EU Debate | Nigel Farage MEP | Opposition
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The Motion: This House Believes Britain and the EU are Better Together.
Nigel Farage MEP closes the case for the opposition, as the sixth and final speaker in the debate.
The motion carried, with a total of 283 ayes to 73 noes.
Nigel Paul Farage is a British politician and former commodity broker. He is the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), having held the position since November 2010, and previously from September 2006 to November 2009. Since 1999 he has been a Member of the European Parliament for South East England. He co-chairs the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group. He has been noted for his sometimes controversial speeches in the European Parliament and has strongly criticised the euro.
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Can't barage the Farage
I am Canadian. Nigel is awesome 😎 Britain is lucky to have him. That statement is killer
Be quiet Sonny, you've had your say. Priceless.
Only communist fabianist Marxist domestic terrorists and muslims hate him.
But you can egg him ^^
@@RoadWarrior2006 And all of Europe.
He is a great speaker!!!
michaeldeng1981 So is Tony Blair. Look where that lead. Beware of the eloquent orator.
@@johnharvey4448 It depends on whether you let the argument or the semantics win the debate.
He'll be remembered as the best politician in the 21st century that never held a seat in Westminster. Thank god he have is our freedom.
riiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhtt
Richard Norman We are so bloody fortunate to have such an amazing champion of the underdog - Britain will be forever in his debt.
Richard Norman well you got your freedom now hope it all works out for you.
Nigel Farage has given our children and grandchildren their future freedom. God Bless this man ….. heaven sent..
🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
This must have been hell for Nick, imagine if parliment had to endure Nigel. He is a living legend.
He tried his best, yet never managed to get himself into the Parliament
@@danj.8578 That's true, thankfully he achieved his political goal without even stepping foot into Westminster. He claims he was offered a peerage three days before standing down Brexit Party candidates in 317 Tory-held seats. Thankfully he turned it down because he will be campaigning, in the future, to make the House of Lord's democratically elected.
FUCK'IM, the traitor. Nigel pulled him apart, in every meeting. His constant denial about a EU army. was treachery enough; now PROVEN.
He's a bellend
A smooth talker led his country to hell. What he did was for his sake but things didn't go as he planned.
That student saying we need the immigrants to do the jobs we don’t want to do. What a racist argument.
He's a slob shouting to a man in a tuxedo. Nuff said.
Racism? no. Prejudice. Yes
The irony (or is it truth?) is, I bet he's a trust fund/bank of mummy and daddy, Oxford student who's never done a hard days work and never will in his life, (other than study). I remember working 13 hour days when I was his age.
@@danielgreener4574 If I might reinterpret your point of view, this young knucklehead ought to do some of those jobs native Brits (and Americans, for that matter) "won't do." It would do him some good.
he is worried there will be no one to make his coffeein his local shop
I will give it to Nigel, He is a very very good debater and speaker in general.
He is by far and away the best speaker there. Nick Clegg would love to have a half of it. The audience is too young for the Roy Jenkins jibe.
Clegg is a wet flannel
He's a professional speaker, there are speakers such as Farage that are paid very well indeed, check it yourself
The point if he said the truth and not if he's a good spokesman..
N76iii
@@aleccap5946 No man is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
4:54,
Jesus Christ, Nick Clegg is sitting right there, an Nigel is just mocking him the whole time, the balls on Farage, Farage should be our PM.
Clegg's a total fuckwit. I never fell for his bullshit, all practised in front of a mirror.
@Léo Mutombo Jesus had nothing to do with it
He is truly a national hero, his actions will save our country before its too late.
+Bettencourt You've got Trump.
+Jackpot was a rigged election result anyway. clearly covered up election fraud but he will be PM in 2025 elections i hope.
+Adam Collie Too late for what?
+MrrMuyaagi the EU develops an army and forces its member nations into a unified federal state?
The EU needs an army and a navy and an airforce. In fact a unified defence structure. What sense is there in having 28 or 27 different sets of armed forces to defend our European democracy. Let's face it, we are not defending ourselves from each other.
From America----- You can not barrage the Farage!
What an incredible orator.
