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I'm not sure which is more bemusing, the BBC for blocking out all channels, or the people pretending there's no options other than the BBC.2
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No mystery. They love Daytime SoapsCasino_Royale said:America is weird.
They were very quick (desperate?) to take the side of H&M over Megxit and heavily criticised the Royals from a proudly republican point of view - and this was merely weeks ago - BUT they seem strangely moved by Prince Phillip's death and fixated on it.
What is it? Some schizophrenia? Strange sense of post colonial Stockholm syndrome? Resentful but also admiring of British institutions? Secretly emotionally attached to and invested in them still but can't bear to admit it?
America and Americans are an enigma. Discuss.1 -
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.0 -
Hmm. Inadequate answer.TimT said:
No mystery. They love Daytime SoapsCasino_Royale said:America is weird.
They were very quick (desperate?) to take the side of H&M over Megxit and heavily criticised the Royals from a proudly republican point of view - and this was merely weeks ago - BUT they seem strangely moved by Prince Phillip's death and fixated on it.
What is it? Some schizophrenia? Strange sense of post colonial Stockholm syndrome? Resentful but also admiring of British institutions? Secretly emotionally attached to and invested in them still but can't bear to admit it?
America and Americans are an enigma. Discuss.
It's much deeper and more specific than that.0 -
Must be a tricky day for the BBC loving, royal family hating lefties.Philip_Thompson said:I'm not sure which is more bemusing, the BBC for blocking out all channels, or the people pretending there's no options other than the BBC.
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Well those several 1000 people who still claim to only have a black and white telly don't have many options ;-)Philip_Thompson said:I'm not sure which is more bemusing, the BBC for blocking out all channels, or the people pretending there's no options other than the BBC.
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There’s always Twitter:Philip_Thompson said:I'm not sure which is more bemusing, the BBC for blocking out all channels, or the people pretending there's no options other than the BBC.
https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath/status/1380526691638992901
“ When a famous straight white male dies, if your first instinct isn't to get on Twitter to gloat and trash his reputation then you clearly have no idea what it takes to be a progressive and compassionate human being.
#LoveWIns”
https://mobile.twitter.com/stephenfry/status/1380533992366084096
“ Well, I for one am very sorry to see the old boy go. But I know there are plenty out there keen to tell us all how little they care. So keen that you might almost think that they … well … care”2 -
Yes, that seems like a textbook example of snowflake behaviour - getting histrionically worked up over something incredibly minor and presenting individual choices in response as some grand gesture.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
The key is it is not enough to merely complain, one must complain in an over the top way, seeking some kind of martyr like status for how you are 'suffering' (eg bemoaning how much of an imposition a few hours coverage is, being part of a movement 'highest number of complaints in history of man').
I've not watched any of the coverage as it happens (other than two 3 minute videos on the BBC site), so have no sycophantic boots to fill. I think it rather telling that you made that assumption because you seem to want your outrage to be the result of something imposed on you by sycophants, rather than, you know, media channels have gone a little over the top for a few hours.
Get some perspective - a lack of it is a key characteristic of snowflake behaviour.
Edit: This has been a useful case of demonstrating why I think snowflake is a useful term, and how it can be applied apolitically, since you get snowflakes on all sides of politics and other issues.2 -
Wouldn’t be so bad, but it’s on the third channel as well.FrancisUrquhart said:
Well those several 1000 people who still claim to only have a black and white telly don't have many options ;-)Philip_Thompson said:I'm not sure which is more bemusing, the BBC for blocking out all channels, or the people pretending there's no options other than the BBC.
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Yes, that tallies up with getting the last few phase 1 people done before commencing phase 2 in the 3rd and 4th week of April.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
It's not particularly worrying IMO.0 -
As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.1 -
I can see a fine incoming......bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!0 -
Most read on the bbc news site is;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56687578
Time for the beeb editors to move things on, I think.
