Kindness and generosity ( I'm not talking about giving couple of quid to asylum seekers, but deeply built in the fabric of society kindness and generosity to people and animals, wildlife,part of British mindset.)
@@sh.4409 asylum seekers live off less than a fiver a day for food, travel, clothing, household bills. They are not allowed to work or to claim anything like normal benefits.
There's an issue where the British accept anyone that is here to be productive, they kind of disappear because they are accepted and become part of the fabric of our society. The issue is with immigrants who are not prepared to do that, they become the stereotype because they refuse to fit in and are noticeable which ruins the perception of all immigrants.
I too am a foreigner who has chosen the UK as my home not from necessity but for love. It’s hard to explain why I love this place for all its faults and most British people don’t even notice it. But I recall an article written by a Russian diplomat (in happier days!) who was about to leave the UK, was sad because he’d come to love the UK and was standing one last time in London to watch the changing of the guards. Standing 3 or 4 rows away from the fence was a child with Downs Syndrome who could not see the soldiers so well. As people gradually noticed, one by one they stepped aside and gently moved the child forward until she was at the front. No word was exchanged. The group just acted together by instinct. THIS, he said, is why I love this country. My own personal experience was once in Manchester a few years ago. The friend I was with fell heavily and cut his head badly. His bag, phone and camera went flying. Immediately, everyone around sprang into action. Some gathered his things, someone produced water and tissues, someone called an ambulance (he’d actually knocked himself out), someone went and guided the ambulance to where we were then they all just faded away when we were sorted. It was stunning. Random strangers just became a well oiled rescue team. Then left. So it’s this. The unspoken, understood togetherness. Nobody talks about it because they don’t need to.
I am not a foreigner but I once tripped over in the middle of a wide road in London. I was a bit stunned but aware the traffic lights were about to change and the traffic would be heading towards me. Almost before I realised it a pair of hands grabbed me from behind and lifted me to my feet. Before I could say thank you he was off down the road and I had to call my thanks out hoping he heard. I didn't even see his face.
My wheelchair tipped over backwards a few months ago and I was stunned not only by the massive bang on the head but by so many people springing into action to help me. I hope this instinctive kindness never changes. I am sad to learn it's not something that happens elsewhere in the world
Thank you so much for saying those things as sometimes we are disillusioned with the way things are going in the uk, but it’s the same everywhere in the world, so it’s refreshing to hear your point of view, I wish you were my neighbour, enjoy many years more in the uk, after 20 years you are English now
Im a British, 76 year old womand and I must thank you for your words. They made me cry. I have been sad recently hearing so much negativity about us as a country, and your words made me realise that 2 are not so bad. Thank you.
Many years ago I was visiting my American wife's brother and his family on an airbase in California. One of their near-neighbour's, a serviceman whose wife was heavily pregnant, had had a small fire in their accommodation and were assigned another house nearby. I was chatting to them and the man told me he was having difficulty moving all their stuff, including a washing machine. I offered to help and got my brother-in-law involved as well. We managed to manhandle this heavy, bulky machine out of the house and into the back of a truck, then round to the new home. I was astonished that no one in a position of authority had said: "You, you, you and you - get round there and help these people move house." They were left entirely to their own devices. Afterwards, the man thanked me and said: "Is this normal in Britain?" I assured him it was. We wouldn't let someone struggle in those circumstances, we pitch in, especially for friends, family and those in adversity.
As my 93 year old father has always said, People don’t realise we are an Island Nation and therefore different to continental Europe and many other places. The barking dogs in the car are definitely a British trait 😂👍🇬🇧
I also lived in England for two years. I love the British people, the cities and towns, the history. I would love to return someday. I'm from America, I live in Utah now.
Thank you for the compliments, it's always wonderful to hear people speak well of our country. You may not notice it everyday but compassion and empathy are at the heart of the people of our nation.
Thank you I needed to hear this, Lately I've been getting lots of videos in my feed about "millionaires fleeing UK" "young people should leave UK" "why I left the UK" and basically all kinds of videos giving the suggestion that the UK is a failing society. It is nice to be reminded of reasons we can feel fortunate and proud to be British.
