The British Empire - Empire Day

[HiawathaMohawk]

I miss that all white Britian, that was Britian. What you call Britian today is Britian in name only. Enoch Powell was right. If Britian is ever to rise again the non-whites must be removed from Britian and Europe overall by any means possible.

[zagat44]

Haha your rotten empire collapsed and you are nothing but a rotten, decrepit island now!

[HaiLsKuNkY]

@zagat44 Britain has been and will be round allot longer than america. your country is out of control you have so much debt its unbelievable and all the time your paying interest to china :'( no wonder that their economy is booming the usa is paying for it.

[SamhainBe]

We're bringing it back - Happy Empire Day from across the Pond!

[MrZadokthePriest]

Monday nearest to 24 May is still observed in Canada, not as Empire Day, but as Victoria Day.

Canucks use the weekend to open their cottages or put in their gardens.

Canada's motto is "A Mari usque ad Mare", "from sea to sea", c/o of the 72nd Psalm, "He (a righteous monarch) shall have dominion from sea to sea & from the river to the ends of the earth." Think "Thames", it was a mantra for Empire.

Sadly gone is this wider vision.

God save the Queen & heaven bless, the Maple Leaf forever!

[JusticeRW]

God I miss the Empire- the world has never ever been better than when the British ruled it.

[Britainsloyalist]

EVERYONE GET READY FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY!!!!!....MARCH THE 14TH 2011!!!!!!!

[columnsx]

@Britainsloyalist pfff.... I'm celebrating EMPIRE DAY

[columnsx]

@Britainsloyalist Just realised it was yesterday...

[Britainsloyalist]

@columnsx Empire day is 24th May!!! whooo

[HaiLsKuNkY]

in 2007 we didn't even celebrate Britain's union it was 400 years that England Scotland and Wales created the United Kingdom of Great Britain. so sad

[324wilson]

@HaiLsKuNkY I think that was because of the state of our economy but main celebrations are coming. This year's Royal Wedding and on much larger scale, in 2012, The Queen's diamond jubilee and the olympics.

[columnsx]

Whats the piece at the very start called?

[Aaron1912]

It's called: Wait for the wagon

[columnsx]

@Aaron1912 Thanks

[microsoft57]

Damn, I so much love the British Empire. I am British to the core. We have spread the English language throughout the globe. Spread the English spirit throughout the world. The British people are the best people in the world.

[UKOGBN]

@microsoft57 what aspect of the empire do you love the most?

[columnsx]

@UKOGBN The national pride and confidence in ourselves. No this sniveling pathetic existence we lead today, as a nation.

[UKOGBN]

@columnsx Glory to the King Emperor?

[columnsx]

@UKOGBN YES!

[sonnymarge2]

its sad that we British dont celebrate Empire day anymore I mean we might aswell celebrate one of the biggest achievements for Britain. Thumbs up if you agree.

[Rentonboyo]

It's quite sad how the UN has become a talking shop for tyrants and dictators of all shapes and sizes. Some are Red, some are not, most of them cruel, and torturous. What is this dictatorship? This is a dictatorship for your mind. The British Empire was a glorious pinnacle of human accomplishment, and many of the buildings from that era stand the test of time. We owe the British something, but this is a dawning age of enlightenment, love, and peace. Bliss for the uninitiated. Fear is your enemy

[flosssock]

On the map at the end you can see current territories go green, but they are still British...

[flosssock]

Why can't we celebrate Commonwealth Day this way? Why can't we celcebrate it at all, or teach it in schools?

[Falwren]

@flosssock

Wait, so you don't celebrate Empire day in Britain anymore? In my hometown in British Columbia, Canada, they still celebrate Empire Day with a parade (albeit not as huge as back in the 20's).

[flosssock]

@Falwren Well I've never seen or heard of any celebrations. It's a shame, our government whipes away all asociacions to Empire, just to please the UN decolonisation department. I hope to visit Canada some day, it seems more patriotic in general than this country. Ofcourse not every ignores/has forgotton the Empire, its just not often brought to mind.

[Dar1066]

We need a new flag, I say use the red flag with a white dragon, the true image of a great nation. Englisc forever.

[VigisKane]

VOTE BNP to put the ''Great'' back into Great Britain

[WolfytheWolf5667]

There could be no crime with this power. Fear is the only way to control the masses, as Hitler failed to see using pathetic Propaganda. I can't believe Germans tried to rule the world, and present day, they are DEFENDING a SS Officer. K.Faber!!

That is just sad, that they want the Nazi's back.

[akropiss]

@WolfytheWolf5667 right, well that leads to states like Iraq under Saddam, and North Korea. Canada has a good approach on crime.

[broadleygreen]

We would still have our Empire if we hadn´t ganged up with the French in 1914, created Poland and then gone to war over a border dispute in 1939 thus giving the world to American trash and Stalin

[HazMatMedia]

...and that's all there is, there isn't anymore.

[fyvieo]

Thank you for posting. What a really wonderful piece of history.

[ZARIYL]

EMpire was better than the EU. It was a more civilised time.

