Lol. UK majority is just too weak. Even random immigrants can take over their government and judicial system. Never see any majority this pathetic tbh.
I lived and worked in Singapore, Australia, Texas, Yokohama, Macedonia for about 20 years in total. Over those 20 years I spent about 10 years living and working Malaysia for 10 years, both in Bintulu in Sarawak and KL. I loved every minute of these experiences. It opens your mind and you see how much better things are overseas in general. I am now 51 and in not so good health unfortunately but after spending sometime in the midlands in the uk I am so demoralized with the attitudes and outlook by the British people. In general they are envious, bitter and always wanting to pull others who they percieve to have more, down. It’s this nastiness that is quite pervasive I am now in the process of moving my finances to Malaysia to purchase a property to live in with my girlfriend. The banks in the uk try to make it hard to move money overseas but I have managed to do so. I can get better weather, a more freer economy, better services and be around people that are just more positive and Ofcourse a better quality of life.
@@anonymoushuman8962 Can’t be more accurate, unless someone has seen the outside world clearly they will not understand the beauty of other cultures. Being an american i feel that i am more attracted to my native country because of the peaceful life there.
You could use WISE or Revolute to move money around. You have lived in some lovely locations. Midlands used to have happy friendly people. I am sorry that they have now become bitter. Think it is the sign of the times. I would say run to Malaysia and don't look back.
You have nowhere near a received pronounced Ollie 😂 you have rhotic -r’s and you have short -a’s when you say words like “glass” or “bath”. You have a pretty much standard South-West accent, which is fine but is far from an RP.
Whilst I agree with your evaluation, as a Brazilian, my impression is that all the judgment does not limit the immigrant to the same extent it might affect the native. Nobody knows me, nobody can judge my background, they know nothing about me. They can judge my strong accent, but that is it. I feel free to pursue whatever I want regardless of others think. Once the "I am an immigrant" feeling is overcome, the sky is the limit.
That’s because you were brainwashed to think that you’re white in your own country. You have an attitude of someone who is used to thinking that you’re better than others
Just a minor correction, but Prince Phillip didnt have a drop of Greek blood. Father was Danish-German, and his mother was German-English, born in Windsor Castle. Yes, his father's family had been installed onto the Greek throne, and of course they got thrown out of the country when Phillip was 2 or 3. Phillip also had Romanov ancestors.
My grandparents arrived from Jamaica to the UK under the British Nationality Act 1948 to help rebuild the UK after the war. Although Jamaicans and all of the caribbean are christian and very liberal due to our skin colour we are not the preferred immigrants. A race fueled arson attack meant my family relocated to Birmingham within 2 years of arriving. All of their 11 children are highly educated Lawyers medical professionals CEO's, Engineers. Many migrated to Australia American and France. Although, I shop at waitrose and have a Masters and speak hybrid RP. I still classify myself as working class because I have to work. That said I have migrated a few times to work in Singapore, Canada and Australia and I am happily leaving for Australia again. The class system is nuanced. If you play polo and go clay pigeon, shooting and say Hurrah! rather than LMAO. Then well done you have joined the middle class club.
Your average upper middle class left wing voter living in Muswell Hill or Highgate protesting about not deporting immigrants isnt hanging around with Bangladeshi deliveroo drivers. The class system is as alive and well in the UK as it always has been.
Fair enough. However these drivers do the jobs that natives do not want to do. If they did expect a £12 delivery charge in top out of you order. What I've observed is that people do not want migrants until it hits their pockets.
@@avtar1699 What's meant to happen is more money is meant to be offered to do the job, not for them to look outside the country for workers. That demonstrates that globalism is set up for busines interests and not workers.
@@avtar1699 British people never voted for every town to have a kebab shop and a delviery network. It's something they use when it's there but it's not something they ever wanted. Time and time again it's been proven they have voted against it and still got it. Stop trying to make it british people problem. Our governments are trying to import people and open endless services to stimulate growth i.e. a ponzi.
The average Aussie does not like to admit that everything about the average Aussie owes more to our British heritage than anything or anyone else. Too many of us either try to model ourselves on American culture to show our 'independence' or try to distance ourselves from our British heritage by characterising anything or anyone British as 'elitist' or 'envious'.
I'm originally from Oz and recently left. I completely agree with you. It's kind of sad now how Aussies don't really have an identity anymore since they have become resentful of their British heritage, as well as mass immigration changing the demographics of the country. The irony is that even when America became independent, they still kept many British style institutions and upgraded them, instead of just tearing them down completely, which is what I think Australia is doing the opposite.
For decades, Australians told themselves that we were a classless society, but few working people can afford private schools and new prestige cars every year. The bonkers real estate market has given a few the illusion that they are now 'upper class', but the only people with money to burn seem to be drug dealers. The British can trace their lineage back hundreds of years - I can't think of anything worse. Edit : doctors, lawyers and dentists are working people but not in the same sense as their clients. If there is an upper class that wasn't born into money, I guess that's it.
@@arthurwatts1680 The professional class is what they should be called although teachers and nurses will claim they are as well but complain they are underpaid.
As long as the opportunity to get rich an own property is there don't worry about being poor, the experience is probably worth alot more than the money. When you can't access these things anymore thats when you need to get angry and we are at that point.
That's rubbish! British people are not only strong but some of the nicest people in the world. You think just because you spoke to a few people you know how all British people are? That's very narrow minded thinking. You will always find a small group of bad apples no matter what country it is.
@talkshow4377 I have spoken to Aussies who felt that Brits are closed, it's takes much longer and much more effort to break into relationships. It's why most Aussies roll together in expat heavy areas like London.
Aussie here. Not a single English friend here after 6 years now. Always fake politeness, as soon as I leave the room they bitch and moan.We are much more like Americans, friendly, extroverts. We are not like the cold and reserved English at all.
As a Bangladeshi-American who is studying in the UK, I feel like people are little sceptic until they hear that I am part American. I don’t know it’s just weird 😅
@@besovereign2032 Because Bangladesh never hurt the UK in any way. I'd get it if they invaded the UK and Brits were enslaved and lived under Bangladeshi rule for centuries. But no one conquered the UK. So... why would they be sceptical about a country which never did anything bad to them?
The fact that kid actually wanted to be perceived as working class is the interesting part. The psychological fuckery of the class system is fascinating.
Media and consumer culture is targeted towards the lower classes, so they are seen as "cooler". And those lower classes have disdain towards the upper classes. Kids just want to fit in. When they grow up and see the reality of their privileges vs the general public, they'll wise up and play their cards properly. I've seen it first hand.
01:57 Austria was not a wealthy country at the time, quite the opposite. Compared to its neighbours Germany and Czechoslovakia, it was quite underdeveloped. It only became wealthier than those two after WW2.
My hypothesis is that social class is determined not only by your appearance, or external sources of wealth, but also by small talk. Those probing questions about what do you do for work and etc, is ultimately a way for people to put each other into social categories.
You do not possess an RP accent, we do not say class the way you do here in the Home Counties. RP accent think Joanna Lumley, Moira Stewart, Alan Whicker et al.
I've been in London for 20 years- one thing that still shocks me is the FOOD class system. You can get anything from the shittiest plastic-like tomatoes to the best organic sun-ripped etc, etc depending on how much you can spend. That's something uniquely British. Also, whyyyy all the plastic packaging on fruits and vegs?!🤯
That is not uniquely British…in the US we have all different qualities of produce and all food…it depends on how much you want to spend. And we do not wrap all of our produce in plastic.
