English Addict Live Lesson - 17 - Election + Voting - Historic/Historical - Friday 13th Dec 2019

I know one thing I really do need a cup of coffee if anyone has a cup of coffee

nearby or if you could make one for me right now could you I would be very

grateful hello everybody welcome to English addict live from the United Kingdom

I really like the way I said United Kingdom do you like that did you enjoy

the way I said that I said it with such a calm voice hi everybody this is mr.

Duncan in England how are you today are you okay

I hope so are you happy well are you happy I really hope so welcome to a

rather strange day here in the UK a lot of people waking up this morning with

one thing on their mind yesterday the nation went out to vote we

did we went out to vote for our new government and this morning we all found

out the result of the big general election that took place yesterday in

the UK some people are happy some people not so happy I think the weather outside

at the moment really does sum up the mood it is windy stormy lots of strange

grey clouds hanging overhead so that really does sum up the mood at the

moment here in the UK I really think so so

here we go it is English addict live from the UK the slightly more United

Kingdom it would appear that's all I'm saying

so I'm feeling tired can I just say that I'm feeling tired and also I keep saying

so I will stop saying so cross it off my list of words that I keep saying it is a

great day to be alive for some people it is a stressful day for various reasons

however here in the UK a lot of people waking up this morning happy some waking

up very unhappy I did not go to bed until 3 o'clock this morning and that's

the reason why I need a cup of coffee I need something to keep me going I don't

know what's happening I'm I'm only half awake at the moment if I was honest with

you and it's my fault I know it's my fault because I went to

bed very late and now I feel so tired because I stayed up until 3 o'clock in

the morning watching the results from yesterday's general election coming

through but anyway don't worry the weekend is just around the corner

because it's Friday

hmm don't be too surprised if I fall asleep don't be too surprised if I doze

off in the corner of the studio Wow do you know the feeling when you don't

get enough sleep and your brain is only on half power because in reality your

brain wants to actually go to sleep however your body still has to do things

and that is how I feel at the moment so here we go the weekend just around the

corner a very strange day here in the UK maybe there is a an air of somberness

people feeling samba however there might be other people feeling very excited and

