How To Become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • Correction: I said, "unlike the US President, the UK PM isn't directly elected". Of course, that's not quite right- the US President isn't directly elected either. What I should have said was, "unlike the US President, in the UK we don't get a vote on who the Prime Minister is".
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    00:00 Who gets chosen?
    01:59 Become an MP
    03:37 Get chosen by a main party
    05:55 Become party leader
    08:11 Get the most seats in the House of Commons

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  • @Useraccount85
    @Useraccount85 Před 10 měsíci +532

    As a Canadian that is over 18 I had no idea that I was eligible to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 😂

    • @Yeshanu
      @Yeshanu Před 9 měsíci +32

      Same here. But we need to be given leave to stay in the UK indefinitely. I understand that this is getting harder to do

    • @tmarritt
      @tmarritt Před 9 měsíci +56

      At this point I would happily vote for a random CZcams commenter.

    • @samtay6181
      @samtay6181 Před 9 měsíci +10

      Were you to move to the UK I believe you’d also be automatically able to vote as long as you have residency, without even being a citizen.

    • @petman515
      @petman515 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Hurry quickly you can do it by the next election.

    • @kingofhearts3185
      @kingofhearts3185 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Me, a 20 year old Canadian citizen born in Latin America, realizing I could be PM in like 2 years for less than 1000 CAD... Theoretically...

  • @Bowie_E
    @Bowie_E Před rokem +1545

    I am still not used to there being "The King"

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před rokem +142

      Yeah, that threw me as well. Being American, I don’t hear that phrase nearly as often as my UK cousins & at 55, I’ve only ever known ‘The Queen,’ so it’ll take me a bit to get used to it.
      The entire time they were talking about the PM being chosen by the monarch, I was mentally picturing Elizabeth as the monarch doing the choosing.

    • @romainsavioz5466
      @romainsavioz5466 Před rokem +92

      ​@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 well I would say about 80 to 90 percent of the world population never knew another British monarch or doesn't remember

    • @ymer234
      @ymer234 Před rokem +28

      Well, for us on the outside that - in school - learn your national anthem, needs to be quick on our feet to not sing "the queen" anymore. Fortunately you don't switch the sex of the monarch that often :)

    • @phipli
      @phipli Před rokem +10

      @ymer234 you learnt the anthem at school?! We didn't. I don't think I could sing the first verse without it written down.

    • @warblerab2955
      @warblerab2955 Před rokem +19

      @@ymer234 It is going to be God Save the King for quite awhile now.

  • @ChuffedDom
    @ChuffedDom Před rokem +1598

    "But really it's more complicated than that" feels like Britain in a nutshell.

    • @eriktcz1241
      @eriktcz1241 Před rokem +27

      Feels like the entire world in a nutshell

    • @friendlyneighbourhoodanarc3039
      @friendlyneighbourhoodanarc3039 Před rokem +29

      It becomes less complicated when you stop trying to make sense of anything. Britain just does stuff, dont ask why.

    • @Shadowguy456234
      @Shadowguy456234 Před rokem +8

      Allo guv'na
      Actually funny and slightly embarrassing note, being from the US I once had to ask a British colleague what 'chuffed' meant. And I speak 3 languages.

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 Před rokem +3

      @@Shadowguy456234 OK , I’m an American as well. What the hell does it mean then ? Sounds sexual maybe ?

    • @Yomanchamcru
      @Yomanchamcru Před rokem +10

      ​@@nilo70 Chuffed is like stoked. Although 'chuff', the noun, sometimes has a sexual reference so you're not entirely off...

  • @KBTibbs
    @KBTibbs Před rokem +1091

    "You pay £110 for them to do what’s called a 'due diligence check' on you, where they presumably check if you’re on the sex offender register and whether there’s any photos of you peeing on a war memorial..."
    Two examples that are just specific enough that I'm certain they're entirely hypothetical.

    • @angelicasmodel
      @angelicasmodel Před rokem +86

      I have done neither of those things, but I'm sure there are unseemly photos of me floating around from my uni days, so that will disqualify me from the Tories. Drat! On the other hand, it would do me really well with the Australian Labor Party or the Australian Greens.

    • @robertgibbs6154
      @robertgibbs6154 Před rokem

      Your sarcasm is keen, but I don't think they're hypothetical at all. I wish Americans would do that as we are world reknown for our crooked and dumb@$$ politicians. One in particular fits the pic of a crooked dumbxxx to a T.

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh Před rokem

      @@angelicasmodel wait till you hear what former PM David cameron got up to in his uni days. also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullingdon_Club#Politicians
      and that other tory, neil parish who got caught watching porn in the house of commons...

    • @phosphoros60
      @phosphoros60 Před rokem

      "If, however, you've ever put your genitalia into the mouth of a decapitated pig..."