It’s what the people want.0 -
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
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Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Well, I will resist going into a truly deep answer, because there is no such thing as a monolithic American culture or psychology. This is a very diverse country.Casino_Royale said:
Hmm. Inadequate answer.TimT said:
No mystery. They love Daytime SoapsCasino_Royale said:America is weird.
They were very quick (desperate?) to take the side of H&M over Megxit and heavily criticised the Royals from a proudly republican point of view - and this was merely weeks ago - BUT they seem strangely moved by Prince Phillip's death and fixated on it.
What is it? Some schizophrenia? Strange sense of post colonial Stockholm syndrome? Resentful but also admiring of British institutions? Secretly emotionally attached to and invested in them still but can't bear to admit it?
America and Americans are an enigma. Discuss.
It's much deeper and more specific than that.
There are those who are very republican and those who are woke, and many other groups which happily jump on the H&M bandwagon to push their own political and social agendas. But then, for another part of the US population, the Brits are the only people for whom they have a respect bordering on inferiority complex. In an Improv workshop, we were told that your jokes should never punch down. So jokes about Mexicans or Irish or whatever were verboten, but jokes against the English were fine. So I joked that, if Americans making jokes about the English was not considered punching down, Americans must be socially inferior to the English. Which did not go down well.
Multiple reactions to different events, some of which seem contradictory if you think of Americans as monolithic, are just the norm.1 -
On the subject of primogeniture, The Queen's filly, Orderofsuccession, ran unplaced at Kempton this afternoon. As we admire the timely ironic coincidence of the name, it also suggests HMQ thinks the show must go on, even if Boris and the BBC want to stop the world for eight days.Charles said:
This is your occasional reminder that primogeniture sucksNickyBreakspear said:
No, CharlesTres said:
Isn't Edward the new Duke now?Leon said:It's way too soon for a thread about anything other than the late Duke. This is tasteless
All threads for the next 8 days should focus on his life and achievements, and the steadfast service he gave to the nation. For diversity, we could have some that focus on his more lovable gaffes about "slitty eyes", so the lefties and BAMEs don't get too upset by the endless solemnity
At least one thread a day must be simply a photo of him - in uniform, on a horse, staring down a cleavage, etc
Come on PB, this is obvious0 -
The Greens standing more widely is very interesting. I think in the long run it will hurt the Libs most; but I know who it most definitely helps...kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.1 -
BBC News - Nikolai Glushkov: Putin critic 'strangled in London home by third party'
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Oh, it's going to be a nightmare. Even as an ardent fan who will be much affected by it, I expect I, like most, will find it a bit much in the end.Black_Rook said:
I invite you to imagine what it'll be like when HM passes away...IanB2 said:Basically there is no escape from the cringingly awful Gyles Brandreth for the foreseeable, short of cutting yourself off from all media.
And this is just the rehearsal.
All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go
The population will slide between sadness and irritability. In 2002, 130 people complained to the BBC about its insensitive coverage of the Queen Mother’s death; another 1,500 complained that Casualty was moved to BBC2. The TV schedules in the days after the Queen’s death will change again. Comedy won’t be taken off the BBC completely, but most satire will. There will be Dad’s Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You...
The newsreaders will wear black suits and black ties. Category one was made for her. Programmes will stop. Networks will merge. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents – an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond – before coming together for the news...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
The bolded bit is why the protestations and complaints feel a bit formulaic - complaints about it are part of these sorts of things, as much as some posh correspondent whittering on.0 -
Oh god, it never ends.FrancisUrquhart said:BBC News - Nikolai Glushkov: Putin critic 'strangled in London home by third party'
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Certainly a colourful subject for biography...ping said:Most read on the bbc news site is;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56687578
Time for the beeb editors to move things on, I think.
It’s what the people want.
Born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1970, DMX publicly battled substance abuse for years and spent several periods in rehab.
A father of 15, he served jail sentences on charges including animal cruelty, reckless driving, drug possession and weapons possession.