It's unlikely that the plump, hairy youth at 10:05 has ever had a job, or had to worry about surviving and paying bills at the lowest income level in this country. I can't adequately express how offensive I find it when someone who will, in all likelihood, never experience that problem trots out the old "British working class are too lazy to take these jobs, so we need to import hard-working slavs" line. I earn all of £1.20 per hour more now than I did eighteen years ago - I was on £6.70 and it was a pretty poor income even then, in a heavy manual job that, literally, almost crippled me. This country is full of people like me. We've always been here - doing the shit jobs that apparently "only foreigners are willing to do", according to popular lore. Too many people, like young Che Guevara here, lap it up and spew it out by rote. It's the propaganda that keeps large scale employers fat. It's about cheap labour and keeping wages at the bottom in stagnation.
Your absolutely right. I wonder who that bloke thinks worked the coal mines, the clothing mills, the metal work shops, the ship building industries etc etc. in years gone by? It is amazing how people who have never worked in industry are so quick to judge those who have.
Totally agree and the type of pompous ass like this boy, who clearly hasn't had a day in the world, are the sort who go on to be given a research role for a MP and go to be a civil servant advisor to the government. We wonder how politicians are so detached from mainstream opinion. This young urchin would shit his pants at the thought of a real job, bringing up Children, paying a mortgage etc.
My sister moved to Boston, Lincs and made friends there that use to work on the farms. They had good wages until farmers, probably under pressure from the big supermarkets and their banker investors said they had to cut costs to keep profits up. So they lost their jobs to EU migrants.
Ah, another master of the fallacious argument, just like that c*nt Farage.
What an extraordinary assumption about another individual based on his appearance. The reason you've never been paid properly is because you live in a classist society you will never be a millionaire like Nigel farage or Jacob rees Mogg or borris Johnson, Britain was built on the poor being poor and the rich being rich. I feel genuinely upset for you and people like you, could I just suggest something to you, do a little research on the internet about the division of wealth in the different countries and global areas. If you do you will find that the the area that has the fairest division of wealth in the world is in fact the EU. Britain has just left the EU. You unfortunately are about to get a whole lot poorer, since the vote Britain has lost 1.2 TRILLION pounds in assets which have been moved to the rest of the EU, and the British economy has lost 600 million a week for almost 3 years now. If you were wealthy enough to have your finances managed by Jacob Rees Moggs investment company they would have advised you not to invest your money in Britain but to send it to their Irish Office. Thats the kind of two faced individuals mogg and farage are. You are right to be angry, just direct it at the right people, Nigel has made several million out of brexit have you?
you brits mostly dont understand what a political jewel you have in your country. Im absolutely jealous (from germany)
so true!
+heiner lauter you have AfD party
+heiner lauter
Me too!
+heiner lauter We have the egregious "smear UKIP as racists" campaign from the ideologically biased left wing news and media outlets to thank for that.
what a gentleman you are ;)
The man speaks so much sense it's unreal.
@YESYESYES Do you feel the same now?
and he's still never changed a single word he's stated. He's over qualified to be part of the corrupt government. I hope he continues exposing them from the outside... He's all we have left. :(
All the tories are backtracking since Remainer May got to be PM without any consent of the public. Hand me down jobs from backstabbing Cameron, and whilst Tories tell the people "We can't", on the flip side of the coin, we have Labour saying, "We won't" lol This is democracy alright...... sarcasm. sigh
It's too much, too far, and literally everything Nigel predicted has come to pass. :(
The Labour/Tories are just wearing people down, pushing their patience until eventually no one cares, and they'll just continue doing whatever they like.
Throughout Camerons leadership, when he was playing with piggies, he was hanging out with Blair. Labour/Tories are the same thing given as different options. Nigel would never be allowed in their gang, neither would any of us, you, me, or anyone. Labour/Tories have never changed, and never will. Red/Blue until we simply give up.
So tired of it all... and therefore their goal is working.
Good ol Nigel is still here though, still informing the people where and whenever he can.
The hardest working person this country has ever had.
I met him once, and it will always be one of the happiest days in my life. Was such an honour to speak with such a kind hearted, decent gentleman. Not many people around like him anymore, that's for certain.
@@bobdawkins7473 Nice sarcasm.
YESYESYES Nice sarcasm.
@@kayem3824 what are you talking about Kay? You owe Nigel your life seriously. You have absolutely no idea how hard he works to secure your future! You're a horrible ungrateful person.
How can Turkey join the EU when they are occupying Cyprus, an EU member?
The EU was in the process downgrading their criteria for human rights so that Turkey could become a member
You idiot. Turkey isn't occupying cyprus, and it never has.
The answer is they can't, nigel lied to make it into an attractive idea for a brexit vote
farage is the heart and soul of what is good about this country
It is a pity that outside speaking he does not have any influence in the parlement. He is a good speaker on a street corner.