Yes. Wait for a little while and you'll start getting videos telling you "why I'm leaving Spain" "people are leaving Portugal in droves" "why I'm moving back to the UK" etc.
Yes and yet the things they're looking for don't really exist, unless they're purely after money and don't care about ethics or human rights so go to Dubai or similar.
Really interesting to get your take on it … very hard to take a clear view of your own country, plus we always do ourselves down, we see our own faults. 🥰. And i agree with earlier comments - at 20 years in, you sir, are a brit 😘
The British are generally kind, polite, reserved and treat others as they want to be treated. We are not aggressive unless we feel our backs are against the wall, then beware.
He is the sort of person that we should welcome with open arms and I'm totally for that100%,but he is not British or English it's not as simple as that is it! And I would imagine he would agree
In the mid 90's I was the foreman on a building site in London and made a few good friends from Lithuania, they were the more like the British in humour and outlook than most other nationalities on site. They were also really appreciative of any help I could give them as they weren't meant to work. I was also able to talk to them as they didn't really speak English as they only had Russian or German as foreign languages, I spoke building site German because I had worked there ( Illegally lol) so I could help out. I really regret losing touch with a couple of them who I considered mate.
Thank you for your kind comments . We have a saying in Wales where I come from . "There is always a welcome in the hills ". And it is true , if we help anyone out we will do so and I for one have done so many times to visitors .
Thank you for your kind words. We the common people do try and we love those around us no matter where they come from. I am ashamed of the views of some of the politicians who are supposed to be our representatives sometimes. We are very much left to help each other through giving to or gifting our time to non-governmental organisations . It has always been the case, it is how we have the life saving RNLI, Food Banks, Baby banks and crafters knitting for Hospitals. It is also how generalised education came into being here. I suppose it is ingrained in us, 'If you want it done do it yourself; if you can't give money give time or talent.' I am poor but when I die I hope I will have contributed something worthwhile.
im a Brit, and ive always wondered why people flock to this country... i guessed it wasnt for the weather. Thanks for sharing. This country needs more foreigners like you... although after 20 years i would say you have citizenship.
Some of the best people I knew when I lived in London were "foreigners", although I never considered them as such. They were just neighbours, colleagues and friends.
Happy New Year! so different to hear an incisive and interesting view from a long term resident in the UK, rather than a tourist visiting London for a week.
I am Welsh and have stayed and lived in many parts of the world including USA , Canada , Norway . Russian , china , India , and Egypt . Of all those countries I find Britain the best place to live and the most beautiful .
Thank you so much Rimas for your kind and thoughtful words. It means a lot. I’m so glad you live among us. A happy new year to you, good health and happiness.
i'm so glad to hear this is your experience. As a Brit watching the news I sometimes wonder if we have lost our way. But I think that actually most people's daily lives are not what we see on TV :-)
That’s really sweet :o) Especially when there’s so much negativity in the press. You begin to forget the majority of people are intrinsically kind natured here.
Thanks that’s nice to hear ,I love it here as well and lucky enough to be born here. Have travelled the world to compare as well. We welcome people who are prepared to work and contribute to society .
Roma’s, you’re welcome. I think the people from these islands (and I include Ireland) are amongst the most travelled and open minded people in the world. Most of us have a passport and travel readily for holidays or work. Many have family spread around the world and we are given to exploring. It gives us an openness to people from abroad who are open. Happy New Year 😊
I hope you stay and help us broaden our knowledge and compassion. We are built on diversity and understanding helped only by like minded people, enjoy being an adopted Brit
In an ocean of bad news and sensationalised "news" it's good to hear someone talking good about anything, let alone a nation I have so much respect and admiration as the UK.
We have our faults and its hard to see sometimes (like the riots last year). But its nice to hear these thoughts and km glad youve felt welcome and at peace here.
