actually England is its own country just because it is part of a kingdom it doesn't make it obsolete, that's why on my birth certificate and the birth certificates of 90 million others it sais nationality : English
UK aid to argentina = £450 million over 12 years, Argentina has untold reserves of their own, UK citizens face cut back after cut back across the board and our government havent finished.
why is the UK giving so much financial aid to Argentina who are so against UK interests?
If like me you are sickened by this news, you would be glad to know the UK government website has an e-petition.
google: Overseas Aid Assessment
Do your bit, spread this message, this cannot be allowed to continue.
@TheLordSVS, yes the UK is not a country...but which country always had and will always have complete power of the UK, england! if all these countries became independent, englands power will quickly fall.
people always say britain is scottland wales northern ireland blah blah blah, but come on, britain is england, there are no high powered scotts or irish in parliment, just english. up the ra!
@G2Smods So why is there more Scots in the British SF (special forces) than any other place in Britain....?....And England wouldn't last 2 seconds without the UK and like wise for Scotland,Wales,N.ireland.
obama IS A FAILURE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! He didn't install a national health service at all. ISn't that why the Americans elected him? hmm, interesting.
Let's restore the commonwealth and have Canada and Australia and the UK - free immigration and free trade. Bring the states onboard and set up a NHS for them, although influence over each of our countries remains within those countries and no sovereignty is compromised. I'd like to see tucker from texas down the pub,rather than a random pole.
@CrazyIrishDrunk1 But the Irish Republic is now under the rule of Brussels and its new German and French owners due to its massive debt to Europe and the IMF. Eire denounced its claim to the North after signing the GFA back in 1998 so has no intrest in the country not could Eire possibly sustain the North in any shape or form. I doubt if anyone with any sense would want to take a massive step backwards and want to be under the control of a bankrupt European state.
@pidgeblev Technically incorrect, anyone in the U.K can obtain an Irish pasport if they have an Irish parent, people in Northern Ireland can soley use an Irish pasport but can also hold a British and Irish passport at the same time for the same country.
@850ovlov Technically correct. I wasn't saying anything with regards to passports, apart from the fact what mines says on it! And considering i'm from Northern Ireland i'm aware of this info, cheers ;)
@850ovlov ...thats not to say i agree with the NI dual citizenship status. Whether you agree or not a Northern Irish person is a British citizen and in my opinion shouldn't be entitled to a passport of a foreign land.
Eventhough he got it completely wrong, he wasnt that far off!.
Confused!?
Let me help, he wwas completely wrong to refer to Great Britain as England (esp when the PM happened to be a Scott); but was is really that far off from being correct?
For me, it doesnt matter what anyone says i'll let my experience conclude. The result: England has absolute control of the Union.
Obama could be forgiven. Others cannot. As a scot I am sick to the back teeth of England, England, England. Anglo-American relations. It's not Anglo say British or UK! Without Scotland the UK would not exist. The UK is a union between Scotland and England. Wales is not a full member and neither is Northern Ireland. If Scotland leaves then the UK ceases to be. I am a republican but calling Liz "Queen of England" is wrong as well. Obama should read the CIA world factbook. Scotland is in there!
here it is on a plate , The taffs , Scots and Irish are getting their knickers in a twist because they wasn't mentioned lol yes these four country's do make up the union i can see your point , But any other given time your banging on about independence and how England oppresses you even though you are own governed unlike England !
@SuperMasterGeorge and David Cameron, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, George Osbourne, Nick Clegg and just about every other politician you can name aren't full of shit...?
You are all dumb, England is a nation, but when you put the nations of the empire together it forms the commonwealth and the United Kingdom of Great Britain, go to extra History and Geography lessons.
@Elitepoosniff It's a constituent nation. The problem people have with this is that he interchanges England with Great Britain, which are two completely different things, and what he should have said was the United Kingdom.
"Thing about Britain is that the Irish hate the English, the Welsh hate the English, the Scots hate the english and the English hate everybody else... including most of the English!" ;) Quote From comedian Andy Parsons
@DuncanDis0rderly actually, tit great britain is the countr ywhich makes up england,scotland and whales. northern island is a seperate kingdom in which together we form the united kingdom.
@Legitimatemuffins Actually GB is not the country. Great Britain is purely a geographical term. It refers to the island. UK is the country. Learn facts please.
@DuncanDis0rderly read some history, and study some modern laws. great britain is a country. it may not be a sovereign state (thats the uk) but it is a country. also the demonym for the uk is british/briton. so seriously be quiet.
@TheLordSVS The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state. It's head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, she has sovereignty over all parts of the UK which are fully integrated as one kingdom ('United' Kingdom). Parliament acts on her behalf in administering governance of the UK, and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in turn govern on behalf of Parliament (they are not sovereign and can be dissolved at any time). The UK is a country.
@TheLordSVS No, it's a country. I'll be more specific; the UK is a unitary state, a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. It has a central government, one economy, one currency, one military, one citizenship. It has one head of state, the Queen, and she has sovereignty over all of the United Kingdom. This is far more than a mere political union; political unions do not have sovereignty. By the legal definition, the UK is a sovereign state and therefore a country/nation.
@111q222p333m444z No, it's a political union. The UK, GB or whatever is not a country. However, England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are countries.
@TheLordSVS England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are termed 'constituent countries' in British constitutional law, meaning they are components of the union. Their constitutional status is less than a federal state in the US for example, as their constitution gives states limited powers that cannot be revoked while constituent countries in the UK are totally subordinate to Parliament. They are not countries by the legal definition, a country must have sovereignty and England does not.
@111q222p333m444z England is a country in English law, Scotland is a country in Scottish Law, Wales is a country in Welsh Law and N.I is a country in N.I Law. The Westminster parliament has VERY little say in Scotland. All they have control over is defence and some tax laws. Scotland has always had their own laws. British Law has Zero influence in Scotland.
