The haters out there exist due to the Brits. In passing, only the other week I found out the Brits invented the first blood transfusion service. And are far the largest per capita donors of all demographics in Britain today.
He means who gets the most criticism from people the man who builds a successful company or the man who picks up the litter in his carpark Thats us the Brits
and building it! its just a shame about the current generation who just want to tell everyone what they are doing on facebook or whatever twatter is called these days.
Just imagine ending slavery and then getting guilt tripped for it heavily today while the Arab slave trade was longer, bigger, crueller, and yet Arab guilt isn’t even a concept, let alone a match in guilt. Hell, the main Arab idol utterly worshipped today was a slave trader himself…
@@mmcc5846 yes they did in all British ruled countries slavery was abolished. From 1850. Ended it in India,also ended the wife of an Indian being burnt with her dead husband. Which was the custom in India at that time the wife Alive and well would be burnt with her dead husband. Ships of the royal navy patrolled the African coast and stopped slave ships, releasing the ships occupants on to the next African port. I stead of relying on Hollywood to tell history go to a library and read about it.
@@mmcc5846 In our local church in Selworthy there’s a plaque on the wall (it’s also online) dedicated to a son of the abolitionist Acland family, who died on a British navy ship intercepting slavers. Buying and selling captured people of your enemy was the norm in many countries; the Brits systematically put an end to the slave trade endemic in many countries, costing a veritable fortune in the process. Read a history book about it and not woke propaganda.
@@mmcc5846 No, Britain did not end slavery since it is still a thing today in many countries. However Britain DID end the slave trade across the Atlantic and practically forced the other super powers at the time like France, Spain etc to abolish slavery also. So no need to be so pedantic about shit you see on youtube comments.
As a 24 year old Pacific Islander I thank the Brits for thier ancestors who made invaluable contributions to humanity's advancement. I am grateful to be born in a time far better then any other as a result of the Western Civilization Project. I wish more of the young Brits today would be taught to appreciate their heritage.
I believe that it's a deliberate plan to raise our children in ignorance of their heritage and guilt trip them about Britain's rich historical past. Saps their spirit and guilt trips before the children are out of primary schools ! Thanks for reminding me. Sadly, I've been watching it happen for years unfortunately.😇
Speak for yourself. As an engineer in three distinct technologies, I am proud of the foundations created by my forebears. And, for our failings, who did more to iradicate slavery in the world? Or, through colonisation, created a new lingua franca that many are keen to learn and profit from today?
I admire Great Britain so much I married a pommie. One side of my family is Scottish, and the other side English. I've always considered myself a proud colonial Canadian. One should not forget the contributions of English literature and of course the legendary English wit. What have the British ever done for me? Well, everything.
You know, telling people that suffered under colonialism that they should be grateful is probably the worst thing you can do when you want them to like you.
@@kennethrollo7891 In other words they taxed the British people to ensure that the freedom of the slaves was not challenged. In doing so, they avoided a civil war. British pragmatism supporting British morality.
@@kennethrollo7891In fact, the British government BORROWED that money in 1833 and every British citizen who paid tax up until 2014 contributed to paying off that debt. And that doesn’t include the Billions, by modern day standards that Britain and the USA spent to eradicate The Barbary Pirate slavers. You’re welcome.
The White British ended slavery between the black Africans and white Europeans.But slavery is still happening today in Africa and has been between African tribes forever.And don’t start me on other non European countries it’s only white people who are very naught isn’t it everyone 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
We may have been amongst the first to end slavery, but by God we profited from it immensely before that time. It's also a little-known fact that when did finally abolish slavery, we gave out the equivalent of millions of pounds of compensation...to the slave OWNERS, not the slaves themselves.
Well, Britian did not end slavery. I will admit that they pretty much shut down the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th Century. The Anti Slave Trade Squadron also had ships from the US Navy assigned to it. But the Brits carried the load. Still slaves were flowing North and East to other cultural areas. And in the 1830s Britain officially ended slavery in the Empire. But I'd be willing to bet it was still going on quietly in places. The other two major European derived countries with slavery abolished the practice in the 1860s. In one it took a Traumatic Civil War. In the other, Brazil, it was done fairly peacefully. Unfortunately the practice still exists in parts of the world. Even in so calledcivilized parts.
As a Brit I would like to thank you for making this video. Far too many of my countrymen and women have been taught to look back at their history and their heritage with nothing but shame and guilt. When in actuality we have an awful lot to be proud of.
Sadly this video would never be allowed anywhere near a school or learning institution where our indoctrinated children could be taught a different perspective of what Britain did and achieved in the past.
I'm happy to be one of the few teenagers watching this video, but I completely agree. We've never really been taught about what us British achieved, except the Industrial Revolution and some medical advancements. However, we have been taught more about how brutal we were as colonists, which is true, but we are never taught about the good things we brought to the colonies. We constantly go over how 'evil' we were throughout our history, and I'm yet to hear a bad thing about the Romans, or the Ancient Egyptians, and the many other civilizations that had enslaved hundreds of thousands, long before the British ever did, and we always seem to gloss over the fact that the British were the first to abolish the slave trade in 1807 and the fact that slaves were freed in British East India in 1838. Thankfully, I haven't 'learnt' about how evil we were and how terrible colonisation was for a while now, and instead we've been learning about medicine, the Cold War, etc. I find it unfortunate that so many people my age don't appreciate their country's colourful history and never really celebrate it (to my knowledge). However, I am happy to say that we do celebrate Remberance Day and have recently commemorated the D-Day anniversary at my school.
It's just jaw dropping when you realise how much one nation contributed to humanity when it comes to science. Mad respect for the British, past and present. Cheers from Brazil.
Err thats because they were already an empire (and so had the wealth and power) when the industrial age happened, they also sat upon easily accessible coal deposits which powered it.
Not forgetting my great grandfather's invention, _Stocks and Dies_ patented on 7th August 1902. It cuts threads on iron rods etc. Where would most of the things we use today be without screws and bolts? His name was Douglas Andrew Billany (1865 - 1918), who was half Swedish, half English and a very clever man considering he never went to university. His second eldest son emigrated to the USA in 1915 and took the patent to his father's invention with him. It was first used by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where my great uncle later worked as an electrician.
got a DNA test found out I'm 39% English, 33% Scottish and 14% Welsh. Videos like this help a lot, really moralizing in a world hellbent of de-moralizing my ethnicity, thanks
Pretty much every "invention" named here was the result of centuries of intellectual achievement (mostly by non-Brits), and in fact the only British people who don't understand this are the ones who haven't accomplished anything. A DNA test isn't your "ethnicity" either, so maybe enroll yourself in some sociology courses.
I'm proud of being old British, I'm not proud of being that new invention that the Tories have pushed. This anti-constitutional perversity they call multicultural.
It's time us Brits stop being modest , polite and humble and declare “we gave you the best life you could have and ask for nothing in return but respect”.
Nothing in return except 47 trillion from India, trillions from Ireland and Africa 😂😂😂 We gave you all that and we ask for nothing but yous to fǔck 0ff and mind your own business
We did get a LOT in return, but the funniest thing to me is Americans and Australians insulting the British... you know, the countries populated almost entirely by people of British decent.
@@keifer7813 we did...we could have just as easily said "screw the world - as long as our empire doesn't get attacked", plus we were bound by a treaty and honour to step in when Poland got invaded, H*tler didn't listen so he FAFO.
I think that is the reason we are hated so much around the world, because no other country comes anywhere near us, ask the Americans about inventions n they truely believe they invented everything that the Brits actually did, a small island actually ruled most of the world because of it's inventions.
Thomas Edison was the pre-cursur to Donald Trump... He ALSO lied, stole and took credit for many things that he had NO hand in doing... Americans are VERY good at that...! 😂😂😂
I'd say it ruled most of the world through a combination of luck and good geography to be honest. It started before most of these inventions/discoveries were made.
I think we've forgotten that the Brits also gave the world an international language which is spoken by over half of global humanity as a first, second or third language.
And English is also spoken in Space as any Star Trek fan has to accept And all the Superheroes Supervillains have to also accept that the first word they speak is English so they must of come from England even Krypton - Superman's home came from England originally all the heroes and villans originated from England.
As a Brit I have to say a big 'Thank You' for making this video. So many young Brits today are made to feel ashamed for being British. They should all sit down, watch this, and be proud and thankful.
Well said. I’m doing my best to counter the anti-British nonsense taught at my children’s school, but it’s relentless. Still, if we can remind younger generations of the great achievements of their forebears I’m sure it will inspire them in the future. 🇬🇧👍🏻
Nobody has to feel ashamed of where they're from. But if you're going to choose to be proud you'd better at least be honest with yourself about the good and the bad. Or else it's just another kind of narcissism.
@@malpreece5008me too….its clear to see from watching and this why so many would be bitterly jealous of our beautiful nation and people past and present. Keep shouting and defending our nation x
This made me cry. My daughter and step-kids were not taught any of this. They believe anyone can choose their gender. They don't cope at all with debate or scientific questions. They are brainwashed by the internet, by the media, by the government. They know nothing. The only historical fact my daughter was taught in school in history (in the USA where we lived for a few years) was 'in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue'. When we moved back to the UK, she was overwhelmed. Thank you for this video.
