What I know about UK politics

[@severs1966]

Apart from the silly pronunciation joke at the end, this is a remarkably accurate summary of UK politics. You seem to have understood how it works here a lot better than a large chunk of the UK electorate.

[@vero91]

Hung parliament sounds like the title for a political themed porno

[@steampunklemur]

It seems we have a hung parliament. Thank you, gents. You can put your trousers back on now

[@StevioGaming1]

"Seems like we're gonna... need to push through some legislation" bow chika wow wow

[@joshkusiak7613]

Ryan William and it’s gone

[@Oscar-vv6dn]

Cameron's coalition was a fantastic idea, for the conservatives. The coalition was the main reason the Liberals collapsed. It was the only time that the Liberals had been in power in anybody's lifetime, and they made a bunch of promises, but considering they were the tiny part of the coalition, they couldn't live up to many of them. Some Liberals get quite offended when you call them that. Originally the Liberals were one of the two big parties, a classical Liberal party focused on rights and such. They were vaguely to the left, however once more of the public gained the vote they fell into obscurity, as their traditional base of the lower middle class was eaten up by Labour, a growing socialist party. They last won a majority in the 1910s! By the 70s they were consistently getting just a few seats, so they merged with a newer small party called the Social Democrats to form the Liberal Democrats.

[@Oscar-vv6dn]

@jamie shay You’re quite right! I just knew that they formed a government and exerted a lot of power so I just assumed, thanks for correcting me

[@genius31415]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't austerity a stain on the Tories that cost them their main advantage, economic managing. The Coalition cost the Tories an ally, and one that is gaining support.

[@ThexxCODxxFATHER]

"I thought you people spoke English" funny thing is, two of those weren't English :P

[@StevioGaming1]

that was the joke -_-

[@MedicGaming]

r/wooosh

[@tobeytransport2802]

Fact: Sinn Fein is registered as a political party both in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and stands for office in both countries however they only take their seats in the Irish dail and not the British Parliament because they object to the northern part of Ireland remaining in the UK hence the British Parliament always has a few members missing who don’t even turn up to take the oath (thus missing out on being paid)

[@callumdoherty1882]

Just to add, we also had coalitions during the economic troubles of the 1930s called 'National Governments' - these were so unpopular we now use the word coalition. Soon enough 'coalition' will be so unpopular a term that we'll have to make up a new definition.

[@isaac.g7421]

Brit here: You're mostly correct. But the left wing/right wing thing is a little off. I mean I don't speak for everyone but it seems people view different strands of socialism as left wing as different strands of socialism (further or lesser depending on the extremity of their views) and the right wing tends to be differing strands of conservatism to the same extent. Liberalism is not so much left wing (seemingly what americans would consider left wing) but rather as more of a central view, like a sort of political blank slate with some members of the Liberal Democrats being more left wing or right wing than others (as is the case in most political parties).

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

Liberals being described threw me at first, but I have seen them described as centre-left which is fitting especially since the departure of the coalition hitters like Clegg, Hughes, and particularly Laws. Centre-left is a fair description.

[@redsoxws]

@@Hugh_de_Mortimer Ehh Lib Dems are more centrist than centre-left though

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

@@redsoxws depends on the Lib Dem: the Yellow (book) tradition is unquestionably centrist to centre-left; the Orange (book) tradition is centrist to centre-right.

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

Your analysis was about right! Thanks for the video!!

[@legionxiii8055]

Sinn Fein is Irish, it is pronounced 'shin feyn'.

[@sambarsoum3125]

Legion XIII Sinn Fein operate in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK government system.

[@madra214]

Sam Edward Barsoum he didnt say anything to make it sound otherwise

[@morbidsearch]

Sam Edward Barsoum There's also an ROI Sinn Fein

[@sherk3286]

Legion XIII SALVE

[@malikaihorton3378]

Thanks for telling me how to say that I

[@TheOmegajimes]

A-Lal-Lance is now the official pronunciation.

[@frankienphil9261978]

In America we just say A-lie-ance there is actually a town named Alliance.

[@hughbowden5696]

@@frankienphil9261978 that's how everyone says it, he was making a joke in the vid

[@Daneclaw]

Wait. Alliance is a hard word to say???

[@tylercartwright2270]

Purple Fox Sinn Fein is Irish and plaid Cymru is Welsh, so in answer to jj's question, we do speak English but those party's use Welsh and Irish to name themselves, like if the USA and Mexico formed an alliance and became United but Mexico had to follow some laws but could make there own if they...... The Mexican party who wanted to leave would have a Spanish name.