@TheLordSVS Your talking about judicial laws, these are not the same thing as sovereignty. Westminster has ultimate authority over Scotland, the Scottish Parliament is a devolved administration with devolved powers; these powers can be transfered back to Westminster if parliament demands it (this happened to NI a few years ago). The devolved assemblies exist due to legislation passed in Westminster, the UK is a Unitary State and by all legal definitions a country, hence it has a seat at the UN.
@111q222p333m444z Scotland is a country, England is a country, Wales is a country and N.I is a country. UK is not a country, GB is not a country, the EU is not a country. Regards
@TheLordSVS Sure. Just like the sky is green because i say so. The UK has one government, one military, one currency, one economy, one head of state, one citizenship, one national territory, one seat at the UN. Why is a flight from Heathrow to Glasgow a domestic flight and not international? Why do Welsh people vote for representation in Parliament? Why does the UK (not England) send troops to Afghanistan? England is a constituent country, it is NOT an independent sovereign state. The UK is.
@TheLordSVS Are you speaking on a matter of opinion, or do you truly think that in terms of constitutional law and international recognition the UK is not a sovereign state? I don't see how anyone could possibly think that. I don't mean to offend you but it's like someone claiming repeatedly without reason that 2+2=3. Do you know what a sovereign state is or what sovereignty means? Again i don't mean to offend, i'm just unsure as to whether your argument is born of personal opinion or ignorance.
@TheLordSVS But you've presented none to prove your claim. I studied Government and Politics at A-Level, and the first year unit was British constitutional law. That course gave me a pretty clear picture of the constitutional status of the UK and it's constituent parts. The UK is a unitary state, that means a country with a supreme central government which delegates devolved powers to administrative divisions. If the UK isn't a country why is Scotland having a referendum on independence from it?
@TheLordSVS I passed so they can't have done too bad a job. The UK is a unitary state, just like France or Spain, and for all legal purposes is considered a country. England and Scotland ceased to be separate nations after the Act of Union 1707 that united their parliaments. Wales was subjugated by England centuries before and Ireland joined with the Act of Union 1800, with the southern 26 counties leaving in 1922. They are constituent countries with devolved assemblies, not sovereign countries.
@TheLordSVS In any case thanks for the compliment, I don't like to argue but i know this subject very well and the day i agree that the UK in it's present shape is not by the legal definition a country and sovereign state is the day astronomers the world over will agree that the Earth is not a planet.
@TheLordSVS some others are answering intelligently against my comment. they're wrong but ive never seen a comment so wrong. the eu and great britain are no where near the same. please leave and never come back.
@Legitimatemuffins Don't be stupid, a country is a sovereign state. Great Britain is a geographical term. It refers to the ISLAND that composes England, Scotland and Wales...it may once have been a country, back when it was the Kingdom of GB, but that's a long time ago. Anyone from the UK is known as British, the UK is refered to as Britain, but it is not a FUCKING country!!!! Explain how Great Britain is a country!?
@DuncanDis0rderly learn the difference between country and sovereign state. also united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. so go fuck yourself.
In fairness to the man, he was IN ENGLAND! Had he said this in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, then yeah, it would have gone down seriously badly!
Its a shame that he called the uk england as wales and scotland are always forgotten about outside of the uk and that is unfair gordon should have stepped in at the end of this speach and mentioned 'i believe you meant the uk not england' but it must be really scary to recorrect a us president (sarcasm)
But it looks like he had no idea that he was going to make a speach so congradulation on making something up god knows what george bush would have done stood their in silence i suspect?
It's just not Americans who make this mistake, most Europeans seem to mistake England for Britain and Britain for England. However, seeing the people of the most powerful country in the world electing a leader that cannot grasp the simple concept of a union is disturbing to say the least.
It really gets to me that a President, a man of power does not have people to advise of the country that he is visiting. He as said the English Embassy when the Britsh embassy was raided in Iran. He call the Queen the Queen of England. He stated how he enjoyed talks with "President Cameron". I know that perhaps in the US we are all English but we all have our own identity. I am english, we have welsh,scottish,Irish. Please show us some respect we have stood with you in many of wars.
Fuck you, Obama. I hope Romney kicks sixty shades of shit out of you. You're a failed president and the US is better off without you!... and everyone knows your election had nothing to do with talent or ideas. It was about your skin.
@iLikeEvreyThing Only if they have a severely flawed education. You might as well say "when people say Europe they are talking about Poland... End of." First, end of what? Second, Britain is an island containing 4 countries. To presume that Britain is a country is, well, stupidity to be honest.
@KidRiviera Britain contains 3 countries Scotland.England,Wales. To make one country called Britain.The united kingdom contains Britain and N.ireland....and when people are talking about Europe they tend to talk about a continent....And end of this conversation.
@iLikeEvreyThing Britain is the UK (it may also be used to describe all of the British Isles, however, this is not popular with the ROI), Great Britain is the island of Scotland, England and Wales.
@iLikeEvreyThing But the Northern Irish, Scottish, and Welsh feel left out. That's not fair on them? When I say California I don't mean the United States.
@simonking195 no it isn't. England is a country. Wales is a country. Scotland is a country. Northern Ireland is a country. Together they are the United Kingdom.
France is a country. Spain is a country, etc. while together we are European. Same principle, and funnily enough there is a governing body of Europe. That doesn't mean there aren't nations underneath that.
I can see it might be hard for Americans to see though..
@1alexharker The European Commission isn't really a 'governing body' for eurozone countries as those E.U. nations govern themselves, independently, making their own domestic decisions. The E.U. is merely a powerful trading market with its own currency.
think about what he's saying , and how nice he is , and your going and correcting him uk not england? maybe he actually meant to say england and he was full aware of the difference, hes the president of a countrey
PS he didnt mean any of that in this vid, can tell
England is a nation :S It is part of a group of nations called the United Kingdom. Great Britain doesn't include Northern Ireland, which is ruled by the same government as England, Scotland, and Wales. Just because we share a government, doesn't mean we're the same nation. I agree that Mr Obama was wrong, because he should have referred to Great Britain, but England isn't 'part of a nation', it IS 'a nation unto itself'. Same as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
@1alexharker no england and scotland rule wales and N.ireland wales wasnt signed into the union only england and scotland as at the time england owned wales so wales isnt really a country but england and scotland are ass its a union which can split at any time
@1alexharker Hate to quibble, but strictly Mr.O should have referred to the United Kingdom, ie. the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB being the island which contains England Scotland and Wales. As Mr. O was in England when he was speaking CQblogger is being churlish to suggest that it was a gaffe referring in particular to England.