According to his family, DMX died on Friday at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York.0 -
Oh, it's going to be a nightmare. Even as an ardent fan who will be much affected by it, I expect I, like most, will find it a bit much in the end.Black_Rook said:
I invite you to imagine what it'll be like when HM passes away...IanB2 said:Basically there is no escape from the cringingly awful Gyles Brandreth for the foreseeable, short of cutting yourself off from all media.
And this is just the rehearsal.
All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go
The population will slide between sadness and irritability. In 2002, 130 people complained to the BBC about its insensitive coverage of the Queen Mother’s death; another 1,500 complained that Casualty was moved to BBC2. The TV schedules in the days after the Queen’s death will change again. Comedy won’t be taken off the BBC completely, but most satire will. There will be Dad’s Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You...
The newsreaders will wear black suits and black ties. Category one was made for her. Programmes will stop. Networks will merge. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents – an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond – before coming together for the news...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
The bolded bit is why the protestations and complaints feel a bit formulaic - complaints about it are part of these sorts of things, as much as some posh correspondent whittering on.0 -
The despicable silence of the separatists. Speak up lads!
https://twitter.com/britafterbrex/status/1380585122534146048?s=21
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The BBC seem to be excluding their coverage from the iPlayer archives. You can watch the current block live but the older chunks aren't available, which seems to be a somewhat odd decision.0
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I remember jokes when they even had plenty of coverage of the discovery of Richard III's remains.TimT said:
No mystery. They love Daytime SoapsCasino_Royale said:America is weird.
They were very quick (desperate?) to take the side of H&M over Megxit and heavily criticised the Royals from a proudly republican point of view - and this was merely weeks ago - BUT they seem strangely moved by Prince Phillip's death and fixated on it.
What is it? Some schizophrenia? Strange sense of post colonial Stockholm syndrome? Resentful but also admiring of British institutions? Secretly emotionally attached to and invested in them still but can't bear to admit it?
America and Americans are an enigma. Discuss.0 -
Scrolling down through that stream, I think I've come across my new favorite flag - the Assyrian FlagFloater said:Anyone believe this ?
https://twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1380579817649795072
https://www.printa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Assyrian-Flag.jpg0 -
Especially as no RefUK are standing here!Mortimer said:
The Greens standing more widely is very interesting. I think in the long run it will hurt the Libs most; but I know who it most definitely helps...kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Fantastic, if we can get the lefties cancelling their licence fees too...bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN3 -
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Musing on "third party". I know it is a common saying but if he was strangled and made to look like suicide, surely it was by a second party?FrancisUrquhart said:BBC News - Nikolai Glushkov: Putin critic 'strangled in London home by third party'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56695489
Unless there was a supervisor.1 -
Those are at least more entertaining than bland nonsense - I believe Charles noted earlier some mayoral info summary, useless as they all believe in the same things.Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Originally, I was taking Snowflake as a great compliment as i am unique and beautiful
Then I read originally "A snowflake was a person who was opposed to the abolition of slavery. They were called snowflakes because it said they value white people over black people." Since the term is now being used largely by conservatives, zealous bigots, and the "alt-right" (irony is not dead)"
I wouldn't have had KLE as a user of the term in either respect TBH
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Do share,Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Fortunate that the sad day happened today and not tomorrow Grand National day.In my book the Grand National is the best sports event of the year and i suspect that horsing lady The Queen agrees.Recommend every PB reader does a £1 tricast on the race (picking the 1st 2nd 3rd) - they can often payout out a 5 figure sum1
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There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 (once the news finishes) or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)0 -
With the forthcoming mayoral elections I am thinking Andy Burnham is on track for by far largest majority.
Natural Labour heartland, high profile supporter of the area.
In comparison Liverpool is a mess of fraud.
Brum is a marginal.
London is a Khan win but not in the scale of Burnham.
South & West Yorks may as well not even both with mayors/2 -
If you want to fawn over a monarch, bugger off to Thailand.HYUFD said:
There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)0 -
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
That said, we've got district and county elections taking place in my neck of the woods, and checking the details the three usual suspects are standing everywhere, but the Greens are also contesting all the available seats except for two on the county council (and in one of those cases they're only missing because they mucked up their paperwork.) So they're giving it a good go.