As an Englishman, I have to doff my cap to our Scottish brethren - whilst the Brits as a whole have punched well above their weight in the invention of modernity, the Scots have made a massive contribution that belies their relatively small population. 👋👋👋👋
And we fought the wars. But we have a harsh history, and it got worse in the union. Cultural & linguistic genocide and the clearances, which is a polite term for ethnic cleansing.
We live in a utopia created by a relatively small number of scientists and engineers. People don't understand how much our ancestors suffered before all this happened. The cultural change that is happening at present represents a return to a more primitive, backward world.
this is a good point and I can't help but think religion plays a part in holding societies back, we had a big window in the UK and Europe as a whole where religion became fairly toothless allowing for hypothesis, debate, experiments and inventions to flourish without interference from the state/groups.
Religion, homogeneity, pride and belonging was what kept Brit society stable. It created the thirst for knowledge and experimentation. No modern genuis is coming from a culture of Single Mothers, Gangsta Rap, Islam or Transgenders!! We are racing through the 'Mouse Utopia Experiment' societal collapse is imminent! (Tldr, the mice turn gay due to lack of female for sex, have civil wars, eat each other, starve and all die)
On the surface it may seem like a small elite of scientists and engineers are solely responsible. But that elite can't exist without tacit support for them running throughout society. What's often overlooked is the respect everybody has, or used to have, for education, learning, invention and ideas. There's a reason we have centuries old universities, there's a reason literature is held in such high regard, the thirst for knowledge in Britain ran throughout society. As an example, Various Lords spent years digging up their estates discovering what they could about Romans, the Stone Age and investigating the relics they had left behind. A working class local woman in Dorset collected fossils, and with little formal education is considered one of the most important pioneers in the study of fossils. See the contrast? Do you see what connects them? They were British and they were curious. No other country, without coercion, has replicated or supported that level of intellectual exploration and discovery.
Im not ethnically brit, but im born brit, and even I know the amazing history of England and the amazing things that they have done, but unfortunately people that I know dont have the same level for respect for them as I do. If not now atleast in the past.
An English Church Bell-Ringer enjoyed his job so much he carried on for hours at a time, day and night. The locals created an award for him - he was the first recipient of the 'No Peace Bell Prize' - which, of course, is still handed out occasionally.
Very true, I had a volume argument with an invader today, as to why we need them, as we the British are lazy, stupid and incompetent at running the the country...
They can start by arresting anyone supporting terrorist organisations like hamas or waving a swastika on British streets. Then make it a jailable offence for any news organisation to purposely mislead or lie to the public, that takes care of much of the mainstream media, from the guardian to the bbc. Then withdraw funding from universities who are spreading marxist philosophy and had half the country on its knees on behalf of blm which is run by a bunch of thieving, racist swindlers. And to all the net zero climate change cult members, who want to close our farms down (which would cause instant starvation across Europe)..........piss off! If a cow farts in Holland the sun will not set the Earth on fire, however much you may want it to, not going to happen, sorry doom-mongers. No Western Democracy is inherently racist though you may come across the odd one here and there, I encountered one once, about twenty years ago and told him what he could go do to himself, problem solved. Scrap DEI, its enforced racism and deport anyone from any hr department.....................anywhere, maybe a lost island. Stop promoting folk because they're the right colour or sex because that is racist and sexist. Anyone mentioning micro aggressions or practising cancel culture(especially those who deny it exists) gets sent to live with the hr department, as do all illegal immigrants and those who are not identifying as one of two, and only two, genders. Any politician with links to WEF can go rule over the hr departments island utopia. While I'm at it, anyone using terms like 'un-alived' can go there too.
At last someone who is prepared to build up rather than knock down my country. Mostly these days people like Thunberg knock this country without any real knowledge at all. It's so easy to knock this country, but as an Englishman, I am so proud of our ancestors who saw it as a challenge to do something to benefit not only our country, but the world. Yes we have done things I hate, and rightly so, every country has bad people who do bad things and I don't condone any of it, but the good people who did things to eradicate disease, for example is an outstanding achievement. So God bless my country. I'm proud to be English and proud to be British! Thank you for putting this together!
The British Empire was so disliked by all those it occupied,that every one of them joined The Commonwealth. I don't see any other colonising power achieving that.
So true didn't see Indonesia join a Dutch Commonwealth when they became independent and for the Pacific South Seas territories they are still ruled over by a European power the French in 2024
compare china's rise with the british empire's rise, The brits used their empire to conquer others that resulted in over 100 million of deaths, plundering india's wealth, stealing of native lands. While china's rise doesn't involve wars of conquest, stealing of lands, genocide of natives etc, they have a far superior economic system. When comparing the 2 countries china dwarfs britain in terms of accomplishments and gdp and growth and scientific advancements etc
I've always attributed our inventiveness down to the British weather. " I was planning a nice walk, but the weather is crap so I'll stay in and invent something important".
Yes indeed, The Optical Time Domain Reflectometer was invented during a light shower over Grimsby (at the on the same day as Marmite) But not by the same bloke...though coincidently they were both called Jim and wore knitted top hats.
Like the wrong trousers lol. Only messing, cause here in Preston where nick park is from we have a bronze statue of Wallace and gromit from the wrong trousers
it owes more than that, they stripped us of our empire as thanks for all that and now we must deal with incompitent people in parliment doing NOTHING and i mean NOTHING to help our situation
And as if the French, Dutch, Belgians and Spanish didn't have empires as well. And most of them were far more brutal, especially the Belgians in the Congo.
most don't know how the Muslims took slaves from Europe and Americas on the basis that everyone else are infidels !! Even today indentured labour is part of their societies not to mention oppression. Iran is currently taking over the middle east, Saudi were not pleased with the US leaving Iraq.
@@Anthony-vt6px and insult us on the brit invented www, on their brit invented touchscreens using our language. It's beyond irony, which I'm beginning to think was also a British invention, only one we kept to ourselves
The funniest part is when the Argentines, a nation of Italian Spanish speakers genocided the indigenous population, looted all their gold then call us pirates for liberating them of said gold using our superior navigational skills, bigger balls and a huge dose of their own medicine. Then call us for 'occupying' Ireland, which we don't, and then use the logic that they own the Falklands on account of them being the closest larger country. Words fail me. Well. Clearly they didn't. But I'm sure you'll get the point
Thank you so much for producing this video! All i usually here is the UK being slagged off for some insignificant reason,wheras the same people are incredibly slow to acknowledge all the positive things that Great Britain has brought into the World.
As a british citizen i can say that after hearing all this how shameful it is that almost all of British engineering and manufacturing is gone today. Apart from a few specialised low volume products there is only a tiny proportion of manufacturing left in comparison to what there once was. It was all left to fall apart, shit down and sold out. im not even sure there is a steel industry anymore. Sadly country has been ruined, sold off and totally bled dry by government corruption.
The UK last week moved to the 4th largest exporter in the world. Much of our wholesale manufacturing is done abroad where either the resources are found or the labour is cheap, which is the price of globalisation. However, the UK still have a significant manufacturing industry, but mostly in highly skilled or specialised areas.
Genuinely love what I am assuming to be a typo, I am pretty sure you meant ' It was all left to fall apart, *shut* down and sold out' but what you have written is so much better
UK manufacturing wasn't "all left to fall apart". Rather, it was systematically demolished by the Thatcher governments. Ostensibly with the aim of 'modernisation', but more accurately in order to smash workers' unions.
*"It is impossible to imagine Australia outside the British Empire. Throughout our history we have been sheltered by the majesty and might of the Royal Navy. Our prestige in the councils of the world is a reflection of the light of Britain"* -Stanley Bruce, Australian PM
@@user-rb3zh6sz1bWhat if we, the colonised peoples, showed the British what they did? The biggest genocides in history, the invention of concentration camps, etc. etc. The Nazis copied the British, you know.
@@DeepakKumar-lv4te Magna Carta is more remembered for its reputation than its actual content, as it was only a glorified monetary agreement. Nothing to do with Democracy or human rights.
The Japanese MITI did a study in the early 21st century and concluded that the British contributed 55% of ALL inventions and cultural development in the 20th century. They only looked at the 20th century! If you add in everything from the ish 1500s to 1899, the British basically invented the modern world.
Thankyou, I feel proud to be British. Thanks also to the Aussies for inventing the Black Box Flight Recorder (1958), Cochlear Implant (1978), Plastic Banknotes (1988), Wi-Fi (1992), Electric Drill (1889), Surfboard Fins (1915), Sunscreen (1930s), and Plastic spectacle lenses (1960) to name a few!
As a 83 year old Welsh Brit we oldies remember the history of WW2 its thanks to the Canadian Australian New Zealand India and many other Commonwealth country's who helped us. I have visited Normandy many times in my life and seen the graves of the young men lying there thank you to all those countries for being with us in our darkest days.
