Britain could soon vote to leave the European Union. John Oliver enlists a barbershop quartet to propose a smarter option.
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Finally, us Americans aren't gonna get made fun of in the comments section of a John Oliver video. It's Britain's mess this time.
If only! Never under estimate anti-Americanism.
Nah, that will make the already infuriated Euros even more jealous. I know what I'm talking about, I'm one myself. ;)
No Americans are still ignorant of fundamental facts
crapvile every one makes mistakes i mean we have a pig fucker in charge you some how fuck up more royally than England a county with royalty
+PAXperMortem jealous of what? Your ability to fuck everything up?
'They voted for Brexit specifically to keep Britain white and that vote started a 7 year chain of dominoes that has now lead directly to an Indian Prime Minister' - Trevor Noah, Daily Show
Perfect.
Don‘t forget the Scottish First Minister who is also of East Asian descent, and an anti-white racist to boot. Both of him haven‘t been elected…mmmhhh…might be THE reason they are even enjoying those posts
lovely
Same reason why the Maga (make America great again) crowd wants to build a wall specifically on the southern border of the US; to make America white again. It's disgusting!
@@lynnm6413 *South Asian. East Asia refers to Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
2021 - U.K. going to hell with shortages in fuel, food, and workers. 2016 - the scariest thing about Brexit is the name.
My cat was hit by a taxi and died. Totally brexits fault
@@karlosthejackel69 UK's immigration remains the same. Even after leaving EU. ... I blame the EU.
UK used to be the greatest empire in the world at the time . libshit policies after churchill got it to this point
Take your rose tinted glasses off and have a look at the EU pal.
@@karlosthejackel69 If that had happened in America it would be Biden's fault.
Watchin this in 2020 is so much fun: - Brittain voted for Brexit - Former London major Boris Johnson now the PM - Now it's just complete chaos - CORONA
@angrykulla GDP per capita: same source as above UK: 2018: 42987 - 2017: 42669.6 => ~0.75% 2017: 42669.6 - 2016: 42201.6 => 1.011% 2016: 42201.6 - 2015: 41765.9 => 1..01% EU: 2018: 37417 - 2017: 36757.1 => ~1.8% 2017: 36757.1 - 2016: 35935.1 => 2.29% 2016: 35935.1 - 2015: 35324.8 => 1.7% Wage growth is a bit hard to compare it seems because the value sources seem to be different. When I use that page to compare the Wage growth graph for UK and EU the EU seems to be higher since around midway 2017. I am not 100% sure of the comparability between those (different frequency so higher fluctuations for UK (=monthly instead of quarterly)) but _at least_ your assertion "since 2016 whilst the EU's has been stagnant or in decline" seems a bit strange after looking at those numbers. Care to elaborate? PS: Funny enough in your own article: "In sharp contrast to the broader economic slowdown that has taken Britain to the brink of recession,[..]"
Its was choas when the EU was letting anyone and everyone immigrate to the UK. Now the conservatives are trying to fix the mess that the dipshit liberals made.
2020 Britain sending out planes to get Hungarian immigrant workers to pick fruit
hERd iMmUnITy also
Baaaahhh.
Slovenian here. I thought we were friends, UK. We'd visit you, you'd visit us. We had a good thing. Why be like this? You've made a powerful enemy today, friend. Okay we're a country that barely holds 2 million people and is roughly shaped like a running chicken, but still!
Get fucked Mark. We didn't make enemies with the UK, maybe just you did. In fact, it'll be cheaper to visit now.
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WolfBlaz GET REKT
Meanwhile in a thread where people understand I wasn't talking about brexit, but was referring to the song at the end where UK told Slovenia we suck...
+Mark Arandjus I've been to Slovenia many times- Piranhas, Ljubljana, Bled. Beautiful country.
To put the Brexit into perspective for our American cousins, Trump supports the UK leaving the EU... Yes, it's THAT fucking stupid an idea
And Goldmansachs is funding the remain campaign
Well that's just your opinion man.
More dumb people using Trump's name to call things bad. What does that mean. If I recall any of Trump's statements in relation to Brexit it was because he simply wanted Britain to not deal with immigration and possess their own autonomy.
EU law is superior to british law. The EU is not a democracy it doesnt in away resemble or show the will of the people. NONE of the politicians that run the EU are elected officials. No one even knows who the fuck most of them are yet they have superior power over the English people. A vote to stay in the EU is a vote to demolish democracy and british sovereignty. EU started as a free trade deal now it is taking control over ever aspect of Europe. The EU is trying to take away the independence of nations #VoteBrexit
And big Barry supports EU along with criminal Clinton I know who's side I would be on, Donalds every day, I make exceptions as he is a complete tit. I suppose you don't know about the dirty dealings of the EU and Clinton in the Ukraine?
The year 2128. The British Prime Minister comes to Brussels as every year and asks for an extension of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum deadline. No one remembers where this strange custom originated, but it attracts many tourists to the city
I guess not
bruh, many people(those who study and likes history) knows what happened 100 years prior.
looks like an oppertunity for a new tradition was lost yesterday
@@DerZocker2000000 Yes, UK has lost another source of income
If only...
I'm so impressed by the kid at the end that didn't start laughing in that song.
He probably got it all out of his system through MANY rehearsals.
I’m so impressed by his voice!
The UKIP stance on immigration sounds a hell of a lot like Drumpf's.
Thats not the policy, it's Kick out the brown people
***** Because thats insane? Unecoonimical? Liable to start a civil war? Pick one
UKIP's policy isn't "kick out the brown people." They want immigration reform, and the only way to actually reform their immigration policy is to leave the EU.
Oh no, they are just working up to kicking out the brown people. That's Item 2 on the Agenda.
***** UKIP's policy idea is a little different I think. The UK does not have as big of an illegal immigration problem as the US. I also agree with going back to a pre-1965 immigration policy.
Brexiteers in these comments: "You cherry picked examples, you should have talked about immigration and nothing else!"
He didn't talk about anything. He didn't mention democracy, immigration. He just brought ukip incidents from 2014, like WTF? Dude is a moron.
