To all British haters out there You're welcome...

@JosephB-tv7gf

27 күн бұрын

The haters out there exist due to the Brits. In passing, only the other week I found out the Brits invented the first blood transfusion service. And are far the largest per capita donors of all demographics in Britain today.

@BritishBeachcomber

26 күн бұрын

What do you mean by that.

@johnbell-yn5xe

26 күн бұрын

He means who gets the most criticism from people the man who builds a successful company or the man who picks up the litter in his carpark Thats us the Brits

@prophetsnake

26 күн бұрын

That's pretty much everyone.

@user-xd9rn8vu1z

26 күн бұрын

Interesting that you would recognise that there would be many haters.

Well, I'm proud of being British. Rule Britannia.

@benhodkinson6467

24 күн бұрын

Indeed! God save the King!

@stevesilk51

23 күн бұрын

Me too. No country should call themselves the greatest (USA try to) but Britain , (inc. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) are way up there.

@lostintranslation1957

22 күн бұрын

I'm proud of being old British, I'm not proud of being that new invention that the Tories have pushed. This anti-constitutional perversity they call multicultural.

@user-rb3zh6sz1b

22 күн бұрын

​@@benhodkinson6467 God save the King 🇬🇧

@youme1414

22 күн бұрын

You are proud of being a colonialist. Jeez!

The British Empire was so disliked by all those it occupied,that every one of them joined The Commonwealth. I don't see any other colonising power achieving that.

@stephenburgess5109

23 күн бұрын

So true didn't see Indonesia join a Dutch Commonwealth when they became independent and for the Pacific South Seas territories they are still ruled over by a European power the French in 2024

@dogsand77

23 күн бұрын

correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries

@dogsand77

23 күн бұрын

compare china's rise with the british empire's rise, The brits used their empire to conquer others that resulted in over 100 million of deaths, plundering india's wealth, stealing of native lands. While china's rise doesn't involve wars of conquest, stealing of lands, genocide of natives etc, they have a far superior economic system. When comparing the 2 countries china dwarfs britain in terms of accomplishments and gdp and growth and scientific advancements etc

@HieronymousCheese

22 күн бұрын

Like the USA?

@user-rb3zh6sz1b

22 күн бұрын

You're 💯% correct!

We virtually invented everything, now we need to invent a way of getting rid of people that hate us.

@dancarter482

22 күн бұрын

_Volcanoes_ Are somewhat undervalued for their exceptional waste disposal capabilities!

@Jamie_Pritchard

22 күн бұрын

I think we already came up with concentration camps... lol

@leighstreet8298

21 күн бұрын

Very true, I had a volume argument with an invader today, as to why we need them, as we the British are lazy, stupid and incompetent at running the the country...

@jacksprat9172

21 күн бұрын

They can start by arresting anyone supporting terrorist organisations like hamas or waving a swastika on British streets. Then make it a jailable offence for any news organisation to purposely mislead or lie to the public, that takes care of much of the mainstream media, from the guardian to the bbc. Then withdraw funding from universities who are spreading marxist philosophy and had half the country on its knees on behalf of blm which is run by a bunch of thieving, racist swindlers. And to all the net zero climate change cult members, who want to close our farms down (which would cause instant starvation across Europe)..........piss off! If a cow farts in Holland the sun will not set the Earth on fire, however much you may want it to, not going to happen, sorry doom-mongers. No Western Democracy is inherently racist though you may come across the odd one here and there, I encountered one once, about twenty years ago and told him what he could go do to himself, problem solved. Scrap DEI, its enforced racism and deport anyone from any hr department.....................anywhere, maybe a lost island. Stop promoting folk because they're the right colour or sex because that is racist and sexist. Anyone mentioning micro aggressions or practising cancel culture(especially those who deny it exists) gets sent to live with the hr department, as do all illegal immigrants and those who are not identifying as one of two, and only two, genders. Any politician with links to WEF can go rule over the hr departments island utopia. While I'm at it, anyone using terms like 'un-alived' can go there too.

@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67

21 күн бұрын

He never even touched on Common Law or Democracy,which without that those nobheads wouldn’t have a voice to hate us with!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧💪🏻

Its just a pity we Brits are not allowed to celebrate any of our achievements in this strange modern world.

@sarahjones7239

22 күн бұрын

We are allowed there is just a minority of anti western anti British who try to destabilise us…..don’t let them x🇬🇧

@johnnunn8688

22 күн бұрын

Yes, yes I am.

@benjamincjholmes

21 күн бұрын

We are allowed. And it's high time we speak them proudly.

@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820

20 күн бұрын

Stand up for your culture or we will be Erased!

@BillDavies-ej6ye

20 күн бұрын

Speak for yourself. As an engineer in three distinct technologies, I am proud of the foundations created by my forebears. And, for our failings, who did more to iradicate slavery in the world? Or, through colonisation, created a new lingua franca that many are keen to learn and profit from today?

we basically invented the 20th century. and probably the 19th- and we ended slavery.

@ToothbrushMan

28 күн бұрын

Er. First, we didn't end slavery. Slavery never stopped. Second, prohibiting slavery after 9 million were enslaved is too little, too late.

@stevewilcox6375

28 күн бұрын

There are more slaves now than ever!!

@mouthstick-gaming

28 күн бұрын

We may have been amongst the first to end slavery, but by God we profited from it immensely before that time. It's also a little-known fact that when did finally abolish slavery, we gave out the equivalent of millions of pounds of compensation...to the slave OWNERS, not the slaves themselves.

@mpetersen6

27 күн бұрын

Well, Britian did not end slavery. I will admit that they pretty much shut down the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th Century. The Anti Slave Trade Squadron also had ships from the US Navy assigned to it. But the Brits carried the load. Still slaves were flowing North and East to other cultural areas. And in the 1830s Britain officially ended slavery in the Empire. But I'd be willing to bet it was still going on quietly in places. The other two major European derived countries with slavery abolished the practice in the 1860s. In one it took a Traumatic Civil War. In the other, Brazil, it was done fairly peacefully. Unfortunately the practice still exists in parts of the world. Even in so calledcivilized parts.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Slavery is alive and well bud. Even in Britain!

Music….. MUSIC!!!! The British contribution to modern music is extraordinary

@user-rb3zh6sz1b

22 күн бұрын

Innit tho'? 😂

@traceys8065

22 күн бұрын

Yes!

@paulmay396

21 күн бұрын

Absolutely, hard rock and heavy metal were nurtured here and turned into global stadium-filling events known wolrdwide.

@paulmay396

21 күн бұрын

and punk rock!

@robertmac9057

20 күн бұрын

Oh yes, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie and loads more.

Britain civilised the world, for which they will never be forgiven.

@tokenspirit6140

17 күн бұрын

Now, that's a bit like saying we are the best in the world. Uncivilized at the moment.

@Liquid278

15 күн бұрын

Because of the way we did it, just like everyone else mind you but we were the best at it so everyone hates us

@timobrien2813

15 күн бұрын

And never forgiven!

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

You know, telling people that suffered under colonialism that they should be grateful is probably the worst thing you can do when you want them to like you.