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you, admiration and adoration from Palermo, Sicily, to Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Discharge, Lush, Wire, Colin Newman, Killing Joke, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Broadcast, The Smiths, Human League, Curve, Skunk Anansie, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Boards Of Canada, Adam & The Ants, Public Image Limited, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Napalm Death, Cranes, Cardiacs, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Police, Blur, Fall, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Jamiroquai, Seal, Slowdive, Clash, Madness, Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, Lene Lovich, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, Japan, Nick Drake, This Mortal Coil, Pet Shop Boys, Cardiacs, Damned, Dire Straits, Echobelly, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Thrilled Skinny, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Pretenders, The Queen, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Brian Eno, Magazine, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, Cabaret Voltaire, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, Culture Club, Expelled, Aphex Twin, The Jam, P.J. Harvey, Gary Numan, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Thrilled Skinny, Freur, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, The Beatles, Spiritualized, Loop, Th' Faith Healers, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Black Sabbath, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, Exploited, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Bauhaus, Elastica, Hey Elastica!, David Gray, Joe Jackson, Nick Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Supergrass, The Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, The Creatures, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead...
People are the same everywhere, good and bad. I am pleased you like us, generally, though. I have lived on mainland Europe (we are in Continental Europe too) and found good and bad there too.
My parents came here in late 1950s and early 1960s. In those pre-ECC days (for the UK at least) they had to have a job and accommodation already in place before being allowed to stay and were only allowed to work in jobs that there were job shortages in (my parents met as they were both working in a hospital in south-east London - my dad as a porter and my mum as a cleaner. My older brother and I were then born, raised and educated in London). After working here from age 21 to 65 (for my dad as a waiter in restaurants after his 5 years were up) and 21 to 61 (for my mum as an office manager specialising in languages after her 5 years were up) my parents retired having paid off their mortgage on their home, with UK state and private pensions, having contributed to UK society and always paid their taxes, never been in trouble with the police, and only ever claimed one type of benefit - child benefit - and raised 2 hardworking, honest children who have also always paid all their taxes, never claimed benefits and never been in trouble with the police. Having grown up so proud to be British (as well as appreciating my parents’ heritage), I am distressed after 57 years in the UK to hear and read the bigoted comments about immigrants. It makes me laugh when British immigrants in other countries insist on referring to themselves as “expats” instead of what they are - immigrants. They are so hypocritical. When I think of my parents’ hard work and of my brother’s and my hard work and I see the bigoted “native” Brits on my estate scrounging off the state and causing trouble with their antisocial and criminal behaviour and yet it’s my family who get told we’re not welcome because only Brits should be in the UK (forgetting that everyone from the Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings and Normans were all immigrants from mainland Europe) I weep for what the UK has become. Not because of the immigrants but because of the Brits who behave in this bigoted way.
As a Brit I have to ask, where do you think this kind, loving nature comes from & why doesn't it exist at least as often in continental europeans? I've been on holidays to europe & must say I've noticed it myself, there are some lovely people there too but this open friendly nature is seen much less, I've had europeans be very rude to me if not totally ignore me, in the UK the europeans who chose to live here seem much more friendly & try to make an effort to fit in. I get the impression they view the UK as more like a USA colony or so.
Rural people rely on each other in times of difficulty. So help goes both ways easily. Islands are the same. They become your fort It's easier to feel sympathy for outsiders when viewing them grom behind safe walls.
Thank you for posting your thoughts with feeling. Our countries where on or very close to the edge of the last ice age. Therefore our ancestors survived it. The English channel tsunami approximately 1300 years ago etc. This survival required co operation amongst tribes. Robert Sapolsky has a good explanation on Hunter gathers,Hearders and Farmers. If you understand this it shines a light on how we have possibly become the way we are. Thank you
Yes there is a historical backbone of genorosity and equality which can be taken advantage of to a sharp breaking point. Then all hell will break loose. Authority knows our breaking point and usually don't push it for fear of losing the war.
There are no British people but a British State ! But there are different countries that the British state rules over ! The different countries have there own people and cultures, not a British one.
