The Border of Northern Ireland in 8 Minutes - Manny Man Does History
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Here is but a brief history of the Border of Northern Ireland, its medieval origins and why it is such a key factor in Brexit!
Written and created by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy
Illustrated, voiced and edited by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy
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European Politics: as complicated as the Middle East.
At least Germany is now in one piece.
And the Balkans have definitely seen worser days.
and almost as complicated as the Balkans!
The Balkans are *in* Europe!
Sam Aronow Europe is the average, the Balkans is more complicated than that average
Global Politics: as complicated as local politics
"Arguments"
30 years war
7 years war
Napoleonic wars
Crimea war
WW1
WW2
The cold war
And many other wars in between
Yugoslav wars
@@generalkenobi3601 did that comea after or before the cold war i forget
@@pako5586 after
pakoisaias 39 war on terror
@@ihatefortnightgivemeareaso5659 no in europe my guy nice try doe
That “yay democracy” basically sums up how most the UK feels now.
It's more "Please god let this shit show end"
Pretty much
I think any rational person, leave or remain regardless can agree this has been a divisive shit show.
The USA sees where you're coming from too.
Trump is a stubborn son of a gun who just won’t give in even though he already lost in more ways than one.
Is the brexit problems still happening btw?
I would vote libertarian (not democratic) this year if I was old enough to vote.
“This was the only land border between the Uk and the rest of the EU.”
Gibraltar: *”Am I a joke to you?”*
Spicy Crusader what about Akrotiri and Dhekelia????
John D Ruddy those are military bases, not a full blown territory with over 30,000 residents living in it.
Gibraltar isn't part of the UK, it is an overseas territory.
Gibraltar is not in the UK, neither is the Isle of man
Spicy I am afraid Gibraltar will be thrown under Bozo's big red bus, when trade negotiations begin. I can only apologize as an Englishman.
I love the way he shows that most signs had the “London” taken off Derry.
Well, it was only added in the first place because some King or PM thought it would be cool to have the London Corporation Council run the place. London long ago gave up that oversight, so...
At 5:10 I was like “That was quick!” *checks the progress bar* “Waaiiiit a minute...”
Same as here in the Isle of Man, we didn't have a vote in Brexit and it's going to affect the island a lot too
Its unfair that we dont have European privileges (drivers licenses, foreign embassies etc.) Yet we have been dragged quite silently into the whole thing. I dont think even the Manx politicians know whats going to happen to the isle of man.
@peter gavin I'm not retarded, I know that, I'm just making a statement that the Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland both have a stake in Brexit that can damage them both, not saying they should have the right to vote.
@peter gavin That's exactly why it gives Ireland a stake in Brexit, because it's in the EU without the UK, therefore there could end up being a hard border between the UK and EU.
peter gavin they are though ,separate entity from England Wales or Scotland but still UK
@@jakarta5080 the Isle of Man is not in the UK, don't believe me, look it up 👍
The second part just reminded me of that one joke I heard a while back:
UK: We want a unicorn.
EU: Unicorns don't exist. But you can have a pony instead.
UK: We vote against your pony.
EU: We already discussed this in detail: It's either a pony or nothing.
UK: We vote against your pony.
EU: Alright. Nothing it is.
UK: We vote against your nothing.
EU:...you really don't get it, do you?
UK: We need more time to think about it.
EU: About the pony or about the nothing?
UK: We want a unicorn.
It’s true and I hate it.
This joke is retarded
What actually is the unicorn in this analogy?
@@thenoobcannon9830 The unicorn is the UK's fantastical position in Brexit negotiations, principally not to be in the Customs Union or have regulatory alignment and yet not to have to perform customs checks or a hard border of any kind. Or, as was promised in the referendum, to have complete access to the single market without any of the statuary, regulatory, political or institutional commitment the single market is built upon. Any demand which would render the single market and EU non-functioning.
@@fecu2394 The EU is Retarded
As an American yank speaking almost a year in the future... we still don't know what's going to happen. But I really do hope everything that's happened in 2020 makes Brittan realize just how deathly harmful Brexit is.