    • @TylerMarkRichardson
      @TylerMarkRichardson Před rokem +9

      ​@@angelicasmodel in the ACT you can always go for both and join the labour/greens coalition

  • @ArtReviews
    @ArtReviews Před rokem +409

    The "I run India now" sash quickly followed by the "Never mind" sash was a thing of beauty.🤣

  • @RyanEmmett
    @RyanEmmett Před rokem +255

    I notice there's nothing to say that cats can't be MPs. Larry for PM! 😹

    • @Nose02
      @Nose02 Před rokem +16

      I’d fucking vote for him!

    • @coryburris8211
      @coryburris8211 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I saw the frog in the thumbnail and thought that Larry the cat would have been a better choice of animal

    • @yuki-sakurakawa
      @yuki-sakurakawa Před 9 měsíci +4

      As long as Larry is over 18 (in cat years or human years?🤔)

    • @peanutbutterbruv
      @peanutbutterbruv Před hodinou

      Cats cannot be a tax resident so he'll have to stand for Labour.

  • @Yandarval
    @Yandarval Před rokem +372

    The Nolan Principles 🤣 if only they _did_ follow these principles.

    • @mattd6085
      @mattd6085 Před rokem +61

      Rules for thee but not for me

    • @marchindley9856
      @marchindley9856 Před rokem +54

      I burst out laughing, that list just kept going and zero of them apply to the Tories lmao

    • @Frank_NStein
      @Frank_NStein Před 11 měsíci +11

      They have principles?

    • @danielcrafter9349
      @danielcrafter9349 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@Frank_NStein - of course.
      What @mattd6085 said.

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn Před 9 měsíci +11

      You follow them as a candidate, once elected they no longer apply

  • @jackvos8047
    @jackvos8047 Před rokem +523

    It seems crazy to me that I can be PM of the UK but not in my own country of Australia. I mean I could become eligible for Australia but I would have to denounce any dual citizenship status my maternal grandmother conferred to me.

    • @MissingRaptor
      @MissingRaptor Před rokem +76

      Right?
      I was thinking the same thing. As a Canadian, I meet the qualifications. It's so strange.

    • @z3lda808
      @z3lda808 Před rokem +16

      That's bonkers. You'd think they could have fixed the rules after all that fuss a few years ago!

    • @jackvos8047
      @jackvos8047 Před rokem +86

      @@MissingRaptor The crazy part of the law that's stopping me from becoming a minister is to do with being beholden to the head of a foreign country. I can't sit in parliament because I might be swayed by the head of state of England..... The same bloody person I'd have to swear allegiance to anyway to sit in parliament.

    • @jackvos8047
      @jackvos8047 Před rokem +30

      @@z3lda808 Yeah it is bonkers when you're disqualified because your citizenships both recognise the same Person as head of state, but that's still the way it works.

    • @Padraigp
      @Padraigp Před rokem +5

      @@jackvos8047 in fairness though if youre resident in the uk for tax purposes and live in australia thats not ideal is it? And why are you resident in the uk for tax purposes anyway? 🤔

  • @TonksMoriarty
    @TonksMoriarty Před rokem +80

    "You get to meet the King."
    That still shocks me, and he's about to be crowned!

  • @ShobhikGhosh
    @ShobhikGhosh Před 10 měsíci +52

    Bone Secretary got me. I was trying not to laugh too loudly and was largely succeeding until that moment. I'm pretty familiar with the electoral systems of both India and the US, so this was a fascinating video. Also, props for including the credits at the end - I couldn't have been the only one taken by all the animal characters.

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před 9 měsíci +7

      I found that (and "Chanticleer of the Exchequer") hilarious too! Thanks for the comment!

  • @MichaelClark-bd2sw
    @MichaelClark-bd2sw Před 9 měsíci +60

    After hearing the phrase “The UK has an unwritten constitution” for the millionth time, it still throws my American brain for a loop every time.

    • @MichaelClark-bd2sw
      @MichaelClark-bd2sw Před 9 měsíci +4

      Especially since many of the principles in the U.S. constitution stem from the unwritten, then British, constitution.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Před 9 měsíci +8

      We don't have one single document called the Constitution of the UK but to say the British Constitution is unwritten is wrong - there are many acts of Parliament, treaties etc that make up the Constitution

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před 9 měsíci +8

      @@pedanticradiator1491
      A Constitution is above ordinary laws. The different acts of Parliament you mentioned can be overrun by a simple majority vote

    • @JonathanElliotMay
      @JonathanElliotMay Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@pedanticradiator1491 we have an implied constitution which is based on tradition and precedent of what has come before. Anything can be overwritten via a majority vote in the commons. For an amendment to the constitution in the US, there needs to be a unanimous (or at the very least an almost unanimous) vote in both congress and the senate. Vastly different

    • @willkydd
      @willkydd Před 8 měsíci +4

      Think of it as a very British way of saying we don't have one, we have a ruling class instead.