Do you know what i hate about the illigle imegrants problem, is that people who have come over here to live and pay there way, now have to feel that they have to give an explaination as to why they chose to live here
I was born in the UK = Anglosaxie, and I can say without reservation that I have evolved from simply disliking my country since birth (over 50 years ago), to positively despising the kunt-ry!. Put it this way, when it comes to the land of oppotunity, I would have had more "opportunites" in the cold war Soviet Union and I say that with the greatest sarcasm, because I know the old USSR was crap as well! Most people I know would love to flee but are afraid to. Partly because they fear that the grass may not be greener on the other side of the fence I suppose. But I am convinced that just about anywhere outside of the USA or Europe is a better place than the UK right now. And it's only going to get rapidly worse as we undergo the transformation into an islamic caliphate.
You are wrong with the first thing you said. The statistical likelihood is that you are not primarily descended from the early-medieval invaders but that most of your DNA is Briton since two to three thousand years before that. The people who were conquered.
@@foundthetruth2003 If by "more religious than not" you mean having a residual level of superstition, you may be right, but the priests and mullahs want a whole lot more than that. However, most don't believe in any god.
Disagree. I've been back in the UK for several years after living in Australia for most of my life. I could give you many first hand accounts of English people - friends, coworkers and even relatives - lying, thieving, very aggressive and rude etc. And I live in a part of the UK which some would consider well to do. There is a thin veneer in polite English society which belies a very seedy underbelly!
@grahvis I didn't say everyone I meet is like that. Obviously not. There are intelligent, good & kind hearted people in the UK. Plus there is no problem - it is simply life here in the UK like anywhere else and one deals with each situation and person on merit.
@@malcolmlane-ley2044 well of course I haven’t been. Why would anyone want to go there? I’d rather go to Italy. But above all I’d rather spend MY MONEY IN BRITAIN, this septed isle.
Reform isn't even a political party, it's a company. Their chairman, Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf, is a Muslim who went to Hampton School before working for Goldman Sachs. Who do you think he wants to take our country back from?
Kindness and generosity ( I'm not talking about giving couple of quid to asylum seekers, but deeply built in the fabric of society kindness and generosity to people and animals, wildlife,part of British mindset.)
I have 1000 answers for this title which I can't disclose here..
We're being forced to pay for asylum seekers and legal migrants. It's a piss take.
@@sh.4409 Yes the system itself is completely wrong..
@@sh.4409 asylum seekers live off less than a fiver a day for food, travel, clothing, household bills. They are not allowed to work or to claim anything like normal benefits.
There's an issue where the British accept anyone that is here to be productive, they kind of disappear because they are accepted and become part of the fabric of our society. The issue is with immigrants who are not prepared to do that, they become the stereotype because they refuse to fit in and are noticeable which ruins the perception of all immigrants.
I too am a foreigner who has chosen the UK as my home not from necessity but for love. It’s hard to explain why I love this place for all its faults and most British people don’t even notice it. But I recall an article written by a Russian diplomat (in happier days!) who was about to leave the UK, was sad because he’d come to love the UK and was standing one last time in London to watch the changing of the guards. Standing 3 or 4 rows away from the fence was a child with Downs Syndrome who could not see the soldiers so well. As people gradually noticed, one by one they stepped aside and gently moved the child forward until she was at the front. No word was exchanged. The group just acted together by instinct. THIS, he said, is why I love this country.
My own personal experience was once in Manchester a few years ago. The friend I was with fell heavily and cut his head badly. His bag, phone and camera went flying. Immediately, everyone around sprang into action. Some gathered his things, someone produced water and tissues, someone called an ambulance (he’d actually knocked himself out), someone went and guided the ambulance to where we were then they all just faded away when we were sorted. It was stunning. Random strangers just became a well oiled rescue team. Then left.
So it’s this. The unspoken, understood togetherness. Nobody talks about it because they don’t need to.
I am not a foreigner but I once tripped over in the middle of a wide road in London. I was a bit stunned but aware the traffic lights were about to change and the traffic would be heading towards me. Almost before I realised it a pair of hands grabbed me from behind and lifted me to my feet. Before I could say thank you he was off down the road and I had to call my thanks out hoping he heard. I didn't even see his face.