If the medium term aim, backed by relatively buoyant opinion poll data, is to try to chop down the Lib Dems and replace them as the third party in England, then I would no longer count that as an unrealistic ambition - though if they can actually do it then the Tories will be thrilled.0 -
Evening all
I saw a couple of Labour canvassers in East Ham this morning - that's up there, I suppose, with bears defecating in wooded areas but while the Mayoral and GLA elections are not in doubt, the Governance Referendum in Newham may not be so straight forward. I think the move to weaken the power of Mayor Fiaz and revert to a Committee structure is gathering some momentum and this may be the nearest thing we have to a close election.
6 runners in the East Ham Central by-election handicap for three year olds of all ages. Conservative, Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat candidates along with the Christian People's Alliance and the TUSC.
My local cafe owner is going to put a couple of tables outside next week - I applaud his enthusiasm but al fresco dining by the Barking Road isn't quite the same as your sublime pub garden by the river - it's all about the ambience, you'd think.
For those wanting a couple to avoid in the National tomorrow -I'm on MAGIC OF LIFE at 25s and FARCLAS at 40s (both each way).0 -
If you don't like living in a nation with a constitutional monarch bugger off to France or the USTres said:
If you want to fawn over a monarch, bugger off to Thailand.HYUFD said:
There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)3 -
Banging on about an non-existent 'outer London tax', trying to pretend it wasn't the Tory government that have been cutting police numbers, and blaming the local true blue run council tax rise on Khan.Omnium said:
Do share,Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
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Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Wales and Scotland...rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Burnham ought to be returned with an Albanian-style victory. Labour currently controls 91 of 96 seats of Manchester City Council, and nine out of ten of the local authorities in Greater Manchester as a whole. Looking at the result of the previous election, I'm actually surprised that he polled as low as 64% of the vote.ManchesterKurt said:With the forthcoming mayoral elections I am thinking Andy Burnham is on track for by far largest majority.
Natural Labour heartland, high profile supporter of the area.
In comparison Liverpool is a mess of fraud.
Brum is a marginal.
London is a Khan win but not in the scale of Burnham.
South & West Yorks may as well not even both with mayors/0 -
One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
They asked me to "proof read a final version apart from "Forename Surname" which we will correct" which i did and made several corrections to the content only for them to then print 4000 with the wrong SN of the Candidate.
Agghhh2 -
Could you scan it?Tres said:
Banging on about an non-existent 'outer London tax', trying to pretend it wasn't the Tory government that have been cutting police numbers, and blaming the local true blue run council tax rise on Khan.Omnium said:
Do share,Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
I'm a Tory voter but I'm struggling to see him as a better candidate than Khan. And Khan's a bit crap.0 -
My favorite in the US is when people call in to complain about their favorite programmes being bumped of the air for the tornado warning system.kle4 said:
Oh, it's going to be a nightmare. Even as an ardent fan who will be much affected by it, I expect I, like most, will find it a bit much in the end.Black_Rook said:
I invite you to imagine what it'll be like when HM passes away...IanB2 said:Basically there is no escape from the cringingly awful Gyles Brandreth for the foreseeable, short of cutting yourself off from all media.
And this is just the rehearsal.
All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go
The population will slide between sadness and irritability. In 2002, 130 people complained to the BBC about its insensitive coverage of the Queen Mother’s death; another 1,500 complained that Casualty was moved to BBC2. The TV schedules in the days after the Queen’s death will change again. Comedy won’t be taken off the BBC completely, but most satire will. There will be Dad’s Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You...