@ChristineRead-ck1uq

14 күн бұрын

@@tokenspirit6140 Ah but that isn't the British, is it?

Don't tell the Guardian about this as it will ruin their day

@faithpearlgenied-a5517

24 күн бұрын

Idiotic comment.

@margaretflounders8510

24 күн бұрын

LOL...Good!

@user-wn1dl3kk6r

24 күн бұрын

Oh Guardian????????? 👍😁

@Zakalwe123

24 күн бұрын

I'm a guardian reader. This is great.

@harry2.01

23 күн бұрын

Great comment Michael, don't forget "The Independent" as well.

As a professional life long British person, I'd like to thank all my ancestors for being really, really good at inventing stuff.

@richardhockey8442

26 күн бұрын

standing on the shoulders of giants

@itwoznotme

26 күн бұрын

and building it! its just a shame about the current generation who just want to tell everyone what they are doing on facebook or whatever twatter is called these days.

@SvenTviking

26 күн бұрын

And war! We were great at that.

@alandyer1646

26 күн бұрын

South Africa, former British colony, that performed the first heart transplant and invented the CAT scan.

@prophetsnake

26 күн бұрын

Like the concentration camp, for example?

As a 83 year old Welsh Brit we oldies remember the history of WW2 its thanks to the Canadian Australian New Zealand India and many other Commonwealth country's who helped us. I have visited Normandy many times in my life and seen the graves of the young men lying there thank you to all those countries for being with us in our darkest days.

@peterjohnston377

14 күн бұрын

Well said.

@resnonverba137

12 күн бұрын

Countries...

@BoxTunnel

10 күн бұрын

Indeed we do, also non-commonwealth countries such as Poland, France, South Africa and others.

@farmerned6

7 күн бұрын

Debts of blood that can never be repaid especially (for me) the young men from other countries that fought and died in the Battle of Britain

@YusiAnimated-

3 күн бұрын

it's all thanks to the Queensland and her dominions that we have a free world today

Ending the Trans Atlantic slave trade and the Industrial revolution is plenty to be proud of. The modern world owes itself to Britain.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

We would've been a world power without Britain. Thanks to them, we are the only country to have a smaller population now than in the 19th century

@YusiAnimated-

3 күн бұрын

it owes more than that, they stripped us of our empire as thanks for all that and now we must deal with incompitent people in parliment doing NOTHING and i mean NOTHING to help our situation

@kevinrayner5812

Күн бұрын

Just running down the list, Saudi Arabia did not abolish slavery until 1962.

@kevinrayner5812

Күн бұрын

1996 The last Magdalene Laundry closes in Ireland.

As an Englishman, I have to doff my cap to our Scottish brethren - whilst the Brits as a whole have punched well above their weight in the invention of modernity, the Scots have made a massive contribution that belies their relatively small population. 👋👋👋👋

@benhodkinson6467

24 күн бұрын

Hear hear!

@YARROWS9

24 күн бұрын

Yeah. England and Scotland are like Lennon/McCartney. Creative geniuses.

@Rexkramer68

23 күн бұрын

Scottish are British

@McConnachy

23 күн бұрын

And we fought the wars. But we have a harsh history, and it got worse in the union. Cultural & linguistic genocide and the clearances, which is a polite term for ethnic cleansing.

@richrobson220

23 күн бұрын

@@Rexkramer68no they’re Scottish, numpty

And ended slavery, virtually bankrupting themselves in the process.Not because they had to, but because it was the right thing to do.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

And virtually bankrupted ourselves saving europe from themselves yet again (with the commonwealth and US of course)

@kennethrollo7891

24 күн бұрын

No, they didn't bankrupt themselves. They handed out government money to themselves.

@elkpaz560

24 күн бұрын

@@kennethrollo7891 In other words they taxed the British people to ensure that the freedom of the slaves was not challenged. In doing so, they avoided a civil war. British pragmatism supporting British morality.

@andylewis7360

24 күн бұрын

@@kennethrollo7891In fact, the British government BORROWED that money in 1833 and every British citizen who paid tax up until 2014 contributed to paying off that debt. And that doesn’t include the Billions, by modern day standards that Britain and the USA spent to eradicate The Barbary Pirate slavers. You’re welcome.

@nealerennie9912

23 күн бұрын

The White British ended slavery between the black Africans and white Europeans.But slavery is still happening today in Africa and has been between African tribes forever.And don’t start me on other non European countries it’s only white people who are very naught isn’t it everyone 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Not to mention the magna carta and the british common law tradition which is the foundation of all Western democracies.

@Mad-Cowpat

14 күн бұрын

British Common Law dates further back than Magna Carta: The Molmutine Laws of the ancient Britons. They are given in the form of triads and include: There are three tests of civil liberty: equality of rights, equality of taxation, freedom to come and go. Three things are indispensable to a true union of nations: sameness of laws, rights, and language. There are three things free to all Britons: the forest, the unworked mine, the right of hunting. There are three property birthrights of every Briton: five British acres of land for a home, the right of suffrage in the enacting of the laws, the male at twenty-one, the female on her marriage. There are three things which every Briton may legally be compelled to attend: the worship of God, military service, the courts of law. There are three things free to every man, Briton or foreigner, the refusal of which no law will justify: water from spring, river, or well; firing from a decayed tree; a block of stone not in use. There are three classes which are exempt from bearing arms: bards, judges, graduates in law or religion. These represent God and His peace, and no weapon must ever be found in their hands. There are three persons who have a right of public maintenance: the old, the babe, the foreigner who can not speak the British tongue. There are three things free to a country and its borders: the roads, the rivers, and the places of worship. These are under the protection of God and His peace.[7]

I've always attributed our inventiveness down to the British weather. " I was planning a nice walk, but the weather is crap so I'll stay in and invent something important".

@susanpowell6449

18 күн бұрын

Yes indeed, The Optical Time Domain Reflectometer was invented during a light shower over Grimsby (at the on the same day as Marmite) But not by the same bloke...though coincidently they were both called Jim and wore knitted top hats.

@TheShiner46

10 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

British are by far the best of all nations that have existed bar none.

@Imagineering100

27 күн бұрын

No way

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

The best of all nations? The British are fond of mutual masturbation. It makes them feel so good about themselves.

@frogandspanner

27 күн бұрын

But you have to admit that Ozzie's have taken our humour and cursing, and improved them beyond recognition.

@Angelcynn001

26 күн бұрын

and that is why every parasitically leeching third world retard wants to come here.

@davidtuer5825

26 күн бұрын

But, The English, the English, the English are best. We couldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.

British inventions = The modern world.

@dogsand77

23 күн бұрын

correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries

@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont

22 күн бұрын

*European inventions/ideas

@sprinter1832

19 күн бұрын

Industrial Revolution, BRITISH! who else would have built cast iron ships, when the whole world was pissing about in wooden ships and canoes!🤣😂😅

@Steelninja77

16 күн бұрын

@@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont What are?