I think they’re saying the range is wider in the UK than other countries? I’ve noticed in continental Europe, the “value” ranges tend to be decent quality, whereas they’re almost inedible in the UK. We have similar quality at the top end, but our cheap food is much worse.
I would say French is at the top. The French accent in London is loved. Bottom would be Somali. And to be honest, that does reflect the reasons for migrating here. A French immigrating to London would typically be doing so for very different reason than a Somali
When you make money like that, you can just opt-out of the silly class games altogether. You're 4x richer than the average Brit, so who cares what anyone else feels about you at that point. You're all good lol.
William of Orange was invited to invade England in 1688 (The Glorious Revolution) because he was PROTESTANT, and was married to Anne (the daughter of Charles II) who had converted from Catholicism when she married William. The rightful heir after Charles II, James II, Anne's brother, was overlooked by the British parliament because he was CATHOLIC (having grown up in France during Charles II's exile). William then had to conquer Scotland (Jacobite Rebellion) and Ireland (Battle of the Boyne etc. leading to The Troubles 1969-GFA).
Keep popping up in my youtube so I will throw my 2 cents in - I have worked in asset management and real estate commercial fund management in London and ethnic minorities born in the UK certainly do get judged. Can be working class Asian British Chinese or Asian British Indian or Black British etc. Or middle class or upper class etc. Based on families perceived income level, networth, real estate value they own and what parents do, educational level or business owners etc. For overseas ethnic minorities who speak English as second language and not born here is much harder. I have met Chinese students when I did my masters driving porsches and from families clearly worth over $10m , but they dress casual and can hardly speak English- they will get the degree then go back and join the family business. From some of the high finance world I have been in, I and company could not care what your family did but are interested in talents of the applicant - universities went to, experience, articulate to communicate well (speaking in a pompous accent does not imply higher intelligence but was done by aristocrats and in many legal fields to try and give superioty level of authority from the general population they considered peasants 😂), ability to do the job etc (of course, depends on the industry as been a real estate developer, Quant trader, pilot etc are based on your own talent than class system - compared to careers in big law , art world and firms like McKinsey etc where class will certainly be more prevalent). We need to move away with outdated class system and once you are over $5M to $10M networth, educated and talented in your career, then nobody should care - for those that do then no need to associate with them. We live in a global economy and I like the US system much more. I have several friends from university who have masters to PhD's that moved to US (some have accents despite from middle class to upper class backgrounds ) and found much more opportunity there. As most educated or talented sports, artists, actors etc to US do.
Australia 🇦🇺 🪃 is British. Ever so slightly. You can get Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate in a small (air conditioned) supermarket in the middle of Northern Territory made by Cadbury Pty Australia. ( Take it outside and it immediately starts melting). Also fish and chips and steak and kidney pies etc sold in chip shops. I can't imagine a more English food culture.
@@anthonyrybicki1000 I came across a real English fish and chip shop in Deloraine Tasmania. And they had all the pies, saveloys etc like you get in England.
I agree with your assessment as an immigrant living in the West (not the UK). There is also a sentiment among immigrant communities that they would rather have their own micro-societies than play the class game in a broader social context. This is good for the immigrants in the short run but quite bad for the host country overall. However, many Westerners, particularly the leaders, today, are oblivious that most societies outside of the West have high in-group preference. In other words, once the country has a certain percentage of the population being immigrants, they stick together by ethnicity and set their own rules. Western people are very welcoming and friendly, and I can assure you that most immigrants are grateful for that. So the question becomes, do immigrants want to fit in anymore? How to make immigrants less indifferent to the host country's mainstream society/system?
If someone is gonna be at the bottom of the hierarchy why bother playing the class game and experience mistreatment. Better to just focus on your own ethnic community
Yes I agree. Most immigrants have high in-group preference. I've been living in the UK since early 20s now I'm in my early 30s. I came as a EU citizen for uni and stayed for the master's degree. I had British people around me in my circles but they always seemed to never be truly interested in being friends with me. When I had nothing to offer they turned into strangers. Not that I blame them for that anyway. This whole experience living in the UK these years just strengthened my value system and it just makes me want to settle back in my country...although living in England for such a long period of my adult life has left some effects that would make me feel and be perceived as an outsider by my fellow countrymen.
@@mattfm101But they are hypocritical, like they complain about Assimilation while immigrants of whatever generation be it 4th or 5th are forever Strange immigrants to them.
@@stevo728822 But trying to change the status quo is politics of envy as it stops the middle class and ambitious working class from progressing if they can't go to private school. See labours vat tax.
The last UK PM was the son of middle class professionals from India and went to Winchester an old established private or public school as we say here in England.Despite this privilege many voters did not really view him as being genuinely British and his ineptitude at everyday life tasks such as using a debit card didn't help to dispel that impression!. It probably takes two generations to be considered as British and assimulation is done partly by economic advancement and partly by cultural assimilation eg changing your surname by anglicising it. As a second generation Briton of Polish ancestry I can say that whilst I am looked down on as a "Eastern European" I am also accepted as an educated RP speaker with money in the "that's a funny surname" category i.e ordinary Brits just don't bother to try to hazard speaking my surname on the grounds that Britons don't speak in foreign tongues!. The hilltop fortress village mentality of Anglo Saxon times c500 AD/CE still prevails in what was the world's first truly global empire especially in small towns where immigrants are fairly scarce. Living in the major cities is different in their acceptance of migrants.and willingness to embrace newcomers so yes London is a more friendly and forgiving place to live. At present the UK just isn't the right country to relocate to (unless your career depends upon it or you are evading justice) whether in relation economic prospects,the surly attitudes of ordinary folk who feel cheated by the loss of national status over the last 4 or 5 decades and the stress of depressed living conditions eg poor and expensive housing,bad public services, broken roads and deficient rail services or the boorish thuggidh anti immigrant culture demonstrated by recent racist riots mainly in the North in the summer of 2024.
Do you include the 'grooming gangs' of foreign origin, as 'boorish' too? Or the many thuggish t*rror attacks, against white British people, by coloureds of foreign origin, as racist too?! Or the fact Poland has just bought out a bill that allows border security services to use firearms against immigrants trying to invade their borders, as racist too? Britain has given refuge to millions of Poles and Polish Jews since the 1800s and during both wars, also during EU membership and settled status to over 3 million Polish after Brexit, so there are many Polish here in Britain since the 1800s-2020s, but the British are oh so wacist!
In regards to class Rishi is upper class there is no doubt about it. He has climbed that slippery pole and firmly cemented himself.Whether nationalists view him as British is another topic. English and British are two seperate things. His family would have held British passports for generations due to the commonwealth just like my caribbean family. Commonwealth nations in certain occupations could then claim British nationality and freely move between their birth country and the UK.
@@risetv1 The British Nationality Act of 1971 made fresh provisions about citizenship and nationality, and amended the Immigration Act 1971 regarding the right of abode in the United Kingdom. The Act imposed strict quotas and removed automatic entry rights for Asian British passport holders, except those born in Britain or with a British parent or grandparent. Rishis Asian parents were born in Africa both had Punjabi fathers.