My wheelchair tipped over backwards a few months ago and I was stunned not only by the massive bang on the head but by so many people springing into action to help me. I hope this instinctive kindness never changes. I am sad to learn it's not something that happens elsewhere in the world
Thank you so much for saying those things as sometimes we are disillusioned with the way things are going in the uk, but it’s the same everywhere in the world, so it’s refreshing to hear your point of view, I wish you were my neighbour, enjoy many years more in the uk, after 20 years you are English now
@@blotski I have just finished reading this and found it so moving.
That's human, not just British, behaviour.
Im a British, 76 year old womand and I must thank you for your words. They made me cry. I have been sad recently hearing so much negativity about us as a country, and your words made me realise that 2 are not so bad. Thank you.
Many years ago I was visiting my American wife's brother and his family on an airbase in California. One of their near-neighbour's, a serviceman whose wife was heavily pregnant, had had a small fire in their accommodation and were assigned another house nearby. I was chatting to them and the man told me he was having difficulty moving all their stuff, including a washing machine. I offered to help and got my brother-in-law involved as well. We managed to manhandle this heavy, bulky machine out of the house and into the back of a truck, then round to the new home. I was astonished that no one in a position of authority had said: "You, you, you and you - get round there and help these people move house." They were left entirely to their own devices. Afterwards, the man thanked me and said: "Is this normal in Britain?" I assured him it was. We wouldn't let someone struggle in those circumstances, we pitch in, especially for friends, family and those in adversity.
As my 93 year old father has always said, People don’t realise we are an Island Nation and therefore different to continental Europe and many other places.
The barking dogs in the car are definitely a British trait 😂👍🇬🇧
I also lived in England for two years. I love the British people, the cities and towns, the history. I would love to return someday. I'm from America, I live in Utah now.
Thank you for the compliments, it's always wonderful to hear people speak well of our country. You may not notice it everyday but compassion and empathy are at the heart of the people of our nation.
after 20 yrs here i think you qualify as one of us,thankyou for your kind words and have a peacefull new year
Thank you Rimas, this really gave me a lift with all the horrible things going on in this country at the moment.
You're as British as all of us, thanks for a lovely positive video.
Thank you I needed to hear this, Lately I've been getting lots of videos in my feed about "millionaires fleeing UK" "young people should leave UK" "why I left the UK" and basically all kinds of videos giving the suggestion that the UK is a failing society. It is nice to be reminded of reasons we can feel fortunate and proud to be British.
Yes. Wait for a little while and you'll start getting videos telling you "why I'm leaving Spain" "people are leaving Portugal in droves" "why I'm moving back to the UK" etc.
Yes and yet the things they're looking for don't really exist, unless they're purely after money and don't care about ethics or human rights so go to Dubai or similar.
Thank you for your kind thoughts, I wish you a very happy new year...
Really interesting to get your take on it … very hard to take a clear view of your own country, plus we always do ourselves down, we see our own faults. 🥰. And i agree with earlier comments - at 20 years in, you sir, are a brit 😘
The British are generally kind, polite, reserved and treat others as they want to be treated. We are not aggressive unless we feel our backs are against the wall, then beware.
I find British people pretty aggressive sadly. I speak as an English person who has spent most of my life abroad. I couldn't live in England.
I’m going to go on a rant here……..thanks for being here and contributing to society 👍
One thing you got wrong Sir. You are not a foreigner, you are a Brit, in every way that truly matters.
THE TITLE IS WRONG…
This man is an Englishman now.
Thank you Sir, and Welcome.
He is the sort of person that we should welcome with open arms and I'm totally for that100%,but he is not British or English it's not as simple as that is it! And I would imagine he would agree
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In the mid 90's I was the foreman on a building site in London and made a few good friends from Lithuania, they were the more like the British in humour and outlook than most other nationalities on site. They were also really appreciative of any help I could give them as they weren't meant to work. I was also able to talk to them as they didn't really speak English as they only had Russian or German as foreign languages, I spoke building site German because I had worked there ( Illegally lol) so I could help out. I really regret losing touch with a couple of them who I considered mate.
Thank you for your kind comments . We have a saying in Wales where I come from . "There is always a welcome in the hills ". And it is true , if we help anyone out we will do so and I for one have done so many times to visitors .