happy this morning so it really does depend how they how they voted yesterday

so that depends on what their mood will be like at this moment hello to everyone

I'm sure you don't want to hear me talking about elections and politics

because I know that not only here in the UK but around the world everyone is

going through their own periods of political unrest and it's a bit like

that really everything is really unstable at the moment hello - grace

chin something nice grace chin congratulations to you you are first on

today's live chat

congratulations and a big round of applause from mr. Duncan in England

that's me by the way so Khyber is also here as well watching in Afghanistan

also Tania hello Tanya also FA Alamgir Rolfie hello everyone it is a new day

and there are new things to learn I hope everyone is having an amazing day I'm

sorry for being slightly late today two reasons one I was not moving around the

house very quickly because I was half asleep and two just before I started my

livestream at two o'clock but unfortunately it didn't start it 2

o'clock because I was late someone was knocking at the door so I went to the

door and there was a guy at the door looking for one of my neighbours but I

didn't recognize the name of the person he was looking for so I couldn't help

him but he kept talking to me and all I kept thinking in my head all I kept

thinking was I have to do my livestream I should be on the internet now talking

to a handful of people so here I am and that's the reason why I am late here

today hello flower Espoir today we are talking about various things we will be

talking about words connected to voting and the decisions that were made last

night one big decision in particular was made by the general public of the UK as

we went out to vote so we will be looking at some words connected to the

events of the past 24 hours also meeker is here Hiroko as well hello

sweetness Louie Louie Christina Pedro Belmont

oh hello Pedro nice to see you here today we don't normally see one Friday

do we or do we Alan gear the Conservative Party has won

the race well they didn't just win but they won by a large majority so they

didn't just win they will now have full control over the country and most of the

decisions that will be made concerning the UK over the next five years so this

isn't just a few months this is five more years of this so there you go some

people are happy some people not so happy I suppose it depends on what their

political viewpoint is Theo hello mr. Duncan and viewers my goodness

what an election result I need a cup of coffee Theo I also need a cup of coffee

in fact a little bit later on I will be playing a video for you and during that

video I might actually make myself a cup of coffee just so I can stay awake for

the rest of today's livestream hello also Agostino hello Pedro again hello

Pedro again Christina I watched the result of the UK election on TV and also

I watched the speech by Boris Johnson he would appear to be a very popular

politician in fact it's one of the biggest results for the Conservative

Party for many many years in fact I think it's since the late 1980s when

Margaret Thatcher was re-elected so yes a lot of people seem to like Boris

Johnson I don't know how you think or what you think

but according to Christina it will open an

ooh historical moment for the UK well I think there will be a lot of things

happening over the next few months and also few years as well

concerning that one thing that I'm not going to mention even though I I have to

I know I have to mention it but I'm not going to so there is a big thing that

will decide when we leave the European Union so now it is not a matter of if

that is gone completely so it is no longer if we leave the European Union

now it is just when we leave and also how we leave so yes a lot of big things

happening over the next few years because this whole process will not be

over in just a few months so even if we decide to leave the European Union it is

still going to take at least 10 years to sort out the whole situation how do we

disconnect ourselves from Europe so it isn't just about saying goodbye Europe

goodbye it's a little bit more complicated than that and a lot of

experts a lot of commentators predict that it will actually take around ten

years to sort out the exit from Europe so some very strange times ahead hello

once again to Anna hello Alamgir again Sally hello Sally

I need your cheerful smiling face today to cheer everyone up here in the UK

because quite a few people are feeling very gloomy at the moment palmyra is

here also EDD Valdo hello at evaldo nice to see

you here as well also tan Chang you can have asleep

during your live stream don't worry but it is a horrible feeling isn't it when

you don't get enough sleep and it's not very often that I do this but I couldn't

resist staying up until very late at night watching the results come in

unfortunately I felt so tired I I couldn't stay up any longer so I went to

bed it around about three o'clock this morning Oh another thing to mention is a

lot of people are feeling a little nervous today not only because of the

general election but also there is another reason as well because today

well today is Friday the 13th

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England today is no ordinary day because

today is Friday the 13th they say it on Friday the 13th bad things will happen

if something can go wrong it will go wrong because today is Friday the 13th

superstitious people believe that Friday the 13th is an evil day because if you

go out on Friday the 13th terrible things will happen

do not walk under a ladder do not allow a black cat to cross your path if you

spill salt remember to throw it over your shoulder Friday the 13th is here be

careful beware Friday the 13th does not care

who is it my imagination or do I look awful in that video I look terrible

don't I so it is Friday the 13th some people are superstitious some

people believe that bad things will happen when Friday and the 13th fall at

the same time it might be bad news for some people today because I suppose a

lot of people woke up this morning here in the UK feeling not so happy I also

noticed in the news this week that well we think we're having a bad time here

apparently in Israel they are about to have another general election I think

they've had three already and now they have to have another one

within a very short space of time so because they can't sort out any

coalition any government that will work with one party working with another they

have to have yet another general election in Israel as well so that's big

news a lot of people talking about that but the big story here unfortunately is

the general election that took place yesterday you might describe this moment

as historic now that's an interesting word there is a difference between these

words in fact you can see two words on your screen right now

the words are historic and historical and there is a difference between these

words for example the word historic is something that we use to mean

significant so if an event occurs and if it is something that is worthy of being

recorded in history it is a significant moment something that's never happened

before maybe something on you maybe something outstanding maybe a big

change has taken place or is about to take place

significant so when we say historic historic is something that is

significant historic it is a significant moment of time something that will be

recorded and will be referred to as time goes by something that is notable

notable a notable event something that is momentous momentous a momentous

moment something that will stay in the memory something that is unusual or

outstanding is momentous so you might describe what happened last night here

in the UK with the general election as momentous something that is meaningful

so again is something that will have a lingering effect something that might

change the way people live something that might change things for

the better so we might say that something is

historic it has meaning it has meaning there is a strong meaning of course

meaningful can be positive and negative so it doesn't necessarily mean something

is happening that is good something that is historic is remarkable it's a

remarkable moment you will often hear people describe a moment of time that

has been worthy or is worthy of being recorded in the history books something

remarkable has a something remarkable has happened it is

worthy of remark so when you make a remark it means you say something about

a certain event or subject it is remarkable something that you need to

make a remark on an important moment of time an event that it that is seen as

important can be described as historic a historic moment a historic moment in

politics something that has happened that has caused things to change

something that has changed something that is noteworthy something that is

noteworthy if something is noteworthy it means it is something that is so unusual