@bucklr11

15 күн бұрын

The only European ideas were from the Romans

This is a nice antidote to the BBC radio 4 programme this morning about how we were awful colonists in Africa and what wonderful countries the liberated have become. Unlike me they have never lived in Africa.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Almost like there was some sort of 'unequal exchange' happening?

Don't tell Black History Month.

@plashplash-fg6hd

18 күн бұрын

Don’t tell the liberals.

@jakechapman254

16 күн бұрын

Don’t tell King Charles…. He will start apologising for all of the work the British have done.

As a Brit I have to say a big 'Thank You' for making this video. So many young Brits today are made to feel ashamed for being British. They should all sit down, watch this, and be proud and thankful.

@ewencameron1548

23 күн бұрын

Jolly good show

@edgeofeternity744

22 күн бұрын

Here here!

@malpreece5008

22 күн бұрын

Well said. I’m doing my best to counter the anti-British nonsense taught at my children’s school, but it’s relentless. Still, if we can remind younger generations of the great achievements of their forebears I’m sure it will inspire them in the future. 🇬🇧👍🏻

@lordhoot1

22 күн бұрын

Nobody has to feel ashamed of where they're from. But if you're going to choose to be proud you'd better at least be honest with yourself about the good and the bad. Or else it's just another kind of narcissism.

@ryu_san_

22 күн бұрын

Thank you, well said!

It's just jaw dropping when you realise how much one nation contributed to humanity when it comes to science. Mad respect for the British, past and present. Cheers from Brazil.

@TheCornish123456

25 күн бұрын

In reality if he was to list everything the video would have been hours long.

@sedekiman824

24 күн бұрын

Perhaps parliamentary proceedure?

@SirAntoniousBlock

23 күн бұрын

Err thats because they were already an empire (and so had the wealth and power) when the industrial age happened, they also sat upon easily accessible coal deposits which powered it.

@love-conquers-all

23 күн бұрын

Ty for your kind words with love from britain

@neil8675

23 күн бұрын

Thank you, You have a positive open mind!

As a Scot i say thank you for this video 🙏 What we achieved as a small nation is incredible. And as a collective, us Brits were genuineness

@Ionabrodie69

22 күн бұрын

Well said and quite agree , as an Englishwoman from the North it’s great to have such clever neighbours 👍😊

I applaud our British inventors, innovators and scientists. Truly proud that so much has come from such a small island. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🇬🇧

@dean5828

21 күн бұрын

Ireland 🇮🇪 is not British.

@neil8675

16 күн бұрын

@@dean5828 But they were, once upon a time. Far longer than they've been Irish.

@andym9571

15 күн бұрын

​@@dean5828 It was at the height of the Empire and the Irish punched well above their weight to sustain it. Part of Ireland still is ( as you know )

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

@@neil8675Ireland was British for a couple hundred years, and Irish centuries before that as well as 100 years ago to now. And what is you definition of English? Is it Anglo Saxon? Because they were replaced by Normans, who then mixed with the people to create a new kind of people. And the Anglo Saxons aren't native either, they invaded and kicked out the natives.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

@@andym9571We did not try to sustain it. Yous forcefully took our food, even during famine times we created 2x the necessary amount to feed us. Yous just couldn't make enough food for yourselves out of incompetence. We fought for 800 years and we'll fight you for 800 more.

I admire Great Britain so much I married a pommie. One side of my family is Scottish, and the other side English. I've always considered myself a proud colonial Canadian. One should not forget the contributions of English literature and of course the legendary English wit. What have the British ever done for me? Well, everything.

@reefrebels

29 күн бұрын

Beautifully expressed 👏

@H4CK61

27 күн бұрын

Very well said mate.

@markpitts5194

27 күн бұрын

English bloody literature????? You should have read some of the shit we had to do for O level exams!

@johnbell-yn5xe

26 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

@andylewis7360

24 күн бұрын

@@markpitts5194Such as?

I think we've forgotten that the Brits also gave the world an international language which is spoken by over half of global humanity as a first, second or third language.

@wolfthequarrelsome504

25 күн бұрын

Substantially correct.

@MrDaiseymay

24 күн бұрын

WE GAVE THE WORLD , DEMOCRACY, INTERNATIONAL LAW, POSTAL SERVICE. , CANALS, TELEPHONE SYSTEM. GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, IYER HEDUKATSHUN

@alanbarsteward7630

24 күн бұрын

And in space😊

@brianmitchell8904

23 күн бұрын

And English is also spoken in Space as any Star Trek fan has to accept And all the Superheroes Supervillains have to also accept that the first word they speak is English so they must of come from England even Krypton - Superman's home came from England originally all the heroes and villans originated from England.

@Opendjr

23 күн бұрын

And further refined by us Aussie’s

It's time us Brits stop being modest , polite and humble and declare “we gave you the best life you could have and ask for nothing in return but respect”.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Nothing in return except 47 trillion from India, trillions from Ireland and Africa 😂😂😂 We gave you all that and we ask for nothing but yous to fǔck 0ff and mind your own business

As an Aussie very very grateful to the Brits you gave us this great country down under although the labor party here is trying hard to destroy it Ledger Brits 98% Good 2% Bad

@razzle1964

23 күн бұрын

As a Brit we, too, are grateful you gave us the likes of the Waugh brothers, AC/DC, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie & Skippy. Cheers & “g’day, y’bastard”. 😉😅✌️🤘

@covertcounsellor6797

23 күн бұрын

Dead right, Daniel! To all those whingers complaining about the British Empire… especially the “Vote Yes” brigade, I always say, imagine what would have happened if the French, Belgians or Imperial Germans had settled Australia. For your answer, I suggest you Google “Lothar von Trotha” or Leopold II of Belgium.

@LittleBallOfPurr

23 күн бұрын

A lot of us think of you Aussies as close of a member of the family as England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland. Aussie humour is my favourite in the world.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Of course you Aussies liked it, yous were the ones benefitting, not the ones being starved to death and put into the world's first concentration camps and human zoos.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

⁠@@LittleBallOfPurrWe are not part of your 'family'. We've had enough of your "past"

Just wait until the Guardian readers find this video. They'll have a melt down.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

The guardian that profitted from slaving

@cuznerdexter

25 күн бұрын

Haha, truth hurts the lefty, especially historic truth. (Sticks work quite well also tho) 😂😂

@baldieman64

25 күн бұрын

@@user-it7lf7kk8m The Guardian also ran puff pieces praising Britain's very own wannabe fascist dictator - Oswald Moseley.

@martinwalker7202

25 күн бұрын

Oh, yes, Guardian readers wouldn’t be able to have a meltdown without the invention of newspapers!

@MrDaiseymay

24 күн бұрын

good

The collaboration between Faraday and Maxwell is sorely under-appreciated.

@douglasstrother6584

21 күн бұрын

... and Oliver Heaviside's subsequent contributions.

The Japanese actually came to the UK to study our railways and therefore begin their own, and look where they are now !

@willswomble7274

20 күн бұрын

Also car production!

