes, I had to persuade him to change his Indian Passport to British because it was easier for travelling but I don't think he ever regretted it. He cheered for India in Cricket, but he cheered for us English in so much else of life. Yes, we traded with India and I reckon I got a really great bargain! He certainly never complained about his side of it all.

[@EileenHall-j9f]

I guess it depends on what caste you were born into.

[@billfear1]

He forgot to mention the founder of satellite system. Arthur C. Clarke.. another Brit

[@Meme78774]

My Nan and Grandad had a teasmade (alarm clock that made tea). It was fantastic

[@phillipnorton2929]

I wish thay though british history in the school's to the kid's we should be very proud the be british

[@Aubury]

New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik -just published by Columbia University Press - deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two centuries of detailed data on tax and trade, Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938.

[@dungton6066]

The Indian like to argue a lot about how bad the British is, imagine what your nation would’ve been if the British didn’t arrive, hundred of nations state fighting

[@SirZanZa]

India wasnt a country, it was like 100 warring kingdoms, the British united them all and essentially forced independence on them after ww2 by forcing them to create a constitution

[@ldewproductions7271]

We saved hundreds of thousand womens lives in India. We banned Sati, the practice of burning widows on the husbands funeral pyre.

[@HINDLIP]

not forgetting Louise Joy Brown first IVF baby

[@seldom_bucket]

Per the tea making thing no real brit would ever trust a machine to make a cup of tea. Mrs doyle was right about them things.

[@alvinbowen999]

Me mum and dad had a tea alarm clock

[@joeasher2876]

"India" not a thing before the British, despite the horrors of colonization, in the long run it actually helped India turn into the nation it is today. Not just by uniting it, but by bringing technology that made India great. And they can be mad about it, I understand, their nationalism needs to be founded on something. But did you know that the Romans did exactly the same thing to the British? They subjugated the British, but also brought technologies from around the world to Britain which later allowed Britain to become the first truly industrial nation and become so powerful that they became a near unstoppable empire... And I wouldn't have it any other way. Of course it was awful for the subjugated people at the time. But it was also the thing that made Britain great and now it is the thing that will make India great.

[@joeasher2876]

It's how progress occurred, without it both countries world have stagnated.

[@YemmaManstal]

The Swedes invented the rest. If not the most.

[@andrewfolkard6347]

Alarm clock is called a teamade

[@garrypettingale4314]

Where is the proof it was a residential building and who was residing there? Mabe mercenaries? I certainty wont take the tmes as a reliable source or any MSM for that matter.

[@BarryPaston]

Yes I have one 😂

[@Richnineteenseventyone]

Britain conquering countries was better than the French, Dutch, Spanish etc doing so. We are still slated for having tbe biggest Empire the world will ever see but we were not the only empire builders..... Just the best at it.

[@nathanbrown7346]

Totally respect you opinions. It is the truth. And it has to be accepted. If only the world could’ve kept the good that it got from thee period and we didn’t give them the bad

[@adrianduffen600]

I know Indian people that want the British Raj back........

[@sarahfoster6765]

Yes my mum has a teasmade now 😁.

[@kevinbarnbrook4728]

Frank whittle invented the jet engine, and as for his nonsense about South Africa and Israel being two great British inventions, both apartheid states that treated inhabitants cruelly.

[@gdfggggg]

Some say Apartheid was a good thing. Look at South Africa, now.

[@terrythomas8482]

The alarm clock is the called the Teasmade & you can still buy them 🙂

[@davidanderson7460]

I believe you're speaking English for starters , most of the laws that don't seem to apply to everyone

[@Skooty68]

Ahh the flushing toiled....the cistern was invented by Thomas Crapper....i shit you not.....He was from Thorne,just outside Doncaster,South Yorkshire (i used to live there)

[@markelmslie6832]

Hey this American has a great interest in us British! We'll start to feel Great British again instead of a United Kingdom!

[@cuebj]

ALARM CLOCK THAT MADE TEA! TeasMaid. Standard wedding present in 1970s and 1980s. We had one in 1984 and used it for a few months of marriage before giving up on it the TeasMaid, not the marriage, we're still together

[@markchip1]

And the Brits were the first to outlaw slavery!!

[@chadUCSD]

The UK didn't finish paying off the debts we incurred due to it making the world abolish the slave trade wasn't paid off fully until 2015.

[@nickdanger3802]

British brought slavery to North America and supported the confederate states in every way possible short of war.

[@markhinton1641]

You really need to learn actual real history before you bad mouth the Brits. For example in India before the Brits, what happened to Indian wives when their husbands died? ........,..................................They were forcably cremated along with their husbands by the husbands family even though they hadn't actually died. The Brits outlawed this practice very shortly after gaining control.

[@thegroovetube3247]

"If You Live In Freedom Thank The British Empire" ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYTRe4aLisRqp5I

[@richardshillam7075]

Not sure he bad mouthed anyone.

[@lizhoward-k7627]

A teasmade....yep, my parents, me...I had one.

[@dee2251]

We actually took the railroads to India and took the tea from China to India creating a whole new industry. We left them far richer than when we found them.

[@nickdanger3802]

First Opium War fought so British could trade opium for tea instead of paying in sterling.