and so remarkable that you have to write it down you have to make a record of

that thing happening it is noteworthy it is something that is so important a big

change a big event something that has happened it is noteworthy noteworthy and

I suppose we can say that something can be of note so when we say note it is

generally a thing that is recorded normally in writing so it is off note it

is worthy of writing down it is worthy of being noted so this is a very

interesting way of describing something that is historic it is something that

catches your eye it is something that might never happen again it is worthy of

note and then of course we have the other word

historical so when we talk about historical things we are generally

talking about the past we are generally discussing things that have happened in

the past something that has happened before this day something that has

happened before the present moment so anything in the past anything from a

hundred years ago fifty years ago ten years ago is historical something

referring to the past something that is mentioning the past maybe there is a

book written all about things that have happened in the past we might describe

that book of historical a historical book so something historical refers to

the past refers to something that has happened in the past another word we can

use precedent or precede n't but most people pronounce this word is precedent

so a precedent is a thing that has happened that is unusual or remarkable

quite often in law so when a new law is brought into practice we will often

describe that as a precedent it is something that has changed the way the

law functions or works so quite often you will hear a story about a trial

someone is using a certain type of defense to get them off a charge and if

they succeed then that thing becomes a precedent a precedent something that has

happened in the past something that changes what happens in the future it is

something remarkable something historical it is a precedent

also we talk about the past time as well the past time so from the past anything

that we talk about again it doesn't matter if it's five years ago ten years

ago a thousand years ago it is historical historical anything before

now anything before this moment of time occurs we can say it is historical

historical documents historical stories things that talk about any period of

time before now so I hope that clears the confusion between these two words I

hope so back to the live chat who is on here

today hello Anna unfortunately due to the bad weather my connection isn't good

today I'm sorry to hear that Anna Jamelia is here Jamelia is here it is so

wonderful to finally have time to be with you all yes to mr. Duncan Thank You

Jamelia I haven't seen you for a long time this is something that I noticed

last week there were a lot of people last week coming on and they were saying

oh we haven't been on your live stream for a very long time so if you haven't

been here for a long time there are a few changes things do look a little bit

different but you can catch me every Sunday Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m.

UK time so I'm with you every Sunday Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m. UK time

and that that is when you can join me here on YouTube every week

hello also Rakesh hello - Rakesh Rakesh Kumar Cecelia what I do for my friend

because he is sad Oh what have you done for your friend Rach

I am intrigued I want to know more because I'm nosy zi bear is here today

it is freezing in London it's also cold here as well so there is the view now

outside looking into the distance so that is a live view out of my window

right now looking into the distance you can see it's bright and sunny however it

is also very windy as well it is bright but it's very cold I don't

know why yesterday I was in the house yesterday and I could not get warm I

don't know why I really couldn't get warm yesterday the house is freezing so

yesterday I had to put the central heating on to heat the whole house but

also last night I had to light the fire as well the the log fire to try and keep

the house warm I suppose it's because I was on my own because mr. Steve is away

at the moment so I'm all by myself what a pity

so yes you are right it's freezing at the moment in the UK it really does feel

as if there is a strange cold hand grabbing hold of the UK

hi mr. Duncan how are you what is the music called that you have at the start

of your livestream hello Douglas that piece of music is called elevator that's

the name of the piece of music and I do like that piece of music is well it

always gets me in a good mood it always makes me feel quite happy when I hear

that piece of music I don't know why but I do

Sally you didn't mention the title of your live stream today the title well

I'm talking about voting I'm talking about the results from the election and

there are lots of words that we can use as well thanks for the difference

between historic and historical it is one that many people get confuse

by so I thought I would explain it today thanks also to Lena for asking as well

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suppose we can't talk about things that are happening at the moment without