+Jason Jackman He had 15 minutes to explain it to an audience who knew nothing about the issue. I think he covered the bases
Because what else is there to say? The advantages of staying in the EU are manifold and obvious; the only riposte is from a bunch of racists dressing up their vacuous arguments with some meaningful-sounding words about policy that are actually totally erroneous. Only buffoons and the xenophobic slackjaws who follow them want Brexit. I think the only shock is that the UK are waking up to how many of those they have.
+Jason Jackman Actually, he *did* talk about immigration and how leaving the EU won't change the number of immigrants coming into the UK *at all*, but I think it's fine that you decided not to watch the video before commenting. I mean, I can't imagine what a burden it must be on your daily life to walk around with your eyes shut, your fingers in your ears, and your throat steadily growing sore as you scream "LALALA I'M NOT LISTENING" at the top of your lungs.
democracy eh? so, do you support the House of Lords and the Monarchy?
That kid's mom: "You cannot use those words inside the house, Timmy! Practice outside"
Watching this 3 years later is like... *oof*
And now Boris is PM
@@guytatler9769 It's worse now
You haven't seen shit!
Now it's Brexit scheduled for Jan\Feb 2020 and we have another General Election in December(!)
Yep, a further eight months on 😱
I'm from Lithuania and even I don't know where the f**k are we
How do Lithuanians feel about the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia?
Ooof dude. xD
You guys were once owned by Sweden
Wholesome 4sshole So...?
@@adamhasse8364 Sweden was once owned by danes
I don't know about Britain, but here in Sweden all students are taught about the European Union and its role in the world. Judging by the comment-section below, people were either asleep in school when the teacher was talking about the EU or you weren't taught about it all. No matter the case, I think a lot of you people need to do a little research before you jump the bandwagon, seeing as some people believe that the EU has more power over your country than you do, which is far from the truth.
I'm from England, I don't remember being taught about it at school. No one I know even really knew what the EU was a year ago. I think that is why UKIP have swept up so many supporters. It does not help there are so many working class people who are struggling to get by and believe their livelihoods are hurt by immigration. It also doesn't help that we experienced such a lot of immigration in such a short time. Towns along the south coast have had a culture shock which some ppl (racist idiots) resent.
simplekaty Thank you for your comment, it is always nice to meet understanding people who are willing to partake in a discussion. Like you said, misinformation does indeed seem to be a major problem in this whole debate.
The EU let Greece join which went bankrupt under the EU's watch.
but it was not the EU's fault that Greece went bankrupt... more down to bankers...
i was born and raised in england, and still live there. never got taught about the EU or its role in europe.
"Let's fund our NHS instead" 40000 corona deaths later...
Not to mention the UK government now begging EU NHS staff which left due to the environment in the UK after Brexit to please, please come back....
Mate you can’t really say anything if your American because over 140000 have died over there
FRESH BOI To be fair, the US has almost 5 times the population, so per capita it's not too much of a difference.
Abren I really hope for you’r sake America doesn’t have trump for another 4 years
@@abren5974 then india is doing better than USA.
When you watch John Oliver videos a few years later after they are posted ,you can see how easy it actually is to see disaster about to strike. Turkmenistan, Hungary, Brexit, Brazil, India... the list goes on.
OUCH
They foreshadow crisis By The way what happened to Turkmenistan
@@viditsinha9707 Turkmenistan has been an ongoing disaster since before the coming to power of its dictator
yup..OUCH. true though.
I am a seventeen year old who is two months too young to vote in this referendum that will effect me for the rest of my life. Please. If anyone is unsure how to vote on Thursday, please vote stay for me,
That really sucks man. I feel the same way with the election here in the US. In November I will be exactly a year away from voting. I really wish the voting age was lower.
+skysthe limitvideos So that more morons could vote
I was on the fence but ill vote to leave the EU just for you..
How about No.
If u wanted to stay then your a very special bloke
Texas should leave.
Texas has one of the highest recipant rates, along with most deep south states. Try again
***** No, it recives more. Sorry to pop your baloon sweetie. Back to the trailor park with ye
Bullshit, California is, almost half of southern deadbeat states are getting welfare money from us, blame them!
Texas receives $.94 from the fed for every dollar paid in taxes. It is the only perennial red state that has a positive balance. Georgia comes close at $1.01, but all the rest are a taking a nickel or more on the dollar. Mississippi takes over $2! Texas, like all states, receives a multitude of off the book or difficult to quantify benefits which would more than cancel out their apparent $.06 loss if they were to leave.
www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/ Texas receives close to $1.50 in benefits for each dollar they pay in federal taxes, the 20th highest rated state.
I actually watched that song in one english lesson at school. The teacher used it to encourage a discussion about the brexit x) Greetings from Germany
Germany is now my spirit animal.
@@AutisticSoyDaddy just make sure it's on a leash, it tends to get wild everytime anyone talks about *that*
Do you remember when the most terrifying thing to acknowledge about Boris Johnson was that he was a former London mayor.
Yeah, rewatching this with so much yearning
Now, that position is held by a bigger Dick
@@adityajain8535 no, he will always be a former London mayor. That's why 'former' means.
You can now add *former* prime minister.
I have to admit he broke it down simply, explaining why leaving the EU could be a serious economic mistake..
That's the reason i watch his videos, even if i don't agree; I understand.
Really? You guys form your worldview based on John Oliver's biased over-simplicfication? You should read more.
***** But they haven't understood a thing, this is all biased liberal nonsense. The EU referendum wasn't a vote on immigration policy, it was a vote on sovereignty. And suggesting it is a serious economic mistake is shortsighted... in a few years the UK will have new trade deals with the rest of the world and be in a much better financial position than they are now. Like I said, you should read more.
***** "The EU is a trade partnership, designed from the very beginning to create strong inter-country trade as a region, and to have a significant footprint on world financial markets. NO member country has lost sovereignty." HAHAHAHA You couldn't be more wrong. But if you're talking that kind of nonsense, I'm wasting my time.
+moformation Take a look at Norway. It pays for access to the European Market. It has to follow rules the EU decides for the EU market. This is the best the UK might get.