The newsreaders will wear black suits and black ties. Category one was made for her. Programmes will stop. Networks will merge. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents – an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond – before coming together for the news...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
The bolded bit is why the protestations and complaints feel a bit formulaic - complaints about it are part of these sorts of things, as much as some posh correspondent whittering on.5 -
MONARCHY = SOCIALISM!HYUFD said:
If you don't like living in a nation with a constitutional monarch bugger off to France or the USTres said:
If you want to fawn over a monarch, bugger off to Thailand.HYUFD said:
There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)0 -
91 is low for them in Manchester.Black_Rook said:
Burnham ought to be returned with an Albanian-style victory. Labour currently controls 91 of 96 seats of Manchester City Council, and nine out of ten of the local authorities in Greater Manchester as a whole. Looking at the result of the previous election, I'm actually surprised that he polled as low as 64% of the vote.ManchesterKurt said:With the forthcoming mayoral elections I am thinking Andy Burnham is on track for by far largest majority.
Natural Labour heartland, high profile supporter of the area.
In comparison Liverpool is a mess of fraud.
Brum is a marginal.
London is a Khan win but not in the scale of Burnham.
South & West Yorks may as well not even both with mayors/0 -
This evening's Look North was devoted to Prince Philip visiting Yorkshire over the years.
However, it should be noted that both Amy and Abbie looked rather fetching in black.
Yes, even regional weather presenters have to dress appropriately.1 -
Ah, makes sense - you forcibly resettled all your poor people in Swindon and then fenced it off.kle4 said:
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
They've started in Scotland and Wales, but I seem to recall that the English have been promised we'll finally start getting it in about the third week of April. I'm currently wondering if that's what I'm getting when I have my first appointment on the 24th.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
It's well known if the regional weather presenters do not wear mourning black that the kingdom shall fall, it's like the ravens at the Tower.SandyRentool said:This evening's Look North was devoted to Prince Philip visiting Yorkshire over the years.
However, it should be noted that both Amy and Abbie looked rather fetching in black.
Yes, even regional weather presenters have to dress appropriately.0 -
Greens are standing in every ward in Cannock. Haven’t checked further afield. No Liberal Democrats. Didn’t realise there was a district council election in my ward as well until I went to see who was standing for the county.kle4 said:
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
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Non GP-led sites presumably. Or Wales/Scotland/NI.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Shouldn’t there be quotation marks around that?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
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The treachery is worse than we imagined!Leon said:
Nah, I wouldn't. I can't stand Britain from New Year's Eve to late Marchstate_go_away said:
Actually i think Leon would agree with you as well - Leon just loves the world in general which is a great thing!Casino_Royale said:
I'm always struck by patriots who can't wait to get away from these shores.Leon said:
The ban on travel has given me an incredible yearning for Greece. Not anywhere else. I'd love to go to Thailand or Portugal or America or Greenland or bloody Belgium, but it is Greece that haunts me. Perhaps because it is the last foreign country I visited - last September - but also....Greece.WhisperingOracle said:
Absolutely fully agreed. It's one of the most amazing vistas and locations in Europe, if not the world.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you ever get the chance to go to Delphi, do. It is an amazing place: the local town is full of tourist tat, but that doesn't matter because you would have found the equivalent there two and a half millennia ago. The actual site is incredibly well preserved with a huge amount to see and perched on the side of a mountain with a fabulous view out over the sea (I think the Gulf of Corinth).Luckyguy1983 said:I hope someone brings that topic about 'Jeff Bezos's Oracle killer' into this thread, because I wanted to say 'Oh, is it a bit temple-imental?' Like the temple where you go and see the Oracle.
Best visited slightly out of season, early in the morning or at dusk, too, I would say.
The simplicity. Grilled fish, white wine, blue sea, Greek salad, burning sun
Yes, there are some wonderful places elsewhere in the world - but Jerusalem was builded here and I'm perfectly happy in the UK at all times of year.
The weather doesn't bother me.
It sucks. No getting round it1 -
Well, it’s worked before?Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
"Do you still chuck straight bananas at one another?"Gardenwalker said:I reckon Philip was a Remainer.
(Ducks).1 -
..Sunil_Prasannan said:
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
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In our ward the LDs and Greens are both standing to split the anti-Tory vote and probably stop us from winning yet again.
The Tory victory margin was smaller than the number of Green votes last time.