Hi I'm an Englishman from Kent living, like so many others, in Christchurch NZ. Thank you for bring together all these threads of British discovery and invention. I think it is a great pity the sun did go down on the British Empire but I guess it was inevitable as so many previous Empires in the world have suffered similar fates. Overall it's clear, despite the many criticisms of the British actions in the past, that the British can hold up their collective heads and ask "Who else has done so much to improve this planet". I think you could have also mention the many versions of the English language that keep the planet ticking over on a daily basis. Thankyou.
Michael Faraday is the scientist that inspires me more than any other, he didn't even finish school, yet he was able to light up the world through generated electricity, a true genius
Dr. David Faraday - a descendant of the Victorian scientist Sir Micheal Faraday has invented a super way of distilling whisky which is in use at penderyn distillery near hirwaun
Did he mention TV. I’m Aussie. No we didn’t invent tv lol, Scottish John Logie Baird did. We all know that here in Aus. The Logies is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television. . Another ✔️ to the Brits 😊
Not science, but in sport we also invented Association Football, Cricket, Rugby and Golf. In music, many, so let's just mention The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In literature, many, so let's just mention Shakespeare and Tolkien
It is quite incredible the contribution to modern humanity that has come from a small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe. I am very proud to be British. I accept that the British Empire had it's faults, but where she stamped her boot, she took Enlightenement, Christianity, Technology, Health care, Modern transport systems, Telegraphy, Bureacracy and a Civil Service and of course, the English Language. She stamped out and abolished inhuman behaviours, such as Cannibalism, Human sacrifice, Slavery. But the British Empire was of it's day, and at the end of the day, Britain gave away her Empire.
We had Christianity, a more pure version, and the English spent 500 years trying to change it to their blasphemous form of Christianity. Murders, killing half the population, banning freedoms, doesn't really sound very Christian, does it?
As a Scot I'm obviously happy to watch this video. What is interesting to me is that in my opinion innovation is driven by free open societies , authoritarian regimes copy steal and are given innovation freely , which if they had invented they would have gaurded as state secrets. What we should celebrate is open free societies as these are drivers of innovation.
We invented antibiotics which has saved several million lives across the world. Has anyone ever thanked us for this? The entire world enjoy Television but has anyone ever thanked us? The whole world have taken on football and many enjoy cricket, rugby and tennis. Has the rest of the world ever acknowledged this. Of course not.
@@elainehumphrey2307 "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, and the highest level of intelligence" probably why only brits get the british humour and sense of irony and masters of understatements lol (when a brit understates something - it means shit has hit the fan - but only brits understand that...ask our american cousins, canadian and aussie cousins..oh and our allies too about that especially during the second WW) example of british wit; Americans say "we are second to none"....the british respond with "we are none" hahahahaha
In brief, we Brits have an amazing heritage of invention and discovery. Now all we have to do is to hold on to this and not yield to those that wish to undermine this heritage. That includes arresting those that climbed the war memorial on Remembrance Day and draped it with flags - not of Britain.
Unfortunately, our government and its enablers (all UK police services) have emasculated and subjugated the British to the point of insignificance. Shame on them. I’ll be gone by then, but a leader will rise and drag these people to book. What a day that promises to be.
African people are very willing to credit British colonialism as a massive plus for Africa. Still today schools, universities, railways and hospitals all founded by the colonists. I have lived in Africa all my life. Further one cannot underestimate the contribution of missionaries. Their schools are are alive and thriving today. The students are polite, respectful and well educated. These people do not have a negative opinion on the colonial era.
@@paulgraham3901 "My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick" Well, leaving a country with no experience in governing itself was bound to end in disaster. It would probably have been better if the Brits had handed over power more gradually to the local populations, helping them to develop their own systems of governance in a genuine partnership.
It makes me sad that there is such a huge disconnect between African people and Black British people, alot of the Black British population have the worst view of the UK imaginable and want to be a victim in every way possible, they don't see the opportunities that people from the motherland would wish to have and would appreciate greatly to be given.
I'm from the Netherlands. First time here and I love this kind of channels. Impressive list, I must say. Good to find it all in one video. Thanks for your work! I hope you don't mind that I made a list of all what you have named. I will use it and throw it at all the haters who have no clue of the history.
Makes a change for the Brits to breast beat , we usually let the Yanks do that. But how could an Aussie ignore the contribution to the world of sport . its enormous. Soccer , Cricket . Rugby , Snooker . Darts . Badminton , Table Tennis , Lawn Tennis . Bowls , Skittles . The rules of Boxing and Horse racing .
I recently learned that our game of rounders (now mainly played by children) was the source of American baseball. Rounders has been played since Tudor times.
You missed the biggest of all The COMPUTER was invented by Charles Babbage, in 1837, he named it the computer, and Ada countess of Lovelace invented computer programming for said computer. So this video would NOT be possible without two English people.
Talking about modern computing without mentioning Alan Turing? Oh dear. That’s rather like talking about modern physics without talking about Einstein.
Thank you for a very informative video. I came across your channel through the Natasha and Debbie Show where they reacted to your video. I have now subscribed. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
I love being English, from simple things like the National Anthem from when young watching our National teams, having a Monarchy & an identity with Xmas day viewing always upheld. Then to be grateful for what our armed heroes sacrificed for us. Coupled with these pioneers should make us proud, no matter how many haters we have currently in our own country trying to derail it.
India was plagued by famine, but agricultural and storage improvements by Britain led to fewer famines and a huge rise in the Indian population. You should also read the book "the case for colonialism". The introduction of English common law was a huge driver in the development of countries around the world and brought investment into all parts of the British Empire. Remember Britain did not take over working democracies, they treated people better than the previous rulers.
In India it should be remembered that there is the caste system at work too and no matter if anyone wanted to help there were those whom the native people themselves called the 'untouchables' and believed they should be left to themselves. It was next to impossible for in-comers even the British to help them.
Indian population before British occupation: 170 million. Indian population when the British left: 420 million. We also ended the Hindu custom of "Sati", where a widow would be sacrificed on her husband's funeral pyre. Among a few other things.
i am proud to be son of empire. and i mourn the death of it every day. But i am grateful that God used and still uses the 'firm', and the legacy of empire to empower all peoples across the world. amongst men no such empire has yet be raised, and for now none new hath been seen. but the boon of brittania has reached far and wide and i know i am blessed today, nay even alive for what she hath done for me.
Proud Pommie Bastard here. Your video made me smile even though it contained nothing I was unaware of. It is instructive to look at the list of Nobel prize winners, by nation (UK second to the USA), as well as the list of top universities (QS World University Rankings 2025) where the UK has four in the top ten - the same number as the USA which has a population five times larger. And yes, most of us are aware of the downsides of UK colonialism and indeed regretful, but it is foolish to apply today's standards and morals to historical events. As you indicated, the world was a harder, more brutal place back then.
Thank you for this!!! As a nation we need to stop being silenced and dumbed down and stand up for a fantastic heritage.. Nobody's heritage is without a flaw!
This is a nice antidote to the BBC radio 4 programme this morning about how we were awful colonists in Africa and what wonderful countries the liberated have become. Unlike me they have never lived in Africa.
I was born in England but raised until about age 10 in Hong Kong before moving back to the UK. I also spent about a year working in Gibraltar. I can tell you people from Hong Kong much prefer British ruling to China, and people from Gibraltar much prefer Britain over the Spanish government.
i had no idea that my home town was the first in the world to have a chlorinated water supply. does this mean anything to me? no. will i remember it forever? absoloutely
The Yanks do stand up better, in general I think..... they're an off shoot of us British though. 😅 Our sitcoms from the 70s through to the late 90s/very early 00s were mostly brilliant! Only Fools and Horses, Porridge, Open All Hours, Red Dwarf, Yes Minister/Prime Minister.... there's many, many more. All brilliant! Now, our comedy is mostly shit.
The biggest band in the world at the moment are coldplay. Yet another massive british band that tours the world being great ambassadors for Britain . They are even loved in Argentina. Of all Britains contributions, its unbelievable wealth of music makes me so very proud.
I think Florence Nightingale deserves a mention - she pretty much revolutionised health care, in particular introducing hygiene regimes on wards. Prior to Nightingales' intervention, hospital wards were themselves a dangerous place to be, with ward based infections killing more than the injury/illness that led someone being admitted in the first place. Nightingale was also a statistician and gave us the pie chart. Nightingale turned nursing into a profession.
Yes, dear old Florence does deserve a mention.. in regards to a nursing career, no blacks need apply! Mary Seacole had to fund, and find her own way to the Crimea to take up nursing. And became much loved and respected by the British troops…She is the true lady with the lamp!
British culture has always produced the best characters: Most famous outlaw: Robin Hood Most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes Most famous spy: James Bond Most famous nanny: Mary Poppins Most famous orphan: Oliver Twist Most famous miser: Ebenezer Scrooge Most famous king: King Arthur Most famous wizard: Merlin, Gandalf and Harry Potter Most famous knight: Lancelot Most famous castaway: Robinson Crusoe Most famous bear: Paddington Most famous gentleman's gentleman: Jeeves Most famous poltroon: Harry Flashman and many more.