Northern Ireland a nation??!! Ooh, dodgy question. If nationhood were a simple question for them there would have been no Troubles
arseholes you rember england and great britain but not scotland, wales and northern ireland ur ignorance is why scotland feels it should become independant
@ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk "you rember england and great britain but not scotland, wales and northern ireland" <---- Great Britain includes Scotland and Wales...
I am an American and I honestly don't give a fuck whether it's "England" or "Britain" or "UK" or "The British Empire" it's all exactly the same thing. And I know so because if you look up maps of all these places on Google they all show the same place!
@ThroughRock - you may not "give a fuck" but you are still wrong. It is like me saying "North America is all the same place why should I give a fuck that there is Canada and the USA if I look it up on google it is the same place." Now if I said that would you think I sounded like an idiot? Yes? Well you just made the same mistake with Great Britain. As they are all different place and all different place on a map with different countries.
Ditto Mitt Rommney. He will do Jack Shit for the American worker. - Not because he does not want to, but because he is not a leader. Tax paymeants, lay them out on the line, if not get out of the race.
And Gingrich v Obama, then I think Obama is going to win. But this will not be a victory out of sheer happiness, but instead, out of dreaded compliance.
I always hate my country being called "England". It's called the UK. England is just the main area; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all part of us. Calling the UK "England" is like calling the US "California-Texas-New York land".
Doesnt matter what he says about how chummy we all are...if Argentina invaded the Falklands, the Seppos would sell us out without even thinking about it
@TheARMAProductions It's a bit of a shame that Obama seems to dislike the UK so much. It's kind of obvious he does even if he has tried to hide it. He hasn't done a fantastic job so I'm pretty sure my Government has noticed. But my point is that it is going to take a bit more than someone that thinks he was an oppressed Kenyan and Irishman (and hates us for it, no matter how stupid that is) to piss off the UK to the point we can't forget this ever happened.
@MrTJMishRat Great Britain was the Kingdom covering the isle of Britain between 1707-1801 when the the Kingdom of England annexed the Kingdom of Scotland into England to for the new United Kingdom of Great Britain with the Act of Union 1707. In 1801, following an unsuccessful rebellion by the Welsh an Irish, Great Britain annexed Ireland into the kingdom to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK was made up of GB and Ireland. After Ireland won their war of
@MrTJMishRat independence in 1921, the UK discussed a peace treaty which stated Ireland was too be divided into two states, one in the north and one in the south. The UK got the northern state and The Irish were entitled to the southern state and form their own kingdom (with the king of the UK as the king of New Ireland). The Irish, not happy with this soon fell into civil war (divide and rule on the British part). The British loyalists won, keeping the north to form Northern Ireland.
@MrTJMishRat So, The United Kingdom became a dual state with two parliaments. Great Britain was one state with her Parliament in London and Northern Ireland with her parliament in Belfast. The Irish free state in the south became a republic in 1949. So the UK was made up of 2 states between 1921-1999, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, their were further changes to the constitution in 1997, which divided GB up into 3 states. The Government of Wales Act 1997 and the Government of
@MrTJMishRat Scotland Act 1997. Both Acts came into effect in 1999, which created a Welsh and Scottish state within Great Britain and the UK. This resulted in the UK becoming a constitutionally awkward state, with some parts having there own sub-states (Wales and Scotland) and other parts with still no legal power (England and Cornwall). This is called devolution which gave rise to the West Lothian Question. The constitution is now a mess and their are only three solutions. 1, Reverse devolution
@MrTJMishRat ,thus taking away Scotland and Wales' parliaments (London still has the legal right to do this, but it would probably lead to anarchy now, esp. in Scotland). 2, Create Devolved parliaments for England and Cornwall and turn the UK into a federal state (this is no longer an option because England would dominate a federal state. 3, Independence all round, starting with Scotland. Once we all have independence, we can start again as equal nations forming new alliances and unions.
@MrTJMishRat ,thus taking away Scotland and Wales' parliaments (London still has the legal right to do this, but it would probably lead to anarchy now, esp. in Scotland). 2, Create Devolved parliaments for England and Cornwall and turn the UK into a federal state (this is no longer an option because England would dominate a federal state. 3, Independence all round, starting with Scotland. Once we all have independence, we can start again as equal nations forming new alliances and unions.
Unlikely. In terms of international relations and diplomacy we work as one whole sovereign state- the United Kingdom. England has no foreign policy and only happens to be the largest constituent nation. It would be the equivalent of a British politician praising California as a substitute term for the US, which of course it isnt. I know there is no malice intended but 9 million Britons are not English. I also acknowledge we are partly to blame for promoting Anglo-Centrism.
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 There was a time, not too long ago, when 'England' was happily synonymous with 'United Kingdom'.
This whole fuss only really started with the rise of Scottish and Welsh, though particularly Scottish, nationalists - who don't seem to want a United Kingdom anyway.
@9thgate - I'm 43 and there has never been a time in my life that England was synonymous with United Kingdom. Maybe if you grew up in some middle class English household in the home counties it was in over dinner at your house but not with anyone else in Great Britain.
"I like England because ummmm ummm ummm" Thanks Obama.
thehandsy 1 day ago
Trollolloll Uk
SuperLamarrio64DS 2 days ago
actually England is its own country just because it is part of a kingdom it doesn't make it obsolete, that's why on my birth certificate and the birth certificates of 90 million others it sais nationality : English
lordmatty50 3 days ago
This has been flagged as spam show
UK aid to argentina = £450 million over 12 years, Argentina has untold reserves of their own, UK citizens face cut back after cut back across the board and our government havent finished.
why is the UK giving so much financial aid to Argentina who are so against UK interests?
