American Reacts to UK: What Has No Right To Exist!
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- These are some of the most outdated and unnecessary things still existing in the UK. From antiquated laws to bizarre traditions, let's explore these relics of the past that might need a modern update!
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The existence of poverty and the existence of billionaires might be causally related.
Right. Let’s abolish ambition so ambitious people can relax in poverty
@markharvey1630 yeah.. I just saw a thing that said ' normalise saying wealth hoarder rather than billionaires ' .. 😉
@@user-vd6qq6uk8plet’s tax the rich, to educate new workers, and keep them healthy and housed.
No entrepreneur has ever said I’m not following my dream, due to high tax. They’ll all still be loaded.
No the existence of complex tax systems with loopholes and political vote buying has a direct correlation to poverty. The billionaires don't pay much tax because the business they own contribute far more to the economy and tax base than any individual no matter how wealthy. Perhaps if we shut down the obvious scam that is modern art and parasitic "charities" we could easily afford better public services. The basic idea was good if an individual or company made charitable contributions they could write that money off as a tax deduction. Unfortunately this led to the proliferation of " charities" which exist solely to profit from this windfall. Why do you think Bill gates switched all his assets from Microsoft to his own charity which he uses to fund lobbyists and promote his politics. Everyone complains about Elon ignoring Gates and Soros pumping millions which they should be paying as taxes into political campaigns and "research" which always seems to get results which support their goals.
It's genuinely more complex than that, because the pie is not truly fixed like that. e.g. allowing the most efficient producers to control more resources is potentially a good thing in the long run. It's about timescales, all kinds of things. But for sure we should enforce reasonable minimum living standards, about which we have so far failed.
Billionaires often get where they are by stepping on the lives of others, usually contibuting to the poverty problem
"Debit" cards mean something different in the UK. There are Debit cards (take money from bank account) and separately Credit cards (put it on Credit to pay off later). I've heard that in America sales assistants take a card and ask whether you want it processed as Debit or Credit, But that doesn't happen in the UK. A card can do one or the other. Not both.
There are also extra limitations on cards for people under the age of 18 to prevent credit debt
Most of the time, credit and debit cards are separate in the U.S.
Toothache is funnier than Mrs Browns Boys.
I watched a bit of it once, it made me need a poo.
Yes. It's just a nasty little man expressing his hatred of women.
It was brilliant but you need a sense of humour to watch it.
Using them in the same sentence is an insult to toothache!
Funnier than this Evan twat
I preferred it when all shops closed on Sundays. Some shop workers want to see their families.
I’d prefer if it was one or the other not this centrist bollocks
This bloke is not very well informed and is totally London-centric.
Debit card isn't a credit card.
I am reacting to a guy reacting to another guy reacting to a Reddit feed … so this is how the world ends …
If only the Reddit feed had been on Favourite/Least-Liked American Reactors we could have ended up in an endless loop...
@@GrumpyOldGit-zk1kw Three Mile Island?
@@martinclegg8536 I see what you did there :D 👍🏻
UK Sunday trading laws target large supermarkets/ large shops giving small business owners an opportunity to capitalise and make money for a good proportion of Sunday should they wish. It also allows workers in large retail stores some time off on a Sunday
Stamp duty is a tax that has been in existence for centuries, originally it was used to raise money for the war in the 1600's but has since become a standard tax..it is charged as a percentage of the cost of the property being bought, over a certain threshold, by the buyer.
Our infrastructure, public services such as police, fire, leisure centres, libraries, street lighting, roads et al, are covered by a different tax called Council Tax, which is not a one off but a monthly payment that is paid by everyone regardless of whether you own property (although the amount you pay is still calculated on the band price that the property you reside at, is in)
Personally, I feel that if they are still going to charge stamp duty, they should scrap inheritance tax, it's appalling that someone works all their life to build a home and have something to hand down to their children, for the government to then swoop in on your death and grab a lump of that properties value for themselves...double dipping the greedy buggers!!! 🇬🇧
You reminded me of when I worked in a bank in 1969. We had to put a postage stamp on the back of every withdrawal/cheque. The government was charging the banks stamp duty every time someone withdrew from their account.