@@risetv1 The British Nationality Act 1981 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British nationality since 1 January 1983. It replaced the British Nationality Act 1948. The Act amended the right to birthright citizenship, so that only those for whom one parent was a British citizen or settled in the UK would be automatically eligible for citizenship
I first heard the word 'semi-detached' to describe a house which shares a wall with the neighbouring house when I lived in England. We (Aussies) call them a duplex like the Americans do when we do talk about such houses which is not very often because most Australian houses, except for inner city terrace houses in Sydney or Melbourne, are detached (free-standing). I have used the word 'semi-detached' ever since. I never use the word 'duplex'. Another thing that was completely new to me in England was the word 'bungalow' because most Australian houses, unlike British houses, are one level so we don't need a word to differentiate them from two storey houses.
"Australians are what you get when you leave working class British people in the sun for a hundred years". And then you further qualified it by saying "pre-Thatcherite British working class people". Golden nuggets man!
Imagine if you had left the convicts on that horrible little island and moved to Australia! You would have been so much happier! Skegness vs Bondi... Not really a contest is it!
To be fair, your accent or house doesn't dictate your class. In my opinion, if your parents have to work for a living, you're working class. Middle class people have more flexibility and upper class people work for fun. I've got a neutral English accent and 2 degrees, but my job pays barely over min wage, and ive done family history research, with my ancestors working mostly low level jobs over the last 300 years. I'm workint class but people think im middle class because of my accent, speaking in proper sentences as well as eating wholesome food 🙄
@lothar3610 It's amazing that there are still people in the 21st century who find delight in the clichés of the 1950s, which have been spread a million times over.
It's funny how people talk about "classes" these days. In my country, if I said, "Oh, I think I'm middle class, and he/she is lower class," people would laugh at me. You just don't say things like that. I think even the wealthy don’t care much about how they’re perceived anymore. These days, you could be a billionaire wearing old jeans and a T-shirt, while someone with very little money can look like a million dollars. Whether you're fit and beautiful or not, polite or rude, has little to do with the class you come from. It’s mostly about how hardworking and bright you are. Your best friend could be a super-intelligent cleaning lady with a great sense of humor, rather than an arrogant wealthy guy who exhausts everyone with his opinions or bad behavior.
The new leader of the Conservative Party , Kemi Badenoch , is ethnically African and grew up in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Her story contradicts nearly everything you say . And here predecessor, Rishi Sunak , was ethnically Indian .
Yet there's still a huge chunk of the population who don't view either of them as British. You should know by now that political parties don't really do a good job of representing public opinion, so the fact they elect POC leaders doesn't mean as much as you think. Remember that Rishi wasn't elected by the public, he wasn't even first choice in his party, it was Truss's failure that brought him in as PM.
Moved to UK a country that colonised my country and most part most UK natived are good people but thr undertone judgements exist not all like africans u cud be a pilot even living in all white sea side country side they will still treat u worst than a white drug dealer next door the key is to understand that exists and live your life dont interfere with anyones lives and be about your daily endeavours
Generally when you immigrate you go one class down from what you were back home. Thats why it only makes sense for lower class people to migrate, as we saw with the building of Australia in the 1960s. Middle class people don’t emigrate for economic reasons, they are already doing ok at home, why would they drop a social class to start again? Lifestyle? Not many stick it out once they realise the battle they’ve taken on- not many middle class Brits emigrate to Australia and stick it out long term. Emigration is a working class game-you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Good insights, however i think you are culturally unaware based on the day to day average life. I think some of what you said is right however, saying that the brits are less prefer Islamic countries thats not right, for example Lebanon or even lots of african developing countries that are not Muslim are less preferred because they look different that the people they are used to and its not racism its just bias and human nature.
My great grandfather came from Broadstairs in Kent, I am proud of my British 🇬🇧 heritage and as Australian I will return to England 🏴 to reclaim my heritage.
We're 2nd generation immigrants, I believe we are middle class because of our education and income levels and this was carried over from our country of origin where my family were highly educated and wealthy.
There are also football players who make millions but they grew up in poverty. ( Carlos Tevez) Most British can't make the ridiculous amount of money that he made while playing for Manchester United .
I don’t want to be rude, but you don’t have Received Pronunciation, and by asserting that you do, I can immediately discern that you don’t understand what that actually is.
Historically yes, but the difference is that the class distinction in the UK is still as rigid and important now as in the past. Many countries did have aristocracy in Europe but now there is very little sense of it. In many countries class is more or less determined by income, whereas in the UK if you were born working class but you make a lot of money you would still be considered working class. People will still treat you as working class! Social mobility is almost non-existent here and the upper classes are still clinging to archaic titles.
The interesting thing is with the people of Eastern Europe. They are considered lower class but the standard of living in Central and Eastern Europe is catching up with the standard of living in Great Britain. What will happen if these countries overtake the UK? I suppose that the citizens of these countries will continue to be considered lower class because the British have become accustomed to considering themselves better and no objective facts will change that.
We don't think we're better than most people, not now anyway as too many foreigners have come here and turned it into a shthole. 30 years ago London was ok and had a chance to become great, we took the wrong turn and invitied in the world and its problems.
@@florentinaopris2350 we are a classless society and you think in stereotypes like a Pole. Other societies are built differently. In Poland, in my entire life, I have never heard anyone talk about what class they are in. In our country, divisions are built on the basis of money, affiliation (e.g. artists, etc.).
@@jacek222245 I think living standard is better in Poland. Better housing, cleaner streets, safer for sure. But UK has a more opportunities in terms of career or education.
The Royal family and aristocracy have been foreign since 1066. Because of Conquest. Although they can trace their ancestry back to Alfred the Great. The Tutors were 'Welsh', the Stewarts were Scottish. George 1st of Hanover was a great great great great grandson of James 1st (a Stewart).
Would be interesting to hear your comparison of Canada and Australia. At least until recently, Canada always seemed to me extremely Anglo wannabee, even though they also have a large Scottish element. They have "Royal" this and "Royal" that. And of course Canada and Australia were the major Commonwealth countries that had very little indigenous population.
10:26 *but why do “certain Muslim communities” achieve less in school or income* ? Could it be economic discrimination *they are non-whyte, non-European & (visibly) Muslim* despite being well educated in most cases? As for Muslim who aren’t well educated, *could it be due to same reasons why poor whyte kids (99.9% non Muslim) get poor grades too* I.e socio-economic reasons and regional inequality (in terms of housing and especially education and quality)? I guess it’s easier to *attribute it to religion or race, eh?* It takes way less effort!!
@@TheSwissChaletHe mimicked one of the many American accents. A lot of Brits have more to say about us (Aussies) than mocking one version of how we sound. Grow a thicker skin. It is a nothing burger..
@@richmlvcable what makes you believe his statement was anti-American? I believe he was mocking one type of American accent, not criticizing all Americans in general.
Your American accent had me laughing. I appreciate you, Olly! Your commentary on British society is also so fascinating. You give voice to so many things that I have wondered about Brits as an American, but could never get a clear answer to. Thank you!
Mate, it took you 15 minutes to explain that being in a higher social class requires a good job/education or being wealthy. Just so you know, that's pretty much the case everywhere on the planet.