If like me you are sickened by this news, you would be glad to know the UK government website has an e-petition.
google: Overseas Aid Assessment
Do your bit, spread this message, this cannot be allowed to continue.
ashyk72 3 days ago
Obama fail.
Tlevids 1 week ago
@TheLordSVS, yes the UK is not a country...but which country always had and will always have complete power of the UK, england! if all these countries became independent, englands power will quickly fall.
G2Smods 1 week ago
people always say britain is scottland wales northern ireland blah blah blah, but come on, britain is england, there are no high powered scotts or irish in parliment, just english. up the ra!
G2Smods 1 week ago
@G2Smods So why is there more Scots in the British SF (special forces) than any other place in Britain....?....And England wouldn't last 2 seconds without the UK and like wise for Scotland,Wales,N.ireland.
ranbrent 1 day ago
obama IS A FAILURE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! He didn't install a national health service at all. ISn't that why the Americans elected him? hmm, interesting.
Let's restore the commonwealth and have Canada and Australia and the UK - free immigration and free trade. Bring the states onboard and set up a NHS for them, although influence over each of our countries remains within those countries and no sovereignty is compromised. I'd like to see tucker from texas down the pub,rather than a random pole.
FakePlasticShrimp 1 week ago
Tbh, that speech was crap. It's like when your ina test an no absolutely nothing so you speel shit for 5 minutes :/
letmeusethisnamenow 1 week ago
The sooner Northern Ireland rejoins with the rest of Ireland under the rule of the Irish Republic then the happier i'll be :)
CrazyIrishDrunk1 2 weeks ago
@CrazyIrishDrunk1 Northern Ireland will always be British, thankfully :-)
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
@CrazyIrishDrunk1 But the Irish Republic is now under the rule of Brussels and its new German and French owners due to its massive debt to Europe and the IMF. Eire denounced its claim to the North after signing the GFA back in 1998 so has no intrest in the country not could Eire possibly sustain the North in any shape or form. I doubt if anyone with any sense would want to take a massive step backwards and want to be under the control of a bankrupt European state.
850ovlov 1 week ago
all i heard was "you suck you suck, our wall street banks destroyed your economy, who's this guy, where's blair"
NichoTBE 2 weeks ago
Comment removed
Myurbanphilosophy 2 weeks ago
What a tit - it ain't that hard really.
UK - Eng, Scot, NI, Wales.
GB - Eng, Scot, Wales.
British Isles - Eng, Scot, Wales, Ireland, NI.
British citizen - English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish people are all British.
READ CAREFULLY - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (British Passport)
pidgeblev 2 weeks ago 7
@pidgeblev the "British Isles" also includes Ireland :) but they like to deny it so its w.e ;p
simpleasLiam 1 week ago
@simpleasLiam I did say Ireland! I don't get you.
pidgeblev 1 week ago
@pidgeblev well said
Belfast92Boy 1 week ago
@pidgeblev Technically incorrect, anyone in the U.K can obtain an Irish pasport if they have an Irish parent, people in Northern Ireland can soley use an Irish pasport but can also hold a British and Irish passport at the same time for the same country.
850ovlov 1 week ago
@850ovlov Technically correct. I wasn't saying anything with regards to passports, apart from the fact what mines says on it! And considering i'm from Northern Ireland i'm aware of this info, cheers ;)
pidgeblev 1 week ago
@850ovlov ...thats not to say i agree with the NI dual citizenship status. Whether you agree or not a Northern Irish person is a British citizen and in my opinion shouldn't be entitled to a passport of a foreign land.
pidgeblev 1 week ago
Eventhough he got it completely wrong, he wasnt that far off!.
Confused!?
Let me help, he wwas completely wrong to refer to Great Britain as England (esp when the PM happened to be a Scott); but was is really that far off from being correct?
For me, it doesnt matter what anyone says i'll let my experience conclude. The result: England has absolute control of the Union.
Any questions?
adeamujale 2 weeks ago
You might like the people of Britain Obama, BUT WE FUCKING HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
belboyfan 2 weeks ago
Obama could be forgiven. Others cannot. As a scot I am sick to the back teeth of England, England, England. Anglo-American relations. It's not Anglo say British or UK! Without Scotland the UK would not exist. The UK is a union between Scotland and England. Wales is not a full member and neither is Northern Ireland. If Scotland leaves then the UK ceases to be. I am a republican but calling Liz "Queen of England" is wrong as well. Obama should read the CIA world factbook. Scotland is in there!
densaner77 2 weeks ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I hope the Scots know they will have to take full responsibility for Northern Ireland.
MrRobertJameson 2 weeks ago
stupid yank are you related to george bush?
BritishandProud1801 2 weeks ago
here it is on a plate , The taffs , Scots and Irish are getting their knickers in a twist because they wasn't mentioned lol yes these four country's do make up the union i can see your point , But any other given time your banging on about independence and how England oppresses you even though you are own governed unlike England !
cambershots 3 weeks ago
@cambershots What the fuck are you babbling about, you moron. Read what you wrote back once in a while. It'll frazzle your brain.
bullettoothburrows 2 weeks ago
lol americans dont know about, england wales scotland and ireland they just call it england its quite funny I think lol
TheTurtlemayhem 3 weeks ago
How embarrassing.. Gordon Brown is Scottish
slothgoonies 3 weeks ago
THERE IS SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN IRELAND, damn i hate obama.
TheRainbowGoats 3 weeks ago
Imagine how the Canadians feel when we constantly confuse them for Americans...
AdhocHoopla 3 weeks ago
In all fairness too the guy, it's not uncommon for Great Britain to just be referred to as England, and I don't see a problem with it.
I mean yeah it's inaccurate, but we all know what he meant.
666danielclark666 3 weeks ago
Not the best public speaker.
