UK Parliament: From Sam Carling to Nadia Whittome, Britain's Gen Z MPs get sworn in
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- The UK Parliament welcomed this week an influx of Generation Z lawmakers, a cohort comprising individuals born between approximately 1995 and 2012. Nine of the ten new Gen Z MPs represent the Labour Party, including the first lawmakers born in the 2000s. British lawmakers began to be sworn in on Tuesday (July 9) as parliament convened for the first time since British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won a large majority in last week's election. As per custom, the longest-serving lawmaker Sir Edward Leigh was sworn in to the so-called 'Father of the House,' followed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, members of his newly constituted cabinet and the shadow cabinet. Keir Starmer led Britain's Labour Party to a landslide victory in the 2024 parliamentary election, taking over from the Conservatives after 14 years in opposition and named his new cabinet last week after the July 4 poll.
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It’s good to see a new generation of younger MPs sworn into parliament. I hope they represent their generation well and have a long, honest and prosperous career in politics. Good luck to you all!
Considering they're standing for Labour, they will likely be awful 😂😂
@@phoenixreborn6065have you been under a rock for 14 years?
@@bvdga6136 No not a rock but an entire mountain it seems.
@@anonymous-zg7wh think hes been drinking the daily mail coolaid too much
@@bvdga6136Has Labour been good for 14 years? I’m missing your point.
Congratulations! May they serve their country and their communities well. This is change in action.
Very lucky to be there seeing as Labour only achieved 33% of the vote from a turnout of less than 60%
@@markgt894give it a rest.
@@markgt894 sad that reform only got 4 seats?
@@bvdga6136 facts
@@JosephP8 that doesn’t make any sense
I love to see that not only do they get the choice to swear or affirm, it would be meaningless for an agnostic like myself to swear on God for example, but also get to choose what holy book to swear on. This is what religious freedom looks like
It's nice to see so many comments feeling hopeful and not so nice to see some comments insulting what to them are complete strangers or writing off people for being young and involved in politics.
Being young is fine. Being involved in politics is the red flag
@@MaggotTayne Why? Unless you're coming from a lineage of politicians, it shouldn't matter
@@MaggotTayneeveryone should be involved in politics, it will literally decide the course of society. It is more important for the younger generations since it is their future that is being decided.
@@OrionTails If these kids have morals now, the party is gonna chew them up and spit them out
May the young minds serve the people greatly!
It's nice that they get to choose whether to swear or affirm.
All affirming tells me is these people are atheists and don’t give a rats arse about the actions they take.
How is it they are pissing on tradition and now they let them swear on the Koran a religion about loving a kiddy fiddler
Yes and I counted 7 non religious 3 religious, but one issue still remains is that they still have to swear to the monarchy or king etc.
@@oddity4650 why is that bad it has been like that for years.
@user-wb8kc7kt1w just because something has been going on for years does not mean it is good.
It is not good because non person elected any monach, it is not democratic.
If you want to find out more about why the monachy is bad, then go to (Republic Campaign) website and youtube channels 👍
Thank god the vast majority of the old Brexit cabal have been swept out of parliament
Lloyd Hatton born in 1995 and bold? shocking!
There was a lad in my year at school that started balding at 15, his brother was in sixth form was almost completely bald.
I was bald at 19 mate
I'm 33 now
Balding at 29 is pretty normal
Am I gen Z ? 😂 Are kidding me
Benefit is that he won't age for 20 years now
Good to see, certainly what is now needed.
My generation, I'm so proud of them. We are the new adults 😊
I can't believe we're adults now, born in 2001 here. Time flies.
This has made me think through my life , I'm 19 l feel inspired
Be the change you want to see in the world, bud 😊
And I am just abour to turn 23 tomorrow
19 too and yes they've done well for similar to our ages
Oh give over 😂
same, i'm 18 and i see hope
Great milestone as new generation of MPs enter parliament. I hope this will inspire other communities in other countries to trust young people.
Would love to know what lee anderson was thinking of that 22 year old!😂
Was thinking that. Look at his face 😂
I did this yesterday… proudly becoming a British citizen!
Ooooo mines next week 🎉I honestly can't wait 🎉🎉
Congratulations to you 👏
welcome to your official home!
Y did what?
Watch Out everyone Gen. Z is coming to Congress in America Next! Let this be an example we follow a new generation taking over.
Gen Z are a mess.
@@SirHargreeves They aren't, but let the internet carry on making you think so...
