I once sat in an interview with Charlie Brooker and he said so much is because of Diane Morgan. Originally the character was a Far Right Housewife (who appears in one of the "Death To" shows instead) but Morgan came in and did the audition in RP and her natural accent. The latter made Cunk.
@@Mscape7 Are there any that aren't? It's the nature of the beast. Messy. Contentious. Noisy. Inefficient. ...and better than any system we've yet devised.
I hadn't thought about Fred Talbot for a very long time. When I was a kid I loved him jumping from Britain to Ireland but falling in. What a world we live in where even the weatherman hasn't asked the storm for consent. It's interesting that Saville is notorious, but hundreds of cases like Talbot have faded into obscurity.
As you grow to understand British politics better, you will also be able to use this knowledge to better explain American politics to British people. For example, you will be able to tell them that, unlike the U.K., America has only two parties: the Republican party, which is the equivalent of the Tory party, and the Democratic party, which is the equivalent of the Tory party.
@@Curt_Sampson Actually there have been more parties and then just the two for a few decades now. What actually happens is that the "press' ignores them.
@1:33 "but the ones that are most angry are the greens, because all the benches were green before all the other colours came in, so they were winning by 100% and now they are left with fuck all but that's democracy" best summary ever of the history of power structures :)
I actually remember a skit on some election night that was similar to this, with the guy just getting lost in explaining his little political map, I can’t remember what from but I’m suddenly thinking of Fred Armisen or similar comedian doing it.
Wow this is very useful for data science.. "There's literally no point trying to make any sense of it it's that complicated" yes exactly data needs to be presented much better
there should be a snooker table in the middle of the House, and the first to pot the white has to retract their Bill, if you pocket a red, you go the the backbenches, a red and a pink/black you get on a middle bench.. If you're landed with a touching ball you get a free shot and you can change your party allegiance, pocket 3 successful reds and 3 colours, you're in the Cabinet, and if you score 141 you go straight to No. 10... seems a much fairer system to me based on ability and skill
You're not missing much, it's a ridiculous system that literally no one thinks is sensible except the people benefitting from it. We don't vote for the winning government or the Prime Minister or even the party we want to win, we vote for the person we want to represent/be in charge of our immediate local area, and the winner of each local election gets one of the "seats" from the video. They then tally up how many of those local reps (MPs) belong to each party and the party with the most members elected to seats wins. The designated constituent area for each seat can have way more or way fewer voters living in it than other areas with seats and can also be substantially bigger or smaller, also the boundary is subject to change. No one quite seems to know how all that's decided. If the party you want to win overall doesn't have a person standing for election for your local seat then you straight up can't vote for that party. If you just want to vote for Prime Minister then you're shit out of luck. The PM is the party leader for whichever party won the most seats, and you can only vote for someone to be leader of a party if you are a paid member of that party during their leadership elections, which do not automatically take place in advance of a General Election. Our current PM wasn't even elected by his party members, as the leadership vote was restricted to his own party's MPs. Meaning our Prime Minister, leader of our country, was elected by a couple hundred Tory MPs while the general public had no say in this. The justification being that it's none of our beeswax as we voted for our local MP not the PM and so it shouldn't matter if they swap it all about a bit.
What a cluster fuck. But still the best explanation of the parliamentary system I've ever heard. Try explaining the U.S. electoral system to a Brit. Take special notice as their eyes cross when you tell them the candidate with the fewest votes can still win because we have an electoral system of assigning votes to states according to population based on a formula that was designed when African Americans were counted only as 3/5 of a person. Woo hoo! Democracy in action.
UK election is just 100% first-past-the-post general election. No proportional representation or anything else to complicate things. It's literally the most simple method to elect a parliament. What are you on about?
Beatles' early days interviews. Do you see a similarity? REPORTER: Why do you wear all those rings on your fingers? STARR: Because I can’t get them through my nose. REPORTER: Tell me, how did you find America? LENNON: Turn left at Greenland. REPORTER: What would you call that hair style you’re wearing? HARRISON: Arthur. REPORTER: Where do you gentlemen stand as far as the draft is concerned in England? LENNON: About five-eleven. STARR: It comes from the door over there. REPORTER: How long will you be in America? LENNON: Till we go.