I have to beg to differ on the world's most famous bear. More people are probably aware of Winnie the Pooh than Paddington, though he is also the creation of a British author.
Alice in Wonderland...Beatrix Potter...Hercule Poirot...Miss Marple - for goodness sake, there's no end to a very distinguished list. Effortlessly out in front.
Britain-Bashing is simply Jealousy by another name: and, as a Brit myself, I LOVE it! It is, after all, an unintentional compliment to the genius of our ancestors. Furthermore - paradoxically - one of the things that, makes us a great nation and a great people, is that, despite all our achievements, we don't go on endlessly TELLING the World and his Wife about our 'greatness': we leave THAT sort of thing to lesser breeds with a bit of an inferiority complex!
A Japanese study found that 40% of all inventions and scientific discoveries were made by British people. If you include other Anglo countries such as the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, then that figure goes up to about 80%. Britain, the British Empire, and English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish people will be remembered forever. In 1000 years time, people will be studying the British Empire in the same way we study Ancient Greece and Rome. Except the British Empire was even more important and influential than both ancient Greece and the Roman Empire combined.
The world has very short memories & when they do, only choose to remember selectively. Britain is without doubt the most remarkable country & by a considerable margin, been a net force for good on the rest of the world. Cheers from NZ
@@DerekLangdon if they would like to live in a primitive hunter-gather basic agricultural society - they're welcome. I wonder how many have turned their backs on NZ society and live in the woods....?
Britain has had the most influence over the world more than any other country in the world in every aspect that contributes to the existence of modern society. As a Black British man born and bread in South London even I have to admit British inventions and culture have become soo strong and influential to the point where other countries no longer consider them as British culture but the standard of every country the greatest example being the English language now being the Universal language of the world. No matter whatever lie or agenda Americans may try to tell you with their movies and entertainment industry Britain created modern society in a way they can't compare to💯🇬🇧✊🏾
Thank you for bringing this to the surface Britain has always been underestimated for what it go to the world. The big thank you for passing this onto the uneducated who don't know anything about what Britain did for good 💯😊
To all British haters out there
You're welcome...
The haters out there exist due to the Brits. In passing, only the other week I found out the Brits invented the first blood transfusion service. And are far the largest per capita donors of all demographics in Britain today.
What do you mean by that.
He means who gets the most criticism from people the man who builds a successful company or the man who picks up the litter in his carpark
Thats us the Brits
That's pretty much everyone.
Interesting that you would recognise that there would be many haters.
As a professional life long British person, I'd like to thank all my ancestors for being really, really good at inventing stuff.
standing on the shoulders of giants
and building it! its just a shame about the current generation who just want to tell everyone what they are doing on facebook or whatever twatter is called these days.
And war! We were great at that.
South Africa, former British colony, that performed the first heart transplant and invented the CAT scan.
Like the concentration camp, for example?
Just imagine ending slavery and then getting guilt tripped for it heavily today while the Arab slave trade was longer, bigger, crueller, and yet Arab guilt isn’t even a concept, let alone a match in guilt. Hell, the main Arab idol utterly worshipped today was a slave trader himself…
Emperor the British never ended slavery that is a lie
@@mmcc5846 yes they did in all British ruled countries slavery was abolished. From 1850. Ended it in India,also ended the wife of an Indian being burnt with her dead husband. Which was the custom in India at that time the wife Alive and well would be burnt with her dead husband.
Ships of the royal navy patrolled the African coast and stopped slave ships, releasing the ships occupants on to the next African port.
I stead of relying on Hollywood to tell history go to a library and read about it.
@@mmcc5846 In our local church in Selworthy there’s a plaque on the wall (it’s also online) dedicated to a son of the abolitionist Acland family, who died on a British navy ship intercepting slavers. Buying and selling captured people of your enemy was the norm in many countries; the Brits systematically put an end to the slave trade endemic in many countries, costing a veritable fortune in the process.
Read a history book about it and not woke propaganda.
@@mmcc5846 No, Britain did not end slavery since it is still a thing today in many countries. However Britain DID end the slave trade across the Atlantic and practically forced the other super powers at the time like France, Spain etc to abolish slavery also. So no need to be so pedantic about shit you see on youtube comments.
@@mmcc5846 Read a bit of history
As a 24 year old Pacific Islander I thank the Brits for thier ancestors who made invaluable contributions to humanity's advancement.
I am grateful to be born in a time far better then any other as a result of the Western Civilization Project.
I wish more of the young Brits today would be taught to appreciate their heritage.
I believe that it's a deliberate plan to raise our children in ignorance of their heritage and guilt trip them about Britain's rich historical past. Saps their spirit and guilt trips before the children are out of primary schools ! Thanks for reminding me. Sadly, I've been watching it happen for years unfortunately.😇
Its just a pity we Brits are not allowed to celebrate any of our achievements in this strange modern world.
We are allowed there is just a minority of anti western anti British who try to destabilise us…..don’t let them x🇬🇧
Yes, yes I am.
We are allowed. And it's high time we speak them proudly.
Stand up for your culture or we will be Erased!
Speak for yourself. As an engineer in three distinct technologies, I am proud of the foundations created by my forebears. And, for our failings, who did more to iradicate slavery in the world? Or, through colonisation, created a new lingua franca that many are keen to learn and profit from today?
I admire Great Britain so much I married a pommie. One side of my family is Scottish, and the other side English. I've always considered myself a proud colonial Canadian. One should not forget the contributions of English literature and of course the legendary English wit. What have the British ever done for me? Well, everything.
Beautifully expressed 👏
Very well said mate.
English bloody literature????? You should have read some of the shit we had to do for O level exams!
Thanks 👍
@@markpitts5194Such as?
We should teach this in schools. So many people have no idea what this small country have given the world.
Good God you are soo right.😊
I doubt the teachers know this also.They've gone through the woke PC training and been told everything is our fault !
NETFLIX teach them that they all were blacks
Britain civilised the world, for which they will never be forgiven.
Now, that's a bit like saying we are the best in the world. Uncivilized at the moment.
Because of the way we did it, just like everyone else mind you but we were the best at it so everyone hates us
And never forgiven!
You know, telling people that suffered under colonialism that they should be grateful is probably the worst thing you can do when you want them to like you.
@@tokenspirit6140 Ah but that isn't the British, is it?
And ended slavery, virtually bankrupting themselves in the process.Not because they had to, but because it was the right thing to do.
And virtually bankrupted ourselves saving europe from themselves yet again (with the commonwealth and US of course)
No, they didn't bankrupt themselves. They handed out government money to themselves.
@@kennethrollo7891 In other words they taxed the British people to ensure that the freedom of the slaves was not challenged. In doing so, they avoided a civil war. British pragmatism supporting British morality.
@@kennethrollo7891In fact, the British government BORROWED that money in 1833 and every British citizen who paid tax up until 2014 contributed to paying off that debt. And that doesn’t include the Billions, by modern day standards that Britain and the USA spent to eradicate The Barbary Pirate slavers. You’re welcome.
The White British ended slavery between the black Africans and white Europeans.But slavery is still happening today in Africa and has been between African tribes forever.And don’t start me on other non European countries it’s only white people who are very naught isn’t it everyone 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
we basically invented the 20th century. and probably the 19th- and we ended slavery.
Er. First, we didn't end slavery. Slavery never stopped. Second, prohibiting slavery after 9 million were enslaved is too little, too late.
There are more slaves now than ever!!
We may have been amongst the first to end slavery, but by God we profited from it immensely before that time. It's also a little-known fact that when did finally abolish slavery, we gave out the equivalent of millions of pounds of compensation...to the slave OWNERS, not the slaves themselves.
Well, Britian did not end slavery. I will admit that they pretty much shut down the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th Century. The Anti Slave Trade Squadron also had ships from the US Navy assigned to it. But the Brits carried the load. Still slaves were flowing North and East to other cultural areas. And in the 1830s Britain officially ended slavery in the Empire. But I'd be willing to bet it was still going on quietly in places. The other two major European derived countries with slavery abolished the practice in the 1860s. In one it took a Traumatic Civil War. In the other, Brazil, it was done fairly peacefully. Unfortunately the practice still exists in parts of the world. Even in so calledcivilized parts.
Slavery is alive and well bud. Even in Britain!
As a Brit I would like to thank you for making this video. Far too many of my countrymen and women have been taught to look back at their history and their heritage with nothing but shame and guilt. When in actuality we have an awful lot to be proud of.
Sadly this video would never be allowed anywhere near a school or learning institution where our indoctrinated children could be taught a different perspective of what Britain did and achieved in the past.
They should taught everything, 'the good, bad and ugly'. A balanced perspective...
Yes, they wouldn't be allowed to hear "baaaarstards" in British schools.