Thank you for your kind words. We the common people do try and we love those around us no matter where they come from. I am ashamed of the views of some of the politicians who are supposed to be our representatives sometimes. We are very much left to help each other through giving to or gifting our time to non-governmental organisations . It has always been the case, it is how we have the life saving RNLI, Food Banks, Baby banks and crafters knitting for Hospitals. It is also how generalised education came into being here. I suppose it is ingrained in us, 'If you want it done do it yourself; if you can't give money give time or talent.' I am poor but when I die I hope I will have contributed something worthwhile.
im a Brit, and ive always wondered why people flock to this country... i guessed it wasnt for the weather. Thanks for sharing. This country needs more foreigners like you... although after 20 years i would say you have citizenship.
Maybe because English is international language? Don't have to learn a new language from the scratch.
Some of the best people I knew when I lived in London were "foreigners", although I never considered them as such. They were just neighbours, colleagues and friends.
Happy New Year! so different to hear an incisive and interesting view from a long term resident in the UK, rather than a tourist visiting London for a week.
What a nice thing to say 👍
Kind words, thank you. Very calming in crazy times. Have a peaceful New Year.
Thank you and a very happy new year to you!
Have a happy new year Rimas thanks for the positive message
Yn mynd i mi hefyd . " Goes for me too " ! :-)
Thank you for sharing your positive view of this country.
I am Welsh and have stayed and lived in many parts of the world including USA , Canada , Norway . Russian , china , India , and Egypt . Of all those countries I find Britain the best place to live and the most beautiful .
Thank you for your kind words about us. Happy new year to you and your dogs too.🤗
Thank you so much Rimas for your kind and thoughtful words. It means a lot. I’m so glad you live among us. A happy new year to you, good health and happiness.
A positive person you are.
Have a great new year.
i'm so glad to hear this is your experience. As a Brit watching the news I sometimes wonder if we have lost our way. But I think that actually most people's daily lives are not what we see on TV :-)
God bless you and your family, brother. Happy New Year!
So pleased you’ve had a positive experience living with us lot.
Lovely to hear some positivity. People are just waiting for the chance to connect.❤
Very kind nice words from a Englishman 👍🍻🤝 have a blessed new year my friend 🙏
Soaked through with British traditions.............. a sweet and rather English turn of phrase, thanks.
That’s really sweet :o) Especially when there’s so much negativity in the press. You begin to forget the majority of people are intrinsically kind natured here.
Thanks that’s nice to hear ,I love it here as well and lucky enough to be born here. Have travelled the world to compare as well. We welcome people who are prepared to work and contribute to society .
Appreciate your viewpoint. Have a great & lucky ‘25.
It's nice to hear something good for once about the British people thank you rimas god bless you
Roma’s, you’re welcome. I think the people from these islands (and I include Ireland) are amongst the most travelled and open minded people in the world. Most of us have a passport and travel readily for holidays or work. Many have family spread around the world and we are given to exploring. It gives us an openness to people from abroad who are open.
Happy New Year 😊
Very kind of you. Thanks.
Thank you so much. Lovely to hear, glad you experienced this.
Thank you.
I hope you stay and help us broaden our knowledge and compassion. We are built on diversity and understanding helped only by like minded people, enjoy being an adopted Brit
If only all our recent guests felt the same way as this gentleman
In an ocean of bad news and sensationalised "news" it's good to hear someone talking good about anything, let alone a nation I have so much respect and admiration as the UK.
Thanks 👍
Well said sir 👍
We have our faults and its hard to see sometimes (like the riots last year). But its nice to hear these thoughts and km glad youve felt welcome and at peace here.
It's good to hear you say that with so much negativity around.
Thank you!
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere.
What would our lives have been without British bands?