Those last few words were pretty foreboding.
ExtremeTacticalBlaster sounded patronising to me mate
This comments section ought to be good...
Lol, Ikr.
Yep
26+6=1
It would be better without trite comments like yours.
Ruairoquai no u
Thank you for that bit at the end, whilst I love your historical content, you perfectly summed up how I (and no doubt a lot of others in the North) feel about the current events unfolding.
No matter what happens - peace is the ultimate prerogative.
Not just Irish people but people in England too
Your IRA pals are the ones looking for trouble as usual, it's just a border most civilians will be able to cross it no problem, get over it and move on.
Ulster Scots Man It’s not wee day trips over the border I’m worried about mate. I’ve had family killed by the IRA and family beaten half to death by the UDA. Apologies for not wanting to jeopardise our already-fragile peace & economy
@@jodiemcinally2550 im sure people in england have had familys besten up somewhere but leaving the eu doesnt mean we all start killing eachother i really dont understand how leaving he eu can make everyone so scared grow up and stop being scared mongered
@@shaunmusson2340 To think it is scare mongering shows a lack of knowledge of how fragile said peace is in N. Ireland. It's always the people who never experienced it who say shit like that!
Thanks for your heartfelt comments at the end of the video. All of our best wishes for a peaceful and happy resolution from Pennsylvania US
I have ancestry on my dad's side from both Northern Ireland and Ireland (from Belfast to Cork). Fascinating to learn more about the history of the island
Avery the Cuban-American why the fuck do you comment on everything on TH-cam and Instagram? Do we just follow all the same fucking people? Do we subscribe to all the same people?
I’m english and irish. Which part of myself do I hate?
Big Daddy you're American
@@LucidFL I'm Russian, Finnish, English, Scottish, and both sides of Irish. What do I hate?
Tordsworld actually no
"One big European family"
*doubt*
X for Doubt
One big European family.
If we don't count all the retards who think the EU is some kind of conspiracy to destroy their nation (and these retards aren't just in the UK, mind you).
In six counties: God Save the Queen
In 26 counties: Long live the Republic
The entire Island: A political mess
The island being Britain, bc as we see, N Ireland didn't vote for brexit
Hobo G I meant the Island or Ireland and it's historical issues, not Great Britain.
26+6=1
Britain is becoming the shithole thank you very much
@@LucidFL You're American. We don't care
With all the brexit issues, I feel bad for ireland 😥. I hope everything will turn out alright for Ireland and Northern ireland . I whish all of you the best and strength💪! Greeting❤️ from Netherlands.
I'm a Swedish bloke, hence I live in Sweden. We are part of EU and Norway isn't, never been an issue crossing between Sweden and Norway, it's just a sign saying you change country and in Norway the paint on the streets is yellow (in Sweden white). It doesn't need to be that hard, I honestly think people exaggerates to make it sound worse. Not as sure on Switzerland, but I know there is tunnels starting in Italy and ending in Switzerland and so I do assume it's close to crossing between Sweden and Norway.
@Michael Evans lets fucking pray free movement is 100 miles from the table
EVREYONE needs to calm down
Yeah I agree
Say that to the Muppets in Westminster who believe the answer to no border is two!!!
@@Gillemear eh corbyns the biggest muppet
@Tom G Religion is not the problem. Money and power is. Religion is just a convenient excuse Look at the DUP suddenly supporting checks at the ports. They are fine with it now because thanks to the Stormont lock, they believe they have some sort of power. How easily manipulated those who lust for control can be
WE ARE ALL GONNA DIEEEE
This really helped connect what I knew about Brexit to what I just learned about with the Troubles. Awesome work!
Honestly believe that the peasants are always forgotten in the end. Both sides forget that the common man just wants life to be as easy as possible. Couldnt imagine living in a place where all of a sudden a hard border is placed up. The likes of which Ireland and even Germany/Korea has seen. Whilst Germany/korea are extremist versions of this situation, going from one place to another within youre own shared "homeland" and having to be questioned every step of the way would instill rebellion in anyone after a while.