mentioning that special time of the year yes christmas is just around the corner

and at this time of year many people prepare for the festive season the

christmas season and quite often in their house they will put up a Christmas

tree

this is Pete chaffinch and this is lady Willington both of them sitting

comfortably in the corner of my living room but I'm afraid you're going to have

to move out because something is going to be placed there I'm ever so sorry

today I am going to put my Christmas tree up my Christmas tree does not come

complete the Christmas tree comes in three sections this is the bottom

section so before I can decorate it I must construct the tree I have to put

the tree together first the tree has to be assembled this is the bottom part of

the tree it is the base of the tree so that's the middle section in place all

that remains now is the top section so there it is my lovely Christmas tree

it's a very tall tree and it took me a long time to set up its total height is

7 feet that's even taller than me so Christmas tree oh yes so green and so

much so nice to see you are the world's best Christmas tree

this particular Christmas tree is very realistic it is very true to life from

far away it looks like a real tree the putting up of a tree at Christmas stems

from the old pagan ritual of tree worshiping some people believed that

trees were alive others considered the tree as sacred and divine in some

cultures a tree is planted after the birth of a child so as to help it grow

strong and healthy the practice of bringing a tree into the house at

Christmas became popular over two centuries ago it first began in Germany

and slowly moved to other places here in Britain we have been decorating our

homes with a tree at Christmas for around 200 years originally these trees

were decorated with candles and later other things were hung on it so as to

add more color these days we place many different things on our Christmas trees

we can take a look at some of these things now if you like when decorating a

Christmas tree you normally begin with the lights as they are the most awkward

things to arrange I have gone for multicolored lights putting Christmas

tree lights up can be a little laborious you need to slowly move around the tree

and while doing so you position the lights on the tree some people start

from the bottom while others prefer to do it from the top I normally begin at

the bottom so I know exactly where the wire for the lights will trail from to

the wall socket so I start at the bottom of the tree and slowly work my way up

this action is called hanging or stringing

you are hanging the lights on the tree you are stringing the lights up these

particular lights are low energy ones in fact almost all of the lights I'm using

inside and outside use very little electricity this shiny material is

called tinsel it is very eye-catching it really gets your attention

tinsel adds that all-important sparkle to the tree it complements the

lights by shimmering and sparkling tinsel is a very important part of the

tree deck Hall you can also put tinsel in other places too I always like to put

some around my TV quite often the tinsel around the edge is more interesting than

what is happening on the screen if someone asks me what I watched on TV

last night I reply my lovely tinsel

so that's the tinsel on the tree I only have one thing to say next balls yes

balls you cannot decorate your tree without

some nice shiny balls or as they are more traditionally known baubles a

bauble is a glass decoration normally associated with Christmas trees these

days most baubles are made of plastic so they do not break as easily is the

old-fashioned glass ones I have quite a selection of Christmas baubles here

the focal point of Christmas tree is the top normally on

the top of a Christmas tree you will put a fairy or a star I have decided to go

for a nice golden star the star can of course be used as a religious symbol it

is a powerful emblem I see the star as a symbol of hope and longevity stars

always look so bright and cheerful a clear starry night really is a wonderful

sight twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are

some people might say that underneath the Christmas tree is the most important

place because that is where the presence and the gifts can be found after Santa

has been on Christmas Eve who is Santa he is of course father Christmas

or Santa Claus to give him his full name there are other things that you can put

on your Christmas tree to brighten it up these are imitation Holly leaves with

real pine cones dusted with paint to look like snow they add a lovely winter

look to the tree this little Robin has found a nice comfortable spot to perch

on so that is my tree all decorated and the lights are ready to be switched on

it's not nice so there it is the finished article the Christmas tree and

that is a video I made I think I made that in 2013 a very long long time ago

hmm as I said I have made a cup of coffee

so I'm now having a delicious cup of coffee and look hmm it's nice and foamy

on the top so I need this coffee to keep me going for the next 15 minutes I have

another 15 minutes to go with you all on this Friday afternoon hello to the live

chat hello - Lena oh hello again Lena I ordered two shirts in one shop in London

as a New Year's present my friend living in London sent them to me on the 23rd of