[@fionn9770]

I think he knew but for some reason acted like he didn't know.

[@huiticus]

Whooooooshhhhh

[@andreasmc1]

yes 😢

[@SteveMac110]

Sinn Fein is a party from Northern Ireland and is pronounced Shin Feign (Feigning an injury). The are the only party that are an All-Ireland party, meaning that they are present in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The also have a policy of abstentionism as they don’t recognise the British State and therefore don’t take their seat. The run on this Mandate and are elected by Nationalists in Northern Ireland. Alliance is also a Party from Northern Ireland. They run on a cross community mandate, and designate as other- where as all other parties designate as Nationalist or Unionist. Politics in Northern Ireland is a bit difficult to understand, but it is certainly interesting if you take the time to read about it. I’m sure you would find it interesting

[@GeoNeilUK]

First off, we've had an election since then! Also a couple of things you missed out... None of the main parties that you named in this video stand in Northern Ireland, who have their very own political parties. These parties aren't divided on Left vs Right, but Unionist vs Irish Nationalist. The main Northern Irish parties are: DUP - the Democratic Unionist Party, the party that likes to say *NO, NO, NEVER, NO, NO, NO, NEVER, NEVER, NO, NO, NEVER, NO MORE!!!!!!!* The party of Ian Paisley. The main party of Protestants and people who want Northern Ireland to remain in the UK. They also have links to lovely organisations such as the Red Hand Commando, UVF, UDA, UFF, UVF... Sinn Fein - (pronounced Shin Fain) the party of Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. The main Irish Nationalist (aka Republican) party and of Catholics. They also have links to the IRA. This party is so hardcore about wanting Northern Ireland to leave the UK and unify with the rest of Ireland that when elected to Westminster, their candidates don't take up their seats, because apparenty to do so, they'd have to swear on oath of allegiance to the Queen. UUP - The Ulster Unionist Party, the other party of Unionsist and Protestants that nobody votes for anymore. SDLP - Social Democratic an Labour Party, the other parry of the Nationalists and Catholics, when eleced, they do take up their seats in Westminster, execept they don't get elected anymore. Alliance - (pronounced Alliance) are the party that's supposed to be cross community, nobody's ever voted for them. Also, while the Scottish have the SNP (who only stand in Scotland) the Welsh have Plaid Cymru (pronounced Plied Cum-ree) who are the Welsh Nationalists, they only stand in Wales. Lastly, while we do by and large speak English, The Scottish have Gaelic which only a few of them speak, the Northern Irish have Irish and the Welsh have Welsh. It's often said the Welsh only speak English grudgingly and that if you're caught speaking English in certain parts of Wales (most notably in the North) they burn you at the stake, y'know, like what I imagine would happen to you if you went to Quebec and spoke English instead of French!

[@john26razor]

Thank you! Very insightful

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

Ah I can see this is very unbiased

[@GeoNeilUK]

@@paddystrongjaw9995 Not sure if you're being sincere or sarcastic...

[@krombopulos_michael]

True about Northern Ireland being primarily nationalist vs unionist, but to some extent that has also reflected a left-right dichotomy over the last few years, with the unionists positioning themselves more as religious conservatives and the nationalists positioning themselves as left wing progressives (especially since Sinn Féin below the border are now Ireland's biggest left wing party).

[@itsme-sn5gi]

I know there are small Irish speaking communities in the Republic of Ireland. I don't think there are any mainly Irish speaking areas of Northern Ireland?

[@BoraCM]

We also had lots of hung parliaments and coalition governments in the latter half of the 19th century, when the IPP (Irish Parliamentary Party) consistently won enough seats to prevent the 2 major parties from winning a majority. Also, there was another coalition government formed in 2017 when the Conservatives formed a coalition with the far-right DUP (Democratic Unionist Party (one of the Northern Irish ones)).

[@JonasSalk]

Correction: UKIP won 1 seat, not 2.

[@jackguest145]

Still too many

[@rezziey8435]

I always forget that UKIP is far right and think it's the Scottish independence party.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@jackguest145 Ah yes we should just have EU dictatorship shouldn’t we

[@jackguest145]

@@paddystrongjaw9995 2 years ago

[@alfiesharp5181]

@@jackguest145 Not enough, UKIP got 12% of the popular vote yet just 1 MP, I know British leftists don't respect democracy but you must admit that they should've got a lot more!