  • @theobolt250
    @theobolt250 Před rokem +328

    Mr chairman, I nominate the right honorable J. Draper to become our next MP. (house: rerrerrerrerrer...). 😂
    With the given corrections; Mr Speaker I nominate the honorable Ms. J. Draper to become our next PM. (The House: rerrerrerrerrer...).

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson Před rokem +16

      You don't get to be called "Right Honourable" without being a cabinet minister (more or less), so you would nominate Ms. J. Draper.

    • @ThePrinceofParthia
      @ThePrinceofParthia Před rokem +12

      Mr Speaker, not Mr Chairman

    • @theobolt250
      @theobolt250 Před rokem +7

      @@Dave_Sisson stand corrected in both cases. Thanks, guys.

    • @Matt-cz6ti
      @Matt-cz6ti Před rokem +24

      @@Dave_Sisson Not quite right; ‘The Right Honourable’ is reserved for members of the Privy Council. This generally includes the highest members of both the government and the Opposition, and is held for life. You would also never name another MP in the House, that’s against the rules. That’s why they’re always “The Honourable Gentleman”, “the Right Honourable Lady”, “the Honourable Member for X”, “my Right Honourable friend”, or some combination

    • @martas9283
      @martas9283 Před rokem +5

      Hear hear

  • @snbks4ever
    @snbks4ever Před rokem +184

    As an American, this was pretty fun and very enjoyable to watch!!

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před rokem +5

      I'm an American, too! I also enjoyed it!

    • @edwardgatey8301
      @edwardgatey8301 Před rokem +6

      I’m Canadian. You have Orange Mango trying to become another George! We have Just-out trying the same crap.
      Vote them out. Prison for both.

    • @jameswolf133
      @jameswolf133 Před 10 měsíci +2

      And it’s a nice explanation of how a parliamentary system works for us Yanks.

    • @declup
      @declup Před 9 měsíci +1

      As a person who enjoys watching CZcams videos, I too thought this was pretty fun and very enjoyable to watch!!

  • @Tsuruchi_420
    @Tsuruchi_420 Před rokem +74

    Oh, hey, important to remind everyone that the US President isn't directly elected either, if I'm not mistaken, CGP Gray has a video about it

    • @Hunteriffic86
      @Hunteriffic86 Před rokem

      Nobody needs to hear about the Electoral College except to know that it's stupid and needs to go away

    • @bvd7517
      @bvd7517 Před rokem +27

      You are correct. The "presidential election" is actually voting for "presidential electors," who actually vote for the president. Much in the same way there are edge cases as described in this video, there is the possibility for the electors of the presidential candidate's party not to to vote for their candidate (and vice versa), but these incidents of "faithless electors" are few and far between.
      There is growing opposition to the electoral college as many recent elections have gone to the party who lost the popular vote by considerable margins, but it would require a constitutional amendment to change the system, and so is very unlikely to come to pass.

    • @Tsuruchi_420
      @Tsuruchi_420 Před rokem +14

      ​@@bvd7517faithless electors don't seem to be a problem anymore, but the electoral college is still, just like the British electoral system (not just the bit described here), highly undemocratic

    • @JDraper
      @JDraper  Před rokem +32

      Damn, you're right. Thanks for the correction

    • @stancalung5186
      @stancalung5186 Před rokem +5

      The german Bundeskanzler is also indirectly elected - the President proposes the candidats and the MPs (Bundestagsabgeordneten) vote. Usually they are the leaders of the major partyes, but not necessarily. Fun fact: you don´t even need to be a member of the Bundestag to be proposed as candidat :D

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon2012 Před rokem +164

    Your videos are my new obsession--love your professional, researched and entertaining takes on British History. You definitely remind me of how much I loved taking walking tours during my all to brief stay in London during my college years.

  • @onbearfeet
    @onbearfeet Před rokem +31

    Seeing the new PM petting Larry at the end made it all seem worth it. 😂

  • @Hyenalowena
    @Hyenalowena Před rokem +108

    This is so interesting and well explained! Also I love the visuals you chose, those old illustrations are so funny. The game Aviary Attorney uses them as characters, too!

    • @harrymanocha4533
      @harrymanocha4533 Před rokem +18

      Thanks I was wondering if someone would give me a clue where they came from. French caricaturist J.J. Grandville who lived in the first half of the c.19th, if anyone else is wondering!
      Edit its on screen for 2 seconds at 09:30

    • @tobybartels8426
      @tobybartels8426 Před rokem +11

      It's only fair to describe how the King chooses the British Prime Minister using illustrations from an outspoken French republican. Grandville himself would have appreciated the irony. (Edit: spelling)

  • @TheRealScooterGuy
    @TheRealScooterGuy Před rokem +24

    Being from the other side of the pond, I appreciate this overview of the process. The interworkings of your government is glossed over in most US public schools, although it is covered more thoroughly than any others.