I'm happy to be one of the few teenagers watching this video, but I completely agree. We've never really been taught about what us British achieved, except the Industrial Revolution and some medical advancements. However, we have been taught more about how brutal we were as colonists, which is true, but we are never taught about the good things we brought to the colonies. We constantly go over how 'evil' we were throughout our history, and I'm yet to hear a bad thing about the Romans, or the Ancient Egyptians, and the many other civilizations that had enslaved hundreds of thousands, long before the British ever did, and we always seem to gloss over the fact that the British were the first to abolish the slave trade in 1807 and the fact that slaves were freed in British East India in 1838. Thankfully, I haven't 'learnt' about how evil we were and how terrible colonisation was for a while now, and instead we've been learning about medicine, the Cold War, etc. I find it unfortunate that so many people my age don't appreciate their country's colourful history and never really celebrate it (to my knowledge). However, I am happy to say that we do celebrate Remberance Day and have recently commemorated the D-Day anniversary at my school.
Music….. MUSIC!!!! The British contribution to modern music is extraordinary
Innit tho'? 😂
Yes!
Absolutely, hard rock and heavy metal were nurtured here and turned into global stadium-filling events known wolrdwide.
and punk rock!
Oh yes, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie and loads more.
It's just jaw dropping when you realise how much one nation contributed to humanity when it comes to science. Mad respect for the British, past and present. Cheers from Brazil.
In reality if he was to list everything the video would have been hours long.
Perhaps parliamentary proceedure?
Err thats because they were already an empire (and so had the wealth and power) when the industrial age happened, they also sat upon easily accessible coal deposits which powered it.
Thank you, You have a positive open mind!
I didn't invent anything on his list, but I thank you from Britain 😅
Not forgetting my great grandfather's invention, _Stocks and Dies_ patented on 7th August 1902. It cuts threads on iron rods etc. Where would most of the things we use today be without screws and bolts? His name was Douglas Andrew Billany (1865 - 1918), who was half Swedish, half English and a very clever man considering he never went to university. His second eldest son emigrated to the USA in 1915 and took the patent to his father's invention with him. It was first used by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where my great uncle later worked as an electrician.
😁😇😇😃
got a DNA test found out I'm 39% English, 33% Scottish and 14% Welsh. Videos like this help a lot, really moralizing in a world hellbent of de-moralizing my ethnicity, thanks
I think you can safely say you have British heritage 😁
Fun fact, the DNA test was invented by Sir Alec John Jeffreys, a Brit.
With that 33% you'll be just fine, fellow Scot.
Pretty much every "invention" named here was the result of centuries of intellectual achievement (mostly by non-Brits), and in fact the only British people who don't understand this are the ones who haven't accomplished anything. A DNA test isn't your "ethnicity" either, so maybe enroll yourself in some sociology courses.
Well, I'm proud of being British.
Rule Britannia.
Indeed! God save the King!
Me too. No country should call themselves the greatest (USA try to) but Britain , (inc. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) are way up there.
I'm proud of being old British, I'm not proud of being that new invention that the Tories have pushed. This anti-constitutional perversity they call multicultural.
@@benhodkinson6467 God save the King 🇬🇧
You are proud of being a colonialist. Jeez!
It's time us Brits stop being modest , polite and humble and declare “we gave you the best life you could have and ask for nothing in return but respect”.
Nothing in return except 47 trillion from India, trillions from Ireland and Africa 😂😂😂
We gave you all that and we ask for nothing but yous to fǔck 0ff and mind your own business
We did get a LOT in return, but the funniest thing to me is Americans and Australians insulting the British... you know, the countries populated almost entirely by people of British decent.
@@blizzardgaming7070 They are just jealous because they moved.
Most Americans are German and Irish @@blizzardgaming7070
That's right ! Don't sit slagging us off on the Internet while eating a sandwich 🥪 (both of our inventions )
and don't forget the Brits sacrificed their empire to stop hitler
It's not sacrifice if you had no choice lol
@@keifer7813 You really are a prat aren't you? Just go to Arnhem.
@@keifer7813 we did...we could have just as easily said "screw the world - as long as our empire doesn't get attacked", plus we were bound by a treaty and honour to step in when Poland got invaded, H*tler didn't listen so he FAFO.
It was done for the WORLD.not Great Britain 🇬🇧 we all sacrifice.🌍
Not like they had any choice...
I think that is the reason we are hated so much around the world, because no other country comes anywhere near us, ask the Americans about inventions n they truely believe they invented everything that the Brits actually did, a small island actually ruled most of the world because of it's inventions.
the America revolutionary war was a British civil war no matter how you cut it. We shouldn't compete with the Americans we should combine our tally
Thomas Edison was the pre-cursur to Donald Trump... He ALSO lied, stole and took credit for many things that he had NO hand in doing... Americans are VERY good at that...! 😂😂😂
I'd say it ruled most of the world through a combination of luck and good geography to be honest. It started before most of these inventions/discoveries were made.
I think we've forgotten that the Brits also gave the world an international language which is spoken by over half of global humanity as a first, second or third language.
Substantially correct.
WE GAVE THE WORLD , DEMOCRACY, INTERNATIONAL LAW, POSTAL SERVICE. , CANALS, TELEPHONE SYSTEM. GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, IYER HEDUKATSHUN
And in space😊
And English is also spoken in Space as any Star Trek fan has to accept
And all the Superheroes Supervillains have to also accept that the first word they speak is English so they must of come from England even Krypton - Superman's home came from England originally all the heroes and villans originated from England.
And further refined by us Aussie’s
As a Brit I have to say a big 'Thank You' for making this video. So many young Brits today are made to feel ashamed for being British. They should all sit down, watch this, and be proud and thankful.
Jolly good show
Here here!
Well said. I’m doing my best to counter the anti-British nonsense taught at my children’s school, but it’s relentless. Still, if we can remind younger generations of the great achievements of their forebears I’m sure it will inspire them in the future. 🇬🇧👍🏻
Nobody has to feel ashamed of where they're from. But if you're going to choose to be proud you'd better at least be honest with yourself about the good and the bad. Or else it's just another kind of narcissism.
@@malpreece5008me too….its clear to see from watching and this why so many would be bitterly jealous of our beautiful nation and people past and present. Keep shouting and defending our nation x
You can’t discredit a country for the bad without giving credit for the good and positives it brought upon humanity
This made me cry. My daughter and step-kids were not taught any of this. They believe anyone can choose their gender. They don't cope at all with debate or scientific questions. They are brainwashed by the internet, by the media, by the government. They know nothing. The only historical fact my daughter was taught in school in history (in the USA where we lived for a few years) was 'in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue'.
When we moved back to the UK, she was overwhelmed.
Thank you for this video.
As an Englishman, I have to doff my cap to our Scottish brethren - whilst the Brits as a whole have punched well above their weight in the invention of modernity, the Scots have made a massive contribution that belies their relatively small population. 👋👋👋👋
Hear hear!
Yeah. England and Scotland are like Lennon/McCartney. Creative geniuses.
Scottish are British
And we fought the wars. But we have a harsh history, and it got worse in the union. Cultural & linguistic genocide and the clearances, which is a polite term for ethnic cleansing.
@@Rexkramer68no they’re Scottish, numpty
We live in a utopia created by a relatively small number of scientists and engineers.
People don't understand how much our ancestors suffered before all this happened.
The cultural change that is happening at present represents a return to a more primitive, backward world.
this is a good point and I can't help but think religion plays a part in holding societies back, we had a big window in the UK and Europe as a whole where religion became fairly toothless allowing for hypothesis, debate, experiments and inventions to flourish without interference from the state/groups.
Net zero is going to send us back there
Religion, homogeneity, pride and belonging was what kept Brit society stable. It created the thirst for knowledge and experimentation. No modern genuis is coming from a culture of Single Mothers, Gangsta Rap, Islam or Transgenders!! We are racing through the 'Mouse Utopia Experiment' societal collapse is imminent! (Tldr, the mice turn gay due to lack of female for sex, have civil wars, eat each other, starve and all die)
On the surface it may seem like a small elite of scientists and engineers are solely responsible.
But that elite can't exist without tacit support for them running throughout society.
What's often overlooked is the respect everybody has, or used to have, for education, learning, invention and ideas.
There's a reason we have centuries old universities, there's a reason literature is held in such high regard, the thirst for knowledge in Britain ran throughout society.
As an example,
Various Lords spent years digging up their estates discovering what they could about Romans, the Stone Age and investigating the relics they had left behind.
A working class local woman in Dorset collected fossils, and with little formal education is considered one of the most important pioneers in the study of fossils.
See the contrast? Do you see what connects them?
They were British and they were curious.
No other country, without coercion, has replicated or supported that level of intellectual exploration and discovery.
@@GreatSageSunWukong Huh? The deindustrialisation complained of here has occurred as British religious observance declined.
I don't think there's ever been another country that for the size of the country itself has had so much impact on the wider world
Im not ethnically brit, but im born brit, and even I know the amazing history of England and the amazing things that they have done, but unfortunately people that I know dont have the same level for respect for them as I do. If not now atleast in the past.
The British have been awarded the 2nd highest number of Nobel Prizes in history...
And the most per head of population.
We men, it's said, think of the Romans at least once a day. When will it be the Brits I wonder? Is it already happening?