[@johncabrera4171]

"I thought you people spoke English" 😂😂😂💀💀💀🤣🤣 I'm dead

[@deniz6187]

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[@davidrees2040]

Plaid Cymru is Welsh, meaning literally 'Party Wales' (or 'Party of Wales', as Welsh doesn't always see the need for connecting words in the way English does). Phonetically, it's 'Plide Come-ree'. But fair play to you, that's the furthest away attempt at pronunciation I've ever heard!

[@dylanisntfunny]

Sinn Fein= Shin Fayn Plaid Cymru= Plied Kumree

[@iwillmurderyourfamily4537]

dynasayus no one cares about Ireland and wales lol

[@TMThesaurus]

But he nailed the pronunciation of Alliance

[@johnwilson4687]

I'm Canadian (admittedly form Quebec and living in the UK) but you're the first Canadian I've heard who actually does say "aboot".

[@yerdasellsavon9232]

A Quebecois eh, so your (not) accually Canada

[@Oliver-pi4wd]

We just had a hung parliament!!! And my fav is the raving lunatic party!!

[@BoraCM]

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

[@marc21091]

A good outline of the British political system and the 2015 General Election outcome. Perhaps JJ would like to try a piece on Brexit....

[@a.i.l1074]

Surprisingly good summary from a Dominion inhabitant. I'd say plah-id coom-ree and shin fane, although both Welsh and Irish are Celtic languages so I'm as clueless as you are

[@WanukeX]

3:03 - Hung Parliaments are basically the norm in the Canadian House of Commons at this point, of the 7 Federal Elections since 2004 5 of them have resulted in Hung Parliaments.

[@pearse9116]

"I tried to focus on the less controversial stuff. But if you're a British person listening to this" **Angry Irish person in Northern Ireland noises**

[@chris-mv3gf]

Why do Americans use Democratic and Republican but the rest of the world uses Liberal and Conservative?

[@eelsemaj99]

At the first election, there were no parties. At the second there was the democratic republicans and the whigs. The wigs fell out of favour and the democratic republicans split. This is a massive oversimplification but its more or less true.

[@chris-mv3gf]

Oh, thanks!

[@BillCameronWC]

One of the odd differences betrween the major UK & US political parties is the colours often used to represent them. In the UK (where I'm from), blue is used to represent the 'right of centre' Conservatives, whereas in the US 'less-right/centre-left' party the Democrats is normally shown as blue. In the UK our 'left-of-centre' Labour party is shown as red, which is what's used in the US for the generally more 'right-of-centre/right wing' Republicans. Another curiosity is that it was under the first Republican President, Lincoln (formerly a 'Whig'), that slavery was finally abolished, even though it took a further century for a Democrat President, Johnson, to go further and enact the Civil Rights Act. What all this really illustrates is that the political systems of countries which spring from similar roots whilst similar in some ways are often strikingly idiosynchratic. To Canada, the US and the UK might be added Australia and New Zealand, the last being the first amongst those 5 countries to allow women to vote.

[@chris-mv3gf]

Thanks, Bill Cameron! But I'm wondering how the Republican Party went from Abraham Lincoln to Trump Dump. Also, how did the Democratic Party go from Andrew Fatson to OBAMA!

[@BillCameronWC]

Christopher Anthony Ha ha, li'l ol' ignorant me, British not American, is not courageous (or mad) enough to wade into that particular discussion 😉

[@jbjaguar2717]