@Luís Filipe Andrade totally hope its more like germany too
@Luís Filipe Andrade That's bullshit, do you feel like the border between Canada & America is the Berlin Wall, it's not, and they don't have free movement, if the UK leaves it will be a bog standard border between two countries, nothing special.
I think that no matter what the border ends up being like, the British voted to leave the EU and should be allowed to do so
Im all for democracy. It seems to me a lot of people voted not knowing what brexit would entail on their doorstep
@@Number1Irishlad yes but you can't change votes because you later regret it
@@micahistory Why not?
@@qwertyTRiG are you serious? What kind of a stupid democracy is that? I guess every election from now on, all the losers can just call for a recount because the people didn't know better and vote for them
But you also can't just go back on a treaty.
I would love The Troubles as an episode
As a proud Scottish and Irish Canadian I want to say thank you and I hope it all works out
5:16 I laughed, way, WAY too hard at how you drew Nigel Farage.
"Our independence day"
*groans*
It reminds me of the troll face
General Generic He is a troll! lol 😂
Ominethious Calistian right there with ya, pal! 🙄
Eh say what you want about the man I personally get a kick out of his voice calls with northerners but the point isn't nigel. This video is needless to say biased and fthats okay, I just wish there were some more videos from the other point of view, why a man from London wants brexit there's no discussion here and it didn't need to be a discussion but in the grand scheme of things it's a real shame.
This is coming from someone who has deep family ties to Ireland Scotland England and Germany so just take it how you will
Can’t say I agree with your commentary on everything but not only are your videos a productive addition to the international conversation, your heartfelt message about Brexit was excellent. Up Donegal!
As an American who is proud of his ancestry, I think Brexit is stupid. If the English want to leave, it could shake the balance of Europe. I never liked England, no matter what history they have been in, but this is just ridiculous. I hope you’re life never changes, and I say that for the rest of my Irish brethren.
I live in northern ireland, in the south of county down, and that plea for unity really hit home to me, we're all so tired of Brexit, and the rest of the uk doesn't seem to care that northern ireland is getting dragged along so badly.
Me an American watching this:
"Welp I can only do so much about this problem."
Sign up to fight with the IRA
@@lastnameeverfirstnamegreat5656 What and kill innocent people? The IRA are not heroes, they're cowards who killed people on both sides of the border indiscriminately.
@Heinrich Himmler Yes but, the IRA tends to be glorified by Americans to the point of out right funding the group.
@@corruptedcola393 And the UK founded and concluded with Loyalist paramilitary.
@@corruptedcola393 The only IRA that ever did anything positive for Ireland died at Beal na Blath with Collins.
The drawing of the sign with london scribbled out jusy leaving rhe word derry is so spot on its funny
From one Irish man to another fair play to ya man! I'll be lashing a few sheckles on your patreon!
Ngl you totally got me at 5:10 - I just assumed it was an old video and turned my phone back into portrait mode ready to move on 😂
*Title calls it Northern Ireland*
Well this is gonna get ugly...
Lol
Cause it's what it's called
@@fionnanlynch4566 DUMMY dumb dumb its the Irish/Northen Irish border yeno that there HAS to be something on the other side of a border???
Or the “Country formally known as..”, or as the f(£wits in the Media are rebranding it..The bit up the top..in..”The Island Of Ireland”.
The country of ulster 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I respect your view and I too live about 10 minutes from the border in Fermanagh. I voted to leave and I am a unionist. Despite this I do not want a hard border as I know how bad this could become, but at the same time I value the union over the European Union as I believe in the long term that will be best for Britain. Thank you for making these videos despite my disagreements with your point of view as it allows so many more people to get a look at the situation from the perspective of people most directly affected by the vote. God bless you.
Bleach Is Good For You thanks very much! If only more people could argue as reasonably as you! Thanks :)
@@JohnDRuddyMannyMan As do I, if we all were able to see the perspective of the other side we would all be better for it. Reasonable debate and compromise is the key to solving the worlds issues. This combined with the will of the people in democratic process such as with the brexit refurendum should be the foundation of a stable society and is something that must be promoted and defended from those such as the paramilitaries of old who wish to take it from us.