I'm not British but from another Western European country and I can tell you that they are of the lowest caste in most white European's eyes. Although they won't admit it and pretend they believe otherwise due to political correctness.
There are several factors that contribute to the integration of British Muslims who respect liberal values: -Shared Values: Many British Muslims share core liberal values with the wider British society, such as democracy, freedom of speech, and equality. This common ground facilitates integration and understanding. * Education and Employment: British Muslims have high levels of education and are well-represented in various professions. This contributes to their economic integration and social mobility, strengthening their ties to broader society. -Interfaith Dialogue: Many British Muslims participate in interfaith dialogue and community initiatives, fostering relationships with people of different faiths and background As much as I like your content I disagree with you respectfully on your view on Muslims. Also it’s important to mention Historically speaking after the 2nd world war when England released “ The Nationaly Act” to all Anglo-colonies a lot of the “working class people cane from south Asia” but Also prior to that if you look at social studies since the 16th century there was a massive interchange between Indian and England (India back then had the Highest GDP in the world 25% of the world) England were “Scouting” India Elites and converting them into Gentlemens and brain washing them like Rishi Sunnak. We have enough evidence without scratching even the surface to argue that Immigration is the Backbone of UK and that’s how any imperial country economically Functions
There are 4 million Muslims in the UK. Of course you will have positive contributors within such a large group, but the reality is that this is disproportionate. And Muslims are disproportionately represented in bad areas like crime and welfare dependence. These are just facts.
I'm sorry, I disagree with your comment. I wholeheartedly agree with Olly Blinkho on this one. The majority of British people do not like Muslims and equate them with sh1t on their shoes. They are seen as the lowest in terms of the social hierarchy. That's what he was getting at and unfortunately I agree that's what is happening out there. I'm not saying I agree with it but simply stating that's how it is at the moment for Muslims in Western countries.
51% of Muslim in the U.K. are unemployed living on welfare These people offer nothing and this is why the U.K. is in terminal decline I’ve left the U.K. as it’s a 3rd world woke shit hole
DUDE! I love your videos and message. However, lol, you do NOT, by any stretch of the imagination, have received pronunciation! 😂 I think you are a few more rungs down on the class ladder than you think you are. Makes me think not my mum who thinks she can blend with the middle classes but stands out like a sore thumb. Still love tour stuff.
In UK we’re all descended from foreign-born immigrants. Romans, Saxons, Danes, Irish, Jamaicans, Polish… What makes us English is our culture and commonality. And anyone born and raised in Britain will share that culture, regardless of where their parents are from
I'm a second generation Mauritian immigrant, and an aerospace and astronautical engineer for BAE systems. My Dad, was a psychiatric nurse, and my Mum, an A&E nurse for over 35 years. Alongside that, they also owned and ran three nursing homes, caring for over 150 of your mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, Uncles and Aunts. So... Why don't we fit in, exactly?
@@resh.. I'm sure you fit in very well to the modern day economic zone known as Britain in which nobody really belongs anymore, and your achievements are certainly impressive. Still, they have nothing to do with belonging to the British people, which are a set of culturally, historically, and genetically distinct ethnic groups. You're no more British, English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh than I am Japanese, which is totally fine, by the way - but let's not be under any illusions.
@@jackinjapanhaha your view is outdated and has no bearing on reality. Ethnic minorities now dominate in politics, medicine, law, etc. and they make up nearly 50% of Births around the country! In just 30 years we’ll be the majority as well. You can deny that we’re British all you want. That’s fine. You can keep denying it as you get outcompeted and we continue to thrive in this country
@@jackinjapan Britain created this quagmire when it subjected foreign lands to their empire, some having hundreds of years of being under British rule. Then people from those places were allowed to settle in Britain following WW2, encouraged, even. The insinuation that they have zero connection to Britain or Britishness is false. Do they have more than ethnic English, Welsh, Scot, Irish? No, of course not, but there is still history there. Your comparison to Japan is a false equivalence.
Al-Fayed is the best example of a very successful immigrant who tried his best to fit into the class system by associating himself with the Royals, but couldn't. In the end, your background doesn't matter that much - it all comes down to taste, subtlety, social etiquette, and a certain perception of virtue.
Immigrants like the working class serve a purpose until they are of no use or try to challenge the status quo.
Huh?
@@speakurmind555why you asking a question about this clear as day comment?
Lol. UK majority is just too weak. Even random immigrants can take over their government and judicial system. Never see any majority this pathetic tbh.
I lived and worked in Singapore, Australia, Texas, Yokohama, Macedonia for about 20 years in total. Over those 20 years I spent about 10 years living and working Malaysia for 10 years, both in Bintulu in Sarawak and KL. I loved every minute of these experiences. It opens your mind and you see how much better things are overseas in general. I am now 51 and in not so good health unfortunately but after spending sometime in the midlands in the uk I am so demoralized with the attitudes and outlook by the British people. In general they are envious, bitter and always wanting to pull others who they percieve to have more, down. It’s this nastiness that is quite pervasive
I am now in the process of moving my finances to Malaysia to purchase a property to live in with my girlfriend. The banks in the uk try to make it hard to move money overseas but I have managed to do so. I can get better weather, a more freer economy, better services and be around people that are just more positive and Ofcourse a better quality of life.
@@anonymoushuman8962 Can’t be more accurate, unless someone has seen the outside world clearly they will not understand the beauty of other cultures. Being an american i feel that i am more attracted to my native country because of the peaceful life there.
UK is a shit hole.
Greetings from Bosnia...
@@ImamHasan06whos talking ..wdf u dont return to u ancestral home ...Imran
We did exactly the same and the banks in uk make it so difficult to move our money. Very frustrating 😢
You could use WISE or Revolute to move money around. You have lived in some lovely locations. Midlands used to have happy friendly people. I am sorry that they have now become bitter. Think it is the sign of the times. I would say run to Malaysia and don't look back.
You have nowhere near a received pronounced Ollie 😂 you have rhotic -r’s and you have short -a’s when you say words like “glass” or “bath”. You have a pretty much standard South-West accent, which is fine but is far from an RP.
Yeah I didn't get that, either. I was like RP, what?? 😂
Whilst I agree with your evaluation, as a Brazilian, my impression is that all the judgment does not limit the immigrant to the same extent it might affect the native. Nobody knows me, nobody can judge my background, they know nothing about me. They can judge my strong accent, but that is it. I feel free to pursue whatever I want regardless of others think. Once the "I am an immigrant" feeling is overcome, the sky is the limit.
That’s because you were brainwashed to think that you’re white in your own country. You have an attitude of someone who is used to thinking that you’re better than others
Especially since you are white
Especially since you are white
Just a minor correction, but Prince Phillip didnt have a drop of Greek blood. Father was Danish-German, and his mother was German-English, born in Windsor Castle. Yes, his father's family had been installed onto the Greek throne, and of course they got thrown out of the country when Phillip was 2 or 3. Phillip also had Romanov ancestors.
My grandparents arrived from Jamaica to the UK under the British Nationality Act 1948 to help rebuild the UK after the war. Although Jamaicans and all of the caribbean are christian and very liberal due to our skin colour we are not the preferred immigrants. A race fueled arson attack meant my family relocated to Birmingham within 2 years of arriving.
