Venezuela has free healthcare. Try to tell me how wonderful Venezuela is. You people are unbelievably stupid.

Oh its you again. And I thought trolls only lived in the Scandinavian countries. If you live in a pit full of razor wire the government only giving you a free bandage isn't the problem with that country, and Venezuela isn't the USA. Try to stay on subject idiot.

@@coot1925 - All nations which favor universal health care have a hell of a lot in common with each other, and none of it is admirable. That's the only topic which you should be discussing here. All of these nations which are moving towards a Marxist style way of doing things are hell bent on having a permanently single ruling political party. Don't say it isn't so, because it most assuredly is. A true democracy is in effect disappearing. Healthcare is 10% of the American economy, and turning over such a huge portion of the economy to control of the STATE is a disaster waiting to happen. A real business is responsible to itself and its shareholders. A government is only responsible to the people who elected them into office, so there's not much to lose except for being in office. Oh, but that's the difference. It's only politics, but some people are still willing to risk absolutely EVERYTHING in order to achieve political power, and the power is over other citizens, with no thought whatsoever of serving citizens such as the political Right has always done. Democrats have a history of always behaving like this, meaning serving themselves rather than serving the nation which they inhabit. The American constitution shall one day hang by a thread. That deserves a repeat: The American constitution shall one day hang by a thread. The Left fucks you, but the Right serves you. That also deserves a repeat: The Left fucks you, but the Right serves you. Democrats are the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow laws, the party of assassination, the party of CONTROL over citizens. In the USA, the political Left now wants to make sure we get "free bandages" just like Venezuela; but they want to charge $5,000 per bandage, and also destroy the extant medical system. That's fully 10% of the American economy. Exactly how wise do you believe it is to turn over such a huge portion of the economy to the Feds? Since when has the Federal Government ever been thrifty? Do you want doctors making medical decisions, or the Feds? Whoever favors universal healthcare has his head up his ass. DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO SERVE YOU, HELL NO. THEY ONLY WANT TO CONTROL YOU.

The Left fucks you, but the Right serves you. That also deserves a repeat: The Left fucks you, but the Right serves you. Democrats are the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow laws, the party of assassination, the party of CONTROL over citizens.

A fact about the monarchy that those who wish to end it ignore and present false facts about.

Using the money and lands that they have stolen.

@@paulm2467 how does anyone even quantify that today. its history.. if everyone went around thinking like you, the entire USA would need to get out and give the lands back to the native indians.. where does it all end?

@@Glee73 it's not about them, it's about the sycophantic press and people who put them on a pedestal. It's also ridiculous to try and sweep under the carpet that the US was founded on genocide and slavery. The rich and powerful are the scions of scumbags and it shouldn't be forgotten.

The Obama family are still costing the American people $2 billion per year in funding and security - for 8 years of service - and will continue to do so for the rest of their lives.. The monarchy costs each person in the up £1.23 per year. And it embodies our entire heritage, uniting the nation, above politics, going back 1500 years. There are 12 European monarchies, all dating back centuries. It is a depth of history and heritage and symbolism which Americans can't even begin to fathom.

Politicians should be Kate’s at minimum wage and given no benefits outside of the legal minimum Makes them more aware of the situation and if dine right might cause the Tory party to disband Might get some actual leftists in government

Agree

Yep our laws are at odds with most of Europe and the world,here you can do anything as long as there no are laws against it. As with Europe where you can only do something if there is a law that says you can.

@@davidangry8785 Sorry, that's not true with most rules/laws in much of Europe. For the most part you can do... unless there is some regulation or law that says you can't or more often 'how you can'.

