The Queen's Speech Explained - Brexit Explained

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Yesterday the UK's Parliament officially re-opened with Queen Elizabeth the Second making a speech to Parliament. This speech, written by the government, explains the priorities for the year ahead and what Johnson's administration intends to do. In this video, we discuss those priorities and how it plays into the Conservatives election campaign.
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@tbthegr81 4 года назад

So... They basically got the Queen to read a rly long advertisement.

@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer 4 года назад

Jep. Would you believe the parliament absolutely had to be prorogued for this drivel of a speech to be drafted 🙄

@ameyas7726 4 года назад

You can strike off "digniy in old age" off Bojo's bucket list, eh!

@BIGDZ8346 4 года назад

Yep that was also probobly the most expensive, time consuming advertisement and a nucince to probobly most cizens pof London

@CellGames2006 4 года назад

The Queen just saved Boris Johnson and Brexit! This mandate with its 31st October deadline makes it absolutely ironclad the opposition can't try to weasel out by putting extension after extension. If they do, they would appear traitors and might get hanged (?). Well done, Boris, well done. You've saved the country.

@envysart797 4 года назад

CellGames2006 don’t be silly. They aren’t trying to “weasel out”, they’re trying to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Also the only person so far to fall foul of the law has been Johnson.

@JamesRoyceDawson 4 года назад

God, it honestly sounds like a hostage reading out their captors demands

@BilboBaggins236 4 года назад

Yeah I totally had the same feeling lol. I hope the Queen doesn't die of stress.

@ameyas7726 4 года назад

I guess now she knows how colonization must have felt like to her colonies!!

@Xaphino 4 года назад

Omg dnt act like this is the first time

@TheSuzberry 4 года назад

Wasn’t that just what it was?

@marekj1100 4 года назад

Outside of the UK, this ceremony would qualify as abuse of the elderly.

@amayastrata4629 4 года назад

Literally a list. Spoken with the enthusiasm it deserves, none.

@TammyJerkChicken 4 года назад

"I cant believe their making me say this!" Look at the face on that smug a$$ so happy they have that Queen speeking their BS

@jameswallace8608 4 года назад

tammy JerkChicken this happens with literally every government? You know because it’s “Her majesties government”...

@SgtCustard 4 года назад

@@jameswallace8608 It does, but it's a bit odd that it's being done when a General Election in a few weeks is nearly inevitable, so none of this stuff will actually happen. It's basically a free party political broadcast delivered by the Queen for bonus legitimacy points.

@amayastrata4629 4 года назад

Protect Bees she didn’t write it. Someone in the government did. I have studied the English legal system and how Parliament works actually. I’ve heard other speeches in Parliament that she gave and this one is just a list and listless.

@SgtCustard 4 года назад

@@amayastrata4629 Quite right. Also, there's no law governing any of this, it's all based on precedence and convention. There's certainly no law saying she has to 'sound non committal and impartial'.

@stuckupcurlyguy 4 года назад

"tradition dictates that the door is slammed in Black Rod's face" What the hell kind of a show are you boys running out there?

@carlena4300 4 года назад

It's a throwback from when Charles I marched into the commons to arrest troublesome MP's way back in the 1600s. The palace also take a 'hostage', usually a junior minister to ensure the safe return of the monarch. A throwback from when parliament chopped off Charles I head.

@darthcalanil5333 4 года назад

no matter how crazy movies can be, real life can always be crazier XD

@ifxthenwhy6202 4 года назад

@@carlena4300 As is tradition

@ameyas7726 4 года назад

In the old days the Black Rod would have it up your ass if you tried slamming any doors...pity times a changed!

@Calum_S 4 года назад

A one where old stick-in the-muds refuse to change. Getting them to agree to leave the Houses of Parliament for urgent building work was almost impossible, and now they want a replica chamber built in a nearby building for the duration of the work - just in case people use the change of setting as an excuse to change any traditions.

@silverelephantgaming5033 4 года назад

Yes. I would definitely like to learn more about the proposal to make people show ID when voting.

@Ptaku93 4 года назад

The fact that it's not yet introduced in the UK is crazy. Voter fraud is so much easier without any ID

@patrickodan 4 года назад

how that isn't a thing yet in the uk i can't fathom.

@theMoporter 4 года назад

Because we don't really have in-person voter fraud? Most countries don't use voter ID. It's just a way to discourage voters that are likely to be discriminated against and/or don't understand the bureaucracy. It's well-documented in the US that voter ID laws have prevented POC from voting and has not reduced fraud. It's security theatre at best, active discrimination at worst.

@samjones7296 4 года назад

We've seen this discussion in America already. No. It disadvantages those who have no need or can't afford a passport or driver's licence. Ie, those in poverty, less likely to vote for the tory agenda. Honestly, any policy mimicking those of the Republican party is a joke.

@boblouali11 4 года назад

Basically because we have very little voter fraud. A lot of people don't bother to vote anyway.

@dylanlcreser 4 года назад

Me: *buys pin last night* TLDR News: "HERE'S A PROMO CODE" Me: *facepalms*

@NTmatter 4 года назад

Perfect chance to buy another one :)

@dylanlcreser 4 года назад

@@NTmatter Imagine thinking I have money

@dylanlcreser 4 года назад

@Khaffit it was a joke don't worry i'm not really bothered tbh

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Dylan Lewis-Creser Peasant, with a double barrelled name. You must be in theatre darling?

@oceannavagator 4 года назад

My ministers will promise pie in the sky.

@augustuswade9781 4 года назад

Stargazer pie for everyone

@asnekboi7232 4 года назад

Jonathan pie

@oceannavagator 4 года назад

@@asnekboi7232 Now that's good Pie!

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Buht daz rayuzzzuzd. EU said that murm de murm, UK not special. Boris be hairdo, aha . Be hairdo bad. Not know what vote for. Stupid brother same as me, think like me. We different, we decide different. Me smart you stupid, Deer im genius BBC said so.

@Cr42yguy 4 года назад

"Ending free movement" sounds like the exact opposite of the good friday agreement...

@SgtCustard 4 года назад

I hate how ending freedom of movement is being advertised as a good thing. Since when has ending freedoms been something governments advocate for votes?

@kamanashiskar9203 3 года назад

Ireland and the UK have the CTA which is separate from the EU, thus it won't be affected by Brexit.

@Eutrofication 4 года назад

It’s weird to hear the Queen say the word “broadband” in this insanely pomp and old room. btw u spelt environment wrongly

@williamporter8718 4 года назад

btw u don't know how to use the word pomp

@kacey8882 4 года назад

“u spelt environment wrongly” those in glass houses.