@anthonyduffy1278

18 күн бұрын

I am not 100% on this. But I heard that the cut at Galton Bridge in Smethwick was at its time the world’s biggest earthworks. Allowing 2 canals and a mainline train track to pass through from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. Apparently a delegation from China (Japan???) arrived to observe its construction. Galton Bridge and I believe Smethwick railway stations are still active today in the bottom of the ‘cut’

@TripsandFeasts1

14 күн бұрын

The Russian word for a train station is pronounced ‘Vauxhall.’ That’s not a coincidence. Google why.

We live in a utopia created by a relatively small number of scientists and engineers. People don't understand how much our ancestors suffered before all this happened. The cultural change that is happening at present represents a return to a more primitive, backward world.

@GreatSageSunWukong

26 күн бұрын

this is a good point and I can't help but think religion plays a part in holding societies back, we had a big window in the UK and Europe as a whole where religion became fairly toothless allowing for hypothesis, debate, experiments and inventions to flourish without interference from the state/groups.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

Net zero is going to send us back there

@cuznerdexter

25 күн бұрын

Religion, homogeneity, pride and belonging was what kept Brit society stable. It created the thirst for knowledge and experimentation. No modern genuis is coming from a culture of Single Mothers, Gangsta Rap, Islam or Transgenders!! We are racing through the 'Mouse Utopia Experiment' societal collapse is imminent! (Tldr, the mice turn gay due to lack of female for sex, have civil wars, eat each other, starve and all die)

@excession3076

25 күн бұрын

On the surface it may seem like a small elite of scientists and engineers are solely responsible. But that elite can't exist without tacit support for them running throughout society. What's often overlooked is the respect everybody has, or used to have, for education, learning, invention and ideas. There's a reason we have centuries old universities, there's a reason literature is held in such high regard, the thirst for knowledge in Britain ran throughout society. As an example, Various Lords spent years digging up their estates discovering what they could about Romans, the Stone Age and investigating the relics they had left behind. A working class local woman in Dorset collected fossils, and with little formal education is considered one of the most important pioneers in the study of fossils. See the contrast? Do you see what connects them? They were British and they were curious. No other country, without coercion, has replicated or supported that level of intellectual exploration and discovery.

@faramir

25 күн бұрын

@@GreatSageSunWukong Huh? The deindustrialisation complained of here has occurred as British religious observance declined.

The British have been awarded the 2nd highest number of Nobel Prizes in history...

@silgen

26 күн бұрын

And the most per head of population.

@burtlangoustine1

25 күн бұрын

We men, it's said, think of the Romans at least once a day. When will it be the Brits I wonder? Is it already happening?

@crzxr

23 күн бұрын

And Anglo-Saxons?

@zenko247

23 күн бұрын

And the 1st highest number has so many from immigrants, Who grew up and were Educated in other Countries😁

@gibson617ajg

22 күн бұрын

An English Church Bell-Ringer enjoyed his job so much he carried on for hours at a time, day and night. The locals created an award for him - he was the first recipient of the 'No Peace Bell Prize' - which, of course, is still handed out occasionally.

This should be compulsory education

You discovered the most substances in the periodic table with us (Swedes) in second place. Science has always been close to our hearts.

They definately weren't sitting around watching netflix in those days.

@willswomble7274

20 күн бұрын

Or mis-spelling everything, showing their total ignorance!

The British are one of the greatest people that ever walked this planet.

@hlambourne3847

24 күн бұрын

Is that nigel planer you're on about?

@fredyellowsnow7492

23 күн бұрын

@@hlambourne3847 Edgy.

@Rexkramer68

23 күн бұрын

I can't take this anymore , I love my old country, 😢

@dogsand77

23 күн бұрын

i beg to differ, they killed over 100 million to have their empire

@michaelportaloo1981

22 күн бұрын

Walked the plank?

Even as a Brit I don't think I'd ever thought about just how much this country has been responsible for inventing. It does make you proud to be British. Yes, there are also some things we from history that we cannot be proud of. But when you consider just how much influence we have had in getting society to the level it is today, well, I doff my cap to Brits of the past. I do think young Brits should watch this as I believe all too often we are made to feel ashamed of our own country. We seem the be the "whipping boy" of modern society, but where would modern society be without the British inventions of the last few hundred years? Well, probably still in the dark ages. Thank you for presenting this video, I'll now have a look at other things you have done. Kind Regards,

This made me cry. My daughter and step-kids were not taught any of this. They believe anyone can choose their gender. They don't cope at all with debate or scientific questions. They are brainwashed by the internet, by the media, by the government. They know nothing. The only historical fact my daughter was taught in school in history (in the USA where we lived for a few years) was 'in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue'. When we moved back to the UK, she was overwhelmed. Thank you for this video.

Hats off to you Brits. Hands down the most prolific contributors to modernity.

@lizbignell7813

24 күн бұрын

Which, of course, is why Greta Thunberg blames us for climate change!!

@josephbuckley5961

22 күн бұрын

​@@lizbignell7813she's a just figure head for billionaires to make money off

In brief, we Brits have an amazing heritage of invention and discovery. Now all we have to do is to hold on to this and not yield to those that wish to undermine this heritage. That includes arresting those that climbed the war memorial on Remembrance Day and draped it with flags - not of Britain.

@fenixfp40

24 күн бұрын

Ooops, too late.

@nevillegrimshaw7758

24 күн бұрын

Beautifully put👍

@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb

24 күн бұрын

Deport. To our former colonies.

@dannypembroke2372

19 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, our government and its enablers (all UK police services) have emasculated and subjugated the British to the point of insignificance. Shame on them. I’ll be gone by then, but a leader will rise and drag these people to book. What a day that promises to be.

I think that is the reason we are hated so much around the world, because no other country comes anywhere near us, ask the Americans about inventions n they truely believe they invented everything that the Brits actually did, a small island actually ruled most of the world because of it's inventions.

@mrsentencename7334

19 күн бұрын

the America revolutionary war was a British civil war no matter how you cut it. We shouldn't compete with the Americans we should combine our tally

I live on the same street Samuel Crompton (inventor of the spinning mule) lived in Darwen, Lancashire. Proud of it.

@AndrewRoberts11

21 күн бұрын

A namesake invented the Electric Kettle, a century later, the there's Frye' bone china tea cups and saucers, Brearley's Stainless Steel teaspoons, all to enable the British tea break 😊

Every young person should be shown this!

@user-rb3zh6sz1b

22 күн бұрын

All the 'woke' should be shown this!

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

@@user-rb3zh6sz1bWhat if we, the colonised peoples, showed the British what they did? The biggest genocides in history, the invention of concentration camps, etc. etc. The Nazis copied the British, you know.

As a british citizen i can say that after hearing all this how shameful it is that almost all of British engineering and manufacturing is gone today. Apart from a few specialised low volume products there is only a tiny proportion of manufacturing left in comparison to what there once was. It was all left to fall apart, shit down and sold out. im not even sure there is a steel industry anymore. Sadly country has been ruined, sold off and totally bled dry by government corruption.

@A190xx

27 күн бұрын

The UK last week moved to the 4th largest exporter in the world. Much of our wholesale manufacturing is done abroad where either the resources are found or the labour is cheap, which is the price of globalisation. However, the UK still have a significant manufacturing industry, but mostly in highly skilled or specialised areas.

