@L S *_What are you gonna do? Ask me for a license? Don't imprison people because they have a flamethrower. They probably wouldn't have killed anyone. Also, not Indian._*
@@victorselve8349 im from Canada so i cant really comedically represent great Britain without stereotypes also when i saw this comment in my notifications i quickly skimmed over it and thought you said "im not paying child support to have you go to daycare" and i was like "what the hell did i do"
A fixed adjective structure came to my mind from old Hungarian news: "Az ideiglenesen hazánkban állomásozó szovjet csapatok..." / "Soviet troops temporarily stationed in our country ...." It took them 45 years to go home (1945-1990). So yes.. temporary can be quite permanent.
@@albion6087 But aren't they nowday dying out due to demographic shift? Last thing I heard was that the catholics which would love to reunite with ireland are now in majority...
@@MrMastermind85 never undersetimate the presence of extremists. there will always be looneys. a couple of red hands set fire to a bus because of the concept of unification.
She literally suggested in a cabinet meeting once that they should make the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland "straighter so it's easier to police" and in another meeting suggested redrawing the border to include the majority catholic regions in RoI and then population transfer the minorities in both sides to the other Apparently Maggie didn't understand why her cabinet was in a state of shocked silence, or why her Northern Ireland Secretary had both shat himself and started crying
@Ho Lam YIU Well, its similar to how, instead of making Honk Kong's status as a separate state after decolonisation permanent, it said its special status would end in 2047.
The Sino British joint agreement / basic law kicked the bucket down the road for future HK on sensitive topics like national security and universal suffrage. Why? because .... political compromises.
That's different though Hong Kong used to be a colony, Britain decided that it didn't want that colony anymore. Luckily for the Hong Kong people, Britain showed enough decency to at least give them time to figure something out, or pack their bags before China(Comunist Aka Fake China, Real China = Taiwan) comes to fuck them in the ass
@Maximal's Personal Profile You are wrong. The fact is that the world contains two China's. Communist China and Original China. Taiwan is the home of China before Communist China took over the entirety of China. So as a matter of fact, a China exists that has never been communist at all.
2:35 "YOU wanted the wall in a different place, that was like your whole thing" "none of these are acceptable" It's almost as if the UK didnt think this through
"It's almost as if the UK didnt think this through" That's the thing, there should have been contingency planning in 2015. There was no contingency planning. Because politicians are thick. So they are still pulling ideas out of their arse in 2021.
THere's no reason for a wall there wasnt one before especially not the sort of wall these manipulative assholes are talking about. Brexit would be great for the UK the EU is a tyrant trying desperately to hold onto the terrible system they have forced onto everyone
It’s really funny… Because while there are three listed border solutions, what the UK actually wants is the fourth solution: where the UK border extends around the entire island of Ireland.
Update on Brexit situation: EU and UK agreed on NI protocol so that UK could finally have their longed brexit after years of failed negotiations. NIP means commercial border at sea, between NI and rest of UK. 2 years later the UK is acting like a baby and saying it doesn't like that, so they want to do away with NI protocol, and they have threatened several times to simply ignore the protocol (by applying art. 16). Doing that would essentially give the UK access to EU single market, which the EU cannot tolerate, because you have to abide by certain rules (and negotiate the conditions of entry accordingly) in order to do that. That is the whole point of the EU. The UK was, once again, the one who decided not to do any of that: "brexit means brexit". Now UK and EU keep 'negotiating". EU keeps offering compromises, but UK does not care about those and wants the NIP done away with (or radical changes made to it) + removing the role of the European Court of Justice in settling the EU law that governs the single market, which are absolute red lines for EU. So, UK keeps on putting all the pressure on EU while threatening to ignore what they agreed to (and destroying all UK credibility on their international agreements, meanwhile). This is all causing economic problems and violence in NI, but UK doesn't seem to care and blames the EU when everyone should know by now it's not that simple. Both unions try to keep their integrity, and the point of NIP was the best agreed solution to a desperate situation of disagreement, caused by Brexit. The EU has recently started to lose their patience and decided to play that game as well, and has warned UK of "serious consequences" if they go with Art. 16. More Uk threats have ensued Also I'm saying UK, but we could say Boris Johnson when referring to all these political decisions, given how 48% of UK didn't want any of this to start with, and that 48% includes the majority of people in Northern Island. But this consideration is laughed at by most brexiteers. Opinion It's ironic how it's forgotten quite often throughout this conflict, that the whole point of forming the EU to start with was ending thousands of years of wars amongst European countries. And, albeit logical, it's depressing to witness people so willing to make an enemy out of other countries ( who have been dear allies) when there's global uncertainty, which is what ultimately brings about war, in all of its forms. It's a very complex world and we humans like easy answers like "those are the bad guys" to explain all of it. We forget easily. And that's why history repeats itself.
Funny part about this is that The Troubles were still not that long ago despite being 2022. 30ish years is definitely not enough time to settle things down, especially when there are still so many people reminiscent of the Cold War. And all of this could’ve been easier if one man decided not to divorce his wife.