And Anglo-Saxons?
And the 1st highest number has so many from immigrants, Who grew up and were Educated in other Countries😁
An English Church Bell-Ringer enjoyed his job so much he carried on for hours at a time, day and night.
The locals created an award for him - he was the first recipient of the 'No Peace Bell Prize' - which, of course, is still handed out occasionally.
We virtually invented everything, now we need to invent a way of getting rid of people that hate us.
_Volcanoes_ Are somewhat undervalued for their exceptional waste disposal capabilities!
Very true, I had a volume argument with an invader today, as to why we need them, as we the British are lazy, stupid and incompetent at running the the country...
They can start by arresting anyone supporting terrorist organisations like hamas or waving a swastika on British streets. Then make it a jailable offence for any news organisation to purposely mislead or lie to the public, that takes care of much of the mainstream media, from the guardian to the bbc. Then withdraw funding from universities who are spreading marxist philosophy and had half the country on its knees on behalf of blm which is run by a bunch of thieving, racist swindlers. And to all the net zero climate change cult members, who want to close our farms down (which would cause instant starvation across Europe)..........piss off! If a cow farts in Holland the sun will not set the Earth on fire, however much you may want it to, not going to happen, sorry doom-mongers. No Western Democracy is inherently racist though you may come across the odd one here and there, I encountered one once, about twenty years ago and told him what he could go do to himself, problem solved. Scrap DEI, its enforced racism and deport anyone from any hr department.....................anywhere, maybe a lost island. Stop promoting folk because they're the right colour or sex because that is racist and sexist. Anyone mentioning micro aggressions or practising cancel culture(especially those who deny it exists) gets sent to live with the hr department, as do all illegal immigrants and those who are not identifying as one of two, and only two, genders. Any politician with links to WEF can go rule over the hr departments island utopia. While I'm at it, anyone using terms like 'un-alived' can go there too.
He never even touched on Common Law or Democracy,which without that those nobheads wouldn’t have a voice to hate us with!🏴🇬🇧💪🏻
Just lower the temperature and the "others* will leave 😂
At last someone who is prepared to build up rather than knock down my country. Mostly these days people like Thunberg knock this country without any real knowledge at all. It's so easy to knock this country, but as an Englishman, I am so proud of our ancestors who saw it as a challenge to do something to benefit not only our country, but the world. Yes we have done things I hate, and rightly so, every country has bad people who do bad things and I don't condone any of it, but the good people who did things to eradicate disease, for example is an outstanding achievement. So God bless my country. I'm proud to be English and proud to be British! Thank you for putting this together!
'No good deed ever goes unpunished.'
The British Empire was so disliked by all those it occupied,that every one of them joined The Commonwealth.
I don't see any other colonising power achieving that.
So true didn't see Indonesia join a Dutch Commonwealth when they became independent and for the Pacific South Seas territories they are still ruled over by a European power the French in 2024
correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries
compare china's rise with the british empire's rise, The brits used their empire to conquer others that resulted in over 100 million of deaths, plundering india's wealth, stealing of native lands. While china's rise doesn't involve wars of conquest, stealing of lands, genocide of natives etc, they have a far superior economic system. When comparing the 2 countries china dwarfs britain in terms of accomplishments and gdp and growth and scientific advancements etc
Like the USA?
You're 💯% correct!
I've always attributed our inventiveness down to the British weather. " I was planning a nice walk, but the weather is crap so I'll stay in and invent something important".
Yes indeed, The Optical Time Domain Reflectometer was invented during a light shower over Grimsby (at the on the same day as Marmite)
But not by the same bloke...though coincidently they were both called Jim and wore knitted top hats.
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Like the wrong trousers lol. Only messing, cause here in Preston where nick park is from we have a bronze statue of Wallace and gromit from the wrong trousers
Jeezuz, the list is utterly endless i thought it was incredible that the turbofan was British but this compilation is mind boggling.
So inspiring
Makes me proud to be British.......you're welcome World..😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ending the Trans Atlantic slave trade and the Industrial revolution is plenty to be proud of.
The modern world owes itself to Britain.
We would've been a world power without Britain. Thanks to them, we are the only country to have a smaller population now than in the 19th century
it owes more than that, they stripped us of our empire as thanks for all that and now we must deal with incompitent people in parliment doing NOTHING and i mean NOTHING to help our situation
Just running down the list, Saudi Arabia did not abolish slavery until 1962.
1996 The last Magdalene Laundry closes in Ireland.
Yes, but we invented and ran the slave trade.
Thank you. My heart is swelling with pride!
I’m a very proud Brit and I will not apologise for our mistakes until the rest of the world says thankyou for our contributions
And as if the French, Dutch, Belgians and Spanish didn't have empires as well. And most of them were far more brutal, especially the Belgians in the Congo.
Mike'spike that is a brilliant point you have made . They all love to tell us how bad we are but yet benefit from all the science we gave them .
most don't know how the Muslims took slaves from Europe and Americas on the basis that everyone else are infidels !! Even today indentured labour is part of their societies not to mention oppression. Iran is currently taking over the middle east, Saudi were not pleased with the US leaving Iraq.
@@Anthony-vt6px and insult us on the brit invented www, on their brit invented touchscreens using our language. It's beyond irony, which I'm beginning to think was also a British invention, only one we kept to ourselves
The funniest part is when the Argentines, a nation of Italian Spanish speakers genocided the indigenous population, looted all their gold then call us pirates for liberating them of said gold using our superior navigational skills, bigger balls and a huge dose of their own medicine. Then call us for 'occupying' Ireland, which we don't, and then use the logic that they own the Falklands on account of them being the closest larger country. Words fail me. Well. Clearly they didn't. But I'm sure you'll get the point
The British have been a blessing to human kind and this wonderful Earth.
😂😉🤣
Hats off to you Brits. Hands down the most prolific contributors to modernity.
Which, of course, is why Greta Thunberg blames us for climate change!!
@@lizbignell7813she's a just figure head for billionaires to make money off
@@lizbignell7813 she might not be wrong
@cossierob6143
She most certainly is wrong
No other country in history has shaped the world we know today more than us Brits.
Yes. I am Canadian and I love Brits. Let's be real here, we wouldn't have our glorious country without the British
Thank you so much for producing this video!
All i usually here is the UK being slagged off for some insignificant reason,wheras the same people are incredibly slow to acknowledge all the positive things that Great Britain has brought into the World.
As a british citizen i can say that after hearing all this how shameful it is that almost all of British engineering and manufacturing is gone today. Apart from a few specialised low volume products there is only a tiny proportion of manufacturing left in comparison to what there once was.
It was all left to fall apart, shit down and sold out. im not even sure there is a steel industry anymore.
Sadly country has been ruined, sold off and totally bled dry by government corruption.
The UK last week moved to the 4th largest exporter in the world. Much of our wholesale manufacturing is done abroad where either the resources are found or the labour is cheap, which is the price of globalisation. However, the UK still have a significant manufacturing industry, but mostly in highly skilled or specialised areas.
Genuinely love what I am assuming to be a typo, I am pretty sure you meant ' It was all left to fall apart, *shut* down and sold out' but what you have written is so much better
I found it pretty sad when the two RN carriers wee built in France.
Capitalism is about making profit! If Johnny Foreigner can make it cheaper than your own workforce, then this is what happens! Simple economics!!
UK manufacturing wasn't "all left to fall apart". Rather, it was systematically demolished by the Thatcher governments. Ostensibly with the aim of 'modernisation', but more accurately in order to smash workers' unions.
Don't tell the Guardian about this as it will ruin their day
Idiotic comment.
LOL...Good!
Oh Guardian????????? 👍😁
I'm a guardian reader. This is great.
Great comment Michael, don't forget "The Independent" as well.
Most of the modern world would'nt be as it today without Britain & the British.
Jealousy is a terrible thing.
*"It is impossible to imagine Australia outside the British Empire. Throughout our history we have been sheltered by the majesty and might of the Royal Navy. Our prestige in the councils of the world is a reflection of the light of Britain"*
-Stanley Bruce, Australian PM
Australia was a benefactor of the British imperialism. They are just as evil
thank you sir
Every young person should be shown this!
All the 'woke' should be shown this!
@@user-rb3zh6sz1bWhat if we, the colonised peoples, showed the British what they did? The biggest genocides in history, the invention of concentration camps, etc. etc.
The Nazis copied the British, you know.
Not to mention the magna carta and the british common law tradition which is the foundation of all Western democracies.
Well, do we all forget Francis Bacon? Practically invented the scientific method.
or Cromwell? wasn't M.C. more about the rights of Lords rather than peasants (and it was never honoured anyway).
Talking of Francis Bacon we also invented the sandwich 😂
@@Alfred5555 Which has nothing to do with imperialism, Freddy...
@@DeepakKumar-lv4te Magna Carta is more remembered for its reputation than its actual content, as it was only a glorified monetary agreement. Nothing to do with Democracy or human rights.