Fantastic video, great to finally hear something new in these sorts of videos covering the border. Can't say I have ever heard of even had suggested that such border exchanges could have occurred.
Class work as always!
From one person who studies history to another, in answer to your staying at the end: you and I both know history tells us it won’t be.
Brilliant video l’m welsh and really starting to think we shouldn’t have had the referendum because we’re starting to feel the negative effects and we haven’t even left yet. I hope the border in Ireland will be sort out of peacefully.
Cheers for the kind words of support the welsh irish and scots have always had a sort brotherhood love from ireland (your gaelic cousins) friend!
@@nia.d3356 not really with the "loyal" Scots and Welsh
@@aidanmaxwell4903 ahh nowadays when can all be civil and get along I respect and admire all fellow gaelic\celtic cultures and country's
"we shouldn't have let the people have a choice in a decision"
If there is a return to the troubles it would not be a million times as bad as the civil war England will have when they are governed by sharia law
Beautiful message at the end.
English remainer here. I don't think it's at all likely that Britain will remain inside the European union and I think a second referendum would be no less divisive than the first, but it's still awful know what might happen in Ulster. Three years ago a great many people decided to put English pride before Irish lives and they'll never understand the consequences of that decision.
Pretty much your typical English attitude towards Ireland or Éire as I have often heard you limeys call it.
@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 Most English people know and care very little about Ireland, I'd be interested to here who you talked to to get the impression you have
@@henryficklin3333 Did I say they didn't?
@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 No, but I am
@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 That is if you're refering to the idea of them not knowing much
As a Brit, I really do hope that the solution is peaceful, though I'm a remainer myself
As a singaporean looking into this,I also hope that three stay,you EU lads are all stronger together.
Literally same, leaving would ruin us
I'm from northern ireland but I don't think the EU is that good. It's a tough decision
@@neamhdhlisteanach6720 I know that EU is not a perfect and I'm wondering what you dislike in being in the EU.
Boomer Galactica I’m not loyal to the queen either I’m irish
yeah well uk does not want to be part of an ''European empire '' as Verhofstadt said it , i respect you opinion i think Ireland should just unite it more bother than whats its worth for the uk. I would rather leave the eu and lose northern Ireland. I also hope its peaceful
That wouldn't be possible.
@@Viscount_Castlereagh bruh i know that
My mum was watching the Jeremy Vine show (she hates him but she's been watching the program since Matthew Wright), they were debating Brexit and Northern Ireland and there was a caller who honestly said "If you remove the Catholics, Northern Ireland voted for Brexit". There's just one problem, those "Catholics" are BRITISH CITIZENS who had a right to make their voice heard. Like Ruddy, I don't want to see a return to violence in Northern Ireland, but the Tories are in denial about the consequences of their use of extremist language and Labour needs to get its act together.
In the future the ending before the patreon part will either be very sweet or very depressing depending on what happens in the next month or two. I really, really hope that it is sweet.
1916 so called "rebellion" was not massive. It was committed by a few troublemakers by international standards. It was easily defeated by the local garrison which was poorly armed, as most British army weapons were in the world war 1 fronts.
Also the rebels did not have widespread support until the reign of terror by the "blacks and Tans" whom were world war 1 soldiers hired as mercenaries after the great war ended. Many of the "Black and Tans" were suffering from PTSD and saw the Irish as traitors and acted horrible to Irish civilians.
You could say the political effects of it were massive as it caused most of the island to support Sinn Fèin
There’s been so many conflicts in Ireland it’s hard to keep track. The Easter rising, the Irish war for independence, the Irish civil war, the troubles. I have a friend who’s Irish and these conflicts were like his life, and his history. He does get nervous about some aspects of it, like the red hand symbol, & the IRA. He actually talked about the British doing some racial profiling of his family because they were Irish. Then September 11 happened and they started profiling another group. It’s honestly hard to imagine that such violence occurred in a country that is part of the first world. Great video as always dude!