Thats why Britain is fucked. Its ok for farage and mogg they put all their money into Europe or offshore waiting for the pound to slump then they cash in. They are investors for their own ends, not upper class fit to rule
@@drspastic i'm American and have been following the Brexit discussion only recently. I see strong parallels with the tories and labour compared to our own repubs and dems. I identify as progressive and independent (Berner).
trump and pence both want Brexit. if you've been paying attention to our politics, you'll know what a "bloody cockup" (?) those two have made of our standing in the world. in my view the big winner in our respective governments troubles is v. putin.
be very worried.
good luck.
This man should be PM
After watching this from Lisbon, Portugal, I would second the fact that Mr.Nigel Farage is definitely PM material.
Definitely.
Such a sad comment. UK suffered from him and the various lies told. Remembering the NHS bonus. Compete charlaton.
Instead, he asked for a german passport (true, he lives there with his wife there). He doesn't have to wait in Dover.
Well done Farage. But I think you should mention more about Greece crisis and high youth unemployment in the EU.
I think this guy is on to something, I predict he’ll go far.
Where have you been in the last 20 years? Lol
@@SRPC21 pretty sure the comment was tongue in cheek
Lol
@Kathleen Carey sometimes it takes someone with a big mouth to get things done. He certainly got things done.
Nigel for PM!
No. He should be DPM. Mogg should be the PM.
bmarkyt132 please, he can’t even get elected to parliament which last time I looked was what he needs to do before he can become PM.
The man.
The legend.
As an American who didn't care much about politics, the eu and Brexit didn't come on my radar until.. Trump, actually. Now I'm following, and I'm rooting for you guys.
We are family. We must fight for freedom, together.
churchill would be proud
Sir Knightgel Farage!!! Congratulations to all my U.K. Friends across the Atlantic! Well done!
Brilliant! Nigel at his best. Would have loved to have seen him as an MP in Parliament.
propaganda
An MP! and join the corrupt. NEVER.
December 2022: Farage, enraged by Brexit, no longer dares to meet the fishermen, farmers, breeders... to whom he had promised paradise, for fear of being lynched! 😁
Farage making a come back or what
The voice of reason. He led the campaign for Brexit for twenty five years and has finally been vindicated. A great man.
as always Nigel your spot on
EU is in a complete mess We need people like Nigel Farage to remind us of European difficulty and bad situation
If you’re living in other part of the world you’ll to some degree hate this man, but if you living in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 of Great Britain and you have your life and family here you will understand the strength and depth perhaps the passion he speaks with. This man is sensible than all the sceptics, MP’s put together. “Now, seat down son you had your chance”. No time for rubbish.
12:42, back in your seat son! Another great performance by Nigel.
The girl to the left of Farage is fit.
omg ikr
Too right, noticed that myself.
Absolutely. And at 11:11 to the right of Farage there is a girl who is stacked.
That girl right to Barroso thou.
Hell yes
I wish we had at least a dozen like him in the Norwegian parliament
+Huldra fra Nord
If Norway doesn't wake up, it will end up like Malmo. How did this happen to the country of Ibsen and Munch? I guess that was what The Scream was all about. My mother's norwegian so I care.
The legend!
I can't wait for the vote. I and nearly everyone I know want OUT. The sooner the better. Keep going Nigel!
Do u still want out?
And how are you feeling 3 years on?
@Templeton Peck You got your answer on Dec 12th. We still want out.
This comment is exactly like my nun. She didn't age well either.
@@babisk267
Why do you have a nun? keep crying :D
Common sense.
-LEAVE.EU
Love Europe hate the EU! Vote leave.
If you love Uk you had to vote remain. Farage told lies. Am I right?
@@rata4754 yes
@@rata4754 . Love Britain, love sovereign nations, hate the EU.
Gone now 😂😂
@@rata4754 No you’re wrong
Someone should tell the EU that Orwell's 1984 was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual.
The man is a gifted speaker, but more than that he is a man of the people and has a phenomenal amount of knowledge and experience. He has just announced publicly that should Theresa May drop the ball he will be there for us. VERY EXCITING! Watch this space. It just might be a new era in British politics and prosperity.
The best. Wish we could have him in USA. Hated the intro. Iceland such a great example.
+TrueBag PipeRock Trump.
Trump all the way.
TrueBag PipeRock
Yea no....
Iceland is not a great example because they don't pay their debts.