November I am still waiting for my parcel from London says Lena at this

time of year here in the UK the postal system normally slows down to be honest

with you quite often it's not it's not good normally even at their normal pace

it is quite slow so all I can say to you is you might have to wait a little bit

longer it might take up to two weeks to actually get to you Lena so two weeks or

even three weeks and this is one of the things that we have to always bear in

mind here in the UK during the run-up to Christmas so as Christmas approaches

lots of people want to send gifts and presents some people will send things

locally from one place to another quite often people will send gifts and

presents abroad as well and during this time of year it can take a lot longer

even if you order something on the internet and you live in the same

country you might find that it gets there or gets to you much slower than

normal so that the reason why apparently Belarusian as

never baked a turkey well you don't bake a turkey you

normally cook a turkey you cook or roast a turkey so yes I've never baked a

turkey in my life and I've never even tasted Turkey that's incredible really

is that true so what do you normally eat what kind of meat do you normally have

Belarus here of course you might be a vegetarian for

all I know mm-hmm so yes I don't really like red

balls on a Christmas tree I prefer gold or silver balls well my

Christmas tree has lots of different colors of balls baubles so some of them

are orange some of them are red some of them are silver and some of them are

very shiny very sparkly so yes I always like lots of different colors on my

Christmas tree I would imagine a lot of people are preparing to put their

Christmas trees up at the moment I would imagine Louie Louie

now that's what I call a Christmas tree thank you very much

now that particular video was recorded before we did some of the changes in the

house so that video was actually made in 2006 13 sorry 2013 six years ago

incredible amazing mr. Duncan I am a to decorate today my Christmas tree and

also my house as well says Alexandra good good I'm glad that you've given

yourself plenty of time some people don't don't do it straight

away they wait until maybe two or three days before Christmas and then suddenly

they will start to panic and they will throw their Christmas tree up in a hurry

they will do it too quickly what type of coffee do you like as

Sean well at the moment I will drink anything any coffee so here is some

coffee that I've made I think this is I think this is Brazilian it might be

Brazilian coffee or actually I have a feeling wait wait there a second let me

just have a taste

hmm I think that might be Colombian that's Colombian coffee so the coffee

I'm drinking at the moment I think that's Colombian it has quite a kick to

it quite a strong flavor not I'm not saying that I dislike Brazilian coffee

because I drink Brazilian coffee as well in fact I'm so tired today I will drink

anything Palmero mr. Duncan I would like to you too I would like to hear you

pronounce the word fer fer do you mean the type of tree so a type of evergreen

tree is called a fir tree fir so if I are fir so it isn't fee fear its fur it

sounds like the soft coating on an animal so an animal has fur but also a

tree that is an evergreen can be described as a fir tree so I hope that

helps you there Noemi is here I love to cook talk Turkey

but the common problem is it's too big for a few people I think so well that's

the reason why we have chicken so mr. Steve always goes out to buy a lovely

fresh chicken of course it has to be organic I don't know why but mr. Steve

feels happier if his if his turkey corpse or should I say

chicken corpse is organic Belarusian in Argentina we eat meat and meats and lots

of meat and also fish and chicken and from time to time we also eat pork and

pizza oh I see so you've just never tried turkey can I

say turkey is very nice but it can be very difficult to cook because turkey

well you've seen the turkey they're big birds they're pretty large actually so

they can be a little difficult to cook they are hard to cook well Pedro I'm

going to going to leave until I have another opportunity oh ok then see you

later Pedro don't worry you could watch this video again later on the replay

Rafi says sucking pig is a traditional food Christmas as well some people have

something called a hog roast have you ever seen a hog roast what they normally

do I've never been to one myself but a hug roast is where you take the

whole pig and you put a large skewer through the middle of it and then you

cook the pig over an open fire so the pig the animal will slowly turn around

and cook over a long period of time and they call that a hog roast I've never

been to one myself I'm not sure if I want to see a large animal revolving or

spinning above a burning flame to be honest I'm not sure if I I want to see

that I don't understand why people decorate their houses after Halloween I

think they are killing the Christmas spirit can I just set say something here

can I tell you something in the past here in the UK we never used to bother

with Halloween very much I remember growing up as a kid

Halloween wasn't ruin a big event it wasn't commercialized

like it is now but here in the UK now we tend to do lots of things during

Halloween but not not in the past so I remember growing up as a kid in the

1970s we didn't really observe Halloween or get very excited about it if I was

honest hello Sally mr. Duncan can you please explain the