All of their 11 children are highly educated Lawyers medical professionals CEO's, Engineers. Many migrated to Australia American and France. Although, I shop at waitrose and have a Masters and speak hybrid RP. I still classify myself as working class because I have to work. That said I have migrated a few times to work in Singapore, Canada and Australia and I am happily leaving for Australia again. The class system is nuanced. If you play polo and go clay pigeon, shooting and say Hurrah! rather than LMAO. Then well done you have joined the middle class club.
I agree olly is being disingenuous that non whYte immigrants are less preferred due to not beinG liberal it's more to due with Being black/brown.
Your average upper middle class left wing voter living in Muswell Hill or Highgate protesting about not deporting immigrants isnt hanging around with Bangladeshi deliveroo drivers. The class system is as alive and well in the UK as it always has been.
Fair challenge, ahem! That said, the Muswell Man Dem isn’t what it once was.
Fair enough. However these drivers do the jobs that natives do not want to do. If they did expect a £12 delivery charge in top out of you order. What I've observed is that people do not want migrants until it hits their pockets.
But he is however, living next door to a wealthy Hong Konger who sold his property back home for a million pound.
@@avtar1699 What's meant to happen is more money is meant to be offered to do the job, not for them to look outside the country for workers. That demonstrates that globalism is set up for busines interests and not workers.
@@avtar1699 British people never voted for every town to have a kebab shop and a delviery network. It's something they use when it's there but it's not something they ever wanted.
Time and time again it's been proven they have voted against it and still got it. Stop trying to make it british people problem. Our governments are trying to import people and open endless services to stimulate growth i.e. a ponzi.
The average Aussie does not like to admit that everything about the average Aussie owes more to our British heritage than anything or anyone else.
Too many of us either try to model ourselves on American culture to show our 'independence' or try to distance ourselves from our British heritage by characterising anything or anyone British as 'elitist' or 'envious'.
I'm originally from Oz and recently left. I completely agree with you.
It's kind of sad now how Aussies don't really have an identity anymore since they have become resentful of their British heritage, as well as mass immigration changing the demographics of the country.
The irony is that even when America became independent, they still kept many British style institutions and upgraded them, instead of just tearing them down completely, which is what I think Australia is doing the opposite.
i think they do recognize it on the ground just not so much the official line
With the likes of Albanese(of Italian extract) in charge, I'm not surprised.@@Demi-Son
That's rubbish, my forebears came from England in 1830, they were tough resilient people as free settlers and Im proud of that.
@@Demi-SontTotal Rubbish.
For decades, Australians told themselves that we were a classless society, but few working people can afford private schools and new prestige cars every year. The bonkers real estate market has given a few the illusion that they are now 'upper class', but the only people with money to burn seem to be drug dealers. The British can trace their lineage back hundreds of years - I can't think of anything worse. Edit : doctors, lawyers and dentists are working people but not in the same sense as their clients. If there is an upper class that wasn't born into money, I guess that's it.
@@arthurwatts1680 The professional class is what they should be called although teachers and nurses will claim they are as well but complain they are underpaid.
As long as the opportunity to get rich an own property is there don't worry about being poor, the experience is probably worth alot more than the money. When you can't access these things anymore thats when you need to get angry and we are at that point.
It's funny because I have spoken to Australians in Britain and they talk about how difficult British people are to form relationships with.
The women in London have calculators instead of hearts.
@@InfinitePlain😂
That's rubbish! British people are not only strong but some of the nicest people in the world. You think just because you spoke to a few people you know how all British people are? That's very narrow minded thinking. You will always find a small group of bad apples no matter what country it is.
@talkshow4377 I have spoken to Aussies who felt that Brits are closed, it's takes much longer and much more effort to break into relationships. It's why most Aussies roll together in expat heavy areas like London.
Aussie here. Not a single English friend here after 6 years now. Always fake politeness, as soon as I leave the room they bitch and moan.We are much more like Americans, friendly, extroverts. We are not like the cold and reserved English at all.
As a Bangladeshi-American who is studying in the UK, I feel like people are little sceptic until they hear that I am part American. I don’t know it’s just weird 😅
Not that weird. People from first countries relate better to people from first world countries.
15+15=25
why would they not be skeptical about Bangladesh?
@@delgriffithification And people from 1st world countries look down on people from 2nd and 3rd world countries.
@@besovereign2032 Because Bangladesh never hurt the UK in any way. I'd get it if they invaded the UK and Brits were enslaved and lived under Bangladeshi rule for centuries. But no one conquered the UK. So... why would they be sceptical about a country which never did anything bad to them?
The fact that kid actually wanted to be perceived as working class is the interesting part. The psychological fuckery of the class system is fascinating.
Media and consumer culture is targeted towards the lower classes, so they are seen as "cooler". And those lower classes have disdain towards the upper classes. Kids just want to fit in. When they grow up and see the reality of their privileges vs the general public, they'll wise up and play their cards properly. I've seen it first hand.
01:57 Austria was not a wealthy country at the time, quite the opposite. Compared to its neighbours Germany and Czechoslovakia, it was quite underdeveloped. It only became wealthier than those two after WW2.
Yeah the Germans saw Austrians like peasant underclass
My hypothesis is that social class is determined not only by your appearance, or external sources of wealth, but also by small talk. Those probing questions about what do you do for work and etc, is ultimately a way for people to put each other into social categories.
Accent is small talk is the biggest give away
Upper class = those who have a hereditary title and traditionally were the property owning class. Nothing to do with income
You do not possess an RP accent, we do not say class the way you do here in the Home Counties. RP accent think Joanna Lumley, Moira Stewart, Alan Whicker et al.
“Fuck knows why, just gonna say that” LMAOOOOOO
Who cares, they come in at numbers that make armies weep. It's a betrayal not only of the working class but the very English people.
I've been in London for 20 years- one thing that still shocks me is the FOOD class system. You can get anything from the shittiest plastic-like tomatoes to the best organic sun-ripped etc, etc depending on how much you can spend. That's something uniquely British. Also, whyyyy all the plastic packaging on fruits and vegs?!🤯
That is not uniquely British…in the US we have all different qualities of produce and all food…it depends on how much you want to spend. And we do not wrap all of our produce in plastic.
You can buy plenty of loose fruit and veg without packaging in the UK. Must be where you are shopping.
I think they’re saying the range is wider in the UK than other countries? I’ve noticed in continental Europe, the “value” ranges tend to be decent quality, whereas they’re almost inedible in the UK. We have similar quality at the top end, but our cheap food is much worse.
especially waitrose in canary wharf is good hahahahah the self service part.
I would say French is at the top. The French accent in London is loved. Bottom would be Somali. And to be honest, that does reflect the reasons for migrating here. A French immigrating to London would typically be doing so for very different reason than a Somali
I’m Brazilian, living in the UK with a £150K annual salary. Whether you like my accent or culture, the reality is that I earn more than most Britons.
What do you do if you don't mind me asking?
@@fil_britbunnyboi872 I am Software engineer with 25 years of experience
@@user-lz3lr6jj5w 😃👍
When you make money like that, you can just opt-out of the silly class games altogether. You're 4x richer than the average Brit, so who cares what anyone else feels about you at that point. You're all good lol.