Flamehawk1 3 weeks ago
yet another 'intelligent' American :-/
Paul2012er 3 weeks ago
...to a Scot as well
lostmyshoes80 3 weeks ago
How many times did he say "uhh" in that video?
SeanyForbes 3 weeks ago
splendid fellow!
axelfalk1 3 weeks ago
Obama is so full of shit
SuperMasterGeorge 3 weeks ago
@SuperMasterGeorge and David Cameron, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, George Osbourne, Nick Clegg and just about every other politician you can name aren't full of shit...?
beeniefide 3 weeks ago
gggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr.........
TheGibster 3 weeks ago
To be fair soon it might well just be England Scotland ect
Kopite4life12 4 weeks ago
Perhaps he was referring specifically to England when he talks of 'a sense of familiarity...'
SeanMcCarthy13 4 weeks ago
Oh for fucks sake, it all means the same thing, Britain UK England
Premod 4 weeks ago
@Premod ..no it really doesn't.
PhantomBolt 4 weeks ago
@Premod No it doesn't you pleb
cymruadam 4 weeks ago
@Premod Go to GCPGrey for the terminology explanation.
fdmarminy 4 weeks ago
@Premod **WARNING** Retard Alert!!!!!!
xEngland4Lifex 4 weeks ago
@Premod No, no it doesn't.
bullettoothburrows 3 weeks ago
Yeah sure you love the British. We are not allowed to work in the USA. No green cards for us!!
mesmerizeme 4 weeks ago
You are all dumb, England is a nation, but when you put the nations of the empire together it forms the commonwealth and the United Kingdom of Great Britain, go to extra History and Geography lessons.
Elitepoosniff 1 month ago
@Elitepoosniff It's a constituent nation. The problem people have with this is that he interchanges England with Great Britain, which are two completely different things, and what he should have said was the United Kingdom.
nickyp28 4 weeks ago
"Thing about Britain is that the Irish hate the English, the Welsh hate the English, the Scots hate the english and the English hate everybody else... including most of the English!" ;) Quote From comedian Andy Parsons
mattwho81 1 month ago
The Irish, Scots and Welsh won't be happy they will not always be. I think I made less sense than Obama, as usual.
DrIndigoLe3rd 1 month ago
We know there will always be an England. We don't need you to tell us that mate.
TheBeastBonzo 1 month ago
Great Britain was always known as England back in the day. thank you stephen fry of QI ;)
TheDansteed 1 month ago
England is a nation. Fools.
BackFromNowere 1 month ago
yet another yank cant find the difference between Great Britain and England...when will they learn!
stubertos 1 month ago 35
@stubertos Did you know that the country is called UNITED KINGDOM, not Great Britain. So before you criticise others take a look at yourself, tit.
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
@DuncanDis0rderly actually, tit great britain is the countr ywhich makes up england,scotland and whales. northern island is a seperate kingdom in which together we form the united kingdom.
Legitimatemuffins 2 weeks ago
@Legitimatemuffins Actually GB is not the country. Great Britain is purely a geographical term. It refers to the island. UK is the country. Learn facts please.
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
@DuncanDis0rderly read some history, and study some modern laws. great britain is a country. it may not be a sovereign state (thats the uk) but it is a country. also the demonym for the uk is british/briton. so seriously be quiet.
Legitimatemuffins 2 weeks ago
@Legitimatemuffins GB, UK and whatever else is not a country. It's a union much like the EU.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state. It's head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, she has sovereignty over all parts of the UK which are fully integrated as one kingdom ('United' Kingdom). Parliament acts on her behalf in administering governance of the UK, and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in turn govern on behalf of Parliament (they are not sovereign and can be dissolved at any time). The UK is a country.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z The UK is NOT a country. It's a political union. Nothing more.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS No, it's a country. I'll be more specific; the UK is a unitary state, a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. It has a central government, one economy, one currency, one military, one citizenship. It has one head of state, the Queen, and she has sovereignty over all of the United Kingdom. This is far more than a mere political union; political unions do not have sovereignty. By the legal definition, the UK is a sovereign state and therefore a country/nation.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago 12
@111q222p333m444z No, it's a political union. The UK, GB or whatever is not a country. However, England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are countries.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are termed 'constituent countries' in British constitutional law, meaning they are components of the union. Their constitutional status is less than a federal state in the US for example, as their constitution gives states limited powers that cannot be revoked while constituent countries in the UK are totally subordinate to Parliament. They are not countries by the legal definition, a country must have sovereignty and England does not.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z England is a country in English law, Scotland is a country in Scottish Law, Wales is a country in Welsh Law and N.I is a country in N.I Law. The Westminster parliament has VERY little say in Scotland. All they have control over is defence and some tax laws. Scotland has always had their own laws. British Law has Zero influence in Scotland.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS Your talking about judicial laws, these are not the same thing as sovereignty. Westminster has ultimate authority over Scotland, the Scottish Parliament is a devolved administration with devolved powers; these powers can be transfered back to Westminster if parliament demands it (this happened to NI a few years ago). The devolved assemblies exist due to legislation passed in Westminster, the UK is a Unitary State and by all legal definitions a country, hence it has a seat at the UN.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z Scotland is a country, England is a country, Wales is a country and N.I is a country. UK is not a country, GB is not a country, the EU is not a country. Regards
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS Sure. Just like the sky is green because i say so. The UK has one government, one military, one currency, one economy, one head of state, one citizenship, one national territory, one seat at the UN. Why is a flight from Heathrow to Glasgow a domestic flight and not international? Why do Welsh people vote for representation in Parliament? Why does the UK (not England) send troops to Afghanistan? England is a constituent country, it is NOT an independent sovereign state. The UK is.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z England is a country, Scotland is a country, Wales is a country and N.I is a country. The UK IS NOT a country. That is all.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS Are you speaking on a matter of opinion, or do you truly think that in terms of constitutional law and international recognition the UK is not a sovereign state? I don't see how anyone could possibly think that. I don't mean to offend you but it's like someone claiming repeatedly without reason that 2+2=3. Do you know what a sovereign state is or what sovereignty means? Again i don't mean to offend, i'm just unsure as to whether your argument is born of personal opinion or ignorance.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z No dear, it's based on facts and laws. The British Law is foreign, has no say in Scotland.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS But you've presented none to prove your claim. I studied Government and Politics at A-Level, and the first year unit was British constitutional law. That course gave me a pretty clear picture of the constitutional status of the UK and it's constituent parts. The UK is a unitary state, that means a country with a supreme central government which delegates devolved powers to administrative divisions. If the UK isn't a country why is Scotland having a referendum on independence from it?