    • @Poliss95
      @Poliss95 Před rokem +1

      Public schools in the UK are private schools.

    • @Padraigp
      @Padraigp Před rokem +2

      Its not at all explained here in ireland how anyones system works. Thank god for youtube my son has shown me lots of videos he found to educate me i had no clue. In many ways i like the american syatem but i like irelands better. We have proportional representation and equality of funding and time and even allotted lamposts equally for both sides of a referendum but somehow we still end up with quite a few twats. But we do get some interesting charecters.

  • @hermi1-kenobi455
    @hermi1-kenobi455 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I like how you HAVE to have half+1 of the seats. I find the tidbit where if you don’t you have to share intuitive.

  • @Tsuruchi_420
    @Tsuruchi_420 Před rokem +6

    After six months! She back

  • @rechitsapivo
    @rechitsapivo Před rokem +5

    "How did you become a Prime Minister?"
    "It's complicated..."

  • @quinn1224
    @quinn1224 Před rokem +5

    so happy that there is another longer video on this channel, love your videos

  • @millinutz
    @millinutz Před 9 měsíci +1

    I could sit and listen to you for hours... Thx for all so far.

  • @DunnesBag
    @DunnesBag Před rokem +14

    These videos are great! I've been loving these videos ever since I found your youtube shorts. Honestly makes me want to learn more about British History and go on a tour of London!

  • @EmmaCruises
    @EmmaCruises Před rokem +9

    These animations are great, loved this. Thank you! ❤

  • @terb3ar
    @terb3ar Před rokem +9

    I’ve only recently discovered your channel and was a little bummed that there hadn’t been any new content in a few months. Glad to see a new video - keep up such great work!

  • @jenslivingbby
    @jenslivingbby Před rokem +5

    So informative and love the way it was presented!

  • @Lyrics-ul7gv
    @Lyrics-ul7gv Před rokem +2

    Glad you are back 😀

  • @teganvincent3295
    @teganvincent3295 Před rokem +50

    I absolutely love your videos! They're always so well thought out, easy to follow, incredibly educational and so much fun to watch 😊 keep up the fantastic work!

  • @fighterguard
    @fighterguard Před rokem +27

    It's been 7 months since your last long video! I missed this so much! I'm so happy to see this.
    I also love your shorts. But I like proper videos so much better. I love everything about you, honestly ❤

    • @johndewitt7627
      @johndewitt7627 Před rokem

      I too missed you 🎉 thank you for wonderful posts.

  • @solitarychele
    @solitarychele Před 9 měsíci

    I’m loving these graphics! The snooty animals are wonderful..

  • @Geyser39
    @Geyser39 Před rokem +2

    Very informative, and the artwork is delightful, thank you so much!

  • @tualatin21
    @tualatin21 Před rokem +3

    As CZcams 'recommend' me to watch this, and from the title, I can already knew that there is a significant similarities on how to become PM of UK and my country, but as I watching, I slowly 'fall in love with other videos from your CZcams Channel. 🥰

  • @peterhagan8454
    @peterhagan8454 Před rokem +9

    you are my new teaching obsession, integrity , quality and deep research excellent

  • @charlotteillustration5778

    Illustrations are perfect for this talk! Thank you.

  • @kykipz
    @kykipz Před rokem +1

    I have never been this quick to a new post of yours! This was a instant must click and listen :)

  • @EmmaCruises
    @EmmaCruises Před rokem +10

    What a cute little frog 😂

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions

    I just got this recommended on my home page, and I find it quite informative! Now, I know the "simple" hurdles that one would have to go through to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Thanks for the video!
    Also, I liked the animation a lot! The characters and the map reminded me of drawings from a 19th-century book. I'll subscribe to this channel!

  • @PaulSmith-gb6wq
    @PaulSmith-gb6wq Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thank you so much for this amazing little video. This material should be used at schools to teach kids about politics! Brilliant!

  • @blakeschannel1956
    @blakeschannel1956 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the sharing and creating great free content that explains this process! I really enjoyed this one!

  • @dwc1964
    @dwc1964 Před rokem +4

    I would love to walk around London with J. Draper & a not-too-large group, listening to her talk about the history of this & that place as we walk along. That would be lovely.

  • @yupanquid5538
    @yupanquid5538 Před rokem +11

    These last couple of years have shown how flimsy “conventions of etiquette” can be. Great video, cheers

  • @wallycola5653
    @wallycola5653 Před rokem +1

    Yay she's back to longer content! Missed these videos

  • @plushloler
    @plushloler Před rokem +1

    lovely visuals, and great information!