The Japanese MITI did a study in the early 21st century and concluded that the British contributed 55% of ALL inventions and cultural development in the 20th century. They only looked at the 20th century! If you add in everything from the ish 1500s to 1899, the British basically invented the modern world.
Thankyou, I feel proud to be British. Thanks also to the Aussies for inventing the Black Box Flight Recorder (1958), Cochlear Implant (1978), Plastic Banknotes (1988), Wi-Fi (1992), Electric Drill (1889), Surfboard Fins (1915), Sunscreen (1930s), and Plastic spectacle lenses (1960) to name a few!
British inventions = The modern world.
correction china is shaping the world in the 21st century, overpassing all the former british colonies and current commonwealth countries
*European inventions/ideas
Industrial Revolution, BRITISH! who else would have built cast iron ships, when the whole world was pissing about in wooden ships and canoes!🤣😂😅
@@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont What are?
The only European ideas were from the Romans
As a 83 year old Welsh Brit we oldies remember the history of WW2 its thanks to the Canadian Australian New Zealand India and many other Commonwealth country's who helped us. I have visited Normandy many times in my life and seen the graves of the young men lying there thank you to all those countries for being with us in our darkest days.
Well said.
Countries...
Indeed we do, also non-commonwealth countries such as Poland, France, South Africa and others.
Debts of blood that can never be repaid
especially (for me) the young men from other countries that fought and died in the Battle of Britain
it's all thanks to the Queensland and her dominions that we have a free world today
Watched this on St Georges day April 23rd 2024....Massively proud to be a brit (English)
Scottish, Welsh, Irish and British lol.....
@@Gisborne1990We aren't British. We're Irish
Hi I'm an Englishman from Kent living, like so many others, in Christchurch NZ. Thank you for bring together all these threads of British discovery and invention. I think it is a great pity the sun did go down on the British Empire but I guess it was inevitable as so many previous Empires in the world have suffered similar fates. Overall it's clear, despite the many criticisms of the British actions in the past, that the British can hold up their collective heads and ask "Who else has done so much to improve this planet". I think you could have also mention the many versions of the English language that keep the planet ticking over on a daily basis. Thankyou.
Michael Faraday is the scientist that inspires me more than any other, he didn't even finish school, yet he was able to light up the world through generated electricity, a true genius
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Dr. David Faraday - a descendant of the Victorian scientist Sir Micheal Faraday has invented a super way of distilling whisky which is in use at penderyn distillery near hirwaun
Visit his home at the Royal Institution!
As a Scot i say thank you for this video 🙏
What we achieved as a small nation is incredible.
And as a collective, us Brits were genuineness
Well said and quite agree , as an Englishwoman from the North it’s great to have such clever neighbours 👍😊
US? No thanks, ya Hoose Jock.
Thanks for giving the world Adam Smith
Did he mention TV. I’m Aussie. No we didn’t invent tv lol, Scottish John Logie Baird did. We all know that here in Aus. The Logies is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television. . Another ✔️ to the Brits 😊
Not science, but in sport we also invented Association Football, Cricket, Rugby and Golf. In music, many, so let's just mention The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In literature, many, so let's just mention Shakespeare and Tolkien
Charles Dickens, Jane Austin, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, T. S. Eliot...
You nailed it mate. Well said.
It is quite incredible the contribution to modern humanity that has come from a small insignificant island off the north coast of Europe.
I am very proud to be British.
I accept that the British Empire had it's faults, but where she stamped her boot, she took Enlightenement, Christianity, Technology, Health care, Modern transport systems, Telegraphy, Bureacracy and a Civil Service and of course, the English Language.
She stamped out and abolished inhuman behaviours, such as Cannibalism, Human sacrifice, Slavery.
But the British Empire was of it's day, and at the end of the day, Britain gave away her Empire.
We had Christianity, a more pure version, and the English spent 500 years trying to change it to their blasphemous form of Christianity. Murders, killing half the population, banning freedoms, doesn't really sound very Christian, does it?
The British are one of the greatest people that ever walked this planet.
Is that nigel planer you're on about?
@@Howie57 Edgy.
I can't take this anymore , I love my old country, 😢
i beg to differ, they killed over 100 million to have their empire
Walked the plank?
As a Scot I'm obviously happy to watch this video. What is interesting to me is that in my opinion innovation is driven by free open societies , authoritarian regimes copy steal and are given innovation freely , which if they had invented they would have gaurded as state secrets. What we should celebrate is open free societies as these are drivers of innovation.
Point well made.
just saying as a scot, you are a brit technically
Very good point.
🤫Many are English, therefore you hate. Now cry.
We invented antibiotics which has saved several million lives across the world. Has anyone ever thanked us for this? The entire world enjoy Television but has anyone ever thanked us? The whole world have taken on football and many enjoy cricket, rugby and tennis. Has the rest of the world ever acknowledged this. Of course not.
Australians also contributed to development of antibiotics, but in Britain with British resources.
@@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104but aussie are brits
The man who never made a mistake never made anything, I guess the same can be said of nations and empires.
Yawn! Yes, very profound.
@@DerekLangdonSarcasm’s a British invention too. 😊
@@andylewis7360 Yes, and so is the Lowest form of wit. 😉
@@elainehumphrey2307Actually sarcasm is a highly developed form of wit which only certain people can master..
@@elainehumphrey2307 "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, and the highest level of intelligence"
probably why only brits get the british humour and sense of irony and masters of understatements lol
(when a brit understates something - it means shit has hit the fan - but only brits understand that...ask our american cousins, canadian and aussie cousins..oh and our allies too about that especially during the second WW)
example of british wit; Americans say "we are second to none"....the british respond with "we are none" hahahahaha
In brief, we Brits have an amazing heritage of invention and discovery. Now all we have to do is to hold on to this and not yield to those that wish to undermine this heritage. That includes arresting those that climbed the war memorial on Remembrance Day and draped it with flags - not of Britain.
Ooops, too late.
Beautifully put👍
Deport. To our former colonies.
Unfortunately, our government and its enablers (all UK police services) have emasculated and subjugated the British to the point of insignificance. Shame on them. I’ll be gone by then, but a leader will rise and drag these people to book. What a day that promises to be.
@@AndrewWilliams-ry6tb nah...i suggest the antarctic...it will make them reflect and then realise how good they did have it before!
A Brit once said : " Our greatest invention is fish and ships wrapped in a newspaper ."
Proud to be English.
As you should be. I am Canadian and I love my English cousins
This should be mandatory watching for every country, particularly the good ole US of A
Agreed. Second that.
I think this would shock a lot of USA citizens as they usually believe they invented everything
Watched a documentary on the US invention of the Hovercraft. Mr Cockrell may have something to say about that.
@@Japan-in-N The things the yanks invented you could put on the back of a very small matchbox
@@All_Good_Things I can't think of anything that America invented entirely on its own!
African people are very willing to credit British colonialism as a massive plus for Africa. Still today schools, universities, railways and hospitals all founded by the colonists.
I have lived in Africa all my life. Further one cannot underestimate the contribution of missionaries. Their schools are are alive and thriving today. The students are polite, respectful and well educated.
These people do not have a negative opinion on the colonial era.
My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick
As affirmed by the wonderful Thomas Sowell.
@@paulgraham3901 "My girlfriend is Zambian, her uncles and grandfather fought for Zambia's independence but she says sometimes that the British left to quick"
Well, leaving a country with no experience in governing itself was bound to end in disaster. It would probably have been better if the Brits had handed over power more gradually to the local populations, helping them to develop their own systems of governance in a genuine partnership.
@@paulgraham3901the British left any country that wanted independence with nothing as soon as they held no monetary value to them anymore.
It makes me sad that there is such a huge disconnect between African people and Black British people, alot of the Black British population have the worst view of the UK imaginable and want to be a victim in every way possible, they don't see the opportunities that people from the motherland would wish to have and would appreciate greatly to be given.
I'm from the Netherlands. First time here and I love this kind of channels.
Impressive list, I must say. Good to find it all in one video. Thanks for your work!
I hope you don't mind that I made a list of all what you have named.
I will use it and throw it at all the haters who have no clue of the history.
Thank you welcome to Britain anytime 🤝
4 of our planet’s top 10 major sports were coded in Britain. It still staggers me how worldwide football is.
Makes a change for the Brits to breast beat , we usually let the Yanks do that. But how could an Aussie ignore the contribution to the world of sport . its enormous. Soccer , Cricket . Rugby , Snooker . Darts . Badminton , Table Tennis , Lawn Tennis . Bowls , Skittles . The rules of Boxing and Horse racing .
I recently learned that our game of rounders (now mainly played by children) was the source of American baseball. Rounders has been played since Tudor times.
Something for another video. PR
Gaelic football :P
Ay, drink mead, rumble in the dirt and get your differences out of the way and move on and enjoy life :)
Cos it’s a science channel
And cards, according to Hoyle.
You missed the biggest of all The COMPUTER was invented by Charles Babbage, in 1837, he named it the computer, and Ada countess of Lovelace invented computer programming for said computer. So this video would NOT be possible without two English people.