@chrisogrady28 4 года назад

Kacey O' Riordan clearly intentionally incorrect spelling

@jemdragons3120 4 года назад

What I find funny is that the Queen is the only person I've heard to actually pronounce the N he missed out.

@Mic_Glow 4 года назад

I'd not call it a speech. More like a read-out of government bs.

@APKHD02 4 года назад

Christine Weir the speech isn’t her opinion, she’s just doing what she is told.

@chrise202 4 года назад

Me: Hi. My Government doesn't work. Operator: Have you tried turning it off and on again? Me: facepalm

@donwald3436 4 года назад

Wish she started with “My government is a bunch of buffoons. Boris is a naughty little boy. Here is what they sent me to read.” Would anyone stop her?

@caracaes 4 года назад

No, but it would led to people wanting to turn her in a absolute monarch

@kelvinpang438 4 года назад

@@caracaes What?No,it will look very bad on the queen she is not meant to be politicial it would be very controversial.

@TheLPcollector 4 года назад

@@kelvinpang438 meh, she's been dragged into enough controvercies by bojo so another scadal wont be that bad, epecially if its a bit anti- bojo as retaliation for draging her into his brexit plots

@volavonok3964 4 года назад

@@TheMadnils Spot on. You have just described the pillars the UK constitutional law is based on. This current system of the country management was set up to serve the monarch's interests.

@nerezza6517 4 года назад

@@TheMadnils a.) She's literally the most nonpartisan person in politics right now. b.) Don't talk about my Queen like that

@sampfrost 4 года назад

prorogarion : turning the government off an on again

@felixcourtney8660 4 года назад

sam frost this is gold. Why not more likes?!

@notroll1279 4 года назад

Look at BoJo's smirk - his thoughts are so easy to read: "She's saying exactly what I wrote… I've got the remote control... I rule… Hahaha... HAAAA HEEEE..."

@pinkyfull 4 года назад

I mean this has been the case for the last 120 odd years of British monarchy. But I'm sure a buffoon like Johnson would get a kick out of something so procedural and normal and delivered with such enthusiasm as to bore a sloth is in character.

@nerezza6517 4 года назад

To be fair, if the Queen started reading what I'd wrote out loud, I'd probably struggle not to stroke my white cat and laugh evilly

@mathieuleader8601 4 года назад

remember when tories like David Davis voted against Blairs ID card system how times have changed

@Peds013 4 года назад

"The Queen's speech explained", featuring just one (1) sentence of explanation and a plug for the podcast where we'll actually explain it. At least they got the minute of selling merch and half a dozen adverts in. FFS.

@ApsaraMenaka 4 года назад

it actually is quite more than just one sentence.

@Radvaldur 4 года назад

sadly i have to agree. i don't want to hate on them, but man does the advertisement gets more and more obnoxious while the content gets lazier.

@MrCrackerplays 4 года назад

tbh this is the first time I've actually heard her speak

@linuxares 4 года назад

Show photo id? Controversial? That's standard here in Sweden so no one can abuse and use your voting slip.

@Tobberz 4 года назад

Left wingers here hate it, they think it's discriminatory.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

It's standard in most of the world. US Americans and Brits seem to have some sort of paranoia. Might be due to their Murdoch press.

@tunnar79 4 года назад

@@maythesciencebewithyou Show your ID when buying alcohol?No problem. Show your ID when you vote? THE END IS NIGH!

@Anna-ps8xe 4 года назад

But you do not need your passport or driving license, do you? I guess you guys also have bank cards with photo same as it is in Norway, right? The problem is they do not have such a default ID in Britain/US.

@Tobberz 4 года назад

@@tunnar79 Well, voting is a right and alcohol isn't.

@hristiqndimitrov5249 4 года назад

Hello to the owner of the channel I am planning to move to Scotland because of a long distance relationship Your channel has helped me understand what is going on

@NANA-nig 4 года назад

hristiqn dimitrov We don’t want you

@joelevans8499 4 года назад

@@NANA-nig why not fam

@donwald3436 4 года назад

Good choice Scottish women are hot.

@ohwowitsthatguy9154 4 года назад

Best of luck to you and your partner pal. Good to be informed in these strange and volatile times.

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

@@NANA-nig Wowow you do not speak on behalf of the people of Scotland you little wanker.

@laurensdenhartog7367 4 года назад

What's controversial about having to show your ID when voting? Been doing that in the Netherlands for as long as I can remember.

@HM-vj3tn 4 года назад

Voter fraud is low and the introduction of ID would lead to a lower turnout when turnout is already low. Also the amount of votes lost introducing ID is more than the number of votes that turn out to be fraud.

@laurensdenhartog7367 4 года назад

@@HM-vj3tn Okay, but why would that lower turn out?

@HM-vj3tn 4 года назад

@@laurensdenhartog7367 Same principle with the opt out system for organ donation, you have to take the time to maybe fill out some forms or buy the required ID just to spend maybe less then a minute to cast your vote which would affect those who can't make the necessary purchase disenfranchising voters

@laurensdenhartog7367 4 года назад

@@HM-vj3tn Aren't you required to have an ID by law? 😮

@HM-vj3tn 4 года назад

@@laurensdenhartog7367 You aren't required to have an ID by law, you may need a passport or driver's license to work but I don't think it's mandatory to have one as we're given our national insurance number by post after the age of 16.

@sareizareads 4 года назад

As someone who’s from the US and whose own state has had its share of controversy surrounding photo ID election laws, I’d really love to see you cover it from the perspective of the UK!

@hawkeye2816 4 года назад

As an American, it's weird hearing a conservative agenda that highlights strengthening environmental protections as a priority.

@stevieinselby 4 года назад

Whereas the Republicans in the US get elected almost entirely on an manifesto of tax cuts, no gun control and locking up more black people, the UK electorate at least likes to pretend that it has more of a social conscience than that, so the Conservatives have to promise things like environmental responsibility and public spending, even though everyone who has been paying attention knows that those things will be scrapped immediately they win, and they will instantly go back to their usual policies of exploiting the workers and natural resources for their own enrichment. Worryingly, people still fall for it after all this time.

@altrag 4 года назад

@@stevieinselby That's actually normal in most parts of the world. It's only in America where providing basic necessities is considered "communist." Things like universal health care are certainly considered on the left of center, but only barely so in most countries. America has spent the past several decades pushing their idea of "center" far, far off to the right as the Republicans continue to push for more and more conservative ideals and Democrats just capitulate because they don't understand that you can't strike a fair balance when you attempt to "compromise" before the argument has even begun -- that just gives your opponent that much more leeway. So yeah, if you're an American.. basically every other country's conservatives will seem "leftist" to you, because your baseline for comparison is horribly skewed. (Of course in the Trump era, "right wing" often no longer means "conservative" so much as it means "batshit crazy," so definitions may well be shifting in a completely new manner depending on how deeply Trump's "style" remains embedded in American politics after his departure from office.)