  • @guy8181
    @guy8181 Před rokem +3

    Love your videos, watched them all. Your wonderful voice and presentation need an addiction warning.

  • @PinkThorn242
    @PinkThorn242 Před rokem +69

    ...OK yes I may have openly burst out laughing when you listed the Nolan Principles.

    • @sunny_muffins
      @sunny_muffins Před rokem +4

      ReeeeEeEeEeEReErrRRrRR

    • @zer03d14
      @zer03d14 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Insert *laugh, wait you're serious?* meme here

  • @MicraHakkinen
    @MicraHakkinen Před rokem +2

    Loved the video, particularly Larry's appearance at the end :)

  • @EricHenning
    @EricHenning Před rokem +2

    Your videos are so wonderfully entertaining and informative! Would that all history were taught this way! You are a treasure! We need someone doing this with US history!

  • @thecavephilosopher4074
    @thecavephilosopher4074 Před rokem +6

    Amazingly understated political humour in a very enjoyable and informative video. Thank you!

  • @margaretdevery6547
    @margaretdevery6547 Před rokem +4

    Tena koe from one of his majesty's dominions. That was the best explanation I've ever seen, & I must admit to being hugely entertained by the illustrations, several of which I recognised as past PMs (the frog, the lion, the Madhatter). Loved it.

    • @JonathansGamecast
      @JonathansGamecast Před 9 měsíci

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ignace_Isidore_G%C3%A9rard_Grandville

  • @Alex-dn7vn
    @Alex-dn7vn Před rokem +2

    I really enjoyed this video ! Really informative, cristal clear, and i love the character design

  • @youremakingprogress144

    This is so educational! Thank you!

  • @joshuahymel9750
    @joshuahymel9750 Před rokem +8

    You are charming AF. Keep 'em coming Draper.

  • @PsychedelicSpinster
    @PsychedelicSpinster Před rokem +20

    The Jeremy Corbyn reference almost got me crying. Excellent animations. Love all your content. Might book your walking tour but I have a 3 year old who may not utilise her right to remain silent 😅

  • @AmazinglyAwkward
    @AmazinglyAwkward Před 9 měsíci +1

    Beautifully described, love watching these videos where I know the general gist but always learn something new

  • @marcoavendano6593
    @marcoavendano6593 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I can’t describe how much I love this video. Brilliant.

  • @DerpyMackerel
    @DerpyMackerel Před rokem +12

    but how do I become a bipedal frog?

  • @krishnagopalsrivastava2084

    Very concise and clear, well done! Next up:- how to become the King?

    • @MissingRaptor
      @MissingRaptor Před rokem

      Have the correct Accident of Birth.

    • @virgilxavier1
      @virgilxavier1 Před rokem

      For Most of us it involves killing a LOT of people...."for many lives do stand between the crown and home"

    • @jonathanwebster7091
      @jonathanwebster7091 Před rokem +8

      Simple: be a legitimate descendant of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and don't be a Catholic (since 2013, you can *marry* a Catholic though).
      Also if you're in the first six people in the line of succession, don't marry without the monarch's consent (required for those six in order to keep their place, before 2013, it was everybody in the line of succession).
      Note that the ban on Catholics (brought in with the 1701 Act of Settlement) doesn't bar people of any other faith, or you from marrying anyone of any other faith other than Catholicism, nor does it say you have to be a Protestant or even a member of the Church of England either (although it does say you have to "enter into communion with the Church of England" upon succeeding).
      Which is why you have members of several other royal families -those of Romania, Russia and Serbia/Yugoslavia, in the British line of succession that are Eastern Orthodox Christian, and are still in line. As it would be if they were Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Shintoist, or any other type of christianity-only marriage to a Catholic is banned.

    • @krishnagopalsrivastava2084
      @krishnagopalsrivastava2084 Před rokem

      @@jonathanwebster7091 thanks for the info .

    • @RandomNonsense1985
      @RandomNonsense1985 Před rokem

      Be descended from Woden, Cerdic, Alfred, the Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors, Stewarts, Hanovers, and Saxe-Coburg-Gothas.

  • @McDom023k
    @McDom023k Před rokem +1

    I love how simple you've made it all sound

  • @kathbarnard3316
    @kathbarnard3316 Před rokem

    These illustrations are just amazing!