Video was good. You could have included a little more about the minor parties though because they are very important to British politics despite their small numbers: England: The Conservatives (Tories) and Labour as you say are the major parties, with the LibDems as the distant third, traditionally. But in the last election, UKIP (the UK independence party) suddenly had a massive surge in popularity pushing them into third place for the first time ever. This was because they wanted Brexit, which as we now know is supported by most Brits, and no other party openly supported Brexit, at least at the leadership level. Wales: The situation is the same as England, except that there is an extra party, Plaid Cymru, who advocate Welsh nationalism (about 1/5th of Welsh people speak the Welsh language, a Celtic language which is only very distantly related to English, and also many people in Wales feel that Labour is not progressive enough. So Plaid Cymru combines these two policies: support for Welsh language and identity, plus left wing progressive politics.) Plaid rarely win many seats but have been growing in support in recent years. Northern Ireland: Very complicated - the short version is that Ireland was conquered many centuries ago by England, and the Northern and Eastern parts were settled by thousands of Protestants from mainland Britain. 100 years ago rebels in Ireland fought a war of independence against Britain, but many people (mainly these descendants of British settlers) opposed the rebels. So they decided on a compromise: the Northern quarter of the island, which had the highest density of Protestants, would stay in British hands, and the rest would become an independent 'Republic of Ireland'. But British Northern Ireland was not 100% Protestant, and the Catholic minority there fought a bitter insurgency against Britain because they were excluded from the independent Ireland, and were backed for a long time by the Irish Republic, as well as by Americans of Irish descent. This only ended about 10 years ago. An agreement was reached that Northern Irish catholics could be considered citizens of the Republic if they chose. But these people don't get a vote in the Republic because they don't live there. And so they usually vote for Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist political party. Sinn Fein MPs refuse to sit in the Westminster parliament on principle, since they don't believe themselves to be British. The rest of Northern Ireland is divided between various parties, most of which are affiliated to but not the same as mainstream British parties: so the largest party, the DUP, is basically the Northern Irish wing of the Conservatives, for example. Scotland: Scotland is now represented in Westminster almost exclusively by the SNP - Labour, traditionally Scotland's main party, was nearly wiped out at the last election, holding on to only one seat out of 56. The Tories rarely do well in Scotland and they also got only one seat. The reason for this is that nearly half of Scots support independence, and like UKIP, the SNP is the only independence supporting party. The non-independence supporters are divided between the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems, and so none of these parties can hope to beat an SNP candidate in any given constituency when they are up against a solid block of 45%. It should also be remembered that the 'countries' of the UK are like US states* - they each have their own country parliaments. The Scottish parliament is also governed by the SNP, and rules Scotland with a high degree of autonomy. *Confusingly, whilst the UK is itself a country, its 'states' are also called 'countries'. So Scotland is a country within a country, and the same with the other 3. Technically the UK is not a country, it's a sovereign state containing 4 countries, the same way as the Kingdom of Denmark is actually a sovereign state containing 3 countries: Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. There are a number of European countries organised like this.

[@stepanfedun9122]

Jb Jaguar England doesnt have it's own parliament Westminster doesn't count since its the BRITISH Parliment not the English

[@BoraCM]

England and Northern Ireland don't govern themselves.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

The DUP really isn’t the NI wing of Cons, the UUP are generally more of the Cons wing NI, probably because they were at one point

[@rud3d0gg]

Why the heck don't you have more subscribers? I love your channel and your videos are always fun to watch.

[@josemuniz6533]

I'm the only one that think that he looks like Borat with this moustache?

[@tominalgl1308]

we have a multiparty system

[@michaelgpd1103]

The whigs and liberals could hardly be called left wing

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

^

[@newstartyt3700]

Yea but before Labour they were considered the more progressive alternative.

[@michaelgpd1103]

@@newstartyt3700 Define “progressive” they were the party most opposed to intervening during the Irish Famine

[@newstartyt3700]

@@michaelgpd1103 I was meaning that they were more overall on the left than the Conservatives, still pretty centre-right, but less so than the Conservatives. And they also did good in the areas where Labour does good today.

[@sicgc7658]

Scotland uses the additional member system, this means they have two votes: The first vote is under the FPTP system, where they vote for a constituent MSP [73 constituencies] The second vote is for a regional MSP under Proportional Representation, 8 MSPs for each region [7 constituencies] This makes a grand total of 129 MSPs. So not only does Scotland have a different (more democratic) election system, the voting age is 16 in Scotland, whereas it is 18 for the rest of the UK.

[@eelsemaj99]

Only in the scottish parliament. In the welsh assembly they use the additional member system and in n.i they use multi member constituencies, but in general elections, everyone uses the plurality system

[@alfiesharp5181]

The voting age being 16 is not a good idea, young people don't have a clue about politics, the voting age should probably be higher than 18.

[@sicgc7658]

@@alfiesharp5181 A lot of 16 year olds seem to have a better understanding than a lot of 61 year olds. It’s almost as if what you’re criticising is people who’re uninformed about politics being able to vote. Isn’t the whole reason politicians are against aptitude tests for voting is because it would basically eliminate everyone from working class people who don’t have time to be politically caught up on all the intricacies or the gammons who believe the Daily Express is trustworthy would no longer be eligible to vote? The whole point of campaigning for elections is meant to rectify this; if campaigns themselves aren’t capable of engaging nor education the electorate on why, who and what they should vote for - then that’s the fault of the political elitism; not the everyday person, let alone some arbitrary voting age that isn’t the age of majority (legally) or the age of consequential competence (medical).