@Shredding101 4 года назад

Boris Johnson be like: * I fought the law, and the law won *

@disavowalf3351 4 года назад

Carried_Copper...have you seen JOE's RU-vid channel version of that? If not, it's really good...almost as good as Michael Gove's Cos. I Got High...enjoy and have a good one 😁

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

No Boris found out the supreme court has the power to and is willing to establish new a precedent.

@xylusirl1527 4 года назад

But what if they're correct and Eu law supercedes UK law. Then the Ben Act could be challenged in Eu courts. Also an Eu veto would prevent the Benn act from working. There is also a provision in UK convention that means that any sitting pm can't be coerced when making decisions on international treaties. That could be tested in courts too. The Benn act is the only chance that remainers have to keep us in the Eu. So I hope you're confident that it will work. As for prorogation. The courts stated it was unreasonable, unconstitutional and unlawful. But never said illegal. So Johnson didn't break the law, he breached modern convention. As has Bercow by meeting with a foreign power to discuss and attempt to manipulate UK domestic policy. Which is currently being investigated alongside complaints of bias.

@darriendastar3941 4 года назад

@@xylusirl1527 EU law doesn't supercede UK law. For any EU directive to become law in the UK, it has to be accepted by Parliament or the British government. The Benn Act doesn't keep us in the EU - it merely tries to force the prime minister to negotiate a deal (something that is in the best interests of every UK citizen). Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, met the leader of the European Parliament - which he has every right to do. And as we have representatives - duly elected - from Britain sitting in the European Parliament, I don't think you can call it a "foreign power". Frankly, you're failing at making your case. You can't even get the *basics* right when it comes to facts.

@danep8553 4 года назад

@@jjosephs6521 The supreme court is a blot on our constitution. It should be dissolved.

@Chairdolf 4 года назад

As soon as the queen hit environment she became louder and clearer love that ol girl fight for the trees 🌳

@May04bwu 4 года назад

What's wrong with showing your ID with a photo? Sounds reasonable.

@sciencealltheway 4 года назад

May04bwu some people are too poor to afford photo ID, meaning they can’t vote. It is considered partisan because poor people tend not to vote for the conservatives.

@HattovonHatzfeld 4 года назад

If everybody has such an ID, as many states request from their citizens, it is okay and helps to prevent certain kinds od electoral fraud. In states where the citizens are not obliged to have an ID card, it has a discriminatory effect for the less wealthy part of the population.

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@HattovonHatzfeld Simple solution: the government provides photo ID for free for everyone.

@ghostofthecommentsection 4 года назад

Could you PLEASE plug your merch at the END of the video? I like listening to these videos while doing something else and I hate having to take my phone out of my pocket ~30 seconds in to skip 20 seconds of plugging just because I hear what feels like the same thing every time. I don't personally mind you plugging your merch and I'm glad that people buy it enough for you to keep doing this, but it's just a better practice to put that sort of thing at the end of videos rather than after the video has already started, because it kills the flow of your videos.

@Camerongalexander 4 года назад

Straight and Salty the whole point is that people hear it - if they put it at the end it’s much easier to skip and lots of people don’t even watch to the end anyway.

@englishmuffein 4 года назад

Agreed. Conditioning your audience to tune out or get distracted before getting to the meat of the content isn't a great idea. It also makes it annoying for people who watch a few videos at a time to catch up, especially when putting things like timed promo codes in the middle. I'm not sure why every youtuber feels the need to beg for likes, subscribes, and "bells" every video, I'd personally be more likely to "like" something that skips this sort of filler and instead focuses on the real content.

@ghostofthecommentsection 4 года назад

@@englishmuffein the liking, subscribing etc is more justified because these days RU-vid will straight-up not show videos to people who don't engage with previous content from a channel.

@jensboettiger5286 4 года назад

I like how the end of her speech reminds everyone that she’s the British ladypope

@davidfreeman3083 4 года назад

Well technically the UK (or England actually, not in the case of Scotland, dunno how they're able to do that) is a theocratic country with an 'official religion' (Anglicanism) and a 'state church' (church of England) that IS part of state affairs. And the bond or connection between these two is the monarch.

@laserwolf65 4 года назад

This just makes me think of that South Park episode about the "prince of Canada" getting married. "Prince takes his place next to the large vat of butterscotch pudding... as is tradition."

@ryanchristophergavan80 4 года назад

No one: Absolutely no one: TDLR: you might be aware we have new pin badges

@milind006 4 года назад

Indian living in America here - I like the videos that you produce, and have become the goto channel to catch up on Brexit news. Now, I'm waiting for my India and USA with shoes pins!

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

The Government has said if you dont have ID the government will provide you with one at no cost enabling you to vote. I'm not British but all your answers are a Google search away.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

You know you are addressing the British. More than 3 years have past and the majority still hasn't managed to Google how the EU works. What makes you think they'll Google answers regarding an ID. They'll just watch videos on what a bad thing it is and parrot each others comments.

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

@@maythesciencebewithyou Hahahaha fair point but also not a fair point, most people don't know anything about anything. If someone does know something it's very specific. From the guy who fixed my car, he told me what he done, I just stood there and smiled and nodded hahaha. But on the other hand I dont want Neil Degrasse Tyson fixing my car or being fed chairman but he's probably top of the list for an Astro physics grants. 😂😂

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@jjosephs6521 It's about easily accessible knowledge on the internet, one google search away. Not about knowledge you already possess. I don't expect everybody to know everything, but I expect people to inform themselves on important subjects on which they make decisions. But people stubbornly oppose educating themselves.

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

@@maythesciencebewithyou I'm agreeing with you, everything you said in every comment I 100% agree with. I was trying to add on what you said, I was making further points building on what you said. Most people just make statements on things without knowing anything about them or having never investigations any thing that has any complexities. So they make unfounded simplistic claims about things that are extremely complex and that dont have 100% answers, that you can give definitive answers on. Also I was saying people think just because they know about one subject that some how that makes them quilted to spoke on ther subjects. This confusion probably comes from my poor use of language lol.

@asch920bloody 4 года назад

So this is what happens when I'm up till 1:30am, a new tldr video.... Worth it

@reth2834 4 года назад

It's fun that RU-vid subs this video in Dutch.

@jocknuke 4 года назад

Basically the Queen is just a very expensive muppet.