I'm an immigrant, living in the UK and barely scratch 40000 😂, why even live on this miserable island with that kind of money
I don’t think you have RP, you can tell the south west in your accent, even the way you say class instead of claaass
Exactly. I was thinking the exact same thing. I bet he says bath instead of barth or glass instead of glarse or castle instead of carstle
Definitely. The "wew" instead of well gave him away instantly.
William of Orange was invited to invade England in 1688 (The Glorious Revolution) because he was PROTESTANT, and was married to Anne (the daughter of Charles II) who had converted from Catholicism when she married William.
The rightful heir after Charles II, James II, Anne's brother, was overlooked by the British parliament because he was CATHOLIC (having grown up in France during Charles II's exile).
William then had to conquer Scotland (Jacobite Rebellion) and Ireland (Battle of the Boyne etc. leading to The Troubles 1969-GFA).
Keep popping up in my youtube so I will throw my 2 cents in - I have worked in asset management and real estate commercial fund management in London and ethnic minorities born in the UK certainly do get judged. Can be working class Asian British Chinese or Asian British Indian or Black British etc. Or middle class or upper class etc. Based on families perceived income level, networth, real estate value they own and what parents do, educational level or business owners etc. For overseas ethnic minorities who speak English as second language and not born here is much harder. I have met Chinese students when I did my masters driving porsches and from families clearly worth over $10m , but they dress casual and can hardly speak English- they will get the degree then go back and join the family business.
From some of the high finance world I have been in, I and company could not care what your family did but are interested in talents of the applicant - universities went to, experience, articulate to communicate well (speaking in a pompous accent does not imply higher intelligence but was done by aristocrats and in many legal fields to try and give superioty level of authority from the general population they considered peasants 😂), ability to do the job etc (of course, depends on the industry as been a real estate developer, Quant trader, pilot etc are based on your own talent than class system - compared to careers in big law , art world and firms like McKinsey etc where class will certainly be more prevalent).
We need to move away with outdated class system and once you are over $5M to $10M networth, educated and talented in your career, then nobody should care - for those that do then no need to associate with them. We live in a global economy and I like the US system much more. I have several friends from university who have masters to PhD's that moved to US (some have accents despite from middle class to upper class backgrounds ) and found much more opportunity there. As most educated or talented sports, artists, actors etc to US do.
I'm sorry but you don't speak in RP.
His accent sounds very much like RP to me. What makes you think he doesn’t?
@@karlmiller5009 Devon accent.
west country
Fiona Bruce speaks RP..
He sounds nothing like Matt Berry.
Your "a" vowel in "class" is not RP, Olly. It would need to be a long vowel like "cl-arse". Just sayin'.
Australia 🇦🇺 🪃 is British. Ever so slightly. You can get Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate in a small (air conditioned) supermarket in the middle of Northern Territory made by Cadbury Pty Australia. ( Take it outside and it immediately starts melting). Also fish and chips and steak and kidney pies etc sold in chip shops. I can't imagine a more English food culture.
I was puzzled why hot meat pies were a feature of Sydney eating habits when temperatures are high for most of the year.
@@anthonyrybicki1000
I came across a real English fish and chip shop in Deloraine Tasmania. And they had all the pies, saveloys etc like you get in England.
I agree with your assessment as an immigrant living in the West (not the UK). There is also a sentiment among immigrant communities that they would rather have their own micro-societies than play the class game in a broader social context. This is good for the immigrants in the short run but quite bad for the host country overall. However, many Westerners, particularly the leaders, today, are oblivious that most societies outside of the West have high in-group preference. In other words, once the country has a certain percentage of the population being immigrants, they stick together by ethnicity and set their own rules. Western people are very welcoming and friendly, and I can assure you that most immigrants are grateful for that. So the question becomes, do immigrants want to fit in anymore? How to make immigrants less indifferent to the host country's mainstream society/system?
If someone is gonna be at the bottom of the hierarchy why bother playing the class game and experience mistreatment. Better to just focus on your own ethnic community
Yes I agree. Most immigrants have high in-group preference. I've been living in the UK since early 20s now I'm in my early 30s. I came as a EU citizen for uni and stayed for the master's degree. I had British people around me in my circles but they always seemed to never be truly interested in being friends with me. When I had nothing to offer they turned into strangers. Not that I blame them for that anyway. This whole experience living in the UK these years just strengthened my value system and it just makes me want to settle back in my country...although living in England for such a long period of my adult life has left some effects that would make me feel and be perceived as an outsider by my fellow countrymen.
White people have the least group preference but there comes a point where you take their kindness too far.
@@mattfm101But they are hypocritical, like they complain about Assimilation while immigrants of whatever generation be it 4th or 5th are forever Strange immigrants to them.
If you leave your country, you're called an immigrant. Except when you're British or Australian. Then you're called an expat...
Prince Phillip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenburg, wasn't English (despite having been born at Windsor Castle) - she was of German descent.
Non-British immigrants have their own class system from their own culture. In Britain, the school you went to defines your class.
@@stevo728822 But trying to change the status quo is politics of envy as it stops the middle class and ambitious working class from progressing if they can't go to private school. See labours vat tax.
The last UK PM was the son of middle class professionals from India and went to Winchester an old established private or public school as we say here in England.Despite this privilege many voters did not really view him as being genuinely British and his ineptitude at everyday life tasks such as using a debit card didn't help to dispel that impression!. It probably takes two generations to be considered as British and assimulation is done partly by economic advancement and partly by cultural assimilation eg changing your surname by anglicising it. As a second generation Briton of Polish ancestry I can say that whilst I am looked down on as a "Eastern European" I am also accepted as an educated RP speaker with money in the "that's a funny surname" category i.e ordinary Brits just don't bother to try to hazard speaking my surname on the grounds that Britons don't speak in foreign tongues!. The hilltop fortress village mentality of Anglo Saxon times c500 AD/CE still prevails in what was the world's first truly global empire especially in small towns where immigrants are fairly scarce. Living in the major cities is different in their acceptance of migrants.and willingness to embrace newcomers so yes London is a more friendly and forgiving place to live. At present the UK just isn't the right country to relocate to (unless your career depends upon it or you are evading justice) whether in relation economic prospects,the surly attitudes of ordinary folk who feel cheated by the loss of national status over the last 4 or 5 decades and the stress of depressed living conditions eg poor and expensive housing,bad public services, broken roads and deficient rail services or the boorish thuggidh anti immigrant culture demonstrated by recent racist riots mainly in the North in the summer of 2024.
Do you include the 'grooming gangs' of foreign origin, as 'boorish' too? Or the many thuggish t*rror attacks, against white British people, by coloureds of foreign origin, as racist too?!
Or the fact Poland has just bought out a bill that allows border security services to use firearms against immigrants trying to invade their borders, as racist too?
Britain has given refuge to millions of Poles and Polish Jews since the 1800s and during both wars, also during EU membership and settled status to over 3 million Polish after Brexit, so there are many Polish here in Britain since the 1800s-2020s, but the British are oh so wacist!
250,000 pakistanis were let in on his watch, he knows who he really is.
In regards to class Rishi is upper class there is no doubt about it. He has climbed that slippery pole and firmly cemented himself.Whether nationalists view him as British is another topic. English and British are two seperate things. His family would have held British passports for generations due to the commonwealth just like my caribbean family. Commonwealth nations in certain occupations could then claim British nationality and freely move between their birth country and the UK.