+TrueBag PipeRock I would vote for him to be president. If Britain doesn't appreciate this man along with Douglas Murray then let us have them. We need rational people like them here in America, we need to push America back on track. America is self destructive with the promotion of massive immigration and multiculturalism. The list of our presidential candidates makes me want to give up and move to Europe. But it seems that they're having similar problems. I'm sick of the brainwashed liberalist. They are naive and have no true grasp of reality, I know because I used to be one.
+Mother Europa
Nah you lot are fine ... You have the likes of Trump ...
I am British and tried several jobs .. I was local, willing, able and experienced, but did not get any of the jobs because I was told by the proprietors that they only hier either Polish or ukrainien etc. peoples. Why? I asked. Do they have better skills, or, more experience? No. They had none. It really angers me to hear people saying that immigration is needed, or, that the Brits don’t want certain jobs. These arguments are made by the employers whom want to exploit people, and, small minded soft politically correct people. If the country needs skilled workers, then train our own. Have foresight to see what may be needed for the future and train people. Jobs for local people first too. My last job was cleaning loos.. I am a business owner and went to university, but if I hit hard time, I would still want to clean loos if I needed to.
Look dont blame the immigrants for you not finding a job. Immigrants pay taxes too and it's not their fault that English bosses exploited immigrants. You should take your anger on English companies not immigration
Another top speech Nige. Vote leave.
He is a brilliant speaker and hits the nail on the head every time he is so accurate. Before the European passport the British still travelled all round Western Europe with very little trouble. I still had to show mine when I went to Spain this year. Go for it Nigel you are desperately needed
The EU might think of one or two problems you might have yet! I often wonder if Nigel agrees with me that Mrs May NEVER intended or intends to lead Britain out of the EU. 'No Deal is better than a Bad Deal' has now become...'A bad Brexit is better than no Brexit'. 'Brexit is not viable'. Orwellian 'Double-Speak'? Is a Britain inside an EU Customs Union 'out' of the EU - or 'inside'? The Tory party broke electoral rules to stop Nigel Farage becoming an MP. They don't want him in Parliament - he would be the strongest speaker in the House. He might even join the Tory party and lead it.
@@pauleden147 Nigel left the Conservatives in the 1990s. Once Thatcher was gone it was clear they were moving leftwards and failing to provide the environment for wealth generators to grow. Major of course was another paid up member of the EU politbureau as were his cabinet.
He shouldbe knighted, Nigek Farage is the greatest UK politician since Churchill, and the only who speaks the truth and knows what he's talking about, He could also save the people of Europe from the tyranny they are heading towards with the EU
Nigel Farage ….. one of the greatest orators. It's a gift that few have.
He is an idiot
Best 15 minutes ever. Absolutely flew by.
Love his comparison with an old married couple and the EU, very funny. No doubt about it Nigels a formidable opponent.
Worked all across Europe, the thing I noticed was that it was far from a level playing field, I was in engineering, much of what I did involved Health and safety, in itself not a problem, as I get why, main purpose is that the same number of people go home that went to work in the morning. We used to import machinery from Italy, without basic guarding as required by EU regulations, huge battle with them to get it sorted. They actually put a clause in their contracts saying any additional UK safety requirements would be at our cost, we had to point out that there were no UK requirements. Storm about nothing? We had what was called a near miss, an operator, because of the missing guarding, came close to loosing his head, another operator pulled him clear just in time. Had that not happened, we, as importers would have been prosecuted by the HSE, potentially it could have been corporate manslaughter.
Italy does not even have their version of the HSE.
In the end because of the risk of a run in with the HSE, we did the work ourselves.
We would expect this from China, but our Chinese suppliers were more than happy to comply, at least with guarding.
I voted to leave.
If ever there was a Prime Minister in the making its Nigel Farage. I can't wait to vote OUT.
We have to stop this Euro rot now.
Give us our day in court Dave!
“You’ve has your go sit down old son” - legendary
Nice one Nige
He is Good amazingly GOOD🇧🇻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I didn't know they got so political at Hogwart's.
That was probably one of the best speeches I've seen in my entire life! And I'm 30, so not bad! haha :)
Nigel Farage = The Sword of Truth.
wonderful stuff nigel
12:50 - He said this in 2015 and you can look back in 2020 and say he was absolutely right
Ok so we left the EU almost 2 years ago...why are we still having year on year record migration issues? We left the eu 2 years ago, we were told if we left the eu we could 'take back control of the borders and control immigration'....still waiting....
@@Azareatth ECHR
BASED NIGE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS NIGE - /POL/ LOVES YOU!