@sebastianbocanegra7420 4 года назад

Nope, she actually own 70% of the land, and most of the CEO's in the Corporations that have the control administration in that percentage, are her family members. The question here is why she accepted to do that "advertisement" for Brexit.

@Christinebanks11 4 года назад

Are you British ? 🇺🇸

@ONeill01 4 года назад

@@sebastianbocanegra7420 She does not own the land, she has the land in the representation of the people. She lends (essentially forever) to the country(government) in exchange for a stipend as the Queen has no control over the actual land itself

@user-bo8yt4uc8b 4 года назад

What on earth is controversial in demanding a photo id when voting?

@FooBarBash 4 года назад

Millions of people don't have and/or can't afford photo ID. It's a way of disenfranchising people of their democratic right to vote - and can be read as a transparent attempt to keep the Tory's in power, given those most likely to be disenfranchised by mandatory voter ID are least likely to vote Tory.

@user-bo8yt4uc8b 4 года назад

Are we talking about some third world country here?

@stevieinselby 4 года назад

@@user-bo8yt4uc8b No, we're talking about a country that has no tradition of requiring people to carry ID. There are enough adults in the UK who don't have a passport, driving licence or council-issued bus pass - and so don't have any official photo ID right now - that stopping them from voting could have a material impact on the results. And yes, they _could_ get photo ID, but that involves time, expense and understanding the processes that they need to go through, which puts unnecessary barriers in their way and will reduce the number of them who actually vote.

@tacosmexicanstyle7846 4 года назад

stevieinselby Honestly if people can’t work out how to get a photo ID made then what on Earth makes us think they’re capable of reading party manifestos and understanding them thoroughly enough to cast an educated vote? Not that it matters anyway; the UK voting system (FPTP) guarantees that any non-strategic votes are effectively throwaways, so it’s not like people’s voices are being heard and represented fairly.

@presbiteroo 4 года назад

It took me this long to finally understand that TLDR means "too long didn't read". Even tough I heard the sentence a thousand times XD

@anlumo1 4 года назад

It's easy to miss that connection when watching the overly long videos that repeat themselves a lot on this channel.

@N8Miniatures 4 года назад

1:46 TLDR - Video acctually starts

@edsr164 4 года назад

N8 Gaming UP

@Jef_Vermassen 4 года назад

The more honest version would be: "My governement are a bunch of bullshitters". Applies to most countries.

@redfallout7650 4 года назад

i mean are you trying to say labour, with diane abbot, and corbyn or the lib dems whos leader is the most undemocratic of the lot because shes in the eus pocket are any better?

@Jef_Vermassen 4 года назад

No, that is just you with some sad projection. Grow a brain, you seem to need it.A thicker skin might help as well.

@redfallout7650 4 года назад

@Jef Vermassen sorry, but who else Is logical for the next government? I think you need to grow a brain if you don’t think the only people who can become a government are other parties. Or are you just embarrassed of the party you support? Just for arguments sake, which party do you support?

@Jef_Vermassen 4 года назад

None, I'm not a Brit. The message you should have gotten from that post: Most politicians are bullshitters.But you were too busy feeling hurt about whoever you support.

@redfallout7650 4 года назад

@Jef Vermassen I agree all parties have problems and you’re never going to find the perfect party. In my eyes the conservatives are the most capable to do the right thing in this situation and they are the government I would want to represent my country. They still lie and chest like the rest of them but they’re the reddest apple out of the bunch, so to speak. I’m guessing then, you’re on the side of the Eu? Because they also have innumerable flaws let me tell you.

@Listless_Robin 4 года назад

Definetly need a Welsh badge with boots for season 3

@Zantorc 4 года назад

They had a 'Rouge Dragon Pursuivant' doesn't that count?

@manasseth4991 4 года назад

I thought it was pretty normal to show your ID when you vote. We do that in Norway.

@Plelement94 4 года назад

In nz we don't! Instead you get ticked off a list at your registered electorate. We actually allowed anyone to cast a vote in our last election but filtered out the ineligible votes cast by tourists and people who were underage

@TheMoviePlanet 4 года назад

In France as well. But apparently in the UK and US it's scandalous for some reason.

@ChristonPierce 4 года назад

It can depend. In America, people fight against voter ID laws because it’s not unheard of for the very poor not to have “proper ID” and sometimes they can lack the documentation to even receive an ID. If this is the case, sorting it out can take a lot of money, thus in some folks eyes, voter ID laws act as a stealth poll tax. Personally, I think it just means we need to put more effort into making it cheap or free to get a valid ID, but I can see the concerns until a better system is in place.

@mobiuscoreindustries 4 года назад

@@ChristonPierce The US stance on ID is so stupid, at least for me. It forces institutions to use the nearest "close enough" solution, which usually carry no security or real "identification" on it. It is stupid, risky, and is just made to create loopholes to exploit the system and a ton of inefficiency that drives the costs up for the sake of having more jobs and making things harder to get. But well, the US still use the electoral college, so why am I even surprised?

@TheMoviePlanet 4 года назад

@Plelement94 That sounds incredibly inefficient!

@kurgo_ 4 года назад

Beg pardon? You don't have to show your ID when voting? The hell?

@FUCKMEJOHNCROW 4 года назад

Voter ID laws are designed to disenfranchise the poor and do little to actually prevent voter fraud.

@mobiuscoreindustries 4 года назад

Well I mean, at least in my country you have to back up your voter ID with another official ID document. True, voting systems aren't made to prevent fraud, but usually they are made to prevent fraud at the voting booth. Most of the tomfuckery happens either by swaying the public using the media or sensationalism, getting lobbies on your side, or exploiting the flaws of party systems and "winner takes all" types of indirect elections.

@AgentHurley 4 года назад

You've got to cover the electoral changes proposed. That's straight out of the US Republican play book.

@goodlookingcorpse 4 года назад

"we will build up the NHS, by cutting taxes and getting rid of all the foreign doctors".

@SPITSPHIRE 4 года назад

"perfectly balanced, as all thing should be."

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

In what world wouldn’t a medical Doctor pass the point system for immigration? Cutting taxes increases taxes paradoxically, taxing £10 at 50% makes less than taxing £100 at 6%. Cutting taxes increases business, so there’s more to tax. But derpy, derpy, derp Derp. Don’t reproduce, please.

@SPITSPHIRE 4 года назад

@@mrmagoo-i2l Whoosh

@davidfreeman3083 4 года назад

Actually the current EU doctors won't be gotten rid of, mostly. Immediately following that the Queen also reiterated the UK's commitment of citizen rights.

@goodlookingcorpse 4 года назад

@@davidfreeman3083 See my response to Lesser Spotted Mugwump.