[@paulinezarzoso6181]

Thank you❤

[@paulinezarzoso6181]

​@@nickdanger3802 only cus the Chinese government forced are hand cus they didnt want druggies so the UK sold it to them

[@Aloh-od3ef]

What did the British get from India? Some spices! Stitches! What did India get from the British empire? Modern farming. Vaccines. Education system. Justice system. Roads. Airports. Sea port. International communication. Gas/electric cooker. Hospitals. Clinics. Electric dam. Modern machinery. Factories. Metal ships and a UNITED INDIA! That is not holding a country back. That looks more like investing and developed!

[@martins24455]

💯 % spot on every place we made better brought law and order the famine that happend we was at war it was either feed soldiers or Indian people in India nothing is cut and dry

[@davidware9549]

And scammers till this day lol

[@martins24455]

@@davidware9549 how do you work that out that we're scammers when our empire grew through conqest open trade with different nations from different continent's and industrial revolution. We didn't scam anyone it was called war places we went people was already enslaved we set them free why do you think the places still celebrate our monarchy and the Queen bit strange don't you think 🤔

[@AbzScotland]

and don't forget Britain ended the tradition of widow burning.

[@lindathomas5500]

You forgot the railway’s!

[@LeeXRV]

Your view history of British involvement in India seems rather one-sided and not well formed. I know it's very popular to demonise the British and their history, however If we are to provide a balanced view of course the British did many things that were not good, they also helped India in many different ways beyond pure economics.

[@dreamteamneal]

I can definitely agree with this comment. I have only heard 1 side of the story. So i do agree I definitely need to figure out the other side before forming my opinion

[@LeeXRV]

@@dreamteamneal thanks for considering my response. At a glance the British improved or implemented; Railways and Roads, Improved Agricutlure, implemented a sophisticated legal system, improved public health and sanitation and the one that always stood out for me, they banned inhumane practices like the burning of widows (suttee) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice) and infanticide.

[@davidgilbert9917]

The British stopped SATI (widow burning)by declaring it a criminal offence.

[@08shunter]

@@LeeXRV Add Telephones, Police force, Schools. Electrical power grid and Government plus trained an Army. The British also created the countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh from Indian land to give a home for Muslim people to help stop the Muslims Hindu and Sikh people from killing each other. I know this is very controversial.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

We never " colonised " India. When we packed up 75 years ago, we actually just left. We did leave. Railways. Roads. Buildings. Water works. Electricity . Hospitals. A functioning legal system. Police force. Civil service. A Navy. An army. An airforce. Universities. A common language. Just because it fell apart at the seams or never moved on is not Britains fault. The first thing Indians did in 1947 was split and go into a religious war that cost 1,000,000 people their lives. It is still is on going.

[@johngodden4363]

The Brits abolished slavery. 😉

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

To surpresse other countries so they did not take over power. Read more.

[@luckybag6814]

They tried to abolish slavery; it still flourishes in sub-Saharan Africa in spite of their efforts. But most of the world was improved in this respect.

[@aitchellarmoire9944]

@@luckybag6814 And Africans in other parts of the world (even if their ancestors were transported by the Portuguese, who were the biggest slavers) are the first to demand apology and reparations from the Brits. How about demanding from the Africans, who indulged in slavery before the first white man ever set foot in Africa, and who still have it now?

[@nickdanger3802]

British brought slavery to North America. Haitian Revolution 1804 British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Britain banned slavery in colonies in 1833. Slave owners were compensated, freed slaves received nothing. Britain supported the south in every way short of war 1861-1865. see Trent Affair Alabama Claims Bermuda during the American Civil War

[@brandonduke118]

​@@nickdanger3802Until the workers in the British cotton industry walked out because of slavery during the Civil War. This caused Britain to stop supporting the South, Lincoln even sent a letter of thanks to the workers.

[@chrisbingham3289]

The man who invented the W.W.W. didn't patent it because he wanted the world to have it.

[@wutang6020]

Sir Tim Bernard's lee i think his name was or is

[@burstcity3832]

Same with Sir Frank Whittle and the Jet engine.

[@gherkinisgreat]

​@@burstcity3832Sir Whittle did patent it, the British government sold it to half the world though or didn't pretty the patent in the other half

[@BritishPolak_303]

What a brilliant video. All those people that cry today about how bad the British empire was. Well imagine your life without the what the British gave back

[@scottsmith2173]

I'm a bastard Brit. Your welcome 😀

[@CodeUK93]

You’re** get your bastard punctuation right! From another bastard!

[@vilebrequin6923]

You're

[@scottsmith2173]

@@vilebrequin6923 Apologies The Grammar Police are compulsive pickers. They correct everyone who doesn't measure up to their exacting standards. And they often do it in public. Some may feel they're 'giving a service' and some may feel they're 'educating the less well informed', while others are just vicious busy-bodies.

[@jazzx251]

Of all of those - the flushing toilet is sheer genius It's completely green energy - requires the natural forces of fluidity and gravity to dispose of natural waste ...

[@petersz98]

Stanley Whittingham invented the first lithium ion battery, strange he missed that one out!

[@dee2251]

To be fair, he did say there were a zillion other things he could mention 😂