Good for them. Will be a huge improvement over the previous shower of shit that was the Tory Government and their loathsome, incompetent MPs.
bussin fr fr
Hopefully that adds some balance on the age side of things in Parliament 😅
Aww the last lad was so nervous.
Amen
Irony is 7 out of 3 are non religious unfortunately for you
They dont even know how to wipe their own A RSES!!
THat girl who tried to swear on "King George"''s bible🤣🤣
whatever 😂😂
It's a bible version, what here to laugh?
@@bell8066 It should be ‘King James’, not ‘King George’.
She's my local MP, I had high hopes for her!
@@KingGaming001 What happened now?
Did they serious put "born between 1995 and 2012" in the description? Are you telling me a 12 year old was elected to be an MP?
I think they just mean the Gen Z time period, because it spans from 1995-2012.
Take no shit, and serve us well!
For reference, the youngest member of the Sidemen is 29
"Bear true allegiance to his majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors"
Nothing says democracy quite like that
Uk isn't a democracy
Well they are the guaranteers of democracy in the UK.
That is democracy
@@natenae8635 I think you mean guarantors. So you're saying they are essential for democracy?
@@keifer7813 No but it standard that loyalty is sworn to the executive(in democracy) in this case the executive and head of state is the King.
You can debate whether the UK should have a monarchy but this is standard to swear loyalty to the highest authority in the state.
Oh no
Lees death staring at 1:57 jheez
30p Lee looks a little old to be a Gen Z 😆
The future
Kate Dearden isn't a GenZer?
Need more younger politicians to participate in politics
Glad that many took Affirm instead of swear religious tendency given the right Wing wave & all seniors doing it. Those who took affirms are people with integrity, they would stand compromised the day they swear with respective religious identities.
I take the opposite view. The country has gone to the dogs since atheism became rife. Atheists stand for nothing, and can’t then offer a defence against insidious ideologies and ideas that are ensnarling our nation.
When matters of importance must be decided by law, there is no one who can so well appeal to truth as the Christian. King Nebuchadnezzar II understood later in his life than though he ruled over the greatest empire of the world it was the God of Israel who is the true King of the Universe.
“My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble”
The only comprised people who will be shown to have a lack of “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change” will be those who refuse to acknowledge that “the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men” - Daniel 4:17
@@Tomf-tz4pdso, according to the Christian holy book, Christians are the best? Definitely a reliable source there.
I mean no… the fact that there are so little religious MPs is what’s fucking up the country. Without religious principles, there is no guidance at all.
Exactly, statistics shoe younger people are less likely to be religious and royalists.
And it shows in this example, since 7 out of 10 of these young mps are non religious.
But if you want to know 1 reason we still have religion and the monarchy infecting ths systems, it could be because most of ths mps are religious about 300 + of them, 200+ are not
King George Bible 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
More successful than I am. I'm 28.
Who defines "successful"? It's personally subjective. You should never compare. We are tiny, nothing humans with no meaning. We're all successful in contributing to the Earth's evolutionary processes.... Nothing else.
A fair bit of them come from wealth so don’t take it too hard.
@theotherone8036 Goo points. I only compare myself to who I was yesterday. Comparing yourself to others is pointless and leads nowhere good, hence stories about social media causing depression etc.
Compared to a lot of people, I don't have much. I work a minimum wage job, and I can't afford carpet, but I was once homeless, so for myself, I'm on top of the moon right now.
Don't beat yourself up. They didn't get voted in because they were particularly gifted or had special qualifications. They got in because they had a particular party name beside theirs, and their constituents put the cross beside it.
28 year olds are in this videob
Mate I'm bloody in York outer and I didn't know lule charters was gen Z. Neat.
Lowering the voting age are we...🙄
Why do Gen Z looks older than Millennials?
Vaping
Not true
Oldest Gen Z are 28 years old. Also serious/politician outfits with no makeup make them look old.
Too much late night gaming and stupid TikTok challenges
Because the world is ending
*Biden: You're too young!*
'Do you swear or affirm'? Would someone please tell me the difference? I'm not from the UK.
affirm is where they swear ther alliegience to the king without using the bible, its basically taking an oath to do your job as elected for non religious folk.
Swearing on a religious text if they’re religious, affirming if they aren’t.
@@richardcowell9040 Alright, I heard about that but still wasn't sure. Ty.