@bourpierre198 4 года назад

Why does this list sound like a list to santa made by a 55-year old kid still thinking Goodwill is enough to achieve anything?

@NoviProleterijat 4 года назад

Why is showing IDs when voting controversial? Just asking because I just don't know how else you can ensure the vote?

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

How else would you blame illegals and Russia for your election outcomes when they'd ensure the vote with an ID?

@stephanierando3477 4 года назад

@@maythesciencebewithyou Here in the US we have Id voter laws and Trumpians still want to blame illegals for not getting the majority of the popular vote.

@conors4430 4 года назад

Dr. Sparrow LQ I get what you’re saying but, somehow the UK has insured the vote for 100 years, what’s the difference now? The reason it tends to be controversial is probably for two reasons. Generally countries or governments that have done this before have used it as a smoke screen to apparently insure democracy but also as a convenient tool to block certain parts of the population from voting perhaps by falsely accusing them of being criminals or things like that. The second reason is much more simple, democracy is supposed to be an anonymous secret vote, attempt to try and attach any kind of identification to the process are always going to ring alarm bells.

@conors4430 4 года назад

Dr. Sparrow LQ it also opens the door to, what happens if somebody forgets their card, what happens if they don’t have a card, what happens if a particular government decides a certain type of person can’t have a card unless they take a certain boxes that the government gets to create and fiddle with. Every person who is eligible to vote in the country should be automatically in the system without requiring them to percure something extra. Just creates hurdles for voting which people can take advantage of. At least that is my limited understanding

@NoviProleterijat 4 года назад

@@conors4430 Ok, let me explain how it is where I'm from. Criminals can vote here, having an ID card is almost mandatory because everything is regulated through them. Your banking, buying alcohol and cigarettes, prescriptions etc. So somebody not having the card is a ridiculous argument, at least here it is. Showing an ID before voting does not in any way make it less anonymous? You are only showing that you are the person you are saying that you are. The government can still track your vote if you're running your current system? Edit: Just saw ur second comment, We have two weeks to get to the polls, unless it's the last day of voting then yeah you're screwed if you forgot your card but honsetly that's your fault if you haven't managed to show up for 2 weeks and forgot your ID on the last day. We also have something called BankID, it's a digital ID which you can also use and 90% here have it on their phones.

@jasonitaliano8631 4 года назад

Alright, I admit it. I want to see that voter if video

@lukas081559 4 года назад

The science part was such a big laugh. They will end the free movement and still want to contribute to the european research collaborations at a greater rate than before while preventing students to travel in and out as easily

@shortforchange 4 года назад

The queen wants to keep her head.

@AaronOkeanos 4 года назад

Can you make a video about the vote-ID thing in UK? And please include how other countries across the EU solve this (national-ID, automatic voting registration, and so on) so that UK people see how others doing it and what's possible and for outsider to understand the UK system and the contoversy about the photo-ID because both sides seem to have a serious lack of knowledge on this one.

@MomentousGaming 4 года назад

We have maybe 1 person convicted of voter fraud each year, yet we have 3.5 million people who don't own a government issued ID. All this will do is prevent the 1 count of voter fraud, but make the 3.5 million people have to buy and remember to bring, a photo ID. Even if you give ID's out for free, it will still reduce the number of people voting because they can't be asked to go through the hassle of getting one, or they send of the paperwork late, or the paperwork gets lost in the mail etc etc.

@TheGandorX 4 года назад

I have to show my id when I vote in the netherlands, if and when they ask for it. I dont understand the controversy.

@pinkyfull 4 года назад

Because whenever those laws are enacted it disadvantages those already less likely to vote. Consider that to get a photo ID you have to have a physical address. So if you are homeless, for instance, you can't vote anymore. Just because you don't own a house doesn't mean you aren't interested in voting. Similarly people who are poor, or are migrants, or young, or don't travel, are also less likely to have a similar form of ID. Its discrimination to to make it just that little bit harder to vote. With disadvantaged people already less likely to vote there doesn't need to be more systems put in place to make it just that little bit harder. Voter fraud by way of claiming you are somebody else is essentially nonexistent. So it is solving a problem which doesn't exist whilst simultaneously making it harder for those already most under served to vote. If the united states is anything to go by its just a tool to ensure you keep power by keeping those who would vote against you out of the polling booth.

@sssveny 4 года назад

yeah exactly, can someone explain why this proposal would be controversial?

@darriendastar3941 4 года назад

@@sssveny Britain doesn't have a tradition of having to prove your identity to people in power who request it. Throughout WWII, the British had to carry their 'papers', but as soon as the war was over, identity cards were got rid off at speed. Traditionally, ID cards are incredibly controversial in the UK.

@Polyglot_English 4 года назад

@@pinkyfull migrants should never be allowed to vote in the first place. Wtf!!!

@marekj1100 4 года назад

@@sssveny, It’s something we, the European continentals, cannot understand. Where I live, everybody gets an ID from age 15. No concerns @pinkyfull mentions apply. It’s just one of those things every people figured out and dealt with a long time ago but the British and the Americans.

@owenhall5742 4 года назад

Why is it controversial to show id?

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

It makes sense if you hear it but it has been usually used to disenfranchise people. There's very little reason for it aswell.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@CharalamposKoundourakis why would it disenfranchise people? That's such a bullshit excuse. People are already disenfranchised. Having to have an ID wouldn't disenfranchise them more. It's something that works in pretty much any other country in the word. An ID isn't expensive, don't act like it is unaffordable.

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter And I'm looking at the actual results of such policies in countries they have been implemented. As it stands, there is no reason to do something like this. Also, pro tip, smugness is never a good look.

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter Statistically irrelevant.

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter Ignoring facts? You haven't produced any.

@sirPiteye 4 года назад

In the netherlands you have to bring your ID to vote, whats the problem with that?

@yojasmagic 4 года назад

An ID isn't mandatory in the UK.

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@yojasmagic The question is what the problem would be if it was mandatory.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@yojasmagic But it should be

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@PGraveDigger1 It wouldn't be a problem. From what I get, those people opposed to it just don't want to pay any money to get one. They seem to think it is something super expensive like a drivers licence.

@spoopytime9928 4 года назад

10:30 It's mid October, spookiness is in the air, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ON A WILD RIDE BECAUSE ITS *SHOWDOOOOOOOOWN*

@slinkerdeer 4 года назад

Am I the only brit who is wondering "what is the point of having a queen if she doesn't even write her own speeches???" Like seriously, doesn't get political, doesn't write her own words, does she DO anything??

@imjstar 4 года назад

Lol she brings in that sweet tourism money.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

She's a fancy tax money sucking tourist attraction. That's exactly what the British want her to be.