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z Yeah, they didn't teach you too well! One must admit, you seem very intelligent but you're wrong on this one.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS I passed so they can't have done too bad a job. The UK is a unitary state, just like France or Spain, and for all legal purposes is considered a country. England and Scotland ceased to be separate nations after the Act of Union 1707 that united their parliaments. Wales was subjugated by England centuries before and Ireland joined with the Act of Union 1800, with the southern 26 counties leaving in 1922. They are constituent countries with devolved assemblies, not sovereign countries.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z Yeah, I do wonder who marked your work. I stand by my comments.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS In any case thanks for the compliment, I don't like to argue but i know this subject very well and the day i agree that the UK in it's present shape is not by the legal definition a country and sovereign state is the day astronomers the world over will agree that the Earth is not a planet.
111q222p333m444z 2 weeks ago
@111q222p333m444z Thanks dear.
TheLordSVS 2 weeks ago
@TheLordSVS some others are answering intelligently against my comment. they're wrong but ive never seen a comment so wrong. the eu and great britain are no where near the same. please leave and never come back.
Legitimatemuffins 2 weeks ago
@Legitimatemuffins Don't be stupid, a country is a sovereign state. Great Britain is a geographical term. It refers to the ISLAND that composes England, Scotland and Wales...it may once have been a country, back when it was the Kingdom of GB, but that's a long time ago. Anyone from the UK is known as British, the UK is refered to as Britain, but it is not a FUCKING country!!!! Explain how Great Britain is a country!?
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
@DuncanDis0rderly learn the difference between country and sovereign state. also united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. so go fuck yourself.
Legitimatemuffins 2 weeks ago
@Legitimatemuffins You fucking tit, a country is a sovereign fucking state. Point out one other "country" that isn't a sovereign state you imbecile.
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@Legitimatemuffins You fucking tit, a country is a sovereign fucking state. Point out one other "country" that isn't a sovereign state you imbecile.
DuncanDis0rderly 2 weeks ago
Comment removed
stubertos 1 month ago
fucking rediculous people think the uk is england, fuck the english im welsh!
TheKombatKitten 1 month ago
@TheKombatKitten not englands fault the americans are retarded lol dont hate us for it lol
ash3344 1 month ago
@TheKombatKitten Why are you saying fuck the english? Its not our fault our supposed ally is ignorant.
LiquidReason 1 month ago
In fairness to the man, he was IN ENGLAND! Had he said this in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, then yeah, it would have gone down seriously badly!
ronaldinhollew 1 month ago 14
@ronaldinhollew He did say it to a Scot... That may count for something.
thunderstickme 1 month ago
@ronaldinhollew Yes but he was in England due to relations with GREAT BRITAIN
JohnCasey1967 2 weeks ago
Gordon Brown is Scottish, not the leader of England.
Karradaguy 1 month ago
Its a shame that he called the uk england as wales and scotland are always forgotten about outside of the uk and that is unfair gordon should have stepped in at the end of this speach and mentioned 'i believe you meant the uk not england' but it must be really scary to recorrect a us president (sarcasm)
But it looks like he had no idea that he was going to make a speach so congradulation on making something up god knows what george bush would have done stood their in silence i suspect?
xXDanielJamesSimsXx 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Using Rap & Poetry, I fought back against family racism towards my mixed race daughter. Crown court then banned that rap & poetry.
First ever British Rap-Poet to be given a "5 year Rap & Poetry ban"
(2009-2014) Official Court Papers Video on my channel.
#FamilyRacism #Censorship #Injustice
Please Support my fight against Racism, censorship & Crown Court Injustice by subscribing & following me on twitter @donhonki
Thanks
New video "The Reason Crown Court Censored My Poetry & Rap Lyrics"
TheBannedPoet 1 month ago
like all americans
RedRebel6666 1 month ago
clearly knows nothing about the UK or GB or England
RedRebel6666 1 month ago
Is it just me or could anyone else see his nose getting longer with every word ?
drage1862 1 month ago
That's correct Obama. You and your jew masters owe us more than the world will ever know.
fondoogle 1 month ago
i heard bagheads talk faster, with more reasoning and with a clearer more beliveble voice... even when theve just scored some shite lol
dannystar01 1 month ago
it is fair to say he was referring to the culture, which is essentially and English culture and language which dominates the British isles.
TheScienceofnature 1 month ago
It's just not Americans who make this mistake, most Europeans seem to mistake England for Britain and Britain for England. However, seeing the people of the most powerful country in the world electing a leader that cannot grasp the simple concept of a union is disturbing to say the least.
Kkardemumma 1 month ago
The beautiful and cultural Scotland should declaim its final liberation from the decadent english pirates.
massimo8 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@massimo8 I think the native peoples of South America should proclaim final liberation from the Spanish pirates who tried to exterminate them.
Back to Spain my Argentine friends.
theredraven 1 month ago
wales officialy became a nation last week, formerly being a principality and i believe that Northen Ireland is a province not a nation.
Bhhsboy1 1 month ago
It really gets to me that a President, a man of power does not have people to advise of the country that he is visiting. He as said the English Embassy when the Britsh embassy was raided in Iran. He call the Queen the Queen of England. He stated how he enjoyed talks with "President Cameron". I know that perhaps in the US we are all English but we all have our own identity. I am english, we have welsh,scottish,Irish. Please show us some respect we have stood with you in many of wars.