[@sicgc7658]

@@alfiesharp5181 Should we raise the voting age to 25 since brains don’t fully develop until then? Should we have a voting age limit of 50 because above this point cognitive deterioration, memory loss and development diseases like dementia begin to fully set in? So, should we limit the voting age from 26-49? To ensure everyone who is voting, is fully capable and educated on what it is they’re voting for? 🫠

[@MurrayC_11]

Sinn Feín [Shin Fain] is an Irish Republican Party and their name is in the Irish language Plaid Cymru [P-lyd Cum-re] (genuinely) is a welsh separatist party and name is in welsh

[@gamerzgorillaz1113]

Good analysis you got it fairly accurate for someone who isn't English. P.S try talking more about the history of the countries politics and i thought it was a good vidio

[@JackGillies]

Scotland has its own parliament can you do a video about that please as i can give you the information about it and the independence referendum

[@dylanlcreser]

The reason that none of the major parties wonna seat in Northern Ireland is because they don't run there and allow the DUP, Sinn Fein, Alliance, SDLP, UUP and others to run against each other as part of the NI peace settlement, although the Greens and UKIP still run in NI.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

I thought Canadians spoke English? What the 'eck does "aboot" mean? :-P

[@gayvideos3808]

It's their dialect of English

[@MurrayC_11]

About and its Scottish dialect cause he has Scots heritage

[@john26razor]

Canadians do not speak like that.

[@garethcoleman6979]

Interesting video. However, there are a few things I disagree with. I would say UK politics is closer to European than American, with Canada being in between. While the UK has a FPTP-single member system like the US, and therefore leading to two-main parties, the general political landscape of the UK is more similar to that of the rest of Europe We have a parliamentary system like most of Europe, with multiple parties. Also, having two main parties, one left and one right, is pretty common in most countries throughout the world, and not restricted the UK, US and Canada. For example, in France, while smaller parties have more influence and coalitions are common, most of the votes go the either main left leaning party, the Socialists, or the main right leaning party, the Republicans. In Spain, it is the right leaning People's Party, and the left leaning Socialist Workers Party. In Germany, it is the right leaning Christian Democratic Union and the left leaning Social Democrats. Most countries have two main parties, one left and one right. Also, the British concept of left and right is different from the American one. In UK, we have three main political traditions, socialism on the left (currently represented by the Labour Party), liberalism in the centre (currently represented by Liberal Democrats, historically the Liberals), and conservatism on the right (represented by the Conservatives). In the US, the two main traditions are 'liberalism' on the left and 'conservatism' on the right. However, both of those traditions are classical liberal in origin, with American 'liberalism' being classical liberalism with progressive social elements (therefore being a form of social liberalism), and American 'conservatism' being classical liberalism with conservative social elements (therefore a form of conservative liberalism). There are no mainstream socialist or traditional conservative movements in the US. Also, in the UK, the word liberal means something more akin to what it means in Europe, i.e. centrist, with the possibility of being more left leaning if the emphasis is on social liberalism, or more right leaning if the emphasis is on economic/classical liberalism. Either way, 'liberal' in the UK is not left-wing.

[@jamesellis7919]

Im Irish and Sinn Féin (in favour of a united Ireland) is pronounced like Shin Fayn

[@stefane4581]

0:05 That is not true, Labour and the Conservatives aren’t dominant. There are also Liberal Democrats, SNP, UKIP, Sinn Féin and Green Party who are serious opponents.

[@jackdonnelly9885]

They most definitely aren't 'serious opponents' it is unlikely that one of those smaller parties could win a majority therefore not making them dominant. For example, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) is only able to win seats in Scotland (obviously) and in Scotland there are only 59 seats that are available for Westminster meaning that they will never have enough seats to rule or even be considered for a coalition government really. Under First Past The Post (FPTP) smaller/third parties are 'discriminated against' as they may receive many votes across the country but they do not receive these votes in concentrated amounts in single constituencies. For example as J.J said, UKIP received 3.9 million votes across the country in 2015 but only received one seat. Labour or Conservative are always going to be the ruling parties, unless there's a change to the voting system used in the UK.

[@oakleystubbs6604]

david cameron resigned a few months back now

[@marcusturner27]

Although I'd agree with the fact that Canada and the UK have similar electoral systems, the US has a completely different system that doesn't really have a parallel elsewhere. Unlike the UK and Canada, where constitutiancies are drawn to have (generally) similar populations, the US presidential election system uses state plurality to decide the president. I assume you're confusing that with our House of Representatives, which is similar to the UK and Canada parliaments, but that has no power in electing presidents.