Vampires in Romania , best compliment we ever received
You always had fantastic gymnasts!
@@nickllama5296 And an interesting history and rich culture given that you were the easternmost point of the roman empire for a long time but also very isolated from them.
Cus at least vampires are considered sexy?
I also agree that Poland is depressing with all of my family coming from there, so he is fairly accurate in the song
Vlad was a cool guy and your name is decent Sorry, im Argentinian, i dont now how to complement other countrys
Boris Johnson being "a man with both the look and the economic insight of Bam Bam from the Flintstones" has to be one of - if not the - greatest punchlines John Oliver ever delivered. And it is well deserved.
Boris Johnson is a Donald Trump wannabee.
1st brexit video: hahahaha you guys, don't leave please, hahahaha 2nd one: okay, what did you do? This is a mess 3rd one: Are you crazy?! We're all going to die!!!!
Britain has exited. I'm officially moving to Romania to live with the vampires
Good riddance. Or even better, move to North Korea. I hear they are splendid this time of the year.
+Yakamaru It would be nice to move away from people like you. Besides, you seem to have a hell of a grasp on the situation considering none of it is any of your business.
Swedish pornstars for me
You're not moving anywhere you melodramatic douche.
dcanmore Which one of the carpet/drape wearers pleases you?
UKIP - The British version of the GOP led by Trump.
You're an idiot. His video on Trump and this video were total bullshit. You fail to fact check them only because they make you laugh.
You're the one named Toiletroom here. How is he the idiot?
Actually UKIP is more like the Tea Party, dumb racist motherfuckers who want to make their country "better" but just fuck it up more.
+Declan Handley-Byrne Great argument. 10/10
+ChaiwatTh Yep
as a proud european citizen i have to admit this song is very funny
Funny how when this video was first released it got tens of thousands of dislikes and hate by people claiming that John was misrepresenting Brexit and what it was actually gonna do. Now that Brexit actually happened and it's a total clusterfuck those dislikes are mostly gone.
i love how john always gets actually children to curse on stage in front of a crowd on national television without having them break up with laughter when they do it.
😂 True
.... why is everybody talking about propaganda if he is only sharing his opinion.......
You're a bafoon if you think that's how it works...
Amir Ali oh wise one, please tell me how it all works. (don't actually do it, I have no interest in yet another crazy man's rambling online)
Linda Lemoni Please refer to ''Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars'' While you're at it I'll get straight to the point and pinpoint your real enemies in this matter. ''The Learned Elders Of The Protocols of Zion'' Amazingly, I found these two from a posting-board by accident, showing the irony that the information is out there, and yet the majority of the population is oblivious.
Amir Ali i see you simply disregarded what i wrote in the brackets.. good for you i guess.. now please.. no more. stop the torture.
Linda Lemoni Then on the day of atonement, I shall grab ahold of your deeds lists and mine, by permission of God, and throw it into your face when I say: ''I told you so...'' I'm on your side; condemnation before investigation is the height of ignorance. If you wish to understand how this system works refer to the two books I introduced, and then you shall become a mastermind with regards to this present situation. Including to the future. With that out of the way, I won't reply anymore.
Lmao.😂 can you imagine being the sibling of the soloist who had likely had to practice that song around the house for weeks???? Love it!!!
I'd take the Ringo comment as a compliment. He narrated Thomas the Tank engine, married a bond girl, and is still alive without any ugly bust ups with his partners.
Invisible Man And now a Knight!
@@cremetangerine82 IKR? What's not to like? 😀
@Pink Freud He did, the 80s and 90s ones. Paddington wasn't tooooooo bad, quite rustic the way that they did it With you on Rupert though, bloody annoying - originally a cartoon in the Daily Express. Thomas knocks the socks off him.😁
@Pink Freud How DARE you?!?!?!? You better not start bad mouthing The Clangers too, otherwise we'll REALLY have a problem! 😡
@Pink Freud I don't remember Paddington much, rather the animation. Not the modern one, I haven't seen that. Noddy does my swede in!🙄 Actually Winnie the Pooh had a Soviet version that's different, but actually pretty good. Recognisable as the same thing. Ain't seen Dogtanian, but I've heard of it. Not sure why I never came across it as a kid? 🤔Maybe was it in the 80s? Because I was a 90s kid.
Is it just me..... or is UKIP the British equivalent of D. Trump and the GOP?
@11:28 John Oliver... Now you know exactly how I feel..
yeah but they are a minority here in the UK...they won only a sit in the elections last year.
they got 3.9 million votes in the last general election www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32601281
There is no equivalent to The Donald
Yeah except ukip isn't that popular
Can't wait until I'm fifty and start hearing about this revolutionary, upcoming #Brentrance vote.
#BRacktotheEU?
#Brentry
>implying the EU will still be there.
#Breturn
>implying that UK will still be here...
"Why should there be laws about how pillows are made?" Guy who wants to make asbestos pillows
That sounds like an awesome business venture, I‘ll join your startup (Don’t worry, I am most definitely not a socialist trying to destroy the free market through accelerationism).
@@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095accelerationalism is really cool. Maybe not the socialism part but the apocalypse part is really cool.
Who's watching this after Brexit III?
Who's watching this after the ACTUAL, REAL, HARD Brexit?
@@mazze00 that won't happen The Brits are already hinting at never leaving the EU
meeeeeeeeee
Dynamic Aero The complete trilogy...until the inevitable conclusion
lmao sadly John was wrong in trusting his own fellow countrymen to not fuck it up for his country XD Yeah Im also watching it after the real Brexit
This really touched a nerve with Brexit voters. Weird how they think he's suddenly wrong when it comes to an issue close to home.
His home is yankeeland, what Americans think is completely irrelevant and it should be a given that you live in the UK to have an opinion on the Brexit situation. He basically up and deserted his own country and now believes he has a right to criticise the people that vote *democratically* for change. This is fundamentally what it comes down to, respecting the democratic process whether you like it or not.
+Lux Montgomery Lol, just because he moved out of the UK doesn't mean he can't have an opinion. That's like seeing a house on fire and not calling the fire department because you don't live in it.