And the world wide web, otherwise known as the internet. Though it was while an Englishman was working at CERN
Talking about modern computing without mentioning Alan Turing? Oh dear. That’s rather like talking about modern physics without talking about Einstein.
Except Babbage, konard zuse and tommy flowers most of computer development took place in America and internet was also invented by two Americans
Don't forget Britain was the first and only empire to that point to abolish and fought to end slavery..
Around 2% of GDP was devoted to this cause
No the slaves did
Yes, the British have grabbed the moral high ground for themselves! And no bugger is gonna push them off!
Of course, Britain had to adopt slavery before they could abolish it...
Whilst its own working class were kept in abject poverty.
Thank you for a very informative video. I came across your channel through the Natasha and Debbie Show where they reacted to your video. I have now subscribed. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
I love being English, from simple things like the National Anthem from when young watching our National teams, having a Monarchy & an identity with Xmas day viewing always upheld. Then to be grateful for what our armed heroes sacrificed for us. Coupled with these pioneers should make us proud, no matter how many haters we have currently in our own country trying to derail it.
They definately weren't sitting around watching netflix in those days.
Or mis-spelling everything, showing their total ignorance!
India was plagued by famine, but agricultural and storage improvements by Britain led to fewer famines and a huge rise in the Indian population. You should also read the book "the case for colonialism". The introduction of English common law was a huge driver in the development of countries around the world and brought investment into all parts of the British Empire. Remember Britain did not take over working democracies, they treated people better than the previous rulers.
In India it should be remembered that there is the caste system at work too and no matter if anyone wanted to help there were those whom the native people themselves called the 'untouchables' and believed they should be left to themselves. It was next to impossible for in-comers even the British to help them.
@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey The British also established hospitals, judiciary system, clean water, sent people to England to train as doctors, etc.
But I reckon the invention and or legacy the indians loved the most that was bequeathed to em by the evil imperilists was none other than CRICKET.
Exactly!!
Indian population before British occupation: 170 million. Indian population when the British left: 420 million. We also ended the Hindu custom of "Sati", where a widow would be sacrificed on her husband's funeral pyre. Among a few other things.
i am proud to be son of empire. and i mourn the death of it every day. But i am grateful that God used and still uses the 'firm', and the legacy of empire to empower all peoples across the world. amongst men no such empire has yet be raised, and for now none new hath been seen. but the boon of brittania has reached far and wide and i know i am blessed today, nay even alive for what she hath done for me.
Proud Pommie Bastard here. Your video made me smile even though it contained nothing I was unaware of. It is instructive to look at the list of Nobel prize winners, by nation (UK second to the USA), as well as the list of top universities (QS World University Rankings 2025) where the UK has four in the top ten - the same number as the USA which has a population five times larger.
And yes, most of us are aware of the downsides of UK colonialism and indeed regretful, but it is foolish to apply today's standards and morals to historical events. As you indicated, the world was a harder, more brutal place back then.
Thank you for this!!! As a nation we need to stop being silenced and dumbed down and stand up for a fantastic heritage.. Nobody's heritage is without a flaw!
This is a nice antidote to the BBC radio 4 programme this morning about how we were awful colonists in Africa and what wonderful countries the liberated have become. Unlike me they have never lived in Africa.
Almost like there was some sort of 'unequal exchange' happening?
How refreshing.... Thank you so much for reminding us of our achievements in the world with no apologies required! Love it ❤👍
I was born in England but raised until about age 10 in Hong Kong before moving back to the UK. I also spent about a year working in Gibraltar. I can tell you people from Hong Kong much prefer British ruling to China, and people from Gibraltar much prefer Britain over the Spanish government.
And while we were doing all that, we took time out to invent politeness, and showed the world how to behave with dignity and Christian charity.
The state is now actively anti Christian.
And break for tea.
How to queue!
How to have a propa punch up at football? 😂
Hear, hear. It’s just a shame that not more people are proud of that heritage and to see respect and manners going down the drain.
You discovered the most substances in the periodic table with us (Swedes) in second place.
Science has always been close to our hearts.
Where would we all be today if not for the Industrial Revolution, most of us wouldn't have even been born.
i had no idea that my home town was the first in the world to have a chlorinated water supply. does this mean anything to me? no. will i remember it forever? absoloutely
15 minute video for this topic. Should be at least 15 hours
In a few hundred years we'll get that TV programme! 😊
I think British humour has contributed greatly to my - and most of the civilised world's - psychological health.
The Yanks do stand up better, in general I think..... they're an off shoot of us British though. 😅
Our sitcoms from the 70s through to the late 90s/very early 00s were mostly brilliant! Only Fools and Horses, Porridge, Open All Hours, Red Dwarf, Yes Minister/Prime Minister.... there's many, many more. All brilliant!
Now, our comedy is mostly shit.
The biggest band in the world at the moment are coldplay. Yet another massive british band that tours the world being great ambassadors for Britain . They are even loved in Argentina. Of all Britains contributions, its unbelievable wealth of music makes me so very proud.
As an Irish man, I can say yes of course the British did so much for this world.
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I think Florence Nightingale deserves a mention - she pretty much revolutionised health care, in particular introducing hygiene regimes on wards. Prior to Nightingales' intervention, hospital wards were themselves a dangerous place to be, with ward based infections killing more than the injury/illness that led someone being admitted in the first place. Nightingale was also a statistician and gave us the pie chart. Nightingale turned nursing into a profession.
Actually during the Crimean war she believed in bad hummours, there were many MALE doctors that promoted hygiene before her.
Good point
Yes, dear old Florence does deserve a mention.. in regards to a nursing career, no blacks need apply! Mary Seacole had to fund, and find her own way to the Crimea to take up nursing. And became much loved and respected by the British troops…She is the true lady with the lamp!
Good point Jeff but also remember Mary Seacole, she done much the same as Florence Nightingale .
She established the first nursing school.😂
British culture has always produced the best characters:
Most famous outlaw: Robin Hood
Most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes
Most famous spy: James Bond
Most famous nanny: Mary Poppins
Most famous orphan: Oliver Twist
Most famous miser: Ebenezer Scrooge
Most famous king: King Arthur
Most famous wizard: Merlin, Gandalf and Harry Potter
Most famous knight: Lancelot
Most famous castaway: Robinson Crusoe
Most famous bear: Paddington
Most famous gentleman's gentleman: Jeeves
Most famous poltroon: Harry Flashman
and many more.
You forgot most famous serial killer : Jack the Ripper 🙂
I have to beg to differ on the world's most famous bear. More people are probably aware of Winnie the Pooh than Paddington, though he is also the creation of a British author.
@@stup1299 Jack the ripper was real, the others were not.
Alice in Wonderland...Beatrix Potter...Hercule Poirot...Miss Marple - for goodness sake, there's no end to a very distinguished list. Effortlessly out in front.
and Poo bear
Britain-Bashing is simply Jealousy by another name: and, as a Brit myself, I LOVE it! It is, after all, an unintentional compliment to the genius of our ancestors. Furthermore - paradoxically - one of the things that, makes us a great nation and a great people, is that, despite all our achievements, we don't go on endlessly TELLING the World and his Wife about our 'greatness': we leave THAT sort of thing to lesser breeds with a bit of an inferiority complex!
A Japanese study found that 40% of all inventions and scientific discoveries were made by British people.
If you include other Anglo countries such as the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, then that figure goes up to about 80%.
Britain, the British Empire, and English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish people will be remembered forever.
In 1000 years time, people will be studying the British Empire in the same way we study Ancient Greece and Rome. Except the British Empire was even more important and influential than both ancient Greece and the Roman Empire combined.
Most of the British haters are simply jealous.
Or Morons!
Or just I G N O R A N T.
Obviously! that's a given!
Most of the British haters are over here!!!🧐
of what how they screwed the world and still do, just look at how they treat NZers and ozzies even to this day
The world has very short memories & when they do, only choose to remember selectively. Britain is without doubt the most remarkable country & by a considerable margin, been a net force for good on the rest of the world. Cheers from NZ
Preach your subjective crap to the Māori people, and tell them how lucky they are to have you living among them!!!
@@DerekLangdon if they would like to live in a primitive hunter-gather basic agricultural society - they're welcome. I wonder how many have turned their backs on NZ society and live in the woods....?
@@DerekLangdonthe maori only turned up in NZ a couple of hundreds of years before the Europeans and they were fond of genocide themselves.
Remember the maori weren't indigenous to NZ
@@user-it7lf7kk8m They were the first humans to get there though.
Britain has had the most influence over the world more than any other country in the world in every aspect that contributes to the existence of modern society. As a Black British man born and bread in South London even I have to admit British inventions and culture have become soo strong and influential to the point where other countries no longer consider them as British culture but the standard of every country the greatest example being the English language now being the Universal language of the world. No matter whatever lie or agenda Americans may try to tell you with their movies and entertainment industry Britain created modern society in a way they can't compare to💯🇬🇧✊🏾
Thank you for bringing this to the surface Britain has always been underestimated for what it go to the world. The big thank you for passing this onto the uneducated who don't know anything about what Britain did for good 💯😊