London's Secret Mayor who runs The Secret City

[BidnessGoose]

wouldn't it just be faster to become British monarch, then dissolve parliament and take control of the army and conquer the city of London?

[foreverdreamer]

i think becoming the pope might be easier

[namenamename]

"be a British, commonwealth or EU citizen"
How times can change

[ocean]

My grandmother was a freeman of the city of london and after she passed her certificate was passed to us so we have it on our wall

[SuperSmashDolls]

Wow, that is literally the most convoluted electoral process imaginable. What happened to strange women in ponds distributing swords?

[EarendilUndomiel]

"The Worshipful Company of Bakers" - You can't make this shit up.

[sock]

It's like a medieval guild government time capsule.

[BozheTsaryaKhrani]

"The butchers, the bakers, and the 2 candlestick makers" that is a great line

[Iamtheyamyam]

Do I have to give the hat back at the end of my term?

[seroccoprime]

"And the city of London shall have all its ancient liberties..."

IT WAS ANCIENT EVEN AT THE TIME OF THE MAGNA FUCKING CARTA!?

[robotpizzza]

"that fancy hat, which just might make it all worthwhile"
tf2 in a nutshell

[WalterKhayyam]

@CGP Grey

For the record, you don't need to be an Alderman to be a Sheriff of the City of London. You frequently have one Aldermanic Sheriff and one non-Aldermanic Sheriff (the Aldermanic Sheriff will be the one on the path to becoming Lord Mayor).

To be eligible to be a Sheriff, you will also need to have been a Master of a Livery Company.

[ZOMGbies]

Wow. Never have I seen a plot of land *so fertile* for seeds of corruption to blossom into giant oaks.

[FrasierCraft]

There is a creeper in the window at 1:02, creeper at the right in a suit at 1:45, creeper down left at 2:05
Illuminati confirmed

[MelkromisteinWeeb]

I thought the Holy Roman Empire was a clusterfuck.

[nittyjee]

In case you're wondering, CGP Grey in this video spoke at 190 words per minute. Needed to determine how long a video I'm making will be based on my script, just in case someone wanted to be saved the effort I went through.

[raltor]

I feel it would be easier to just invade the city and take that hat. And it is a Nice Hat.

[ahmadkurabi]

If you think about it tho. if you already are part of a guild and/or is a long time business man nearing retirement, you can go into this not really needing the money. It would just be a fun little thing, where you'd truly feel like a king, , Sounds fun for someone who's getting into a midlife crises and hasn't yet decided which Porsche he's going to buy

[fds]

To be fair, that hat _is_ pretty fucking awesome...

[AlexE]

I love the crest at 4:06 with minute physics, CGP, crash course, and vi hart!