@@risetv1 The British Nationality Act of 1971 made fresh provisions about citizenship and nationality, and amended the Immigration Act 1971 regarding the right of abode in the United Kingdom. The Act imposed strict quotas and removed automatic entry rights for Asian British passport holders, except those born in Britain or with a British parent or grandparent.
Rishis Asian parents were born in Africa both had Punjabi fathers.
@@risetv1 The British Nationality Act 1981 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British nationality since 1 January 1983. It replaced the British Nationality Act 1948. The Act amended the right to birthright citizenship, so that only those for whom one parent was a British citizen or settled in the UK would be automatically eligible for citizenship
'Detached house' - I learned something today.
I first heard the word 'semi-detached' to describe a house which shares a wall with the neighbouring house when I lived in England. We (Aussies) call them a duplex like the Americans do when we do talk about such houses which is not very often because most Australian houses, except for inner city terrace houses in Sydney or Melbourne, are detached (free-standing). I have used the word 'semi-detached' ever since. I never use the word 'duplex'.
Another thing that was completely new to me in England was the word 'bungalow' because most Australian houses, unlike British houses, are one level so we don't need a word to differentiate them from two storey houses.
Really enjoy your content!
"Australians are what you get when you leave working class British people in the sun for a hundred years".
And then you further qualified it by saying "pre-Thatcherite British working class people".
Golden nuggets man!
Imagine if you had left the convicts on that horrible little island and moved to Australia! You would have been so much happier! Skegness vs Bondi... Not really a contest is it!
To be fair, your accent or house doesn't dictate your class. In my opinion, if your parents have to work for a living, you're working class. Middle class people have more flexibility and upper class people work for fun. I've got a neutral English accent and 2 degrees, but my job pays barely over min wage, and ive done family history research, with my ancestors working mostly low level jobs over the last 300 years. I'm workint class but people think im middle class because of my accent, speaking in proper sentences as well as eating wholesome food 🙄
Minute 4:20 What is a "high German"? A nobleman?
Nah, someone who's 1m90 or taller ...!
German who is high. Hans give me zee another line, you schwinehund!
@lothar3610 It's amazing that there are still people in the 21st century who find delight in the clichés of the 1950s, which have been spread a million times over.
@@andreahoehmann1939 do you know what is even more amazing? People without sense of humor, eat this du schwinehund! Your mother was a hamster!
Great videos. Keep them coming
interesting vid, may you keep developing!
It's funny how people talk about "classes" these days. In my country, if I said, "Oh, I think I'm middle class, and he/she is lower class," people would laugh at me. You just don't say things like that. I think even the wealthy don’t care much about how they’re perceived anymore. These days, you could be a billionaire wearing old jeans and a T-shirt, while someone with very little money can look like a million dollars.
Whether you're fit and beautiful or not, polite or rude, has little to do with the class you come from. It’s mostly about how hardworking and bright you are. Your best friend could be a super-intelligent cleaning lady with a great sense of humor, rather than an arrogant wealthy guy who exhausts everyone with his opinions or bad behavior.
The new leader of the Conservative Party , Kemi Badenoch , is ethnically African and grew up in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Her story contradicts nearly everything you say . And here predecessor, Rishi Sunak , was ethnically Indian .
Yet there's still a huge chunk of the population who don't view either of them as British. You should know by now that political parties don't really do a good job of representing public opinion, so the fact they elect POC leaders doesn't mean as much as you think. Remember that Rishi wasn't elected by the public, he wasn't even first choice in his party, it was Truss's failure that brought him in as PM.
Moved to UK a country that colonised my country and most part most UK natived are good people but thr undertone judgements exist not all like africans u cud be a pilot even living in all white sea side country side they will still treat u worst than a white drug dealer next door the key is to understand that exists and live your life dont interfere with anyones lives and be about your daily endeavours
Generally when you immigrate you go one class down from what you were back home. Thats why it only makes sense for lower class people to migrate, as we saw with the building of Australia in the 1960s. Middle class people don’t emigrate for economic reasons, they are already doing ok at home, why would they drop a social class to start again? Lifestyle? Not many stick it out once they realise the battle they’ve taken on- not many middle class Brits emigrate to Australia and stick it out long term. Emigration is a working class game-you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
What class was Rishi Sunak and Kwasi based on your expert analysis?
As an American this was so interesting to me…
sure, your education is well known to be pretty she:et
I think those Doctors might of been having you on bro
Good insights, however i think you are culturally unaware based on the day to day average life. I think some of what you said is right however, saying that the brits are less prefer Islamic countries thats not right, for example Lebanon or even lots of african developing countries that are not Muslim are less preferred because they look different that the people they are used to and its not racism its just bias and human nature.
My great grandfather came from
Broadstairs in Kent, I am proud of my British 🇬🇧 heritage and as Australian I will return to England 🏴 to reclaim my heritage.
We're 2nd generation immigrants, I believe we are middle class because of our education and income levels and this was carried over from our country of origin where my family were highly educated and wealthy.
There are also football players who make millions but they grew up in poverty. ( Carlos Tevez) Most British can't make the ridiculous amount of money that he made while playing for Manchester United .
I don’t want to be rude, but you don’t have Received Pronunciation, and by asserting that you do, I can immediately discern that you don’t understand what that actually is.
He seems to have a cross between working class and middle class? I don’t know, what would I know? I’m American.
The class system exist in America, it never affects my existence. I don't feel a need to fit in
What you're saying doesn't sound unique to England. I would say in most countries social class is both an economic and cultural concept.
Historically yes, but the difference is that the class distinction in the UK is still as rigid and important now as in the past. Many countries did have aristocracy in Europe but now there is very little sense of it. In many countries class is more or less determined by income, whereas in the UK if you were born working class but you make a lot of money you would still be considered working class. People will still treat you as working class! Social mobility is almost non-existent here and the upper classes are still clinging to archaic titles.
The interesting thing is with the people of Eastern Europe. They are considered lower class but the standard of living in Central and Eastern Europe is catching up with the standard of living in Great Britain. What will happen if these countries overtake the UK? I suppose that the citizens of these countries will continue to be considered lower class because the British have become accustomed to considering themselves better and no objective facts will change that.
We don't think we're better than most people, not now anyway as too many foreigners have come here and turned it into a shthole. 30 years ago London was ok and had a chance to become great, we took the wrong turn and invitied in the world and its problems.
We aren't a lower class, I earn better than most Brits, Eastern Europeans are quite skillful and well qualified.
@@florentinaopris2350 we are a classless society and you think in stereotypes like a Pole. Other societies are built differently. In Poland, in my entire life, I have never heard anyone talk about what class they are in. In our country, divisions are built on the basis of money, affiliation (e.g. artists, etc.).
@@jacek222245 I think living standard is better in Poland. Better housing, cleaner streets, safer for sure. But UK has a more opportunities in terms of career or education.
@@lothar3610 education is free at universities in Poland, schools generally have higher teaching standards
Immigrants will bring their class with them, even if the society they came from is flatter or with less class differences.
Brave topic, definitely feel that NZ feels the closest to the UK
The Royal family and aristocracy have been foreign since 1066. Because of Conquest. Although they can trace their ancestry back to Alfred the Great.
The Tutors were 'Welsh', the Stewarts were Scottish.
George 1st of Hanover was a great great great great grandson of James 1st (a Stewart).