EU wasn't formed to end the wars... The Coal and Steel Union was. It involved into trade and then the EU. There was wars everywhere all the time, not just in Europe back then.
Update today In 5 minutes a minister of the British part of Northern Ireland will break this northern Ireland protocol, massively complicating absolutely everything and plunging the EU and Britain into even more negotiations
This video has come true 100% - a 3:35 *“the troubles" climbed back into the basket* Latest riots in belfast are small symptom of a huge future problem. If Boris - Keeps the wall in irish sea, Unionists will riot - Moves the wall to Irish land, Nationalists will riot We will get to know in the next season of Brexit saga.
TheJrbdog That is what they are trying to do. Make the UK a slave to the EU, by having it be under the authority of the EU, without having a say in the EU like they did before.
That was kind of the Irish solution. Since all were part of EU it didn't matter if Northern Ireland was part of UK or Republic of Ireland, so each side could believe they had won.
@@orppranator5230 Having the backstop cover all of UK was a request from UK. EU doesn't want UK to be part of the single market without paying the membership fee, but agreed to the backstop to make it easier for Theresa May.
For those asking for another revisited: TLDR we picked option 3 (a border within our own country). We have a PM who wants to pretend the border doesn't exists while at the same time pretending he's getting rid of it soon (I. E. The infamous NI protocol).
Yeah, and Scotland too (and London overwhelmingly). Only England and Wales voted majority out. For Wales it's especially dumb since they're receiving the most EU funds compared to the others. Those people in Wales really shot themselves in the foot with their vote and they probably don't even know.
@Britannic hayyomatt I feel like talking to you is useless but, Russia doesn't have the infrastructure you speak of. Some countries rely on those gas imports but never completely, at most Russia supplies its partners with 30% of their total needs, those are only a few countries mostly in eastern Europe and Asia. Their petroleum infrastructure is a bit more developed than the gas one, but their technologies are outdating steadily and there's only so much they can pump and ship out. For west Europe buying oil and gas from Russia is unprofitable since you can find this gas much closer to your country and even building a new pipe will cost you less. The American gas is a better option and comes with less pressure and risks like getting petroleum mixed with chlorine. There's never an only partner, that's not your romance movies. It's international trade, there's always a buyer if you search well enough. Scots don't have to sell anything to England if they don't want to, there will be other countries that would trade with them. Your unacceptance of the possibilities doesn't make them fiction, the world doesn't revolve around your island.
@@CaMallmann Considering that the political discussion around Brexit has been pretty weird for the last few years, this outcome probably isn't even the weirdest thing that has happened during this saga.
Well, I angrily oppose your comment but provide no valid alternatives to it! People will now upvote every other comment as we reply to each other, then lose interest past the "show more replies" cutoff. Also, you have/are [some implied personal character flaw]!
@@aster-naut I make a counter argument that's only vaguely related to the topic at hand and also imply you have [personal character flaw]. I also point out a grammar error that isn't actually incorrect but makes me feel smarter for knowing about it.
Done heres how We get a travel / law deal with Ireland not EU Ireland just with Ireland the country so the EU Ireland doesn't change a bit (so northern Ireland and Ireland have the exact same shit as before but it's only them who enjoy it not the EU as well)
Ughh, I know right? It's even worse if like me you live here and immediately realized that brexit was never going to work and voted against it. They're literally deadlocked and I can't do a thing about it.
It was never going to work because the people in charge made sure it would never work. There is life outside the EU which isn't perpetually living in chaos. Some of which even likes the UK, unlike the puppet masters of the EU
@@TinNguyen-rl2xr The British empire has been decaying for decades now. The UK as a super-power along with the rest of the European super-powers have been overtaken by the likes of the US and China in military and economic capability. If we want Europe to have a place on the global stage in the coming years we need a united federated Europe that has the ability to project political and military power greater than any individual European nation would. We are stronger together, so instead of trying to reignite the ashes of collapsed empires we should be pulling ourselves closer to our allies.
And here we are, three years later, this video is still just as relevant today. The only thing that changed is that the can has a few more dents from being kicked down the road a couple more times.
I'm like 99% sure that would cause the rest of the eu to go to war with the uk, and America wouldn't even get involved since actively declaring war over Ireland would look terrible for current/potential presidents. And that'd leave England backed into a corner in every sense.
Clearly those who are capable of getting themselves elected should under no circumstances be allowed to do the job. The only option left is Lord Buckethead.