+HyperionNyx who is this 4chan
+HyperionNyx /POZ/ can fuck off.
POZ?
+Fry Liver Its that hacker called 4chan. Top kek.
As an Eastern European national, to all the British people, it's tragic that you have so much to be proud of, and you throw it all away. You reject your glorious historical past, because you're brainwashed to feel shame over who you are.
Don't be stupid. Love your country, love your culture, your heritage, your past. The British isles are fascinating. The best damn literature in the world originated in your country, and you don't want anything to do with that?? You gave the world Mr. Bean for God's sake! 😀😀
Long live Britannia!
_“Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose, but which will eventually and irreversibly lead to federation.”_
- Jean Monnet, founding father of the EU
+Freedom FROM Religion I feel if this statement was televised in the UK then the out campaign would be a resounding OUT vote, but in recent weeks our media has shown its true colours not reporting on the cuts to the disabled until it was forced by the people, they attempted to 'hide' them by constantly reporting on a sugar tax the british government is a corrupt mess and i really hope that in the not to distant future, Mr farage becomes PM the the UK.
Who on earth has the arrogance, dishonesty and entitlement to do that to people?
I believe that quote though, because it was first presented as a Common Market, but was actually "ever closer Union".
And it does fit what I heard in an interview with an Economist who worked for the EU in its early days.
Freedom FROM Religion do you have a source link for the quote?
Jean Monnet never said that in his life. First appearance of that quote was in 1997.
@@KingComputerSydneyquote is BS.
this has aged incredibly well, everything he has warned about has happened and now the China flu is accelerating it, I was pro United states of europe at one point by the actions and increasingly authortarian EU made me re consider.
Not only a good orator he has a very good back bone
Wonderful hearing this only today. We got there thanks to Nigel.
Farage is fabulous.
That bird with the red lipstick is one sexy chica! I kept losing focus... had to watch it twice! Tell 'em Nigel! The EU should stand for "Erodes Unity."
Great performance Nigel, excellent!
I voted to stay and 5 years later I regretted voting to stay. I'm glad we left Europe for good.
Probs biggest bafoon of modern day Europe
Can't barrage the Farage.
"The finance of the country is ultimately associated with the liberties of the country. It is a powerful leverage by which the English liberty has been gradually acquired. If the House of Commons by any possibility loses the power of control of the grants of public money, depend upon it, your very liberty will be worth very little in comparison."
Gladstone, House of Commons, 1891
What a fine orator the man is, phenomenal.
He’s a gish-galloping casuist who took the UK for a ride.
Thankyou for giving the less shiny stars a thought wow Mr farage amazing strength fantastic leader xxx
Lmao. The marriage metaphor was fkn priceless.
Farage Legend.
Excellent points. Now that Brexit has finally happened, we can all see for ourselves that the UK has NOT driven over the edge of a cliff, as the Remoaners gleefully predicted.
Yeah, now the UK goverment are snuggling up and taking orders from the WEF! Straight from one foreign power to another!
UK has the slowest economic growth in the G7...
@@adamlashen7328 the economy didnt matter when national sovereignty was at stake, who gives a flying fig tree about the rich mans club. Have you seen the German economic slump?
You have the biggest migrant crises to date in the channel, you are predicted to have the slowest economy of the G7 in the next couple years, you haven't even got close to solving the NI protocol -something which the brits now want to renege on, the very deal YOU signed and were happy with 2 years ago, you haven't signed any major trade deals that come close to the trade access you had on your very own doorstep before you left in 2016 and on top of all that, the scots want out more than ever and you have also stoked the debate of unification in ireland and independence of the welsh.....but somehow you still think it's going dandy...british exceptionalism at its best. I can tell you, the english wanted their independence from the EU and in doing so, signed the death warrant of the United Kingdom.
@@Azareatth Its NOT a migrant ``crisis``, the UK was warned about this ``planned`` invasion over 54 years ago, 20th April 1968, Enoch Powell gave his speech which the media called `the rivers of blood`` speech, all part of the globalists sinister plan.. `
YES!YES!YES!
Well this has aged well...
Please sir, may I have somemore? Good going Nigel. God bless Democracy.
Find he speak SO interessant.
Practically the most interesting Politics I have ever heard. And looking good.
From a norw. point of wiew..🙂
Ffs how dare he speak with logic and reasoning.
The Saviour of Britain.
Even the proposition side applaud this man! A true orator and rationalist.
funny to watch it now...