The red hand of ulster definitely does not mean kill Catholics, it comes from the O'Neills coat of arms who were very much Irish
Yep, I double checked with him and you guys are correct 👍
I'm an Ulster Nationalist. The Red Hand of Ulster is on the Jersey of my county team. Its an Ulster symbol NOT a loyalist symbol.
As a kid I crossed the border multiple times a week. Army checkpoints and car searches were 'normal' to us in the 80s.
That's just one century of history. There's 800 years more worth of rebellions and wars against the Normans/English.
@Luís Filipe Andrade No. I would like to see a united island. It may take another 20 years though. Attitudes must change on both sides of the border.
Freedom for all Europe! The super state will collapse.
And then individually lag behind the US, China, India, and maybe russia
@@Spongebrain97 Europe made the modern world by competing amongs themselves. Not by unifying into a stagnant super state.
@@X-11 they did that by literally making gigantic continental empires.
As is the EU can't even hope to compete with the ressorces rich Europe sized nations like America Russia China or India. The EU is literally the only way we can get our shit together and compete with those mega nations.
@@jameslegrand848 I beg to differ. What would put Europe ahead is it's intellect but the EU is doing a great job of draining that. Resources aren't everything. Intelligence will always push a nation farther.
@@X-11 are you polish?
That scribbled out “London” at 5:01 nice touch haha
@peter gavin he was right to do it though
Nah to push a fact that traitors denied for years
Are u even from Ireland
I grew up here my great grandfather fought for freedom my uncle was beaten to death in the trouble ur talking with out living in it
U ain't lived here u ain't seen shit and u don't know shit
Welcome to the club mate. Am in North Dublin but I love the North. I love the natural beauty, I love the passion of the people, I even love learning to understand the view of the Unionists, whom I respect if not share the opinion of. Some of the most fascinating conversations I have ever had were with Ulster Unionists friends over a pint in the Crown pub of Belfast. I hope the borders of the past, both physical and metaphorical will never ever return. My Unionist friends are of the same mind. We want to have many more mad nights in Belfast and Dublin, not the paranoid suspicion of my parents generation.
as a unionist myself thank you for your kind words, i do not want a united ireland (0bviously) but i do like the South and its people and you are always welcome in Northern Ireland :)
@@PS-ru2ov Cheers mate, appreciate that. Gives me hope for the future.
@Liam C what I am a cunt because i am nice to people , gosh you must have a sad life
@@Gillemear welcome nice to see a positive attitude from someone from the south towards Northern Unionists, we are not all bigots and hating catholics ( Half my family are catholic) I do believe NI is best served within the UK if only we could get our act together
@@PS-ru2ov Totally respect that even if I can't see how. I often discuss this with my mates. Just as an example, Belfast would be the second city of a united Ireland and would benefit from massive investment as Cork city does today. In the UK it seems to be a forgotten or much maligned backwater (No offence). I counted 3 cranes over the skyline the last time I was there, Cork had 15. I can understand the Unionist pride and passion but see little or no love coming from the British mainland.
As a guy from Sourh America were votes tend to be "suggestions", i think that no matter the circumstances brexit should be upheld, you cannot have a referendum and simply ignore it because the results were unexpected. Specially in a country were presedent becomes law, can you imagine the damage to the entire notion of democracy in the UK ignoring it can do?
Edit: grammar
You can also vote again though, especially since we have elections every 5 years or so. More voting = more democracy no?
@@cianmcguire5647 not if the results of the first vote was not carried out
@@cianmcguire5647 More voting doesn't mean more democracy if you never implement the last vote. That'd be like voting for Parliament, and voting again before seating the previous one
@@lucafaithfull7397 In many countries if a government cant be formed after an election they hold another one to try and sort it out now that the voters have a better idea of what the election could result in, recently done in israel. Nobody argues that such a process is undemocratic
Bernie Sanders The Uk had a confirmatory referendum on EU membership after the first vote in the 70s. If you believe that was ok then but not now then your hypocrisy’s showing.
Absolutely brilliant channel, you've nailed it John and you make more sense than many of the politician's.....thanks for the straight to the point history.....from Co. Derry
Man, this video got real. Thanks for thorough coverage!