@donwald3436 4 года назад

May the Science be with You Except the country makes more money by using the royals’ land than they spend on the royals

@1963Iota 4 года назад

I would like to know more about using a photo ID when voting. How do they prove identity at the polls?

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

How the system works now? You have to register to vote, then you get a printed card (just text) sent to your house. You go to a polling station, hand a person a card then they cross you out on a register. So you don’t prove your ID you just have a card. In reality the picture ID is to stop people voting twice, foreign nationals mostly. Eg if someone’s name is translated into ‘Faze’ or ‘Fase’, they could vote twice, once under each spelling of their name. This is a simplistic example but hopefully you get the idea.

@1963Iota 4 года назад

@@mrmagoo-i2l ...I do. Thanks for the response

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

1963Iota No problem bud. 8)

@inconceivabledark 4 года назад

I'd sell my soul to have Spitting Image start back up again and cover this whole thing.....

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Perfect timing. Who could do it though. BBC and C4 are beyond help at the moment.

@MelbourneMeMe 4 года назад

Why is it controversial to show id before voting? Show id to check into a hotel or buy beer...

@AlexBergPlays 4 года назад

It's controversial because in some countries picture ID is not something everybody has. And in these countries it's often the already marginalised who are most likely not to have such an ID. This makes it a form of voter suppression.

@Csudli 4 года назад

Exactly! I was so astonished, when I first voted here in a local election... I could have said anybody's name from our street and vote in their name...

@conors4430 4 года назад

Alec Lewis or you could ask another question, what’s the point of having to show photo ID? What is it trying to accomplish. Historically the use of voter ID in other countries has been used as a way to create barriers for certain parts of the population to vote disguised as responsible democracy. Just do what Australia does, when you come of voting age you are automatically enrolled onto the electoral commission, when you go to vote you get your name ticked off the list and you vote anonymously. Literally nothing more is needed

@AaronOkeanos 4 года назад

Generall speaking nothing and normal procedure on elections to confirm you are allowed to vote. However around 3 mio. people have problems affording them. So when he really plans to implement them he should make them free for all, or at least free for elderly and people living on social care so that they have no problem with that and are not excluded from democracy. The other thing is, it's an additional hassle for people, a lot of them might say: _"Na, not worth it and nothing chances anyway"_ ... not realising, that their not-voting is empowering the vote of fanatics because their vote has more impacts. And one thing is sure, fanatics always vote. The very basis of a democracy and the only thing for people to directly influence politics is to go voting and saying who should be his or her representative. *People not doing it, allow others decide over their future.*

@MelbourneMeMe 4 года назад

@@AlexBergPlays because it's an "issue" in the USA doesn't make it an issue everywhere... The only reason it's an "issue" in the USA is because the liberal media make it an issue... No one bats an eyelid anywhere else in the world... In Australia you need a passport, a driver's licence, a key card (state issued ID card) or your birth certificate (I think)... I mean, tyrannical voter suppression going down in Australia...

@nexusvoid367 4 года назад

I'm sorry, what? Proving your eligibility to vote before voting is... controversial...? Am I misunderstanding something here?

@donwald3436 4 года назад

Nexus Void Just another bullshit problem SJWs made up so they can cry about it.

@nexusvoid367 4 года назад

@@donwald3436 EX-PLAIN... Please?

@AaronOkeanos 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter Stop using insulting language!

@nexusvoid367 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter Ok, Brexit opinions aside, liberals dislike the fact that these checks would be implemented?

@phrankenstein-wrongthinker1994 4 года назад

Voter ID here in the US has been a hot-button issue. I'd like to hear the UKs version of it.

@Sergiblacklist 4 года назад

Its such as scum bag tactic to purge voter rolls

@DragonRidingHood 4 года назад

I think the rules have changed now, but it used to be that you just turned up to your local polling station and gave your name, date of birth and national insurance number, and someone would just tick your name off a list. Now I think you have to actually have some form of government issued ID

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

+James Why? What makes you think that? Everybody should have an ID, that of course includes minorities and the poor. The very fact that you have an ID should allow you to vote. You should not need to register. The ID itself should make it clear that as a citizen you are allowed to go and vote. Show it and vote. It's that easy. After all, you do show up with your face anyway, so why should anybody feel ashamed to show their picture? Also, don't you have a picture on your drivers license? And when you now say a drivers license is enough, no its not, not everybody has a drivers license and having a drivers licens doesn't mean you are a citizen. Every citizen should be given a personal ID card. How can something that simple be so controversial.

@donwald3436 4 года назад

JAMES WORTHINGTON It’s such a scum bag tactic to get more Democrats.

@Sergiblacklist 4 года назад

So basically the view is that ppl being able to vote is a bad thing not every single person has photo ID. Of you don't have a car or a passport what photo ID are you going to have ?

@user-th8qx4tx4y 4 года назад

she should have said: 'my government is committed to destroy the UK'

@sabinehahn9774 4 года назад

Well, isn't that all something to look forward to! 😂😂😂 Best of luck to you all!

@Dthenn 4 года назад

You can hear the disdain dripping from her every word.

@koppadasao 4 года назад

Why the Hell did Olde Moldy make concessions towards ensuring 12 years of education for girls, but not for boys?

@lindseywhite3371 4 года назад

Because in a lot of the world girls aren't sent to school but boys are.

@koppadasao 4 года назад

@@lindseywhite3371 But what does that have to do with *British* politics? It isn't as Olde Moldy can make laws for Saudi Arabia…

@lindseywhite3371 4 года назад

@@koppadasao it's part of a global commitment. Tbf, it should be everyone's business.

@koppadasao 4 года назад

@@lindseywhite3371 It should be everyone's business that *all* children get a decent education, not just girls. Which just takes me back to my original question: Why the Hell did Olde Moldy make concessions towards ensuring 12 years of education for girls, but not for boys?

@ltmcolen 4 года назад

In Belgium we have to vote so it's obvious they check your identity before voting. So our new Flemish government has decided that on the municipal level, there won't be any obligation to vote anymore. considering the fact you don't get penalties when you renounce your duty, it's not a bad idea This is only applicable in Flanders though, being a federal country. This act is a major problem for the French-speaking part of our country, they consider it a dismantling of the democratic foundation of the country. On federal level we can't even vote these guys out, and Belgium is considered as an example of the EU.

@eChuckNorris 4 года назад

This is a whole lot of "We will" with very little about how... she might as well be saying that the government will be hunting for unicorns.

@eChuckNorris 4 года назад

@@leming400 "they tackle the detail", or not... as is the case with most of the things she listed off.