I’m pretty sure you can affirm with the Bible because the DUP leader did it.
Because in the Christian religion swearing can be viewed as a sin
@@natenae8635yeah you arent supposed to but he was frankly terrifying
Ahh Pitt the twinkle in the milkman's eye!
😆
Great to see so many new younger MP's, no doubt with some new great ideas and points of view. However, this swearing to the king business... bit of a paradox ! The elected swearing an allegiance to an unelected person. An Mp's allegiance is surely and most importantly to the electorate first, n'est pas?
Mighty God and King, ? this truley Gen Z😂😂😂😂
New career politicians great
What's a Gen Z? I live in the real world.
Surprised they didn’t ask to just do it online
Yes I did think why did they not just do that, it would of been quicker instead of waiting in a queue for hours like some medieval bs
Good for Sammy, a high income and fancy work environment assured.
What is the difference and reason to affirm or swear?
An solemn affirmation has the same legal effect as an oath, but drops the reference to God - this is important for people who aren't religious or whosee religions oppose the taking of oaths
No cap?
Wtf im doing😢😅😂
Don't worry, it is ok ❤
I wanna see a bad lip reading version of this
2:23 blonde lol
Lad at 2:49 is Jacob Collier. Can’t wait to hear his reharmonisations in westminster!
Most have never had a genuine job prior.
Whittome is the prime example. Straight from uni to parliament. No life experience.
And yet he was elected an MP of his constituency. Apparently job experience isn't the only think people care about when selecting their MP.
It's called democracy. What exactly is your issue with it?
@@crazyrobots6565 "No life experience."
My comment was simple and easy to read, evidently like your IQ.
OK it could be true for them, but it does not mean they can't make good decisions, like they can still learn about the nonsense about having the monarchy, that does not need experience.
Isn’t 1995 the last millennial year 0.0
I notice they cut out video of the muslims in the line swearing on the koran…
why is the affirmation so monarchial.Swear allegiance to king charles and hsi heirs and successors sounds so game of thrones
That’s what I was thinking. Why am would you swear to allegiance to the king why is not more focused on the people they would be serving instead of the monarchy who’ve done nothing to be where they are. The people swearing in have at least worked their way into parliament instead of being born into the royal family.
Both swearing and affirming are all to the Monarch, it's sad that the system is built on top of a bloodline of freaks.
The Uk government is built upon centuries of slowly sapping the monarchs power and giving it to parliament. Ceremonies like this are what's left.
I play Fortnite with some of these MPs everyday.
He's been accused on twitter of outing a guy and sharing nudes
Who? Sam Carling?
How old are these mps
Probably early to late 20s?
The youngest, Sam Carling, is 22
Nadia whittome isnt new
There should an age restriction in parliament. Anyone over 55 shouldn't be allowed to serve.
No not age as that is ageist but there should be a cognitive test, I mean look ar trump and biden, I think Trump is 78 and biden 81, yet biden is demented, Trump don't seem to be.
Also they should ban religious people and royalist people to be mps though, as let's me honest, they are not the smartest type of human.
Why swear or affirm to the king instead of the people?
A mixture of ego (on the part of the Royals) & convention, though I'd suggest more the convention of not lying in parliament, politicians swearing allegiance to the people would be amongst one of the bigger mistruths spoken there.
King = people
Yes exactly like cliive lewis did not want to do
@historiamilitaris5161 how is the king someone who represents the people ? he is far away from understanding
@@oddity4650 he is the head f state
Did his head fit in the room ?
No
😂
Don't mock him yet he is not religious so that is a good sign, so hus brain cells could be actually working unlike religious nutters
"King George's Bible" man alive this is the intelligence of the people running the country 😂
The ones born in 1995 are millennials not Gen Z
Technically there’s no universally agreeable starting age range, only a transitional continuum.
@@AluminumOxide true, but Gen Z is supposed to start when the oldest millennials could have kids. If Gen Z starts in 1995, then the oldest millennials are apparently having kids at 12-14, assuming the oldest are born in 1980-82.
Never mind how young they are, that has got to be the biggest forehead I've ever seen!
The only true hope for the nation.
We are in big trouble if so
@@simongarthwaite7695 why
Labour got the majority from only 33% of the vote from a low turnout 😂 jokes
@@markgt894 they won the majority 🤷🏼♂️
@@Ibztheman_123 Both parties are steering us towards climate oblivion
11/7/24 7:45pm
God help us
Ha god won't help no one, also notice how 7 out of 10 of them young mps are non religious, the statistics repeat that, so unfortunately for u, god will die as less will eventually not believe it
Theses guys need to remember their oath when making laws.