Yeah, he does have the right to criticize. Just because you live in another country doesn't give you the freedom to be idiotic jackasses without anyone calling you out for it. Besides, I don't see you or any other Brits restraining yourselves from commenting on OUR democratic process, so put a sock in it.
I think it's hilarious. I can just picture these morons gathering in a Facebook chat or forum planning on comments and who to + or thumbs up (depending on the chat system) with pre-written moronic statements like "Oh well he lives in the US he has no right to an opinion" "This is a democratic process, he should respect it and keep his opinion to himself because the democratic process is not about expressing your opinion!" Then upvoting each others comments and downvoting others to make it seem like they have the clear right opinion on the matter, then masturbating to how important they think their opinions are.
+Leedark3 up me bum?
I am from Romania and I met an amazing british guy in a hotel that decided to visit every single country in the EU because he feared missing this opportunity due to the stupid brexit.
someone should of let him know he can still visit once we have left
humanly man...this is what I love about You tube comment section...you get many viewpoints from half around the world. great! thank you...I am US citizen and I thought we were in a crisis!
@@jschuler53 oh, we are.
You mean Ropeopleia? Greetings from Gerpeopley.
that actually makes me really really sad...
three years later and you kinda watch how britain's setting itself on fire
Skyler Lol on the verge of a no deal oh yes brilliantly!
@@rayh7989 LOL indeed have you even WATCHED the video you are commenting on? the text on the bus WAS A LIE!! The whole referendum was not even legally binding but advisory and some are even saying criminal. EVERYTHING about brexit is bogus fueled by lies, xenophobia, idiocy and racism! The money they will need to get back into the trading will be as much (if not more) than the money they are blabbering about! I AM SERIOUSLY EMBARRASSED FOR BEING BRITISH!
That's France actually.
@@soifon7000 Wow and I thought people in Europe didn't care a out race.
KAY SAFONOV I feel like I should feel bad for laughing at Brexit news, but at the same time it’s really kind of a comedy of errors, lol.
Years from now, the boy in this video, who will have since become a man, of course, will look back at this... and be immensely proud. Kudos to his parents for having a healthy sense of humor.
And for knowing that kids know all about our "adult" language. It's more real.
As an italian, I spent the entire song at the end just waiting for an insult. I'm half surprised and disappointed there wasn't one...
same here, man. Disappointing. XD
They didn't think having ''Fuck'' Bleeped out another 10 times by those prudish cunts to the South would have been worth it. Otherwise I'm sure 'John & The LWT Team' would have made it an actual full length song! As it stands right now the muting of ''Fuck/Fucking'' really just ended up ruining it.
leda basile ikr i'm disappointed there wasnt anything bout germany in the song
They only bleeped it on KZhead. HBO never bleeps anything.
Same here, as a French, I was expecting so much more...
Don't worry, we'll be sure to send President Trump to build you a great wall Nobody builds walls better than him, believe me
let me tell you, it's going to be great, a terrific wall, and they'll pay for it, mark my words, i have the best words.
+Kavryel And I know all about this because I'm very smart, I'm very smart I tell ya.
Isn't Trump coming to Scotland this week? The Scots are very pro-EU maybr he will rebuild Hadrian's Wall if the Brexit goes through. BTW he has cancelled his trip to my homeland, Ireland, where he is trying to build a sea wall because global warming is destroying the dunes on this golf course. Yes Trump admits global warming is real.
Of course he knows about global warming, it's freezing and snowing in New York, we need global warming!
Why would they need a wall, they're a fucking island?
It's 2023. Now 63% of Brits want to "return". Bad news. They have to *reapply* . No discounts, no fast tracking.
5 years later and its still pure chaos
I haven't watch this video yet, but I'm betting he'll be in favor of staying.
Yeah, I was right
Well i mean you had a 50% chance of being right, there are only 2 sides
Just look at the butthurt in the comment section.
Yes and he gave a really weak argument for it which included factually incorrect statements.
mattbenz99 Reviews like what?
I am from Romania and I can tell you, we have plenty of vampires.
I am from Poland and I can tell you, it can get pretty depressing sometimes.
fucking noob they are just local or international
Alexa C. UK? Sunshine? *laughing self to death*
true
I am from Moldova And nobody cares
As Romanian, can confirm that vampires in Carpathian Mountains is big problem.
We’ll see you soon, Europe. 🏴💛💙💛🇪🇺
I hope so
You will never convince the people of England to sell out their country, it was done by stealth year by year without people seeing it or being told or CONSULTED EVER, if you show the EU honestly with the amount of sovereignty we would have to give up nobody would vote for it .
@@richardsalisbury496 where did I mention England? Leave a light on for Scotland, Europe.
Scotland will always be welcome 💙🏴🇳🇱🇪🇺
What I hate most is that we are currently living in the most well of times in the history of man kind. Our health care is astounding, half the girls born on this planet today have a remarkable chance of being 100 years old or older. We're rich in culture; food, art, music, film. We get to retire (thanks to EU) in different countries around this continent. YET, people amazingly find a way to bitch and whine about a "bureaucratic organisation" THAT GOT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Here's a basic economic lesson: economic growth around the world can all be traced back to one thing; specialization and globalization. Countries, Cities and Companies specialize in different fields, become more efficient in that task and export it. Now, less trade, less globalization would hammer this. Obviously. Does Brexit leavers really think UK will stand on it's own? I hope not. But they'll still have to abide to all the rules. Complete utter stupidity.
+IAM CHRIS This is fucking bullshit as well. Any company you adore, let's say Google, Microsoft, Uber, AirBnB you name it, they THRIVE on multiculturalism within their organisation. The global companies that didn't they have already failed. Countries need to expand culturally. Facts say yes, there is an initial cost of immigrants, but the long term effects are way better. Stop buying in to the retarded fears of right wing advocates.
I rest my case.
+IAM CHRIS You are obviously crazy.
Here's a basic history lesson, stupid twat. You know when the British were able to retire and not rely on their children for monetary support? 1908. Old Age Pensions Act, where, as long as you contributed for 20 years and over 70, you could get 1-5 shillings a week. 7 shillings and sixpence if married.