TheWhiterose1603 1 month ago
Fuck you, Obama. I hope Romney kicks sixty shades of shit out of you. You're a failed president and the US is better off without you!... and everyone knows your election had nothing to do with talent or ideas. It was about your skin.
22ndWave 1 month ago
england
small but mighty
TheNafe91 1 month ago
everyone needs to calm down does it really matter
TheOrionStar 1 month ago
England is a separate country, retard. We may be part of the UK, but we are not one nation at all.
xBrutalBenx 1 month ago
@UKPOLICEVIDEOS I entirely agree, what he says is wrong. But the caption under the video states that England is not a nation.
1alexharker 1 month ago
I think he was struggling to think of anything to be honest ahahah.
Nicholasclark1993 1 month ago 21
@Nicholasclark1993 He did a better job than what George W. Bush could've done...
XxStJimmmmyxX 4 weeks ago
When people say England they are talking about Britain.....End of.
iLikeEvreyThing 1 month ago
@iLikeEvreyThing erm, no, that's just erroneous. See 1alexharker's comment above.
WelshWidgetman2010 1 month ago
@WelshWidgetman2010 erm, yes, if it wasn't for Scotland Wales N.ireland....England would be a lot less popular.....A lot.
iLikeEvreyThing 1 month ago
@iLikeEvreyThing bitch please it just cant be like that
XxCYRAXANDERMACxX 1 month ago
@iLikeEvreyThing Only if they have a severely flawed education. You might as well say "when people say Europe they are talking about Poland... End of." First, end of what? Second, Britain is an island containing 4 countries. To presume that Britain is a country is, well, stupidity to be honest.
KidRiviera 1 month ago
@KidRiviera Britain contains 3 countries Scotland.England,Wales. To make one country called Britain.The united kingdom contains Britain and N.ireland....and when people are talking about Europe they tend to talk about a continent....And end of this conversation.
iLikeEvreyThing 1 month ago
@iLikeEvreyThing Britain is the UK (it may also be used to describe all of the British Isles, however, this is not popular with the ROI), Great Britain is the island of Scotland, England and Wales.
Kkardemumma 1 month ago
@Kkardemumma I know.......
iLikeEvreyThing 1 month ago
@iLikeEvreyThing But the Northern Irish, Scottish, and Welsh feel left out. That's not fair on them? When I say California I don't mean the United States.
erelpc 1 month ago
@simonking195 no it isn't. England is a country. Wales is a country. Scotland is a country. Northern Ireland is a country. Together they are the United Kingdom.
France is a country. Spain is a country, etc. while together we are European. Same principle, and funnily enough there is a governing body of Europe. That doesn't mean there aren't nations underneath that.
I can see it might be hard for Americans to see though..
1alexharker 1 month ago
@1alexharker The European Commission isn't really a 'governing body' for eurozone countries as those E.U. nations govern themselves, independently, making their own domestic decisions. The E.U. is merely a powerful trading market with its own currency.
WelshWidgetman2010 1 month ago
Love it. English and proud!
romahome297 1 month ago
think about what he's saying , and how nice he is , and your going and correcting him uk not england? maybe he actually meant to say england and he was full aware of the difference, hes the president of a countrey
PS he didnt mean any of that in this vid, can tell
j0rdyb0y62 1 month ago
England is a nation :S It is part of a group of nations called the United Kingdom. Great Britain doesn't include Northern Ireland, which is ruled by the same government as England, Scotland, and Wales. Just because we share a government, doesn't mean we're the same nation. I agree that Mr Obama was wrong, because he should have referred to Great Britain, but England isn't 'part of a nation', it IS 'a nation unto itself'. Same as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
1alexharker 1 month ago 29
@1alexharker yes but that is the same as saying the united states isnt a nation, because its built up of united states...
simonking195 1 month ago
@1alexharker But the relationship is with United Kingdom, not just England.
UKPOLICEVIDEOS 1 month ago
@1alexharker yup, you're absolutely right
WelshWidgetman2010 1 month ago
@1alexharker no england and scotland rule wales and N.ireland wales wasnt signed into the union only england and scotland as at the time england owned wales so wales isnt really a country but england and scotland are ass its a union which can split at any time
TheGunner1324 1 month ago
@1alexharker Hate to quibble, but strictly Mr.O should have referred to the United Kingdom, ie. the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB being the island which contains England Scotland and Wales. As Mr. O was in England when he was speaking CQblogger is being churlish to suggest that it was a gaffe referring in particular to England.
Northern Ireland a nation??!! Ooh, dodgy question. If nationhood were a simple question for them there would have been no Troubles
Muvandfarve 4 weeks ago
arseholes you rember england and great britain but not scotland, wales and northern ireland ur ignorance is why scotland feels it should become independant
ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk 1 month ago
@ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk "you rember england and great britain but not scotland, wales and northern ireland" <---- Great Britain includes Scotland and Wales...
YanxaW 1 month ago
@YanxaW no shit but they never refer to just wales or just scotland and northern ireland might as well be on pluto
ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk 1 month ago
God bless Obama!
TheAfroThunder1 1 month ago
I am an American and I honestly don't give a fuck whether it's "England" or "Britain" or "UK" or "The British Empire" it's all exactly the same thing. And I know so because if you look up maps of all these places on Google they all show the same place!
ThroughRock 1 month ago
@ThroughRock Ignorance is your country's downfall.
Georgieboiable 1 month ago 2
@ThroughRock No they are not all the same place you fucking spastic
eviilhomerr 1 month ago
@ThroughRock - you may not "give a fuck" but you are still wrong. It is like me saying "North America is all the same place why should I give a fuck that there is Canada and the USA if I look it up on google it is the same place." Now if I said that would you think I sounded like an idiot? Yes? Well you just made the same mistake with Great Britain. As they are all different place and all different place on a map with different countries.
WillShakespeare2007 1 month ago
@MrSmackdown100 shut up you ignorant dick head
N9acimasiz 1 month ago
Americans Are stupid to trust this guy.