"playstation house of commons"
Which one is which?
true to life...
You can now actually walk around a Playstation House of Commons too on Watch Dogs Legion
you are alot like me
Metaverse version of house of commons
I love how, by the end, she’s no longer explaining politics and is instead explaining and praising her fancy CGI effects 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Because , as she says , it's too complex, and there's no point to it. 🤷♀️🤣
Because , as she says , it's too complex, and there's no point to it. 🤷♀️🤣
These are hidden gems of awesome script writing and deadpan delivery. Diane Morgan nails it.
Why do you write this exact comment on so many Cunk videos?
hidden germs
@@weplaywax this is true of any piece of comedy… the writers are responsible for the jokes…
I once sat in an interview with Charlie Brooker and he said so much is because of Diane Morgan. Originally the character was a Far Right Housewife (who appears in one of the "Death To" shows instead) but Morgan came in and did the audition in RP and her natural accent. The latter made Cunk.
@@weplaywax Diane also helps write some of the materials.
You accidentally explained the British political process better than anyone else I've heard. Brilliant.
Not accidentally
@@davidlomax4028 Definitely not accidentally. This is pure CLASS.
Except Jay Foreman, that bloke's a'ight innit.
"& now theyve been left with fuck all, but thats democracy!"
I died with this lolololol
Shame the Uk's democracy is shite.
@@Mscape7 Are there any that aren't? It's the nature of the beast. Messy. Contentious. Noisy. Inefficient.
...and better than any system we've yet devised.
@@DougieBee Democracies with PR and limits on media and press bias are far more efficient and effective eh!
@@DougieBee Plato preferred the "philosopher king" over democracy citing the types of problems we still see today (see the Ship of State metaphor).
And now they've been left with FUCK ALL.
+Noah Vickers But that's democracy.
Petition to have Philomena present the next General Election coverage.
“Because it’s all green where I am” is a deeply underrated line
@el060248yuh oh mr im so serious is mad
"Like Godzilla or that illegal weatherman" made me cry with laughter
I hadn't thought about Fred Talbot for a very long time. When I was a kid I loved him jumping from Britain to Ireland but falling in. What a world we live in where even the weatherman hasn't asked the storm for consent. It's interesting that Saville is notorious, but hundreds of cases like Talbot have faded into obscurity.
1:44 "and now they've been left with fuck all, but thats democracy"
Now I feel like I have a much stronger grasp on British politics. Thanks Philomena! Sincerely, an American.
As you grow to understand British politics better, you will also be able to use this knowledge to better explain American politics to British people. For example, you will be able to tell them that, unlike the U.K., America has only two parties: the Republican party, which is the equivalent of the Tory party, and the Democratic party, which is the equivalent of the Tory party.
@@Curt_Sampson LMFAOOOOO
@@Curt_Sampson Actually there have been more parties and then just the two for a few decades now. What actually happens is that the "press' ignores them.
@@edwardgill1882 Or they just don’t have enough votes to stay in the race?
'Blue filling up like a Tenor lady pad'.....a spot on analogy
@1:33 "but the ones that are most angry are the greens, because all the benches were green before all the other colours came in, so they were winning by 100% and now they are left with fuck all but that's democracy" best summary ever of the history of power structures :)
An absolutely philomenal explanation
A bit late , congrats on "PHILOMENAL" !!
Heahr heahr! @@dimitargetsov9690
@@dimitargetsov9690Why not add "Philomenical"!
“They’re not allowed to just shuffle along” hahahaha
2:42 "so this is basically like the matrix, its mental"
0:39 “The benches are filling up with blue stuff, like a tenner lady pad.”
😭😭😭
Yea, I would like somebody to explain that. Please.
@@kiadel7502 I’m guessing it’s because it’s an expensive “lady pad” so they have blue blood?
@@kiadel7502 I think those are covered with blue "liquid" on visualisations on TV ads to show how they work.
Tena, not tenner. Tena is the brand of menstrual pads she's referring to.
3:05 screaming into a raspberry pi a perfect british tech joke
You English are soooo lucky to have her. Can't stop laughing.