@theendofit 4 года назад

That women in her 90's can read and speak 1,000s times more clearly and better in every measurable way then trump

@GrumpyFellow 4 года назад

2 min plug every episode - this is the reason I will never subscribe even though I watch your videos.

@DannyandKerry 4 года назад

It's the reason I unsubscribed. If there were no ads I would understand but plugging merchandise as well as the ads is too much.

@beanhole123 4 года назад

Just skip 1 min that's what I always do

@GrumpyFellow 4 года назад

@@beanhole123 yeah I now just do that.

@GrumpyFellow 4 года назад

@@DannyandKerryby my thinking, whoever wants to subscribe will subscribe regardless, whoever wants to buy merchandise will do so regardless, whoever wants to have notifications will hit that bell regardless. I want to see that person who went "oh dear, I almost left without unsubscribing, but luckily I was told literally each and every video at the start and at the end"

@had-change-my-handle-cos-i8416 4 года назад

No shoutout for Dennis Skinner?!?! Ngl actually disappointed lol

@OculusUniversale 4 года назад

"Enviroment" Spelling errors are a speciality of this channel, aren't they :P

@HeliozSam 4 года назад

Aren't they *

@OculusUniversale 4 года назад

@@HeliozSam Oops thanks! The irony :P

@dforscher 4 года назад

I thought the queen will say: "My lords, I am fed with these all non-senses so I am taking back the power. From tomorrow, Britain will again be an absolute monarchy" ....

@naphackDT 4 года назад

"Off with their heads!"

@manooxi327 4 года назад

Yes, I wanna hear y its controversial to show ID in voting booths plz.

@CharalamposKoundourakis 4 года назад

Because it disenfranchises people for no reason. USA as an example. There is so little voter fraud that its statistically meaninglessness.

@timwilliams19 4 года назад

zah fares I think it’s because there are no ID cards in UK and photo ID such as drivers licence or passport costs money. Therefore the poorest in society may not be inclined to spend money on such things and therefore not be allowed to vote. If the ID was provided free then perhaps that would be a pacify the objectors

@kevinedie4119 4 года назад

Because you would have to pay to Vote. Pass Ports and Drivers Licenses aren't free

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@CharalamposKoundourakis How does it disenfranchise people? In the Netherlands everyone over 14 years of age has to have a photo ID, so everyone that is legally in the Netherlands has an ID and can vote.

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@kevinedie4119 The government could make them free. Ofcourse driver's licenses aren't free, but passports should be. Just make a photo ID mandatory and subsidize it 100%.

@kiranalexander8846 4 года назад

I don't disagree with showing ID to vote, the issue is that there is currently no way to get free, valid, photo ID. This creates a situation where those from low income backgrounds, with little to no finances, would be barred from voting.

@williamdritt281 4 года назад

This really reminds me the of spitting image.

@mathieuleader8601 4 года назад

its going to make a comeback

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Mathieu Leader In America it is. Not in the U.K., the creator says he’s too old. Nowadays it would be one sided crap with a liberal agenda, it used to be good because everyone was fair game. Same as Southpark. Can you imagine a puppet of Diane Abbott. The crazies would be shouting racism for the next decade.

@mathieuleader8601 4 года назад

@@mrmagoo-i2l don't be so gloomy in outlook

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Mathieu Leader Ha Ha Ha, coming from a channel with a comment section that think Brexit means the world will burst into a fireball? That’s a bit rich. No, it’s just that the comedy scene on TV is so shit it’s beyond belief. “Comedy Unleashed” on RU-vid is the only comedy night gig that’s not jumped off the PC deep end. TV shows are so fucking woke they make me want to barf. Liberal left comedy is the safe government prescribed comedy, fuck that noise. Safe is never funny. Not to me anyway.

@SgtCustard 4 года назад

@@mrmagoo-i2l It was very much a liberal show. It repeatedly compared the Tories to Nazis and suggested Thatcher got advice from her friendly neighbour Adolf. Yes it made fun of all political figures as individuals but in terms of actual policy it was the right and hard-left that drew by far the most criticism.

@maxpuente6291 4 года назад

am i the only one who feels like the queen lost all her majesty? like she looked like a merely speaker saying what she had been told to say, and not the most powerful monarch in the world. her voice is so weak...

@tunnar79 4 года назад

Well...she's 93,not sure what you expect from someone who was probably born before your grandparents were.

@maxpuente6291 4 года назад

tunnar79 time to abdicate then perhaps

@MaccaLives 4 года назад

@@maxpuente6291 Abdication is highly controversial in the UK. Elizabeth's uncle abdicated, but as a result he was pretty much banned from the UK. Elizabeth will reign until she dies, and then Charles will keep the throne warm for a few years (he's getting on a bit too, obviously). William is still fairly young, so he'll probably be King a lot longer than his dad ever will.

@usarkarzts4207 4 года назад

@@MaccaLives I don't think Charles will ever be king.

@The_New_IKB 4 года назад

I really like Her Majesty's cloak/Cape it is so long!!!!!!

@edsr164 4 года назад

The_New_IKB 4472 the gay kid in me wished to wear it

@lindseywhite3371 4 года назад

I sincerely hope that they see all of these things through.

@thotung34 4 года назад

Let's hand it over to the Queen 🤣🤣🤣

@donwald3436 4 года назад

ถ Tho Tung Would be fine by me except Chuckie is next in line.

@FooBarBash 4 года назад

Plug ends at: 1:47

@calimerohnir3311 4 года назад

Politics aside though... Long Live the Queen!

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

Why? What does she bring to the table except being an expensive tourist attraction?

@Thanos1908 4 года назад

It was the most extravagant electoral campaign event I've ever witnessed.

@FSMDog 4 года назад

Id like to see the justification for voter ID and the fact its straight from the GOP playbook

@usarkarzts4207 4 года назад

@Lumiel yeah right? I'm having trouble thinking why a country wouldn't have a national ID. Here in Spain it's mandatory and a free service. You only have to pay for a replacement if you lost it.

@MomentousGaming 4 года назад

@@usarkarzts4207 Because voter fraud is non-existent here. It's creating a solution where there isn't a problem. A solution which will cost money for the tax payers (could go to the NHS), and require people to fill out forms and send of paperwork, which for some people is just too much of a hassle.

@nyan0812nerd 4 года назад

@@MomentousGaming isn't the vast majority of voter fraud here from the postal vote. where they wont even be checking ids anyway?

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Usarkar Zts How much is it? The only picture ID I’ve got is a passport and loosing it will cost a lot (£100) and cause lots of headaches. I’d like an ID, I’d of been a bit pissed off if I was younger. Buying booze and cigs would be a lot harder. When I was 16 I used to just put on a deep voice, “BOTTLE OF VODKA PLEASE”.