expression for me if something will roll off the tongue

well if something rolls off the tongue it means it you say it easily so it will

roll off the tongue it means you say it with ease it is

something that is easy to say it just rolls off the tongue Thank You Rosa

Thank You pal Mira thank you to Ana as well so yesterday we had an election we

had to go out and we had to cast our vote so that's what we did yesterday so

when you vote you go out you make a choice many countries nowadays have a

voting system some of them are fair some of them not so fair that's all I'm

saying you may have noticed in the news there

are lots of disagreements taking place around the world in certain countries

about the voting system and also how fair the actual elections are so you

vote for a person to represent your area the place you live you also ballot so

ballot is also vote so when you ballot it means you make a choice so a group of

people are allowed to ballot they are allowed to make a vote you might have

three or four people that you can choose from to represent you you vote

you ballot ballot interesting word you might not have heard of that word before

a vote can also be described as a poll as well we often use the word poll when

we talk about survey as well so when you are making a survey when you are

gathering the opinions of people you will often have a poll so this word once

again can be used in more than one way so when

you poll you are asking people to make a choice or maybe you are interested to

find out what people think about a certain thing or a certain subject I'm

starting to liven up now I'm feeling more lively because I'm having coffee

hmm feel that caffeine rush it's going

straight to my brain hello sweetness I am here also but my hands are full right

now sorry sorry that I can't be company for you that's okay don't worry Alan

Gere says bye to Pedro isn't that nice another word that we often use

especially when the results of an election are coming through we talked

about swing and this is something you'll often hear mentioned here in the UK we

are crazy about swing we get very excited when people on the television

talk about how the voting public have changed the party that they support so

when we talk about swing we mean how far over the voting has changed for each

party and which one is being favored more so you might say that last night

there was a big swing for the Conservatives so the Conservatives

enjoyed a big swing they had a larger percentage

of the vote swing for many years on television

especially on the BBC they have something called a swingometer look it

up after I finished look it up on YouTube I'm sure there are lots of video

clips showing the famous BBC swingometer and every year or every time we have an

election they always get the swingometer out to show you how people are voted

hello sweetness again Oh sweetness is doing some cooking you should never say

that to me because now I'm going to be very nosy I want to know what you are

cooking why you are cooking and how you are going to get that food to me hi mr.

Duncan this is year seven assist hello to you so you have been watching me feat

for seven years Thank You Ivan that's very nice I once met an American who

said that we eat too much meat here in Argentina but when I asked him what do

you enjoy the most since you've been here he told me meat fried meat so

someone from America was telling Belarus here how people in Argentina eat too

much meat yet his favorite food was a certain type of meat yes I like that I

think Americans especially people in the USA are crazy about meat there are some

very interesting programs that I watched sometimes on television where they go to

these restaurants and in these restaurants they serve these huge

portions of food and quite often it involves lots

of meat and quite often the meat is very spicy or very greasy

so yes pachu who won in the UK election was it Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn it

was Boris Boris had a huge win last night in fact it might be described as

historic when we talk about voting we will often talk about the turnout so

when we say turnout this means the amount of people or the number of people

who went out to vote the people the number of people who actually went along

and they put their cross on the voting paper so the number of people who turned

out the number of people who went along to vote is the turnout

I think yesterday's vote I think it was around 60 was it 64 or 67 I think it was

around 67% so that's slightly below average so only 60 67 percent of the

voters in the UK actually voted yesterday which isn't very high really

when you think about it we seem to have a lot of trouble here getting young

people interested in politics and getting them to vote so that is one of

the things that people talk about every time an election comes along there is a

Christmas toy factory in Russia it is a place where the Christmas decorations

like baubles are made this Factory is visited by many children and adults

every year I like that idea it must be wonderful it must be like

going to Santa's home the place where Santa Claus lives

hello Ivan mr. Duncan good job yes seven years of assisting thank you very much

very nice thanks a lot mr. Duncan for your help today

I hope these words have been useful here's another one if a group of people

agree or decide to go in a certain direction with their opinion you might

say that there is a consensus so if a group of people agree they come to a

decision or an agreement we can say that there is a consensus quite often we will