[@josephbarrett4454]

“I thought you people spoke English” Sinn Fein is in Irish Plaid Cymru is in Welsh 😂😂

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

Wait, wait, wait...this is the first time I have ever heard the 'left' political orientation used to describe Whigs. Sure, compared to the Tories they were more liberal, but...it seems quite strange to consider them left-wing. Especially since the modern left tends to be marxist and atheist.

[@sambarrett3059]

You know more than most people, please come an vote over here

[@stevewood8914]

Actually UKIP won just one seat, they were predicted to get two. And like other commenters have said (and I suspect you know) Sinn Féin is pronounced 'shin fane', and Plaid Cymru is pronounced 'plide cumree'.

[@ryaningham5374]

The UK is not a 2 party system. Yes, 2 parties mostly dominate the parliament, but other smaller parties get a lot more recognition. The US solely recognises the 2 major parties - third parties don't get any screen-time or recognition. In the UK, parties like the SNP (which are the largest in Scotland), UKIP, Lib-Dems and Greens get much higher proportions of votes than third parties in the US.

[@TravisPlaysYT]

Please do one on New Zealand

[@rowantheboatadair]

Sinn Feín is an all Ireland republican party, there name is Irish for "Together Alone" depicting their want for Irish unit and independence from Britain. They're also abstentionist and don't take their seats.

[@thephoenix3155]

UK and Canada have similar politics America is different.

[@ada4927]

Admittedly, you did your best in spite of all the controversy, and a lot has changed in this country in two years. Personally, I don't support any party whatsoever, which makes me the black sheep of a family that supports UKIP...god help me!!!

[@Britishdarnlib]

Even more has changed, but now I want to ask. How does your family feel about UKIP being a fringe party?

[@joelmyers-burton741]

Plaid Cymru is just Welsh for party of wales, wales has tried to hang on to their native language but I've never met a Welshman who speaks it fluently

[@jh-hq7yy]

I'm one of them 🤗

[@aidenlukem]

Never been to the west of wales then obviously

[@x_8643]

Is basically on life support.

[@gamerzgorillaz1113]

When the conservatives where elected I was devastated I live in the north of England where the conservatives in particular don't seem to give much wealth to us I.e the Torres focus more on London and southern places

[@RejectedRecords1998]

I know this is an old comment. but how did you vote it 2019? The Conservatives made large gains in your area of the country.

[@eoinbertwistle9972]

he actually put an irish political party in there

[@louisjefferies2733]

they operate in Northern Ireland as a nationistic party

[@tobeytransport2802]

they aren't allowed to govern with a hung parliament as Mrs may showed us when she paid northern Ireland a ridiculous amount of money just to get about 6 DUP seats

[@benm8214]

Sinn Fein pronounced "Shin" and "Fain" (Fein rhymes with Pain) and is Irish-Gaelic

[@iwillmurderyourfamily4537]

No one gives a shit :^)

[@lenny9837]

the third parties are alot more popular than you think acctually, and a tad annoyed you didnt talk about brexit

[@orlandoweichistocool]

Um. Canada's parliementary system is modeled after the British system. Also Canada is a 3 party system (conservative liberal NDP)

[@johndoedeer5250]

I like your political videos

[@dogofwar897]

plaid cymru is welsh and it means welsh party (correct me if I am wrong)

[@CarwynAndrews]

Plaid Cymru isn't an English name or an English party, it's Welsh

[@mkvenner2]

Those last three were Irish, Welsh, and Irish in that order, they do that to piss off the English.

[@tombell2938]

Says Northern Ireland Subscribes instantly

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

The last election in which I voted.

[@bavariantrawler]

Why do you lump Canadian politics with that of the US? We are not that similar, politically speaking. I like your content, nonetheless. :)

[@JJMcCullough]

+Collin Blatt I disagree, I think we're very similar. Two most similar countries on earth, I would say!

[@bavariantrawler]

But not really politically. Socially and culturally, probably. How are we any more similar politically than the UK to the US?

[@JJMcCullough]

+Collin Blatt Wait, I'm confused. Are you American, British, or Canadian? In any case, the UK, US, and Canada all have a very similar two-party system based around broadly similar philosophical conceptions of "right" vs. "left." I think the way we conceptualize policy solutions is broadly the same, as well, to the point where politicians and policy makers in one country will often look to one of the others for workable ideas, or for that matter, bad ideas to avoid.