@Spiklething

27 күн бұрын

Genuinely love what I am assuming to be a typo, I am pretty sure you meant ' It was all left to fall apart, *shut* down and sold out' but what you have written is so much better

@mpetersen6

27 күн бұрын

I found it pretty sad when the two RN carriers wee built in France.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Capitalism is about making profit! If Johnny Foreigner can make it cheaper than your own workforce, then this is what happens! Simple economics!!

@abrahamdraper1911

27 күн бұрын

UK manufacturing wasn't "all left to fall apart". Rather, it was systematically demolished by the Thatcher governments. Ostensibly with the aim of 'modernisation', but more accurately in order to smash workers' unions.

Great video. Unfortunately, we now live in a society that has practically erased or is not allowed to acknowledge those achievements only the bad ones. Without pride in one’s country and its accomplishments the following generations have nothing to strive towards and it’s evident in the youth of today..

Yes, but …. In days gone by the Brits had an education system which encouraged objective thinking, rather than learning by rote without understanding the whys and wherefores. Sadly, education in all the subdivisions of the UK had tumbled down the league tables, thanks to the influence of our politicians. There is no greater threat to our politicians than an educated population!

A while ago the Japanese did a study on inventions and found that the British a tiny island at the edge of Europe invented over 50% of everything, that's the reason they're called Great Britain. The greatest nation and empire that ever existed.

@lorddaver5729

24 күн бұрын

No. That's not the reason it was called Great Britain. The term "Great" is a geographic term, not a political one.

@tomnicholson2115

6 күн бұрын

I'm sorry to contradict you, but ​@@lorddaver5729is correct, the great in great Britain is only there to signify the largest of the British islands. Some great things did come from there for sure, but that is irrelevant to the title, Great Britain.

@teeteringonthebrink.305

5 күн бұрын

@@lorddaver5729 Correct. You see this in villages up and down the country. Here in Cambridgeshire, I was born in Great Shelford - there is also a Little Shelford close by.

India was plagued by famine, but agricultural and storage improvements by Britain led to fewer famines and a huge rise in the Indian population. You should also read the book "the case for colonialism". The introduction of English common law was a huge driver in the development of countries around the world and brought investment into all parts of the British Empire. Remember Britain did not take over working democracies, they treated people better than the previous rulers.

@vonryansexpress

24 күн бұрын

Yes - famines and resulting mass deaths were common India but the British contribution to reducing this was multifold. . . The inyroduction of Railways and better roads enabled food relief to be transported, and communication by wire allowed the accurate assesment of where shortages were and areas of plenty existed to provide relief . . . The rapid growth of English speaking aided much better communication and the quelling of tribal conflicts greatly assisted food production and distribution . . . All of this aided population growth and health which improved the standard of living for many . . . India now talks of plunder and the inhibiting effect of British rule on Indian developement - Indias current developement however is based on all that the British bequeathed the world - if one wanted an accurate balance sheet I would say the debt India owes to Britain vastly outweighs that which we owe the Sub-Continent . . . Not only that but there are many millions of Indians alive today that would not be without the British Raj

@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey

24 күн бұрын

In India it should be remembered that there is the caste system at work too and no matter if anyone wanted to help there were those whom the native people themselves called the 'untouchables' and believed they should be left to themselves. It was next to impossible for in-comers even the British to help them.

@sedekiman824

24 күн бұрын

@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey The British also established hospitals, judiciary system, clean water, sent people to England to train as doctors, etc.

@user-kj8lq7mo2s

24 күн бұрын

But I reckon the invention and or legacy the indians loved the most that was bequeathed to em by the evil imperilists was none other than CRICKET.

@margaretflounders8510

24 күн бұрын

Exactly!!

Sadly I think your approach, based on truth and logic, is of no interest to those driven by resentment, and ironically in the short term may even fuel those opportunists who exploit the insecurities of “their people(s)”. However, you are absolutely right to stand up for the many British contributions, well done and thank you. More countries and societies should do the same, especially but not exclusively in the west.

Most of the British haters are simply jealous.

The man who never made a mistake never made anything, I guess the same can be said of nations and empires.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Yawn! Yes, very profound.

@andylewis7360

24 күн бұрын

@@DerekLangdonSarcasm’s a British invention too. 😊

@elainehumphrey2307

23 күн бұрын

@@andylewis7360 Yes, and so is the Lowest form of wit. 😉

@Ionabrodie69

22 күн бұрын

@@elainehumphrey2307Actually sarcasm is a highly developed form of wit which only certain people can master..

As a Brit I am damn proud of my Country, and it's History ( good and bad ). I still think our greatest invention was the Bacon Butty to compliment a good old cup of tea.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

The Bacon Butty? How amusing! It will never reach the dizzy heights of the Cheeseburger bud! It’s world renown, unlike your greasy piggy sandwhich.

@tinitus23

27 күн бұрын

The crunch question - with brown sauce or tomato sauce?

@melvinpackham7490

26 күн бұрын

Tomato ketchup, or HP sauce though?

@keithalderson100

26 күн бұрын

That and Victoris sponge cake, Eccles and Chorley cakes...

@Bobmudu35UK

26 күн бұрын

@@tinitus23 Brown..

My god we are now paying the price for all these improvements in everyone's life around the world.

As a Brit, this video is so refreshing! I am so tired of being made to feel terrible about what our ancestors did to the rest of the world. We acknowledge the fact practically on a daily basis. However, the listing of these accomplishments is just amazing. Please Reef Rebels do another to explain everything else….literature, films etc….I’m sure we would appreciate that so much here in the U.K. 😌🇬🇧💚🧡

@bloggalot4718

13 күн бұрын

Thank the BBC for this and their political masters.

Makes a change for the Brits to breast beat , we usually let the Yanks do that. But how could an Aussie ignore the contribution to the world of sport . its enormous. Soccer , Cricket . Rugby , Snooker . Darts . Badminton , Table Tennis , Lawn Tennis . Bowls , Skittles . The rules of Boxing and Horse racing .

@stephenbooth5929

27 күн бұрын

I recently learned that our game of rounders (now mainly played by children) was the source of American baseball. Rounders has been played since Tudor times.

@reefrebels

27 күн бұрын

Something for another video. PR

@axle.australian.patriot

27 күн бұрын

Gaelic football :P Ay, drink mead, rumble in the dirt and get your differences out of the way and move on and enjoy life :)

@jontalbot1

27 күн бұрын

Cos it’s a science channel

@frogandspanner

27 күн бұрын

And cards, according to Hoyle.

This should be mandatory watching for every country, particularly the good ole US of A

@cuznerdexter

25 күн бұрын

Agreed. Second that.

@All_Good_Things

25 күн бұрын

I think this would shock a lot of USA citizens as they usually believe they invented everything

@Japan-in-N

25 күн бұрын

Watched a documentary on the US invention of the Hovercraft. Mr Cockrell may have something to say about that.