@@antoinerodier Jokes aside, I do not envy anyone in the PM seat. The EU has the upper hand and knows it, many individuals in Parliament either don't seem to know this or are just not willing to accept it, and so the PM seems to be trying to pull out every political tool (or "trick", depending on whether it favors you) to try to prevent a total catastrophe (at this point, it may be a trade-off between major and minor catastrophes), all while getting shot at from all sides. Makes me think a bit of our own division a century and a half ago here in the states, when president Lincoln was faced with a civil war, and so he pulled out all the tools he could to prevent a complete disaster, risking (in many peoples' pov) the foundation of the nation. Despite his character reputation (few people today would have such a reputation, so I'm not drawing a 1-1 comparison with the PM), he looked to many like a power monger at the time for prizing national unity above even civil war. Sure, it looks like it paid off now, but it was harrowing at the time. Being an ocean away and not having studied PM May in detail, I don't know what she is willing to do in order to prevent a total catastrophe, or even how she would prioritize lesser catastrophes in the event that she is forced to pick between them.
@@amdreallyfast Well, Theresa May really isn't the one to blame for brexit. It was a cynical calculated move made by David Cameron to win the parliamentary elections, that completely backfired on his face (and the entire country). No one wanted to do the dirty job, and I think, to her credit, that she is trying her best anyway. However, I think that she is extremely stubborn and should consider at least a second referendum, now that people have fully grasped the implications of Brexit.
@@Altrue the French Guyana is a oversea french territory, the same rules(even the EU rules) are applied to the Guyana, who shares a border with Brazil. basically is just a cool geography easter egg.
It's so funny to come back to this years later, after Brexit is supposedly done and dusted, and remember that the UK made a choice with its triangle, didn't like it, and now is trying to blame the EU all over again
I'm hoping this means he's reading those books right now and working on a video about the Irish Troubles. Seems fitting for an Irish-American dual citizen living in England.
It feels unreal that the time between the original and this revisit is now shorter than the amount of time between this revisit and now. Like, this video really didn't feel like it came out that long ago.
I think the saying is an old Russian proverb. There was also Economist Milton Friedman who said “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”
Compromise: Cthulhu rises from the deep and drags the entirety of the British Isles, with all its animals, peoples and chattels, down into his watery abyss.
he nailed it tho- its the most unbrexit brexit. untill the transition period is sorted and they finnaly get a trade deal... guess where the wall is going to be put...
And a no-deal is looking more and more likely by the minute, which means that a certain tome best left unopened will pop its lock in a pretty spectacular fashion at some point.
Well, Hong Kong was a lease signed with the Chinese (Qing) government at the time. The UK is somewhat obligated to release it to the Chinese. It just received so much flak nowadays because there is no way policy makers in the 1800s figured out that the Qing will dissolve and a communist party will take over China in its stead. I mean, if the CCP isn't cracking down on HK's autonomy too much, then HK will be content with being a part of China again.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 They are definitely cracking down on HK's autonomy. The Umbrella Movement (in 2014) was sparked by China deciding in had vetting rights over the candidates of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (basically the mayor) election and it hasn't gotten any better.
@@leodarksam6230 China agreed by treaty to allow HK to be autonomous until 2047. It's in the constitution of HK. And the PRC government is becoming more and more interventionist in HK to the point they're arguably in violation of that treaty.
@@blunderingfool ...no? Gibraltar was taken during the war of the Spanish succession in the early 18th century. Spain has existed since the 15th century as the union of Castile and Aragon (Much like the UK is a Union of England, Scotland etc).
All Europe to UK: please don’t leave the union, we are stronger together. UK to Scotland, Wales and nrth Ireland: please don’t leave the union we are stronger together
You think that's needlessly complicated!? Wait until Scotland declares independence and rejoins the EU! I wonder if that old Roman wall is still any good.
@@ZontarDow Spain won't veto Scotland since under UK laws it is completely legal for member states to leave while Spanish laws don't allow regions to leave, so Spain could easyli let Scotland in and still deny Catalonia
Who knew this would come to bite us in the butt. No one could have possibly known. The electoral system is broken we need to get rid of FPTP with electoral reform.
Tell that to the "Pacers" of the BR Class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144. A "Temporary" solution made back in the 1980's to fill the gap for when actual new trains were made to replace what the BR Class 14x "Pacers" replaced. They are STILL in use today up and down the country. (These Pacers, that being the BR Class 14x trains were actually buses modified to be on rails!) If maths isn't your strong point, this "Temporary" solution is still in effect 40+ years after first being made.
Thank you so much for your videos; they are informative, entertaining and concise. I feel informed after watching them, which is not my usual state post BREXIT consideration!
But then it would just be The Kingdom of Scotland and Northern Ireland. And in the act of union Wales is counted as part of the Kingdom of England so they're coming with us.
Thanks for explaining, I’m British and didn’t have a A Scooby Doo as to what was going on. But you’ve managed to explain it really clearly. I was hoping that you would do a video on what the Canada style deal is so that it can be explained clearly, because I believe that is what has been agreed in this deal that we’ve now come to.
Northern ireland:I'LL NEVER GO THROUGH! EU:Let go. You're not going through it. Republic Of Ireland:Yeah I agree with The European Union. Join me! Northern Ireland:Alright. Britain:NOOOOOOOOOO!