The Troubles
attack of the brexit!
I agree completely with that last statement that you left off with... these are troubling times, and it feels like everything that we've taken to be normal happenings with regards to world affairs has just been uprooted by everything going on. Whatever happens, I hope that you are not personally affected too much, and that Brexit isn't absolutely detrimental to the economies of the UK and Ireland. Regardless, I will continue to support your channel for the incredible educational content it provides, as I learn something new from each one. :)
Ireland can have peace. It is it own country. And us leaving eu shouldn't dictate the peace in Ireland. We all want peace. But if uk decides to leave eu it is up uk and Ireland to come up with way to deal with peace. Then Ireland has to go eu and explain it new border. Why isn't Ireland being able to have there say in neogiation. We all want peace. I don't want to go back to troubles. But we want to leave eu. So come on Ireland is it war or let's talk.
Great video, sending support from Australia !
Thank you for this video. Expecially about how you feel personally about this matter.
I have been toying with the idea of having thee Queen moving the authority of Northern Ireland for being a part of the UK to being a Trust Territory of Canada.
As ridiculous as this sounds there are a lot of benefits for those concerned.
Canada already has a trade deal with the EU and is pursuing closer relations, a trust territory in Europe would help with trade and improve the economy of the border areas.
We presently administer the longest open border in the world. That experience would go a long way in supporting the Good Friday Agreement.
26+6=
1 🇮🇪
4=1
United Kingdom
@@Amoore-vv9wx 🇬🇧 FTP
End the Irish occupation of English clay
Debatable
@Frank Begbie the celts will never bow down to the Anglo saxons, buy a fucking history book
I want to give him a hug, nothing to do with Brexit.
I wish every British person could be made watch this to have an idea of what happened on this island
Ireland isn't the only place with potential unrest. If Brexit doesn't happen there could well be the same in England and Wales. A referendum happened and as much as the EU hates democracy we cant just undo it, sorry. Also a no deal is the only way this is going to happen. The EU wont accept anything without a mechanism for keeping us in. They should have listened to our concerns and sorted out the free movement issue and this would never have happened.
Ireland has a stronger propensity for civil unrest on a major scale than elsewhere is the difference
@@user-qi5jw2hg1c So does the Middle East, shouldn't stop democracy happening in modern countries.
If you showed how our parliament works to the ancient Greeks, they’d have scrapped their ideas all together and went with the good old monarchy.
I voted leave, no regrets.
Sorry.
I’m American. So my opinion doesn’t matter. But, I believe it is unethical for a sovereign state (a.k.a. the Republic of Ireland) to demand another to abstain from proceeding with upholding a vote the citizens of another country made. The British people voted to leave the European Union. The Republic of Ireland didn’t vote for them. The United States didn’t vote for them. The European Union didn’t vote for them. The citizens of the United Kingdom did. Respect the democratic institutions of another country or count yours forfeit. And, quit bringing up speculation that there will be violence as a reason for the democratic vote to not be upheld, almost as though you were making it a threat. That is my opinion, as an “uninformed American”.
Well said 👍. As an Irishman I agree. I say just embrace the chaos, it will all work itself out, or to use the colloquial, "it'll be grand": too many people running around screaming like pansy hairdressers over the while thing.
We in Scotland want to stay in the European Union but because England and Wales want something different we are being told to suck it up and deal with it whilst also being told we are not allowed a say on our political future within the union 🏴
Jack Russell I mean you guys had an election to remain or leave the UK before and you decided to stay sooo... I don’t mean any offence I’m just stating facts 👍🏻🇬🇧
@@Jsc-je2ws which failed coz they weren't guaranteed back in 🤦🏻♂️
@@Jsc-je2ws Yes. we were also told in that referendum that a no vote would secure Scotlands place in Europe, we were also told we would be an equal partner in the union and that we would play a massive role in actually leading it. You unionists never kept up you're promises in that referendum so i'm afraid you can no longer use the 2014 referendum as an excuse to deny us one now, if yous can't keep to what yous said then why should we? we face being taken out the EU against our will so we at least deserve a say and if we decide to stay again then fair enough at least we would then have had our say but i do believe the days of the union are nearing their final stage
MemeulousWithEyes England voted to leave Scotland did not but we will be dragged out none the less against the will of our people and were also not allowed to hold another independence referendum how is this democracy?