Ditto Mitt Rommney. He will do Jack Shit for the American worker. - Not because he does not want to, but because he is not a leader. Tax paymeants, lay them out on the line, if not get out of the race.
And Gingrich v Obama, then I think Obama is going to win. But this will not be a victory out of sheer happiness, but instead, out of dreaded compliance.
cosmictimes 1 month ago
fukn hell man its the uk NOT fukn england american arseholes fukn read a book
TheMrmysteryguest1 1 month ago
I always hate my country being called "England". It's called the UK. England is just the main area; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all part of us. Calling the UK "England" is like calling the US "California-Texas-New York land".
ToxicTurquoise454 1 month ago
Doesnt matter what he says about how chummy we all are...if Argentina invaded the Falklands, the Seppos would sell us out without even thinking about it
phillNWUK 1 month ago
@TheARMAProductions It's a bit of a shame that Obama seems to dislike the UK so much. It's kind of obvious he does even if he has tried to hide it. He hasn't done a fantastic job so I'm pretty sure my Government has noticed. But my point is that it is going to take a bit more than someone that thinks he was an oppressed Kenyan and Irishman (and hates us for it, no matter how stupid that is) to piss off the UK to the point we can't forget this ever happened.
honwavet40 1 month ago
Two faced bullshiter, he said the same thing about France!!!!
SuperXDCX 1 month ago
lol now americans a losing the freedom of free speach an there still saying good about there cotries LOL
CoolKillerClan 1 month ago
Obama is the most anti-British (meaning English) president there has ever been...
Basterfields 1 month ago
I dont think he knows what he is talkin bout, i heard lots of erm ums, err? Sheesh dude -.-
BeautyChic152 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Brown should have said, "I love Texas too. Texas is a great country and England and Texas have always had a special relationship."
converter7 1 month ago 3
Comment removed
converter7 1 month ago
PRESIDENT OBAMA; I RESPECT YOU AS A LEADER, BUT ITS THE UNITED KINGDOM NOT 'ENGLAND!!!'
Why cant Americans grasp that!!!
Im sure Brown, as a Scot wasnt impressed
WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 1 month ago 46
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 dude
i live and study here in england for 3 years, my english is as good as my mother tongue(s)
but i still don't get what the hell is great britain and what the united kingdom
MrTJMishRat 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat Great Britain was the Kingdom covering the isle of Britain between 1707-1801 when the the Kingdom of England annexed the Kingdom of Scotland into England to for the new United Kingdom of Great Britain with the Act of Union 1707. In 1801, following an unsuccessful rebellion by the Welsh an Irish, Great Britain annexed Ireland into the kingdom to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK was made up of GB and Ireland. After Ireland won their war of
converter7 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat independence in 1921, the UK discussed a peace treaty which stated Ireland was too be divided into two states, one in the north and one in the south. The UK got the northern state and The Irish were entitled to the southern state and form their own kingdom (with the king of the UK as the king of New Ireland). The Irish, not happy with this soon fell into civil war (divide and rule on the British part). The British loyalists won, keeping the north to form Northern Ireland.
converter7 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat So, The United Kingdom became a dual state with two parliaments. Great Britain was one state with her Parliament in London and Northern Ireland with her parliament in Belfast. The Irish free state in the south became a republic in 1949. So the UK was made up of 2 states between 1921-1999, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, their were further changes to the constitution in 1997, which divided GB up into 3 states. The Government of Wales Act 1997 and the Government of
converter7 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat Scotland Act 1997. Both Acts came into effect in 1999, which created a Welsh and Scottish state within Great Britain and the UK. This resulted in the UK becoming a constitutionally awkward state, with some parts having there own sub-states (Wales and Scotland) and other parts with still no legal power (England and Cornwall). This is called devolution which gave rise to the West Lothian Question. The constitution is now a mess and their are only three solutions. 1, Reverse devolution
converter7 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat ,thus taking away Scotland and Wales' parliaments (London still has the legal right to do this, but it would probably lead to anarchy now, esp. in Scotland). 2, Create Devolved parliaments for England and Cornwall and turn the UK into a federal state (this is no longer an option because England would dominate a federal state. 3, Independence all round, starting with Scotland. Once we all have independence, we can start again as equal nations forming new alliances and unions.
converter7 1 month ago
@MrTJMishRat ,thus taking away Scotland and Wales' parliaments (London still has the legal right to do this, but it would probably lead to anarchy now, esp. in Scotland). 2, Create Devolved parliaments for England and Cornwall and turn the UK into a federal state (this is no longer an option because England would dominate a federal state. 3, Independence all round, starting with Scotland. Once we all have independence, we can start again as equal nations forming new alliances and unions.
converter7 1 month ago
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 Ever thought that they're not actually talking about the United kingdom and are actually talking about England...
RIVALVIDZ 1 month ago
@RIVALVIDZ
Unlikely. In terms of international relations and diplomacy we work as one whole sovereign state- the United Kingdom. England has no foreign policy and only happens to be the largest constituent nation. It would be the equivalent of a British politician praising California as a substitute term for the US, which of course it isnt. I know there is no malice intended but 9 million Britons are not English. I also acknowledge we are partly to blame for promoting Anglo-Centrism.
WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 1 month ago
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 My point still remains...
RIVALVIDZ 1 month ago
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 There was a time, not too long ago, when 'England' was happily synonymous with 'United Kingdom'.
This whole fuss only really started with the rise of Scottish and Welsh, though particularly Scottish, nationalists - who don't seem to want a United Kingdom anyway.
I just find it all quite funny.
9thgate 1 month ago
@9thgate - I'm 43 and there has never been a time in my life that England was synonymous with United Kingdom. Maybe if you grew up in some middle class English household in the home counties it was in over dinner at your house but not with anyone else in Great Britain.
WillShakespeare2007 1 month ago
@WillShakespeare2007 Clearly you don't watch QI.
watch?v=2O5rCjTa6v4
9thgate 1 month ago