Lee anderson looking over the guys shoulder, pretending he can read
How old are these people?
Early to mid 20's
Some AWL finger imperialist puppet returns and a foetus makes his obnoxious debut
Alright mate.
"I affirm that I will bear true allegiance to the scrounger in Buckingham Palace because they fell out of the fanny of the previous scrounger." What a ridiculous bloody country.
😂 exactly like clive lewis etc highlighted
Good, I am tired of these snowball heads speaking for my generation.
Bunch of career politicians in the making
Jesus, maybe give them a chance before you write them off xD
Honestly, this level of cynicism isn't normal.
@@thomasandrewclifford One thing I've learned with politicians is the biggest cynics are the ones who are right all along.
I think he means they have never had a long professional career before entering parliament. It's a valid point. What do they know of the world, other than what Mummy fed them?
@@sherpafan033this kind of cynicism enables bad politicians and discourages good people from entering politics. You are part of the problem.
@@thomasandrewcliffordLike Charlie Brown with the football. We never learn, do we?
Swearing on His Majesty and not a mention of the people who elect them!! 🤔🤔
Something Doesn't sound right to me
Parliament is owned by the king and laws go to him for approval they swear to him and serve the people
Its really a formality born of tradition, it is not accurate of today's real role and context of the UK PArliament. But I agree the oaths should be changed and updated to make more sense
Maybe learn more about your own political system. The people aren't the sovereign of your country, the King is.
@@florianbooneiam
Is that How much they pay you to defend them??🙄🙄
And besides I ain't British it's Chussday innit??🥴🥴
@@YwY-ct5yq starting by abolishing the monarchy.
Why are most of them not swearing but affirming
Swearing is the religious form, affirming is non religious.
Like in many western countries, the levels of non-religion have been growing, particularly among younger generations.
About 70% of UK adults under 30 are non religious.
Hx
young people swear too much these days
Because they don't believe in anything.
Because in Britain there's no obligation to observe a given religion and it's not enshrined in to the legal fabric of the nation. Swearing is the old 'Christian' ritual of parliament, but the UK is Inclusive of all religions or lack thereof, so to be progressive and fair to MPs who observe differently, A religiously neutral but no less legally binding oath was introduced to accommodate those of a different (or no) faith to respect their individual rights as they form their part of parliament.
Nadia Whittome after lying caught a bad case of PTSD, no better than the rest of Labour.
No working in a real job in the real world for them then.
I want to thanks each and evey british soldier 💂♀️💂who had laid down their life in each and every continent and each and every ocean on earth . Their blood is in every continents soil and oceans depth..
That would actually be the Maratha Confederacy. Remember?
A legacy of massacre, torture and racism is nothing to be proud of. And I don’t say this in opposition to war or imperialism since both are needed for a state - but the British were infamously evil in their war tactics and expeditions
@@demaciasolos Marathas What they have to do with it
They swear to the king and god, not the people or the constitution. Real democracy.
We dont have a constitution.
And yours isnt worth the paper its written on apparently given the current Supreme Court
Labour got a huge majority from only 33% of the vote with a low turnout of less than 60%. 😂
Ridiculous. No experience of real life! It’s the King James Bible not King George
Nobody cares.
Swear:🗿
Affirm:🤓
Ur Britain is doomed
‘King George’s Bible’ 😂 So thick.
😂 ikr?
Nerves, just normal nerves.
There also were others that did that, asking for the king charles bible.
That you immediately write them off as people, frankly says more about you than it does about them.
Not all of us are bible bashers mate.
@@jamesslater9098 It’s very basic knowledge. Mate.
Are you honestly saying you’ve never stumbled over your words when you’re nervous? You have, so don’t pretend otherwise.
Gen z mean born in and after year 2000. These are not gen Z.
1997-2012 = Gen z
@@kyleniekerk no dude gen Z or millennial , born after millennia that the year 2000
Google.
@@pratikxvyou're literally wrong, no one cares about your made up definition. Gen Z starts from 1997
The fact that this is such a talking point demonstrates that much of the UK media landscape is dominated by outdated thinking and resistance to progressive ideas.
The UK clings to archaic parliamentary traditions that belong in a museum, not in a modern democracy.