Diane Morgan is an actress of the highest degree
1:47 That gesture is so realistic lol
As an American...I wish with all my heart that she would sum up American elections like this.
I actually remember a skit on some election night that was similar to this, with the guy just getting lost in explaining his little political map, I can’t remember what from but I’m suddenly thinking of Fred Armisen or similar comedian doing it.
"King Arthur came a lot didn't he"
Camelot
this is absolute comedy gold
The tena lady pad XD
Then later, "...which means they flood over the line..."
I am learning so much about the UK
"Or that illegal weatherman"
Completely forgot about him.....
I didn't get that one. Who is she referring to?
@@WG55Fred Talbot. He got done for doing some very naughty things.
Thank you for the explanation Philomena! It was a bit too detailed at times but I think I've got the crux.
That stare into the distance at 2:18 is so cute.
She's cute
@@nickryan6787 Smart talented Beautiful and Funny what a combo 💓
It was nice to see someone finally explain the nearly non-existent rules of rugby. Thanks.
They’ve been left with fuck all. But that’s democracy.
I started laughing when I saw the column graph because the British political parties' logos look like Pokémon Go teams 😂😂😂
If anyone ever told you "women aren't funny" show them this. They'll shut right up
Mohammad Kordzanganeh written by men though :/
@@tonydavies2167 is that a fact?
Mohammad Kordzanganeh yeah
@@mohammadkordzanganeh8744 nah
My mum isn’t funny
"I don't want to fall over the edge"
My favorite Philomena lecture!
"But do we know he came a lot?"
You my dear are a national treasure, & this coming from a simple colonialists in Canada 🙂
19/11 22 Most treasure gets buried !
If they lose they get hung!! :D
if only.
Its a reference to the term 'hung parliament'
Philomena's finest hour
Wow this is very useful for data science.. "There's literally no point trying to make any sense of it it's that complicated" yes exactly data needs to be presented much better
Data is predominantly used to obfuscate not clarify and can be manipulated to 'suggest' whatever outcome is preferred.
@@trueaussie9230 "Predominantly" is a stretch for most cases. But in politics that's probably true.
"It's mental" True on multiple levels. 😆
She's a dead funny lass.
The append thing got me rolling...
“…and now they’ve been left with fuck all… but that’s democracy…”
"Like they promised they definitely won't."
"Illegal weatherman" is a reference to Fred Talbot
"As it 'appened? Just nod next time".
Philomena for President, or PM, or whatever...
maybe president of England and Whales or something
I really don't know how this works
Queen
i love her
It's mental!
“That illegal weatherman”
Jesus Christ
”Like a Tena lady pad”
I have no idea what she was talking about but she seem d confident.
she's brilliant
Who else clocked the Tiberian Sun sound effects?
“Have been left with fuck all”
"Like a tenner lady pad"
Is anyone else getting The Day Today vibes off this?
K, see, NOW I understand Brit politics -- why couldn't anyone else explain it so well, before?
Fuckin got me with the first damn sentence. Fantastic
0:35 „blue-flavored MP‘s“ 😂
Here's the curious part. More than SEVEN years since the last general election. That says something about the UK since then. Food for thought
Thats.. Democracy!! Indeed!
I so need to see a series where Philomena and Alan Partridge go travelling.
Yes!
I love her
"It's mental!" XD
there should be a snooker table in the middle of the House, and the first to pot the white has to retract their Bill, if you pocket a red, you go the the backbenches, a red and a pink/black you get on a middle bench.. If you're landed with a touching ball you get a free shot and you can change your party allegiance, pocket 3 successful reds and 3 colours, you're in the Cabinet, and if you score 141 you go straight to No. 10... seems a much fairer system to me based on ability and skill
MP's per capita in uk is too high
This is a perfect summary of the U.K. election
You need the fact that the system is BUULT to protect Tory majorities, disenfranchies millions of people, and is full of hard right media brainwashing
they've won Britain LoL
Patent shoes. Well done VFX people.
It's all in a raspberry pi
Giving the bars and graphs I would call it more of a Xbox running PowerPoint House of Commons
Wtf she nearly predicted the Tories numbers.