+Gabriel Weeks Congratulations, you got 1-5 shillings to do fucking what? buy some herrings for dinner? You couldn't even watch TV because it wasn't invented. But hey go back to 1908 you delusional moron
First Cameron, then Boris, then Farage. Funny how now the ship is sinking, the rats are quick to run away.
Or in other words, he will still be cashing in on the EU's money while doing nothing whatsoever to help sort out the mess he put his country in.
+oneeyednarn what can Farage do? He is one MEP with no real power
Farage did his part. There's no more purpose for him fool.
+lee brondum But he's paid well. Very well. And if he had no real power in the EU what the fuck was he doing there and why did he want a referendum?
Clair Duffy he was there to try to keep them in line until we left the EU
Boy this didn't age well.
Did it not? I mean the UK ended up with a cluster fuck exit...
@@slayer66694 and getting worse by the day
@@slayer66694 looks a lot healthier than the EU to me. try not being swayed by sensational headlines
Antonio Gonzalez We are out now and not going back in. The only reason things dragged out as long as it did was because we had a Parliament with a majority of Remainers who were split between telling the people to go f**k themselves, or doing the most bare minimum Brexit possible so that fundamentally, nothing changed. This was only rectified in December 2019 when many of those MP’s either retired or lost their seats. Good riddance.
@@007kingifrit deluded
Man, that kid is crazy talented, I hope all is well with him
Holy shit! I'm used to everyone praising Oliver in the comments! Holy shit he just triggered a shit ton of people!
Right? When all of his other shows are displaying America's problems they are all on board and can't believe Americans live like that and blah blah blah. One episode about Britain and it's all "fuck off racist", "he's so leftist". "everything he says is wrong and prpoganda". What a bunch of scumbags.
A lot of what he says *is* propaganda, and he doesn't usually hide it or even try to hide it. His research can be, and is, sketchy on a lot of topics outside of widely agreed upon topics. I take him for what he is: a fairly funny political *comedian* with a half-decent writing staff. Nothing more.
I am a fan, he has a large reserve of support still with me, I am discerning enough to agree or disagree. He did great with the FIFA report however this brexit stuff is woefully wayward. I will still be watching.
Yes, I don't get it. Why are they so mad and so secure in their cases when they haven't said a word about how Oliver is wrong. Most just throw insults at him and/or yourself, and leaves it at that. That's not a healthy kind of discussion. His research is sketchy? Prove it to me.
He dropped the salt on the comment section while uploading the video
It's entertaining that so many people care so much about John Oliver thinks, so they come back to the video and leave comments as if they've beaten him or something.
u mad?
DirtyMouseBalls What makes you say that?
You came back and pretty much did the same lol.
MrTScout It's entertaining.
I know, right? Get rekt you person that I keep only seeing on my computer screen, you can suck it! It's kind of... adorable, when you think about it.
Having that kid sing that song at the end is comedy gold. 😂
As a Lithuanian I'm kinda surprised they finally mentioned us somewhere
Do Russians have to go through you, to get to Kaliningrad?
I love ya John, but I have to respectfully disagree. You barely talked about the negative aspects of the EU. Personally, I believe in the sovereignty of a nation and the accountability that comes from that sovereignty.
He never denied there are negative aspects. But the EU needs reform, not to die altogether.
How do you expect reform when it's ran like a dictatorship?
***** Nothing prevents British politicians from talking about the democracy deficit plaguing the EU and from lobbying for reform in Brussels. There already are voices that call for this, like the Democracy in Europe Movement. It just has to reach critical mass.
it's already too late. There's been Lisbon Treaty and EU is pushing for TTIP.
***** There has been politicians complaining for at least 10 years, nothing has even remotely changed, and they all got laughed at. How is anything gonna be different now? They have complete power over national laws and are not elected, they can do whatever they want.
2016 will go down in history as a year of xenophobia.
the majority of british are xenophobic then. good luck talking to people who are not allowed to disagree with you without being called names. kind of a non-starter
If I stop name calling does it change the way people in elections around the world have voted and their reasons for doing so? It does not.
What's so xenophobic about >>>CURRENT YEAR
I"m sure there' s till a lot more to come in the future. And the worst part is, it is understandable.
'common sense'
That whole entire time, John Oliver suddenly looked painfully aware of just how British he is.
"I think people in this country have had enough of experts *gets interrupted*... " I feel like this is one of the few similarities with USA besides the english language.
For context, he said these same experts keep getting many things wrong. We might be having the same issue with Covid right now as the government followed the domestic expert advice like it was scripture but they still get the blame.
It's almost like.... Now hear me out.... The kenraken ruining this continent came from England. Funny how colonizers have to come *from* somewhere.
To summarize: WE'RE ALL FUCKED!
How?
Vendrick, I am coming for you! I have just killed The Pursuer
how? go on, explain
Switzerland has intelligent leaders, however
+XZDrake Maybe so, but that's because Norway and Switzerland were doing fine before the EU was convened. The UK has prospered quite well through the EU... at least until the housing bubble burst. But that would have happened regardless of UK membership. No, a few power hungry people want to believe the UK would be better off alone, because it's their ulterior motive... and what happens when it is proven they are wrong? You think the EU will welcome the UK back with open arms?
Remember kids its only ok to be bigoted towards UKIP voters and other nationalists.
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yeah bias against the mentally challenged isn't cool either. poor retarded people
So you are crying that this video was mean to you and wasn't PC enough? Be glad that the left choses to use jokes, and doesn't shoot and stab women to death in the street.
You remind me of a right wing crybaby whose feelings got hurt because grownups wouldn't let you kill millions of people :'( #boofreakinhoo #crybaby #rightwing #followyourleader
What's the problem? Being bigoted against UKIP voters is like categorically disliking Botulism bacteria, or collectively hating each and every Common Cold virus. It's a bit of an extreme, but still basically understandable, position.
How did this kid stay straight-faced throughout the song? I would be laughing the whole time!
The words "barbershop quartet" implies four singers, dang it! Four! These things are important!!
Notice the country's in Europe who aren't in the EU are the highest grossing in the world.....