[LordWellington15]

EPIC! Wish I would have been there!

[douggydoug2008]

condidoportinari, thts 'land of hope and glory'

[condidoportinari]

Which is the song that Loyd George plays at 1:38?

[condidoportinari]

Oh, OK it's "land of hope and glory", I've found it out.

[324wilson]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!

[tsythtrhyresfd]

nothing can stop the british empire it will come back when the time is right

[cavaliergaze]

Can't we just do that again? I find it strange when people say it's unBritish to wave flags, when that's exactly all we did at our zenith.

BIg celebrations full of flags, symbols and national uniforms and costumes saying "This is us. This is who we were, this is who we are." For our young to buy into and feel a part of, and for the rest of us to embrace our tribal British identity and pride. The world still exists as states and nations, why hide from it?

[TheBritishWatcher]

totally agree, bloody liberalism although sadly even the conservatives do not think a British day or flag waving is needed. I think we have a separatist crisis in this country and we need to do all we can to combat it and restore pride in the country

Its ashame Brown didnt follow through on his British day. Theres a Canada Day an Australia day, i dont see why there cant be  british one

[cavaliergaze]

It can indeed be called a crisis, it simply requires some leadership from Parliament and particularly the Government, in education and culture. These things are rarely fixed bottom up.

It is shame that the main choice for this leadership is from Red Labout (New Labour) or Blue Labour (Conservatives).

However, UKIP is building a policy portfolio that is valid and astute. I'd recommend a good look over their policies for anyone whose leaninings are more akin to centre-right than centre-left.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Agreed, and its good to see that the tories will do something to try and improve teaching of British history in schools which may help a bit but they need to do far more

On UKIP, i disagree with their core policy of withdrawing from the EU, although i like many of the reforms they push for within it. I think the EU is good for Britain and i think if we withdrew it would play right into the hands of the separatists

The SNP would be able to argue Scotlands better off independent in EU than in UK

[mightywindmill102]

I'm not sure the EU is good for Britain to be honest. The City of London, responsible for quite a large proportion of our national income is going to be restrained ever more tightly as the EU deepens its power. That's not to say we shouldn't work with Europe, of course we should. It's just we should not surrender our sovereignty which we fought long and hard over.

[TheBritishWatcher]

We need to be careful to ensure the city does not get weakened by restrictions, although tighter controls are needed and would have to happen even if we were not in the EU.

We do remain a sovereign state. The UK parliament can withdraw us from the EU at any point if we need to, it can ignore or fail to implement certain directives or threaten to withdraw unless we get certain opt outs.

Leaving would create more problems than it would solve

[mightywindmill102]

Where does sovereignty lie? It is increasingly not with the Westminster Parliament in London. In fact going on from my last comment, I read today with horror that a protectionist Frenchman is now in charge of regulating the banks and financial sectors in the EU. We need to act right now for the good of Britain. What would we lose by leaving the EU? Look at Norway. It is not influenced by any EU directives yet enjoys free trade with Europe. Why can't we do this?

[TheBritishWatcher]

Norway complies with alot of EU legislation despite not being in the EU. It pays money to the EU in order to gain access to the single market. Norway allows EU citizens to live and work in Norway in the same way as Polish workers can come here, so it wouldnt solve that issue. Norway despite not being a member of the EU is part of the schengen zone which is open borders. You can cross into Switzerland and Norway without passports from the EU.. yet we are in the EU and maintain border controls

[mightywindmill102]

But there is no legislation binding Nprway to comply with these regulations. For one reason or another, they have chosen to do these things. In Britain, whether we like it or not, we HAVE to keep the borders open or whatever directive the EU impose. I would disagree about the border controls, they are in fact quite loose. All you need to do is flash your passport briefly and they let you pass. We may have border controls, but only in name.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Atleast people must flash their passport, people going into norway from EU countries do not need to flash their passport because they are part of schengen.

[mightywindmill102]

It's just a bit of a show isn't it? They don't even look at it half the time. Incidentally, they DO look at passports in Norway. I went there in the summer of 2008 and I had to show my passport to someone behind a booth.

[TheBritishWatcher]

The United Kingdom is not part of the schengen zone. Its more about land borders, which is one of the reasons why it doesnt make sense for us and Ireland to join it. So whilst we remain in the EU we are able to opt out of these sorts of things like Britain opts out of the euro rightly.

[mightywindmill102]

But surely it would be easier for us to leave the EU so we would not even have to bother going through all the hassle of option out of things? Our national sovereignty is being eroded in the sense that the EU is meddling in our domestic affairs when it really has no right to. The EU is also an undemocratic organisation (I don't recall anybody voting for any President) and thus is not accountable to anything which the public might find unfavourable.

[TheBritishWatcher]

withdrawl would have big implications for this country and it would even put the United Kingdom at risk. Tomorow the separatists in Scotland will launch a white paper on independence from the UK at the moment they will fail but if we left the EU things may be rather different.

in the last euro election 70% of the vote in scotland went to pro eu parties (SNP,Labour, Lib dem and Green). Yet in England just over 50% went to eurosceptic parties (Conservatives, UKIP and BNP).