Genuine, Unselfishness. A Gentleman. A Patriot. A Great Orator, Motivator.
I salute Sir Nigel Farage.
'Genuine'...the man was happy to take the 200k a year salary from the same entity he proclaims to hate...oh yes, he's a very genuine guy.
Mechanigel will liberate us
Brilliant.Nigel ..and Thank You. On to Glory🇬🇧RULE BRITANNIA🎩
Just a suggestion for the pro-EUers: get some Brits in to argue your point next time, not a Portuguese politician, not a Russo-Dutch "Englishman" married to a Spaniard (Nick Clegg), or an Australian student. In the Protestant-Catholic debates of old, the Protestants wanted to debate in the King's English, not the Pope's Latin. That simple patriotism won some of their countrymen to their side.
Farage is married to a German women and their child or children benefit from the EU
@@a.skywalker4882 if his children would benefit from the EU, surely that would make what he is saying even more powerful?
He is a great politician. Respect from Eastern Europe!
The man is a true Hero!!!
Nigel Farage living legend
Brilliant Oratorical Display He Had me hooked
Proud Brit ...so refreshing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧
Hear hear! Just as important and pressing then as it is today!
When we get a Great British Republic. The country should bestow on him, Sir Nigel farage, He is fantastic speaker!
Nigel Farage looks and sounds like the secret love child of Edward VIII.
WE'RE SOOOOO HAPPY TO SEE you GO!
We had that referendum.. And thanks to Nigel's passionate fight against the eu .. We are now separate from it! .. We now have a real chance of Democracy for the People! ... Thank You Nigel Farage! 🇬🇧
My Man! He’s been working with the EU for 20 odd years and he knows the EU more than anyone, he’s so right in what he says, we MUST get out!!
So Carole, how are you doing today? Has brexit made the UK great again?
You cant argue against Nigel's cold hard and honest facts. he is a master, he should be the prime minister of Great Britain for the good of the average person.
what facts???
You was correct then Sir Nigel and your still correct In 2021. Thank You !!
nigel, you have finally convinced me that you are correct.
“Backward little Englanders”
Translation: “working class English people who still have a sense off their own cultural identity”
What is English culture?
@@billsmoke3929
More commonly:
- It’s the dry, sarcastic, mocking sense of humour
- It’s the regional accents with their own slang
-It’s the fact that England is the only country in the word that has a Fish and Chip shop in every town owned by a local in that town
- The over politeness “cheers mate thank you bye” etc.. when you pay for something
- Fact: there is always a Red Royal Mail post box within 0.5 miles in residential areas, unique to England. The look and the availability
- It’s the cheering in the pub when someone drops the glass (an American who was well traveled said that they’d never seen this before, “it’s not just a one off, it’s like a tradition, you cheer every time!)
- The modern suit, worn by every business man world wide was designed and tailored in London England
- Our local Football teams with deep deep working class routs and history. Man U, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea etc etc
- English sports: Rugby, Cricket, Tennis etc..
- Our Wimbledon, the most prestigious tennis competition in the world
- On the coasts it’s Sailing. We are an island nation. Competitively we medal gold in the olympics regularly
- The Oxford and Cambridge boat race
- It’s having massive arguments with your southern/ northern friends about what certain things are called (is it a cob, a bread roll, a barm cake, a bap or a bun?)
- Arguing with a northerner/ southerner over which is obviously the better side (north obv 😉)
- It’s also saying ‘ffs’ anytime someone sits next to you on the bus lol
Music:
Oasis
The Las
The Smiths
Stone Roses
Led Zeplin
The Beatles
David Bowie
Black Sabbath
Arctic Monkeys
The Sex Pistols
Richard Ashcroft
Queen
Amy Winehouse
Etc
Literature:
Shakespeare
Tolkien (Lord of the rings)
Harry Porter (set in England, written by an English woman, started as a cultural phenomenon in England )
Charles Dickens
Michael Morpurgo
Roald Dahl
CS Lewis
Food:
Many types of pies
Shepard’s Pie
Pork Pies
Array of pastries
Cornish Pasty’s (pretty much any pasty)
Array of stews..
Beef, lamb, Veg
Yorkshire puddings
Gravy in general (tho more northern)
Many deserts
Eccles Cakes
Victoria Sponge
Lemon Drizzle
Eaton Mess
I could write a whole dissertation on English culture. It’s long, varied and rich starting with stone henge 5000 years ago. That’s just some random stuff off the top of my head before I go to sleep.