No, you don't get charged for using debit cards.
As a volunteer fundraiser with several charities, I dread the day they stop minting low value coins. Lots of people put their 'shrapnel' in collecting tins & buckets. Charities will lose a lot of income without small coins in circulation.
Not everyone who needs to park their car has a 'smart 'phone'
Absolutely fucking nonsense 🤣🤣🤣 a phone that works tinme costs fucking £50 these days wise up.
Go home, Wookie. OP said "has" not "can afford".
People don't HAVE to own a smart phone, you melt
They said ONLY cash so should be cash or card or app
There are also endless complications such as needing to claim expenses back from work. Much easier to do with a proper receipt from a cash payment than trying to get a screenshot from an app that may or may not work/record it properly etc. And in places where parking easily costs thirty quid to go for a short meeting, it’s no joke if you can’t get the money back. Even if I did use my phone for payments, I wouldn’t.
I've got a phone or card on me more often than I have coins
BBC is £3.20 a week (1 Costa white americano is £3.80 and a Latte is £4.35!) No ads. so does allow greater independence in programming and less wasted and annoying time whilst viewing. Some of the UK's most popular and diverse TV and radio programmes. Usually good quality within their genres. Has...
TV:
7 main tv channels.
19 regional and local tv channels
1 tv world service
Radio:
13 national radio channels
49 regional and local channels
Also:
BBC iplayer offers live and on demand access to tv from the BBC
BBC sounds offers live and on demand access to radio, podcasts and music from the BBC.
BBC Bitesize offers access to free interactive revision guides, flashcards, quizzes, videos, podcasts and games covering various subjects and levels from school categories; key stage 1 up to GCSE's. Crearted by curriculum experts and exam board specific.
They do a lot of other things as well. Such incredible value for £3.20 a week!!!!!
@iolog513 On the plus side David Attenborough. On the downside, Fiona Bruce :(
Mitch Benn - I’m proud of the BBC
m.th-cam.com/video/p3q2iZuU5WM/w-d-xo.html
Nobody has ever loved James Corden.
Don't worry - he still lives in LA. However he does also keep a pile in Berkshire AND a house in Belsize Park.
Weird how you speak for everyone, how arrogant.
You looked confused so just saying People who live in London often don’t know much about the rest of the uk, it’s a stereotyp so “London bubble”
One of the Penny main purpose was to prevent someone just pocketing the money instead of putting it in the till , so 19.99 instead of 20, they have to open the till to give change but now with digital transactions it’s no longer necessary
There's also a psychological trick, people see £19.99 and focus on the pounds rather than the pence, so don't register that they're about to spend almost £20 - only "less than £20"
Platter (not plater) rhymes with Batter not Baiter and is a somewhere between a plate and tray (or just a very large oval plate)
Drag is extremely popular in the uk its always been a thing. You go to random parts of spain and youll find drag comedy shows and stuff. Thetes never been the same stigma as the USA
What has no right to exist in 2024 UK? The Conservative Party?
Well that’s sone good timing
Too bad they are still the opposition let’s get labour sone leftward momentum
No: a plate is a plate but a 'platter' (like the US 1950/60's vocal group) can be anything that food is served on such as a roof tile, a sizzling pan, block of wood, etc.
It's unreasonably amusing to me that JJLA is pausing the video to look up terms, and then Evan looks up the same term on his video, and even reads out the same paragraph from wikipedia when he presses play!
we did get rid of the 1/2p
I remember when they got rid of the farthing - yes, I’m a ‘boomer!!!
@@user-vd6qq6uk8pYou blow things up?
Yes, after they got rid of the coins, but they could pay you in a 1/2p I remember being paid 49 1/2 p a hour....
a platter is a large plate.
Yeah but it isn't a plater
Evan has learnt how to do British sarcasm well 👏
I hate app only parking machines. Why should I have to put their app on my phone, we'll park somewhere else.