Switzerland and Norway? Switzerland wants to be neutral and non aligned while Norway has oil money. Then there are some not-so-well-off states in the east. Apart from these everybody is in the union.
So what, you think UK with its amazingly inconsistent economy will suddenly become powerful? I wouldn't risk plunging us into a spiralling recession to "kick out some immigrants"
Anytime you take on the left you'll get the typical idiotic responses. Comes with the territory.
Luxembourg -> GDP (nominal)2016 estimate • Total$60.176 billion[2] (71st) • Per capita$104,359[2] (3rd)
This statement is just blatantly wrong.
I know it sounds cheesy...but that poem was pretty good.
He just literally said rhyming words...
Robert Koch So it was just like every other fucking poem ever?
“Cool”
You mean the East-Coast rap verse?
It was charming
5 years later: And batshit crazy they were...
That song is catchy as hell. Somebody get these guys a record deal!
8:28 DID SHE SERIOUSLY JUST SAY THAT!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?!?
John's face when he saw the Austrian Poet Bureaucrat kinda seemed to say "Ho shit, this guy could steal my job!"
“there’s vampires in Romaina” can they PLEASE put that on a shirt
Oliver said that EU is a complicated, overbearing, and inspirational thing and Britain would be crazy to leave it. So... EU is basically my mom?
lol
2016 has been one of the shittiest years so far.
>____> yeah. I think its safe to say this is it Mark.....If I'd known in advance that this would be the last year of our species I wouldn't have lived such a shitty disappointing life up until now.......
it has been more boring that shitty
But it's THE CURRENT YEAR
servicemanization that joke is overused you moron
The Aztecs were off by 4 years I suspect... it will be over soon.
Well this aged EXTREMELY well.
Whenever you hear "onerous regulations" as a talking point it's probably some rich prick who doesn't want to have to pay his employees health insurance.
I am British and this Thursday I will be voting to stay in the EU. I believe we are stronger when we stand together as one, united in common goals and experience, over separated by hate and distrust. Is the EU perfect? God no, but is its imperfections a worthy reason to leave? I do not think so.
We're not united in common goals though. That's one of the issues. We are regularly out voted by other EU countries because many of our goals differ from the rest of the EU. And people advocating for Brexit don't want the UK to stop cooperating with Europe. We just want to do it as independent nations the same way every other country on Earth does it. Plus we'd like to see more cooperation with commonwealth countries like India, Canada and Australia which we can't do while part of the EU.
Well, thats lovely.
+Lee "every other country" the majority of important European countries are in the EU.
Ryan Grohe Huh? You're wrong, but what's your point even if that was true? The USA, China, Canada, Australia, Russia, Japan, India don't need political unions to cooperate with other countries. Why do European countries? I genuinely don't understand this argument, wouldn't the USA jump at creating a political union with North America and the EU if this was the case?
+Lee Now forgive me, my knowledge of the EU is a little bit lacking, but would the reason possibly be the high density of nations in Europe? There are so many nations in that area (there's a reason the wars that happened there are called world wars) that working together seems good. TBH I think the UK should stay but my opinion matters not. What are these oppressive policies people keep talking about as well. People keep saying that the EU is oppressing them yet I don't see much of that at all. The all other countries thing I thought was in reference to Europe, which is why I said most countries were in the EU
When you stay up all night waiting for that one notification
THAT GLORIOUS MOMENT
All night? They upload it at 11:30 pm
+Var Ran timezones
Different time zones, moron...
+Var Ran pacific
After 7 years... Quick get on a time machine and listen to John Oliver
This sure aged well with the petrol crisis right now...
If comment section prove one thing consistently, it's that people cant even disagree like adults.Only name calling.
***** Oh boo fucking hoo you're so persecuted and censored, aren't you? We get it conservatives have a victim-complex. But the truth is you go around saying whatever the fuck you want with no passing thought about consequences for others, so stop complaining, nobody is ACTUALLY censoring you.
As it were, if you go into the KZhead comments section expecting a productive discussion, you're going to have a bad time.
He hurt someone's feelings? BURN THE HERETIC!
that is the liberal mentality
Welcome to KZhead.
I disagree with John Oliver in this issue, we need Britain out of the EU for speeding their collapse. Thanks.
BUT, I like the jokes.
By "their collapse", are you referring to the EU?
Yeah the collapse of the EU would be great for the worlds economy. No negative ramifications at all. Nah we'd be just fine and dandy. Can you hear yourself??
SuperSupermanX1999 So the British people should just give up their sovereignty? Also the EU is one of the only trading block that hasn't grown economically.
That makes no sense.
I’m just here as an American glad we aren’t the only country that seems like a prequel to Idiocracy and Black Mirror.
Yet here we are, 2 weeks later, and WOW, did we pull off a "Oh yeah? Watch THIS!" We just can't give up, America First! We keep forgetting that being first isn't always a good thing if we don't know what we're in line for.
Ha1frican - I’m American and I don’t understand your metaphors. I’m pleased to see the British trying to restore their sovereignty, but puzzled about their dithering about it for years.
Yet your lot are the ones who defend ideals who have those 2 as logical extensions.
@@GH-oi2jf they always had sovereignty
@Sean Sean traitorous? Numpty! It's called governance.
I'm European and I planned on studying in Britain but now I'm almost sure I'm not. With Brexit it costs way more only the university fees I'm probably going to switzerland or france Cheaper, I get to learn more languages and there's no borders
well im british studying in the netherlands and my whole bachelor has been on the edge of brexit. Its a gamble, but worth it for me atleast because it was so much cheaper.
That's a shame as Scottish universities would have been happy to have you. Best of luck with your studies wherever you end up xx
Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal are some of the great countries for education. Part-time jobs for students are easy to find. Living cost are quite affordable too.
Switzerland is not in the EU...
Don't go to Switzerland, it is one of the most expensive countries to live in.