Let's compare our country with another across the pond who broke away from Mad King George to obtain freedom from the Crown. Freedom..yes, but contrary to catchy slogans, memes and other slick forms of electioneering though, the government of the United States was never intended to be a pure democracy. In fact, most of the institutions today’s activists complain about were designed to thwart the pernicious effects of too much democracy. They’re anti-democratic by design. Rather than flaws that require remedy, these institutions were (and are) essential safeguards for individual liberty. There are many differences between the UK and the US in this definition. As far as I'm concerned, the biggest difference are the 2 Supremes Courts. In the UK, the justices are nominated by an independent commission, chaired by the president of the court, a senior judge from anywhere in the UK to be named by the president and members of the appointment commissions from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.These rules, experts say, mean that political positions of nominees are often unknown or irrelevant in the process.(wise old men (and women)). In the US the Supreme Court is anything but neutral. In the US Supreme Court candidates do not have to meet any qualifications and serve lifetime terms - a contentious topic for many. That is why replacing a justice is one of the most consequential decisions of a president. Presidents tend to nominate people with the same ideological positionsIt biased, and when you have 6 Republicans vs 3 Democrats, as is the case right now, with Donald Trump ignoring death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's wish to replace her after the election. Instead her place was given almost immediately to the hard- right-wing Republican Amy Coney Barrett. Party Polarization turns the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court. The best example recently was the overturning of the Roe v. Wade which was purely political. Strictly speaking, the UK *does* have a written constitution. What it doesn’t have, is a codified constitution - i.e. a constitution that is condensed into to a single document. The UK constitution is a composite of character and statue, of judicial decisions, of common law, of precedents, usages and traditions. It is not one document, but thousands of them. The UK unfortunately thinks it doesn't needs one. Regarding "Monarchs". Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Japan all have one and, I'd prefer to watch a bit of history in the trooping of the Colours than be in New York during the 4th of July. You wrote "it's my X amendment right"..that's the usual answer one will get when asking an American why he or she likes guns. (Most Americans have never read their Constitution...only a bit of the 2nd Amendment...which they still don't understand)

We have a constitution in the uk. What we don't have is a written constitution is a misunderstanding that the uk doesn't have a constitution we do but it's not a written codified one

@@cyberash3000 The Magna Carta? Well… technically not a constitution although it technically is!?!?? It was written as a basis for core principles into simple laws and rights that guided people to become decent people. They were not set in stone as to not be taken advantage of but instead to be used and added to and old out of date laws to be written out of law instead of becoming too archaic and the people can change the laws as and when it’s needed but to still uphold the foundation principles

A cup in 250ml or a quarter of a litre

Recipes (I'm 63) have always used cups, tablespoons and teaspoons as measures.

@@charliekezza UK cups are 250ml, US cups are 240ml. Similarly, the UK and US have different definitions of a gallon. A US gallon is 3785 ml and a UK gallon is 4546 ml.

The Cup system of measurement in the USA. Was invented by Fannie Farmer in 1896. She was the director of the Boston Cook School. But not used in recipe's by most of the rest of the world. Who use scales and weight.

@@charliekezza A cup is a unit of measurement, 'a cup of tea' is not, it's simply any ceramic cup or mug with tea in it, a 'cuppa' is the same, except that doesn't have to be tea, it can be coffee.

Same goes for New Zealand and some other Commonwealth nations.

@@A_nony_mous And the non-Commonwealth Hawaii.

And we in the UK love our Australian and New Zealand cousins. 🙃

So true

@@stephwaite2700 Same can't be said of our American cousins. Australia and New Zealand haven't gone full retard.

Hell yes they bring money in as well

Why not get rid of monarchy??? I think they are a waste of space.

@@zehrag3781 you're entitled to your opinion. Are you from the UK? If you are please let me know who you would prefer for Head of State...

Abolish the Monarchy!

@@geoffpriestley7001 No they don't. The buildings bring in the money. No one visits expecting to see The Queen...

Worse still insurance was sold in them (See Lloyd's of London). Tea shops were much more refined, ladies were able to attend (see Whittards).

@@stephenlee5929 At the sign of The Black Horse

Came looking for this comment and I found it so I don’t have to post it.

The longbow itself was Welsh.

Also football was dangerous, being more like a battle between neighbouring villages, no limits to number of players.

I thought it was because people kept getting killed in them, isn't there a horrible histories skit about it?

People also died playing football, on a regular basis, before the rules were codified.

Nope...I definitely love my wife more.

*was

You missed a little bit of it. Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

Witch !

The family is broken in some parts but the Monarchy isn't

True, but it is the one tax taken that we are more than willing to pay!

It's free at point of access. We also don't have free police, fire service or Armed services.