Wishing you well 😀
Mrs browns boys was created in Ireland by an Irish man, and the original was Irish made but was commissioned to be made in to a sitcom by the BBC, filmed in Scotland (still set in Ireland within the sitcom). Same as father ted was initially not wanted on Irish TV, and no Irish TV company wanted to touch it, so channel 4 commissioned it. Filmed the outdoor scenes in Ireland, and the rest was done in England at the London studios. It was only once it became popular that Irish TV embraced it.
that has to mean that the uk can claim father ted surely
@@natmanprime4295 production wise at least, yeah. It is a UK made show. It's not just something they stumped the money up for to be made, it was commissioned, produced, an mainly filmed in England, written by and starring Irish actors, it was Chris Morris from The day today and brass eye, who recommended it to channel 4 through Hat Trick Productions one of the Channel 4 production companies, he recommended them to snap it up and get it made, so after many failed attempts by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan who wrote it to garner any interests from Irish TV networks and Irish production houses to no avail, that is just what Hat Trick Productions did. And as Hat Trick Productions is a British TV production company, and it was aired on the British channel 4 who commissioned it, So It's basically best described a British TV show set in Ireland written by Irish writers.
"First-past-the-post' is the system also used in the USA.
Partially, I don't think it's true for the presidential election, the electoral college is a whole other level of undemocratic.
Virtually no toilets are pay toilets.
Ever considered that the poverty and the existence of billionaires might be - yaknow - linked somehow? "Inequality" I believe it's called. Countries that have less of it have fewer billionaires and in the case of e.g. Finland, practically zero homelessness. Americans in particular seem reluctant to consider this.
Because abolishing ambition doesn’t lead to the abolition of poverty. The roots of poverty are diverse, but key factors are poor mental and / or physical health, poor education, poor diet, substandard housing, addiction, lack of opportunity, political and commercial short-termism
@@user-vd6qq6uk8p Ambition hasn't been abolished in the Nordic/Scandinavian countries. They're incredibly innovative and successful, have world class healthcare and invariably come top in global measures of happiness. Oh - and Finland has all but eradicated homelessness as I mentioned. Inequality is a direct predictor of all those social problems we keep hearing about.
@@garethm3242 Sweden has one of the highest proportion of billionaires per capita in the world and the other Nordics also have their fair share. Nevertheless, I agree with you about inequality, just not that it’s related to billionairedom 💰
"What's wrong with billionaires? I want the freedom to be able to make a billion dollars one day. Lets end poverty instead" is the quintessential American response to that issue, like it's not generally the billionaires extorting people that causes both.
Make a billion dollars by all means but pay every penny of tax on it!
Network rail removed toilet charges from all train stations in 2019, so it was already gone by 2021 when the original video was made
Just introduce a 99p coin and then we wont need pennies.
The Official Monster Raving Looney Party has that very suggestion in their manifesto back in the 80s/90s I can’t exactly remember when.
First past the post (FPTP) is a good thing. It prevents small niche groups from having an outsized effect on UK politics. Here's an example why... Israel used to be under British control and their law is based on British law, they have proportional representation which is the alternative to FPTP and what happens is that the centre right and centre left battle it out in elections but often neither get an outright majority so they have to team up with either the hard right or hard left in order to win. The centrist parties are essentially blackmailed into introducing extremist policies in order to get the support of the small extremist parties. While (to pick one wing as an example) the centre right do not support the antagonistic policies of the hard right they are put in a position where they have to implement them or lose the elections entirely. This results in policies which no-one but a few extremists wanted being implemented. To translate that to the UK it works mean the conservatives accepting BNP policies in order to win. The BNP might only get 2 or 3% of the vote but their horrific policies get implemented anyway. It seems exclusionary, and it is... But for good reason, I don't want to live somewhere that the extremist nutters get to dictate and enforce their extremist views upon the majority of normal and good centrist people.
We have 'Council Tax' to pay monthly for public services like firepersons, police, waste disposal etc, stamp duty is a one-off fee charged when you purchase a new house and is a quite significant amount (eg approx £11,000 for a £300k house)
We don't want a cashless society..
Who’s we? Money’s just a number anyway
@@user-vd6qq6uk8p I don't think it's in the best interests of people in general to have purely electronic transactions.
Well said. Cash is king. If the internet somehow goes down,then how are people going to access their money.
And you can't play poker with card readers...