People who support BrExit for reasons like "Freedom"... Let me put it this way. Imagine that Texas decided that it was fed up with America's corrupt political system, and decided to succeed from the nation to become its own country. So, that would cause a few things. 1: It would open the door for other states to succeed, which in turn could cause a massive domino effect and effectively spit or end the USA itself. 2: All people of other states who reside in Texas but either have homes or families outside of Texas would now be subject to potential forced removal or discrimination etc because they are now basically foreigners living in a different country. 3: Texas might have to create its own governing system that would have to be pretty close to perfect within just a few months of leaving, because it most likely would want to have nothing to do with the USA's corrupt one. 4: Texas would now have to cross borders just to trade with the USA, which causes massive issues with tariffs and such, and since it doesn't have a vast luxury of natural resources, it'll kinda have to trade in the world market, which also has more costs than benefits if it just stayed in the USA. Every single one of the above problems applies to Britain and the EU. I rest my case.
You just described Canada, and they seem to be doing well. Major FAIL!!!
+yaimavol Canada has half of the inhabitants of UK, gg
Cannongabang But almost the same as Texas!!! We're talking about Texas.
Canada has never been part of the United States... They technically used to be the same "country" and governed by the UK, but in fact, the US was the first one to leave this union and form its own government. This didn't describe Canada at all. If Canada was part of this analogy with Britain leaving the EU, Canada would be Asia (just a random neighbour and not in any way related to the EU)
monkiram Yes, independent of the EU and doing just fine without them. Wouldn't you agree?
Peace. That's the REAL point of the EU. Not money, although it has evolved in some regrettable directions since the Lisbon treaty, but leaving is not the answer. As long as two countries trade with each other, they don't send missiles over each other's heads. While the UK leaving the EU will not declare a war, the EU is the reason we've had that peace for over 80 years now, the longest peace in European history. To leave is to deny that fact. To stay is saying "I want more peace, for the centuries to come."
+Rozmic cool fallacy
thanks!
I'm not especially for BREXIT but your argument is not valid sir. Since the industrial revolution and the birth of capitalism, the world kept interconnecting its economies. During this time the wars were the deadliest. And before the 2 world wars, the world has known a big increase in trading.
I am not a Brexit supporter (anyway I can't vote) but peace is achieved with open frontiers no matter what, even in tough times. You don't need to be in a political union with another country in order to prevent war, open frontiers for capital and human mobility is just enough. Of course the Brexit could be a first and dangerous step to a much less open country.
Savages? What are you talking about
Boy, that kid really held his own in the song
This aged so well !
Shame he knows absolutely nothing about EU and only gave the pro-EU arguments
That's because the leave arguments are usually falsified and embellished statistics (like the figure that he mentioned) and the argument of "these bloody immigrants are taking our jobs" an argument that is mostly given by people who are too lazy to even attempt getting a job and would rather take advantage of the benifits system while the european immigrants are here actually doing work.
DomShaw7 The video he showed of Boris Johnson said, "We don't have control of £350 million a week", that is 100% accurate, the money we get back if controlled by the EU, and even after that we have a £10bn net contribution. Embellished statistics? This is what I mean by not covering both arguments. The Remain camp has been labelled 'Project Fear' for the inaccurate statistical forecasts non stop. And who from the remain camp is saying, 'these bloody immigrants'. Are people so illiterate to not understand the difference between not wanting an open border with no controls and being anti-immigrant. He labelled UKIP an anti-immigrant party - so a party whose leader (Farage) is from a family of French immigrants, is married to an immigrant, was the first national politician in the UK to say we should accept Syrian refugees before the migrant crisis and wants controlled immigration similar to Australia, is anti-immigrant? Yeah, as I said, do your research.
Labeled project fear by whom? Boris Johnson? Nigel Farage? A substantial amount of leave supporters? All of whom would benefit from portraying the remain campaign to be project fear! As for Farage being of immigrant descent etc. etc. I'll give you a good example as to why this Fallacy that him being connected to immigrants meaning he is pro immigrant doesn't confirm anything. Adolf Hitler, being a short, brown haired, brown eyed man had the desire to kill people who were not of the Aryan Race (Blue eyes, Blonde hair, tall) This makes little sense under that fallacy however believe it or not he was a real man with those very real ideals. As for the argument for him being anti immigration you've seen the poster for the leave campaign, you've seen the constant television coverage and interviews in which he says we need to cut immigration, is that not enough evidence? Probably not since you will believe what you want to believe. Garage is the second coming of christ, he wants what's best for the little man, He's the people's politician, I've heard he can balance a pint on his head, what a lad, what a fascist lad.
DomShaw7 I listed several other reasons why. & Yes he wants to cut the immigration numbers, when you have 333k net people coming into the country it tends to stress public services when a country is as small as ours. Are you so deluded to think that wanting to cut immigration to acceptable numbers allowing public services to be planned for automatically means you're anti-immigrant? Of course, typical lefty throwing out the fascist line, wanting controlled immigration is a legitimate concern, and the majority of the British public want immigration controls.
"The video he showed of Boris Johnson said, "We don't have control of £350 million a week", that is 100% accurate, the money we get back if controlled by the EU, and even after that we have a £10bn net contribution. " Watch it again he explains with a reliable study that it is in fact incorrect.
Who else is an American and just scrolling though all these British people arguing. Really entertaining especially because we're not involved with it
Yeah... the Dow is down nearly -700 points in futures trading... but we're "not involved".
Markets will bounce back in a week, this is easy to bounce back from.
People are funny indeed.
Well the stock market gonna be quite bad today
lol you have far greater problems #Trump
I'm British. t's 2021 now - Britain left the EU. Johnson is now the PM. We have shortages of fuel, food, and workers. We have suffered nearly 150k deaths from Covid19. This video made me cry.
Did you vote to leave ???
Anyone in 2023? I forgot John Oliver had black hair...
I live in England, but I'm from Ireland, & we had a similar situation when we had a referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. No one was informed about its contents, even our prime minister hadn't read it, but he was backing it. The EU threatened that if we didn't vote yes, it would be bad for the country. After printing it out & reading all 400 pages of it, my family & I found really disturbing clauses, such as EU law would trump all countries' constitutions, anybody in certain "attire" associated with "terrorism" could be detained without cause, & other really unsettling things. These weren't made known to the public, but because they didn't know what it contained, they voted no. The very next day, our economy which had been miraculously staying afloat in the recession collapsed. The IMF came in & started dictating what laws our government could make, our prime minister even publicly admitted this. We were told it was our fault, & they scared us into voting yes. The EU isn't nice.