Brilliant vid, as always, someone in the future let me know how we did
In retrospect, a British Republic could have been a lot smoother. Just have the vote again with the Republic of ireland included, then write a working Constitution, even keeping the Royal family in power. Each area has their own parliament. I know there are issues, so let's have a chat about it.
Arthur Griffith's vision was almost precisely that; two parliaments with the same monarch, just like Ireland had before the 1801 Act of Union. But Griffith didn't expect the British to change to a Republic: they'd tried that with Cromwell and we all know how well that came out. 😀
Just discovered your videos the other day and have been devouring them. Rly detailed and well put together, and I think your message at the end is so powerful. Good to see someone taking their analysis throughout history and it informing their worldview. Keep it up 👍💜
I’d love to here your resolution John (and others) on what the whole trade and border situation should be between Ireland when Britain does leave the EU
You mean *between the RoI and the UK 😉 It should be how it was before either state was in the EU.. It’s the EU that’s causing the problem. UK and RoI citizens were free to live and work in each other’s state and they shared a free trade deal before they were in the EU. The RoI’s problem now is that it can not have a trade deal it wants with the UK or ANY state because the RoI is in the EU.
Long Live the Union, God Save the King
The unions dieing
@@conormurphy7534 no its not the left wing media is full of BS
Fuck the media I see it with my own eyes Everytime I'm in the north
I'd like the Netherlands to leave the EU same as the UK. I'm sick and tired of the European super state and their agenda. I want my countries' sovereignty back!
It got worse when I heard macron and merkel talk about a european army
From Russia with love!
A year later, I definitely do not know how all this panned out because it is still a huge mess!
I believe in mutual agreements between independent sovereign nations.
I don't like to relay on a central commission that is unelectable by the people, but only members of the EU council that have their own self-interest, career, and future to worry about.
Nations need to be sovereign again.
We need to hold our own governments to account and not some faceless bodies in Brussels that want the likes of an EU army and to act as department of finance for every member state as this "experiment" goes forward. No thanks, 👋'we are stronger together' as nations not as a federalist union.
We can all live in peace on this island with our northern cousins , we can come together and work this out without the some former banker/millionaire in Brussels, with no clue of our ways, giving us ultimatums that threaten our peace here.
The British voted to leave( deal or no-deal) and if people don't accept democracy, well, you get chaos as we're all seeing over there now...
Clever, easy to listen to, witty & informative. I couldn’t imagine a teacher in the classroom being able to inform the students about this subject in a full school term, let alone the time it would take them for their morning break. As for last few minutes where John tells us we’d be better off together in the EU, too bloody late, the mainly English working class has been talked into making a huge mistake by voting leave which is as much the EU’s fault as it is the fault of lying & deceitful politicians here in England. ( I will not say here in the UK, because we are not united, Many Scottish voters want full independence & it’s hardly surprising & with the Westminster government refusing even to talk about the issue in the hope it will go away the more proud Scots will shout for independence & to remain in the EU. Has Boris & his crew learnt nothing from our history, from Irish history!?) what a mess.
7:03
Oh Snap, Things Just Got Real!
"And then the BREXIT vote happened", lol! Loved that part as well as your fadeout!
On more serious terms though, I also hope for a peaceful resolution to what can seem to be a scary turn of events as all current affairs seem to be. All the best, Mr. Ruddy!
Look I'm from northern Ireland and I refuse a hard border were 🇨🇮 and 🇬🇧 give us a choice not the UK government but the northern Irish people.
That's an ivory coast flag
Republic of Ireland here. I wouldn't accept a hard border either. Just goes to show how much GB actually cares you guys when they never took into account what Brexit would do to Northern Ireland and the Republic.
im a citizen of E.U. (not from anglophone country) in my opinion, U.K. should have never left E.U.