@davidfrost779

23 күн бұрын

@@Japan-in-N The things the yanks invented you could put on the back of a very small matchbox

@B-A-L

23 күн бұрын

​@@All_Good_Things I can't think of anything that America invented entirely on its own!

Don't forget Britain was the first and only empire to that point to abolish and fought to end slavery..

@A190xx

27 күн бұрын

Around 2% of GDP was devoted to this cause

@miltonlevant3203

27 күн бұрын

No the slaves did

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Yes, the British have grabbed the moral high ground for themselves! And no bugger is gonna push them off!

@heronimousbrapson863

27 күн бұрын

Of course, Britain had to adopt slavery before they could abolish it...

@bushwhackeddos.2703

26 күн бұрын

Whilst its own working class were kept in abject poverty.

I see now why us Brits are labelled as "Racist"...it's hard not to feel superior when you come from a small island that invented most of the worlds "useful" inventions and had oversight of 90% of the world's countries during it's high point. If being proud to be British, with knowledge that other countries are much larger & resource richer have by comparison contributed very little, then yes, I do believe we are better than everyone else, so I too must be "racist".

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Do you... know what racism means? Do you know what race is? There's no difference in race between English people and French people... that's not racism, that's patriotism/nationalism (depends on the context.)

@majorlaff8682

13 күн бұрын

There is nothing racist about being superior to all other countries and cultures.

As an Englishman, thank me later 😉Did you mention Brunel? Probably the greatest engineer that ever lived? The man invented modern transport.... I even named my Rottweiler after him

Michael Faraday is the scientist that inspires me more than any other, he didn't even finish school, yet he was able to light up the world through generated electricity, a true genius

@grahamfrear9270

18 күн бұрын

🇬🇧👍

@David-wf1hr

17 күн бұрын

Dr. David Faraday - a descendant of the Victorian scientist Sir Micheal Faraday has invented a super way of distilling whisky which is in use at penderyn distillery near hirwaun

The British have been a blessing to human kind and this wonderful Earth.

*"It is impossible to imagine Australia outside the British Empire. Throughout our history we have been sheltered by the majesty and might of the Royal Navy. Our prestige in the councils of the world is a reflection of the light of Britain"* -Stanley Bruce, Australian PM

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Australia was a benefactor of the British imperialism. They are just as evil

We all know, critics and denigrators especially, that Britain has achieved more than any other country on earth - which is why English is the global language, whether you like it or not. The principal motivation for those who run Britain down is envy; and the more they protest that it isn't, the more obvious this becomes. Read Harry Bingham's book on how Britain created the modern world. Count yourself lucky - it might have been some other country...dictatorship would have ruled the roost, together with Chinese-style disregard for human life and the rule of law.

African people are very willing to credit British colonialism as a massive plus for Africa. Still today schools, universities, railways and hospitals all founded by the colonists. I have lived in Africa all my life. Further one cannot underestimate the contribution of missionaries. Their schools are are alive and thriving today. The students are polite, respectful and well educated. These people do not have a negative opinion on the colonial era.

@paulgraham3901

23 күн бұрын

My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick

@drwhatson

22 күн бұрын

As affirmed by the wonderful Thomas Sowell.

@johnnyf6617

19 күн бұрын

@@paulgraham3901 "My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick" Well, leaving a country with no experience in governing itself was bound to end in disaster. It would probably have been better if the Brits had handed over power more gradually to the local populations, helping them to develop their own systems of governance in a genuine partnership.

@RichardMontgomeryYT

19 күн бұрын

​@@paulgraham3901the British left any country that wanted independence with nothing as soon as they held no monetary value to them anymore.

@N1Moses

16 күн бұрын

It makes me sad that there is such a huge disconnect between African people and Black British people, alot of the Black British population have the worst view of the UK imaginable and want to be a victim in every way possible, they don't see the opportunities that people from the motherland would wish to have and would appreciate greatly to be given.

It is quite incredible the contribution to modern humanity that has come from a small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe. I am very proud to be British. I accept that the British Empire had it's faults, but where she stamped her boot, she took Enlightenement, Christianity, Technology, Health care, Modern transport systems, Telegraphy, Bureacracy and a Civil Service and of course, the English Language. She stamped out and abolished inhuman behaviours, such as Cannibalism, Human sacrifice, Slavery. But the British Empire was of it's day, and at the end of the day, Britain gave away her Empire.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

We had Christianity, a more pure version, and the English spent 500 years trying to change it to their blasphemous form of Christianity. Murders, killing half the population, banning freedoms, doesn't really sound very Christian, does it?

This should be shown in every British school.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

Away on tae fuck

It's a privilege to be born with a British passport, and it's an achievement to get one! Same goes for any nation with a Union Jack in their flag. Pity about Canada though. Even Hawaii kept theirs.

And while we were doing all that, we took time out to invent politeness, and showed the world how to behave with dignity and Christian charity.

@dulls8475

25 күн бұрын

The state is now actively anti Christian.

@sedekiman824

24 күн бұрын

And break for tea.

@Enoo-Wynn

23 күн бұрын

How to queue!

@Ghostdancer4444

22 күн бұрын

How to have a propa punch up at football? 😂

@sirkildalot8409

22 күн бұрын

Hear, hear. It’s just a shame that not more people are proud of that heritage and to see respect and manners going down the drain.

In 1928, RAF College Cranwell cadet Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbojet to his superiors. In October 1929. On 16 January 1930, in England, Whittle submitted his first patent (granted in 1932). Whittle was unable to interest the government in his invention, and development continued at a slow pace. (Enter the Germans!)

@mpetersen6

27 күн бұрын

Frank Whittle may have been the first to secure a patent. And Power Jets almost certainly did get the first aviation turbine running. But, there's always a but or buts isn't there. 1) Whittle was not the only one that had the idea. There were at least several other engineers looking at jet turbine aeroengines in the 30s in Europe. In the late 30s Lockheed was developing their own axial flow design. 2) Part of the issue Whittle had with his superiors was his boss was developing his own ideas for a turboprop design. 3) Resistance to the idea came from several factors. The first is the material science of the day simply was not up to the demands in terms of the needed high temperature alloys. Another factor with the alloys needed. Let's say you have a high strength, high temperature alloy. Do you have the cutting tools needed to shapeyhat alloy. And the machining techniques required. 4) Another was that the speeds being envisioned did not require jet engines. Also the piston aeroengine still had a lot of development left in it.

@vobchopper

27 күн бұрын

That should read " enter ze jermans"...😂

@johnburns4017

26 күн бұрын

The Germans copied the British jet technology. During WW2 British jets were far more advanced than the crude German efforts.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

It is suspected the germans got the idea from the patents. Given the lack of progress from the british authorities, the germans were able to push ahead.

@flybobbie1449

24 күн бұрын

Odd took so long as steam turbines had been around for a few years.

I’m a very proud Brit and I will not apologise for our mistakes until the rest of the world says thankyou for our contributions

Water pump invented in Cornwall - hugely important and also hydraulics invented in GB with the subsequent inventions of earth moving machinery and mini diggers along with suspension bridges and so much more.