[TheBritishWatcher]

If the UK withdrew from the EU it would be because of England. The separatists would then argue that Scotland is better off in the forward looking EU which has a much stronger position on the world stage than the UK does these days.

Leaving the EU would seriously change things for supporters and a party like the liberal democrats in Scotland who are very pro europe.

As for the EU president, it was selected by the democratic governments of the EU countries.

[pubkhran]

@TheBritishWatcher

shmoookie wookie booh hooo wooo. you're mean, big headed and arrogant

[TheBritishWatcher]

Thank you, i try my best.

[pubkhran]

@TheBritishWatcher

rest? rank you? huh?shmoogooboogaybrit

[TheBritishWatcher]

Sovereignty lies with westminster. The UK parliament has supreme sovereignty over the United Kingdom. ABle to withdraw us from the EU at any point if need be and ignore EU directives or policies.

Lets not forget its the British government that implements EU directives, its not the EU itself. There is a saftey net, although i agree no more powers should be transfered and a referendum should be held before ay future transfer is made.

[suryavajra]

yeah cavalier, you are right. You should have parades, and fire works and so-on. We are all proud of our individual identities....

[jonpy55]

@cavaliergaze We need to take back our identity from the politically correct multitudes of civil servants who feel the identity, culture, heritage and traditions of a once proud indigenous population (us) is of no importance and should be repressed just it case someone, somewhere, is offended by it.

[WolfytheWolf5667]

@cavaliergaze

Because apparently it offends Muslims.

Anything you do in Britain offends them, so really they need to be moved out of Britain for Britain to rebuild.

Otherwise we will be Islamic. and I don't want to see my mother stoned in the street, thank you very much.

[TitanicExpert]

My father watched this with tears in his eyes.

[Tenmen93]

The British Empire will come back, :D x

[BritGBM]

BRING IT BACK! A day for Britain that is.

[TheBritishWatcher]

I quite agree.

ALthough some progress has been made, this year will see the first year of a British Armed Forces Day on the 27th of June 2009. A day for the whole United Kingdom to unite behind our Armed Forces.

[bigboyarnie69]

(wipes single tear of pride from eye) sniff!!

[charlieealincolniv]

RULE BRITANNIA

[kikddabottle]

The sun's set on the British empire...

[MegaBrits]

As the world slips into a future Hell, fair play, community spirit, decency and shared common wish will re-emerge and a kind of new British Empire will exist again.

WW2 Germany (minus Hitler + his madness) almost became a second British empire - Great shame.

We should follow the culture of the nation we cling to, not live in an orchestra but always and arrogantly play a different tune to the others - Thes are just freeloading selfish swines.

[Direness]

I have to point out that imperialism only celebrates the pride of the RULER, the conqueror. Empires have created much good, such as the Golden Age of Islam that brought much of our current mathematics and science into play or Rome's great laws. But empires also destroy culture/ancient languages/religions; they abuse and subjugate, spread disease and kill millions in the name of power and greed. Have a care before proclaiming that these were "the good times" and you wish you were a part of them.

[Direness]

I wonder how the native citizens of the lands the Empire took viewed Empire Day? Forget the oppression of parts of Asia, India, Africa, the Pac. Islands, and the Middle East by the French, British and Dutch and the destruction of the pride of the people they forcefully took over. Much of the anger of the Middle East and reversion to conservative Islam is rooted in anger against Imperialism. America is still an Imperialistic power - we still hold lands that aren't states and strong arm S. America

[blacksmithe1]

Im a US Citizen and i loved this. Britian should always be very proud. My family still holds its days from our british acestory.

[swirlykid229]

Glad to hear it. I am a British citizen and i think many Americans forget that the British Empire was the father of present day America

[Direness]

I think the British tend to forget that we REBELLED against that Empire's oppression. And it wasn't just Britain as the "father" of America - the Dutch, French and Spanish colonized here as well, and we still retain elements of those cultures in those regions they held. There were also great tribes that existed here before the European invasions that we stole democratic ideals from that aided the first American gov't in deciding how it would develop.

[dammo1993]

yeh you so right. evryone in amarica spaks french and indian and dutch ?

[chrisr19897]

Simply Outstanding! Wonderful Music too!

[TheBritishWatcher]

Good video

[HarborGuy]

"Naught had all's lost". The Empire is all gone....Their rule was always harsh. What great times they had tho.  WW11 changed their world......I only wish I could have been a part of it.....

[Shangas]

What's world war eleven?

[HarborGuy]

That's World War TWO for those who are too dense to know........

[Shangas]

Not with two 1s in front of it, it ain't.

[ForzaJersey]

You meant WWII....

[NihilNominis]

Glorious. Thank you for letting me escape into a world I understand, if only briefly.

[agrgurich]

Extremely well done video.  Happy St. George's Day!

[hawkmoon03111951]

What has happened to this country? We did have pride and identity. Even when I was a boy in the 50's and early 60's we had a sense of unity , belief and respect.

[wefasdf23]

Britains have lost the "Pride of their power." Today, this would be blasphemy!