Thank you, admiration and adoration from Palermo, Sicily, to Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Discharge, Lush, Wire, Colin Newman, Killing Joke, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Broadcast, The Smiths, Human League, Curve, Skunk Anansie, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Boards Of Canada, Adam & The Ants, Public Image Limited, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Napalm Death, Cranes, Cardiacs, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Police, Blur, Fall, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Jamiroquai, Seal, Slowdive, Clash, Madness, Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, Lene Lovich, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, Japan, Nick Drake, This Mortal Coil, Pet Shop Boys, Cardiacs, Damned, Dire Straits, Echobelly, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Thrilled Skinny, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Pretenders, The Queen, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Brian Eno, Magazine, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, Cabaret Voltaire, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, Culture Club, Expelled, Aphex Twin, The Jam, P.J. Harvey, Gary Numan, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Thrilled Skinny, Freur, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, The Beatles, Spiritualized, Loop, Th' Faith Healers, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Black Sabbath, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, Exploited, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Bauhaus, Elastica, Hey Elastica!, David Gray, Joe Jackson, Nick Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Supergrass, The Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, The Creatures, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead...
You get this outside London, but it's hard to find it in London, I find. - The soul.
Thanks, and I hope 2025 treats you well.
Interesting!
Thank you for going to the trouble to say that sir.
People are the same everywhere, good and bad. I am pleased you like us, generally, though. I have lived on mainland Europe (we are in Continental Europe too) and found good and bad there too.
Dad, Dad, Dad! Stop ignoring me, I'm bored, I'm going to bark at these passing cars
Nice dog 👍🏴
That dog is an absolute peach!!!
My parents came here in late 1950s and early 1960s. In those pre-ECC days (for the UK at least) they had to have a job and accommodation already in place before being allowed to stay and were only allowed to work in jobs that there were job shortages in (my parents met as they were both working in a hospital in south-east London - my dad as a porter and my mum as a cleaner. My older brother and I were then born, raised and educated in London). After working here from age 21 to 65 (for my dad as a waiter in restaurants after his 5 years were up) and 21 to 61 (for my mum as an office manager specialising in languages after her 5 years were up) my parents retired having paid off their mortgage on their home, with UK state and private pensions, having contributed to UK society and always paid their taxes, never been in trouble with the police, and only ever claimed one type of benefit - child benefit - and raised 2 hardworking, honest children who have also always paid all their taxes, never claimed benefits and never been in trouble with the police. Having grown up so proud to be British (as well as appreciating my parents’ heritage), I am distressed after 57 years in the UK to hear and read the bigoted comments about immigrants. It makes me laugh when British immigrants in other countries insist on referring to themselves as “expats” instead of what they are - immigrants. They are so hypocritical. When I think of my parents’ hard work and of my brother’s and my hard work and I see the bigoted “native” Brits on my estate scrounging off the state and causing trouble with their antisocial and criminal behaviour and yet it’s my family who get told we’re not welcome because only Brits should be in the UK (forgetting that everyone from the Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings and Normans were all immigrants from mainland Europe) I weep for what the UK has become. Not because of the immigrants but because of the Brits who behave in this bigoted way.
I'm sorry about this. We are not all so bigoted.
Maybe being an island nation, detached from the continent makes us this way?
As a Brit I have to ask, where do you think this kind, loving nature comes from & why doesn't it exist at least as often in continental europeans? I've been on holidays to europe & must say I've noticed it myself, there are some lovely people there too but this open friendly nature is seen much less, I've had europeans be very rude to me if not totally ignore me, in the UK the europeans who chose to live here seem much more friendly & try to make an effort to fit in. I get the impression they view the UK as more like a USA colony or so.
it is just the same in continental europe. that is based on years of residence and travel.
Rural people rely on each other in times of difficulty. So help goes both ways easily.
Islands are the same. They become your fort
It's easier to feel sympathy for outsiders when viewing them grom behind safe walls.
Thank you for posting your thoughts with feeling.
Our countries where on or very close to the edge of the last ice age.
Therefore our ancestors survived it.
The English channel tsunami approximately 1300 years ago etc.
This survival required co operation amongst tribes.
Robert Sapolsky has a good explanation on Hunter gathers,Hearders and Farmers.
If you understand this it shines a light on how we have possibly become the way we are.
Thank you
I agree with you about Russians.
British dog has got you well trained!
I bet young people in Lithuania are more optimistic about their futures than young people in Britain these days.
With Russia itching to invade?
Move to Lithuania for a few years and report back. I think your views will have changed.