Not that one more Labour councillor would make much difference on Bradford council, mind.0 -
Looking back at yesterday's YouGov poll in London, I'm reminded of the old adage, the more things change the more they stay the same.
In the GLA constituency poll, there's been a 2% swing to Labour since 2016 with the LDs up four. There may not be much change on these numbers but I suppose Labour might win Havering & Redbridge and have a squeak in West Central.
The List result also has a 2% swing from Conservative to Labour with both LD and Green in double figures.
I think Labour may be up a net one to 13 with the Conservatives on 8 and both the Greens and LDs on two.
As for the Mayoral contest, YouGov has Khan leading Bailey 47-26 which is a 6% swing to Labour from 2016. Both the Greens and the LDs are up slightly from 2016. Khan beat Goldsmith 57-43 in the run off in 2016 and Khan now leads Bailey 66-34 which is a 9% swing.1 -
In this world of streaming TV, one has to ask what the actual impact of taking satire off the airwaves will be...kle4 said:
Oh, it's going to be a nightmare. Even as an ardent fan who will be much affected by it, I expect I, like most, will find it a bit much in the end.Black_Rook said:
I invite you to imagine what it'll be like when HM passes away...IanB2 said:Basically there is no escape from the cringingly awful Gyles Brandreth for the foreseeable, short of cutting yourself off from all media.
And this is just the rehearsal.
All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go
The population will slide between sadness and irritability. In 2002, 130 people complained to the BBC about its insensitive coverage of the Queen Mother’s death; another 1,500 complained that Casualty was moved to BBC2. The TV schedules in the days after the Queen’s death will change again. Comedy won’t be taken off the BBC completely, but most satire will. There will be Dad’s Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You...
The newsreaders will wear black suits and black ties. Category one was made for her. Programmes will stop. Networks will merge. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents – an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond – before coming together for the news...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
The bolded bit is why the protestations and complaints feel a bit formulaic - complaints about it are part of these sorts of things, as much as some posh correspondent whittering on.0 -
Monachy = British Conservatism.Sunil_Prasannan said:
MONARCHY = SOCIALISM!HYUFD said:
If you don't like living in a nation with a constitutional monarch bugger off to France or the USTres said:
If you want to fawn over a monarch, bugger off to Thailand.HYUFD said:
There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)
State control of the economy = Socialism0 -
They now have announcers who fail.on pronunciation and can't say the or faith. The becomes ve and faith becomes faif. And those examples are just those related to announcers.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
Standards have fallen so far that its barely watchable.
#BBC EPIC FAIL0 -
ydoethur said:
Shouldn’t there be "quotation marks" around that?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
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Sorry but as both a monarchist in principle and a big fan of the DoE in particular I think that is bloody funny.northern_monkey said:Got this as well.
I suspect that the DofE would have done as well.0 -
Yes. Living in Manchester, I'm not even aware there is a mayoral election coming up and certainly not who the other candidates are.ManchesterKurt said:With the forthcoming mayoral elections I am thinking Andy Burnham is on track for by far largest majority.
Natural Labour heartland, high profile supporter of the area.
In comparison Liverpool is a mess of fraud.
Brum is a marginal.
London is a Khan win but not in the scale of Burnham.
South & West Yorks may as well not even both with mayors/
Burnham might get the largest majority but probably on one of the smallest turnouts.0 -
I had Moderna. The second dose wiped me out for 24 hours, and skin rashes around the injection site are common, but that seems to be it for side effects.Black_Rook said:
Ah, makes sense - you forcibly resettled all your poor people in Swindon and then fenced it off.kle4 said:
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
They've started in Scotland and Wales, but I seem to recall that the English have been promised we'll finally start getting it in about the third week of April. I'm currently wondering if that's what I'm getting when I have my first appointment on the 24th.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.0 -
Also, the third week of April makes sense. The Lonza plant is expected to reach capacity (800k per day) in the second half of the month.Black_Rook said:
Ah, makes sense - you forcibly resettled all your poor people in Swindon and then fenced it off.kle4 said:
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
They've started in Scotland and Wales, but I seem to recall that the English have been promised we'll finally start getting it in about the third week of April. I'm currently wondering if that's what I'm getting when I have my first appointment on the 24th.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
District council website.dixiedean said:Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.