@MaccaLives 4 года назад

Why is photo identification such a hot topic? Over here in the Netherlands, it's been mandatory to provide photo ID (passport or driver's permit) before being allowed to vote for as long as I can remember... and I've been eligible to vote for decades! I'm surprised to learn people in the UK can vote without proving their identity.

@Tobberz 4 года назад

Left wingers think it's discriminatory.

@MaccaLives 4 года назад

@@Tobberz Well, I'm a 'left winger', and I don't think that.

@peterseagrave4051 4 года назад

Because photo ID isn't free, so not everyone who can vote can afford it and therefore wouldn't be able to vote.

@Tobberz 4 года назад

@@peterseagrave4051 You can get a physical ID card for 15 quid, and a digital one for free.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@peterseagrave4051 Dude how much do you think a photo ID costs? Are you that fucking poor on your small island? Also, if you can't afford one it will be payed by the government for you. So where is the problem again?

@datfox2844 4 года назад

When's the new podcast coming out?

@yaelavivi501 4 года назад

A vid about the photo ID thing would be nice, maybe compare it to the similar initiative in the U.S.

@zhounain 4 года назад

"Enviroment"

@TJ_Travels1 4 года назад

Environment

@mrmagoo-i2l 4 года назад

Envirionmente. Get over yourselves, pedantic weirdos.

@kytom2548 4 года назад

Maybe I’ve watched too much Last Week Tonight but I 100% expected to hear Gilbert Godfrey’s voice reading the Queen’s Speech

@tricketts5355 4 года назад

Please cover the controversial voter ID plan in more detail. :)

@richardhills6952 4 года назад

T Ricketts it just means labour can’t get extra votes and shows how they should never get into power

@steveosborne2297 4 года назад

@@richardhills6952 you sound just like Donald Trump.

@hoggif 4 года назад

According to BBC: "Research in 2015 by the Electoral Commission, the independent body that sets the standards of elections in the UK, indicated that about 3.5 million citizens, or 7.5% of the electorate, did not have access to any approved photo ID. The research suggested that women are considerably less likely than men, and black people considerably less likely than white people, to have a driving licence.. ..." I think the controversial topic is weather requiring voter ID makes voting more safe or if it suppresses the voters that have no access to such ID. Similarly voting can be manipulated by many other means like making voting places hard/expensive to reach (people with less money may not travel to vote or have the money to do that) and so on.

@hoggif 4 года назад

Yes you do need ID for lots of other things. In my country you need id for voting but voting can be done very near you or even at home if you're unable to move well for example. I can still see why this in controversial topic.

@hoggif 4 года назад

@TheBaconHunter I'm not aware what there is and what not. I'm curious to hear more about this. All I know is what I read from BBC article that I quoted above and the limited understanding I got from that.

@andrewweinberger4430 4 года назад

Yes, please talk about voter ID issues in the UK. I'm curious how it compares to what we have in the United States (which of course varies by state). I can't imagine having the same electoral laws across the country. It must be glorious.

@yogibbear 4 года назад

Off with their heads!

@Bellpower20 4 года назад

A video on the voter ID bill would be interesting. In the US, those type of laws are the solution to imaginary voter fraud. The real purpose is voter suppression. I wonder if they serve the same purpose in the UK.

@Sham1r0 4 года назад

Wow first 10ppl 10% discount you english are tight af!

@boredtodeathwth 4 года назад

The most mentioned merch store on youtube, I say!

@Therealwomenofbronzeestate 4 года назад

The door is slammed in black rods face to assert their authority over the lords.

@DanafoxyVixen 4 года назад

Yet the door is reopened because they have no authority...

@yogibbear 4 года назад

How the hell does the UK not require photo ID to vote already? I'm sorry it is 2019. That is not controversial. There's CCTV everywhere if you have a problem with needing photo ID then you've already lost more than a decade ago.

@_Atzin 4 года назад

From the other comments I have gathered that privacy is not the problem but how the requirement of id has been used to stop the disenfranchised from voting.

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@_Atzin There's a very simple solution to that. Make a photo ID mandatory for everyone in the country and provide them for free.

@_Atzin 4 года назад

@@PGraveDigger1 Sure that's a solution, but it's much easier said than done.

@PGraveDigger1 4 года назад

@@_Atzin Pretty much every other country in Europe has done it, most of them more than 10 years ago. It's not hard to do.

@maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад

@@_Atzin So much bullshit

@DerpyLaron 4 года назад

I just realized this is the fist time I heared the Queens voice. I not from the UK so there really wans't a reason for me to hear her say anything.However with how often I saw pictuers and videos of her it is very odd.

@anlumo1 4 года назад

Yes, same for me. You only ever see her using passive aggressive expression using clothing items, but none of her speeches are interesting, because she's required to be neutral, and so they aren't being reported on at all. This is the one exception, because she only reads another group's speech.

@jamestanis3274 4 года назад

Definitely interested in hearing the reaction to voter ID laws in the UK given all the nonsense about them here in the US.

@kevinedie4119 4 года назад

The Voter ID law would mean there is no longer free elections in the UK. because a Pass Port and Drivers Licence costs money.

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

The Government has said if you dont have ID the government will provide you with one at no cost enabling you to vote. So there will be no added cost.

@kevinedie4119 4 года назад

@@jjosephs6521 but its an extra step. We WANT people to vote not make it harder (of course the Tories want to make it harder because the more people vote the more likely they wont get in)

@Anna-ps8xe 4 года назад

I live in Norway, and we have something called a bank ID. It's basically just your ordinary visa with a photo on it. It costs almost nothing and can be obtained by anyone in a few days. You do not even need to be 18 to get one. It's not hard to provide all citizens with ID cards if the government really wants to.

@jjosephs6521 4 года назад

@@kevinedie4119 It is an extra step and I dont know were the line should be but everything makes it harder to vote, I cant vote on your behalf, I cant vote in a different constituency so there has to be an electoral roll. So unless you can point out that it's an un due imposition. Because I really dont want non citizens voting. The Tories motive are not my issue, you can be right for the wrong reasons. I'm not going to oppose something that I think should happen just because the Tories came up with it.

@kevinedie4119 4 года назад

@@jjosephs6521 this is what the Republicans do to reduce Voters Rights in America. You can only vote with IDs and they make sure the areas where you can request IDs are scares where Democrats are prevelant. So whats to stop the Tories doing likewise?

@huwgrossmith9555 4 года назад

If Her Maj is that Furious she should have torn up the speech and said "you are ALL fired, none of you can attempt to run for parliament ever again, there will be a new referendum and GE 6 weeks from now."