[@JJMcCullough]

+WorldNews92 I really disagree. The monarchy is completely irrelevant - most polls show Canadians don't even KNOW we're a monarchy - and the parliamentary system and party system are not as relevant as philosophy and ideas when it comes to defining political culture. I cannot imagine a man like Jeremy Corbyn becoming a party leader in Canada - we don't have that same tradition of radical Marxism, which strikes me as very European. I don't think most Canadians have any idea what is going on politically in the UK. Britain is a very foreign country to Canadians in a way the United States is not.

[@WorldNews92]

J.J. McCullough 1) The Monarchy may not be a influential in government as it used to be, but it is still relevant to the way the Canadian government is set up, and one which it makes it different from the US. 2) I think the constitutional arrangements of a nation completely influence its philosophies and ideals. If Canada had the same ideals about democracy and government as the US it would adopt its system of government. 3) "I cannot imagine a leader like Jeremy Corbyn becoming a party leader in Canada" - nor could anyone in the UK! (Sorry, I couldn't resist). But in all seriousness, Canada does have a tradition of democratic socialism, which it shares with the UK, and which is virtually non-existent in the US. 4) "Most Canadians [don't] have any idea what is going on politically in the UK". So what? Most British people probably don't what's going on in Canada, nor would most Americans to either country. That doesn't mean the differences and similarities between US, UK, and Canada aren't there. 5) Sorry for numbering my posts, and rambling on for a bit. Dispite evidence to the contrary I do actually enjoy these videos.

[@drewpamon]

Hung Parliament eh? That's either what you call it when the monarchy regains their former status as divine right ruler or a new political themed adult film.

[@doom-mantia]

To think I discovered this guy's channel because I came across a video of Tarek Fatah whining about white privilege. Great content! Short and sweet

[@abra6611]

i came from sjw bs too... wonder what the algorithm is

[@tobiasbengtsson2112]

+Abra tag politics?

[@momoglo1644]

I heart you.

[@DrexelGregory]

“Shin Fane”

[@tadeasgubala7576]

Sunny Fein is the Irish republican party i.e the party that on the revolution against the British Empire and it's pnounced [Shin Fayn]

[@ieceineint452]

The only difference is that the conservatives are quite moderate

[@ieceineint452]

I think he either has ADHD or needed a piss whilst recording this.

[@aviatorsound914]

To be fair here I believe that no country in the world are truly representing the people like I believe that all head of government should be elected by the people in which in powering the people which means giving power to the people should what democracy should be. Like The problem with political party is that it’s rewarding loyalty rather than serving the peoples interest like I believe that you you swear a oath to the country not to the government like I do have criticisms for many parliamentary democracy that is not being able to choose the Head of Government like democracy should be choosing head of the government not choosing the party. I would make the same argument in the United States that Government shouldn’t be rewarding loyalty to serve the peoples interest they should be serving the people in which they need to be a public servant to the people.

[@Waterford1992]

UKIP got 1 seat not 2

[@krashthiskar]

it's hard being young and conservative. especially when most of the people around you are liberal

[@eelsemaj99]

I feel you

[@PiousMoltar]

It's also hard being liberal when most other "liberals" are fucking loony SJWs. And also when your preferred party gets 8 fucking seats.

[@eelsemaj99]

PiousMoltar I understand. In my country, 'Conservative' means nationalist brexiteer UKIP voter or further right. I'm only a moderate, guys don't blame it on me

[@krashthiskar]

SJW lol yea most liberals online tend to be SJW nut jobs right up there with Trump supporters from my side. I'm moderate so Trump wasn't really my first choice.

[@eelsemaj99]

Jerrie Sweet I feel sorry for those not represented in single candidate elections, such as presidential ones. I like a parliamentary system better, where it is more about the party than the person

[@lewisdavey466]

Great!

[@nathanjohnwade2289]

What about Australia

[@Marcus51090]

The separatist alliance will be crushed, for the continued security and prosperity the U.K. will be reorganised.... INTO THE FIRST GALACTIC EMPIREEE.... *thunderous* *applause*

[@oliverleonard7730]

Cameron wanted to make the Conservatives more centre - hence he went into government with a centre party - shame it didn't work out and he ended up losing to his right-wing fraction and ending up out of office with the right taking back over his party, shame really, if only he hadn't held that silly referendum on Europe he might still be there. Clegg has sadly gone too now, things are pretty dark with no sensible moderate candidate likely to win as everything has become pretty polarised. I just hope Jo Swinson emerges as a contender is a few years.