In my case, https://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/content-z-tags/elections1 -
All depends on how good your council is at putting up the info in convenient form. At least this time my council combined all SOPN into one doc.dixiedean said:Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.0 -
"All brown people look the same to me!"rcs1000 said:
I thought that was Priti for a second, which really confused me...northern_monkey said:Got this as well.
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If you're in a two-tier area then try sticking the name of the district council + elections into Google and see what it brings up.dixiedean said:Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.0 -
No, because I’m not quoting.Sunil_Prasannan said:ydoethur said:
Shouldn’t there be "quotation marks" around that?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
Honestly, PhD and can’t punctuate correctly...you’ll be getting us a bad name.0 -
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell4 -
OK, I've got one:ydoethur said:
No, because I’m not quoting.Sunil_Prasannan said:ydoethur said:
Shouldn’t there be "quotation marks" around that?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Candidate's.bigjohnowls said:One of our Election leaflets locally had the Candidates Surname spelt wrong by Regional office.
Honestly, PhD and can’t punctuate correctly...you’ll be getting us a bad name.
What's Harry and Meghan's favourite island chain?
Archie-pelago!
(I thank you!)0 -
There was SFA on the radio when the old king died. Boring as hell.kle4 said:
Oh, it's going to be a nightmare. Even as an ardent fan who will be much affected by it, I expect I, like most, will find it a bit much in the end.Black_Rook said:
I invite you to imagine what it'll be like when HM passes away...IanB2 said:Basically there is no escape from the cringingly awful Gyles Brandreth for the foreseeable, short of cutting yourself off from all media.
And this is just the rehearsal.
All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go
The population will slide between sadness and irritability. In 2002, 130 people complained to the BBC about its insensitive coverage of the Queen Mother’s death; another 1,500 complained that Casualty was moved to BBC2. The TV schedules in the days after the Queen’s death will change again. Comedy won’t be taken off the BBC completely, but most satire will. There will be Dad’s Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You...
The newsreaders will wear black suits and black ties. Category one was made for her. Programmes will stop. Networks will merge. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents – an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond – before coming together for the news...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
The bolded bit is why the protestations and complaints feel a bit formulaic - complaints about it are part of these sorts of things, as much as some posh correspondent whittering on.
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They tolled the one bell only,Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Groom there was none to see,
The mourners followed after,
And so to church went she,
And would not wait for me.
The bells they sound on Bredon,
And still the steeples hum,
"Come all to church, good people," --
Oh, noisy bells, be dumb;
I hear you, I will come.2 -
All up in Epping Forest tooydoethur said:
District council website.dixiedean said:Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.
In my case, https://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/content-z-tags/elections
https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/candidates-for-the-county-council-elections/
https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/candidates-for-the-district-council-elections/0 -
Do you know how our priorities work at Moderna? I heard that they are fulfilling Switzerland and the UK's initial 7m dose order first, and then our next 10m are going to be comingled with the EU order.MaxPB said:
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.
But, of course, I learned that from a bloke on the Internet, so it could be complete rubbish.0 -
One of the things most missed when living abroad. Church bells.Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Mosques calling the faithful to prayer are not quite the same.0 -
From early next week for England in small quantities and much more the following week. Don't forget that England is a bit further ahead in terms of first doses than the rest of the UK so the Moderna doses are going there becuase there is more need of first doses in Wales and Scotland.Black_Rook said:
Ah, makes sense - you forcibly resettled all your poor people in Swindon and then fenced it off.kle4 said:
In this case it is Wiltshire.Black_Rook said:
Except there are rather a lot of counties. I'm kind of imagining this Green-on-Yellow action taking place in West Sussex, or possibly Oxfordshire...kle4 said:
Well, shire counties are what they are.Black_Rook said:
Particularly posh round your way is it?kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.