Having said that, our government is a completely corrupt, incompetent band of buffoons too. You have the same problem in England now. The EU is domineering and sinister, but so are their own politicians. It's basically picking your poison. I have no opinion on England leaving or staying, it's not my country, and I'll still be an EU member regardless, but I don't trust the EU, they are a shady bunch, and are in bed with all the politicians in England. Everyone knows former prime ministers and MPs get cushy jobs on the EU parliament after they retire, it's in their interest to stay. I don't trust the English MPs either, everyone has their own agenda, there's nobody there who isn't looking out for their own interests. At the end of the day, all you can do is go with your conscience, but I don't appreciate John preaching that the EU is brilliant, albeit annoying. They're shady af, just like his own government.
Well let me explain those laws to you. Eu law trump all countries law, because if let's say uk wents back to hang thieves, the EU would protect their asses. I am from Romania, and EU is a god send for a corupt goverment which would change and use the constitution that's supposed to protect the citizen, to jail the ones that step on the wrong toes. THings changed a lot in romania since it joined EU, but still those laws is TO PROTECT citizens of EU without giving a fuck about what countries says, and I as a citizen can't but just applaud to that considering EU enforces for the human rights to be respected across countries. And the terrorist law, is so if an irish guy bombs your house and flees in Spain, he will be extradited immediatly to ireland regarding of the extradition laws of spain. If you really enjoy reading 400 pages of laws, try reading all the laws of your own country, and i bet youll find more than two fucked up laws, that totally fuck up the citizen in all kinds of wrongfull ways. Maybe getting some law courses would help you understand how the laws work, and there are other laws that trump the nasty parts of some laws and so on. The EU isn't nice to greedy and corrupt countries and corporations, and it has always been trying to be here to protect people while maintaining some sort of economic balance. EU was born becuase no one wanted for EU to break itself into pieces once again, look at the WW1 and WW2... so many countries that used to hate eachother now work together because of EU, people always forget this.
+MythsMethuselah well, as long as some people can see it, it was worth writing. 😊
+Constantin Chirila buna Constantin! I've been to Romania many times, I really love your country! I can understand why you appreciate what the EU has done for you, but there's still a point being missed here. The EU never had power over a country's constitution until 2008 when they made the Lisbon Treaty. To take away a country's right to make its own laws is essentially saying you own that country. The EU was never advertised as a super government, it was meant to be a trade union, nothing to do with law. To tell a country it cannot stick to its own laws anymore is wrong. If they introduce an EU you don't agree with, and it's against your own, you don't have a choice. That's a dangerous prospect. Ireland's first president refused to let Ireland join the EU, saying what he saw when he went there was that they were trying to set up their own little empire, and Ireland had only just escaped the British Empire, he wasn't going to hand is over to another one.
But that's the thing, you immediatly think that EU it's up to no good just because it has that power. By example if you become impaired and your husband becomes responsible for you and taking all the decisions about your life, does that mean he is automatically going to use that power to ruin you and your life? That's what you more or less saying. On another note, all the laws in eu and i mean ALL of them, are voted inside a parlament comprised of politicians for all the countries, and the number of votes depends on a countries involvement and contribution. I do want to see a law that negatively impacted Ireland for example. Most of EU laws has to do with protection of human rights, also there are regulations for products made (like what materials/chemicals to be used).., enviromental laws, and regulations for corporations... please tell me an EU law that ruined your country, so your country not a small itsybit of population that liked to to htings the old way and the new way is inconvennient (the example is the spain tradition of killing bulls on the street, which was slowly suppressed by EU because of animal cruelty; it wasnt a really negative impact on peoples well being, was jsut an invonvenient cause they liked the old way)...
That child has some beautiful lungs
Seriously, if that kid doesn't go into singing when he's older... (Also, is it just me or did he seem like super excited to swear)
Well there is something called puberty who can fuck up your voice .
You mean vocal cords?
Have you seen them? Do you have x-ray vision?
Delicious lungs
The Brexit song is too good to criticise. hilarious lyric and the singers nailed it. The kid was on fire!! what a fun, absolutely mental show😀🔥🔥
Watching this seven years later…whew.
I'd vote for that badger living in a shepherds pie, it'd probably do a better job than a lot of MPs
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Dean. What the hell.
Britain: "Let's leave the European Union! We're going to take our country into our own hands!" Also Britain: "You can't leave the Union, Scotland! You're better off with us!"
And thus we find irony :D
All the world's a stage the thing is Scotland contributes jack shit to the UK and costs us money let them leave see how long they last
@@nurlindafsihotang49 with oil prices falling heavily since the 2014 referendum it is just not worth it ($44 to produce vs $48 market price). Plus they have a bigger deficit than Greece (9.5% of GDP) and therefore wouldn't be high on the queue to join the eussr anyways. They had their "once in a lifetime" referendum and voted to stay. It's idiotic to become independent and then succumb to the EU anyways.
@@gsacelm7753 if I'm not wrong, arent scotland current PM pushing for the 2nd refferendum? That Sturgeon woman?
@@nurlindafsihotang49 that's why I put the "once in a lifetime" in quotes.
That kid's parents must be so cool letting him swear at that age!
Or maybe he don't have parent anymore .
I don't think I've met a kid that doesn't go all four-lettery whenever their lips flap?
“We told people across the world they had to be British citizens and now they want to live in Britain how could we have predicted this?”
The *real* reason why they want to leave is quite simple. They don't controll the eu, that's the real reason. It irks them. They don't understand it.
The group backing Brexit is not the group that controls UK to start with.
liar we just dont like you telling us what to do it was supposed to be about free trade but you eurocunts turned it into people control
***** no we are not you are a liar american by chance
No shit. They want to govern themselves with publicly elected officials, not by appointed leaders whose beliefs and political opinions are unknown, and don't have Britain's best interests at heart. How immoral.
the real reason is immigration.