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Yes there is a historical backbone of genorosity and equality which can be taken advantage of to a sharp breaking point. Then all hell will break loose. Authority knows our breaking point and usually don't push it for fear of losing the war.
There are no British people but a British State ! But there are different countries that the British state rules over ! The different countries have there own people and cultures, not a British one.
Make Britain Great Again! ❤️🇬🇧
It happens only if you vote for Reform..
When was it great?
@@AndyPandy33 Before you people arrived in boat..
@@RedBull.RedBull The Vikings?
@@AndyPandy33 The Danes? The Romans? The Celts? They all come over because it's a nice place except for a few non-team players and xenophobists.
Do you know what i hate about the illigle imegrants problem, is that people who have come over here to live and pay there way, now have to feel that they have to give an explaination as to why they chose to live here
illigle
What language have you written this in for fuck‘s sake?🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@ReeveLoonPedant ..!! 🤨
I was born in the UK = Anglosaxie, and I can say without reservation that I have evolved from simply disliking my country since birth (over 50 years ago), to positively despising the kunt-ry!.
Put it this way, when it comes to the land of oppotunity, I would have had more "opportunites" in the cold war Soviet Union and I say that with the greatest sarcasm, because I know the old USSR was crap as well!
Most people I know would love to flee but are afraid to. Partly because they fear that the grass may not be greener on the other side of the fence I suppose. But I am convinced that just about anywhere outside of the USA or Europe is a better place than the UK right now. And it's only going to get rapidly worse as we undergo the transformation into an islamic caliphate.
You are wrong with the first thing you said. The statistical likelihood is that you are not primarily descended from the early-medieval invaders but that most of your DNA is Briton since two to three thousand years before that. The people who were conquered.
@@eh1702you’re obviously missing his point aren’t you.
Most people aren't even religious, let alone Abrahamic...
@ I think more people are religious than not.
@@foundthetruth2003 If by "more religious than not" you mean having a residual level of superstition, you may be right, but the priests and mullahs want a whole lot more than that. However, most don't believe in any god.
They come for the free international health service (NHS)
Britain is not a country. It is made up of 4 countries. You seem to mean England, not Britain
Are Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish people not open, friendly and generous? The 4 home 'nations' are 1 country and, essentially, 1 people!
I am Welsh and educated enough to know our shared UK is a Nation State..made up of The Home Nations...
Disagree. I've been back in the UK for several years after living in Australia for most of my life. I could give you many first hand accounts of English people - friends, coworkers and even relatives - lying, thieving, very aggressive and rude etc. And I live in a part of the UK which some would consider well to do. There is a thin veneer in polite English society which belies a very seedy underbelly!
If everyone you meet are like that, perhaps the problem is you.
@grahvis I didn't say everyone I meet is like that. Obviously not. There are intelligent, good & kind hearted people in the UK. Plus there is no problem - it is simply life here in the UK like anywhere else and one deals with each situation and person on merit.
If youre some rubbish place like Lithuania, OBVIOUSLY you think Britain is great.
If you've ever actually visited Lithuania you would know it is a beautiful country and the people are very friendly.
@malcolmlane-ley2044 the best place in old Eastern Europe is Croatia and ppl even leave there for a glamorous fast food job in Germany and Austria.
@@TomBartram-b1c I was right, you’ve never been yet you made that comment.
@@malcolmlane-ley2044 well of course I haven’t been. Why would anyone want to go there? I’d rather go to Italy. But above all I’d rather spend MY MONEY IN BRITAIN, this septed isle.
@@TomBartram-b1c 'Sceptered isle'.
Maybe some English lessons in Lithuania hmm?
We can get our country back by voting Reform.
Is this a joke! Reform is barely a party and has No policies how can rich bigots help us?
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Backwards to plutocracy, you mean...?
Reform isn't even a political party, it's a company. Their chairman, Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf, is a Muslim who went to Hampton School before working for Goldman Sachs. Who do you think he wants to take our country back from?
Nah.
sorry but its been ruined now ....
Yes, by people like you.
Please enlighten me to how Darren has ruined it?