Read about Cnut the Great, Danish king of England who mother was Polish.
@@lothar3610all the monarchs are cnuts
Who aren't you allowed to criticize? That answer tells you all you need to know.
Very interesting what you say..I would tend to agree with many of the points you make...
Australia is not independent we share the same head of state.
Thank you
I think you have Estuary English not RP. Your accent is the safest accent to have
I'm curious how Rishi Sunak and his parents would lie in the class system.
3:42 The Queen's mother was Scottish.
Would be interesting to hear your comparison of Canada and Australia. At least until recently, Canada always seemed to me
extremely Anglo wannabee, even though they also have a large Scottish element. They have "Royal" this and "Royal" that.
And of course Canada and Australia were the major Commonwealth countries that had very little indigenous population.
10:26 *but why do “certain Muslim communities” achieve less in school or income* ? Could it be economic discrimination *they are non-whyte, non-European & (visibly) Muslim* despite being well educated in most cases? As for Muslim who aren’t well educated, *could it be due to same reasons why poor whyte kids (99.9% non Muslim) get poor grades too* I.e socio-economic reasons and regional inequality (in terms of housing and especially education and quality)?
I guess it’s easier to *attribute it to religion or race, eh?* It takes way less effort!!
I'm from Australia makes me the lowest class in Britain convict heritage 😂😅
The anti-American sentiment is unnecessary..you're better than that Ahhhhhly
Right…I was going to subscribe but I don’t appreciate the anti-American comments
@@TheSwissChaletHe mimicked one of the many American accents. A lot of Brits have more to say about us (Aussies) than mocking one version of how we sound. Grow a thicker skin. It is a nothing burger..
@@richmlvcable what makes you believe his statement was anti-American? I believe he was mocking one type of American accent, not criticizing all Americans in general.
Your American accent had me laughing. I appreciate you, Olly! Your commentary on British society is also so fascinating. You give voice to so many things that I have wondered about Brits as an American, but could never get a clear answer to. Thank you!
Mate, it took you 15 minutes to explain that being in a higher social class requires a good job/education or being wealthy. Just so you know, that's pretty much the case everywhere on the planet.
Good to see that you're not including Scotland in Britain. However, your concept of High German is way off kilter.
Olly you are so raw ,but thats what we like you....tell us about the Indians, what British and scottie ppl think about them
I'm not British but from another Western European country and I can tell you that they are of the lowest caste in most white European's eyes. Although they won't admit it and pretend they believe otherwise due to political correctness.
There are several factors that contribute to the integration of British Muslims who respect liberal values:
-Shared Values: Many British Muslims share core liberal values with the wider British society, such as democracy, freedom of speech, and equality. This common ground facilitates integration and understanding.
* Education and Employment: British Muslims have high levels of education and are well-represented in various professions. This contributes to their economic integration and social mobility, strengthening their ties to broader society.
-Interfaith Dialogue: Many British Muslims participate in interfaith dialogue and community initiatives, fostering relationships with people of different faiths and background
As much as I like your content I disagree with you respectfully on your view on Muslims. Also it’s important to mention Historically speaking after the 2nd world war when England released “ The Nationaly Act” to all Anglo-colonies a lot of the “working class people cane from south Asia” but Also prior to that if you look at social studies since the 16th century there was a massive interchange between Indian and England (India back then had the Highest GDP in the world 25% of the world) England were “Scouting” India Elites and converting them into Gentlemens and brain washing them like Rishi Sunnak.
We have enough evidence without scratching even the surface to argue that Immigration is the Backbone of UK and that’s how any imperial country economically Functions
So much cope.
There are 4 million Muslims in the UK. Of course you will have positive contributors within such a large group, but the reality is that this is disproportionate. And Muslims are disproportionately represented in bad areas like crime and welfare dependence. These are just facts.
I'm sorry, I disagree with your comment. I wholeheartedly agree with Olly Blinkho on this one. The majority of British people do not like Muslims and equate them with sh1t on their shoes. They are seen as the lowest in terms of the social hierarchy. That's what he was getting at and unfortunately I agree that's what is happening out there. I'm not saying I agree with it but simply stating that's how it is at the moment for Muslims in Western countries.
51% of Muslim in the U.K. are unemployed living on welfare
These people offer nothing and this is why the U.K. is in terminal decline
I’ve left the U.K. as it’s a 3rd world woke shit hole
You can tell this didnt grow up inside the m25
Even i'm French I can easily tell that you don't have a RP pronunciation
10:23 Actually Pakistanis and Bangladeshis outperform English students
The scapegoat class.
DUDE! I love your videos and message.
However, lol, you do NOT, by any stretch of the imagination, have received pronunciation! 😂
I think you are a few more rungs down on the class ladder than you think you are.
Makes me think not my mum who thinks she can blend with the middle classes but stands out like a sore thumb.
Still love tour stuff.
You're middle-class *and* factually incorrect.
You've an over-inflated sense of your knowledge.
They don't fit, they've had a classectomy😮
I am a high german but for a different reason lmao
In UK we’re all descended from foreign-born immigrants. Romans, Saxons, Danes, Irish, Jamaicans, Polish…
What makes us English is our culture and commonality. And anyone born and raised in Britain will share that culture, regardless of where their parents are from
They will become your masters
Olly, you DO NOT have an RP accent - at all. Ir's a palatable accent, but it ain't RP.
Cattle class
English not British.
England went to War,😂😂 just England.
so true
I’ll tell ya mate, they don’t
I'm a second generation Mauritian immigrant, and an aerospace and astronautical engineer for BAE systems.
My Dad, was a psychiatric nurse, and my Mum, an A&E nurse for over 35 years.
Alongside that, they also owned and ran three nursing homes, caring for over 150 of your mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, Uncles and Aunts.
So...
Why don't we fit in, exactly?
@@resh.. I'm sure you fit in very well to the modern day economic zone known as Britain in which nobody really belongs anymore, and your achievements are certainly impressive. Still, they have nothing to do with belonging to the British people, which are a set of culturally, historically, and genetically distinct ethnic groups. You're no more British, English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh than I am Japanese, which is totally fine, by the way - but let's not be under any illusions.
@@jackinjapanhaha your view is outdated and has no bearing on reality. Ethnic minorities now dominate in politics, medicine, law, etc. and they make up nearly 50% of Births around the country! In just 30 years we’ll be the majority as well. You can deny that we’re British all you want. That’s fine. You can keep denying it as you get outcompeted and we continue to thrive in this country
@@jackinjapan Britain created this quagmire when it subjected foreign lands to their empire, some having hundreds of years of being under British rule. Then people from those places were allowed to settle in Britain following WW2, encouraged, even. The insinuation that they have zero connection to Britain or Britishness is false. Do they have more than ethnic English, Welsh, Scot, Irish? No, of course not, but there is still history there. Your comparison to Japan is a false equivalence.
@@jawlig No ancestral history in Britain at all!
farkk off immis
@@jamiea25 what does this mean? Is this even English?
@@karlmiller5009 if you know, you know. its chav english
Stop ✋ guy 😂
Al-Fayed is the best example of a very successful immigrant who tried his best to fit into the class system by associating himself with the Royals, but couldn't.
In the end, your background doesn't matter that much - it all comes down to taste, subtlety, social etiquette, and a certain perception of virtue.