  • @chriflu
    @chriflu Před 9 měsíci +3

    Really enjoyed watching this! One minor clarification: Most of this is not because the UK is a monarchy, but because it is a parliamentary system - as opposed to a presidential system as in the case of the US or France.
    In my country of residence, Austria, the only person who can appoint a chancellor and their ministers is the (directly elected) president - whose role, apart from that, is largely ceremonial. In theory, the president could task a chancellor of their choosing with forming a government and then appoint that government. However, parliament could then immediately oust said government with a vote of no-confidence and the president would have to try again. Which is why usually two or more parties that together command a majority in parliament cut a deal to form a coalition government that is then just nodded off by the president.
    (That being said, there were two instances in the recent past when these powers of the president became relevant in practice: In 2017, the conservatives and the extreme right formed a government, but the president vetoed two particularly far-right ministers because in his view they would have harmed the country's reputation. The other instance was in 2019 after a number of successful no-confidence votes in parliament that resulted in a political stalemate as well as the ousting of the entire government. In this case, the president appointed a group consisting mainly of civil servants as an interim government for the time until the general elections.)

  • @noelleggett5368
    @noelleggett5368 Před rokem +5

    Thank you for a brilliant concise and entertaining post. I noticed you didn’t mention any IQ test or even a basic arithmetic test for UK MPs or even PMs. But based on the last few years, it seems obvious that there is none.

    • @arfived4
      @arfived4 Před rokem

      It would be quite tricky to put a restriction on who can be PM, as the monarch (in theory) has an absolute free choice on who they appoint to the role.

    • @noelleggett5368
      @noelleggett5368 Před rokem

      @@arfived4 Hmmm…. Can we compare contemporary PMs with George III or Henry VI… or Edward VIII? Perhaps Lady Jane Grey?

    • @noelleggett5368
      @noelleggett5368 Před rokem

      @@arfived4 Sometimes I wish that were true. Here in Australia, we’ve occasionally been forced to notice that our state governors and Governor-General actually have more power than the monarch (or even the US President) because the conventions that limit a viceroy’s ability to act alone (without the Executive Council) can be (and have been) simply ignored.

  • @sadmimikyu8807
    @sadmimikyu8807 Před rokem +1

    I love this video! The animations are really cool. Thank you for making it!

  • @alexl.1643
    @alexl.1643 Před rokem

    Great to see that you’re uploading again!

  • @kareemellebany3559
    @kareemellebany3559 Před rokem +27

    Wow, I didn’t think this video would be this catchy to me because I know how it works.
    But the really small parts such as the prime minister recommending his successor to the monarch are quite fascinating.

    • @roberthudson1959
      @roberthudson1959 Před rokem +5

      Sometimes the PM's duties can be rather awkward. At the end of his first term in office, Winston Churchill had to decide whether he would be inducted into the Order of the Garter. He declined with the immortal phrase, "How can I possibly accept the Garter when the people have just given me the boot?!" Awarding membership in the Garter became a strictly royal preogative soon after.

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před 9 měsíci

      @@roberthudson1959 That is quite a comedic way to refuse the Garter! Now, I know how that became a royal prerogative. Thanks for the information!

  • @engimoore2374
    @engimoore2374 Před rokem +11

    Bloody Yank here - thank you for all the London trivia as well as this overview of the government we abandoned (for our own sh!t show...)

  • @GrumpyVideoGames
    @GrumpyVideoGames Před rokem +1

    Great stuff!

  • @SubjectiveFunny
    @SubjectiveFunny Před 3 měsíci

    This is exactly what needed, thank you.

  • @Jeathetius
    @Jeathetius Před rokem +7

    I found this interesting. In Canada, it’s fairly common for the party leader to not be an MP when they become party leader. Often they then make one of their MPs in a safe seat resign so they can run there and win to join the House of Commons. I don’t believe such a non-sitting leader has ever become Prime Minister, but it’s very common for opposition parties, who will recruit new leaders from other parts of public life outside the House of Commons (perhaps local politicians, business leaders, etc.) after they lose an election.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 Před 9 měsíci

      That's what the Earl of Home did in 1963, when he became Prime Minister. He renounced his peerage, became Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and stood for election to the House of Commons, while already PM.

    • @mikeg2306
      @mikeg2306 Před 9 měsíci

      Renouncing a peerage to run for MP is pretty hard-core! What if he lost?

  • @darta1094
    @darta1094 Před rokem +3

    Oh, my. One should be really crazy about this position to go through all this "prerequisites". God bless 🇬🇧.

  • @helenr4300
    @helenr4300 Před 9 měsíci

    Brilliant summary. And I love the animation

  • @BearFierce
    @BearFierce Před rokem +1

    Great video! love your content!

  • @pizzagroom6221
    @pizzagroom6221 Před rokem +9

    wait so as a British Columbian (Canada) I can run for the British Parliament? no wounder we kept the name!

    • @captainjoshuagleiberman2778
      @captainjoshuagleiberman2778 Před rokem +6

      Andrew Bonar-Law, born in New Brunswick, PM of Great Britain from 1922 to 1923. First PM to be born outside the UK.