say consensus of opinion so a group of people it can be a few people a hundred

people or even a million people if they all agree on one thing

maybe they agree on who they want to run the country there is a consensus an

agreement I was asked the other day is it

compulsory to vote in the UK well as I just mentioned only 67 68 percent of

people who can vote actually did so yes voting is not obligatory or compulsory

in the UK so you don't have to go out and vote I know in some countries you do

some countries they will come round and tell you have you voted yet they will

say have you voted come on go to the voting station so here in the UK you

don't have to vote and the legal age is 18 so over the age of 18 you are able to

vote you can choose who you want to represent you in the houses of

parliament voting is not compulsory or of obligatory that's a great word not

easy to say by the way so I hope you've enjoyed that we are going in a few

moments a little strange today because I didn't get much sleep last night so I

went to bed at 3 and I got up at around about 8:00 so I

haven't had much sleep to be honest with you and that's the reason why I feel a

little tired at the moment and also I'm drinking this coffee to keep me awake

for the rest of the day Belarus you is going taking care of your

parents isn't that lovely isn't that great Thank You Belarusian

and a big hello to your parents as well don't forget to say hello for us all

we are thinking about you and your family I know things have been happening

Alexandra I like your colourful mug oh I've had this cup for many years many

many years this is my favourite cup I think we all have a favourite thing a

favourite thing that we like to use for drinking so yes this is my favourite cup

I always protect this cup I would hate it if something bad were to happen to my

favourite cup so I love this cup and I especially love the coffee that is

contained within the cup to be honest I need this coffee today I really do I

haven't had much sleep really thank you Eric

wonderful words for for a democratic country it may be democratic in this

country however there are a lot of people a lot of people who are very

upset now what's been interesting about this election is the way in which people

have been reacting and talking on social media and I think that the result from

this general election in the UK has proved one thing and that is that people

don't really take much notice of what people write or what commentators talk

about on social media so I think actually people have made up their own

mind as I said a couple of weeks ago people don't decide until they

have the pencil in their hand until they are holding the pencil until they are

about to make their cross on the paper so many people make their decision at

the last moment and quite often they will make the decision based on not this

but this so they will make their decision based on what they feel here in

their heart so quite often that means that they might vote in a selfish way

and that's what I've always believed with voting so when a person goes to

vote quite often their decision will often be a selfish one because they want

to survive so they will vote for the person that they see will help them to

survive in the future that's what I think it's just an opinion of a guy on

the Internet I think roast meat in Argentina is the most tasty all over the

world oh don't say that oh I want to go to Argentina now it's not fair they know

we have salads for New Year's Eve salads I can't I can't make a salad I'm useless

at cooking Bella rim Sally thank you very much Gemini says I was heavily

disappointed by the result my love for Britain has shrunk a little today and I

joined the live chat for the first time to say this Thank You Gemini you are

more than welcome to express your opinion and can I just say you are not

the only one many people this morning are almost shocked they can't quite

believe it but I think one of the big problems this time is that people were

not sure how to vote they didn't know which way to go so they only made their

decision at the very last moment and quite often you will think

of yourself I think voting quite often can be a selfish action because quite

often you will think not of other people you will quite often think of yourself I

personally like Boris Johnson says Alan Gere

I was watching the events last night and one thing I saw was every Prime Minister

taking dogs with them well yes they do that because that's how they become

popular because a lot of people like dogs so I think sometimes they use dogs

so people will will like them maybe I should get a dog maybe I should have a

dog here on my live stream sitting next to me licking its bottom hello SM green

food is healthy dairy for all but the quick but the short o dairy will give

you a short live humans will search for takeaway food which causes many diseases

and also health problems I think you're right so I'm coming towards the end of

today's live stream I hope you've enjoyed this a little different not

least of all because I'm half asleep and the weather outside is cold windy very

stormy very stormy outside today I'm surprised we haven't had any rain I

really am so it's almost

almost time for me to go thanks so much mr. Duncan a very interesting lesson but

please don't think too much don't drink too much coffee well normally I only

have one coffee every day so today I didn't have a cup of coffee I didn't

have one so this is my one and only cup of coffee today Thank You Berlin here in

Peru you have to vote if you don't vote you have to pay a fine of twenty-five

dollars that's very interesting so in Peru you do have to vote you have no

choice personally I think it's a good idea I think many people become so bored

with politics and they become so bored listening to people talking and talking

that they they just switch off they can't be bothered listening to it and so

they become disinterested in everything to do with politics and quite often they

will not go out to vote have you voted mr. Duncan well I voted yesterday yes

the polling the voting took place yesterday and during the night they gave

all of the results and there were quite a few of them over 600 flad what is the

best Christmas song ever there are quite a few I don't know if I have my favorite

Christmas song Helena says mr. Duncan we love you without a dog thank you very

much I suppose mr. Steve might be my pet I think so

Thank You Louie Louie Thank You Sammy Thank You Meeker Thank You Louis I am

going now it is time for me to have the rest of my coffee mmm and you also can

have a lovely hot beverage if you want or a cold one if you feel like it

this is mr. Duncan saying thanks for watching I am back when am i back I am

back on sunday sunday 2 p.m. UK time and I hope

you have a good weekend I hope everything goes your way I will

be talking to lots of people this weekend I'm sure as I walk around some

people will be happy some people not so happy

bye to Lewis bye also Meeker Sammy thank you very much for joining me today and

of course until the next time we join hands across the world here on the

Internet this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of

English saying thanks for watching see one Sunday 2 p.m. UK time and of course

you know what's coming next yes you do...

ta ta for now 8-)