They've started in Scotland and Wales, but I seem to recall that the English have been promised we'll finally start getting it in about the third week of April. I'm currently wondering if that's what I'm getting when I have my first appointment on the 24th.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Some good stuff doing the Whatsapp rounds tonight0
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Any chance of Bailey coming third? That would be fun!stodge said:Looking back at yesterday's YouGov poll in London, I'm reminded of the old adage, the more things change the more they stay the same.
In the GLA constituency poll, there's been a 2% swing to Labour since 2016 with the LDs up four. There may not be much change on these numbers but I suppose Labour might win Havering & Redbridge and have a squeak in West Central.
The List result also has a 2% swing from Conservative to Labour with both LD and Green in double figures.
I think Labour may be up a net one to 13 with the Conservatives on 8 and both the Greens and LDs on two.
As for the Mayoral contest, YouGov has Khan leading Bailey 47-26 which is a 6% swing to Labour from 2016. Both the Greens and the LDs are up slightly from 2016. Khan beat Goldsmith 57-43 in the run off in 2016 and Khan now leads Bailey 66-34 which is a 9% swing.0 -
They're both rather beautiful in their way to my mind.Sandpit said:
One of the things most missed when living abroad. Church bells.Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Mosques calling the faithful to prayer are not quite the same.0 -
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN3 -
I've heard it's just going to be a constant rate of about 1.2m doses per week after the ramp up from 500k per week initially, the whole order should be fulfilled by the middle of July. I'm also informed that the government is now inquiring about purchasing a lot of Gen 2 Pfizer and Moderna doses for delivery in Q3/4 now that US production capacity is becoming available for international delivery because of expected changes by Biden to US contracts.rcs1000 said:
Do you know how our priorities work at Moderna? I heard that they are fulfilling Switzerland and the UK's initial 7m dose order first, and then our next 10m are going to be comingled with the EU order.MaxPB said:
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.
But, of course, I learned that from a bloke on the Internet, so it could be complete rubbish.1 -
Go to your principal council website; it is a responsibility for them to publish the statements of persons validly nominated. Look under ‘your council’ then elections, if there isn’t a link from the home pagedixiedean said:Where are people finding these candidate lists?
Google is not my friend and the County Council website search yields no results.
Cheers.0 -
One of their Presenters was crying earlier FFSsquareroot2 said:
They now have announcers who fail.on pronunciation and can't say the or faith. The becomes ve and faith becomes faif. And those examples are just those related to announcers.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
Standards have fallen so far that its barely watchable.
#BBC EPIC FAIL
Reminded me of me watching Maria come back in Sound of Music!
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HYUFD said:
Monachy = British Conservatism.Sunil_Prasannan said:
MONARCHY = SOCIALISM!HYUFD said:
If you don't like living in a nation with a constitutional monarch bugger off to France or the USTres said:
If you want to fawn over a monarch, bugger off to Thailand.HYUFD said:
There was wall to wall coverage when Diana and the Queen Mother died too.bigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
He was the husband of the Head of State.
Tough. If you don't like it watch Netflix or Channel 4 or 5 or another Freeview channel or Sky (ITV also doing wall to wall coverage still)
State control of the economy = Socialism
Conservative progressive-statism with a constitutional monarchy = Sweden and the Netherlands.0 -
I know a few bellringers. Lots on my facebook feed about 'Operation Forth Bridge' - clearly the campanological response to the event has been anticipated well in advance.Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Incidentally, tolling a bell, on its own, is not hard. Tolling an exact number of strikes is trickier. Tolling an exact odd number of strikes - i. e. 99 - takes more skill still and not a little nerve.
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Agreed.Omnium said:
They're both rather beautiful in their way to my mind.Sandpit said:
One of the things most missed when living abroad. Church bells.Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Mosques calling the faithful to prayer are not quite the same.
Although imagine if we had someone climbing up our church towers and wailing about how great god was in English through a megaphone, four times a day.1