  • @LikeTheProphet
    @LikeTheProphet Před rokem +6

    “I run India now”
    “Nvm”
    💀

  • @ItsZakW
    @ItsZakW Před rokem +1

    Has anyone mentioned that your videos give off the same educational vibe as PhilosophyTube, same sorta method of speaking, awareness and depth of research, i love it XD

  • @dans6046
    @dans6046 Před rokem +1

    YES!!! I've recently discovered your content and have watched everything - I was actually going through a post-binge depression with nothing to watch. To top that off, I was a bit worried that you might have stopped long form content to focus on shorts, which would have been very sad but understandable.
    I'm rambling, but I just want to say your content is incredible and you should keep it up!

  • @testshietchannel
    @testshietchannel Před rokem +8

    Speaking of Nolan principles... How did Johnson to be PM, then? 🤔

    • @Poliss95
      @Poliss95 Před rokem +3

      She said you have to agree with them, not follow them. 😉

    • @testshietchannel
      @testshietchannel Před rokem

      @@Poliss95 makes sense 🤣

  • @geektrash180
    @geektrash180 Před 11 měsíci +4

    India's process is pretty much the same, and I wish I had this video in school so I didn't struggle through civics classes

  • @martinbaxter2616
    @martinbaxter2616 Před rokem

    Love love LOVE learning from these!

  • @jimgabrielsen
    @jimgabrielsen Před rokem

    Awesome video as always! Love the editing

  • @Edward-Hunt
    @Edward-Hunt Před rokem +4

    Thanks for the guide! I'm going to try this later. Have you considered writing a wikiHow?

    • @TruthTalkTarot
      @TruthTalkTarot Před rokem

      LOL Don't distract her from the history videos! I'd take one per day if I could.

  • @randalhorselord
    @randalhorselord Před 10 měsíci +3

    Still early in video. At what point does getting sent to Eton crop up?

  • @hosammahmoud3932
    @hosammahmoud3932 Před 15 dny

    That's a brilliant video! thank you so much

  • @fouulg1
    @fouulg1 Před rokem

    Love the graphics

  • @matthewbanta3240
    @matthewbanta3240 Před rokem +25

    I like how the UK system for Prime Minister seems complicated but is really simple -- just be leader of the party with the most seats. In the US, being President seems simple, but is actually really complicated. It involves a VERY long primary season where you are kissing babies in states that you might think would be too small to matter but really have a huge impact because reasons. It ends with votes in an "electoral college" thing that was originally put in place just to keep slavery legal.

    • @ggCA07
      @ggCA07 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The electoral college is highly flawed. It should either be abolished or all states should adopt the district based voting system like Nebraska and Maine so it’s not a “winner takes all situation” but rather a “if you get the vote in this district, you keep it no matter who got the majority in the state”

    • @camdenabair
      @camdenabair Před 9 měsíci

      What you said about the electoral college is patently false.

    • @yuki-sakurakawa
      @yuki-sakurakawa Před 9 měsíci +2

      Dennis: "who are you?"
      Pm: "I'm your prime minister."
      Dennis: "well I didn't vote for you."
      Pm: "you don't vote for pm."
      Dennis: "well, how did you become Pm then?"
      Pm: "the party, their arms raised in shimmering support (with ahem donations), along with a select special area of Britons, signifying by divine providence that I, Rishi Sunak, was to be Pm."
      Dennis: listen, strange people in secret meetings distributing corporate bribes is no basis for a system of govt. Supreme executive powers derives from the mandate of the masses, not from some farcical party ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme power just because you threw some money at party executives. If I went around saying saying I was supreme minister just because I threw money at someone, they'd put me away."
      Pm: "be quiet!"
      Dennis: "come see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
      Pm: "bloody peasant!"
      RIP Dennis

    • @paradoxmo
      @paradoxmo Před 9 měsíci

      @@ggCA07. There is a movement to abolish it called the NPVIC, which seeks to pass laws that say electors should be registered for the winner of the popular vote. It kicks in when enough states have passed it to have a majority in the electoral college. The currently participating states account for 205 electoral votes, and 270 are needed to have a majority. So it may actually happen within a decade or two.

  • @Poliss95
    @Poliss95 Před rokem +5

    Wait a minute. How on earth did the Nolan Sisters get a say in how the Tories chose their leader?

  • @vickiewallace415
    @vickiewallace415 Před rokem

    Thank you so so much for ALL of your content!!!!

  • @truefairytale164
    @truefairytale164 Před rokem +1

    We need more of these full length videos please

  • @dakarimane395
    @dakarimane395 Před rokem +5

    When you read out the Nolan principles, which is the first I've heard of them, i nearly choked on my tea.
    How do the tories have any mps at all under their own rules?