She'd do fine as an actual news and political commentator here in the U.S. of A.
As someone who doesn't know anything about British politics, watching this has somehow left me even more clueless than I was before
You're not missing much, it's a ridiculous system that literally no one thinks is sensible except the people benefitting from it.
We don't vote for the winning government or the Prime Minister or even the party we want to win, we vote for the person we want to represent/be in charge of our immediate local area, and the winner of each local election gets one of the "seats" from the video. They then tally up how many of those local reps (MPs) belong to each party and the party with the most members elected to seats wins.
The designated constituent area for each seat can have way more or way fewer voters living in it than other areas with seats and can also be substantially bigger or smaller, also the boundary is subject to change. No one quite seems to know how all that's decided.
If the party you want to win overall doesn't have a person standing for election for your local seat then you straight up can't vote for that party.
If you just want to vote for Prime Minister then you're shit out of luck. The PM is the party leader for whichever party won the most seats, and you can only vote for someone to be leader of a party if you are a paid member of that party during their leadership elections, which do not automatically take place in advance of a General Election.
Our current PM wasn't even elected by his party members, as the leadership vote was restricted to his own party's MPs. Meaning our Prime Minister, leader of our country, was elected by a couple hundred Tory MPs while the general public had no say in this. The justification being that it's none of our beeswax as we voted for our local MP not the PM and so it shouldn't matter if they swap it all about a bit.
What a cluster fuck. But still the best explanation of the parliamentary system I've ever heard. Try explaining the U.S. electoral system to a Brit. Take special notice as their eyes cross when you tell them the candidate with the fewest votes can still win because we have an electoral system of assigning votes to states according to population based on a formula that was designed when African Americans were counted only as 3/5 of a person. Woo hoo! Democracy in action.
"They were winning by 100% and now they've been left with fuck-all, but that's democracy". That's about right.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣She has me in fits😂😂😂😂😍🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪HAS IT HAPPENED YET.
Has it happened.
Just Nodd next TIME!!!😂🤪😂😂😂
I'm just glad that America isn't the only one with a confusing mess of an overly complicated election process.
UK election is just 100% first-past-the-post general election. No proportional representation or anything else to complicate things. It's literally the most simple method to elect a parliament. What are you on about?
@@joonjoon819 I'm not big on politics in general. I'm just going off on whatever Philomena said.
@@joonjoon819 Unfortunately that first past the post system is why the elections are so BS.
This woman should be protected
At the end it's like Philomena is in a prototype "cookie home" from Black Mirror - White Christmas.
Can't they just have bigger sized people?
i love her so much
why do we cry when its the onions got hurt where is it?
Parliamentary democracy rules! Brava!
She would give Steve Kornacki a real run for his money.
7 years ? I thought this is a new show
Girl nooo 😭 it’s been on bbc for years
filling up with blue stuff like a Tena lady pad
Much better than John Snow!
If only we had a proper democracy in the UK, and people didn't bow down and doff their caps to the landed Tory lords :(
Democracy is not much different sure "they" may not have lordly titles but they rekt people by taxes and inflation anyway.
All that time ago, an yet
STILL RELEVANT 🗣️💯🥰🆘🇬🇧👍💪😇🎬😵😤🧐😁🗣️
I still have no idea how any of this works
Poor Greens
'As it 'appened yet? 'As it 'appened? 'As it?
'as it 'appened? :D
1:02 😂😂
Just nod next time. 😂😂
Beatles' early days interviews. Do you see a similarity?
REPORTER: Why do you wear all those rings on your fingers?
STARR: Because I can’t get them through my nose.
REPORTER: Tell me, how did you find America?
LENNON: Turn left at Greenland.
REPORTER: What would you call that hair style you’re wearing?
HARRISON: Arthur.
REPORTER: Where do you gentlemen stand as far as the draft is concerned in England?
LENNON: About five-eleven.
STARR: It comes from the door over there.
REPORTER: How long will you be in America?
LENNON: Till we go.
It’s too complicated to explain that I am too stupid to be a doctor because the information is not ingrained into my skeleton