15 minute video for this topic. Should be at least 15 hours

@JB9000x

23 күн бұрын

In a few hundred years we'll get that TV programme! 😊

I think British humour has contributed greatly to my - and most of the civilised world's - psychological health.

@Si_Mondo

22 күн бұрын

The Yanks do stand up better, in general I think..... they're an off shoot of us British though. 😅 Our sitcoms from the 70s through to the late 90s/very early 00s were mostly brilliant! Only Fools and Horses, Porridge, Open All Hours, Red Dwarf, Yes Minister/Prime Minister.... there's many, many more. All brilliant! Now, our comedy is mostly shit.

Not forgetting my great grandfather's invention, _Stocks and Dies_ patented on 7th August 1902. It cuts threads on iron rods etc. Where would most of the things we use today be without screws and bolts? His name was Douglas Andrew Billany (1865 - 1918), who was half Swedish, half English and a very clever man considering he never went to university. His second eldest son emigrated to the USA in 1915 and took the patent to his father's invention with him. It was first used by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where my great uncle later worked as an electrician.

First underground /subway network too!! Plus Concorde (along with the French); first heart transplants and many more medical procedures and of course GMT and longitude and latitude for navigation etc

@davidgifford8112

20 күн бұрын

I think you find the first heart transplant was performed in 1967 by Dr Barnard in South Africa, based on work being carried out in Michigan USA. However Cyclosporine was first used to stop organ rejection by Roy Carne from Cambridge UK. I will give you UT (Universal time) by Astronomers Royal Biddle-Airy who as a party trick also invented astigmatic lens to correct that eye defect.

British culture has always produced the best characters: Most famous outlaw: Robin Hood Most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes Most famous spy: James Bond Most famous nanny: Mary Poppins Most famous orphan: Oliver Twist Most famous miser: Ebenezer Scrooge Most famous king: King Arthur Most famous wizard: Merlin, Gandalf and Harry Potter Most famous knight: Lancelot Most famous castaway: Robinson Crusoe Most famous bear: Paddington Most famous gentleman's gentleman: Jeeves Most famous poltroon: Harry Flashman and many more.

@stup1299

25 күн бұрын

You forgot most famous serial killer : Jack the Ripper 🙂

@obi-ron

25 күн бұрын

I have to beg to differ on the world's most famous bear. More people are probably aware of Winnie the Pooh than Paddington, though he is also the creation of a British author.

@terrystevens5261

24 күн бұрын

@@stup1299 Jack the ripper was real, the others were not.

@crzxr

23 күн бұрын

Alice in Wonderland...Beatrix Potter...Hercule Poirot...Miss Marple - for goodness sake, there's no end to a very distinguished list. Effortlessly out in front.

@zenko247

23 күн бұрын

and Poo bear

We have the World Wide Web thanks to a British man....Britain has some of the greatest brains on the planet, I'm surprised you could cram all the achievements into a 15 min video!

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Britain claims to have invented many things, which in fact they hadn’t.. one example the telephone! They claim the ‘phone because A.G Bell was Scottish born.

@chrislewis4830

26 күн бұрын

he didnt he shortened the list thats what he said at the begining or we would be here all night lol

@davidtuer5825

26 күн бұрын

I wonder what's happened to them?

@martinrye712

26 күн бұрын

​@DerekLangdon well let me see if you are born in Scotland doesn't that make them British !!!!

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

The telegraph was invented in britain by wheatstone, even if you wont acee;t bell was Scottish

At last someone who is prepared to build up rather than knock down my country. Mostly these days people like Thunberg knock this country without any real knowledge at all. It's so easy to knock this country, but as an Englishman, I am so proud of our ancestors who saw it as a challenge to do something to benefit not only our country, but the world. Yes we have done things I hate, and rightly so, every country has bad people who do bad things and I don't condone any of it, but the good people who did things to eradicate disease, for example is an outstanding achievement. So God bless my country. I'm proud to be English and proud to be British! Thank you for putting this together!

As a 24 year old Pacific Islander I thank the Brits for thier ancestors who made invaluable contributions to humanity's advancement. I am grateful to be born in a time far better then any other as a result of Western Civilization Project. I wish more of the young Brits today would be taught to appreciate their heritage.

I think Florence Nightingale deserves a mention - she pretty much revolutionised health care, in particular introducing hygiene regimes on wards. Prior to Nightingales' intervention, hospital wards were themselves a dangerous place to be, with ward based infections killing more than the injury/illness that led someone being admitted in the first place. Nightingale was also a statistician and gave us the pie chart. Nightingale turned nursing into a profession.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

27 күн бұрын

Actually during the Crimean war she believed in bad hummours, there were many MALE doctors that promoted hygiene before her.

@reefrebels

27 күн бұрын

Good point

@stevebull4578

27 күн бұрын

Ugh...I suppose if we have to mention a woman, it may as well be her.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Yes, dear old Florence does deserve a mention.. in regards to a nursing career, no blacks need apply! Mary Seacole had to fund, and find her own way to the Crimea to take up nursing. And became much loved and respected by the British troops…She is the true lady with the lamp!

@TheCaptain64

26 күн бұрын

Good point Jeff but also remember Mary Seacole, she done much the same as Florence Nightingale .

You forgot the light bulb, invented by Joseph Swan a couple of hundred yards away from where I live in Gateshead.

@toxictony4230

25 күн бұрын

Welcome to the north of England. We created the modern world.

@gibson617ajg

22 күн бұрын

He also invented matches.

@theSFCchannel

22 күн бұрын

AND LONG BEFORE THE lying yanks DID, TOO

Jeezuz, the list is utterly endless i thought it was incredible that the turbofan was British but this compilation is mind boggling. So inspiring

Not science, but in sport we also invented Association Football, Cricket, Rugby and Golf. In music, many, so let's just mention The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In literature, many, so let's just mention Shakespeare and Tolkien

The British Empire did wrongs on occasion but it should be remembered that the Brits were a mercantile empire who conquered via trade rather than outright military might, yes the Royal Navy decimated any opposition militarily and it's red coats and army was an efficient war machine but that wasn't the ethos of the British. they treated colonised and conquered people with far more dignity than the other empires of the day.. especially the Spanish who were fond of genocide (look at the aztecs) the British empire forced everyone to abandon slavery that is probably the biggest and proudest achievement any country has ever had ever the British actively declared war on entire empires to force them to abolish the practice spilling it's own blood and spending it's entire wealth on the project. that should make any colonial possession the British once held and any westerner for that matter proud.

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

What a load of white washing crap. The British Empire was never a force for good!! Never, Never, Never!

@frogandspanner

27 күн бұрын

It is a myth that the British Empire grew wealthy through free trade: it was by _controlling_ trade and, when other countries objected, sending in the gun boats and forcing them to buy our opium. So, when right wing politicians and economists (the Tufton Street _Tufty Club_ ) argue that free trade generates wealth they are patently wrong. Mind you: UK left its Indians with its own country, free of the Moghul or any other empire,, railways, democracy and a decent civil service. US left its Indians with reservations and drink problems.

@msbecks7004

26 күн бұрын

I bet people who lived in other empires didn’t have it as good

@alandyer1646

26 күн бұрын

Efficient military machine? Must be why Brits celebrate the Fourth Of July.