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Plater is a typo
20 min mark. Road tax, council tax, income tax pay for that
you can be charged for cash machines but it has to be obvious that there is a charge before you withdraw the money . these are usually in places where there is no competition from other ATMs as you call them such as temporary ones . you rarely get charged for making debit card purchases or getting cash back because this is really a cash payment ; the account the debit card is used from should have enough credit in it or it's likely to be refused . they mainly use visa or mastercard to transfer the money . A credit card is as it says ; so you are buying on credit and it is charged to your account at the end of the month ; if not paid in full within an agreed date say 25 days you will be charged interest . Taking out cash on a credit card is very expensive there is a charge say 2.5% and then interest daily until the account is paid off in full .
US shops let you poop if you buy gum first? Most UK shops (excluding the biggest ones) just don't have the space to spare for public toilets, but we usually have public toilets provided by a shopping center or local council.
JJ word of the day... _"CRAP!"_ 😂😂
"Plat-R" Plater said like plateau a large flat slab with out a ridge to stop gravy or peas rolling off the plate.
I happily pay my tv licence, the alternative is unregulated, propaganda from whichever billionaire is currently dabbling in politics and GBnews…… long live the BBC!
I spent 4 years living in Belgium and before I left they took 1 and 2-cent coins out of circulation and started rounding to the nearest 5 cents instead. Definitely easier to sort through the shrapnel in the bottom of your purse/wallet.
And a good way to increase prices
@@lulusbackintown1478 Prices are the same but rounded up or down if paying cash.
You're talking about Council tax which pays for all local services. . Stamp Duty is the tax that you pay to the Government when you buy your property. It can be between 5% - 15% depending on the property. You can imagine how much extra it comes to if you're buying a flat worth £500k.
Worst thing (I still go to school in the UK) I literally had to do the PE lesson wearing just my underwear when I didn't have my PE kit last week 😮 That should be outlawed
Most cash machines don't charge you for withdrawing cash, do they? I don't have a credit card, so I don't know if you get charged for using them? The ones that do must be few and far between. Likewise, I've never been charged for using my debit card, ever, anywhere.
I'm 80% cash...sadly I need the card for subscriptions. I did use Amazon once in lockdown. My order arrived missing a load of parts!
I still prefer using cash and always will.
It's a platter...2 Ts. Google that a all will be revealed
The shop's name is Boots, hence ''Puss in Boots''.
I think that Plater is a spelling mistake, should be a Platter?
British 2p & 1p coins are now cheaper to produce as they are not copper. Put them near a magnet and you will find out.
Card only parking metres in rural locations where they refuse to process your card and you can’t download the app on your phone both because there is no reception.
I work 27 hours a week and it's perfect. Currently off for disability, but I hope to go back.
Its possible it wasn't a mispelling of plate, it could be a mispelling of platter instead. . .
JJLA. Try substituting the word 'less' for 'fewer'. Then your English has improved.
Not a plater but a platter.
Yes I'm cash, digitals great until the power goes out. At least when the power goes out, I can still buy things with cash.
cash is always king. its the bastion of freedom.
pennies in the UK are made from steel with a copper covering
Mrs Brown's Boys is hilarious, people who say it isn't, doesn't know comedy
Everybody paying rent or buying a home pays a community tax to our local governing body every year. The amount is set by them and funds all emergency services, roads and street lights. Mrs Brown's Boys was not cancelled. As the great Brendan O'Carroll and his family reside in Florida, they couldn't get back to make the series. We greeted him back at Christmas 22/23 with a few more episodes 23/24. All women have rights over their own bodies in the UK as well as freedom to love who they want the way they want, unlike the USA. Our card payment system is totally different to yours, so you can't compare. I don't know why Americans feel that we all have to do things the way they do. In this day and age I am blessed to be British. For all our faults at least we don't live in America who's politicians want to take them back to the 17th century with male peacocks strutting around being important and women churning out children while chained to the stove. Of course the health care is already in the loo. It is marvellous we are all different. As I'm old and I hope won't live long enough to be different. James Corden moved back for his children like many Brits and Americans. We get another dose of Gavin and Stacey.👵🏴
the thing you may not have realised is that the existence of billionaires is directly tied to why we have so much people in poverty. it is a zerosome game. the sooner we realise this the quicker we start looking for appropriate /non-violent resolution.