Swearing allegiance to the King? The fact that an unelected royal family still holds significant symbolic power in the 21st century is absurd.
The UK's resistance to change is deeply ingrained in its culture, institutions, and political system. This traditionalism is a major obstacle to addressing modern challenges and often holds the country back from necessary reforms.
It's a nation too often looking backward instead of forward, and it's hurting its ability to adapt economically to a rapidly changing world.
While UK and France constantly wallow in their pasts and delusions of grandeur, both Germany and the USA have found ways to "ignore" or "reinvent" aspects of their past to facilitate economic growth and global influence.
Both nations have crafted narratives that allow them to move forward economically while selectively addressing their past.
This approach has allowed both countries to focus on becoming economic powerhouses without being constantly hamstrung by historical guilt or reparations.
🤡🤡🤡
I wouldn't use the USA as an example when they're considering electing Trump for another four years.
Parliament should have a age limit of who can stand as MP
We do, it's called voting age
Yeah both ways
It does, assuming you mean a lower age limit.
@@shamrock141 it doesn’t take into account of life experience
@@ffotograffydd yes I do
We all can agree that experience comes with age
Some of these people look like jokes but the voters' choice and so be it.
Aren't you lovely.
@@jamesslater9098 Yes; if my comment offends you, you know what to do.
@@carlylerogers3529 It doesn't offend me. You're just a pretty gross person.
What constitutes 'a joke' to you?
Examine their behaviour, lives, and backgrounds and then form your own conclusions.
Youthful villains… what else is new?
Give the young lads a chance mate.
They have done nothing and some of you are already insulting them and writing them off.
Take a nice, hard long look at yourself in the mirror before you open your mouth mate.
Yikes dude. Unexperienced and unqualfied? Here's hoping they can pull their weight and not submit to buzzword nonsense.
Maybe if your attention span lengthens you'll be able to the same
Yep I called it. This is why young people should not be in politics until their at least age 28- above. Young people don’t even understand laws or bills 😂
The oldest Gen Z is 28 years old. Lemme guess, when you heard "Gen Z" you thought of some 15 year old doing TikTok dances or something? A bit like how people used to judge Millennials a few years ago and judge on them for everything now they got a new generation to judge.
@@kitanomotoso1854 Well thats good cause the oldest Gen Z's ARE 28. I guess they can go into houses of parliament then.
As a Nottingham resident Nadia's more than qualified
Any young non religious non royalist young person reading this, please try and become a mp, as we need more less stubborn stupid out of touch old religious royalists as mps 👍✍️
Mate I hope you find the love of jeaus
@@anthonym1514 you posted this comment 2 times, I commented on the last one you posted 👍
7 non religious 3 religious, fantastic i hope they also are anti-monarchists.👍
Mate I hope you find the love of jeaus
@@anthonym1514 99% sure I won't, as I am very skeptical of the bible, although to be fair, Jesus did seem like one thing good about the bible, but that would be cherry picking
@oddity4650 why are you skeptical of the bible
@anthonym1514 as to me there is things in it dont make sense like (revelations: locust with human faces and hair and crowns on their head, donkeys, snakes talking, 10 headed dragons and lions, hell, heaven, disproven discoveries, omniscient god but also allowing free will, I can possibly add more things to the list but I don't think I need to or want to.
People born between 1995-2003 are called millennials not Gen Z. Gen Z are from 2004-2009~10. After Gen Z there's Gen Alpha.
You think an entire generation was born in five years, but the next 14-15 years have all been one generation?
@@Moocow2003 That's what studies conducted by experts show, sure I may be inaccurate with the years, but I'm not making it up.
No, they aren't. Millennials are the first generation who came of age around the new millennium, so born in the early eighties and reaching 18 around 2000.
@@MilitaryIntelligence6 you're talking complete bollocks.
isn't that the labour MP with the black hair and swarthy looking the one that has done f..all for the last 4.5 years? she is always taking time out and having 'women's away time.' complete waste of space and waste of tax payer's money
A bunch of Careerists
I'm Gen Z, we should all be swearing on the King James Bible.
No, this is not a theocracy
I'd rather swear allegiance to a person than a dusty old book.
it has become a right to affirm because many Christians refuse to swear on the bible, as it contains the verse "But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."
When you think about it, it's kinda odd to swear on a book that literally contains within it a strict forbiddance to swear on anything
Swearing an oath is a sin
@@shamrock141 Would probably a better country if it was.