@Bobmudu35UK

26 күн бұрын

@@alandyer1646 That was a civil war.

Not bad for a tiny island. And now we have Rishi Sunak (groan).

Thank you Reef Rebel, for teaching me, a Brit, about some things I didn't know. I share with as many people as I can 😊

To all the British haters out there, whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you do, your life has been hugely improved by Britain. Here's some other things the Brits invented (a few of them may have been mentioned here but I've left a LOT out. Electronic Programmable Computer, Touch Screens, World Wide Web, Television, Telephone, Time Zones, ATM, Photography, Thermos Flask, Lawnmower, Float Glass, Light Bulb, Chocolate Bar, Electric Telegraph, Modern Fire Extinguisher, Carbon Fibre, Cats eye, Soda Water, Hypodermic Syringe, Reflecting Telescope, Collapsible Baby Buggy, Marine Chronometer, Synthetic Dye, Hip Replacement, Passenger Railway, Toothbrush, Linoleum, Electric Kettle, Modern Torpedo, Glider, Jet Engine, Wind Up Radio, Safety Bicycle, Modern Cement, Tension Spoked Wheel, Seed Drill, Stainless Steel, Spinning Frame, Bessemer Process, Electric Motor, Hydraulic Press, Modern Sewage System, Hovercraft, Tin Can, Steri-Spray, Waterproof Material, Electric Vacuum Cleaner, Disk Brakes.

@johnnybeer3770

24 күн бұрын

Not to mention the Harrier jump jet .

@maureenm8462

24 күн бұрын

Not to mention the concentration camp, wasn't the Germans

@SirAntoniousBlock

23 күн бұрын

Don't forget liberating the aborigines from having to wander all about their continent and helping all those Irish with their weight loss program.

@aking-plums6985

23 күн бұрын

@@maureenm8462 The concentration camps were first used by the Spanish in Cuba.

@RaveyDavey

23 күн бұрын

@@maureenm8462that’s a myth actually.

The world has very short memories & when they do, only choose to remember selectively. Britain is without doubt the most remarkable country & by a considerable margin, been a net force for good on the rest of the world. Cheers from NZ

@DerekLangdon

27 күн бұрын

Preach your subjective crap to the Māori people, and tell them how lucky they are to have you living among them!!!

@Climpus

26 күн бұрын

@@DerekLangdon if they would like to live in a primitive hunter-gather basic agricultural society - they're welcome. I wonder how many have turned their backs on NZ society and live in the woods....?

@Rocko130185

26 күн бұрын

​@@DerekLangdonthe maori only turned up in NZ a couple of hundreds of years before the Europeans and they were fond of genocide themselves.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

26 күн бұрын

Remember the maori weren't indigenous to NZ

@Climpus

26 күн бұрын

@@user-it7lf7kk8m They were the first humans to get there though.

Just imagine ending slavery and then getting guilt tripped for it heavily today while the Arab slave trade was longer, bigger, crueller, and yet Arab guilt isn’t even a concept, let alone a match in guilt. Hell, the main Arab idol utterly worshipped today was a slave trader himself…

@mmcc5846

Күн бұрын

Emperor the British never ended slavery that is a lie

You can’t discredit a country for the bad without giving credit for the good and positives it brought upon humanity

I am a British Englishman and Your Welcome.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 I tell people who slag off my Country and Culture. Name me a Empire that’s done no wrong.😎

@Si_Mondo

22 күн бұрын

I'd live to know what those Roman emperors would say, if they could see what those blue painted savages that kept rebelling against them ended up doing! 😂😂

@jboydayz

18 күн бұрын

@@Si_Mondoexactly, as a Brit, I am so proud of our history, from savages being invaded by civilised peoples to civilised peoples invading savages. Truly a national turn around

@gaynor1721

17 күн бұрын

*You're. As a "British Englishman", I would expect you to have a better grasp of the language.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

The Soviet Union from 1922-1953 the People's Republic of China from 1950-now

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

@@gaynor1721what do you expect, hes british

"there ain't half been some clever bastards" Ian Dury, English musical genius 😁

@blackbob3358

24 күн бұрын

Was'nt the "nicest of chaps", ms Louise. I think it was the "hand he was dealt" , in life.

@michaelportaloo1981

22 күн бұрын

He once stole a Razzle mag though.

Don't forget how Britain invented or at least established the rules to practically every major sport played worldwide and the offshoots they spawned in several countries too! I'm particularly impressed at how Britain invented downhill skiing as both a pasttime and a sport, despite there being no mountains in England or Northern Ireland, no mountains in Wales that are suitable for skiing and only a few small mountains in Scotland that aren't big enough to hold world class events! To Switzerland and Austria in particular... You're welcome!

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

No mountains in Northern Ireland, except Slieve Donard, Slieve Binnian, etc. etc.

The Modern tractor with three point linkage is another, if you include someone from Northern Ireland, this is something that all modern agriculture is based on.

The bengal famine was caused by the Japanese invasion and occupation of Burma. The British government did attempt to find ships from the Americans to transport food from other parts of India, but all ships were needed for the war effort. Besides, the governments of the Indian provinces were responsible for their own internal affairs at this point, not the British.

@possumyx

20 күн бұрын

Churchill got the Australians to agree to ship thousands of tonnes of wheat to the beleaguered Bengals. Britain's ships were tied up in the Atlantic at a heavy cost.

@mrblobby6284

18 күн бұрын

dont worry. we'll be blamed for it anyway

@johnbell-yn5xe

15 күн бұрын

Indian speculators HOARDED FOOD until the price went up

@andym9571

15 күн бұрын

Ive been banging on about this online for years. Even tho it has been debunked Churchill still gets the blame. All the BLM lot up in London in 2020 were continually going on about it.

@tempejkl

15 күн бұрын

@@johnbell-yn5xeso, like the Ukrainian kulaks in the USSR. Somehow, a famine which affected mostly Kazakhs and Russians, caused by Ukrainians, was blamed specifically on a Georgian, who sent aid to Ukraine. I don't get it either.

I guess I'm one of the few people bashing anti-colonialists today who the algorithm found and tossed this gem at. Thank you! ;)

@michaeld5888

27 күн бұрын

These anti-colonialists will always happily accept and brag about their ranks in the Empire which is always most amusing. It is all just puff and wind when it comes down to it and and dangle a pointless nonsensical prestigious gong in front of them and they just come a running whatever.

@mehallica666

27 күн бұрын

Same here.

@cuznerdexter

25 күн бұрын

The only reason they can even 'bash' Colonialism is because of the British achievements that now enable this weak simpering generation to live in such comfort and safety.

@dogsand77

23 күн бұрын

with over 100 million deaths attributed to the british empire how can you bash them

4 of our planet’s top 10 major sports were coded in Britain. It still staggers me how worldwide football is.

It's nice to listen to facts instead of politics.

Thank you for this!!! As a nation we need to stop being silenced and dumbed down and stand up for a fantastic heritage.. Nobody's heritage is without a flaw!