FPTP is normal but should not be - devolved elections use more proportional systems like Single Transferable Vote (STV) so UK people can handle better voting.
I think he means sizzle-plates - which are basically oval shaped mini iron griddles. They heat the plate over the hob, so that when its placed on the wood tray, and the food is placed on it, it is literally sizzling as they serve it to you at the table. Most commonly seen in curry houses over here.
01:00 That is complete and utter B.S.! No one in the UK has been charged for using a Debit Card for at least 20 years and on Credit Cards for about 6 years. And I should know, I used to run a computer shop. You are charged for withdrawing cash at ATMs with a Credit Card but that is part of the Terms and Conditions and is the same as if you went into a Bank Branch (if you can still find one now!) to take out money.
02:52 The US system of elections for Presidential Elections is based on States so, in practice, is the same as the UK where votes go to elect an Member of Parliament for our Constituency (local area) as against voting specifically for the Prime Minister in their own right.
05:44 The majority of folk here who don't use their indicators ("blinkers") are driving BMWs. Or Audis. Or Mercedes. Or Volkswagens. There must be a connection between those brands somewhere. Invading Poland perhaps? 🤔🤣
11:25 The cost of the TV Licence pays for what can reasonably be called the world's best broadcaster, the BBC. And keep in mind that NO TV is "free". So called "Free channels" get their money from adverts. Neither BBC Television or Radio channels have ANY adverts. Not a single one. 🙂
as a brit ,the royal family
Not 'platers' that's a typo, he means platters which are substitutes for plates - I have had food in a pub served on a slate, no, I want a plate. Billionaires suck the money up from below causing poverty below.
sunday trading law exempts small business like local convenience stores to support them. otherwise you'd have a monopoly of the big supermarkets and higher prices.
billionaires: dont forget there is a limited money supply enforced by central banks to avoid runaway inflation. thus the more billionaires there are in any economic system, the less money is left to be shared among smaller business and workers generally, and poverty and homelessness increases.
The TV licence is an excellent idea look what we get for it
When a large public limited company lays off 10,000 people, the shareholders rub their hands in glee.
If McD can't pay decent wages like they have to abroad, they don't belong in business. Period!
Sunday trading is one of those, at first glance, irritating and pointless occurrences that only impact negatively….. however the opposite is true. These “archaic” traditions are what make us British, without our customs and history we are just another anonymous soulless clone of every other country. I say extend Sunday trading laws to Monday!
Going down the rabbit hole that is "Electoral Systems".... both the US and UK use first past the post (except Presidential, where it's gerrymandered with the electoral college system), the difference lies in voter registration, to my knowledge in the UK registration is permanent and you are required to notify changes to the electoral commission, in the US it's a new enrolment for every election, and in either system there is no requirement to vote. Compare that to Australia, with a preferential voting system, compulsory enrolment and voting. In all three systems there are grounds of ineligibility to vote: incarceration, non-resident (non-citizenship), incapacity, or religious grounds.
hello JJ, just looked up information about mrs brown's boys, seems like it has returned. the cancellation ended up being a break.
Platter is a large plate.. Pronounced plat... Er
Instead of wasting your taxes minting pennies, your government should split the cost and spend it on public services FFS!
You dont get charged for using a debit card.
I must be the only person who never watched Gavin and Stacy. I always thought James Cordon was a self-obsessed prat.
Saw Mrs Browns Boys, it was ok didn't miss it when it went though.
We have public toilets only one in our town centre charges though.
Sunday trading is 10-4 for supermarkets but corner shops can open all day.
Platter not plater.
A platter is a large plate used at dinner parties (as in a silver platter) that you would have your food served on.
Messing with the working week caused all sorts of trouble in the 1970s. Probably best to leave that one alone.
20:37 homophobia is still a problem, although nowhere near as bad as it was when I was growing up. Transphobia, on the other hand, is way too prevalent.
I know exactly where my parents stand on the trans debate, because one of my mum's best friends is trans.
end of the day if you cart pay your staff you should be in business
Being pro-billionaire but anti-poverty seems like missing the point so hard. I love you JJLA but those two things are related.