*grabs bowl of popcorn*
This comment section is gonna be good
Love you and your videos john~ hope everything turns out peacefully as well
I have a very different view of Brexit than you do. But I respect your position and consider you to be my brother and comrade.
Nice to know where the Chinese got their idea to import themselves into Tibet and then claim the local population wanted certain changes. Israel does it pretty well too. The plantations has to be the nicest word for cultural genocide I’ve ever heard
I loved the European family bit.
Good luck from Spain! 🇪🇺
Btw: there is also the Gibraltar-Spain border.
@What what If you want to to know the real reason behind the EU look into Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi a Freemason. He started the Paneuropean Union which is the beginning of the EU. Look into his book I recommend starting with Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to destroy European peoples. You will understand why the EU allows mass inv*sion.
What about Catalonia or the Basque country?
european politics being so complicated is basically the same as somebody trying to deal with their internal demons
Yes!!!! Some more history by John D. Ruddy
Well that’s democracy for ya
An Irish guy complained that the British soldiers shouldn't have responded with bullets when bricks were thrown at them. There are inexcusable atrocities that the British commited like Bloody Sunday, but seriously. Think about that one.
The union is hurtling towards destruction, and it’s about time too!
I say free Scotland 🏴 and united Ireland 🇮🇪 forever!
Alba agus Èirinn gu bràth!
Although I would ideally like an independent scotland (that would be awesome) I cant see it happening, Scotland's economy would immediately die
Plus, you cant use Scottish independence as a way to circumvent brexit, since the eu wont accept Scottish membership, because Spain wont, and why wont Spain accept it? catalonia
BrainCoolo Spain has actually agreed to accept it, if it's a legal referendum.
Straight White British Protestant British unity? You must be joking!
What unity has there been? Scots have laid down their lives fighting for your "union" and what thanks have we got? England takes our resources, uses our revenue to prop itself up and has the audacity to tell us that WE need THEM!
That takes balls, and stupidity.
You say 350 years? That's untrue, ever since the Union began there has been resistance to it, when the union was passed in 1707 there were riots in nearly every city in Scotland, martial law had to be enacted for goodness sake! and that resistance will not stop.
We aren't listened to, and we never will be, so I will say to you, it is people like you who not only make me cringe, but make me physically sick.
BrainCoolo Scotland actually would do really well for itself, we produce the majority of the UK's natural resources, we give it wealth, and Scottish regiments are the backbone of the army, tell me how that equates to a failed country?
The red hand is a Gaelic Irish symbol.
It is yea. It was later appropriated by ulster unionists. And Fionn McCumhal lol
As an Irishman living in Kildare I hope the UK does leave because the EU isn’t one big family but an institution that is slowly chipping away at national sovereignty year on year.
As much as i supported remain and wish that the north and south can stay united and peaceful and undivided, there’s no way britain (particularly england and wales) will accept remain
The northern Gael.. We were the last to hold out, Donegal wasn't in their hands long!! 🇮🇪✊
Long enough. Just ask Abe Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson.
Great video, yet I just started
Would you consider covering the Irish Governments limbo period between 1938 and 1949, when there was confusion over who was Head of State Ireland? (Either King George VI or the Irish President)
Families can have their arguments... and neglectful centralized governments with no regard for constituents. (applies to 1847 and 2019)
Stay safe John! I hope everything works out for the best for you.
Ah yes the “Mismanagement” of the potato famine
Noticed that too. It was genocide. It's amazing how many people in Ireland (and my home of Boston) talk about the potato famine without calling it genocide.
@@Worldschooler To call it genocide isn't exactly accurate - yes, at first glance it can seem like it, and many factors do point to it to the point that many Irish historians have argued quite a bit about this, but frankly "mismanagement" or "neglect" are weirdly the best descriptors, especially due to a mixture of ultra-liberal economic policies (not in the wanky US sense, more as in neo-liberal) and anti-Irish sentiment at the time.
This channel is so underrated
What ever happened to the flight of the earls video
Did YT take it off
Don't suppose a cup of tea or tullamore dew can help calm the nerves of everyone.
I fecking love Tullamore dew. But hate tea. Yet I'm Irish!