Thank you. I have tried to explain this to people. But nope, all they want is to not see a health insurance bill

Not big? ....... It's that word again the one yanks use all the time, you know BIG The oldest pyramids are believed to be 4500 years ago (now that's a Big number) with stonehenge having been constructed long before then , and yes before Americas built very big BIG skyscrapers .

Exactly

Being concerned with the size of the stones rather misses the point!

I bet whoever said that about the size of the stones, would be happier visiting an inflatable version somewhere like Dung Breath, Ohio, 5 x the size of the wonderful, mystical, unique Stonehenge.

The monarchy is already going that way. Only the direct heirs are supported. The pharma companies and insurance companies don't want healthcare funded like normal countries - they make too much money from the sick.

Nothing is free! Only an ignorant people or a liar can say such a thing!

Name something positive the royals do

@Murron B how?!

Officially the 4th oldest national flag in the world (around the 13th century) but if the legend is true, it is the oldest national flag in the world by some 400 yrs (832 approx)

@@migsg7238 It is the oldest for sure is the Scotland Flag, it was used long before the 13th century .

@@smudger671 And the Newspaper that brought the murderers of Stephen Lawrence to justice.

@@smudger671 Perhaps the Guardian supporting an Institutionally Racist Party is more your sort of thing ?

Are you talking about ancient history?

I personally would like a pair of Bear arms. But I'd hate for a real bear to be harmed in the process. How big are bear arms anyway

@@michael_177 my bare arms are skinny and white

The funny thing is, that the UK pays less taxes on healthcare than the US does.

@@CrazyInWeston it all depends on what the money is spent on the usa has the biggest armed forces in the world, its what their goverment want and evey year they increase spending on it. But you have to remember the defence, insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have lots of money to buy their politicians the low paid , pensioners and sick have nothing to spare

US has significantly higher population so the raw numbers wouldn't be a good barometer. Also, because of the US population, the cost to fund a fully public healthcare system would be astronomically larger than those of smaller, less expansive countries. The logistical infrastructure alone would cause a ton of issues when dealing with issues of healthcare. Just look at how poorly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

If I had the internet, I could look it up I suppose.

I heard today, old Charlie was Prince of Whales - there lies the confusion. Now he is king of the animals....about right....

I was in NYC last year and a man called Lloyd couldn't point to Wales on a map. So I wrote down some surnames that are common in America... Jones, Edwards, Rees (or however they spell it there), Griffiths, Williams, Davies, Thomas, Price, Hughes etc etc and asked him what, if anything, he could deduce about Americans with those surnames. He said their ancestors all came from England, I kid you not. The man didn't even know his own name was Welsh.

I'm British and I cannot stand tea. Much prefer coffee.

Given proximity to Barnard Castle, how are your eyes?

You're

Not true both Jack and Flag are correct. Confirmed in parliament over 100 years ago.

The part about flying it the wrong way up is true. The correct way is easiest to see at the top nearest the top of the flag (jack) staff the white diagonal is larger above the red than below it. It seems a very small detail, and I doubt most Brits know it but would automatically know if it were the wrong way up. Graham is correct both names are correct and it was confirmed in parliament, not sure it was 100 years ago, though it was last century.

On the hoist side, the thicker white stripe is uppermost. The bit about flying it upside down as a distress signal cannot be true. Think about it. Your ship has been captured by pirates, who stand and watch as you lower your flag, turn it upside down, then re-hoist it, and they don't think you might be doing that for any particular reason? Or your ship is on fire and there is another ship nearby which could render assistance, but the other ship's captain sails away because your flasg is the right way up, indicating that you don't need any help? Also, if anyone is even close enough to tell whether a Union Jack is the right way up, they're probably in exactly the same amount of distress as you are.

Euro Tunnel, which is the version which moves Cars/Lorries and Buses from Folkestone to Calais takes 35 Minutes (Platform to Platform) note takes time to load/unload. Note is the same Track/Tunnel different trains.

And the Magna Carta 1215

It's good to be the king.

The NHS needs more money and it could be diverted from things we don't need. Almost everything government does is motivated by the destructive obsession with Economic Growth, which always translates to population growth, which in turn means more and more people requiring the services of the NHS. It's a self-sustaining chain reaction and it's completely insane.