You might want to tell Evan that if he watches anything live on TH-cam, that means the UK owns the live rights for it and he's supposed to pay for a license!
I know.
It's shit.
Not true.
You are so wrong about the credit debit card charge thing. What you are proposing doesn't work in the UK.
Do you believe the crap you just said about fast food workers? Learn economics, lad. In Europe, they are paid vastly more than that and it made the companies richer, because people on high wages buy a lot of fast food.
A millennial uses AmEx? I'm 53 and I consider that old-fashioned.
careful with the tv licence you need one to watch ANY LIVE STREAM even on TH-cam
Not really no it’s a non-enforceable law they don’t even come to my door anymore because I just waste there time if you pay for the licence for anything non-BBC you are a fool
It's live broadcast TV. That requires a licence. You tube IS NOT live broadcast TV.
@@redwiltshire1816
*Licence* (unless you're an American, and so can't spell or pronounce English words correctly).
@@brigidsingleton1596 I’d hardly be the one to judge how people pronounce words (especially if you are English who pronounce most of it wrong)
We have stopped using the new half penny coin a number of years ago.
I too don't watch Mrs Browns Boys, but do believe thet are still making it. It was on last Christmas.
Yes, Mrs Brown's Boys is still going.
The TV License... absolutely. Although I don't pay for it anyway because I don't watch TV. It'll die off sooner than later anyway because less and less people actually need it anyway.
We have several times got rid of low denomination coins. There was a half farthing (1/8 penny) until 1869, a farthing (1/4 penny) until 1961. Then in 1969 we got rid of the halfpenny and in 1971 of ALL our coins and replaced them with a new system. The old penny was replaced by the new penny but the value of the new penny was 2.4 old pennies so you could say that we got rid of our lowest denomination although the new denomination had the same name. some coins remained in use a bit longer but with the new value, for example the old sixpence coin stayed in circulation till 1980 with its new value of two and a half new pence. Confused? So were a lot of people at the time though the hundred pence in a pound is clearly a simpler system. Of course the problem with, say getting rid of pennies is that everything then gets rounded up up the next nearest so anything that was, say, 16, 17, 18 0r 19 pence is now 20 pence. Then to maintain differentials everything that was t20 gets rounded up to 25 and ultimately the price of everything is driven up though you don't have more money to pay for it.
Also, if you have equipment capable of watching ANY live broadcast TV including live broadcasts on a streaming service you must legally have a TV license.
Don't forget that post-decimalisation we still had the half-penny. It wasn't removed from circulation until 1984.
@@StormhavenGaming You are right. I had completely forgotten the "new halfpenny", so much so that I just had to google the image to remember what it looked like.
He admitted in a previous video that he has watched TV without a licencs. Which means he is stealing from those of us that pay.
Can't steal something by looking at it.
People should use cash and cards. A cashless society is a controlled one !! I’d hate to be cancelled for using too much toilet roll.
Check out American Assumptions by Michael Spicer
There are some rip-off cash machines that charge but most of them are free - for now at least.
They should get rid of 2p coins before 1p's
Depends how or who he made that billion on . Better dissputtion of that billion ,would be better
Platter?
You don't become a billionnaire by creating and keeping thousands of people in poverty. Oh, and things that shouldn't have been a thing in 2021 (or now) in the UK: separate hot and cold taps
Who the dickens is James Corden? No-one minds paying for toilets in stations and shopping malls or othe public conveniences - they are cleaned immaculately. Where there are no charges they are not.
Mr Blobby
this guy has no idea what he is talking about admits to breaking the UK law on TH-cam. TV licensing is a not used totally correctly BUT the your supposed to pay for any type of "long and short of it" Live Streaming/viewing! TH-cam included, radio, on mobile devices including phones etc etc etc... the idea being the money being a fund towards payments to people including himself steaming on youtube!, charges for using toilets is for the upkeep of said toilet, who wants to going to a toilet thats dirty and has no bog roll. The UK did stop producing its smallest coin of the realm the 1/2 penny not being used no more and everything that cost 1/2 penny then double its price over night to 1 penny. I could go on but i think ive said enough!