[@Gallalad1]

Am I the only one who wished "hung parliament" had a different meaning?

[@misterminty4095]

NotSoSober Gamer nope

[@nonmagicmike723]

Gay

[@randomsatanist953]

Sweden usualy has about 8

[@renukadaluwakgoda3149]

Sinn fein are Irish nationalists and they don't take the seats in parliament.

[@historiaromae2704]

You said UKIP was far right. I actually thought you were conservative but I guess I was wrong

[@northchurch753]

British Nationalism is very much present in the UK Independence Party so it's not unfair to say that it leans kinda far right

[@historiaromae2704]

Mathew The Canadian being a Nationalist doesn’t make you far right

[@mvx2066]

Historia Romae yet all nationalist movements have led to an influx of authoritarian and racist ideas. I wonder why that is.... (im a centrist btw don’t even use the default defence of calling me “LIB”

[@numberbird23]

We had another one

[@playthegamelike]

Alliance is an english word

[@ruairimasun1073]

it comes from French actually

[@mawgans.9646]

I’d say, actually, that Britain’s ideas of political philosophies are a little towards the left - the liberals seem to be more on the left, the tories seem to be centre-right, not purely conservative, and labour.... well, socialism is hardcore. And you have to be REALLY communist to be called one.

[@rudymatheson1415]

some partys are in some parties like ukip

[@kaiandchanellesimmons502]

Sinn Fein is pronounced Shin Fane and Plaid Cymru is pronounced Plide Kumri. You forgot to mention about my constitutions MP who is conservative but cannot represent them because of him being the speaker of the house of commons, hence why it is grey on the map. You also forgot to mention about Sinn Fein's inability to be in the Houses of Parliment because it is an Irish Party and is only voted by the Northern Irish.

[@ybuRnoipmahC]

Its more of a 3 party deal Ukip is now gaing alot of track

[@mylerwilson4879]

This has aged badly

[@anthonyjefferies312]

it's shin-fane,play-ed kum-ree and a-lie-unce

[@zakhawker344]

Just wanted to say we usually call the Liberal Democrats the "Lib Dems". Sounds better.

[@badatfootball9]

Nailed it tbh

[@brendanbethlehem999]

The coalitions are back...

[@georgeiii2998]

The Conservatives have only been around since Victorian times. It's a bit like saying the Republicans have always been around.

[@joshuacarre06]

3:52 oh God you said it so wrong

[@lioncow1120]

UKIP only won 1 seat

[@erikhoffman3370]

Good cause UKIP needs to burn in hell

[@hungarycountryball1056]

Erik Hoffman even if you disagree with UKIP, would’t you say 1 seat for 13% is a little un Democratic.

[@lioncow1120]

@@hungarycountryball1056 No its not fair however in the 2019 election UKIP only got 0.1% of the vote though its successor party the Brexit party got 2% which would be enough for a seat under proportional representation. The full results under PR for 2019 would be Conservative - 284, Actual - 365 Labor - 209, Actual 202 Liberal Democrat - 76, Actual 11 Scottish National Party - 26 , Actual 48 Green party - 18, Actual 1 Brexit party - 14, Actual 0 Democratic Unionist Party - 6, Actual 8 Sinn Féin - 4, Actual 7 Plaid Cymru - 4, Actual 4 Alliance party of Northern Ireland - 3, Actual 1 Social Democratic and Labor Party - 3, Actual 2 Ulster Unionist Party - 3, Actual 0

[@steakismeat177]

Okay the first two were Irish, but the last one was Alliance which is an English word so how did you not get that one

[@77Catguy]

Do you wish to maintain ties to a motherland which is bereft of values which are anything other than nihilistic, and to continue to swallow those same values force fed to you by oligarchs who seek to undue your society and reshape it to serve their interests rather than yours? Would you choose to reference the values of your neighbor--the US--whose oligarchs own the same propaganda sources and thus force feed their values with the same purpose in mind? Or would you choose to find value in the tried-and-true Judaeo-Christian values which are actually at the root of successful Western cultures and which provide a positive basis for choosing to act in accordance with such?

[@Ab-wx1jr]

Says at the end, *how do you people spoke English?*

[@ciaranreed91]

UKIP only got 1 seat, not 2.

[@hexoslaya3696]

Ciarán Reed no they got 2 but refused to take one of them for some reason.

[@cosmiccomic7375]

Is he left or right? Im trying to tell

[@themanthemitchthelegend6183]

Plad-cum-ree =Plain Cymru (Cymru= Welsh name for Wales)