  • @yorktown99
    @yorktown99 Před rokem +4

    The story I read is that, back in the 1770s, when the American colonies were breaking away, discontent against the government's policies grew so strong that the House of Commons passed a special resolution, appealing to King George III that they had, "No confidence" in Lord North and others in the Cabinet. The King had been highly supportive of the North Government, but grudgingly accepted their resignations. It set a precedent that has lasted ever since.

  • @jaconbran2367
    @jaconbran2367 Před 27 dny +1

    Loved the animations ❤ especially the toad

  • @jaojao1768
    @jaojao1768 Před 8 měsíci

    Very enjoyable and informative! I really like the animal caricatures

  • @albertgreene313
    @albertgreene313 Před rokem +4

    Wait... The U.K. does not have a formal constitution? That's wild. If it comes up as a subject of interest for you, I'd love to know more about the history of labor, as in unions, strikes, organization etc.

    • @Poliss95
      @Poliss95 Před rokem

      Thank goodness we don't have a written constitution.

    • @thysonsacclaim
      @thysonsacclaim Před rokem

      @@Poliss95 Well except you do in principle.

    • @Poliss95
      @Poliss95 Před rokem

      @@thysonsacclaim Nothing is binding. The unwritten constitution can be 'rewritten' to keep up with the times. We're not stuck in 1791 unlike a certain country I could mention.

    • @albertgreene313
      @albertgreene313 Před rokem

      @@Poliss95 you can say The US. It is more interesting to me as an idea, as legal and civic convention for the last 90 odd years has been founding the nation state in a constitutional document. That the UK, being The UK, site of several foundational documents of statecraft does not have one surprises me.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před rokem

      @@albertgreene313 The United States is a federation while the United Kingdom is a devolved government within a unitary state.
      Furthermore, the UK has Parliamentary Sovereignty which holds that the legislative is supreme over the executive and judicial branches. Parliament can change or repeal Acts which make up the uncodified constitution. The judicial branch does not have the power to strike down any primary legislation passed by the legislative branch.
      The United States, however, has Separation of Powers where the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are co-equal and the Constitution is supreme. The judicial branch has the power to strike down laws passed by the legislative branch that it rules is unconstitutional. The three separate branches alone cannot amend the U.S. Constitution. Amendments can only be made by two-thirds majority vote of both chambers of Congress plus ratification by three-fourths (38) of the state legislatures.

  • @IndigoIndustrial
    @IndigoIndustrial Před rokem +14

    Step 1: Be born into wealth.
    Step 2: Get educated at Eton.
    Step 3: Do PPE at Oxbridge (preferably Oxford - 2:1 ratio).
    Step 4: Do something silly so that party officials have some dirt on you (e.g. something involving a pig).
    Step 5: Do some busy work at a job that was organised by friends of your parents.
    Step 6: Become an MP.
    Step 7: Party officials that have dirt on you will ease your passage through the ranks so that they and their backers can siphon off funds from the public purse, because they own you.
    Once PM you can a) crash the economy (Truss), b) sleep-walk into Brexit (Cameron), c) everything wrong (Johnson) or d) be left holding a bucket of sh!t (Sunak).
    With any luck, this will be the last Conservative government in UK history.

    • @OneMartinAmongMany
      @OneMartinAmongMany Před rokem +2

      Plus the monarchy and lack of constitution is kind of a yikes. Really should get rid.

    • @legateelizabeth
      @legateelizabeth Před rokem +1

      Considering they’ve been in charge for a majority of the last 300 years, I… doubt they’re going to go away before the nation itself does.

  • @whitelotus222
    @whitelotus222 Před rokem

    Awww just an Australian over here that has recently started seeing your content on my CZcams feed. Just watching “London 2000 years of history” on Brit Box and there you are 😮👏😃

  • @dlseller
    @dlseller Před 11 měsíci +1

    I can't describe how much I love all the animal illustrations.

  • @spindlecitysister
    @spindlecitysister Před 9 měsíci +4

    The president isn’t directly elected in the US either. We have the electoral college. And while US rules are considerably less baroque, let’s face it, our systems were instituted by propertied classes to ensure that “those who own the country ought to govern it.” (John Jay, American statesman)

  • @NikkiDoesStufff
    @NikkiDoesStufff Před rokem +3

    I’m American but from what I’ve heard the best way to win is be a Tory. People say they seem to win a lot 💁‍♀️

  • @gerbil_horde
    @gerbil_horde Před rokem

    Good to see you back on the choob Jay ❤

  • @nataliatheweirdo
    @nataliatheweirdo Před rokem

    ok, but i found your channel and binged all ur videos and was so upset there wasn’t anymore to watch so im so glad ur back :)))